2025 Junior Gold Championships set to begin in Green Bay
July 08, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Thousands of the nation’s top youth bowlers are headed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the 2025 Junior Gold Championships, which starts with official practice sessions on Friday and will conclude July 19 with the taped stepladder finals in each of the three age-based divisions for both boys and girls, which are U12, U15 and U18.
This year marks the first time the Junior Gold Championships has come to the Green Bay area and its hallowed center, The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley.
Ashwaubenon won’t be the only venue in use, however, as, seven additional bowling centers will help play host to the more than 3,200 athletes competing in the Green Bay area during the weeklong tournament for a part of the event’s nearly $500,000 scholarship fund.
Junior Team USA and Junior Team USA’s Developmental Team for 2026 also will have spots up for grabs through qualifying and the stepladder finals at this year’s Junior Gold Championships.
BowlTV will provide livestream coverage of every round of the 2025 Junior Gold Championships leading up to the stepladder finals in each division. Junior Gold coverage will be limited to five of the eight centers during the qualifying rounds in all three divisions, with each center offering 16 lanes of coverage. Sixteen lanes also will be streamed at each center during each division’s respective advancers and match play rounds.
Qualifying and match play at the USA Bowling National Championships will be streamed live on BowlTV with viewers being able to watch all competition pairs at Revs Bowl Bar & Grill.
The stepladder finals at both the USA Bowling National Championships and Junior Gold Championships will be taped for broadcast on CBS Sports Network. USA Bowling National Championships telecasts will air July 15 (U12) and July 22 (U15), both at 7 p.m. Eastern. Junior Gold telecasts will adhere to the schedule that follows: U12 (Tuesday, July 29, at 7 p.m. Eastern); U15 (Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. Eastern) and U18 (Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 5 p.m. Eastern).
In addition to The Ashwaubenon Bowling alley, the centers being used for the 2025 Junior Gold Championships include Buzz Social, Dale’s Weston Lanes, Revs Bowl Bar & Grill, Riviera Lanes, Rolling Thunder Lanes, Sabre Lanes and Super Bowl Family Entertainment Center.
Each division’s stepladder finals will take place at The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley.
The 2025 Junior Gold Championships will run just over a week long as all bowlers will have their official practice sessions from July 11-13.
Junior Gold bowlers will start competition with four four-game qualifying blocks from July 14-17 to determine competitors moving on to the advancers round. U12 advancers will bowl another four-game block before the top eight head into match play, while U15 and U18 advancers will bowl a five-game block. A second cut is made for U15 and U18 for the final advancers round with an additional five games before the top 16 advance to match play.
Match play will be a double-elimination bracket, with each match being two games and highest pinfall determining who advances. The final two in the Winners Bracket will bowl for the No. 1 seed in the stepladder finals, while the winner in the Elimination Bracket will be the No. 3 seed on the show.
The stepladder finals in the U12 (10 a.m. Eastern), U15 (2 p.m. Eastern) and U18 (6 p.m. Eastern) divisions will all take place July 19. Stepladder competition will not be streamed to avoid providing spoilers prior to the aforementioned CBS Sports Network broadcasts.
The Junior Gold Trade Show, Demo Day and registration for all athletes will take place July 10-12.
Demo Day will take place at Buzz Social with sessions occurring July 11 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern and July 12 from 9 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Eastern. Space is limited for the demo day with required registration (first come, first served) available if you CLICK HERE.
Tournament registration and the 2025 Junior Gold Trade Show will take place at Resch Expo. Merchandise sales and spectator pass pickup will kick things off on July 11 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern with the full trade show to follow on July 12 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern.
This year's trade show will feature official Junior Gold merchandise, concessions, autograph stations featuring numerous professional bowlers and more than 70 collegiate experience vendors.
The 2025 Junior Gold Championships Opening Ceremony will take place July 13 at Resch Center. Festivities will begin at 5 p.m. Eastern with the athlete state walk, awards and entertainment and will conclude with the live stepladder finals of the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Anniversary Open, which is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Eastern.
By attending the Anniversary Open finals, Junior Gold athletes and their families will not only have the chance to watch some of the world’s top female bowlers compete for a title in an arena setting, they also will be afforded the opportunity to be part of a potentially record-setting audience for a women’s professional bowling event.
In addition to the Junior Gold Championships, the Bowling.com Youth Open Championships, USA Bowling National Championships and Survivor Tournament also will be taking place in Green Bay.
The Youth Open Championships, a non-qualifying tournament open to all USBC Youth bowlers, has competition in singles, doubles and four-person team. Squads will be held at Bowlero Super Bowl Family Entertainment Center in Appleton, Wisconsin, July 9-11, 18-20 and 26-27.
The 2025 USA Bowling National Championships will bring together the top youth teams from throughout the country to compete for a national championship and scholarship prizes.
USA Bowling Regional events determined the field for the USA Bowling National Championships. There were two divisions at each regional event – Under 12 (born Aug. 1, 2012, or later) and Under 15 (born between Aug. 1, 2009, to July 31, 2012). Each regional champion advanced to the national event in Green Bay.
Those teams will compete in qualifying rounds at Revs Bowl Bar & Grill on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Eastern. Match play will continue at Revs on Thursday at 9 a.m. Eastern before competition moves over to the Resch Expo Center on July 13 for the finals, which will begin at noon Eastern in the U12 division and 2:15 p.m. Eastern in the U15 division.
The Survivor Tournament will be contested on July 18 and 19 at Buzz Social with squads taking place each day at 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern. Competitors will bowl five games across 10 lanes with one-in-five participants winning entries into the 2026 Junior Gold Championships.
Survivor Tournament competitors have the option of paying an additional $75 to receive a high-performance bowling ball from Brunswick (Hypnotize), Hammer (Special Effect), Motiv (Evoke Hysteria) or Storm (Physix Blackout) along with their tournament entry.
