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April 2014 Junior Professionals results

The results of today’s Junior Professionals Tournament (handicap added for Handicap Division):

Scratch Division

Match 1: Chris Silveri def. Scott Jaquith 236-224
Semifinal: Silveri def. Austin Connelly 202-190
Championship: Silveri def. Ethan Rosenberg 199-116

High qualifier: Chris Silveri 1,325

Handicap Division

Match 1: Michael Morrissey def. Shane Litchfield 251-204
Semifinal: Morrissey def. Cody Litchfield 255-240
Championship: Greg Zygadlo def. Morrissey 245-196

High qualfiier: Michael Morrissey 1,502

A photo of the two champions is below:

Champions of the April 2014 Junior Professionals Tournament: (L-R) Chris Silveri (Scratch Division), Greg Zygadlo (Handicap Division)
Champions of the April 2014 Junior Professionals Tournament: (L-R) Chris Silveri (Scratch Division), Greg Zygadlo (Handicap Division)

Thank you to all of the bowlers who came out today, and congrats to our winners. 😀

2014 Westgate Lanes scholarship tournament results

The winners of the scholarships in the annual Westgate Lanes scholarship tournament, held today (all scores are with handicap):

Boys

  1. William Russell-Null 829 ($500)
  2. Kevin Thibeault 757 ($250)

Girls

  1. Taylor Harris 714 ($250)

Aside from some of the People’s Tournaments, I don’t usually mention prizes won in tournaments, but I do so with the scholarship tournament to point out to the parents of prospective youth bowlers that their children can win scholarship money in bowling. 🙂

Kevin Thibeault wins 2014 Mass. Pepsi tournament

The Mass. USBC Youth Association reported that Kevin Thibeault was the winner of the under-20 boys division of this year’s Massachusetts Pepsi scholarship tournament, which was contested last weekend at AMF Holiday Lanes in Somerset. Stephen Major was also reported as the fourth place finisher in the division.

Congrats to both, who will be going to the Junior Gold tournament in Buffalo, NY this summer. Kevin earned his spot back in September, and Stephen qualified on Mar. 30 in a tournament at AMF Auburn Lanes.

Mar. 2014 People’s Tournament results

The People’s Tournament reported Alton Voisine (Westgate Lanes, 177 avg.) as the winner of the event held on Mar. 23 at Westgate Lanes. Alton defeated Angela Wright (Hall of Fame Silver Lanes, 191 avg.) in the final match by a score (with handicap) of 232-208. Michael Reed (180 avg.), Henry Webber (188 avg.), Lisa Lach (141 avg.), and Tina Gannon (209 avg.) were the other Westgate Lanes cashers.

The next People’s Tournament will be on June 1, with squads at 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM.

Roberts & Aguiar doubles follow-up notes

Just some notes related to Ed Roberts and Alex Aguiar’s doubles performance in the city tournament yesterday:

  • Ed himself followed up with 245 and 226 for a 771 set, and the 1,574 doubles series is also considered a national honor score.
  • The 1,574 set beat the second highest scratch set in the event, thrown by Rob Young and Jason Sherwood, by 296 pins.
  • For these next two, I looked up the bowl.com leaderboard…there have been at least two other 600 doubles games thrown in the nation this season: Chris Nocella and Eric Smith on Jan. 9 in Troy, NY, and Luke Moore and Jay Loos on Mar. 12 in Marshfield, WI.
  • The 1,574 set is unofficially tied for third highest in the nation this season with Jon and Tony Cherpeski, who bowled their 1,574 on Sept. 29. in Fairborn, OH. John Baldeschwiler and Cory Domingue are currently listed as the national leaders with a 1,673 bowled on Oct. 20 in D’lberville, MS.
  • Finally, I don’t normally note equipment used in honor score performances, but I will here: Ed threw a Storm Zero Gravity, and Alex a Roto Grip Wrecker.

Administrivia note: The first post about the 600 doubles game will be updated with Ed & Alex’s photo.

Ed Roberts, Alex Aguiar throw first ever 600 doubles game at Westgate Lanes

What yesterday lacked in scoring pace in the city tournament was more than made up for today, with Ed Roberts and Alex Aguiar starting the day with what is thought to be not only the first 600 doubles game in the history of Westgate Lanes, but in all of the Brockton Bowling Association’s history. Alex also added games of 234 and 269 in the event for an 803 series.

Ed Roberts (L) and Alex Aguiar (R) after their 600 doubles game on Apr. 6 at Westgate Lanes
Ed Roberts (L) and Alex Aguiar (R) after their 600 doubles game on Apr. 6 at Westgate Lanes

It was also a good day for Steve Travers, as he had a 290 game in singles, and followed that up with a 299 game in team. Finally, Matt Yandek also had a 299 game in the doubles event for a total of six honor scores today.

