Category: Tournaments

Tournament news

Aug. 23 Bay State Open results

Normally, I don’t post about a tournament away from Westgate Lanes unless a local bowler either wins or does well (in a national tournament), but, this being the first tournament in one of the other Brockton Bowling Association centers in recent memory, I had to make an exception.

Randal Dunbar was the winner of the Bay State Open event yesterday at North Bowl Lanes in N. Attleboro, defeating Corey Hanson by a score of 268-187 (with handicap) in the title match. Kyle Egan and Stan Lewis, both representing Westgate Lanes, were semifinalists. The Bay State Open staff posted the video of the championship match, which is below:

https://vimeo.com/137095973

Dunbar and Egan were competing as youth bowlers, so their winnings will be deposited into their SMART scholarship accounts.

Kevin Thibeault & Matt Richard win TPS doubles in Woonsocket

A lot of the Westgate crew was back at Walnut Hill Bowl for the Tournament Players Series doubles event yesterday, with Kevin Thibeault & Matt Richard besting Danny Khuu & Sean Richard in the title match 460-426 (with handicap). Although I don’t have the scores, Kevin also said on Facebook that he threw his third 800 series (but not sanctioned) during qualifying.

Congrats everyone! 🙂

Tom Hankey wins U15 boys title in 2015 Junior Gold

Like Tyler Perry previously, I’m noting a bowler from Massachusetts who did well on the national stage…

The USBC reported that Tom Hankey, a bowler out of Cove Lanes in Great Barrington, MA, was the champion of the under-15 boys division of this year’s Junior Gold tournament in Chicago. Tom led the division after qualifying and the advancers rounds, winning his first two rounds of match play before losing to Jalen Mosley. After another match, Tom turned the tables on Jalen, then defeated Jorge Rodriguez 445-387 in the title match, which will air on CBS Sports Network on Aug. 11 at 10 PM Eastern time. Tom also earned a spot on the Junior Team USA developmental team.

Prior to Junior Gold, Tom also did well in the Youth Open at Orland Bowl, currently leading the U15 scratch team (with Jersey Boys and Tom) and boys all-events titles, with Tom relating on Facebook that the bowled a 300 game in the team event.

Congratulations to Tom, and I’ll also send along my wishes for continued success. 🙂

Tyler Perry makes top 10 in 2015 Junior Gold

This is one of those times when I recognize a bowler who doesn’t bowl out of Westgate (though his summer league is here), but is still a bowler in the area that does well on the national stage. 🙂

Tyler Perry of New Bedford made a run in the 2015 Junior Gold tournament in Chicago, qualifying 24th after a poor start, then eventually defeating Ric McCormick of Cincinnati, OH in a one-game roll-off for the 16th and last match play spot in the U20 boys division (the USBC video of the match will be below). Today, in match play, Tyler defeated Dallas Leong in the first round, then lost to Zachary Doty before being eliminated by Junior Team USA member Kamron Doyle in a two-frame roll-off. This will also be Tyler’s last Junior Gold after graduating to the adult ranks in the fall.

Congrats Tyler! 🙂

Kevin Thibeault places 68th in 2015 Junior Gold

Congratulations to Kevin Thibeault, who, as the advancers round results show, placed 68th in a field of over 1,400 under-20 boys at this year’s Junior Gold tournament in Chicago after averaging 194+ for 19 games on WTBA lane conditions. This will be his highest Junior Gold finish, as he will be joining the adult bowler ranks in the fall. Kevin related on Facebook that he had a chance at the top 64, but stuffed an 8 pin in the 9th frame of his last game.

Congratulations again Kevin…I said it on Facebook, but will also put on the record here that I see at least a NEBA title in your future. 🙂

Summer change for No-Tap Shootout

Starting this Monday (July 20), the No-Tap Shootouts will be held on Monday following the summer doubles league for the rest of the summer. Junior hopes that a Monday night tournament will be more convenient for bowlers, as well as more comfortable (as, hopefully, it’ll be cooler later in the evening). I will continue to post them on the blog’s calendar as they are scheduled.

July 12 Northeast Amateur Tournament results

Angel Hernandez won the Northeast Amateur Tournament event today at Westgate Lanes, defeating Charlie Unthank in the two-game final match by a score of 455-447 (with handicap). Jason Sherwood (who made the semifinals), Keith Kaestner, and Hakim Emmanuel were the Westgate cashers, with Keith cashing in the NAT for the first time.

Also, during qualifying, Charlie Unthank had games of 243, 279, and 290 for an 812 series (first three of four games), Corey Hanson a 300 game, and Shawn Fitzpatrick II a 299 game.

Congrats to all. 🙂

2015 Mass. women’s state tournament results

The results from the Massachusetts USBC Women’s Bowling Association’s state tournament, recently concluded at Brunswick Zone Lowell, are still in an unofficial state on their website, but I’ve been given a hard copy of the official results and will note the champions below, with the association of entry in parentheses. Note: The scratch champions are the ones that entered the optional scratch events and have won the monetary prize for scratch. The division champions’ scores are with handicap.

