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Aug. 24 tournament notes

Some miscellaneous tournament notes that I needed to pass along:

  • There weren’t many entries in the eliminator tournament today because we had the misfortune of scheduling opposite the NAT in East Providence, but we will try again on Sept. 28, and there should be nothing scheduled anywhere on that day.
  • The Boston senate of the TNBA will run their annual handicap singles tournament on Nov. 1 & 2, with squads at 12:30, 3:00, and 5:30 PM both days. Contact information will be added to the event on the calendar when available.
  • Finally, the next Junior Professionals Tournament will be held on Nov. 2 at 10:00 AM. Entry flyers should be in the bowling centers in the near future.

All of these events, of course, are on the calendar.

EDIT: It was brought to my attention that the NEBA doubles tournament is on Sept. 27 & 28 at East Providence Lanes, but, if you don’t consider yourself a scratch bowler, we’d love to have you in the eliminator tournament on that Sunday.

Aug. 24 eliminator results

In the final eliminator match today, Vin D’Aleo took first place with a 304 score (with handicap), Tom Hedding second with a 290, followed by Alex Yuen’s 263 and Barry Muise’s 208.

CATS note: Larry Lichstein has actually been doing the teaching with the C.A.T.S. system and his video equipment, and he will be available through Thursday before he goes to another bowling center (I want to say in his home state of Connecticut). Larry will return to Westgate Lanes in October, however, and I will post the information when it’s available to me.

 

Danny Khuu wins Aug. NAT at Westgate

In the end, it was actually Danny Khuu who won his second Northeast Amateur Tournament title today at Westgate Lanes, outlasting Sean Richard by a score of 211-174 (with handicap). Besides Danny, Sean, and Brian Egan (mentioned in the previous honor score post), the other Westgate Lanes cashers in the tournament were Tony Attardo and Eric Lam (who both were eliminated in the semifinals), Hakim Emmanuel, Tina Gannon (cashing again after her back-to-back NAT titles), Al Donato, and Michael Reed.

Brian Egan ties Westgate house record in NAT; Sean Richard perfect

I was at the Northeast Amateur Tournament for the second squad and the head-to-head finals today, but I missed a big performance in the first squad, as Brian Egan posted games of 299, 268, and 289 for an 856 series, tying the Westgate Lanes house record originally held by Bryan Cahill.

I’ll make a separate post with the final results, but I’d also like to note here that Sean Richard also threw his 49th career 300 game today in the semifinals. I suggested afterward that we rename him from “Seany Kash” to “Curt Hennig” (wrestling’s “Mr. Perfect” 😉 ).

Congrats and great bowling today, Brian and Sean! 😀

Tina Gannon wins back-to-back NAT events at Westgate

The latest NAT newsletter notes that Tina Gannon has become the first bowler in Northeast Amateur Tournament history to win back-to-back tournaments. As told to me by Jay Mantere, Tina defeated Jason Sherwood by a score of 238-199 in the tournament on June 22, and Edwin Grossett by a score of 238-162 in the tournament on July 13, both at Westgate Lanes (scores are with handicap in both cases).

Congrats Tina! 😀

Link to Bay State Open added to sidebar

I got wind of a new tournament, called the Bay State Open, on Facebook, and, now that I know that they have a website, I threw the link to it on the sidebar under the “Local/New England” links category. Zach Thompson, the tournament director, was bowling in the Coke league toward the tail end of last season, so I want to wish him the best in this endeavor. 🙂

EDIT: Zach told me they’ve booked Westgate for Oct. 18, so that date has been placed on the calendar.

Stephen Major posts top 100 finish in Junior Gold Survivor

There are plenty of side events at the Junior Gold national tournament, and one of those was a “Survivor” tournament for those who did not make the first cut. As evidenced here, Stephen Major placed 93rd out of 585 boys in the Survivor tournament, which, I’m told, is good enough for not only scholarship money, but also a paid entry into next year’s Junior Gold tournament, to be held in Chicago. WTG Stephen! 😀

Kevin Thibeault makes first cut at 2014 Junior Gold

According to the posted standings after qualifying on Bowl.com, Kevin Thibeault, as he did last year, has made the first cut (in 137th position) in the under-20 boys division at the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships this week in Buffalo, NY. I will list the other New England bowlers who made the cut in the tournament, by division, below:

