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VOLUME 8 ISSUE 3
NEWS THAT IS RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY SINCE 2004
Stephen C. Massey, Denver, CO, AMF
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Finished 14th place after the second
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JUNE , 2011
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STOP PAYOUTS
Combination
Singles
$24,375
Doubles
$6,404
Sweepers
$9,063
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DIVISION
FROM SEPT. 1982
TO PRESENT
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Courtesy of AMF
R
ichmond, Va., [April 12,
2011] – So who are the best
AMF league bowlers in the
country? Thousands competed, but only the strongest of the strong
were crowned champs at this year’s
$600,000 AMF National In-League Tournament. After two-days of eliminationstyle competition, AMF Bowling Centers
is proud to announce the four winners
among each division with the highest pins
-over-average or closest to average score.
“We just wrapped up our second National In-League Tournament and, once
again, our league bowlers demonstrated
an impressive level of skill and sportsmanship,” AMF CEO and President Fred
Hipp. “It gives us great pride to award
these top finishers for their hard work and
support of AMF’s league bowling.”
The chase for bowling glory begins
with 108 finalists, each an AMF league
bowler, divided into four divisions. The
divisions are based upon the skill level of
the bowler and their qualifying bowling
average. Competitors were whittled down
through an elimination-style format to
determine the national champions. Although only one person in each division
was crowned the $50,000 grand prize
winner, every national finalist walked
away with prize money, ranging from
$25,000 for second place to $250 for the
bowlers finishing in 17th to 27th place.
“The nature of the pins-over-average
format creates excitement through each
round of competition and illustrates the
competitor’s ability to perform under
pressure and compete at a level above
their qualifying average,” said Kathy
Hart, tournament director. “These talented
participants are competing against them-
selves in essence, and you can truly feel
the excitement.”
Division winners worked their way
through a nine-week qualifying period,
followed by two weeks of in-center finals
at each AMF location and 27 district finals events at select AMF locations nationwide. AMF already has awarded approximately$300,000 in prize money to
center and district finalists.
To see what happened in Las Vegas
during the National In-League Tournament, be sure to check out the tournament
stats at www.tournament.amf.com, on
Twitter at @bowlatAMF and on Facebook
at facebook.com/AMFbowlingcenters. AMF
will announce details of the 2012 tournament in early summer. Bowlers interested
in participating can sign up for a league at
any AMF location this coming fall.
More results on page 5
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Duran Ends CSBT Regular Season with 3rd Victory
T
he CSBT finished up its first regular season with the TY Bowling Services Shootout May 14th at BZ Lakewood. Jason Duran continued to
make his case for player of year as he won his 3rd title of the season.
Duran was the overall #1 seed and defeated Kris Koeltzow in the title
match 225-178. Your other step-ladder finalists were Duane Steinmetz (#3), Raleigh Gilchrist (#4) and Ron Owings (#5). All three of these players were making
their first CSBT step-ladder appearance. The matches were all very close but
Owings defeated both Gilchrist (209-195) and Steinmetz (215-189) before falling to
Koeltzow (218-205).
CSBT members are now looking forward to the Premier Bowling Services Invitational that will be held at Golden Bowl on June 11th. First place in this event is
guaranteed to be at least $3000. Entry fee for bowlers with enough regular season
stops is only $100. Anyone
is also welcome to join the
CSBT after this event for
their year end awards banquet
and dinner. Cost for the banquet is $10 per person or $15
for a bowler and a guest.
The 2011-12 CSBT regular season will begin August
27th at Western Bowl. The
2011-12 CSBT player of the
year will be rewarded with a
staff contract from Brunswick
so check the schedule and start saving the dates. To hold you over until then the
CSBT will run two summer events. The CSBT Masters at Golden Bowl July 16th
and 17th and the CSBT Eliminator August 6th at AMF Broadway. They will also be
running several sweeper events on Saturday and Sunday nights. Check the facebook page for details.
