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).