Team

Div. 1: Scotty’s Girls (Greater Springfield) 2,758
Div. 2: Sister Hood (Greater Boston) 2,735
Scratch: Chair City Chicks (Worcester County) 2,257

Doubles

Div. 1: Debra Adley & Linda Edwards (Merrimack Valley) 1,531
Div. 2: Darla Gunder & Lisa Trombley (Berkshire County) 1,452
Div. 3: Kelly Standish & Kelly Luiz (Southeastern Mass.) 1,504
Scratch: Mariann Klosin & Maryellen Thorne (Merrimack Valley) 1,267

Singles

Div. 1: Laura Krikorian (Worcester County) 815
Div. 2: Theresa Roberge (Merrimack Valley) 757
Div. 3: Elizabeth Mabry (Greater Springfield) 806
Scratch: Lynne Lewis (Greater Boston) 669

All-Events

Div. 1: Laura Krikorian (Worcester County) 2,274
Div. 2: Karen Strickland (Merrimack Valley) 2,224
Div. 3: Kelly Luiz (Southeastern Mass.) 2,252
Scratch: Laura Krikorian (Worcester County) 1,959

The website additionally reported that Debra Adley bowled her first 300 game during the tournament, in the doubles event.

Congratulations to all! 😀

AMF Auburn Lanes to hold US Women’s Open qualifier Aug. 2

AMF Auburn Lanes will be running New England’s qualifier for the US Women’s Open on Aug. 2 beginning at 11 AM. Entry fee will be $65, and entrants will bowl eight (8) games across 16 lanes, with US Women’s Open entries being awarded at a 1:10 ratio. The lane condition will be the 2011 US Women’s Open pattern (39′, 5.21:1 ratio; link is to top graph on Kegel.net). Anyone interested can contact Eric Mahoney at the bowling center for more information.

Sean Richard & Danny Khuu win Lefty Righty Doubleheader at Carolier

Congrats to “$eany Ka$h” Sean Richard and Danny Khuu for winning the scratch division of the third annual Lefty Righty Doubleheader at Brunswick Zone Carolier in N. Brunswick, NJ today. The format of the tournament was that there had to be one bowler with each hand on the team, with back-up bowlers counting as the opposite hand. Sean and Danny shot 2,440 for the five games, with Danny putting up a 299 second game to lead the way.

Congrats again guys! 😀

June 20 No-Tap Shootout results

Matt Richard won the no-tap shootout today with an 877 score, Tim Major second with 834, and Brian Egan third with 830. There were 14 entries.

I don’t know when the next one will be yet, but the jackpot for seven no-tap (not natural) strikes in a row in the same game is over $1,000 now, so people might want to come up for it. 🙂

Stephen Major wins Youth Sport Singles Challenge

Congrats to Stephen Major for winning the fourth Youth Sport Singles Challenge, held at Cove Lanes in Great Barrington, MA. The format was similar to a Masters competition at a World Championships, particularly where the lane condition is concerned, as the WTBA Paris pattern was on the left lane of a pair and Sydney on the right. Stephen defeated Andrew Hall by a score of 401-352 in the two game final match.

2015 Mass. state tournament official results

The Brockton Bowling Association has posted official results on their homepage (with links to individual event results on front page), and I’ll recognize the state champions for the year below (rather than take the association of entry, I’ll try my best to determine a bowler’s home association, which will be in parentheses):

Handicap

Team: House Rats #2 (Brockton) 4,012
Doubles: Keith Tantillo & AJ Voisine (Brockton) 1,700
Singles: Pat Carrara (Brockton) 933
All-Events: Steve Travers (Brockton) 2,565

Scratch

Team: Richard’s Warrior (Brockton) 3,662
Doubles: Scott & Ken Corkhum (Greater Boston) 1,500
Singles: Tom Hedding (Brockton) 848
All-Events: Brian Boghosian (Mass. Tri-County) 2,274

I’ll also recognize the team champions individually (with the scratch champions’ lineup having been previously reported):

House Rats #2: AJ Voisine, Jay Krushas, Eric Durden, Paul Loberman, Matt Richard
Richard’s Warrior: Brian Gaskill, Jim Ferguson, Brian Egan, Bob Hamilton, Sean Richard

The final entry count was 138 teams, 374 doubles, 676 singles, and 501 all-events.

Congratulations to everyone who cashed. Thank you to everyone who participated this year, and also many thanks to Junior, Marcia, and the Westgate Lanes staff for hosting the tournament.

I do have one announcement related to the state tournament to make, but I’ll save that for a later time this month.

June 6 Bay State Open Baker doubles results

The Bay State Open’s Baker doubles event, rescheduled to Westgate Lanes from another venue, was won by Jeff Havunen & Bill Sheehey when they first defeated Joe Conners & Bill Josephson 578-463 (two games, with handicap), then John Litwin & Jennifer Dorrington 437-384 (For the non-bowlers unfamiliar with the Baker doubles format, the two bowlers bowl in alternating frames for a single game rather than both bowling a complete game each.).

