GARDNER 10-PIN RESULTS

On March 2 we were at Gardner Ten-Pin, Gardner, MA. 30 bowlers entered our first event at this center. The high six game series was rolled by Dave Rice (VT). The high game of 254 was thrown by Marcus Erickson (MA). Josh Regnier (CT) won the shoot-out.

JR GOLD UPDATE

Following is an e-mail I received this afternoon...should make a lot of you quite happy!

April 2, 2008

Junior Gold Qualifier Coordinators:

For the 2008-2009 Junior Gold season, we have made important changes to the requirement for Sport Bowling certification and to the membership program.

In review of the 2008-2009 Junior Gold Championships qualifier regulations, the requirement that all competition be conducted in certified USBC Sport Bowling leagues and tournaments has been reconsidered. While USBC does highly encourage the use of Sport Bowling lane conditions, it is understood that we do not want to penalize the athletes and limit their access to Junior Gold qualifying events in the event that this standard is not met. As a result, USBC will not require Sport Bowling certification for Junior Gold qualifying events.

Sport Bowling lane conditions are now the standard for high-level tournament bowling, and you should utilize this program for your Junior Gold Championships qualifying leagues and tournaments. Whenever possible, the use of Sport Bowling lane conditions is highly recommended in order to better prepare your bowlers for the Junior Gold Championships and to reward higher skilled players participating in the event.

Many of you have already been involved with Sport Bowling leagues and tournaments and are familiar with the simple procedures for making your event Sport Bowling compliant. For those who are not, I have included the steps for making your event a successful Sport Bowling certified league/tournament.

If you have any questions regarding the Sport certification for your league or tournament, please contact the USBC Sport Bowling team at 800-514-2695, ext. 3177 or e-mail them at sportbowling@bowl.com.

Starting August 1, 2008, the Junior Gold membership program will provide a consistent season to all other USBC membership products by expiring July 31st. All current Junior Gold memberships are good for one year from the date of purchase, and these members will receive their entire year of membership. After August 1, 2008, a membership purchase or renewal would be good through July 31st. This change will eliminate a lot of confusion with Junior Gold membership expiration making it easier for the athletes purchasing the membership product and for coordinators selling and monitoring the membership at Junior Gold qualifying events.

I thank you for all your assistance with the USBC Junior Gold Championships qualifying events and wish you all the best. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Brian Graham
Director of Youth Development
(800) 514-2695 ext. 3494
brian.graham@bowl.com

Maine Fish Market & Restaurant Renews Sponsorship

We have again received a generous check ($200) for our scholarship fund from Nick & John Vamvilis of Maine Fish Market & Restaurant, E. Windsor, CT

See the CALL ME button to the left?

Google has offered us a chance to test their newly acquired service GrandCentral. Clicking on this button will call me, for free, at every phone number I have listed. It will ask you to enter your name and phone number....then wondrously connect us.

You can do the same by calling 860-263-0064.

Bloomfield Electric Co. Renews Sponsorship

For a third year, Bloomfield Electric Company, Cromwell, CT has renewed their sponsorship of our scholarship fund with a generous check for $500.

Laurel Lanes, Plainville, CT on Feb. 24th

Collegiate Boys Division finalists (l-r): Ryan Evans (MA), John King (CT), Bobby Micklick (NY), Ali Dihmes (CT), and Jonathan Kalbfus (NY).
Medalists were Ali gold, Jon silver, and Ryan bronze.




Girl's Division finalists (l to r) Brianna Amidon (MA), Sarah Pimentel (RI), Caitlin McCaw (CT), Ashley Reid (CT), and Alley Kiesman-Reid (MA).
Medalists were Alley gold, Caitlin silver, and Ashley bronze.
Caitlin was high qualifier on a difficult Chameleon condition with an 1132 series.


Major Boys Division finalists (l to r) Matt Bak (MA), Shane Fleury (VT), Tim Steward (NY), Trae Alston (CT), Jeremy Lavoie (CT), Floyd Prince (NY), Kyle Rasmussen (CT), and Ryan Graywacz (CT).
Medalists were Floyd gold, Kyle silver, and Tim bronze.
Matt rolled the high game of the day - 241.




Prep Division (l-r) Vernon Billington (CT), Bryan Bourget (RI), Ross Whitehead (NY), Dakota Fleury (VT), and Josh McCart (NY).
Vernon finished in 1st. Josh placed 2nd. And Ross was 3rd.