U20 boys

Bryan Bourget (Woonsocket, RI)
Tyler Perry (New Bedford, MA)
Qwadaris Rembert (Providence, RI)

U20 girls

Jadee Scott-Jones (E. Providence, RI)

U15 boys

Nicholas Flake (Pomfret Ctr., CT)
Tom Hankey (Great Barrington, MA)

U15 girls

Jewel Dumond (Pawtucket, RI)

U12 girls

Madison Gentes (Manchester, NH)

Congrats to everyone, and good luck & good bowling the rest of the way! 😀

2014 Mass. women’s state tournament results

As I just did for the open tournament, I’ll note the presumed state women’s champions from the posted unofficial results of the women’s state tournament (with association represented in parentheses):

Team

Div. 1, handicap: Alcor Girls (Berkshire County) 2,830
Div. 2, handicap: The Odd Balls (Berkshire County) 2,691
Div. 1, scratch: Chair City Chicks (Greater Gardner) 2,524
Div. 2, scratch: Full Rack (Tri-City) 1,854

Doubles

Div. 1, handicap: Laura Kane & Joannie Duris (Worcester County) 1,454
Div. 2, handicap: Cheryl Washington & Tonya Harrison (Greater Boston) 1,411
Div. 3, handicap: Lynn Wilson & Sharon Summers (Greater Springfield) 1,476
Div. 1, scratch: Daly Orlowski-Berrios & Linda Trexler (Foxvale) 1,290
Div. 2, scratch: Karen Morin & Christine O’Donnell (Greater Springfield) 1,050
Div. 3, scratch: Kelly Standish & Regina Dube (Southeastern Mass.) 996

Singles

Div. 1, handicap: Tina Stasukelis (Greater Gardner) 822
Div. 2, handicap: Dorinda Wesley (Greater Boston) 776
Div. 3, handicap: Johanna Trainor (Greater Springfield) 836
Div. 1, scratch: Mariann Klosin (Merrimack Valley) 686
Div. 2, scratch: Dorinda Wesley (Greater Boston) 606
Div. 3, scratch: Johanna Trainor (Greater Springfield) 561

All-Events

Div. 1, handicap: Joannie Duris (Worcester County) 2,167
Div. 2, handicap: Tracy Jackson (Foxvale) 2,161
Div. 3, handicap: Jenny Sheri (Southern Berkshire) 2,218
Div. 1, scratch: Eva Boyer (Greater Springfield) 1,910
Div. 2, scratch: Tracy Jackson (Foxvale) 1,669
Div. 3, scratch: Jenny Sheri (Southern Berkshire) 1,441

If I remember, bowlers can win both handicap and scratch awards, but only one prize in each event. I’ll try to confirm it.

Congrats to all of the women’s state champions! 😀

2014 Mass. state open tournament results

The open state tournament results posted on the website of the Greater Lowell Bowling Association are still in an unofficial state, but I’ve received word that checks from the tournament have been sent out, and I will try to deduce the state champions from the posted unofficial results, with the champions given below (champions with Brockton Bowling Association bowlers involved will be noted with an *):

Handicap

Team: Kash Krew I* (4,024)
Doubles: Paul Loberman* & Rich Fulton* (1,745)
Singles: Ralph Dahlgren (932)
All-Events: Eric Durden* (2,628)

Scratch

Team: Team C 300 (3,612)
Doubles: Steve Blanchet & James Sicard (1,582)
Singles: Ralph Marple* (845)
All-Events: Jeff Fields (2,330)

As I know their lineup, I’ll recognize the handicap team champions individually: Chuck Paige II, Tony Attardo, Paris Cook, Ralph Dahlgren, and Sean Richard

Congrats to all of this year’s state champions! 😀

Ferguson, Travers post 800 series in 2014 state tournament

The state tournament at Brunswick Zone Lowell wrapped up this weekend with a couple of 800 series by Westgate Lanes legends. Yesterday, Jim Ferguson put up games of 289, 279, and 235 for an 803 series, bowling with Sean Richard in the doubles event. Then, today, Steve Travers followed suit with games of 258, 299, and 257 for an 814 set in his singles event.

Congrats to both! 😀

2014 Brockton city tournament official results

Official results of this year’s city tournament have finally been posted, and are available here. I mentioned the winning scratch team members by name in my Day 1 post, but I’ll give the line-up for the winning handicap team, “Sammy K’s Barber Shop”, here: Sammy Kamel, Rick Fallon, Dan Robinson, and Steve Travers.

