Motown Hosts IGBO Mid-Year 2006
By Jim Cross—IGBO Mid-Year MMVI(2006) Secretary
Republished from January 2006 IGBO Newsletter
 January 2005—Detroit has got their engines reving for the
upcoming IGBO Mid-Year 2006 tournament
being held from November 8-13.
Our host hotel, the Sheraton Detroit Novi, is
ready to welcome all the bowlers with a $79.00
(up to 4 people) room rate with 238 newly
renovated guest rooms that feature the
Sheraton Sleeper Bed. For those of you that
have not slept on these beds, you are in for a
real treat. Shopping and dining are just minutes
away from the hotel, which is conveniently
located right off the eight mile exit on I-275.
It is also about 15 minutes away from the bowling
alley and 25 minutes away from the downtown
Detroit area where the casinos are located.
The hotel has a pool, whirlpool, sauna
and the rooms have wireless high speed internet
access available.
The host bowling alley is Clover Lanes which
has 64 wood lanes. The bar is conveniently
located in the middle of the lanes with 32
lanes on each side. This allows us to accommodate
480 bowlers in just 2 shifts with lanes to
spare in case of break down. Clover Lanes has
had a strong relationship with the Detroit tournaments
for years and are excited to be hosting
the IGBO Mid-Year 2006 tournament. We
will be bowling the team events on Friday and
the singles and doubles events on Saturday.
This leaves Sunday free for the scratch masters
tournament. There will be many chances
to win money at the tournament whether you
bowl or not. For the bowlers there will be
scratch jackpots, scratch brackets, handicap
jackpots (men and women), and handicap
brackets.
The Friday and Saturday hospitality suites will
be a last person standing which means they
will remain open as long as necessary to satisfy
our guests. Detroit also has a variety of bars to
suite anyone’s taste that are all a short drive
from the hotel. For those of you that would
like a little international adventure, we are mere
minutes away from our neighbors to the north
Canada. Windsor is a great city with its own
casinos and restaurants.
Please get your entries in early as we expect to
sell out and as an added bonus if you get your
entries in early the entry fee will be $89 instead
of $99. We, the IGBO Mid-Year 2006
committee, look forward to hosting the tournament
and seeing all of you there.
Thanks,
Jim Cross
IGBO Mid-Year MMVI(2006) Secretary
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