Jr Boys Division finalists (l-r): Dom Anselmo (NY), Thomas Fassett (NY), Creshon Morrison (CT), in front Chris Dziengiel (NY), and in back Stephen Rogers (NY).
Medalling were Chris gold, Stephen silver, and Dom bronze.

JBT-NeJST Double Header Weekend

Norwich Bowling Center was the hub of the JBT-NeJST Doubleheader weekend. The JBT tournament took place Saturday. Any bowler in the JBT tournament was given a $5 discount from their entry into the NeJST tournament on Sunday. Twenty bowlers took advantage of their discount.

Chris Larson, a former JBT bowler and owner of the center's pro shop, dressed the lanes for us with the pattern used at the Masters. It was indeed a challenge for our bowlers, only two managed to qualify with averages of 200 - Kyle Rasmussen (CT) and Ali Dihmes (CT).

In the Collegiate Boys Division (ages 18-21) step-ladder Josh Grabiec (CT), a bowler for Western New England College, defeated Tim Brown (CT) 212-195 and Jonathan Kalbfus (NY) 212-184. Then he sqeaked by Ryan Evans (MA) 174-173 only to be defeated for the gold medal by Ali Dihmes 193-211.

Girls Division (ages 15-21): Missy Collins (CT) def. Vera Wisniewski (CT) 169-154
Cindy Locke (CT) def. Missy Collins 149-134
Caitlin McCaw (CT) def. Cindy Locke 154-104
for the gold Caitlin McCaw def. Alexandra Kiesman 216-172

In the Junior Boys Division (ages 12-14) Creshon Morrison (CT) climbed the ladder defeating Josh Regnier (CT) 175-173, Stephen Rogers (NY) 206-137, and Darrin Borges 153-149. In the medal match Chris Dziengiel (NY) stopped Creshon's progression 172-131.

Junior Girls Division: LaShey Sebree (CT) def. Jessica Evans (MA) 123-117
Brittany Reid (CT) def. LaShey 140-135
Nicole Trudell (RI) def Brittany 152-107
Nicole def. Tori Whetstone (RI) 172-159 for the gold medal

Due to the size of the Major Boys Division (ages 15-17), eight bowlers advanced. Those qualifying 5th thru 8th bowled a one game match with the victor getting the chance to continue up the step-ladder. Steve Stahursky (CT) was the victor. He then defeated Shane Fleury (VT) 184-177. Cody Daniels (NY) def. Steve 209-170, and Ryan Graywacz (CT) 182-167, and Kyle Rasmussen (CT) 200-170 to win his first NeJST gold.

In the Prep Division (ages 11 and under) Nick Sauve (MA) defeated Tyler Bartee 170-140 only to be def. in turn by Cory Bellisle (CT) 201-195. Cory then defeated Jadee Scott-Jones 186-177 and Ross Whitehead (NY) 178-131 to win the gold in his first NeJST outing.

The Northeast Junior Scratch Tour held their 15th tournament of the current season at Dover Bowling Center, Dover, NH. This was our first stop at the center. The management was terrific. They had agreed to give us a sport shot. And they were very accomodating. Unfortunately the turn out wasn't as good as we had hoped. In adding additional tournaments in VT and NH this year, we had hoped to encourage additional participation by bowlers from those states. There were only two (2) New Hamphire bowlers competing in this event. We also had bowlers from MA, NY, and CT. With that being said...

Ryan Evans (MA) won the Collegiate Boys gold medal. Ali Dihmes (CT) won silver. Russell Hagan (NH) won bronze.

Anthony Swenson (MA) won the Prep gold. Silver went to Nicholas Sauve (MA). Bronze to Jackie Evans (MA).

David Rice (VT), with a nice 1,338 (the high qualifying series of the day), finished first in the Major Boys Division. Placing second was Jason Brunelle (MA). And placing third, in his first NeJST, was Mike Fecteau (NH).

Bowling unopposed were Caitlin McCaw (CT) in the Girls Division, Jeremy Janusz (NY) in the Junior Boys Division, and Jessica Evans (MA) in the Junior Girls Division.

S. WINDSOR 10-PIN TOURNAMENT

January 13th found us at S. Windsor Ten-Pin, S. Windsor, CT. They gave us a relatively hard lane condition. 74 bowlers competed in the six divisions. The high qualifying series for the day, 1189, was rolled by Ryan Evans. The high game of 256 was thrown by David Rice.

