The Bowler`s Ledger - the People`s Tournament!

Volume LXXXI
September 2012
Attend the Meeting?
Dear League Bowlers, Page 02
Westgate Lanes Page 07
Hopes Happen Page 09
Parker Bohn/Doug Kent Clinic Page 03
Winner’s Circle Pro Shop Page 07
AMF Fall Leagues Page 10
GCC News Summer Recap Page 04
Ray Boyden Memorial -
Some Third Article Page 11
New Bowling Lounge in CT Page 05
NH Seacoast Classic Page 08
Air National Guard Page 11
The People’s Tournament Page 06
RI Silver Coach Lead the Way Page 09
Strikers East Pro Am Page 12
TPT Guarantees $32,000
Prize Fund in December
The People’s Tournament
August 2012 Champion
Sean Wolf (above, avg. 164) defeated Gary Maharne (avg. 176) in the
August 12th People’s Tournament at Westgate Lanes. Results are on page 5.
People’s Tournament Director Sherman Cowan hands Westgate Proprietor Harry
Minassian Jr. the $32,000 Check for December’s Mega Event
Sherman Cowan and Harry
Minassian Jr. met in October of 2011
to discuss the possibility of hosting a
$10,000.00 first place tournament in
December of 2012. On August 12th
Sherman and Harry announced publicly that this event with a $32,000.00
Guaranteed Prize Fund tournament
will be taking place on December 8-9,
2012. Recently Mr. Minassian met
with The Bowler's Ledger to discuss
his thoughts about this idea.
The Bowler's Ledger: What were
your thoughts when Sherman initially
approached you with the idea?
Harry Minassian Jr.: That Sherm is
a risk taker. I do not think I would
have the courage to guarantee that
much money. I hope the bowlers
appreciate him.
TBL: Have you ever hosted a tournament with a prize fund of this magnitude?
HMJr: No!! We have had Pro
Tournaments in the 60's and many
national wheelchair events, also state
events. Never with a two day event
with a $32,000.00 prize fund guaranteed.
TBL: How do you think the bowlers
in your leagues will react to this new
tournament opportunity?
HMJr: Positively! What a great opportunity for an average bowler to compete and bowl for that kind of prize
fund. We are going to run a sweeper in
the leagues to give away entries to the
tournament.
TBL: How long have you been working with The People's Tournament?
HMJr: Since the beginning. It has
been a great source of revenue for
Westgate Lanes, and brought lot of
great people to Brockton.
TBL: What do you think of The
People's Tournament?
HMJr: The People's Tournament has
filled a void when there was not a
tournament for all level of bowlers to
compete in guaranteed prize money. I
hope people will come out and support Sherman.
TBL: Are many of your league
bowlers already members of The
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Senate Star Gazmine Mason
Earns TNBA Invite to Train at
ITRC in Texas
For the third time, TNBA to assess versatility. Classroom topics
youth bowlers had an opportunity to include: ball motion, lane patterns and
participate in a three day extensive adjustments, nutrition, and mental
training program at the prestigious preparation. Training also includes a
International Training and Research physical evaluation of each athlete in
Center in Arlington, Texas with the center's gym.
coaches Rod Ross, Kim TerrellRoss is a USBC Gold Level
Kearney, Bryan O'Keefe and Nick coach. He is the head coach for the
Bohanan in a Team USA experience ITRC and Team USA. Terrellsetting. This July,
Kearney is a Silver
Providence Senate
Level coach. She is
Star,
Gazmine
the assistant head
Mason and five other
coach for the ITRC
athletes from across
and for Team USA.
the country were
She also is USBC Hall
selected to particiof Famer, a two-time
GAZMINE MASON
pate in this joint
U.S. Women's Open
TNBA/USBC initiative. The six ath- champion, and a 10-time professional
letes received classroom instructions champion.
and on-lane evaluations.
This is an amazing opportuniThe ITRC's state-of-the-art ty that only exists for youth bowlers
technology includes video cameras that are associated with TNBA prothat capture every angle of the grams such as the ones in New
bowler's approach and hand release. England - Providence Senate (RI),
Each pair of lanes has a different pat- Boston Superstars (MA) and the
tern applied; long, medium, and short (Continued on page 9)
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September 2012
Contributed by Steve Hardy
The Bowler’s Ledger
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Today's League and Tournament Bowlers
Let's start by putting a few
questions to you as a reader and fellow bowler. How many leagues do
you compete in? How often do you
practice before league? How many
tournaments do you compete in
yearly? My final question is: do
you practice or build any stamina
for the tournaments? I personally
bowl in three leagues, with practice
before each. I am averaging 25-30
games weekly. I will compete in
15-20 tournaments this coming
year and YES, I will start preparing
for them at the start of league season in September. I'm willing to bet
that there aren't very many bowlers
out there today that do even that,
and trust me that's not a lot. The
fact that bowlers don't put in the
time will surely result in some really poor performances and result in
less tournament play for them. It's
really sad that we live in a society
of this much weakness, people that
obviously would rather quit or perform badly than work hard towards
a better performance. I hear it all
the time, “I don't have time to practice” trust me, it shows when
bowlers enter either a weekend
event or a trip to the USBC
Tournament and they hold a 220
average and fail to roll even one
200 game. Most people will not fail
at tournaments because of just lack
of ability to bowl, but more because
they aren't in any shape to roll the
amount of games and the stress that
comes with those games. Even at
small weekend tournaments a
bowler can roll 20-25 games plus
practice in 2 days, that's a lot if you
bowl once a week and don't practice! With all that being said, What
are your plans for the NEW season?
