AJ “Big Country” Voisine picked a great spot to bowl his first ever perfect game, doing so to start his team event today in the city tournament. Sean Richard got video of AJ’s last strike, which I’ve uploaded to YouTube and post below.

Also, Brockton Bowling Association Hall of Famer Dan Robinson came close to a 300 himself earlier in the day in the singles event, but had to settle for a 299.

Nice bowling guys! 🙂

Day 1 of the Brockton city tournament at Westgate Lanes didn’t see a huge scoring pace until the team event, when Chris Carter, Bill Briggs, and Jon Hester had 300 games in the first, second, and third games, respectively. Chris Carter, bowling out of North Bowl, is no stranger to success at Westgate, as he won the 2011 Brockton Bowling Association Bowler of the Year tournament here. I’d also like to specially acknowledge Bill Briggs at this time for his strong support of my social media effort, both here and on behalf of the association on our Facebook page.

Great bowling guys! 🙂

EDIT: Zach Thompson got a video of Jon Hester’s last strike, and, with Zach’s permission, it’s below. 🙂

The Bay State Open posted about their event yesterday at Walnut Hill Bowl in Woonsocket, RI, where the winner was Sean Richard, defeating Randal Dunbar by a 234-223 score (with handicap) in the final match. The video is below:

https://vimeo.com/138482325

Sean Richard also had a 296 game in qualifying, and he and Danny Khuu both had 300 games during the head-to-head finals.

Congrats guys! 🙂

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.

Congratulations to Sean Richard, who won his first Northeast Amateur Tournament title today at Westgate Lanes after defeating Mark Juliano in the two-game final match by a score (with handicap) of 563-500. Seany was really locked in today, as he also had games of 242, 258, and 300 (his 52nd) for 800 on the button in his first three games (of four) of qualifying. Devon McGregor, Bill Briggs, Matt Richard, Hakim Emmanuel, David Chalifoux, Danny Khuu, and John Hayes Jr. were the other Westgate bowlers cashing.

Scoring was high all day, as Devon McGregor also had a 299 game en route to putting up 1,041 for the four games, and Ed Brabant Jr. and David Chalifoux also had perfect games; the last strike of the latter 300 game is below:

Congrats guys! 😀

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! 😀

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.

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.

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.