Congrats everyone! 😀

2014 Brockton city tournament, Day 1

The first day of this year’s city tournament was quiet in the way of honor scores, and nobody was really killing it on the fresh Abbey Road for the minor events (doubles & singles). I’m running brackets and side pots at the tournament this year, and the low scores in the minors killed the action for team event. One of the now “usual suspect” teams, Montgomery Industries (line-up of Vin D’Aleo, Gino Beniamino, Ed Roberts, and Joe Campbell), was crushing in the team event, to the point that Gino and Ed were the two left in the third game of the only bracket I ran, and, knowing their arrangement, I gave Ed all of the bowlers’ money out of the bracket and broke down for the day.

More of the same tomorrow (and hopefully with some good scores).

Tina Gannon throws 300 in People’s Tournament

I’m usually at least around Westgate Lanes for tournaments, but opted not to go today for the People’s Tournament because I wanted to watch the finals of the Brunswick Euro Challenge (which was streaming on BowlingDigital.com), but Tom Hedding, through a post of the video on Facebook, indirectly informed me that Tina Gannon shot a 300 game today in defense of her title from last month. I’ll have to get TomTom’s permission on the video again before I upload it to YouTube and post it here.

Congrats Tina! 😀

Note: The results will, of course, wait for the tournament to post them on their website.

EDIT: As promised (and it was just waiting for the go-ahead from TomTom), the video of Tina’s final strike:

I’m not sure, but Tina may now be the first woman with two 300 games at Westgate Lanes.

2014 Brockton USBCYA Honor Squad results

Below are the top scores (with handicap except for scratch division) in the 2014 Brockton USBC Youth Association Honor Squad, conducted this past Saturday at Westgate Lanes:

Bantam boys: Corey Major 713
Prep girls: Ashley Major 713
Prep boys: Ethan Reyes 735
Junior boys: William Russell-Null 787
Junior & Major/Senior girls: Taylor Harris 727
Major/Senior boys: Michael Morrissey 782
Scratch: Aaron Major 730

Congrats to everyone! 😀

Youth Leader Doubles note: The Mass. USBC Youth Association held their Youth Leader Doubles tournament at AMF Auburn Lanes Sunday, and bowlers from Westgate Lanes doing well in that were Cody Litchfield & Ethan Reyes (2nd, boys 11 & under handicap), William Russell-Null & Kyle Major (6th place, boys 12 & over handicap) and Aaron & Stephen Major (3rd place, 12 & over scratch). Congrats to them, as well. 😀

Eric Durden, Chuck Gerlach, Steve Dale Jr. throw 300s in NEBA at Wonder Bowl

Congrats to Eric Durden, Chuck Gerlach, and Steve Dale Jr., all Westgate Lanes league bowlers who posted 300 games yesterday in the NEBA event at Wonder Bowl in New Bedford. The posted results showed Greg Flamand defeating Anthony Pepe by a score of 276-196 in the final match for his 4th title, and Sean Richard and Jason Sherwood, along w/ Steve Dale Jr., the Westgate Lanes league bowlers who cashed.

Mar. 2 NAT results

In the current newsletter, the Northeast Amateur Tournament reported Corey Hanson as the winner of the tournament on Mar. 2 at Westgate Lanes. Corey defeated Shawn Hagan (a bowler in the Coke league) by a score of 284-211 (with handicap) in the final match. Also representing Westgate Lanes in the top 16 were Steve Travers, Eric Durden, Matt Richard, Dennis Ng, Jim Ferguson, and Danny Khuu.

Note: This blog’s author was an entrant in this tournament.

Mar. 8 King of the Hill results

The results of today’s King of the Hill tournament:

Match #1: Bob Hamilton def. Ralph Marple 212-155
Semifinal: Hamilton def. Keith Kaestner 227-213
Final: Hamilton def. Jewell Wilson 217-201
King: Hamilton def. Brian Egan 248-214

Note: All of the above were bowling scratch

There were 15 entries, with the cut to the stepladder of 458. Keith Kaestner had a 290 game in the first game of qualifying.

If King of the Hill resumes in this calendar year, Bob Hamilton will remain as king.

