20TH EVENT AT FISHKILL BOWL

40 bowlers braved the N'oreaster blustering though the region to take part in the 20th regular season tournament on April 15th in Fishkill, NY. I think this was the hardest lane condition we've faced this season... believe they said it was the "TOC Shot".

The high qualifying series of 1065 was thrown by Kyle Rasmussen who averaged 178 for the day. During the 6 games of qualifying only four 200 games were recorded. The 219 high game of the day was rolled by Bobby Micklick during the finals.

Statistics for the day...Collegiate Boys averaged 168,
Girls averaged 156,
Junior Boys 144,
Junior Girls 142,
Major Boys 155,
Preps 141
Most of our Mass. bowlers were competing in that state's Pepsi Tournament. Scratch Division winners were Amanda Labossiere and Tony Bennett. Congratulations!

(L)Collegiate Boys: Artie Mays (NY) 2nd and Ali Dihmes (CT) 1st

(R) Girls Division: Caitlin McCaw (CT) 2nd, Jessica Newman (NY), Stephanie Brockway (NY) 3rd, and Alexandra Kiesman (MA) 1st













(L) Jr Boys Division: Joseph Ayala 2nd, Anthony Santostefano 1st, and Chris Dziengiel 3rd. All three are from NY.

(R) Prep Division: Jesse Lent 3rd, Ross Whitehead 2nd, and Corrado Marone 1st. These three are also residents of NY.

The Major Boys Division, as usual, was the largest. Eight advanced to the finals.
T.J. Bailey (NY), Shane Reid (CT), Bobby Micklick (NY), Steve Stahursky (CT), James Clark (NY), Kyle Rasmussen (CT) 1st, D.J. Quesnell (NY) 2nd, and Tim Steward (NY) 3rd.





The final regular season events take place in May. On the 6th we have a noon start at Upper River Fun & Games, White River Junction, VT. This will be a double point tournament. The last, as has become our custom, will be on Mother's Day at Bradley Bowl, Windsor Locks, CT beginning at 1 PM

NeJST was at Yankee Lanes, Keene, NH

on April 8th (Easter) for the 19th tournament of the season. 50 bowlers representing every state in our region participated in this double point event. The center management put out their "Classic League Shot" expecting lower scores than what our juniors rolled. Nine bowlers averaged over 200. The high series of 1359 was thrown by Rai Doblmeier. The high game of 282 was rolled by Derek Hamm.

A few statistics - to compare to the results of our next tournament at Fishkill - Collegiate Boys averaged 198, Girls 184, Jr Boys 181, Jr Girls 156, Major Boys 186, and Preps 156.

Prep Division finalists with Al Major: Jackie Evans (MA) 3rd, Tori Whetstone (RI), Jose Santana (RI) 1st, Jadee Scott-Jones (RI), and Gazmine Mason (RI) 2nd.










Major Boys Division finalists: David Rice (VT) 3rd, Nathan Dupiney (MA), Derek Hamm (MA) 2nd, Jonathan Kalbfus (NY), and Alex Weglarz (NY) 1st









Junior Girls Division finalists: Tiffany Currier (NH) 3rd, Nicolle Trudell (RI) 2nd, Jessica Evans (MA), Amanda Labossiere (MA) 1st, and Kamariah Jackman (CT)









Junior Boys Division finalists: Chris Colella (MA) 2nd, Justin Avylla (MA) 1st, Kyle Rasmussen (CT), Jalen Scott-Jones (RI), and Cameron Lawson (VT) 3rd.









Girls Division finalists: Alexandra Kiesman (MA) 3rd, Karrie Stockley (ME), Brittany Garcia (NH) 1st, Mindy Hardy (NH), and Jennifer Boisselle (MA) 2nd.









Collegiate Boys Division finalists: Steven Hardy Jr (NH) 3rd, Danny Khuu (MA), Tony Bennett (MA) 2nd, Alexander Raedel (RI), and Rai Doblmeier (RI) 1st.