Pictured above: Jason Duran and son, Rylen
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make a good shot. Reduced flexibility will often require a change in the pitches
and/or span of the ball in order to make sure you can still release the ball cleanly.
Also, reduced grip strength may require you to use a wrist device to provide support to your wrist and fingers by stabilizing your hand position at the release.
What if, due to aging, you are no longer able to take steps at all? I recently
bowled a pro-am with a 100 year-old woman! She stood at the foul line and
rolled a light ball down the lane, and hit the head pin with regularity! How was
she able to do this and how might someone with the same limitations do this?
First, it is important to keep the ball-side leg back and left (right for LH) as much
as possible. By keeping the leg back you give the ball a place to swing through
and by keeping it to the left (right for LH) you allow your body to get lower to
the line and make your release more consistent IF YOU ALLOW YOUR right
(left) shoulder to be lower than the other shoulder! The other important aspect of
bowling well without steps is that you now need to make your pushaway longer
and higher so that you can create some momentum and backswing for the ball.
However, once the ball drops into the backswing you need to let it swing as
freely as possible so that gravity helps you to get a longer swing. Finally, make
sure your shoulder is pointing down your intended ball path before you begin
your swing.
As always, if you’d like to see a specific topic discussed, e-mail me at
[email protected].
Mike Dias
Staff Writer
W
e would all like to have a textbook swing, but most of us live
with some type of physical limitation(s) that prevent that ideal
swing from becoming reality. This month I’d like to take a look
at some of the more common limitations and discuss ways in
which you can work around these issues.
The most common type of limitation is having a physical build that is not
ideal for bowling. A different physical build causes a lot of people to make
adjustments. For example, if you have very short arms your swing arc will
tend to be shorter than someone with longer arms. For bowlers in this category
it is very important to keep your feet faster so that your body gets to the line
ahead of your swing. This will allow you to generate better leverage in the shot
in a similar fashion to taller players.
Players with long arms obviously have the opposite problem, and the solution for them tends to be finding a rhythm that will allow the long armswing
time to get back and then through the downswing. While this timing is not
slow, you will generally see players with long arms have a slower cadence to
their swings. The mistake is when someone in this category or player tries to
make the swing ARTIFICIALLY slow. No matter what your body type is, you
must allow your body to fall into a relaxed, natural rhythm.
Limited shoulder mobility means that your swing will be shorter. Follow
the keys for a player with shorter arms to bring your swing back into a better
match of your feet and your swing. It becomes imperative that players in this
category use speed with the feet to help create ball speed.
Back problems can be some of the toughest ones, due to the load placed on
your lower back through the downswing and release. Generally speaking keep
your balance as strong as possible from the start of your swing through the top
of your backswing so that your legs have a chance to absorb most of the load
through the downswing. Also keep in mind that a strong driving downswing
and slide will be difficult with back problems, so a softer, smoother downswing
will generally be advised.
Lower body weakness causes the most difficulty since most of the work in
swinging a bowling ball while walking is carried in your lower body. When
your body is not as strong you need to get as much help to make the ball feel
light from possible and this help comes from using gravity as much as possible.
Allow the swing to fall freely down and allow that momentum to “push” your
body forward so that you are not in any way fighting the momentum of the ball.
Another common physical limitation is the hands. If your hand is becoming less flexible the first thing you need to do is visit your local IBPSIAcertified pro shop and have your grip checked. As we age, our bodies change
to a point where the grip will change enough that it will impede your ability to
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By Roger Thomas
T
his month, I’m going to write
about fun.
I imagine readers are going to fall into one of two camps on this. The
first would be, “Of course you’re writing about fun; your columns are always
fun.” The second would be, “Well, it’s about time.”
To all of you in the second group, I reply (with dignity), “Nanny nanny
boo boo.”
What prompted this column was an article that appears on pba.com
about a six weeks ago, entitled “Is a Little Fun Really the End of the
World?”, a well-written opinion piece by Mike Jakubowski, His argument,
to quote his column:
make his shot with the crowd silent and the announcer whispering, “Such
intense concentration. Bob, what about this shot, Bob?” “Well there’s a tree
in the way and that mine field can be tricky. He’s still concentrating, Ted.”