My next round of thoughts:
Do you think the conditions are too
soft today? From my standpoint,
that of a bowler (not an owner of a
center), they are way too soft. I
understand that USBC wants to
change the drillings and restrict the
use of extra holes for balance that
sounds like a good start. But, if
USBC wants to do something that
will surely make an impact, they
need to devise a scoring system for
bowling centers based on their lane
conditions. They can offer lane patterns that limit the amount of friction outside and add friction to the
middle of the lanes. Then base the
awards on the standing of the center
that could be even more productive.
They could also restructure the
costs to the certified bowler and
improve the structure of the
awards, which could help attract
NEW bowlers and maybe recoup
some of those that were lost back to
the lanes. But until proprietors put
less friction on the outside of the
lane and change volumes to slow
down the carving, it will only get
worse. I personally want tougher
more challenging conditions even if
it means I average 10-15 pins lower
in my leagues and tournaments.
What will it take for the entire
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bowling community to realize that
today's competitors are very inferior to those in the past, mostly
because of the overall path the
game is on. When the lanes are
tougher they will require a lot more
thought on how to attack them,
even some real creativity with
angles. With some very small
changes maybe we can turn this
around and start building back
towards a better version of the
game.
Now speaking from a bowling center proprietor's perspective,
in regards to you bowlers in general, let's see what direction this goes!
Today's range of league bowler is
that of a once a week recreational
person that's looking for a mixed
program to meet some new friends
with some light competition. Sound
about right? If you look around the
New England area, I'll bet there
aren't three solid scratch leagues
left. Almost every league is handicapped with no average limits per
team. Most of these programs will
have a 2 plus hour meeting to discuss how to combat the sandbagging or change the rules or bylaws.
One good reason a portion of the
regulars have left leagues in the
past 10 years is because bowling
houses have had to increase lineage
way too much and that has taken
more and more away from the prize
funds that they were used to playing for. With economic changes
many loyal leaguers have had to
eliminate the recreational dollars
they use and how they use them,
especially with lower prize
amounts there is really no return,
even when you win. I'm sure we
have different lifestyles than we did
ten years ago as well, but most that
I talk to say it's the economy, kids,
and health reasons are to blame.
Today's open bowler is one that will
not commit to anything that's more
than three weeks long and they will
very rarely join one of the existing
programs cause they feel they're not
good enough. In reality the game
needs to find a way to get NEW
people to commit so this lousy
trend of downturn will stop. The
one thing leaguers and open
bowlers have in common? They
both want cheaper beer/alcohol
prices and appetizers with bigger
portions, everything to come with
fries, they want to feel like they're
getting a deal! Now, I have asked
other proprietors what they're doing
to regroup, they still don't have an
answer to this. Well, here at Strikers
East in Raymond NH. we have
committed to a renovation, we are
trying frequent customer and loyalty cards, we're offering those that
will practice a special discount of
$1.00 or even .50 per game card,
we will be doing 2 Ebonite DEMO
DAYS to showcase the NEWEST
balls and to offer a one time discount on their equipment. Add this
to our league lineage, which is
among the cheapest for a 3 game
match. We will again be offering a
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GREATER
CENTRAL
CONNECTICUT SUMMER RECAP
Contributed by Marsha Gilbert
Bowl-O-Rama
Lanes
of
Newington, CT recently held a June banquet for the youngsters, their parents, and
coaches in their Youth Programs they hold
on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. More than 100 people attended the
event. They also honored the Newington
High School Team that recently competed
in the first CT High School Invatational
Tournament held in May at Bradley Bowl
and their coaches.
Sharon Cioffi-Women's Division A
ance department in the state of CT. To be
eligible an applicant must be the child or
grandchild of a certified CTUSBC bowler
or a certified CTUSBC yout bowler. The
top five finalists are then interviewed by
the committee and the eventual winner is
then selected. Stephen (photo below) was
not able to attend the
uncheon but his proud
parents were there to
pick up his award.
They are pictured in
the center of the photo
below with left, Scott
Hockford, CTUSBC
Scholarsip Committe
Chairman, and right,
CTUSBC President Joel Reichin.
