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ARLINGTON, Texas - The 2021 Junior Gold Championships will feature a record-setting prize fund topping a half-million dollars and award more individual scholarships than ever before.
International Bowling Campus Youth Development (IBC Youth) has added an additional $226,250 in prize scholarships on top of paid entry funds to the 2021 Junior Gold Championships. The additional scholarship awards come from available unassigned SMART funds in the Junior Gold Tournament SMART account.
The added scholarships raise the total prize fund for the 2021 event to a tournament-record $502,100 in scholarships and prizes. The 2021 tournament has 3,129 participants and will fund scholarships and prizes for 1,272 athletes. IBC Youth and Junior Gold want to set the example for youth tournaments across the nation, IBC Youth Managing Director Gary Brown said. USBC has published studies showing the need for tournaments to add more unassigned SMART funds to events, so Junior Gold is add