History

Fayetteville, NC has had some interest in becoming a part of the The National Bowling Association, Inc. for some time, but never got enough interested members to partake in the idea. Leon Cooper and Birdeen Cooper spoke with Yvette Thompson and a few other bowlers in the area and they got the ball to rolling. Yvette contacted Jimmie and Carolyn Boozer and Jimmie and Birdeen began spreading the word. Several meetings were called and The Fayetteville, NC Senate of TNBA was chartered in April 2004. By July the Fayetteville Senate had reached their membership goal of 100 members.

The first tournament was hosted at Dragon Lanes July 10 –11, 2004 with a very good turnout for a first tournament. Some great scores were also bowled in that tournament. Harold Butler lead with the top game score of 298 for the men and Flame Cotton rolled the highest game of 268 for the ladies. 1st Place Team Champion was In Da Pocket scoring 2881. Doubles Champions were tied between partners Flame Cotton and Vernon Thompson vs. Betty Howard and John Cotner both scoring 1490. Other Senate supporters of our tournament were from Greater Columbia-Irmo, SC and Cockcade Senate – Petersburg, VA.

The second tournament for the Fayetteville, NC Senate was a doubles tournament held at North View Lanes on Feb.26-27, 2005. The participation got even better for this tournament. Doubles Champions were Inell Cherry and Daryl Bazemore with a score of 1394 and close behind were Trish McGill and Ronnie Carraway from Florence, SC with a score of 1393. Top Single Female Winner was Inell Cherry rolling handicap scores of 709 and top male winner was Ronnie Carraway with a score of 760. Other Senate supporters of that tournament were Wilmington, NC, Florence, SC, and Cockcade/Petersburg, VA.

Currently today the Fayetteville, NC Senate of TNBA has 182 active members.