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Rachael Burlette
GREATER CENTRAL CT
TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Below are photos from four different tournaments that GCC held this past season.
The winners who attended the June 15th
event at the Gallery in Glastonbury to
receive their awards are pictured below.
Robert Edwards-Open Division A
The Newington High School
Bowling Team poses with their coaches.
The team included Lesana Corporan,
Stepohany Schiralli, Camden Tatsapaugh,
Steven Califano and Keith Perry. Coaches
were Marie Lennox, Setso Pigeon and
Frank McGoldrick.
Head
Bowl-ORama Coach,
Ron Burlette
was presented
with a special
plaque with
all the youth
awards on his
retirement
from coaching
after 20 years. Burlette was also a Youth
Director on the GCC Board from which he
is also retiring.
Ron poses with his assistant
coaches who were also presented with
plaques for their volunteer services from
the Callahan family, owners and operators
of Bowl-O-Rama.
At the recent CTUSBC awards
Luncheon held on July 15 at Fantasia's
Restaurant in North Haven, CT several
seniors were present to receive their
awards won earlier in the year at the
Annual Senior Open and Senior Women's
Tournaments. This season's handicap
event will be held on Oct, 27 and 28 at
Willi Bowl in North Windham, CT. There
will be a new added age group approved
by USBC this year for ages 50 to 54 in
both the Open and Women's divisions.
The champions crowned in each
event become eligible to enter the National
Senior Tournaments held every summer.
The winners present at the luncheon are
pictured below receiving their plaques
from CTUSBC Presidrent Joel Reichin.
Quay Grove-Super Senior Open Division
GREATER CENTRAL CONNECT
NAMES SCHOLARSIP RECIPIENTS
Husband and wife, Phil and Lois AndrewsOpen and Women's Divisions B
Annie Gallant-Women's Division C
Jerry Kowaluk-Open Division C (Jerry
won the National Event 2 years ago for
$1,000.)
GCC has announced the names of six
high school seniors who have won GCC
scholarships to attend institutions oif higher education this fall. The group funds this
program through its annual In-house handicap scholarship tournament held during
league play in all centers. This season it
will be held during the month of
November. All certified GCC youth
bowlers and children and grandchildren of
GCC certified adult bowlers are eligible in
their senior high school year. Recepients
may live in CT or other states. Its a good
reason for many senior league who don't
certify to consider doing so. Their grandchildren would also become eligible to
compete for the $1,000 CTUSBC State
Scholarship offered each year. (See related article in this issue.) The GCC cost is
only $1.00 for the scores entered in each
league. The cost is well worth the good
feeling that bowlers will get in knowing
they helped contribute to a deserving
young person's future!
This year's GCC scholarship winners
include:Zachery Kane, Matthew Lapice,
Joseph Phelps, Rachael Burlette, Margaret
Guile and Brittany Reid. The 3 girls (all
youth bowlers) are pictured below. A few
have shared their educational plans.
Rachael will attend Hofstra while Brittany
will go to Fairffield University where she
will also become a member of their highly
regarded collegiate bowling program.
Margaret "Maggie" has already started
coursework to become a veterinary assistant. GCC congratulates all these young
men and women on their future endeavors!
Open Tournament Handicap Team from
the left, Deborah and Patrick McCusker,
Kathy and Scott Walrod, and Mary
Magowan
Open Tournament Handicap SinglesRichard Ahart
Open Tournamet Scratch Doubles-Glenn
Hood, left, and Roger Baral (Glenn also
took Open Scratch Singles and All Events
Titles)
Arthur Bach-Open Division D (Art came
in second at this year's National Event held
in Reno.)
At the July 15 Awards Luncheon
held by CTUSBC at Fantasia's restaurant
in North Haven, CT, the group presented
its annual $1,000 Scholarship to Stephen
Brandon of Ridgefield High School. The
young man was salutatorian of his class
where he took honors and advanced placement courses all 4 years. He is an avid
runner, plays guitar and does volunteer
work. He has also bowled in youth leagues
at Brookfield Lanes since the age of 3.
Stephen will attend Georgetown
University in the fall where he plans to
study medicine.
Scott Hockford, Chairman of the
CTUSBC
Scholarship
Committee
explained the extensive process to receive
this scholarship. Applications go out to
every public and private high school guid-
Women's Tournament Handicap SinglesMarly DelGaudio
Margaret "Maggie" Guile
Women's Tournament Handicap Team
from left, Marissa Cyr, Barbara Galbo and
Dawn Perfetto (Marissa and Dawn also
took the Women's Handicap Doubles Title)
Brittany Reid
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September 2012
Open Tournament Handicap DoublesDarren Tredwell, left, and Neal LeBaron
Mixed Tournament Handicap Team from
the left, Dave Shaffer, Sr., Brenda and Cef
Sanchez
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GCC Female All Star Team-Robin
Provenzano, left, and Becky Kregling
(missing were Laurie Parrino, Caitlin
McCaw and Dina Herdiein)
Joan Cangelosi enters the GCC Hall of
Fame for Bowling Ability.