This is the same Bill Sheehey who I “met” on the BowlingCommunity.com forums and first met in person at a Northeast Amateur Tournament event at Westgate a couple of years ago. He has since won several tournaments in both the NAT and Bay State Open, recently becoming the latter’s Bowler of the Year by winning the season-ending event at Lanes & Games and throwing his first 300 game in the title match of that tournament in the process. For the record, congrats to Bill on his recent accomplishments. 🙂

Tina Gannon wins singles championship in TNBA national tournament

As both the scratch/actual and handicap results show, Coke league bowler Tina Gannon has won the women’s singles event in the TNBA national tournament with a 785 scratch and 816 handicap score. The doubles and singles events took place at Texas Station in North Las Vegas.

I’m not sure what the prize rule is for the TNBA tournament, but she’ll likely receive the handicap prize if the prize fund percentages favor the handicap division. Still, congrats to Tina on a great effort. 🙂

Ryan Yelle wins first PBA regional title in PA

As noted in the results, Ryan Yelle of South Easton, a Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer, won his first PBA regional title Sunday in the Colony Park Lanes Eastern Challenge, an event for non-winners, in York, PA. Ryan qualified 6th with a +96 (seven games), eventually defeating Noel Vega of Kew Gardens, NY in the title match 220-190. The tournament was contested on the 47′ Scorpion oil pattern.

Ryan bowls at Westgate Lanes primarily in the Coke Classic league, also subbing in the Westgate Mixed league this season.

May 2015 NAT at Westgate Lanes

The Northeast Amateur Tournament held their season-ending tournament at Westgate Lanes today, with Jackson Getting defeating George Boudreau in the two-game final match by a score of 573-474 (with handicap). Westgate bowlers Jason Sherwood and Paris Cook both reached the semifinals, and Hakim Emmanuel, AJ Voisine, Sean Richard, and Danny Khuu were the other Westgate bowlers cashing.

During qualifying, Phil Hall had a 300 game, and Sean Richard a 290 game.

Congrats to all. 🙂

2015 Mass. youth state tournament results

The Mass. USBC Youth Association has posted official results of the 50th state tournament, which concluded recently at AMF Chicopee Lanes, on their website (see separate links on front page for each event). As usual with the youth tournament, I’ll note the winners from Westgate Lanes, as a post with all of the state champions would be lengthy:

Team, 321-400 Handicap: Nasirha Andrade, Haley Demling, Anna Blyth, Joshua White
Team, 461-560 Scratch: Brandon Moore (from North Bowl), William Gerraughty, Jonathan Gerraughty, Adaisha Straughn
Team, 461-560 Handicap: Xavier Andrade, Glenn Rucker, Anthony Vieira, Christopher Zalewski
Doubles, 321-360 Scratch: Cameron Kaestner & Kyle Egan
All-Events, 161-180 Handicap: Kyle Egan
All-Events, 101-120 Scratch: Xavier Andrade
All-Events, 121-140 Scratch: William Gerraughty

Congrats to all of our bowlers who placed in the tournament. 🙂

May 23 No-Tap Shootout results

The results of today’s no-tap shootout:

  1. Rich Fulton 900
  2. Matt Richard 877
  3. Tim Major 852
  4. Stan Lewis 829

I forgot to get an entry count, but you may assume at least 20 (four prizes at 1:5 ratio). Rich told me this was the second time he’s shot a no-tap 900, and has also had an 897 no-tap series.

Congrats everyone! 🙂

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 8

Before I wrap up the final day of the tournament, I’ll tie up a couple of loose ends from yesterday, as Jim Sicard had games of 258, 279, and 278 for an 815 series and Mike Farrar had a 300 game in the singles event of the 3:30 squad.

Today belonged to Tom Hedding, who, in the 9 AM squad, bowled games of 290, 258, and 300 for an 848 series, and because this was in his singles event, this is a new state tournament record, set just last year in Lowell by Ralph Marple. There were a couple of honor games in doubles prior to that, with Dave Chalifoux’s 300 game and Steve Travers with a 290 game.

The last squad of the tournament saw Scott Corkhum throw games of 279, 280, and 259 for an 818 series, which I believe helped him and his brother Ken into the scratch doubles lead. Rounding out the final day of the tournament, Jim Simon had a 299 game in doubles, and Chris Carter another 299 in singles.

I will post the final results link and acknowledge the champions when the results are made official.

2015 Mass. state tournament Day 7

The noon team event got the scoring going today, led by Bruce March, a 2003 inductee into the state Hall of Fame, with games of 263, 300, and 257 for an 820 series, with Dan Esdale (297) and Jim Wallace (279) having 11 in a row games. I got the video of Bruce March’s last strike for 300, which is below:

Another Hall of Famer, Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson, followed up on last week’s team performance in doubles in the 3:30 squad, when he went 249, 258, and 300 for an 807 (doesn’t count for all-events, as this was a re-entry). Gary Weiner added a state tournament 300 game to his two this year in the Westgate Mixed league, and Lou Rosa also had a 290 game. I am aware of another 800 series in singles, but I don’t have the details, so that will be posted in the future.