Category: Tournaments

Tournament news

Dec. 6 tournament note

Junior wants to run more tournaments, and the first of those will be a no-tap (9 drop on first ball = strike) shootout on Jan. 17 at 1 PM. Your entry will also include entry for a $500 jackpot, which will be won by seven consecutive nine-drops starting from any frame in any game. Details can be had at the desk, and the tournament has been placed on the blog’s calendar.

Jason Sherwood throws 300 in NEBA non-champions at Lang’s

I don’t have final results for the tournament yet, but I needed to note that Jason Sherwood threw a 300 game today in the NEBA non-champions event at Lang’s Bowlarama in Cranston, RI. The video of the last strike, recorded by Robin Goernert, is below.

Congrats Jason! 😀

Danny Khuu wins 2014 Brockton USBCBA Bowler of the Year

2014 Brockton USBCBA Bowler of the Year finalists (L-R): Danny Khuu (champion), Jason Sherwood (runner-up)
2014 Brockton USBCBA Bowler of the Year finalists (L-R): Danny Khuu (champion), Jason Sherwood (runner-up)

Congratulations to Danny Khuu on winning the 2014 Brockton Bowling Association Bowler of the Year tournament today. The stepladder results were as follows:

Match 1: Danny Khuu def. Bob Hamilton 256-191
Semifinal: Khuu def. Ryan Yelle 249-180
Championship: Khuu def. Jason Sherwood 257-205

Khuu was dominant throughout the stepladder, and the title match was no exception, with Sherwood just staying clean and Khuu throwing an opening four-bagger before leaving a 10 pin, from which point Khuu cruised to victory.

There was one honor score in the tournament, belonging to Ryan Yelle, who closed his round of eight match with the first 11 before catching a bad break with an 8 pin.

Full results will be available soon on the Brockton Bowling Association website.

Bay State Open obtains USBC certification

Tournament certificate for Bay State Open

The photo linked above says it all: The Bay State Open is now USBC-certified from next Saturday’s event at Lanes & Games through their Jan. 3 date at Westgate Lanes (which is already on the calendar), and they also announced on Facebook that they will keep their certification up as their future schedule is finalized. I’ve already made note of the certification on the Brockton Bowling Association Facebook page.

2014 Westgate Lanes NEBA results

NEBA reported Mike Lichstein won his record 28th NEBA title, and his 4th at Westgate Lanes, this past Sunday. They reported on Facebook that Lichstein defeated Alex Aguiar by a score of 217-205 in the title match. Westgate Lanes bowler Sean Richard made a run into the quarterfinals before losing to Lichstein, and he was joined out of Westgate Lanes as cashers by Brian Gaskill, Jason Sherwood, Danny Khuu, Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson, Eric Durden, Bob Hamilton, and Kevin Thibeault (who, competing as a youth bowler, will have his prize money deposited into his SMART scholarship account). Brian Egan of Westgate Lanes won the prize for high game outside of the cut.

The title match itself was a classic, as Aguiar had an early split, but it became apparent that whichever bowler could figure out the right lane first would win, and Lichstein broke through in the 9th frame. When Lichstein struck in the 10th to seal his victory, he was overcome by emotion (as it was his first NEBA title in four years) and flopped down on the approach. Entertainingly, Aguiar mimicked the gesture when he finally struck in the 10th on the problem right lane. An observation of Lichstein I made during match play was that he was constantly giving his opponents encouragement during the match. Mike Lichstein is a bowler who gets it, which reminded me of what the great bowling writer Chuck Pezzano said about the mindset of most bowlers: You want your opponent to bowl well, too, just you a little bit better.

There were five 300 games in the regular NEBA tournament, and I already posted about Brian Gaskill’s on Saturday, but one I missed on Saturday was thrown by Bob Dimuccio Jr. There were three more perfect games on Sunday, all of which I have video for, and I’ll go in order. First, Mike Wilson:

Charlie Bonis Jr.:

And, finally, Dave Martorella:

In addition, Mike Lichstein had a chance at one before a “super washout” (1-3-4-6-7 for a lefty) derailed him on the last shot.

2014 Senior NEBA results

According to the prize list posted by NEBA (via Facebook), John Kirker won the NEBA senior event held this past Saturday at Westgate Lanes. The match play results show that he defeated Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson by a score of 246-191 in the title match. John Hayes Jr. was the other Westgate Lanes casher in the event.

There were two 300 games in the senior tournament, including John Papa, who had a 300 game in this event last year, as well, and Marcel Lessard, the video of which is below.

Brian Gaskill bowls 300 in NEBA qualifying

Congrats to Brian Gaskill, who I’m sure most of you know bowls in the Coke league Monday night, on a 300 game tonight during qualifying for the NEBA event. The last strike of his game (sans audio, for some reason) is shown below.

I have additional content from the senior NEBA event today, but I wish to wait for NEBA to post their recap on their website before proceeding.

2014 NEBA oil pattern notes

NEBA, on their Facebook page, has disclosed the oil patterns that will be used for the two tournaments at Westgate Lanes this weekend. I’ll start with the senior tournament, first:

And the regular tournament:

If the latter pattern looks familiar to my readers, it is our house shot for this year, which I posted earlier in the season.

Good luck to our bowlers who are bowling this weekend. 🙂

Nov. 2014 Junior Professionals results

Here are the results of today’s stepladder matches in the Junior Professionals Tournament (handicap has been added to scores in handicap division):

Handicap

Match 1: Cody Litchfield def. Michael Morrissey 234-174
Semifinal: Ryan Hoestery def. Litchfield 198-196
Championship: Nate Purches def. Hoestery 242-217

High Qualifier: Cody Litchfield 1,349

Scratch

Match 1: Allen Halacy def. Aaron Major 252-246
Semifinal: Kevin Thibeault def. Halacy 248-193
Championship: Thibeault def. Tyler Perry 237-220

High Qualifier: Tyler Perry 1,453

There were 12 entries in the handicap division, and 16 in the scratch division.

