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To All Hoinke Classic Bowlers,

          I would like to take this time to thank you personally for your hard work organizing squads and participating in all of our Hoinke Classic events. The Hoinke family realizes how difficult it has been especially over the last couple of years to not only get commitments from bowlers, but also the time involved filling out entry forms, securing hotel stays and collecting money. 

The past couple of years have been extremely difficult in the bowling business.  League bowling is down along with declines in open bowling and tournament bowling.  Because of these factors, Western Bowl has had a difficult time financially.  We had hoped to secure new financing to allow Western Bowl to get back to profitability, however all efforts on this front have failed.

These factors, along with the state of the industry, have forced us to make the difficult decision to suspend operations on May 1st of 2009.  Obviously, this situation has also forced us to postpone the operation of the Hoinke Classic.

We are currently in talks with different bowling centers about hosting the Hoinke next year.  We have the majority of your e-mails, and will contact you accordingly.

It has been a great run and we again thank you for your support.

Russell Hoinke, Director

Hoinke Classic, Inc.