Five bowlers advanced to the Jr Gold National Championship to be held in Detroit in July:
Chris Michael (CT), Steve Stahursky (CT), Rosanne Jansen (NY), Matt Peter (MA), and Alan Ip (NY). We have two Jr Gold spots left which will be available at our May 11th tournament.



Gazmine Mason (l - RI) won the gold medal in the Prep Division. Tyler Bartee (r - CT) won the silver medal







Jadee Scott-Jones (RI) placed third, winning the bronze medal.












David Rice (VT) led the Major Boys Division during qualifying and held first place and the gold medal.







Chris Colella (MA) climbed the ladder from his 6th qualifying position to finish 2nd. Steve Stahursky (CT) was third.







Joshua Regnier (l - CT) won the Junior Boys Divsion. Stephen Rogers (r - NY) finished in second place.







Cameron Lawson (VT) placed third.










Nicole Trudell (l) climbed the step-ladder to garner the gold in the Junior Girls Division. Tori Whetstone (r), recently back in action after surgery, finished second. Both are Rhode Islanders.




The Jansen sisters, Rosanne (l) and Tori (r), had a good day. They placed third in their respective divisions (Girls and Junior Girls) and decided they needed a bit more togetherness.






Vera Wisniewski (l) did a really nice job of climbing the Girl's Division step-ladder from her 4th qualifying position to defeat Caitlin McCaw (r) for the Division gold. Both girls are from CT.





Ryan Evans (MA) led the qualifying for the Collegiate Boys Division and clinched the gold medal by defeating Alexander Raedel (MA) in match-play.






Jonathan Kalbfus (NY) finished with the bronze medal.

Easter Tournament Re-Scheduled...

Our Easter Tournament (3/23/08), originally set for NH, will now be held at Lang's AMF Lanes, Cranston, RI at 1 PM. House shot.

Balance of New Hampshire Tournaments Cancelled

Due to the lack of local participation in the two New Hampshire tournaments this season (4 at the October tournament and 2 last weekend), we are cancelling the March 23rd event at Yankee Lanes, Keene, NH and the April 27th event at Strikers East, Raymond, NH

Next Jr Gold Qualifier - May 11th

I have decided to sit on our two (2) remaining JOG spots until our last regular season event. By that time all the states' Pepsi Tournaments should have been held (with the possible exception of CT who is notorious for having it late) and we will have been able to reassign several spots (as I expect our bowlers to do well in most of them). And we will have a definite idea of who still really needs the spots.

January began in Catskill...

January 6th found us in Catskill, NY at Catskill Hoe Bowl. 60 bowlers turned out for the tournament.

Jr Gold qualifiers were Ron Giesin, Rebekah Diers, Sean Ogden, and Ross Whitehead.
Will Incremona won the Shoot-out.

This was one of our highest scoring tournaments this season. Ron Giesin was the over-all high qualifier with a very nice 1,402 six game series. His high game was 289. Rebekah Diers, Nick Torres, and Connor LeClair all had 1300 series. Bekah's high game was 280; Nick's was 278; and Connor's 229.












Home for the holidays from McKendree College, Ron Giesin NY (l) placed first in the Collegiate Boys Division. Bobby Micklick NY (c) placed second. Sean Ogden NY (r) finished in thrid place.

Rebekah Diers NY, who also bowls for McKendree College, dominated the Girls Division winning the step-ladder match fairly easily over Caitlin McCaw CT who had returned 3 weeks earlier from a 3 month semester abroad on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa.
Rosanne Jansen NY "brought up the rear" of the division garnering the bronze medal.






















Steve Rogers NY (l) won the gold medal in the Junior Boys Division. Joshua Regnier CT (c) received the silver medal. Rob Salomone NY (r) received the bronze.












Brianna Amidon MA (l) sustained her momentum during the Junior Girls Division step-ladder to grab the gold. Tori Jansen NY (c) placed second. Bethany Duchowny NY (r) placed third.












The Major Boys Division had a very interesting final match. Connor LeClair NY (l) and Nick Torres NY (c) are both "bowling up" a division for "better" competition. The final step-ladder match of this division ended in a tie-breaker. Connor defeated Nick for the gold. Jeff Werner NY (r) garnered the bronze medal.