Mar. 2014 Adult/Junior doubles results (with note)

Here are the results of today’s Adult/Junior doubles tournament:

Senior Division (10 entries)

  1. Brandon Ward & Tom Hedding 1,499
  2. Kerrigan Mulvey & Jen Plausse 1,491

Junior Division (11 entries)

  1. Angelica Wilson & Charles Paige 1,428
  2. Joshua Wilson & Paris Cook 1,413

Bantam/Prep Division (5 entries)

  1. Corey & Christine Major 1,397

Westgate Lanes Scholarship Tournament set for Apr. 12: The annual Westgate Lanes scholarship tournament, open to bowlers in grades 6-12 and with boys and girls divisions, will be conducted on Apr. 12 starting at 12:30 PM. Parents wishing to enter their children may see Marcia, Rose, or a junior coach for more information. Scores with handicap will determine the prize winners.

February 2014 People’s Tournament results

The People’s Tournament reported Tina Gannon (Westgate Lanes, 197 avg.) as the winner of the event held on Feb. 23 at Westgate Lanes. Tina defeated Phil Spera (Westgate Lanes, 167 avg.) by a score of 246-217 (with handicap) in the final match. From Westgate Lanes, Linwood Cowen Jr. (171 avg.), Dan Esdale (229 avg.), Lisa Lach (141 avg.), and Kris Higgins (201 avg.), also cashed. There were 92 entries.

My day at Mar. 2 NAT

My bowling in 12:30 squad, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Except for maybe the second game, it was a struggle for me to stay under the ball, and it showed in my leaves. I left the 6-10 numerous times, and missed it probably every way you could, making it only twice. My leverage problems also showed on most all of my right side spares, as I failed to also pick up the single 10 a couple of times. As usual, I’ll post a “wrap-up” when I see results on the NAT site.

The day was memorable, however, in that I had my first face-to-face meeting another of my friends, a more recent one, from the bowling forums, who goes by “svengali” there. I watched him bowl the morning squad, and gave him a couple of pointers when he was done (He’s a lefty, but I can call him a “fellow traveler” because we struggle with pretty much the same things in our bowling games.). I’ll post below my first true “selfie”, which I got with my “new” friend before he bowled. I probably take bad “selfies” because my hand shakes so much, but I posted the better one of the two I tried (that’s my friend on the right).

Selfie with Bill-svengali

Mar. 1 King of the Hill results

The results of today’s King of the Hill tournament:

Match #1: Marcus Joe def. Ralph Marple 205-205*
Match #2: Joe def. Harry Thibeault 192-184
Semifinal: Joe def. Chuck Gerlach 255-189
Final: Brian Egan def. Joe 255-183
King: Egan def. Tom Hedding 216-195

* Marcus Joe won a ninth and tenth frame roll-off with 50 (Ralph didn’t finish the roll-off because he had been shut out.)

Marcus Joe received 22 pins handicap per game.

There were 19 entries, with a cut to the stepladder of 457. There was one extra match in the stepladder because of a tie for fourth, but only four positions paid.

The “king” match turned into a carry contest late, and Brian got the better of the carry with a four-bagger in the middle of the game. I was half hoping to be able to say TomTom had a chance to run the table next week.

2014 USBC Open Championships oil patterns

As the usual service to my readers, I will link below the two patterns (one for team, one for doubles & singles) for this year’s USBC Open Championships that were released today:

Team: 43′ length, 24.4 ml total oil, 2.65:1 ratio

Doubles & Singles: 40′ length, 26.062 ml total oil, 2.89:1 ratio

I know Junior wants to use the team event pattern next week for the Coke league, but the USBC is using the new Kegel Flex lane machine this year, so I don’t know how the pattern will be adapted for our older Ion machine.

Rich Fulton makes appearance on Xtra Frame

Ryan Evans, Rich Fulton, and Danny Khuu were the Westgate Lanes league bowlers that entered this year’s USBC Masters, and Xtra Frame viewers were treated with one of them when Fulton bowled his last game of Round 1 for Squad A this morning on one of the featured pairs, 39 and 40, crossing with four-time PBA Tour titlist Ryan Shafer. In the game, Rich was clean with a four-bagger through five frames before leaving consecutive 4-6-7 splits on lane 40 (with a strike in between). Rich did find the adjustment, however, punching out with the last four for a 223 game. According to the posted standings on PBA.com, Rich (last name misspelled on the page) shot +63 (5 games, 212.60 average) on the day (Squad C was in progress at press time.).

2014 Tri-City mixed doubles Sunday

As I noted this week, I finally bowled in this tournament this year, with Karen Goodwin from my league as my partner, so I have a BowlSK sheet attached to this tournament. However, I must warn you that it was not the prettiest sheet I’ll ever post…

My bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

The day started fairly promisingly, as I stayed clean through six frames, but then I started coming around on some shots instead of staying under the ball, and it would be a recurring theme for the day. My spare game also decided to desert me, so I could only manage to post a mid-4. Karen wasn’t much better, but, for her part, she did have the only game over average between the two of us. We ended up with a scratch score of 899, and 1,196 with handicap.