Bill Webb also goes into the GCC Hall of
Fame in the Bowling Ability category.
Robin Provenzano receives the 2012 GCC
Female Bowler of the Year from Reynaud
Mixed Tournament Handicap DoublesDawn Perfetto and Bob Guile
Glenn Hood is the 2012 GCC Male Bowler
of the Year.
Alice Lumpkin accepts her GCC Hall of
Fame honors in the Combination category
which includes both Meritorious Service
and Bowling Ability.
NEW STATE OF THE ART BOWLING
CENTER OPENS IN CONNECTICUT
Jay McGuire Tournament Handicap Team
from the left, Donald Kieble, Richard
Mount,
Angell Monique, and Dennis Carlson
Jay McGuire Tournament Handicap
Doubles from the left, brothers Nicholas
and Stephen Philibert
GCC Director Rick Virgadula earns
Livetime Membership.
GCC Director Quay Grove accepts his
Lifetime Membership.
GREATER CENTRAL CT
SPECIAL HONOR AWARDS GIVEN
At the GCC Hall of Fame and Awards
Banquet held on June 15th at The Gallery
in Glastonbury, MC Tony Reynaud gave
out special honor awards in photos below.
GCC Director Marsha Gilbert is given her
Lifetime Membership.
GCC Male All Star Team-left to rightGlenn Hood, Roger Baral, Steve Jones and
Bob LaFountain (missing was R. J.
Broege)
GCC Director Suzanne Wisk is inducted
into the GCC Hall of Fame for Meritorious
Service.
It was just about a year and a half ago,
during the winter of 2011, when massive
amounts of snow crippled the state of
Connecticut. It caused some roofs to cave
in under the treacherous amounts that piled
up. One of the causalities was the roof of
South Windsor Ten Pin (SWTP), a 40 lane
bowling center that was one of the first to
ever open in the state. It was a devastating
blow to league bowlers there and to the
GCC (Greater Central Connecticut USBC)
local association. Some leagues were able
to be accommodated by other centers nearby, but others had to fold. Rumors were
abound that SWTP was going to rebuild
but costs and town restrictions on how the
land could be used helped to make a decision by the owners not to rebuild.
Fast forward to the summer of 2012,
when the GCC organization received a
phone call from Craig “Doug” Nation, a
new bowling center owner, that he needed
the GCC lane inspection crew to come out
to certify his lanes. GCC had heard that
there was a new bowling center being built
just a few miles down the road from the
old SWTP location, but was unaware they
were planning to have leagues there. They
had heard it was just for corporate parties
and as a family entertainment center.
GCC was, and still is, the largest local
association in Connecticut with 12 centers.
In its heyday, the GCC area (formerly
known as CCBA and GHWBA until the
groups merged in 2006) covered approximately 25 centers in the Greater Hartford
area since the 1950's. Over the decades
many closed their doors as big corporations and businesses took over the land to
build shopping centers, supermarkets, drug
stores and restaurants. Some former owners died and their remaining families had
no interest in the bowling business and
sold the land and buildings. Therefore, it
was a tremendous surprise to hear that the
area now had a new center!
The lane inspection team trudged to 60
Bidwell Road (right off Route 5) in South
Windsor on an early hot, hazy, and humid
August 4th morning to do the tedious long
5
measurements required for brand new
machines and lane beds. Were they
amazed by what they saw! The pictures to
accompany this article don't do the center
justice. It is called Revolution's Bowling
and Lounge. Craig and his general manager, Frederick “Fred” Wynter, took all of us
on a grand tour of the new facilities. The
front of the gleaming center, a former
office building, was immaculately
designed and landscaped with a newly
paved parking lot. The only temporary
object was a sign announcing its grand
opening date. Walking into the lobby you
notice the control desk to your left which is
the hub of the center. To get to the lanes
you walk down a short hallway on the left
of the desk and enter a tremendous room
located to the right. On a lower level are
comfy looking, leather couches and chairs
surrounding various coffee tables where
non bowlers can relax while watching others bowl or bowlers can wait until a lane
opens. Go up three steps and you are in the
settee areas for the 16 lanes. Don't expect
to find plastic laminated chairs to sit on
while you wait for your turn to bowl, however. Once again you will find black
leather couches on each side of a coffee
table with cubbies to hold things.
