International Bowling Congress's Hall of Fame in 1974 for "meritorious service to bowling". Membership When it became a part of USBC in 2005, there were over 1.2 million WIBC members playing in 67,000 sanctioned leagues in over 2,700 local associations. Local associations exist in every state as well some foreign countries. The national tournament held by the WIBC, now called the USBC Women's Championships, is the largest women's sporting event in the world. The 1997 tournament in Reno, Nevada, attracted 14,872 five-woman teams (for a total of 88,279 participants), the largest entry for any team tournament in history and a women's world record. See also 2005 in sports References Bowling organizations Sports organizations established in 1917 Women's sports organizations Organizations disestablished in 2005 1917 establishments in Missouri