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DC BOWLERS EARN MEDALS IN COLOGNE, GERMANY
The Gay Games were in Cologne, Germany, from July 31 to August 7.

Bowling was one of the 36 sports that brought over 9,000 competitors from around the globe to compete for the gold, silver and bronze medals.

A BIG congratulations to Gary Deinken and Scott Laurie for winning a silver medal in Doubles Division C. The competition was bowled over 2 days and 9 games. Great job!

And a HUMONGOUS congratulations for winning GOLD in Team Event Division C to Jeremy Glasser, Shannon Carlson, Gary Deinken and Scott Laurie!!! Another set of 9 games bowled over 2 days.

They were fantastic over there and unstoppable.

CARA BOWLERS PERFORM WELL AT GOTHAM TOURNAMENT
Although a smaller contingency than in prior years, the CARA bowlers participating in this year's Gotham open performed exceptionally well. CARA bowlers with their placements:

Singles
2nd Place—Michael Mechling

Doubles
8th Place—Shannon Carlson and Carlton Roark
2nd Place—Dennis Andrews and Donald Beck

Team
2nd Place—Brad Seibert, Michael Mechling, Dennis Andrews, Donald Beck, Gary Deinken
1st Place—Carlton Roark, Shannon Carlson, C.C. Ford, Jeremy Glasser, Jim Tsugawa

All Events
10th Place—Carlton Roark
9th Place—Dan Jeffers
4th Place—Michael Mechling
3rd Place—Fred Jankowski

In addition to these excellent results, there were many other winners in the Mega Brackets, 3-of-6, and Optional Scratch events.

Congratulations to all CARA bowlers! Great Bowling!!!!

CARA INTERLEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to the 2010 CARA Interleague Championship winners, the League of Women Bowlers. This is the league's second consecutive year winning the championship, and the first time a league has won two years in a row. Well done, ladies!

MARY RICHARDS WINS MISS IGBABE TITLE
Another DC champion was crowned in Syracuse as Mary Richards (aka Gary Deinken) won the title of MISS IGBABE 2009. The Miss IGBABE contest is IGBO's annual drag show pageant held each year during the IGBO Mid-Year Tournament. You may remember that Mary won the title of Miss CARA at the Bowled & the Beautiful drag show in September. We are so proud of Mary for bringing the crown and sash to DC. Mary will relinquish her title next year on her home turf when the IGBO Mid-Year Tournament comes to Washington. Congratulations Mary!

FORMER CARA PRESIDENT HONORED
October was a good month for former CARA President James "Hawk" Crutchfield. On October 18, he was one of three people to receive the Trailblazers Award from Team DC (www.teamdc.org) for his years of work on behalf of the local GLBT bowling community. Three days later, Hawk, who has been actively as a volunteer or leader for over 30 years in the DC GLBT community received a second award when he was one of 20 individuals recognized as a Community Pioneer by Rainbow History Project (www.rainbowhistory.org). Congratulations Hawk on your well-deserved awards!

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