According to Fred, the machines are the
newest, with the most modern technology
called Quibica AMF 90Xli EDGE's. Not
being very mechanical, I don't really know
what that means but one of the computerized features is that if a lane happens to
break down, the problem automatically
comes up on a screen for the mechanic to
see. Also, if a child accidently puts his/her
hand in the ball return, the machine senses
it and shuts down immediately so no tiny
fingers are crushed. To the right side of the
couches behind lane 16 are glass windows
and doors to the snack bar. If you don't
turn right towards the couches and lanes in
the giant room, but choose to walk all the
way down to lane 1 is a door that goes outside to a patio. Patrons can sit out there in
nice weather. The patio faces a large
expanse of lawn where the owner told me
he plans to put in activities like horseshoe
beds or lawn bowling or even volleyball
courts (my suggestion as a former volleyball business owner). In the vast area there
would probably be room for all 3! The
lane inspection team certainly left with a
much lighter step than it entered with!
They were not ready to go home yet
because Doug and Fred took us on an even
grander tour. We went back to the main
desk in the lobby and they explained where
the liquor lounge and pro shop were going
in to the right side of the building. Those
sections weren't finished yet, but next to
that area, also off the main lobby, was a
room, almost finished, where there would
be billiard tables. Then we went straight
ahead to another hallway that turned right
or left. To the right there would be a bouncy room for children to play in. Restroom
facilities were off of that hallway. Farther
down they showed us another giant room
which was to be a banquet room that
would be able to accommodate about 200
guests. He led us through the kitchen, the
size of any large restaurant kitchen, with
sparkling, shiny new appliances and equipment. One side led to the banquet room
while the other led to the snack bar. I'm
imagining there will be some tasty food
and snacks prepared there for customers.
It was a truly exciting experience for all
of us present to see a brand new bowling
establishment built for the pleasure and
entertainment of customers. Revolution's
was built to host corporate events but is
planning to start league play, as well. I
would encourage bowlers of all abilities to
stop in and see for themselves. One caution, however, prepared to be spoiled!
(See Pictures on page 11)
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TOURNAMENT
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
1 Place - $2000
st
2 Place - $1000
rd
th
3 /4 Place - $500
th
th
5 -8 Place - $220
th
th
9 -16 Place - $150
nd
17 -32 Place - $80
th
nd
TD Strike Jackpot $1000
·Singles Competition
·Qualification is open to all adult sanctioned League bowlers
·Top scores will advance and cash
·Brackets offered for handicap and scratch bowlers
·Door Prizes and gift certificates donated by our sponsors
·Squad Times: Sunday, 10:00am and 12:30pm
·Qualification Round: 3 games across 6 lanes
·Members Entry Fee: $70.00 for mail-in & $80.00 for on-site entry
·$100.00 Entry Fee for New Members
·32 Cash Prizes Awarded with an additional "Strike Jackpot" Challenge
Regular Prize Fund
(Based on 120 Entries)
Sept. 30, 2012 @
AMF Silver Lanes
748 Silver Lane
East Hartford, CT 06118
Phone: (860) 569-2990
Sunday - 1st Squad: Registration will
begin at 8:30am & close at 9:45am.
Qualification will begin at 10:00am.
Sunday - 2nd Squad: Registration
will begin at 11:00am & close at
12:15pm. Qualification will begin at
12:30pm.
Mail Entry Form and Fee to:
The People's Tournament
PO Box 812282
Wellesley, MA 02482
(If not mailed before Septmeber 27
you will have to register on-site)
For more information, check our website at
www.thepeoplestournament.com
December Tournament Details!!
Guaranteed $32,000 Prize Fund!!
Guaranteed $10,000 First Place!!
*5 Free Entries for the December ($10K) tournament will also be given away in September
·Handicap 90% of 225. There is NO AVERAGE CAP.
·PBA MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. See website.
·New members must use their highest average from last season ('11'12) & the current season (w/21 or more games).
·A Photo ID is required on-site for proof of identification.
·Bowlers with no average established will have to bowl scratch.
*We will be using the same oil pattern for the
September and December tournaments
*New members for September tournament will
be granted Full Member status for the
December tournament
·Contact the Tournament Director (Sherman Cowan) with any ques
tions at: 781-283-4008 or email: sherm@thepeoplestournament.com
The People’s Tournament Thanks It's Sponsors!!!
Bowlers with 2 prior entries are automatically in the TD Strike
Jackpot. Hit the following strikes during the 1st squad on
Sunday from the chart below. The higher your average, the more
skill required to win!