I tried to get a photo of the final bowlers, but didn’t like either one I took, so I decided not to post one. I apologize for that.

Thank you to everyone who came out today for the tournament. 🙂

Ed Roberts places 3rd in 2014 ITRC Super Senior Classic

The USBC reported that Ed Roberts of Braintree, MA, a Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer, was the third place finisher in the 2014 ITRC Super Senior Classic at the International Training and Research Center on the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, TX. Ed was the second seed in the stepladder and faced Jim Knoblauch of Waukesha, WI in the semifinal match. In the match, Knoblauch opened with a five-bagger before leaving a 4-7-10 split, and it looked like Ed would apply pressure with a run of three strikes from the 5th frame, but he never really had it on the left lane and left the 4-6-7 split in the 8th frame, from which he didn’t recover, losing by a score of 218-196. Knoblauch went on to defeat defending champion Kerry Painter of Henderson, NV in the title match 224-213.

The event streamed live on BowlTV, and I’ll embed the archive below.

Congrats Ed! 🙂

In a bit of administrivia, I added NEBA to the text of their link to make it easier for users who know the organization by its initials to find the link.

Chuck Paige wins Bay State Open at Westgate

The latest newsletter for the Bay State Open reported Chuck Paige as the winner of the Oct. 18 event held at Westgate Lanes. Chuck defeated Steven LaRosa by a score of 236-214 (with handicap).

Congrats again Chuck! 😀

EDIT: Meant to mention with this that I met my forum friend Bill (now known on the forums as “wronghander”, as he’s a lefty) again at this tournament, and his bowling looked a lot better than it did at the time of our initial meeting.

2014 Mass. state senior tournament results

The Brockton Bowling Association has posted the unofficial results of the Massachusetts state senior tournament, which was held this past weekend at Westgate Lanes. I’ll note the age division champions below (with association represented in parentheses after the name; scores are with handicap):

Division A (70 and over): Ed Roberts (Brockton) 1,539
Division B (65-69): Robert Crichlow (Greater Boston) 1,548
Division C (60-64): John Hayes Jr. (Brockton) 1,725
Division D (55-59): Gerry LaTremouille (Brockton) 1,623
Division E (50-54): Craig Clemons (Pittsfield) 1,546

Congratulations to all who cashed! 😀

Note: Link in article is to index page; click on division links for full results.

Kevin Thibeault wins Junior Bowling Sport Challenge at Westgate

Congrats to Kevin Thibeault, who won the under-20 division of yesterday’s Junior Bowling Sport Challenge at Westgate Lanes. In his final match, Kevin tied Nick Flake with a 195 score, then won a four-frame roll-off 55-51. In addition to Kevin and Nick, Rachel Bamford (U15) and Sam Blanchette (U12) qualified for Junior Gold, and I’m going to assume Rachel won the U15 scholarship division unless I hear otherwise. The tournament was contested on the WTBA Los Angeles pattern.

2014-15 Westgate Lanes house shot

I’m amazed that, in my 7+ years of writing this blog, this post will be a first. I actually had a chance to do what I’m about to do last year, but didn’t want to impose on Ray for his copy, but he did allow me to take it home to scan this year (I did promise I’d bring it back tomorrow). I am about to reveal the Westgate Lanes house shot for the season (click on image to display full-size):

House shot at Westgate Lanes for 2014-15 season
House shot at Westgate Lanes for 2014-15 season

If you’ve never seen one of these before, the important thing to remember is that blue = oil, and the deeper the blue, the more oil there is. This is probably typical as house shots go, with a ratio of 8:1, though I’ve seen house shots in the 10:1 to 15:1 range. The ratio is just a measure of how much friction is available on the outside, and the smaller the ratio, the less of it there is. A “challenge” shot that the Coke league might be on is more on the order of 5:1, and any pattern 3:1 or less is considered USBC Sport Bowling-compliant.

Youth program dates of importance posted: When I picked up the pro shop’s copy of the house shot tonight, I also saw on the bulletin board that dates of importance for the youth program, such as Adult/Junior doubles tournaments, travel league dates at Westgate, etc., have been posted. I’ve jotted them down and added them to my calendar. Remember, the full calendar is linked in the “Local/New England” sidebar list, and events will eventually appear in the “Upcoming Events” list in the sidebar as they approach.

Sept. 17 tournament notes

Just a couple of items I picked up tonight:

  • Devon McGregor will run his next Eliminator on Oct. 19, with squad times at 10 AM and 12:30 PM.
  • The Junior Bowling Challenge, a youth tournament series that started at AMF Auburn Lanes, will be coming to Westgate Lanes, also on Oct. 19, at 2 PM. Kevin Thibeault has bowled this, and you can visit him in the pro shop for more details.

Both tournaments have been added to the blog’s calendar.

AJ Voisine wins Aug. 24 NAT at East Providence Lanes

I’ve had to source this report from elsewhere in the social media, again: Congrats to AJ Voisine on winning the Northeast Amateur Tournament Sunday at East Providence Lanes. AJ defeated Skip White by a score (with handicap) of 254-239 in the final match.

Coke league first third note: The Coke Classic league has chosen Kegel Broadway (link is to top view graph, with ratios) as the pattern for the first third of the season, which begins on Sept. 8.