Sport: Bowling
Season: Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter
State Competition Date(s): December 6-7, 2008 (State Bowling Tournament)
June 6-8, 2008 (Summer Games)
Location: Woodland Bowl (Indianapolis, IN) & Western Bowl (Indianapolis, IN)
Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)
First Held: 1972
Number of Competitors (2007): 4,424
Number of Volunteers (2007): 250
Volunteer Groups (2007): AMVETS, Alpha Phi Omega (IUPUI), Business Professionals of America - BPA (Avon, Ben Davis, Danville, Decatur, Edinburgh, & Martinsville High Schools), Carmel Girls’ Basketball Team, PeyBack Foundation, Pittsboro United Methodist Church, Theta Zeta Psi Sorority (IUPUI), University High School, University of Indianapolis,
Description: Bowling is Special Olympics largest participation sport with 4,424 bowlers in 2006. Bowling is popular because it appeals to all ages and abilities, and is a sport that lends itself to frequent practices during cold winter months. Athletes are very excited to have the opportunity to compete at the state championship.
The Bowling Tournament serves as the state championship for Special Olympics Indiana bowlers—competition includes individual (singles) bowling assisted ramp bowling. Bowlers are required to log eight weeks of training before the final entry deadline of November 26. To compete at the state championship, bowlers must qualify at one of ten Area Tournaments, which are held at Clarksville, Crawfordsville, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Logansport, Muncie, New Albany, Terre Haute, and Valparaiso on the first two weekends of November.
- Assisted Ramp Competition
Regulation:
- Singles Competition
- Doubles Competition
Unified Sports®:
- Unified Doubles Competition
- Unified 4-person Team Competition
Counties Who Offer Sport: Adams-Wells, Allen, Bartholomew-Brown-Jennings, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clark, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Dubois-Spencer, Elkhart, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison-Washington-Crawford, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jasper-Newton, Jay, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Kosciusko, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Marion (DAMAR), Marion (Washington Township), Marshall-Starke, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Orange, Perry, Pike, Porter, Pulaski, Putnam, Ripley-Ohio-Dearborn, Scott, Shelby, St. Joseph, Steuben, Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh, Vigo, Wabash, Warren-Fountain, Warrick, Wayne, White, Whitley