Required Strikes in First Game 10AM Sunday Squad
Below 131 - First 4 Frames
131-150 - First 5 Frames
151-170 - First 6 Frames
171-190 - First 7 Frames
191-210 - First 9 Frames
210 & Up - First 10 Frames
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THE PEOPLE'S TOURNAMENT
Results from August 12th, 2012
1 st Place:
2 nd Place:
Sean Wolf
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Gar y Maharne
NAME
PRIZE
CENTER/AVG
Sean Wolf
Gary
Maharne
Nathan Venancio
Brian Earle
Pauline Venancio
Jeffrey Handy
Charles Donovan
Brian Taylor
$600.00
$300.00
$200.00
$200.00
$140.00
$140.00
$140.00
$140.00
Langs Lanes (RI)
164
AMF Silver Lanes (CT) 176
Wonder Bowl (MA)
172
Westgate Lanes (MA) 193
Wonder Bowl (MA)
138
Spare Time Lanes (CT) 166
North Bowl Lanes (MA) 190
Spare Time Lanes (NH) 178
Strike Jackpot: No Winner of $1000; Entries: 46 Cut Score: 661
8 Total Cash Prizes Awarded; Approximately 1 out of 6
Past Tournament Results
September 25 - 1st Paris Cook/2nd Herbert Brown
October 22-23, Cancelled due to weather
December 10-11, 1st Rich LeCain/2nd Zach Leverant
January 21-22, 2012, 1st Jayme Silva, 2nd Cindy Cabral
February 26 - 1st Mindy Hardy, 2nd Zach Leverant
April 1 - 1st Michael Williams/ 2nd Torrance Wiggins
June 10 - 1st Melanie Stanley/2nd Mariann Klosin
July 22 - 1st Gary Maharne/2nd Brandon Tantillo
Aug 12 - 1st Sean Wolf/Gary Maharne
Upcoming Schedule
Sep 30 - AMF Silver Lanes, East Hartford, CT
Dec 8-9 - Westgate Lanes, Brockton, MA
65 Westgate Drive,
Brockton, MA 02301 (Jct
of Rtes. 27 & 24 Exit 18A).
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Malden, MA 02148
Phone: 781-324-7120
On August 12th at Westgate
Lanes in Brockton, MA, Sean Wolf (164
Avg) finished first and won $600.00 by
defeating Gary Maharne (176 Avg). In this
championship match, Sean shot a score of
237 (w/hdcp) and Gary shot a 208
(w/hdcp). Gary took home $300.00 for
this second place finish. Nathan Venancio
(172 Avg) and Brian Earle (193 Avg) also
took home $200.00 each for 3rd and 4th
place finishes. Sean has been a dedicated
member of The People's Tournament since
February of 2006 and Gary has been a
dedicated member of The People's
Tournament since December of 2008.
The Strike Jackpot was not hit and
will remain at the max of $1,000.00 for the
Owner HARRY MINASSINAN Sr.
General Manager HARRY MINASSIAN Jr.
Pub Manager JASON MINASSIAN
Program Director MARCIA MINASSIAN
September tournament.
Door Prize Winners:
Julianna Pham, Pauline Venancio, and
Jayme Silva were all winners of a free
entry ($120.00 value) to our $10,000.00
December tournament.
Phil Spera was the winner of the $50.00
gift certificate from USA Bowling Pro Shop.
Keith Tantillo was the winner of the Storm
bowling ball.
Brian Venancio and Justin Larsen, were
winners of a $15.00 gift certificate from
Westgate Lanes.
Nick Personeni, Josh Skuby, and Shawn
Souza, were winners of a bottle of Knock
Out ball treatment from Bowl Pro Sales.
Harry Sr. 508.583.2700
Lanes 508.583.1297
Harry’s Pub 508.580.2911
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HARRY'S WESTGATE PUB & BILLIARDS. We welcome you to join us for an
evening's worth of fun including a delicious meal, live entertainment,
and billiards! We are open every day for lunch and dinner so there's
always time to come in and try one of Harry's favorites like the Prime Rib
or Steak Tips. We've also got your favorite
appetizers and Kids Meals.
Hours of operation:
* 365 days a year
* Sun - Thu 8am - Midnight
* Friday 8am - 2am
* Saturday 8am - 1am
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* Fri & Sat: Music from live bands from the New England area.
BILLIARDS AT THE PUB!
Enjoy our 13 Brunswick Gold Crown Billiard tables. Play pool in a
relaxing adult atmosphere while your favorite songs play through our
state of the art sound system.
SPORTS AT THE PUB!
Continuous sports action on HDTVs throughout the Pub. Check out our
projection screen TV. Stay to play Keno & Lottery.
September 2012
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September 2012
The Bowler’s Ledger
(Senate Star from page 1)
coach or volleyball coach in charge
Insurance City Senate (CT) junior simply because they bowled once or
leagues. So far only the Providence twice before. These types of programs
Senate Junior Program and the are a joke, and the athletes do not
Insurance City Senate Program has had improve at the rate in which they
the luxury of having its youth bowlers would if the coach were certified. In
chosen for such a monumental experi- Rhode Island, our disadvantages are
ence coming out of the New England becoming less as the area in now startarea.
ing to better understand what is needed
A year ago, Providence Senate to compete at a high level. The disadStars Jalen Scott-Jones and his younger vantage only stems from the fact that
sister, Jadee, both were selected and we lack sufficient (knowledgeable and
traveled to Texas to train at the ITRC committed) certified coaches throughfor the same Team USA experience. out the state.
