2008 Teen Masters Bowling Tournament Comes To DuPage County

Posted on 02/21/08

Oak Brook, IL - The DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau has been selected as the official sponsor for a 2008 Teen Masters’ Regional Qualifying Event being held at Fox Bowl in Wheaton on May 16 & 17, 2008. This is Teen Masters’ first appearance in DuPage County.

Teen Masters is America's most prestigious championship event for high school bowlers and has been crowning the top teen bowlers in the United States for the past eleven years. A Teen Masters champion earns the title of “Best High School Bowler in America” and a scholarship of up to $100,000, the largest scholarship award in the sport of bowling.

Bowling’s popularity among high school students is surging, and Teen Masters is proud to be known as the premier event for the sport. Qualifying events are open to any high school age or younger student in good standing at an accredited school or home school program.

The regional qualifying event in Wheaton is expected to draw an attendance of over 160 people each day and is one of 50 that will lead up to the National Championship at South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa in Las Vegas, NV, on July 19-26, 2008.

“We’re delighted that organizers of this premier tournament chose DuPage as the 2008 site,” states Skip Strittmatter, Executive Director of the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau. “We welcome bowlers from all over the nation as they come to DuPage and showcase their skills and abilities.”

Official hotel information was not available at the time of release. For this and other information about the tournament, visit www.teenmastersbowling.com. Venue information is also available at www.foxbowl.com.

About DuPage County and the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau

DuPage County is the second most populous county in Illinois after Cook County, which borders it to the north and east. Together, the two counties account for half of the state’s population. One of the nation’s wealthiest counties, DuPage is rich in many types of commerce and is second only to Cook in tourism revenue. With its well-developed highway and mass transit system, DuPage is easily accessible from both O’Hare and Midway Airports as well as the City of Chicago, a small portion of which and primarily a part of O’Hare Airport, is located within DuPage County limits.

The DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau’s mission is to actively market DuPage County to individual travelers and meeting/event planners as an enticing destination for both business and leisure travel in order to enhance the economic fiber of the county. Established through the efforts of a coalition of DuPage area hotel executives and business representatives in 1987, the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau was formally certified in 1989 by the State of Illinois as the official agency to promote the county’s multi-billion dollar tourism industry and market DuPage County as a destination for visitors, conventions and economic development.

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