MARGIE BEGAN BOWLING ON A MIXED LEAGUE IN BELVIDERE, NEW JERSEY IN 1973. SHE BECAME LEAGUE SECRETARY OF BOTH A MIXED LEAGUE AND A LADIES LEAGUE IN 1975, BEFORE MOVING TO TEXAS IN 1979. SHE IMMEDIATELY JOINED A MIXED LEAGUE AT FAIR LANES SPENCER SQUARE.

HERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND, BILL, WHOM SHE MARRIED ON AUGUST 3, 1980. MARGIE HAS BOWLED ON SEVERAL MIXED LEAGUES, AS WELL AS LADIES LEAGUES IN PASADENA AND SERVED AS LEAGUE PRESIDENT OR VICE-PRESIDENT ON A NUMBER OF THESE LEAGUES. MARGIE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF PWBA SINCE 1979; WAS ELECTED TO THE PWBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN 1982; AND WAS APPOINTED PWBA SECRETARY IN 1984, AND THEN ELECTED TO THIS POSITION WHERE SHE SERVED THROUGH JULY 1988.

MARGIE HELPED TO ORGANIZE THE 500/600 CLUB AND SERVED AS SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS. SHE BOWLED HER 20TH PASADENA CITY TOURNAMENT IN JANUARY 1999; HER 17TH STATE TOURNAMENT IN 1998; AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN 15 NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. MARGIE’S HIGHEST SERIES HAS BEEN A 681, AND HER HIGHEST GAME A 279.

SHE AND HER PARTNER WON FIRST PLACE IN THE LOCAL 500/600 CLUB TOURNAMENT THREE YEARS AGO. SHE RECEIVED A PLAQUE LAST YEAR FOR BOWLING HIGH GAME IN THE CITY TOURNAMENT, A 265. IN 1985 MARGIE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE BIRTH OF THE SPARE TIME MIXED LEAGUE AT HURRICANE LANES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.

THIS LEAGUE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING LEAGUE, WITH FALL/WINTER AND SUMMER LEAGUES WHERE MARGIE HAS SERVED AS SECRETARY/TREASURER FOR GOING ON 15 YEARS. MARGIE IS EMPLOYED BY ARMADILLA LANES AS THE COMPUTER OPERATOR. SHE HAS TWO DAUGHTERS AND THREE SONS.