Bradley Bowl's 29th Annual Holiday Scratch Results

Spent the past two days at Bradley Bowl for their 29th Annual Holiday Scratch Tournament. Our bowlers attended in good numbers and did very well.

In "D" Division - 154 average and under:

• Matt Peter, Mansfield, MA, placed 1st.
• Ashley Reid, Enfield, CT, placed 3rd.
• Kenny Sweet, Portland, Me, placed 4th.

In "C" Division - 155 - 174, James Strawderman, Cranston, RI, placed 1st.

In "B" Division - 175 - 189:

• Rai Doblmeier, Warwick, RI, placed 2nd.
• Carl Egbe, Brockton, MA, placed 3rd.
• Kyle Rasmussen, Windsor, CT, placed 4th.

In "A" Division - 190 average and over:

• Caitlin McCaw, W. Hartford, CT, placed 1st.
• Joey Baral, S. Windsor, CT, placed 2nd.
• Chris Page, Cumberland, RI, placed 4th.

Championship Tournament

Our first Championship Tournament will be held the last week-end in June, 2006, at Shaker Bowl, 168 Shaker Rd, East Longmeadow, MA. 413-525-7198. Owned by Bowl New England, it is a 28 lane house with synthetic heads and wood back ends.

Shaker is relatively central to our entire area and, as far as I know, is not "home" to any of our bowlers so at the moment is "neutral territory".

Several of you have already qualified for this tournament. To compete for our scholarship money a bowler must enter at least seven of our 22 tournaments. The March 5th event is the last a bowler may begin bowling with us and still be able to qualify for this year's Championship.

Some Current Statistics

We've now finished 9 of our 22 tournaments. The last event at Town Line Ten-Pin, Malden, MA had the largest field this season - 52 bowlers. Again every state in our northeast region was represented.To date:

The Collegiate Boys Division has had 27 entrants. High qualifying game (279) and series (1477) belong to Ali Dihmes, Bridgeport, CT. High average (with minimum of 18 games) on the sport conditions 0f 209 belongs to Matt Deuire, Kingston, NY. High average of 210 on house conditions is shared by Dion Baker and Brandon Medina, both of Providence, RI.

The Girls Division has had 16 entrants. High qualifying game (257) was rolled by Amie Tomblin, Milford, NH. High qualifying series (1300) and average on sport condition (186) are Caitlin McCaw's, W. Hartford, CT. Alexandra Kiesman, Attleboro, MA, has high average of 200 on house condition.

The Junior Boys Division has had 24 entrants. The 242 high game was rolled by Ken Sweet, Portland, ME. The 1172 high series belongs to David Lewis, Warwick, RI, as does high house average of 184. Stephen Rogers, Poughkeepsie, NY, holds the high sport average of 166.

The Junior Girls Division has had 8 entrants. This division is being dominated by Ashley Reid, Enfield, CT, with the following: high game (228), high series (804), high sport average (146), and high house average (158).

The Major Boys Division has seen 49 competitors. A 290 high game was rolled by Ryan Evans, Acton, MA. High series of 1294 belongs to Shane Reid, Enfield, CT. High sport average of 203 is Connor LeClair's, Athens, NY. Ryan Evans has a high house average of 200.

And the Prep Boys/Girls Division as had 11 entrants. High game (171), high series (836), and high house average (137) have been attained by Jadee Scott-Jones, Riverside, RI. High sport average of 157 belongs to Taylor LeClair, Athens, NY

A Snowy Eighth Tournament

Those who braved the snowy conditions found a tough lane condition at Laurel Lanes in Plainville, CT. This past Sunday 27 bowlers averaged 167.53 during qualifying. 20 200 games were rolled in qualifying. Four bowlers went plus with Tony Bennett, Worcester MA, the highest qualifier with 1260.