18th Tournament at Strikers East, Raymond, NH

The NeJST returned to Raymond, NH, on March 25th for the 18th event of the regular season. The high qualifying series of 1359 was rolled by Eric Brown (CT). The high game of the day, as well as a new personal high, was Chris Colella's (MA) 288.

In the Collegiate Boys Division Tim Brown (CT), in his first tournament, made match play defeating Steven Clement (MA) 178-146, and Andrew Twarog (MA) 223-204, and Steve Hardy, Jr. 247-205, only to fall to Ben Rund (RI) 212-246 in the final match.

Alexandra Kiesman (MA) garnered the gold in the Girls Division with Brittany Garcia (NH) taking silver and Amie Tomblin (NH) bronze.

In the Junior Boys Division, Chris Colella (MA) placed 1st, Cody Reichenberger (VT) 2nd, and Tyler Armour (VT), in his first NeJST appearance, 3rd.

Amanda Labossiere (MA) took the gold medal in the Junior Girls Division, Tiffany Currier (NH) got silver, and Kamariah Jackman (CT) bronze.

As usual the largest field of the day was the Major Boys with 14 entrants. Michael Leyva (CT) climbed the ladder defeating Ryan Evans (MA), Keenan Collins (CT), Shane Reid (CT), and Eric Brown (CT) to finish with the gold medal.

Vernon Billington (CT) won the Prep Division with Jackie Evans (MA) second.

There are four events left in our regular season. The next tournament will be held April 8th...Easter Sunday...at Yankee Lanes, Keene, NH beginning at 1PM. Double points will be awarded to all participants.

The Championship Tournament and BASH will be held June 23 & 24th at Bowl-O-Rama, Newington, CT. As of this date 42 bowlers have qualified for the Championship. Anybody can enter the BASH. Flyers for both tournaments can be downloaded from our message board.

Silver Lanes, E. Hartford, CT 3/18/07

43 bowlers competed in the 17th Northeast Junior Scratch Tournament of the season held at AMF Silver Lanes, E. Hartford, CT on March 18th. Nick Demaine, Silver's lanesman, said it wouldn't be an easy shot. Alexandra Kiesman (MA) was the only bowler to average over 200 during qualifying rolling a nice 1248. Danny Khuu had a 268 for the day's high game.














(l to r) Tori, Jadee, and Ross
We had a field of 10 in the prep division with representatives from RI, NY, MA, and CT. Tori Whetstone climbed the step-ladder defeating Jackie Evans (MA) 200-143, Gazmine Mason (RI) 166-138, Ross Whitehead (NY) 173-133, and finally Jadee Scott-Jones (RI) 198-192 to win the gold medal.

Jr Boys Division: (l to r) Chris Colella (MA) earned the gold, Jonathan Sauve (MA) silver, and Joseph Arsenault (MA) bronze.













Jr. Girls Division: (l to r) Nicole Trudell (RI) fell to Amanda Labossiere (MA) 164-243 in the final match of the step-ladder. Ashley Reid, not pictured, won the bronze medal.

We would like to congratulate Nicole on her winning of the Girl's Scratch Division of the RI Pepsi Tournament.


(l to r) Jonathan Kalbfus, David Lewis, and David Rice
Major Boys Division: David Lewis (RI) climbed the ladder with some very nice bowling for the win - defeating Kenny Carney (NY) 258-194, Floyd Prince (NY) 258-201, David Rice (VT) 220-173, and Jonathan Kalbfus 192-170.














(l to r) Rai Doblmeier, Danny Khuu, and Dion Baker
In the Collegiate Boys Division we had our third ladder scaling of the day. Rai Doblemeier (RI) defeated Josh Parthree (MA) 182-151, Alex Raedel (RI) 237-148, Dion Baker 198-186, and Danny Khuu 235-172.

