I got to tell ya, after participating in my first Women's Championship Tournament, I don't think there's much hope.
The Ladies tournament is NOTHING like the men's (which is now called the Open Tournament). I've bowled in that several times as well as Men's State, City and City Masters tournaments. But I was asked to sub in the Women's Championship Tournament this year, and I will never do it again.
The Ladies just have to get more serious where this sport is concerned. Stop treating it like a Pep Ralley and "get together", but more like the National Tournament it's supposed to be. Professionalism was severely lacking in the Women's Championship Tournament, IMO. Unless you are going to bowl the Queen's Tournament (at nearly 4 times the price for entry) you will not find any serious atsmosphere in the Ladies only competition. If the women that bowl are not going to respect the sport as a sport and competition, then how is it ever going to gain the respectability amongst its peers and the public to ever have a Women's Tour again?
Erin