Golden Ladies Classic Champion Harley`s

Golden Ladies
Classic Champion
Karen Smith, San Marcos, CA, captured the 18 th edition of the Golden Ladies Classic
at the Orleans Bowling Center in Las Vegas. Smith qualified as top seed for the stepladder finals by averaging 231 and winning 15 of 18 matches while tying one. Smith
looked on as fifth seeded Char Hammel, Las Vegas, knocked off fourth seed Lynn Mining, Austin, TX, 208-197. Hammel then took on 2007 USBC Senior Queens Champion
Luci Sandelin, Tampa, FL, defeating her 234-195. Hammel, the winner of the Golden
Ladies in 2006, went down in defeat to second seed Loretta Ciantar, Monroe, MI, 227201. Ciantar and Smith put an exciting finish to a week of great bowling with Smith
coming out on top 247-243 to win the trophy and $2000.
Fran Deken, Coweta, OK, took the Super Senior(over 60 years) division title, averaging 215 over the twelve games of match play with a 9-3 won/loss record. Runnerup
was Rose Smith, Las Vegas,
averaging 213 and going 6-6
in match play.
Deken received a trophy and $1000 for
her second win in the Super
Senior division. Her first win
was in 2005 and she finished
second in 2006 and 2007.
For the 18th year in a row a
group of women bowlers over
the age of 50 flocked to the
Orleans Bowling Center in
Las Vegas to test themselves
against each other in what
they call the most fun scratch
bowling event of the year.
Comprising the biggest turnout ever, 89 of them came
from 20 states including
Alaska and their averages
ranged from 159(80 year old
Phyllis Smith of Eagle River,
Alaska) to 220(50 year old
former pro Robin Romeo).
Smith couldn’t even claim to
be the oldest contestant as
that honor went to Faith
Douthitt of El Centro, California. The 85 year old bowler
boasts a 170 average and is the mother of over 60 bowler
Carole Coelho, a 192 average bowler transplanted from
California to Henderson, Nevada. They comprise the first
mother-daughter duo to ever participate in the Golden
Ladies Classic, according to Tournament Director and Hall
of Famer Jeanette Robinson. The tournament field also
included USBC Hall of Famers Virginia Norton, Lucy Sandelin, Vesma Grinfelds, Fran Deken, and Robin Romeo.
Former champions in the field were Joan Reilly, Wilmington, NC; Dee Price, Stockton, CA; Rose
Smith, Las Vegas; Marilyn Kreg, Delton, MI;
and Char Hammel, Las Vegas.
Final Standings Senior Division(total pins,
won-loss, earnings)
1. Karen Smith, San Marcos, CA 4637,
15-2-1, $2,000 2. Loretta Ciantar, Monroe,
MI. 4581, 16-2, $1100 3. Char Hammel, Las
Vegas, 4256, 11-7, $1000 4. Luci Sandelin,
Tampa, FL. 4565, 12-6, $900 5. Lynn Mining, Austin, TX. 4326, 10-8, $800 6. Dee
Price, Stockton, CA. 4200, 10-7-1, $600 7.
Virginia Norton, Cypress, CA. 4182, 8-10,
$550. 8*. Joan Reilly, Wilmington, NC.,
4135, 9-9, $337.50 9. Andi Whitlock, Middletown, DE. 4111, 9-9, $500 10. Sandy
Postma, Lansing, IL. 4062, 10-7-1, $475 11.
Loretta Hoffman, Wichita, KS. 4036, 8-10,
$450 12. Robin Romeo, Newhall, CA. 4018,
7-11, $425. 13. Janine Ditch, Chino Hills,
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8 www.bowlingworld.com – APRIL 2008
Harley's
Camarillo
Western Open
February 23-24, 2008
The Western Women Premier Bowlers
opened 2008 last weekend with our annual return to Harley’s Camarillo
Bowl. Scott Poddig, the always helpful
host, stated “I personally love having the
women every year, I always hear about
how great they are and look forward to
having them back each year”.