The coaching staff was very impressed
Most Rhode Islanders undereswith the talent and skill levels of these timate or simply have no idea just how
RI athletes, and clearly stated that much opportunities there are available
Coach Marty Jones was doing an to our kids by bowling in a well-strucexcellent job developing our future ath- tured Junior Program. Youth Programs
letes.
such as the Providence Senate, RI
Gazmine Mason, who led the Flyer and Alley Katz all have someOcean State Travel League with a 222 thing in common - USBC Silver Level
average this past season, was just one Certified Coaches. We currently have
of just three girls chosen to attend this three very active Silver Coaches in our
year's event in Texas from dozens of area, who are here to further develop
applications. Mason was
our young athletes.
also this year's top female
Silver Coach Marty
athlete in the State of
Jones has put the
Rhode Island with a 208
Providence Senate Junior
league average, and she
Program on the national
also won the 2012 Ocean
stage. Coach Jones has
State Pepsi Scratch
received
numerous
Champion. Her season
recognitions and awards
high game was 300 with a
such as BJI Top 100
761 series.
Coach, USBC and
MARTY
JONES
Mason, a soon to
TNBA National Coach
be high school senior, who has devel- of the Year Awards, plus many of his
oped her game under the tutelage of bowlers have gone on to receive colCoach Marty Jones, is the most heavi- lege bowling scholarships, despite
ly recruited female bowler in RI histo- never bowling on the high school level.
ry. Gazmine plans to visit
Two of his junior bowlers
several schools before
were able to make the
making a decision for the
jump from Providence
future. She ranks very
Senate to College Allhigh on many, many colAmericans in just their
lege coach's wish list and
freshman year. His curGazmine is expected to
rent top high school sensign a National Letter of
ior is the most sought
Intent possibly during the
after recruit in RI history
early signing period in
drawing interest from
FRAN
VARIN
November 2012.
pretty much every topIt is experiences just like these level college program (NCAA &
that kids from Providence Senate NAIA) in the nation.
receive, year-after-year through bowlSilver Coach Fran Varin, who
ing that many others (youth and adults) was a former coach in the Providence
may never witness in their bowling Senate several years ago, is now the
lives. This is truly a credit to Coaches Head Coach of the RI Flyers Junior
Monica Scott & Marty Jones for all Program. Coach Varin has a unique
their dedication and hard work over the program developing over at AMF
last decade helping young people.
Cranston Lanes, which allows him to
prepare bowlers to leave the area and
RI Junior Programs are Better compete effectively on a national and
collegiate level. Coach Varin also
Served on a Silver Platter
coaches at Bryant University.
Let's cut the chase and get right
Silver Coach Dave Marsh,
to the point: Rhode Island is not at a who serves the kids at Alley Katz
disadvantage as many of you would Lanes in Westerly and also does some
suggest because we do not have High coaching at Old Mountain Lanes in
School Bowling in our area. Simply Wakefield, is the third and final piece
having a High School Bowling on this list. Coach Marsh is a Physical
Program is not the only recipe for suc- Education Teacher/Coach in the Public
cessfully developing our young people, School System for over 35-years. He
especially if say, an untrained Home also is an accomplished bowler with
Economics teacher is at the helm. I over 25 Perfect Games and over ten
have witnessed this done already on the 800 series along with tons of bowling
college level where a university experience.
Athletic Director appoints the track
Let's stop with this high school
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conversation once and for all, because
the Rhode Island Interscholastic
League (www.RIIL.org) is not interested in bringing bowling into the schools.
Actually Pilgrim High School has
some type of school bowling program
but it is NOT through the RIIL. They
compete in the RIUSBCYA with all the
state junior programs in State Events &
Travel League. Truthfully, many of the
kids today want to learn the craft, and
get better so that they can compete with
the best out there. The only way to do
this is by joining junior programs in our
state with knowledgeable and committed USBC Certified Coaches, who can
service you on a “silver platter” and
only then will they see all the advantages & opportunities in the sport of
bowling.
($32,000 Guarnteed from page 1)
People's Tournament?
HMJr: Yes!! I do not have an exact
number. In almost every tournament
you will see Westgate lanes bowlers
cashing. It makes me proud.
TBL: Is there anything else that you
would like to say about this special
December tournament?
HMJr: Please bowlers, get your
entries in early. We are expecting a
big turnout. Good Luck to Sherm
and his staff. I also would like to
thank Sherm for choosing Westgate
lanes to host this first in what I hope
not to be the last Mega People's
Tournament! So come on out to support someone who supports you!
See Details about the September and
December tournaments on page 6.