Step-ladder finals saw another 10 200 games - Tony Bennett won the Collegiate Division with a nice 265 to finish ahead of Dan "P.I.A." Quesnell, Kingston, NY. The Girls Division final match was close with Caitlin McCaw, W. Hartford, CT, edging out Alexandra Kiesman, Attleboro, MA, for the win 230-228. Joey Baral, S. Windsor, CT, in his first appearance with us this season, triumphed over Jimmy Stenson, Kingston, NY, 201-177 for the Major Boys Division Gold. Stephen Rogers, Poughkeepsie, NY, held on to the Junior Boys Division first place despite the valiant effort of Robbie Baral who had run the ladder from 5th place to challenge him.

Ashley Reid and Brittany Reid, both of Enfield, CT, won Golds in the Junior Girls and Prep Divisions, respectively.

Alexandra Kiesman and Jimmy Stenson qualified for the Jr Gold Championship in July.

We now have our first qualifiers for our Championship Tournament to held the last weekend in June. Having attended seven events are: Ashley Reid (Jr Girls), Shane Reid (Major Boys), and Kyle Shivers (Collegiate Boys).

Results from Auburn...

Every state in the Northeast was represented at our tournament at Auburn AMF, Auburn, MA, on November 13th. 49 bowlers (36 boys, 13 girls) competed on the house shot. The overall average was178.75.

The high game (279) and high series (1477) were rolled by Collegiate Ali Dihmes of Bridgeport, CT.

Several bowlers arrived very late due to having had travel league earlier. Please compare your travel league schedules with ours....let me know if there are any more potential time conflicts. We may be able to adjust our start time but I would have to know early enough to publicize any start time change for all competitors.

And I did remember the camera this weekend:




In the Prep Division...l to r...Jose Santana, RI, bronze medal, Brittany Reid, CT, gold, and Jadee Scott-Jones, RI, silver.



In the Jr Girls...l to r...Jessica Evans, MA, silver medal and Ashley Reid, CT, gold medal.





In the Junior Boys Division, all bowling their first event with us, Chris Colella, MA, above right, won the gold medal and Ben Bertrand, MA, above left, got the silver, and Cameron Lawson, VT, pictured to the right, won the bronze.




In the Girls Division. ..l to r... Brittany Garcia, NH, finished 3rd; Leigh Pratt, NY, finished 1st; and Amie Tomlin, NH, in her first event of the season finished 2nd.


The Major Boys Division was won by Ryan Evans, MA (who also won the Jr. Gold qualifier for the event), Tony Giroux, MA, took 2nd and Shane Reid, CT, finished in 3rd place.
And, finally, the Collegiate Boys Division....l to r...Ali Dihmes, CT,won the silver medal; Brandon Medina , RI, gold,; and Dion Baker, RI, took home the bronze.

Stats for Fishkill...

36 bowlers....27 boys, 9 girls
216 games bowled, not counting stepladders
185.93 was the average of all scores

Anthony Valentine, CT, lead the entire field for the day averaging 244 for his 7 games: 248, 267, 279 (794 series), 252, 188, 237 in qualifying and 237 in step-ladder.

Josh Magisano, NY, lead the BEST qualifiers
Anthony and Sabrina Kogelis, CT, won the 2 Jr Gold spots available.

Several bowlers have attended 5 of our 6 events. Two more and they will be qualified for the Championship Tournament in June.

Next Sunday is Auburn AMF in Auburn, MA, with a 12:30 pm start.

Catskill Hoe Bowl - 5th tournament of the year

This was our first tournament at this center. 24 wood lanes...lane condition was termed "Adult Scratch League"...in terms of difficulty I'd say it falls somewhere between a true sport shot and a normal house shot. I think the field averages substantiate this.

High qualifier for the day was Caitlin McCaw, CT, with 1300.

High game during qualifying was 249...rolled by Matt Deuire, NY. During finals Connor LeClair, NY, ran the ladder in the Major Boys Division finishing up with games of 266 and 268.

Rosanne Jansen, NY, also ran the ladder to garner her first win in the Girls Division.

"P.I.A." Quesnell pondering his failure to make the finals this week.

