Category: Women

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

2012 Tri-City mixed doubles Day 1

I usually am not around for both squads of Tri-City’s mixed doubles tournament, with Saturday usually being the day I’m busy with something else, but I found myself doing nothing on Saturday this year, so I was present for the weekend’s first squad. The scores weren’t crazy, but some of the higher ones I saw were a 278 by Chris Carter (the Brockton Bowling Association’s reigning Bowler of the Year), a 269 by Will Cabral (I mentioned his wife Cindy in the previous post; he’s a regular at the People’s Tournaments), and a 259 by Sandi Litchfield (whom I always see on Wednesday nights except for the summer). We’ll see whether any of these scores figure into the prize list.

2012 Mass. state tournament notes

I now have complete information on all of the Massachusetts state tournaments in 2012, listed below:

  • The open (men’s) tournament will run weekends from April 21 to May 13 at AMF Holiday Lanes in Somerset. Entries close on March 21.
  • The women’s tournament will run weekends from May 12 to 20 and June 2 & 3 at North Bowl Lanes in North Attleboro. Entries close on April 15.
  • The youth tournament will run weekends from April 28 to May 13 at AMF Auburn Lanes. Entries close on February 28.

Entry forms for the open and women’s tournaments are available at the control desk. Note: I’ve been told by a source close to the Westgate Lanes youth program that the Westgate Lanes youth bowlers will be bowling on May 5 and 6.

Link to Mass. Women’s Bowling Association site added to sidebar

I’ve been searching for local association links for Bob Young to add to the Brockton association’s website when I came across an important site in the Google results: the women’s state association homepage. I didn’t have to think twice to add it to the sidebar list in the Local/New England category. FYI, the Foxvale women’s association will be hosting the women’s state tournament this season at North Bowl, so good luck to them in their effort to organize it.

Shirley Major, Paul M. Chase score big in Thursday Handicap Doubles

The big scores Thursday night were not limited to the Patriots league, as the Thursday Handicap Doubles league had a couple worth mentioning…

First, Shirley Major posted the first 700 series by a woman at Westgate Lanes this season by throwing a 266 high game in a 712 series. Also, Paul M. Chase joined the fun by tossing an 11 in a row 290 game. Paul finished with a 769 set.

Congrats to both Shirley and Paul! 😀

2011 Mass. women’s state tournament results

The Worcester County USBC Bowling Associationhas posted the results of the 2011 Massachusetts USBC Women’s Bowling Association championship tournament. As I did for the open tournament, I’ll list the state champions below (with association in parentheses):

Team

Division 1 handicapped: Hang Mom (Foxvale) 2,860
Division 2 handicapped: Dream Girls (Greater Boston) 2,871
Division 1 scratch: Hang Mom (Foxvale) 2,389
Division 2 scratch: Thunder And Lightning (Greater Springfield) 2,034

Doubles

Division 1, handicapped: Catalina Sweeney & Dianne Johnson (Greater Gardner) 1,479
Division 2, handicapped: Kathleen Lapinsky & Cyntha Wing (Worcester County) 1,511
Division 3, handicapped: Katrina Sweeney & Jen Gadbois (Worcester County) 1,477
Division 1, scratch: Ivylee Williston & Stacey Beamenderfer (Worcester County) 1,275
Division 2, scratch: Kathy Henze & Evelyn Beauchesne (Merrimack Valley), Catalina Sweeney & Dianne Johnson (Greater Gardner) 1,158
Division 3, scratch: Katrina Sweeney & Jen Gadbois (Worcester County) 957

Singles

Division 1, handicapped: Jessica Wood (Worcester County) 903
Division 2, handicapped: Holly Ongley (Southern Berkshire) 805
Division 3, handicapped: Katrina Sweeney (Worcester County) 807
Division 1, scratch: Jessica Wood (Worcester County) 763
Division 2, scratch: Holly Ongley (Southern Berkshire) 635
Division 3, scratch: Katrina Sweeney (Worcester County) 524

All-Events

Division 1, handicapped: Angela Richard (Greater Gardner) 2,345
Division 2, handicapped: Renee LeBlanc (Greater Gardner) 2,368
Division 3, handicapped: Katrina Sweeney (Worcester County) 2,355
Division 1, scratch: Tina Gannon (Tri-City) 2,072
Division 2, scratch: Holly Ongley (Southern Berkshire) 1,848
Division 3, scratch: Lidia Ramos (Worcester County) 1,510

Note: The above are the top scores in the categories and are not necessarily the prize winners for the categories.

Congrats to all of this year’s women’s state champions.

2011 state championship tournament notes

This post is too late for the entry deadlines for these tournaments, but I thought I’d note where the state championship tournaments are this year with those tournaments approaching competition dates:

  • The open state championship tournament will be held at Ken’s Bowl in Pittsfield.
  • The women’s state championship tournament will be held at AMF Auburn Lanes in Auburn.
  • Westgate Lanes will host the state youth championships on weekends beginning April 30 and ending on May 15.

I’m not sure where results for any of these tournaments will be online (I know Pittsfield’s local association isn’t online, and I don’t know if the women in Auburn have a separate association.), but the youth tournament may be on the state youth association’s site, which I have found and will add a link for to the sidebar.

2010 Tri-City Women’s Bowling Association Championships results

I hadn’t seen the results of last fall’s Tri-City championships posted in the center, but I asked Denise Pease, the new association manager, to pass along the results, and she has via the new “Contact Me” page. I have no scores, but she did give me who placed where in each event:

Doubles

1. Judy Godino & Laura Gray 1,351
2. Terri & Caitlyn LaBelle 1,284

Singles

1. Judy Godino 714
2. Caitlyn LaBelle 695
3. Denise Pease 676

Belated congrats to all of the cashers. 😀

Shirley Major rolls 740 series in Thursday Handicap Doubles

Shirley Major got help from a 259 game to post a 740 series last Thursday night in the Thursday Handicap Doubles league. As a factoid for those who don’t usually follow Brockton area bowling, Shirley once held the women’s state record three-game series (it’s on a plaque on the back-end wall, but I forgot the score…it is over 800, however).

Congrats Shirley! 😀