Category: Women

For posts specifically about “honor scores” thrown by women, or about women’s leagues and tournaments

Amie Goodspeed wins RI Ladies Classic at Westgate

RI Ladies Classic Finalists Apr 16 2016
Finalists of the RI Ladies Classic event at Westgate Lanes on Apr. 16 (L-R): Champion Amie Goodspeed, runner-up Shirley Major (Photo courtesy of RI Ladies Classic)

The RI Ladies Classic reported on their Facebook page that Amie Goodspeed, a bowler out of North Bowl Lanes, won the event today at Westgate Lanes, which was rescheduled from January because of weather. Goodspeed defeated the defending champion of this stop, Shirley Major, 216-167 (with handicap; both bowlers were bowling scratch), in the final match. Tina Gannon, seeking a “threepeat” after wins at Alley Katz and Holiday Lanes in Westport (the latter having been previously unreported), was third. There were nine entries.

Ryan Graywacz wins first NEBA title at Westgate

Ryan Graywacz NEBA Mar 20 2016
Ryan Graywacz, champion of the NEBA event held at Westgate Lanes on Mar. 20, 2016 (Photo courtesy of NEBA)

The New England Bowlers Association reported on their Facebook page that Ryan Graywacz won his first title yesterday at Westgate Lanes after defeating Matt Janas, 254-204, in the final match. Westgate bowlers cashing were Danny Khuu, Sean Richard, Brian Egan, Steve Dale Jr, and Ryan Yelle.

Also, Eric Frost and Nicole Trudell both had 300 games during the 9 AM squad, and Brian Egan used an 11 in a row 290 last game to get into the 9 AM squad cut.

Tina Gannon wins 2nd RI Ladies Classic title in Westerly, RI

Feb 2016 RI Ladies Classic finalists
Finalists of the RI Ladies Classic on Feb. 27 at Alley Katz: Runner-up Janice Harrington, champion Tina Gannon (Photo courtesy of RI Ladies Classic)

The RI Ladies Classic reported on their Facebook page that Tina Gannon won her second title on Feb. 27 at Alley Katz in Westerly, RI after defeating Janice Harrington 217-194 (with handicap; Tina was bowling scratch) in the title match. It was reported that Harrington needed a double to capture the title, but left a solid 7 pin.

Congrats again Tina! 🙂

2016 Mass. state tournament information

As my readers know, I try to post the information on the year’s state tournaments when they all become available, and I do so now:

  • The open state tournament will take place at Greylock Bowl & Golf in North Adams weekends from Apr. 23 to May 15. Entry forms should be available on the North Adams association site; mail-in entries will close Apr. 9.
  • The women’s state tournament will take place at Ken’s Bowl in Pittsfield weekends from Apr. 23 to May 8. An entry form may be available on the Mass. Women’s Bowling Association website, or flyers can be found in the bowling centers. Entries close Apr. 1 unless schedule is filled sooner.
  • The youth state tournament will take place at AMF Holiday Lanes in Somerset weekends from Apr. 23 to May 1. Please contact a local youth association official for entry details; entries close Feb. 29.

I will post results as they become official.

2015 Mass. women’s state senior tournament results

The Massachusetts USBC Women’s Bowling Association has posted results of this year’s women’s state senior tournament (PDF file linked), conducted last month at Cove Lanes in Great Barrington. The state champions were Patricia Noyce, representing the Worcester County association, in Class I (65 & over) and Karen Umbrello, also representing Worcester County, in Class II (50-64). Patricia Sweeney (3rd) and Doris Woods (6th), representing Tri-City, also placed in Class I.

Congrats to all! 🙂

Tina Gannon wins RI Ladies Classic in Cranston

Sept. 2015 RI Ladies Classic champion Tina Gannon (R) with runner-up Shaunna Varin (L) (Photo courtesy of RI Ladies Classic)
Sept. 2015 RI Ladies Classic champion Tina Gannon (R) with runner-up Shaunna Varin (L) (Photo courtesy of RI Ladies Classic)

The RI Ladies Classic reported that Coke league bowler Tina Gannon won her first title in the season-opening event today at AMF Cranston Lanes after defeating Shaunna Varin 274-221 (with handicap). Tina came close to the RI Ladies Classic’s second 300 game in its four-year history in the title match by throwing the front nine.

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.

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. 🙂

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. 🙂

Isabella & Ethan Reyes win youth tournaments at Wonder Bowl

The Mass. USBC Youth Association ran two tournaments recently at Wonder Bowl, the annual state Pepsi tournament on Apr. 11, and the spring singles tournament the following day. In the former (link is to official results), Isabella Reyes won the U10 girls division, and in the latter, Ethan Reyes won the U15 boys division (competition in the spring singles tournament was based on handicap scores).

Congrats to both. 🙂

Mike Litchfield wins NAT one-ball tournament; Tom Hedding throws perfecto

Congrats to Mike Litchfield for winning the Northeast Amateur Tournament’s special one-ball tournament today at Westgate Lanes. The concept was simple: One ball, and only one ball, of the bowler’s choice was to be used for the whole tournament, including for first ball and all spares. At the end, Mike defeated DJ Jones by a score of 500-445 (with handicap) in the two-game final match. Henry Webber, Shawn Hagan, Matt Richard, John Hayes Jr., Tom Hedding, Hakim Emmanuel, and AJ Voisine were the other Westgate bowlers cashing.

Tom Hedding also had a perfect game in the tournament, thrown using his plastic skull ball (trust me, it moves left when he throws it for a strike). Henry Webber added a 299 game, and Anthony Allen a 297. There was also a score of note thrown by a woman, that being Linda Dembro with a 280 game; the game was the second game and had the last 10 strikes, which won her the tournament’s strike jackpot worth around $700.

Congrats to all! 🙂

Gary Weiner bowls 300, Melissa Gabriel 287 in Westgate Mixed

I’ve known him since just about a short time after I returned to bowling, and, tonight, it’s my pleasure to report that Gary Weiner threw his first 300 game in the Westgate Mixed league. One of his teammates, Lisa Lach, recorded the video below:

The game after Gary was perfect, Melissa Gabriel was on the verge of becoming the third woman to throw a 300 game at Westgate this season, but fell short on her 11th ball for a 287.

Congrats to both! 🙂