Rosanne Jansen won the Girls Division 

Caitlin demonstating her performance in the step-ladder....finished with the Silver 

Leigh Pratt finished 3rd in Girls Divsion...but won her spot in the Jr Gold Nationals 

Ali Dihmes 1st and Matt Deuire 2nd in Collegiate Division. Matt also won a Jr Gold berth. 

Randy Quesnell took the Bronze in the Collegiate Boys Division 

Major Boys Division: Shane Reid, left, finished 2nd to Connor LeClair, right. 

Alex Weglarz, 3rd in Major Boys Division and earned a Jr Gold spot 

Corey Callahan, Gold Medal, Jr Boys 

Stephen Rogers, Silver Medal, Jr. Boys 

Matt Peter , Jr Boys Bronze Medal 

Prep medalists: left to right: 3rd Sam Matthews, 2nd Taylor LeClair, and 1st Rebecca Pratt. All are from NY. 

First Donation to Scholarship Fund!!

Today we have received the first donation to our Scholarship Fund. $100 has been very generously donated by Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Major of Newington, CT.

AMF Cranston Bowl - And I Remembered the Camera!!

PREP DIVISION: Jose Santana, RI, won Silver Medal, Jadee Scott-Jones, RI, won the Gold Medal, and Jacqueline Evans, MA, received the Bronze Medal

AMF Cranston Bowl - Major & Jr Boy Divisions

Sean & Jay Tessier, RI, finish at the top of the Major Boy Division.




Davids Lewis and DeLaCruz finished 1st & 2nd in Jr Boys Div. Both are from RI.
Kenny Sweet, Me, took 3rd place.

AMF Cranston Bowl - Girls Division

Karrie Stockley, Me,on the right, won the Gold. Alexandra Kiesman, Ma, received the Silver.










Deanna Outland, RI, finished with Bronze.

AMF Cranston Bowl - Collegiage Boys Division

Chris Page,RI, now has his first 1st in the division. 2nd place to Dion Baker, RI, and 3rd to Ben Rund, RI.

Statistics for Delmar Tournament on 10/9/05

Our third event was held on a US Open lane condition.

48 bowlers competed in 6 divisions - 36 boys and 12 girls
312 games were bowled
Average of the scores was 161.04

20 Jr Gold participants vied for 4 spots which went to Christine Belsky, Josh Magisano, Dan Quesnell, and Ronald Giesin

10 entered the BEST qualifier...Shane Reid won. He needed only $50 for his fully paid spot so Christine Belsky won $50 credit toward her BEST spot

The high game of the day was rolled during Step Ladder finals in the Junior Boy's Division by 10 year old Connor LeClair of Athens, NY. In his first match he finished up with 7 strikes in a row for a 235 game. He followed that by starting the final match with 10 strikes in a row for a very nice 289.

The winners of the other divisions are as follows:
Collegiate Boys - Matt Antonio, NY
Girls - Christine Belsky, MA
Junior Girls - Ashley Reid, CT
Major Boys - Danny Khuu, MA
Preps - Taylor LeClair, NY

INCREDIBLE...found swimming in New Orleans

This croc was found swimming down a street in New Orleans. Killed by the Army it is 21' long, weighs 4,500 lbs...specialists figure it must have been about 80 years old....

Bowling Center Change Necessary for Nov 6th

I received a call from Ferraro's Mid-City Lanes. They have a conflict on Nov 6th between us and a two-day county junior tournament.

So I made an executive decision...we'll go to Fishkill Bowl on that date...still a 1 pm start...

Lang's Bowlerama, Cranston, RI

Our second tournament was held September 18th. First time I've been there....we were treated really well...no equipment breakdowns....food was good....

Here's some stats:

32 bowlers - 19 boys 13 girls
178 games bowled (not counting step-ladders)
181.28 was average score ... on house shot
10 of 13 Jr. Gold bowlers participated in that qualifier
5 tried to qualify for BEST
Ryan Evans, Acton, Ma., threw 11 in a row from the second frame (290 game)
Greg Andrews, Brockton, Ma., picked up the 4-6-7-10 split

Happy Birthday Leigh!