Congratulations are also in order for Rai for winning the Boy's Scratch Division of the RI Pepsi Tournament.













Girls Division: (l to r) Alexandra Kiesman (MA) finished in 1st place, Deanna Outland (RI) 2nd, and Caitlin McCaw (CT) 3rd.

USBC Intercollegiate Sectional Results

This past weekend USBC held their Intercollegiate Championship Sectionals across the country. Leigh Pratt (Western New England, MA), bowling in Allentown, PA, finished 1st in the women's singles. Rebekah Diers (McKendree, IL), competing in Fairview Heights, IL, finished 2nd in the singles. Both girls advance to the national event in May in Alabama.

Congratulations girls!

Qualifying for 2008 Jr Gold Championship

Beginning this weekend in Raymond, NH, we can qualify bowlers for the 2008 Jr Gold tournament if there is sufficient interest. As usual, we must have 6 bowlers to hold the qualifier and can advance 1 in 5. Entry fee, as usual, will be $50.

Double Points Tournaments

Advance notice....

Double points will be awarded at the following two tournaments:

April 8th - Keene, NH
and
May 6th - White River Junction, VT

WESTGATE LANES, Brockton, MA - 3/4/07

63 bowlers competed March 4th at Westgate Lanes, Brockton, Ma. The high series of 1311 was rolled by Danny Khuu (MA) who just eked out Jenn Boissell (MA) who rolled 1310. The high game of the day, 267, was thrown by Danny.

Our last four 2007 Jr Gold spots were awarded to Samantha Simpson (MA), Darrin Borges (MA), Joseph Mello (MA), and Jalen Scott-Jones (RI). For the remaining season tournaments we can qualify bowlers for the 2008 Jr Gold Championship if there is sufficient interest.


Kevin Thibeault (MA) (r) won the Prep Division gold medal in his first NeJST tournament. Gazmine Mason (RI) (l) won her first silver medal.

Vernon Billington (CT) received the Prep bronze.







The Jr Boys Division was an all Mass. finals. Pictured left to right respectively the medalists were Justin Avylla (bronze), Darrin Borges (silver), and Joseph Mello (gold).





Kyle Marcure (MA) (r) climbed the ladder from 6th qualifying position only to fall to Ryan Evans (MA) (l) in the championship match.

Greg Andrews (MA) finished in 3rd place.





Deanna Outland (RI) (l) defeated Jenn Boisselle (MA) (r) to win her first gold medal of the season.


Alley Kiesman (MA) earned the bronze medal.





Amanda Labossiere (MA) (l) won the Jr Girls Division. Not pictured, Kelly Strawderman (MA) placed 2nd. Nicole Trudell (RI) (r) finished in 3rd place.




Rai Doblmeier (RI) (l) won 5 matches to clinch the Collegiate Boys Division gold medal. Danny Khuu (MA) (r) placed second. Tony Bennett received the bronze medal for third place.

Hoe Bowl on the Hill 2/25/07

62 bowlers competed in our first tour event at Hoe Bowl on the Hill, Kingston, NY. While not putting out a true sport condition, the center management was surprised at how well the bowlers scored on the condition. The high qualifying series of 1372 was rolled by Jeff Werner (NY). Caitlin McCaw (CT) had the high game - 269.


Collegiate boys: Dan Quesnell (NY) (r) 1st; Chris Page (RI) center 2nd; Tim Joly (RI) (l) 3rd




Vera Wisniewski (CT) finished 3rd in the Girls Division


Leigh Pratt (NY) (r) defeated Caitlin McCaw (CT) (l) for the gold medal in the Girls Division 204 - 203.



Tyler Rocco (NY) defeated the 4th and 3rd place qualifiers to garner the bronze medal in the Jr Boys Division.

Nick Torres (NY) (r) defeated Teddy Bickert (NY) (l) to take the win in the Jr. Boys Division.