Sean Richard stayed hot from yesterday, and even improved, putting up a 781, bowling with Sandi Litchfield to put up a high-ish 1,400s score (which is an actual score because they were both bowling scratch). It won’t be official until Wednesday, but Sean may have cashed twice, with Sandi for the top handicap prize, and with Chris Major for the top scratch prize.

Feb. 15 mixed doubles & King of the Hill

First, a brief note about the first squad of the Tri-City mixed doubles tournament today: A couple of the scores that stood out was a 681 set from Chris Major (who was bowling with Sean Richard) and a 288 game by Eric Derochers (though I don’t remember who his partner was, offhand). A quick aside for tomorrow is that the squad will have a delayed start due to the weather, with a 1:30 PM squad time and 12:45 PM check-in.

Now, the results of today’s King of the Hill tournament:

Match 1: Rich Fulton def. Danny Khuu 226-209
Semifinal: Sean Richard def. Fulton 210-180
Final: Richard def. Brian Egan 180-143
King: Tom Hedding def. Richard 289-259

Note: All of the above bowlers were bowling scratch.

There were 12 entries (probably down due to the weather), with the cut to the stepladder at 460. It should be also noted that the “King” match between TomTom and “Seany Kash” was one of the most entertaining ever at Westgate Lanes; those who were there will know what I’m talking about. 😀

Alex Aguiar victorious in 2014 TAT nationals

True Amateur Tournaments reported Alex Aguiar as the champion of the 2014 TAT Roto Grip Amateur Nationals this past week at the Orleans in Las Vegas. In the final match, Aguiar posted a 247 score, followed by Angel Hernandez with 232, Steve Calyore with 190, John Daly with 175, and Brian Dennis with 162 (A bowler in the handicap division was part of the finals, but did not receive handicap.). A live stream of the finals was done on Saturday by Inside Bowling, and the archive of it is below.

Jan. 2014 People’s Tournament results

The People’s Tournament reported Barton Fink (Westgate Lanes, 161 avg.) as the winner of the tournament held on Jan. 25 & 26 at Westgate Lanes. Fink defeated Danny Khuu (Westgate Lanes, 218 avg.) by a score (with handicap) of 206-189 in the final match. Also representing Westgate Lanes in the final eight were Al Rue (177 avg.), Hans Cheung (182 avg.), and Alex Major (196 avg.). There were 311 entries in the event, with a $20,000 check going to Barton Fink for the win.

Note: Barton is a member of “The Doables”, one of the teams in my league. 😀

Feb. 8 King of the Hill results

The results of today’s King of the Hill tournament:

Match #1: Rich Brignolo def. Ralph Marple 234-209
Semifinal: Brignolo def. Keith Tantillo 243-231
Final: Matt Richard def. Brignolo 247-183
King: Tom Hedding def. Richard 228-212

Note: Brignolo was receiving 21 pins/game handicap.

Steve Travers again cashed in 5th place. There were 18 entries, with low to cash 452 and the cut to the stepladder 459.

TomTom is still the king!

2014 Mass. state tournament notes

With information on all three state tournaments for 2014 having been posted, I can now note the important dates:

  • The open tournament will be held weekends from Apr. 26 through May 18 at Brunswick Lowell Lanes, with an entry flyer available online from the Greater Lowell Bowling Association (link is to Word document). Mail-in entries will close Apr. 13.
  • The women’s tournament will be held weekends from May 3 through June 1 (with the exception of Memorial Day weekend) at Cove Lanes in Great Barrington, with an entry flyer available online from the state women’s association (link is to PDF). Entries close on Apr. 1.
  • The youth tournament will take place weekends from Apr. 26 through May 4 at AMF Town & Country Lanes in Shrewsbury. I’m sure Rose Hamilton will be on top of it, but entries for that tournament close Feb. 24.

Good luck & good bowling to everyone participating in the state tournaments.

Feb. 1 King of the Hill results

Below are the results of the first King of the Hill tournament, which was held today. (Note: All of the bowlers that made it to the stepladder were bowling scratch, so the scores in the stepladder below are actual scores.)

Match #1: Keith Kaestner def. Chris Major 212-194
Semifinal: Brian Egan def. Kaestner 244-235
Final: Tom Hedding def. Egan 269-245

Steve Travers cashed in 5th position, as did Mike Manley in 6th. There were 22 entries, with the low to cash 433 and the cut for the stepladder 447.

The survivor of the top four next week will bowl TomTom for the right to be “king”.