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.