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1910 – 1939
1910 - First State Tournament conducted
1915 - IBA chartered as a state association with the ABC
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1940 - 1949
1943 - 451 teams from South Bend participate in State
Tournament (all time record)
1945 - State Tournament suspended due to World War II
1946-47 - Tom Tobin organized IBA into districts
1947 - First IBA yearbook published
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1950 – 1959
1953 - First Jamboree conducted
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1960 - 1969
1963 - The IBA is incorporated in the State of Indiana
1964 - State Senior Tournament started in Angola by Herman Muesing (past
president of the IBA)
1964 - Jamboree first appears in IBA bylaws, order of district rotation
continues today
1965 - IBA board included 8 vice-presidents
1967 - Jamboree adds Saturdays to support the increased level of
participants in the bowling event (Tipton - 12 lanes)
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1970 - 1974
1970 - Expense reimbursement made to board members
1970 - Began dressing in blue coats
1971 - Books audited in current year as opposed to one year behind
1971 - Ed Winder is first tournament manager appointed while president of
the IBA
1973 - Full time tournament manager used on trial basis
1974 - First regular full time tournament manager
1974 - State Seniors Joint Tournament
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1975 - 1979
1975 - The IBA had a woman at temporary Executive Director
(Esther Griggs)
1976 - IBA Hall of Fame established
1977-79 - Delegates began to be paid mileage for attending the annual
meeting
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1980 - 1984
1980 - IBA reorganized into 9 districts
1980's - Fort Wayne's Chick Carr and Bill Doehrman have 136 years in ABC
Tournament (Doehrman's 71st in 1981)
1982 - First IBA tournament award banquet held in Indianapolis
1983 - Indiana Bowling Council established
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1985 - 1989
1985 - First IBA scholarship awarded
1988 - Revised IBA State Tournament bid process
1989 - Board organization changed from 9 Vice-Presidents to 9 Directors, 3
Vice-Presidents and the President
1989 - Tom Baxter replaces Wes Kidwell as an ABC director
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1990 - 1994
1991 - First Joint Jamboree (held in Kokomo)
1991 - Inaugural joint 5-state meeting held (IN, MI, OH, IL, MO)
1991 - Sylvester Hill rolls first Jamboree 300 game in Kokomo
1992 - First procedure manual written and approved
1992 - Delegates meeting moved from Indy 500 Motel
1994 - District scholarships made available
1994 - State team series record set (3784)
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1995 - 1998
1995 - IBA First Vice-president Jim Landis passes away
while representing the IBA in Milwaukee
1995 - Randy Garrett serves as president a second time to complete Landis'
term
1995 - Tom Baxter elected an ABC Vice-president
1995 - First State Seniors Tournament manager appointed
1996 - 97 year-old bowls in State Seniors tournament
1996 - Women can bowl in the IBA tournament with ABC sanctioning
1996 - Bowl Indiana formed
1996 - State individual series record set (887)
1997 - IBA web site created
1997 - Joint Jamboree renamed the James K. Landis Joint Jamboree in honor
of Jim Landis
1997 - The first black serves on the IBA board
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1999 - 2000
1999 - ABC recognizes 50 year-old leagues throughout the
state
1999 - Separate actual prize entry added to state tournament
1999- State team game record set (1345)
1999 - Inception of the first IBA Masters Tournament to be held in 2001 in
Muncie
1999 - Tournament voting process redefined to use a "weighted
vote"
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2000 - 2001
2000 - Mishawaka hosts state tournament for the first time
ever
2000 - Sponsorship secured for the IBA Masters Tournament
2000 - State Seniors hold their own awards banquet
2000 - IBA obtains state merchants certificate enabling the IBA to sell
merchandise
2000 - John Birdwell celebrates 20 years as an ABC Director
2001 - First IBA Master Tournament in Muncie
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