Rebecca Pratt (NY) (l) took the bronze medal for the Jr Girls Division. Liz Pratt (NY) (c) received the silver medal. And Kamariah Jackman (CT) (r) won the gold.



Floyd Prince (NY) worked his way up the ladder to land the bronze medal in the Major Boys Division.



Jeff Werner (NY) (l) defeated Alex Weglarz (NY) (r) for 1st place in the Majors.




Vernon Billington (CT) placed 3rd in the Prep Division.



Ross Whitehead (NY) (l) placed 2nd. And Jesse Lent (NY) (r) in his first NeJST tournament placed 1st.



And advancing to the Jr Gold National Championships in Buffalo, NY in July are Liz Pratt, Jeff Werner, Nick Torres (all of NY), and Will Romaine (CT).

Congratulations to Caitlin!!

Caitlin has just received notification that she passed her USBC Silver Level Coaching Certification. She attended the three day course in January at Carolier Lanes in New Jersey. She has been a Bronze Level Coach for several years.

Good Sportsmanship

One of the attributes we hope the bowlers in NeJST will learn to cultivate is good sportsmanship.

The mental aspect of the sport of bowling is probably the most important part of developing into a good bowler. It encompasses learning to personally deal with frustration when bowling badly, with euphoria when bowling well, and interacting with other bowlers during it all.

This means you do not throw your bowling balls around - not into your bags, not across the concourse or parking lot.... not slamming fists into expensive equipment such as ball returns or scoring computers - those are not to be kicked either.... not throwing rosin bags, shoes, etc. anywhere.

You also do not quit a game / match unless you are injured and then you approach a tournament official with a request to withdraw.

Getting angry because you are not scoring well or are bothered by another bowler is not a reason to walk away from a game. Any bowler doing so will be disqualified from that tournament, forfeiting all points. In addition, as has been our practice, the bowler will be suspended from the next tournament or permanently, if the infraction merits.

Good sportsmanship should be a priority not just in bowling but in life in general

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Update

Our Championship Tournament will be held June 23 - 24 at Bowl-O-Rama, Newington, CT.

We were bumped from Chicopee by NEBA.

To be eligible to participate in this event a bowler must have entered at least SEVEN (7) of our regular season events.

The latest a bowler new to our tour may start and be eligible for this tournament is March 4th.

JR GOLD UPDATE

I have spoken with Peggy Kosinski at Jr Gold. She has reserved us the additional 10 spots...and informs me that it leaves us with 12 spots. I don't know where the other one comes from but we'll take it.

Therefore, we will have 4 spots available at each of the next three events (Norwich, Kingston, and Brockton). If any go unclaimed, they will be available at the following tournaments.

I would like all junior gold members, whether or not you intend to try to qualify or are already qualified, who will be attending the next three tournaments to show up for a meeting an hour before start time. Thanks

ATTN: JR GOLD MEMBERS NOT YET QUALIFIED FOR BUFFALO

According to Bowl.com there are only about 80 spots left nationally for the Buffalo tournament in July.

I would suggest that anyone still wanting to qualify for Buffalo comes to the Norwich tournament this coming Sunday. We will get as many qualified as possible this weekend and see if we need to get some spots reserved quickly.

Hopefully all the already qualified bowlers will come to support those that have not been as fortunate thus far.

Lets plan on having a strategy meeting at noon, before the tournament.

Link to Rogue's Gallery

I just realized that the link to the Rogue's Gallery was not working. It has been fixed.

If anyone has pictures they would like to share...e-mail them to me and I'll set up an album for them.

NeJST at Townline Ten-Pin 1/21/07

Our 12th tournament was held January 21st at Townline Ten-Pin, Malden, MA. 63 entrants averaged 173.

High series, 1311, was rolled by Jim Bosse (CT).

A perfect 300 was thrown by Gian Papa (RI), pictured to the left.

