Thursday, September 29, 2005

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....

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

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...

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

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.....

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

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

Saturday, September 03, 2005

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.