From the Commissioner
November 2011
NSL 2012 Registration Now Open
November 02, 2011
The NSL 2012 Spring season will feature State and Regional Championships. States that have a minimum of 16 teams signed up will compete in state championships. States that have less than 16 teams sign up will compete in regional championships - the East, the Central and the West.
Teams will compete in divisions based on level of play - the Champions Division (team scores average from 225 to 300), the Elite Division (team scores average 175 to 224) and the Master Division (team scores average below 175).
Competition begins the week of Feb 13th and ends late April. NSL Wii bowlers compete for 10 weeks - once a week for 7 weeks in conference play followed by 3 weeks of playoffs.
NSL competitions are open to senior residents of CCRC’s, independent senior living communities, assisted living communities, nursing homes, rehab centers, senior centers, affordable housing communities, and +55 communities.
October 2011
UNBEWiiVABLES CAPTURE NATIONAL TITLE
October 06, 2011
The UnbeWiiVables of Margaret Schweinhaut SC, Silver Spring, MD, soundly defeated the Happy Life of The Active Life, LaGrange, FL, in the final match up of the 2011 NSL Fall Wii bowling championship hosted by LeadingAge and sponsored by Aegis Therapies. Coach Karen Maxin’s team led by 64 pins after the first game and upped the count by 149 pins the second game to score a convincing victory. Stephan Hatos, the NSL MVB (Most Valuable Bowler), led the UnbeWiiVables with a 280 and a 259 pin count. The match featured lower than usual scores from the powerful teams as they battled in the NSL final played at a neutral site. Wii bowlers had to fight the pressure along with a totally different environment and the television crews taping the event as they struggled with concentration and finding proper lines and release points.
NSL 2011 AWARDS
Joe Riccobene, SAS Strikers, Evelyn Kelly, Happy Strikers, and Bob Brigham, UnbeWiiVables were named 2011 Wii Bowlers of the Year. Tom Gray, Vintage Senior Living, was named NSL Wii Coach of the Year.
September 2011
PLAYOFFS ROUND 4 - Favorites Advance
September 30, 2011
The top ranked teams Happy Strikers, LaGrange, Ga. and the UnbeWiiVables, Silver Spring, MD, advanced to the NSL 2011 Fall National Championships to be hosted by LeadingAge in Washington, DC on Oct 18th. The Happy Strikers led by Grover and Evelyn Kelly continued their high level wii bowling defeating first time NSL entrant the Sunshine Strikers from St. Petersburg, FL. In the second match the UnbeWiiVables, rolling four 300 games, continued coach Karen Maxin’s quest for the NSL National Wii bowling title by up-ending In Our Prime, Emmitsburg, MD.
The NSL finals, hosted by Leading Age and sponsored by Aegis Therapies, will be played in Washington, DC on Oct 18th. The match will be taped for viewing on a special LeadingAge internet link as well as placed on U-Tube. Stay tuned for details.