Eleven entrants in the Collegiate Boys Division averaged 185. Tony Bennett (MA) defeated Jim Bosse (CT) in the final match for the gold medal.

The Girls Division had six entrants who averaged 180. Jenn Boisselle (MA) averaged 200 and defeated Alexandra Kiesman (MA) for the win.

In the Junior Boys Division 14 bowlers averaged 173. Jalen Scott-Jones (RI) defeated Cameron Lawson for the top spot.

Four bowlers in the Junior Girls Division averaged 167. Amanda Labossiere (MA) defeated Kamariah Jackman (CT) for the gold.

19 entrants in the Major Boys Division averaged 182. David Lewis (RI) averaged 203 for the day and defeated Steve Stahursky (CT) for first.

The Prep Division again had a great turnout with 9 bowlers who averaged 137. Jose Santana (RI) defeated Vernon Billington (CT) for the gold medal.

Amanda Labossiere and Steve Stahursky advanced to the USBC Junior Gold Championship next June in New York.

Hoe Bowl Mardi Bob 1/14/07

The NeJST had the 11th tournament of the season at Mardi Bob in Poughkeepsie, NY. Mardi Bob management was wonderful, giving our bowlers their most difficult lane pattern thus far - a 40 foot, gutter to gutter, flat shot. With 67 entries the field average was 156.

Six entrants in the Collegiate Boys Division averaged 181. Jim Bosse (CT) averaged 196. Dan Quesnell (NY) had the high qualifying series with 1190. Jim defeated Dan in step-ladder 173-164 to win the gold.

The Girls Division had 9 entrants averaging 164. Caitlin McCaw (CT) had the high qualifying game of 246 and high average in her division with 182. Caitlin defeated Leigh Pratt (NY) 164-161 for first place.

15 entrants in the Junior Boys Division averaged 154. Teddy Bickert (NY) was high qualifier in this division with a 184 average. He fell to Chris Pruner (NY) who climbed the ladder from 6th place to garner the gold.

The Junior Girls Division had 4 entrants averaging 132. Kamariah Jackman (CT), who leads the Division MVP rankings, had a 160 average for the day, but was defeated in the final match by Liz Pratt (NY).

The Major Boys as usual was the largest Division of the event with 25 entrants who averaged 163. Alex Weglarz (NY) defeated Ryan Evans (MA) in the final match to win the gold, with an average of 192 on the day.

Eight entrants in the Prep Division averaged 124. High qualifier Corrado Marone (NY) defeated Tommy Tkacz (CT) to win his first gold medal of the season.

Advancing to the USBC Jr Gold Championship in Buffalo next July were Stephanie Brockway (NY), Kyle Rasmussen (CT), Jeremy Lavoie (CT), and Charles Bonis (NY).

Bloomfield Electric Co. Renews Sponsorship

Bloomfield Electric Co. has again sponsored our scholarship fund with a generous check of $300.