Congratulations to everyone who cashed this year! 😀

Apr. 27 NAT result note

The Northeast Amateur Tournament’s newsletter reported Reggie Carreiro as the winner of the Apr. 27 event at Westgate Lanes over Bert Santos. The tournament director informed me on Facebook that the score of the final match was 313-261 (with handicap). No information on other cashers was available, but the new website is still under construction, so I hope that this information will return in the future.

Also part of the backlog is that John Papa and Greg Watson had 300 games during the head-to-head finals portion of the tournament.

Aguiar moves into top 10 in two events in 2014 USBC Open

As currently noted on his results page, Alex Aguiar posted sets of 794 in team, 685 in doubles, and 692 in singles for a 2,171 all-events total at the USBC Open Championships at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV. Bowling again with Brian LeClair, who Aguiar finished second in Regular Doubles with last year, the pair posted a 1,395 score, currently good for 8th place, and Aguiar is also now 8th in Regular All-Events. His team event was a surprise “bonus coverage” addition for the BowlTV live stream (billed as new USBC Hall of Famer Doug Kent’s appearance) Friday night, and the archive of the stream is embedded below for anyone who may have missed it.

Aguiar’s team, Rosebowl Lanes out of Newark, NY, currently stands in the top 20 (17th) in Regular Team.

2014 Mass. state youth tournament results

The Mass. USBC Youth Association has posted the official results of the state youth tournament, completed last weekend at AMF Town & Country Lanes in Shrewsbury. Congratulations to the state champions from Westgate Lanes, as follows:

Teams, 561-640 scratch: Matt Doyle & Scott Damon (with Brandon Moore from North Bowl and Jessica Marcure from AMF Holiday Lanes)
Doubles, 361+ scratch: Kevin Thibeault (with Tyler Perry from Wonder Bowl)
Singles, 161-180 scratch: Matt Doyle
All-Events, 101-120 scratch: William Russell-Null III
All-Events, 161-180 handicap: Matt Doyle
All-Events, 181+ scratch: Kevin Thibeault

Video: Danny Khuu finishes 2nd in NEBA non-champions in Norwich

I’ve been holding off posting it until now, but I did want to mention Danny Khuu’s second place finish in the NEBA non-champions event on Apr. 12 & 13 at the Norwich Bowling and Entertainment Center in Norwich, CT, mostly because it gives me an opportunity to show one of Westgate’s budding young adult bowlers in video form (embedded below):

It should be noted that the winner, Tom Solimine, has gone on to be part of the 123Bowl.com team that just set the team game record at the USBC Open Championships.

Krushas, Joyner bowl 300, Sherwood 299 in Apr. 27 NAT

Although I didn’t bowl in the tournament this time, I hung around the NAT for qualifying today, and there were three honor scores to report. The morning squad saw Jason Sherwood have a 7 pin rob him on the last shot for a 299 game, while Jay Krushas and Tarik Joyner both had a perfect game during the afternoon squad.

Congrats to everyone involved, and I’ll post a recap when the results are up on the NAT’s website. 🙂

Bourdon and DeMarsico throw state tournament record 1,578 doubles set

I already noted one record score today, but I was made aware tonight of another state tournament record, this time in doubles, by Chris Bourdon and Scott DeMarsico, bowling out of Mt. Greylock Bowl in N. Adams, with a 1,578 set. Bourdon shot 788 and DeMarsico 790 in the effort, which took place on the 3:30 squad. Scott, coincidentally, was co-holder of the old doubles record, a 1,574 with Gary Superneau in 2007 at Mt. Greylock Bowl.

Congrats! 😀

Ferguson & Dahlgren win NAT doubles at Town Line

This is a backlogged item that can’t be properly sourced because the NAT has been transitioning to a new website, but I did report it on the Brockton Bowling Association’s Facebook page the day it happened…

Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Jim Ferguson teamed with Ralph Dahlgren to win the Northeast Amateur Tournament doubles event on Mar. 16 at Town Line Luxury Lanes in Malden. The pair defeated Paul Smith and Scott Fisher in a two-game final match by a score of 986-860 (with handicap).

The administrivia attached to this post is that I do now know the URL for the new website and will update the sidebar link to the NAT.