Submitted by Coach Marty Jones
USBC Bronze Level Coach
2011 USBC National Coach of the Year
2002 TNBA National Coach of the Year
BJI Top 100 Coach
mjay43@aol.com
Hopes Happen
Contributed
McKenna
by
Ann-Marie Los Angeles Lakers courtside and
even got to play one-on-one with
Ray Allen and have lunch with the
Imagine the delight in team. Taylor received regular
granting a wish to a child who occupational and physical therapy
lives with serious health problems. in her own hot tub on the family's
This is the mission of High Hopes backyard deck. Mariah enjoyed a
Foundation of New Hampshire, a day-long shopping spree, highnon-profit organization headquar- lighted by a complimentary hotel
tered in Merrimack, New stay. Zac spent a week at Give
Hampshire. For almost 30 years, Kids the World with his family,
High Hopes Foundation has where he and his little brothers met
brought hope, joy, and light to Mickey Mouse. Skyler also travhundreds of New Hampshire chil- eled to Disney with her family to
dren with serious illnesses by pro- meet Princess Ariel. Give Kids the
viding them life-enriching experi- World, located near Disney World
ences.
and founded by Holocaust surThe High Hopes mission vivors, is a popular wish destinastarted in 1983. Two neighbors, tion for many High Hopes recipiJacque Yinger and Dawn ents.
Cavanaugh, were inspired by the
High Hopes Foundation
unselfish support and generosity sponsors numerous communityof their community. Thanks to so based fundraising activities
many who cared; Jacque and throughout the year, and benefits
Dawn took Jacque's daughter from the generosity of local busiAlison, a cancer patient, to Disney nesses
and
individuals.
World to meet Mickey and Minnie Fundraising events involve bowlMouse. Alison got to have fun like ing, golfing, motorcycles, classic
any other child. From that experi- cars, and family fairs. High Hopes
ence, these moms concluded that Foundation draws its energy from
other children's lives could be sim- volunteers from all walks of life
ilarly enriched by the generosity of who love children and want to
others. No other New Hampshire contribute time and talent to a wororganizations were granting wish- thy cause. You do not need to poses like this at that time, and so sess special talents, just a desire to
from then on, Jacque and Dawn help. High Hopes Foundation of
dedicated their lives to this calling. NH invites everyone to be the difSince its inception, High ference in a child's life.
Hopes Foundation has granted
over 540 wishes. Wishes are as
unique as the children who receive
them. Tanner received a new,
handicap-accessible van so that he
could ride together with his whole
family and lessen the burden on
his mother, his primary caretaker.
Howie watched the classic rivalry
between the Boston Celtics and the
September 2012
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September 2012
(Today’s League from page 2)
$0.50 per bowler discount to any
program that increases by 8
bowlers, and to help the regular
open bowler get more out of their
experience we're adding coaching
and short programs that support a
fun competitive atmosphere. We
have also been actively supporting
more kids programs and our seniors
are now bowling twice per week.
Although we haven't figured out
how to get the parents involved in
competition with their kids we have
done a substantial amount of marketing and we hope to see growth
in this area as well. The one thing
we can all agree on is kids need to
bowl, if we have to help kids get
into our game, we will need to help
their parents too. It's my vision that
as a proprietor I may have to
change my perspective and find
some really inexpensive program to
create a new influx of adult participation.
This season Strikers East is hosting
a lot of tournaments, the first of
which will be in most of the month
of September. It's our first annual
Raymond Boyden Memorial and
will feature a format of teams, doubles, singles and all events very
similar to our local tournament and
the USBC open. This event will run
the first 4 weekends in September,
you should consider joining us
entries are already rolling in.
October 19th to the 21st we will
The Bowler’s Ledger
again host our High Hopes weekend, this year's event will be our
10th Annual. We already have
entries rolling in from PBA Tour
professionals Patrick Allen, Dale
Eagle, Walter Ray Williams Jr.,
Mika Koivuniemi, Brad Angelo
and Parker Bohn III with many
more great names to follow I'm
sure. We have posted ads for these
two tournaments here in this edition of the paper so cut it out and
get your entry into us. We are offering any and all youth programs a
very big discounted entry fee for
the 4 pm squad of the pro am, if
your youth program is interested in
this PLEASE call Strikers East for
more details. Anyone that may be
interested in supporting our High
Hopes weekend should also call
Strikers East, there are several levels of sponsorship available and it
all helps to raise money to grant
wishes for terminally and critically
ill children here in NH. Thanks for
reading, next month I'll give you all
a list of some of the local events
you also shouldn't miss. Bye for
now and I'll see you on the lanes!!!
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Revolutions Bowling & Lounge in
South Windsor, CT
Left to right General Manager, Fred
Wynter, and owner, Craig Nation, of
Revolution's Bowling and Lounge
Lower longe
Settee area
Front entrance of Revolution's
Snack bar area
Sign announcing Grand Opening
Some of the GCC crew at work certifying
the lanes.
Front desk