For more information on the 2025 Junior Gold Championships, CLICK HERE.
This year marks the first time the Junior Gold Championships has come to the Green Bay area and its hallowed center, The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley.
Ashwaubenon won’t be the only venue in use, however, as, seven additional bowling centers will help play host to the more than 3,200 athletes competing in the Green Bay area during the weeklong tournament for a part of the event’s nearly $500,000 scholarship fund.
Junior Team USA and Junior Team USA’s Developmental Team for 2026 also will have spots up for grabs through qualifying and the stepladder finals at this year’s Junior Gold Championships.
BowlTV will provide livestream coverage of every round of the 2025 Junior Gold Championships leading up to the stepladder finals in each division. Junior Gold coverage will be limited to five of the eight centers during the qualifying rounds in all three divisions, with each center offering 16 lanes of coverage. Sixteen lanes also will be streamed at each center during each division’s respective advancers and match play rounds.
Qualifying and match play at the USA Bowling National Championships will be streamed live on BowlTV with viewers being able to watch all competition pairs at Revs Bowl Bar & Grill.
The stepladder finals at both the USA Bowling National Championships and Junior Gold Championships will be taped for broadcast on CBS Sports Network. USA Bowling National Championships telecasts will air July 15 (U12) and July 22 (U15), both at 7 p.m. Eastern. Junior Gold telecasts will adhere to the schedule that follows: U12 (Tuesday, July 29, at 7 p.m. Eastern); U15 (Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. Eastern) and U18 (Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 5 p.m. Eastern).
In addition to The Ashwaubenon Bowling alley, the centers being used for the 2025 Junior Gold Championships include Buzz Social, Dale’s Weston Lanes, Revs Bowl Bar & Grill, Riviera Lanes, Rolling Thunder Lanes, Sabre Lanes and Super Bowl Family Entertainment Center.
Each division’s stepladder finals will take place at The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley.
The 2025 Junior Gold Championships will run just over a week long as all bowlers will have their official practice sessions from July 11-13.
Junior Gold bowlers will start competition with four four-game qualifying blocks from July 14-17 to determine competitors moving on to the advancers round. U12 advancers will bowl another four-game block before the top eight head into match play, while U15 and U18 advancers will bowl a five-game block. A second cut is made for U15 and U18 for the final advancers round with an additional five games before the top 16 advance to match play.
Match play will be a double-elimination bracket, with each match being two games and highest pinfall determining who advances. The final two in the Winners Bracket will bowl for the No. 1 seed in the stepladder finals, while the winner in the Elimination Bracket will be the No. 3 seed on the show.
The stepladder finals in the U12 (10 a.m. Eastern), U15 (2 p.m. Eastern) and U18 (6 p.m. Eastern) divisions will all take place July 19. Stepladder competition will not be streamed to avoid providing spoilers prior to the aforementioned CBS Sports Network broadcasts.
The Junior Gold Trade Show, Demo Day and registration for all athletes will take place July 10-12.
Demo Day will take place at Buzz Social with sessions occurring July 11 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern and July 12 from 9 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Eastern. Space is limited for the demo day with required registration (first come, first served) available if you CLICK HERE.
Tournament registration and the 2025 Junior Gold Trade Show will take place at Resch Expo. Merchandise sales and spectator pass pickup will kick things off on July 11 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern with the full trade show to follow on July 12 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern.
This year's trade show will feature official Junior Gold merchandise, concessions, autograph stations featuring numerous professional bowlers and more than 70 collegiate experience vendors.
The 2025 Junior Gold Championships Opening Ceremony will take place July 13 at Resch Center. Festivities will begin at 5 p.m. Eastern with the athlete state walk, awards and entertainment and will conclude with the live stepladder finals of the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Anniversary Open, which is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Eastern.
By attending the Anniversary Open finals, Junior Gold athletes and their families will not only have the chance to watch some of the world’s top female bowlers compete for a title in an arena setting, they also will be afforded the opportunity to be part of a potentially record-setting audience for a women’s professional bowling event.
In addition to the Junior Gold Championships, the Bowling.com Youth Open Championships, USA Bowling National Championships and Survivor Tournament also will be taking place in Green Bay.
The Youth Open Championships, a non-qualifying tournament open to all USBC Youth bowlers, has competition in singles, doubles and four-person team. Squads will be held at Bowlero Super Bowl Family Entertainment Center in Appleton, Wisconsin, July 9-11, 18-20 and 26-27.
The 2025 USA Bowling National Championships will bring together the top youth teams from throughout the country to compete for a national championship and scholarship prizes.
USA Bowling Regional events determined the field for the USA Bowling National Championships. There were two divisions at each regional event – Under 12 (born Aug. 1, 2012, or later) and Under 15 (born between Aug. 1, 2009, to July 31, 2012). Each regional champion advanced to the national event in Green Bay.
Those teams will compete in qualifying rounds at Revs Bowl Bar & Grill on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Eastern. Match play will continue at Revs on Thursday at 9 a.m. Eastern before competition moves over to the Resch Expo Center on July 13 for the finals, which will begin at noon Eastern in the U12 division and 2:15 p.m. Eastern in the U15 division.
The Survivor Tournament will be contested on July 18 and 19 at Buzz Social with squads taking place each day at 9 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern. Competitors will bowl five games across 10 lanes with one-in-five participants winning entries into the 2026 Junior Gold Championships.
Survivor Tournament competitors have the option of paying an additional $75 to receive a high-performance bowling ball from Brunswick (Hypnotize), Hammer (Special Effect), Motiv (Evoke Hysteria) or Storm (Physix Blackout) along with their tournament entry.
For more information on the 2025 Junior Gold Championships, CLICK HERE.