2006 - 2007 SCHEDULE still to go

Abc = ABC National shot
Ss = sport shot
Nh = not house shot

11. JAN 14 -nh (1 PM)-- POUGHKEEPSIE, NY-- HOE BOWL MARDI BOB-- 45 TAFT--- 845-471-1820
12. JAN 21 -nh (1 PM)-- MALDEN, MA-- TOWN LINE TEN-PIN-- 665 BROADWAY --- 781-324-7120
13. FEB 4 - (1 PM)-- SPRINGFIELD, VT-- PLAZA BOWL-- CHESTFIELD ST --- 802-885-5087
14. FEB 11 (1 PM)-- NORWICH, CT-- NORWICH 10-PIN-- 188 W TOWN ST--860-889-3361
15. FEB 25 (1 PM)-- KINGSTON, NY-- HOE BOWL ON HILL-- 644 3 CHESTER ST--- 845-338-1414
16. MAR 4 -ss (1 PM)-- BROCKTON, MA-- WESTGATE LANES-- 65 WESTGATE DR--- 508-583-1297
17. MAR 18 -ss (1 PM)-- EAST HARTFORD, CT-- SILVER LANES-- 748 SILVER LANE--- 860-569-2990
18. MAR 25 –abc (1 PM)-- RAYMOND, NH-- STRIKERS EAST-- 4 ESSEX DR--- 603-895-9501
19. APR 8 (1 PM)-- KEENE, NH-- YANKEE LANES-- 477 PARK AVE--- 603-352-5537
20. APR 15 –ss (1 PM)-- FISHKILL, NY-- FISHKILL BOWL-- RT 82--- 845-896-7830
21. MAY 6 -ss (NOON)-- WHITE RIVER JCT, VT-- U. R. FUN & GAMES--BOWLING LA--- 802-296-2442
22. MAY 13 (1 PM)-- WINDSOR LOCKS, CT-- BRADLEY BOWL-- E. GRASSO TPK--- 860-623-2597

Divisions, ages as of 8/1/06: Collegiate Boys – 18-21 Open Girls – 15-21 Major Boys – 15-17
Junior Girls – 12-14 Junior Boys – 12-14 Prep (boys + girls) – 11 and under
Entry fee: $20…6 games qualifying…step-ladder finals for top 5 in each division…awards to top 3 finishers…
optional $5 scholarship brackets
BEST Tournament qualifiers pay an additional $12. 1 in 10 participants qualify for national tournament in June, 2007.

Returning Sponsor!

S. B. C., Inc. has again generously supported our organization with a contribution to the scholarship fund in the amount of $1,500.

Litchco's Hot Shot of the Week

This winner of Litchco's Hot Shot of the Week for the S. Windsor Ten-Pin tournament is Brittany Reid. Brittany is from Enfield, CT and is bowling in the Junior Girls Division. Over five (5) tournaments on both house and sport conditions, she had established a 124.5 average. On Ten-Pin's tough condition she managed a very respectable 140 for the day. 15.5 pins over average!
Nice bowling, Brit.

RESULTS FROM S. WINDSOR TEN-PIN

We have been having a fine year. Over the past four events we have had an average of 63 entries per tournament. This week was a tough shot. Only two bowlers averaged 200 for the day, Rebekah Diers and Jimmy Stenson, both of Kingston, NY.

Christopher Michael won the Jr. Gold Qualifier and will advance the the National Tournament in Buffalo, NY, next June.

Leigh Pratt won her spot in next June's BEST Tournament in Maple Shade, NJ.



Prep Division: Two Connecticut boys received the medals in this division. Tyler Dante Bartee (l) received the silver and Tommy Tkacz (r) the gold.




Jr. Boys Division: Nick Jenson (CT) [r] climbed most of the ladder to garner the gold. Chris Colella (MA) [l] finished with the silver medal.





Jr Girls Division: Kamariah Jackman (CT) [r] did a very nice job climbing the whole ladder to defeat divisional high qualifier Amanda Labossiere (MA) [l] for the gold.





Collegiate Boys: Jimmy Stenson (NY) [l] was high qualifier for the division with a very nice 1249 series but fell to Tony Bennett (MA) [r] in the final step-ladder match.





Major Boys: These two CT boys endured a field of 23 bowlers for the day. In the final match Kyle Rasmussen [r] won the gold leaving Christopher Michael [l] with the silver.






Girls Division: Rebekah Diers had the highest series for the day with a 1282. The final match was really close but Rebekah managed to edge out Leigh Pratt for the gold 203 - 200.

New Sponsor - Litchco's Precision Pro Shop

Litchco's Precision Pro Shop, located at Bradley Bowl in Windsor Locks, CT is now sponsoring Litchco's Hot Shot of the Week. This award, consisting of bowling accessories, is available to NeJST members only and honors the bowler who, at the previous tournament, bowled the most number of pins over average.