Then the golfer hits the shot, and the crowd goes “Ooo ahhh.” Then they
clap. Unless it lands in the mine field.
Football moved the goal posts to the back of the end zone and moved
the yard line for kickoffs back because kickers were actually putting the
“foot” back in “foot-ball.”
Same thing for professional tennis. The fans eat their strawberries and
cream at Wimbledon, watch in silence, and then politely applaud the shot. I
also remember them being exceedingly irate- when Wimbledon raised the
price of strawberries and cream.
Golf outlawed the croquet-style putters, even though they appeared to
be more accurate, because they essentially were “undignified.” Golf is so
much a real sport that a golfer managed to get a court to allow him to use a
cart instead of walking by invoking the Americans with Disabilities Act. (I
would love to see that in football- a wheelchair-bound wide receiver.)
What do I see on a bowling telecast? The bowler sets up and makes
his shot while the crowd is silent, and then they cheer (or groan) the results.
Apparently, Mike thinks the fans are having fun watching golf or
tennis, but the bowling fans, who have the exact same reaction, are not having fun.
“Many other professional sports combine entertainment elements
within the sporting event; why can’t professional bowling?... Do entertainment elements ‘disrespect’ the National Hockey League, National Football
League, National Basketball Association or Major League Baseball or do
they entertain most fans in attendance?
“99% of the population doesn’t take professional bowling seriously;
the rest takes it way too seriously.”
“The last time I was at Miller Park in Milwaukee, the famous racing
sausages were still running around the warning track to a standing ovation in
between innings. Didn’t seem to hurt the ‘integrity’ of Ryan Braun or Prince
Fielder.
If you have not heard Gaffigan’s bowling comedy routine, you might
want to Google it on YouTube. His routine will give you an idea of the real
problem with professional bowling. And also why I refer to him as
“somewhat noted.”
“Only a very small percentage of the audience in each sport sits in their
seats the entire game or watches the entire telecast at home, watching every
nuance, digesting every statistic, interpreting every announcer utterance. A
very small percentage; the rest are there to have fun.”
I do not disagree with his belief that professional bowling should be an
enjoyable experience for those in attendance and those watching it via ESPN
telecast. But I disagree with the very first sentence; he makes it sound as
though professional bowling currently is not fun. And I disagree with the
parallels he draws with other sports. The sports he mentions in the quote,
above, are all large-venue, team sports. Bowling is not played in a stadium
that seats 18 to 70 thousand people. It does not have regular breaks- like
between innings or halftime- that allow staging “fun” events like the sausage
races in Miller Park. Oh, and by the way, Randall Simon once knocked
down one of the sausages when he played for the Brewers and was disciplined for it. What did he say? “I thought the races were all in fun.”
“Professional bowling never was, and never will be professional tennis
or professional golf; no matter how desperately some bowlers or fans want it
to be.”
And:
“Tennis clubs are not bowling alleys; golf courses are not bowling
centers. Never have been, never will be.”
Sorry, Mike. You are only right in the physical sense. I have never
seen a tennis pro trip over a 10 pin, all the way from Arthur Ashe to John
McEnroe to Venus Williams. Nor has Pete Weber ever picked up a split
somewhere on the 18th fairway.
But, in fact, those sports have more similarity to bowling than you give
them credit for. What do you suppose would happen if a professional golfer
was lining up for a putt with the obnoxious drone of Vuvuzelas from the
fans? Or the San Diego Chicken ran onto the tennis court and stole the ball?
When I watch golf on TV (I actually do, usually once every 10 years
for about five minutes, whether I need to or not), I see the golfer line up and
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Mike also quotes Jim Gaffigan, a somewhat noted comedian:
BOWLING HAS AN IMAGE PROBLEM, NOT A FUN PROBLEM.