Scott and his staff treated us to a wonderful weekend of fun and great bowling. He reminded us that we have had a
new champion every year – and 2008 was
no different. Rachel Elhard captured her
first title! The expectant mother qualified
second after Saturday’s 10 games of
qualifying behind Laura Lee Daniel (the
2005 Harley’s Camarillo WWPB Champion). Hovering around the lead during
Sunday’s match play finals, any one of
four women could have taken home the
$1000 first place prize check. Michele
Carter, Rachel, Laura Hardeman, and
Laura Lee were all within 40 pins of each
other with one game to go. Hardeman
shot 220 over Laura Lee in the final match
play game while Michele and Rachel were
battling it out. Rachel finished with 214,
Michele stepped up in the 10th frame
needing to punch out for 215. Michele
buried the first one for a strike. Her second shot was right there – but a solid 10
pin stood giving Rachel her first WWPB
title.
Rachel wanted to be sure to thank Scott
and his awesome staff at Harley’s Camarillo Bowl, as well as her mother, Melody
Einstoss (who taught her how to bowl), her
husband, Josh, and Steve Hamaguchi, for
coaching her and laying out her equipment. “I felt really good this weekend – I
was consistent, not shooting a game under 200.” “I was extremely nervous on
Sunday as carry got a little tougher”, Rachel recalled. She has served on the
WWPB Board of Directors for three years,
was the 2006 San Diego Queens Champion, and was elected to the San Diego All
Star team 2003 – 2006. Our sincerest
congratulations to Rachel! We wish her
the best as this is her last event before the
birth of her daughter, expected on May 25
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Rachel Elhard, San Diego ....... $1000
Laura Hardeman, Chula Vista ..... 700
Michele Carter, National City ....... 550
Laura Lee Daniel, Corona ............ 500
Pam Pancoast, Lomita ................. 450
Lesia Herider, Palmdale............... 400
Jennelle Jellsey, Fullerton............ 350
Jennifer Wayne, Long Beach ....... 325
Katrina Fujikami, Whittier ............. 300
Brittany Page, Los Angeles ......... 275
True Amateur
Tournament
TAT Summer Classic Will Be Held At The
Orleans June 29th Thru July 6th
TAT Sends Bowlers Over $16,000 After
The Tournament Ends
All the Finalist received a bonus check
of $120 issued and mailed the week after
the TAT ended (except the top 6). This
money was left over from the prize fund
that TAT always pays back to the bowlers. Any bowlers or finalist that didn’t
receive a check are asked to call TAT to
make arrangements for the money. All the
checks were mailed out on February 14th.
About The TAT
The True Amateur Tournaments is an
Amateur only Tournament, it was started
by bowlers for the bowlers. It’s purpose is
to give competitive League bowlers a shot
at winning real money, along with promoting the sport of bowling at a reasonable
cost with Guaranteed prize funds The July
TAT week long Tournament usually has
close to 5,000 total entries. A bowler can
win $500 to $1,000 in the next TAT just for
making the finals along with 10 other Free
events.
The TAT has 5 separate divisions where
bowlers compete only with other bowlers
in that division. It has over 500+ ways for
bowlers to win checks from $100 to
$25,000. With 500 plus checks, many
bowl for Free along with all bowlers receiving Ebonite’s latest high performance
ball with their first entry. There are 10
separate events with 10 separate prize
funds. A single bowler could win over
$40,000 in the TAT, Well over 100% of the
prize fund is paid back because of the
sponsors.
All Bowlers also receive a Free Ebonite
performance ball and a Free entry into the
$30,000 Ebonite Challenge and re-entry is
only $10 for a $5,000 top prize and the top
5 are all guaranteed $1,000 each this has
a 1 in 6 cash ratio.
Eligibility rules: No PBA 3 years, no PBA,
PWBA touring for the last 10 years, TAT
bowlers who win $10,000 or more are not
allowed to compete for 3 years, to give
other bowlers a chance at the big money,
Amateurs who have won $10,000 or more
in other Tournaments are not allowed to
compete
for
7
years
following.
Changes For The Next TAT More
Squads Less Cost
The big news is lowering the entry fees
across the board. The 4 main entries and
the sweepers. Now a single entry that still
comes with Ebonite performance ball 2
Chance squads, 1 Qual entry for the
$30,000 Ebonite Challenge and 1 Qualifying squad is now $260. All other entries
are lower also, with the Marathon now
coming with 7 qualifying squads for less
money. The mini marathon and recruiter
will also have 1 more Qualifying Squad for
less money. This will add another 500 to
600 squads to Qualifying at less cost to
the bowlers and put another 50 to 60 in
the main finals. Bowlers
are guaranteed
a
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minimum of $500 for making the finals.
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