Every year around this time of November, people in the bowling community and beyond ask 'What’s up with this “Feftacular?”'

Well, to truly know what The Feftacular is all about, you have to know about SerbskE$ Club.

It was during this episode of Bowling With The Fef! in June 2022 that the team asked if I would sub with them.

Because I typically bowl on Thursday nights, and they bowl on Wednesdays, we decided that the night before Thanksgiving is the perfect night for it.

So, in November 2022, The Feftacular was born.

It’s a night of league with plenty of bells and whistles.

Feftacular III (Nov. 27, 2024) has a "Red Carpet Meet and Greet Pregame" before bowling at Village Bowl in Menomonee Falls, WI. It is the center known to most as The Country Club of Bowling."

There is also a postgame party afterwards with music, food and fun.

But the bowling itself is an experience, one that is preceded by nearly 30 years of SerbskE$ Club history.

You’ll hear several voices on this episode, mostly Mark Ignatowski, Pete Serbiak and Jeff Ehrhardt.

Through the episode, you’ll learn all the nicknames, the significance of things like the Halfway There Choir, the Super Milty and, why, in the SerbskE$ Club, there is No Coaster Left Behind.

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In each of the past two years, the PBA has stopped at FireLake Lanes in Shawnee, OK. One was a national tour stop in 2023. The other, a Southwest Region event this past May.

But the rosters for these events had something in common: both included PBA Tour champion Joe Firpo.

It was June 1987 when Firpo and doubles partner Del Warren took the title at the Showboat Doubles Classic. He appeared on televised PBA Tour finals many times after that in the late 80s and 90s.

Firpo bowled around the Atlanta area after leaving the tour. Now he lives in Oklahoma City, and recently mentioned how an episode of the show brought back some great memories of his days on the tour. Ah, the way we were...

We're examining some of his favorite times on tour, many of which were not in the bowling center!

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PBA Tour champ Joe Firpo reached out to me recently about a Bowling With The Fef episode he watched.

He said that there is nothing funnier that the stories from a couple of those guests.

Of course, I had to ask him if he would come on the show. He will on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 live on the YouTube channel and shortly after here on the podcast.

Firpo’s win on the national tour was a doubles title in 1987 with Del Warren.

Del was a guest on the show for episode 46: Life Lessons.

Recorded in October 2021, this was, of course, before the Webber International mens team's most recent Intercollegiate Team Championship in the spring of 2024.

But there were plenty of magical moments for him to talk about, including the doubles championship that would be Firpo’s lone national tour title.

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When we last heard from Christine Rebstock of Middletown, CT on the show more than three years ago, she was looking forward to improving on the lanes and winning another New England Bowlers Association tournament.

Times have changed, and so have some of Christine's priorities. "...my eyes have been opened about gender ideology..." Christine said in a message exchange last month.

She's taken some steps toward bringing that ideology to bowling, including in the "It" in the title of this episode.

We're catching up with Christine about her journey to regain the wave of success she had when she competed years before, and her effort to bring what she describes as "common sense" to the highest levels of competition in the sport.

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Christine Rebstock is returning to the show this week in an episode called It’s not for someone like me to bowl.

We’ll get to the “it” on Wednesday November 13 2024 at 8 p.m. central live on the Bowling With The Fef YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/live/IrNKsAQ4RyQ) and soon after on this podcast.

For now, a flashback to Ep. 30 on the show: What’s in a name, from June of 2021. That's when Christine had publicly identified as...Christine for less than a year and was looking forward to improvement on the lanes.

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Along with the premiere Bowling With The Fef podcast All She Knows So Far, Katey Haflund and I recorded another, shorter, conversation.

We talked about bringing non-bowlers into the sport and taking on the role of an ambassador, string pins, and a day back in the early 1990s in Minneapolis that I will never forget.

"Bonus Balls" is a podcast exclusive and will not appear on the YouTube channel in video form.

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This guest loves great music, time with friends and Minnesota, but bowling has always been her passion.

Katey Haflund of Coon Rapids, MN caught the bowling bug early, and quickly found success in competitive youth bowling. As one of the standouts in the North Metro Traveling League in the Twin Cities, she has improved consistently through the years, competing with Minnesota's best on adult tournament teams.

Recently, she has worked her way back to form after an injury forced her to take time off, then bowl left-handed and work relentlessly with lighter equipment.

Katey refused to come on the show UNTIL we opened up a new platform for consuming Bowling With The Fef content to YOU! Now, that is happening, and we'll fill you in on all the details on Ep 183, ER...Pod #1!

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