It’s had one for 100 years. It’s lower middle class. It’s a bunch of
drinkers with a bowling habit. It’s so easy to do that it’s not even a sport.
Etc, etc.
Mike wants sports fans and SportsCenter talking heads to “respect” the
sport of bowling. So let’s add cheerleaders and rally hats and foam fingers
and vuvuzelas. Maybe a bowling pin race or two. Yeah, we can stop a
match long enough to engage in irrelevant goofiness. That will sure show
those viewers that bowling is a real, honest to God, sporting event.
To be fair, the Dick Weber PBA playoffs in April had rally hats and
foam fingers. They were being worn by some of the pretty girls in the audience. I like that. When WGN broadcasts the Cubs games, they show enough
shots of pretty girls that you would think the entire stadium would have to be
filled with them. I like that, too.
One of the most upsetting opinions in Mike’s column was:
Mike did mention other sports in his column; to wit:
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October 10, 2010
November 14, 2010
December 12, 2010
January 9, 2011
February 13, 2011
March 13, 2011
April 10, 2011
April 30-May 1, 2011
Am I the only one who sees a flaw in that argument?
“Pro bowling is starting to resemble professional wrestling? Good, it’s
about time. I will take their television ratings, their merchandising outlets,
their live audiences, their pay-per-view revenue and their sponsorship opportunities.”
Good Lord, professional wrestling was languishing until it gave up any
pretense of being a real competitive sport and instead became a soap opera
starring steroid-enhanced behemoths and busty chicks in scanty costumes. Is
that what bowling should do? (Although the idea of Pete Weber on ‘roids is
definitely an interesting mental image.)
One last quote from the column:
“What other sport is presented the exact same way it was presented 30
or 40 years ago?”
Well, baseball added the designated hitter in the American League
because its games were getting so boring that they decided they needed more
scoring. Of course, that increased the length of the games to over three
hours, on average. Yep, real exciting move, there.
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In a radical move, tennis has allowed the pros to wear something other
than all white shorts and shirts during a match.
OK, the sports themselves haven’t changed much.
Well, let’s see. How are these sports presented? Football used to let
TV viewers watch the half time show (cheerleaders, music, other fun stuff)
until the networks realized they could make more money cutting away to the
studio for commercials interrupted by updates on other games. Baseball
added mascots and between-inning fun, but they are only for the fans in
attendance. The viewers get to watch- you guessed it- commercials.
Soccer used to be advertised as “90 continuous minutes of action.”
That is, until the networks realized that there were no breaks, so they created
some stoppages of play for, um, commercials.
I’ve got it! Bowling can be more fun if it shows more commercials!
Bottom line, though: improve the image of bowling. Shout from the
rooftops that bowling is the fastest growing high school sport in the country.
Get the word out on the physical challenges of bowling 20 or more games a
day for, in some cases, weeks or months continuously. More stadium bowling, not necessarily for the addition of cheerleaders but bring in more fans to
witness a match in person and meet the most accessible athletes in pro sports.
Not gonna happen, I’m afraid. But it would be… fun.
Now that you have my take on the issue, I will leave you with two
other quotes:
“There is no human problem which could not be solved if people
would simply do as I advise.”
-Gore Vidal
“… [M]ost columnists don’t know how to actually do anything except
have opinions. Like, if you had a toilet leak, and you called a columnist,
instead of fixing the leak, he’d give you his strongly worded opinion, based
on information hastily obtained from Google, about whether the leak was a
good thing or a bad thing. At least 70 percent of the time he would be
wrong.”
–Dave Barry
Remember, Dave Barry was a humor columnist, and Gore Vidal is a
serious writer; I know this from information I hastily obtained from Google.
I could write a strongly worded opinion about which one you should believe,
but I don’t think there is any doubt.
