By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
It's November, it's cold outside, and everyone is already thinking about Thanksgiving. It's time to have some fun indoors. That's why the Hoisington Chamber of Commerce is moving its summer bowling event to November. Hoisington Chamber Director Karen Baldyga said the new Turkey Bowl will be an annual event.
"We did a similar one called Roll Into Summer that was this past June," she said. "We decided that going forward we're going to make it an annual event, but in November, which is the normal time where bowling leagues are taking place."
The Turkey Bowl is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19 at Cardinal Lanes in Hoisington. Registration is $25 per person or $50 per team. There are 24 team slots available for each of three time slots that day. The Turkey Bowl will be a Baker's doubles format with one bowler on a team bowling odd frames, and the other bowling even. Registration money will go towards cash payouts so that one in five teams receive a prize. Gift cards will also be handed out, and Barnard Tire and Automotive is paying the team with the best score $100.
"It's going to be a lot of fun," Baldyga said. "It's going to be warm. Last year when we had it, we had a lot of people that didn't bowl in a league and hadn't really bowled, for some people, in years. It didn't matter. We had winners for everybody. People just had so much fun coming together, and it didn't matter what their skill level was at all."
Pre-registration is recommended but not required. Contact Karen at the Hoisington Chamber to book your slot.