79th Annual Bowling Tournament

The 79th Annual Minnesota American Legion Family Bowling Tournament will be March 29 to April 27, 2025, at Sundance Lanes in Dayton. Reservations are now being accepted.

• Singles & Doubles bowl at 11 a.m. Saturdays

• Teams bowl at 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and noon Sundays

Cari Lamb is the tournament secretary, and all requests for reservations and information should go to her. Her email address is crlmb74@gmail.com. Her cellphone is 612-968-4839. Her address is 3217 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55407.

Dave Wendt of Westphal Post 251 in Robbinsdale is the Department of Minnesota Bowling Committee Chairman. His email is ddwlmw@charter.net. Do not send your registration to Wendt. Send it to Lamb.

Click here to download the registration form. Be sure to read the instructions below.

Entries will be taken up to 1 hour prior to bowling on any given date, if openings are available, but please make your requests for teams at least 2 weeks in advance.

In many instances, entry blanks have been submitted without all of the required information. This is not acceptable. Entry blanks must include the Bowler’s Name, American Legion, Auxiliary or SAL Card Member for the 2025 membership year, USBC card number (if USBC-sanctioned) and Average. If they are a non-sanctioned bowler, please place an N in the USBC member column followed by Legion in the USBC card number column.

If you made a reservation at last year’s tournament, your entries and all fees are to be postmarked to Lamb by Dec. 31, 2024, to keep your time slot. Reservations for which all fees have not been received by the closing date are subject to cancellation and will be opened to other teams who request that time slot.

Please note that the ten-pin rule is in effect. The ten-pin rule is: If your average is 10 pins higher in league bowling after 21 games  than your last year’s average, you must report this average as the average to be used in the tournament. 

The number of bowlers required for the team event is 4.

Bowlers may enter both singles and doubles or can bowl in the singles or doubles event only, but must let the secretary know their intentions.

Division One shall be the Legion Division, with the options, but must have at least one Legion member per team unless there are more teams than Legion members. The remaining teams may be made up of 4 SAL members or 3 SAL members and 1 Auxiliary member or 2 SAL members and 2 Auxiliary members. No more than 2 Auxiliary members per Legion teams.

Division Two shall be the Auxiliary division, consisting of 4 Auxiliary members.

The tournament is open to all members age 18 years or older of the Minnesota American Legion, Sons of The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary. The entry fee is $28 per person, per event, plus $4 for all events (optional). All participants bowling in the tournament MUST carry a current paid American Legion, Auxiliary or SAL membership card.

Persons desiring lodging should make reservations early. Lodging options are listed below. 

All inquiries regarding the tournament information should be directed to Secretary Cari Lamb.

Hotel information

Lodging is available at the following hotels for the 2025 Minnesota American Legion Bowling Tournament.

LaQuinta Inn & Suites7011 Northland CircleBrooklyn Park, MN 55428763-971-8000

Holiday Inn & Suites Maple Grove11801 Fountains Way, Maple Grove, MN 55369763-425-3800

Courtyard by Marriott Mpls. Maple Grove Arbor Lakes11871 Fountains Way, Maple Grove, MN 55369763-425-5355

Hilton Garden Inn Maple Grove6350 Vinewood Lane N., Maple Grove, MN 55311763-509-9500

Hampton Inn Maple Grove7745 Elm Creek Blvd. N., Maple Grove, MN 553698666-267-9053

Marriott Northwest Brooklyn Park7025 Northland Dr. N., Brooklyn Park, MN 55428866-281-6817

Cambria Hotel9655 Grove Circle N.Maple Grove, MN 55369763-494-5556