Hope to see you all at Del Lanes on Oct 6th.

Will someone there please remind me that I have the camera and really want to get some shots to post here.....

Great Start to a New Season

September 11th , Lore’s Lanes, New Milford, CT was the first ever Northeast Junior Scratch Tour event. We had a good turn-out for the first tournament….on a sport condtion…

Here are some of the pertinent statistics:

34 bowlers (26 boys…8 girls) competed in 6 divisions
13 of 16 Junior Gold members competed for 3 spots in the Jr. Gold National Championship next July in Ft. Lauderdale
5 participated in the BEST Tournament qualifier
200 games were bowled (not counting step-ladders) - shot was tough
Average score was 155.58 -- 156.72 for boys and 151.52 for girls
12 games were bowled between 200-250
High qualifying games --- 235 (ali dihmes), 233 (chris cofrancesco), 200 (brittany garcia)
High qualifying series --- 1160 (ali dihmes), 1151 (alex weglarz), 1049 (brittany garcia)

Other results, division standings, etc. can be found on the xsorbit message board….

Hope to see all of you next Sunday at Lang’s AMF, Cranston, RI…noon start

Tournament Record book sales proceeds to augment Scholarship Fund

EPS Printing of S. Windsor, CT very generously donated the printing of these Tournament Record books. They are 7" x 8.5" and coilwire bound so will lie flat for easier use. There are four covers from which to choose. Each book has 50 pages of 6 game scoring. The price will be $10.00. Net proceeds from the sales will go directly to the Scholarship Fund.

Scholarship Fund

We need to think about our scholarship fund from the outset. At the moment, we are the only "sponsors" of our tour. Any ideas for raising funds for the Championship will be greatly appreciated.

I had asked, on the message board, for everyone to vote on whether or not to have membership fees for the Tour. The poll was to vote for $10 dues, $15, other amount, or none. So far there has been 63 views of the poll but only a whopping 3 votes!

We will be selling Tournament Record score books. The printing is being donated by EPS Printing in S. Windsor. All net proceeds will go directly to the Scholarship Fund.

Let's hear some ideas.....

Rules updated

1. Instead of individual scorecards, we are going to use 1 scoresheet for each pair of lanes. It will be the "A" bowler's responsibility to record all the scores. It will be the responsibility of each bowler to verify that his/her score is recorded correctly. It will be the responsibility of the last bowler to finish on the pair to bring the scoresheet to the tournament desk after each game so that scores can be tabulated.

2. To qualify for the Championship Tournament, a bowler must participate in at least 7 of the 22 scheduled events.

3. Due to the above, points will be awarded in each division for a Bowler of the Year Award as follows:

10- for just showing up to bowl
10- for each event you come to more than the 7 to qualify for the Championship
5- for being high qualifier after 4/6 games
15- for 1st place
10- for 2nd place
7- for 3rd place
5- for 4th place
3- for 5th place
and 1- for every bowler you finish ahead of

One way to increase Scholarship Fund

Please note recent addition to our sidebar. "Ads by Google" and a Google search tool. We are paid each time these links are used for web surfing....in the past 2 days we've racked up a whopping $2.77.

So please do your surfing here.....

Kids....not to go madly clicking on anything and everything....

Marissa Wins Girl's Gold Survivors!!!

I just found out that Marissa Gagliardi won the Girl's Survivors Tournament in Indianapolis this year! That's out of a field of approximately 210 bowlers. She earned $650 scholarship, an entry into next year's Jr Gold Championship, and an Ebonite bowling ball. Great bowling, Ris.

When y'all do stuff, let me know, so I can post the news....

I'm taking votes....

Please register on the message board (see link on left) and place your vote in each of the polls.....if you don't vote I don't want to hear complaints in the future .....

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As of now, 9:15 pm (or is it 8 here in Indy?) the message board seems to be working again....

The correct URL is http://www.xsorbit28.com/users5/nejst/index.php