Litchco's will also be sponsoring the members' honor score award shirts.

North Bowl this Sunday

This will be our first tournament at North Bowl. It will most likely be our last.

I spoke with the manager this morning. He insisted that we never discussed lane conditions (not true) and he informed me that, not only is it not in "his best interest" to put out a sport shot for us, that he does not intend to re-oil for us after his morning leagues. Sorry guys.

Results from Auburn...

70 bowlers competed on November 12th. 49 boys averaged 171.58 . 21 girls averaged 162.79. This was a field average of 168.95. Six bowlers averaged over 200 during qualifying.

The Prep Division fielded 11 bowlers who averaged 134.5. The high game of 189 and high series of 1012 were rolled by Jadee Scott-Jones (RI). However, Jose Santana (RI) defeated her in step-ladder to take the gold medal. Gazmine Mason (RI) won the bronze medal.

The Major Boys Division fielded 25 bowlers who averaged 174.8. Shane Reid (CT) rolled the high game of 268. David Lewis (RI) and Marcus Erickson (MA) both averaged over 200 for the 6 qualifying games with series of 1220 and 1216, respectively. Marcus garnered the gold medal. David won the silver. And Matt Peter (MA) finished with the bronze medal.

The Jr Girls Division fielded 8 bowlers who averaged 150.2. Amanda Labossiere (MA) had a 202 game and Nicole Trudell (RI) a 1093 series to lead the division. Step-ladder results were gold to Amanda, silver to Nicole, and bronze to Kamariah Jackman (CT).

9 bowlers comprized the Jr Boys Division averaging 177.9. Justin Avylla (MA) was high qualifier with a 245 game and 1187 series. He was defeated in step-ladder by Chris Colella (MA) for the gold medal. Darrin Borges (MA) received the bronze medal.

The Girls Division saw 8 competitors who averaged 182.6 during qualifying. Deanna Outland (RI) rolled the high game of 267. Leigh Pratt led the division with a 1249 series. However, Brittany Garcia (NH) steamrolled over everyone on her way up the ladder rolling consecutive games of 212, 222, 242, and 213 wresting the gold medal from Leigh. Amie Tomblin (NH) finished with the bronze medal.

The Collegiate Boys Division had 9 entries whose qualifying average was 190.3. Rai Doblmeier (RI) threw the 2nd 300 game in NeJST history. Tony Bennett (MA) lead the division with the day's high series of 1317. Medalists were Jim Bosse (CT) gold, Tony silver, and Rai bronze.

The Mystery Score Game was instituted. The computer picks a random score between 100 and 225. Entry to the game is $3 ($1 goes to the general scholarship fund - $2 goes to the game jackpot). If the Mystery Score is hit during the 4th qualifying game, the entire jackpot is won. If the score is hit during any other qualifying game, one-half the jackpot is awarded as scholarship and the other half is carried forward to the next tournaments. Amie Tomblin won half the beginning jackpot .

USBC CHANGES YOUTH ELIGIBILITY RULES!!!

11/21/2006

By Mark Miller
USBC Communications

The United States Bowling Congress Board of Directors has approved the modification of Youth Membership Eligibility Rule 400, effective immediately, to expand the awards deemed acceptable under the terms of USBC Youth membership. In addition to previously allowed symbolic awards, USBC Youth members are now eligible to be awarded bowling equipment, gift certificates, apparel and other merchandise prizes with a total value not greater than $500 in any one event, excluding scholarships.

The modifications also allow for USBC Youth members to compete in singles competition where cash and/or bonds are awarded, as well as merchandise prizes exceeding $500 in total in any one event, but must waive rights to these awards by signing and completing the USBC Prize Waiver form prior to their participation in that competition.

Acceptance of awards of cash or bonds of any amount or any merchandise prizes with a total value higher than $500 per event remain prohibited for youth members under USBC's revised Rule 400. Violations of the terms of Rule 400 could result in the loss or suspension of youth membership.