Ross Whitehead (l) lead the qualifying for the Prep Division with a 6 game qualifying series of 1,255. He won the gold medal defeating Jesse Lent (c) in the step-ladder. Jesse placed second. Taylor Leclair (r) placed third. All three boys are from NY.

RESULTS FROM STORM WRACKED BROCKTON

38 brave souls braved the elements December 16th trekking to Westgate Lanes, Brockton, MA for our 12th tournament of the season. Our group appears to be more dedicated than their adult counterparts. We were to have shared the house with an adult tourney that day. That tournament was called off for lack of attendance.

Junior Gold spots were awarded to Christine Belsky and Kris Chin. Spencer Kelly won the shoot-out.

















Collegiate Boys Division was won by Adam Fedele (l). Danny Khuu (c) finished second. And Kris Chin (r) placed third.


Amanda Labossiere took the gold medal in the Girls Division. Sisters Julianne Belsky and Christine Belsky finished second and third respectively.






The Jr Boys Division was won by Bobby Geddes (l). Jalen Scott-Jones (c) placed second. Brendan Litchfield (r) placed third.




Nicole Trudell (r) won the Jr Girls Division handily over Tori Whetstone (l) who was just coming back from a lay off due to surgery.









Major Boys Div:
Justin Avylla (c)
won gold. Matt
Peter (l) took the silver. And Joe Mello (r) received the
bronze medal.








The Prep Division was won by Kevin Thibeault (c.).
Michael Trent (l.) was second. Jackie Evans (r) was third.

DOUBLE HEADER WITH JBT IN NORWICH

THE WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 9-10 WILL FIND BOTH JBT AND NeJST HAVING TOURNAMENTS AT NORWICH BOWLING AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.

AS OCCURRED LAST SEASON, SATURDAY'S JBT TOURNAMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED ON A HOUSE CONDITION. OUR SUNDAY NeJST WILL BE ON A SPORT CONDITION.

BOWLERS COMPETING IN BOTH TOURNAMENTS WILL RECEIVE A $5.00 DISCOUNT FROM THEIR ENTRY TO OUR NeJST TOURNAMENT.

Scholarships Awarded at Winter Break Tournament

The Mystery Score was hit during the first squad of the tournament by both Bobby Pacuk and Jadee Scott-Jones, both of RI. They did not hit the mystery score during the 4th game so they split half the jackpot getting $6 scholarship each. The Mystery Score Jackpot will begin at $26 next tournament.

One bracket was run. Kalvin Chin (MA) won a $30 scholarship and Danny Khuu (MA) finished second for a $10 scholarship.

Prep Division (11 and under) winners were:
1st place and $100 scholarship - Jadee Scott-Jones (RI)
2nd place and $50 scholarship - Tyler Bartee (CT)

Junior Division (12-15) winners were:
1st place and $250 scholarship - Chris Colella (MA)
2nd place and $125 scholarship - Jason Brunelle (MA)
3rd place and $75 scholarship - Josh Regnier (CT)
4th place and $50 scholarship - Nick Jenson (CT)

Open Division (16-21) winners were:
1st place and $250 scholarship - Danny Khuu (MA)
2nd place and $125 scholarship - Ryan Evans (MA)
3rd place and $75 scholarship - Caitlin McCaw (CT)
4th place and $50 scholarship - Rai Doblmeier (RI)

Advancing to Winter Break Match Play Are ....

PREP DIVISION --
TOMMY TKACZ -- 1058 -- CT
JADEE SCOTT-JONES --1 037 -- RI
JACKIE EVANS -- 1033 -- MA
TYLER BARTEE -- 973 -- CT
JOSHUA MCCART -- 944 -- NY

JUNIOR DIVISION --
JASON BRUNELLE -- 1342 -- MA
CHRIS COLELLA -- 1296 -- MA
NICK JENSEN -- 1260 -- CT
STEPHEN ROGERS -- 1235 -- NY
MATTHEW RICHARD -- 1237 -- MA
JOSHUA REGNIER -- 1183 -- CT
PETE DIXON -- 1145 -- CT
NICOLE TRUDELL -- 1086 -- RI

OPEN DIVISION --
MICHAEL LEYVA -- 1346 -- CT
DANNY KHUU -- 1330 -- MA
RYAN EVANS -- 1315 -- MA
TYLER ALSTON -- 1300 -- CT
CAITLIN MCCAW -- 1298 -- CT
DEANNA OUTLAND -- 1297 -- RI
RAI DOBLMEIER -- 1285 -- RI
ALEXANDER RAEDEL -- 1253 -- MA

Changes made to Junior Team USA selection process

The following is a "news release" posted on bowl.com.