There also remains no limit on the value of scholarships that can be awarded in youth competition. The scholarship funds from USBC certified events and leagues will continue to be required to be deposited with USBC's SMART program. USBC Youth members may be awarded scholarships from singles competition in which cash and/or bonds are awarded.

"The USBC Board determined that the former Rule 400 placed unnecessary restrictions on everyone associated with USBC Youth membership and concluded the best course of action to alleviate this issue was to modify Rule 400 effective immediately," USBC President Michael Carroll said.

The previous version of Rule 400 intended to protect the current and future interscholastic sports eligibility of USBC Youth members through the most restrictive interpretations and limitations. The USBC Board concluded that placing these restrictions on all USBC Youth members was unnecessary due to the lack of uniform eligibility standards for interscholastic sports nationally.

"The new structure of USBC allows for addressing of significant issues to be handled in an expedited manner," said USBC Chief Executive Officer Roger Dalkin. "The previous version of Rule 400 placed undue and unintended restrictions on USBC Youth members, league and association coordinators and proprietors. The USBC Board modified Rule 400 to address these restrictions and expand acceptable awards that promote and enhance the participation in youth bowling."

The USBC Board concluded that compliance with local/state interscholastic eligibility rules and policies is the responsibility of the individual member and his/her legal guardian. However, USBC will continue to educate USBC Youth members and their legal guardians that competing in USBC certified competitions and acceptance of some awards now acceptable under Rule 400 could jeopardize individual member's interscholastic sports amateur eligibility.

These changes do not affect the USBC Youth High Score Awards program.

"USBC's Youth membership program, certified tournaments and leagues, as well as USBC's dedication to the growth of high school and collegiate bowling, offer youth of all ages many choices to be active in the sport of bowling," said Mitch Mitchell, chairman of the USBC Youth Committee.

For the full wording and/or interpretation of the USBC youth eligibility Rule 400 and more information, contact USBC's Rules department at (800) 514-BOWL, ext. 3155.

HOW DID THEY GET THIS POWER????

Will the delegates have the opportunity to vote to approve or reject this action at the next USBC Annual Meeting?

No. In accordance with Article IV, Section E, Item 12, the USBC Youth rules are under the control of the USBC Board and not the delegates.

Now they have complete control over the millions in scholarship money and no one can take it away from them.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN??????

Bradley Bowl Results - 10/29/06

Girls Division: Won by Leigh Pratt (NY), Amie Tomblin (NH) 5th, Karrie Stockley (ME) 4th, Alley Kiesman (MA) 2nd, and Jenn Boisselle (MA) 3rd




Jr Girls Division: Kamariah Jackman (CT) 2nd, Ashley Reid (CT) bowling left handed because she has a broken right thumb 4th, Brittany Reid (CT) 3rd, and Liz Pratt (NY) 1st.




Preps: Jackie Evans (MA) 4th, Tommy Tkacz (CT) 1st, Vernon Billington Jr (CT) 2nd, Baj'on Williams (CT) 5th, and Chelsea Hall (CT) 3rd.





Collegiate Boys Division: Matt Brockett (CT) 2nd, Ali Dihmes (CT) 3rd, Jim Bosse (CT) 4th, and Tony Bennett (MA) 1st.






Jr Boys Division: Kai Merola (CT) in his first NeJST tournament placed 1st, Nick Jensen (CT) 2nd, Chris Colella (MA) 3rd, Jacob Colliano (NY) 5th, and Stephen Rogers (NY) 4th.






Major Boys Division fielded 31 bowlers. Jason Burger (NY) rolled the first 300 in NeJST history! Shane Reid (CT) placed 2nd. David Rice (VT) 5th. Jeremy Lavoie (CT) 4th. Evading our photographer were Kyle Rasmussen (CT) 3rd and Mike Kluth (CT) also in his first NeJST tournament placing 1st.