If these changes do become the actual selection process this year will be the last year NeJST will conduct Jr. Gold Qualifiers.

It is one thing for USBC to manipulate the adult team membership by appointing pros and making a mockery of the qualifying process. Now they intend to do the same with Jr Gold.

The Jr. Gold National Championship won't be the National Championship. Only 4 members of each of the teams are guaranteed to come from the actual Championship. "Adult" bowlers if they meet USBC's new age requirement and bowl in the Team Trials can become Jr Team Members. It doesn't say they have to meet any of the other youth membership requirements (like not having bowled for cash.)

12/17/2007

By Kevin Hazaert
USBC Communications

Junior Team USA, the U.S. national junior bowling team and feeder program for Team USA, will expand to 20 players in 2009 - allowing more elite youth bowlers the opportunity to further develop their skills and represent their country.

The majority of Junior Team USA (comprised of 10 males and 10 females) will continue to be established at the previous year's United States Bowling Congress Junior Gold Championships, which brings together over 1,500 of the country's best youth bowlers vying for scholarships and U.S. Junior Amateur titles.

However, new for 2009, additional players will be selected through the USBC Team USA Trials (beginning with the 2009 event), which is held annually in January to help determine Team USA.

"Expanding Junior Team USA will give more of the top young athletes in our sport exposure to the elite coaching and training they will receive in the program," USBC Team USA High-Performance Director David Garber said. "By adding individuals from the USBC Team USA Trials as well, we will be able strengthen Junior Team USA with even more promising talent."

Selection process for Junior Team USA 2009:

• Top four male and top four female finishers at the 2008 USBC Junior Gold Championships, which will be held July 5-11 in Detroit.
• Two males and two females, chosen by the National Selection Committee, from the pool of remaining match play advancers at the 2008 USBC Junior Gold Championships.
• Top two males and top two females who are age 20 or under as of Jan. 1, 2009, at the 2009 USBC Team USA Trials (dates and location TBD), provided they are not already on Junior Team USA 2009. These four athletes can be either USBC Youth or Adult members as long as they meet the age requirement.
• Two males and two females, chosen by the National Selection Committee, from a pool of athletes that were either match play finalists at the 2008 USBC Junior Gold Championships or who are age 20 or under as of Jan. 1, 2009, and competed at the 2009 USBC Team USA Trials (dates and location TBD). These four athletes can be either USBC Youth or Adult members as long as they meet the age requirement.

Also beginning in 2009, the Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON) Youth Championships (formerly American Zone Youth Championships) will be held on odd-numbered years.

"Previously, Junior Team USA members in odd-numbered years didn't have the chance to bowl in either the World or PABCON Youth Championships since they were held in the same calendar year," Garber said. "Now athletes on Junior Team USA will have a competition to strive for each year."

The 2008 PABCON Youth Championships is tentatively scheduled to be held next September in Lima, Peru.

Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor.....

shall cause us to cancel a tournament. The 12th tournament of the year will take place at Westgate Lanes, Brockton, MA on Sunday. I'm driving up this afternoon, spending the night.

Hope to see all of you tomorrow.

DEL LANES

October 7th found us at Del Lanes, Delmar, NY. As usual, they put out a fairly difficult lane condition for us. Dan Quesnell of Kingston, NY, rolled the high game and series of the event, 242 and 1218, respectively.

Medalists were:
Collegiate Division: Dan Quesnell, gold - Ali Dihmes (CT), silver - Drew Brow (NY), bronze
Girls Division: Liz Pratt (NY), Ashlee Rundle (NY), and Tricia Matthews (NY)
Junior Boys Division: Josh Regnier (CT), Stephen Rogers (NY), and Jeremy Janusz (NY)
Junior Girls Division: Rebecca Pratt (NY), Ashley Reid (CT), and Brianna Amidon (MA)
Major Boys Division: Alex Weglarz (NY), Chris Leahy (NY), and Shane Reid (CT)
Prep Division: Joshua McCart (NY), Dakota Fleury (VT), and Maeson Cooper (NY)

Junior Gold qualifiers were Brianna Amidon and Dan Quesnell. Josh McCart won the Litchco's Hot Shot of the Week for scoring more pins over his average than any other NeJST member during this tournament.