-Roger Thomas
Roger has been a league bowler for close to 40 years. He has been a
youth bowling coach for 16 years, and a USBC Silver Certified Coach
for 10 years. In 2007, he was honored by the BPAA as their "Volunteer
of the Year." In addition to writing a monthly column for the Colorado
Bowler, Roger writed and edits a bowling newsletter, "Life in Harmony," available at Harmony Bowl in Colorado Springs. When he isn't
bowling, or writing about it, Roger works as a government contractor
and seasonally as a tax advisor for H&R Block.
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Fred Kouri (3rd)
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9pm - Midnight
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AMATEUR BOWLERS TOUR
COMBINATION SINGLES & DOUBLES
Handicap Tournament Club for Amateur League Bowlers
Classic Averages: 140 - 189
Masters Averages: 190 - 230 Hdcp: 80% of 225
Nick Lasorsa, Tournament Director • P.O. Box 125 • Arvada, CO 80001 • 303-422-0190
April 30 - May 1, 2011
COMBINATION SINGLES EVENT
Holiday Lanes - Lakewood, CO
141Entries @ $29.00
$4,089.00
Scott Roskelley
Cut Score: +108 SE Cut: 11a: +84
26-year-old Scott Roskelley finished strong,
winning his fourth ABT title and $700.00! With
75% of the Bonus Bucks Pool, his total win was
worth $2,725.00!
Scott lives in Centennial and works for
“Colorado Custom Decks”. He has been bowling
the ABT for eight years. This past season, Scott
did his league bowling at Arapahoe Bowl and
AMF Broadway Lanes. His Storm Fast was
drilled by Tyson Lundquist at Arapahoe Bowling
Center. Scott would like to thank “all my family
and friends” for their support during the finals;
Tyson Lundquist for drilling his ball, Nick Lasorsa
and the ABT staff; and Derrick Fossett and Cindy
Girard at Holiday Lanes for hosting the ABT this
weekend.
Finalists
Score Hdcp
Prize
1. Scott Roskelley
749
20+1 $700.00
BONUS BUCKS POOL
$2,025.00
TOTAL 1ST PLACE
$2,725.00
2. Nolan Carothers
210
22
400.00
BONUS BUCKS POOL
$675.00
TOTAL 2ND PLACE
$1,075.00
3. Jerry Smith
724
8
350.00
4. Craig Pagers
444
27+3
225.00
Tie Gary Friedli
404
33+1
225.00
6. Jason Neely
216
44+5
150.00
Tie Ramon Bates
203
33
150.00
Tie Ramon Rodriguez 187
28
150.00
May 6 - 8, 2011
AMF Broadway Lanes - Littleton, CO
132 Entries @ $37.00
$4,884.00
Cynthia Newton & Brynaum Cain Sr.
Place
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
TIE
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Contestants
Cynthia Newton/Brynaum Cain Sr.
Adam Miller/Josh Kierpiec
Gabe Luchetta/Ralph Prewitt
Glen Reese/Brynaum Cain Sr.
Brynaum Cain Sr./Moses Ruffino
Sam Moore/Gabe Luchetta
Sherrie Malais/Gary Matten
Ralph Prewitt/Steve Dudek
John Carlson/Nolan Carothers
Joe Biddle/Ken Sturgeon
Sherry Arnold/Steve Roskelley Jr.
Gabe Luchetta/Moses Ruffino
Steve Roskelley Jr./David Harris
Pat Waller/Harold Harris
Ralph Prewitt/Harold Harris
Susan Roskelley/Steve Roskelley Jr.
Chuck Bazemore/Scott Roskelley
Spencer Roskelley/Susan Roskelley
Rose Davies/D. J. Davies
Lonnie Ellis/Chris Perkins
Hdcp
65
11
59
51
56
72
52
38
37
56
34
67
31
60
54
56
39
61
55
64
Score
917
905
899
891
876
873
868
867
866
866
865
862
860
859
858
857
855
851
845
844
Winnings
$1,200
$600
$300
$200
$150
$132
$124
$120
$118
$118
$116
$114
$110
$108
$104
$102
$100
$98
$96
$94
May 14 - 15, 2011
AMF Arvada Lanes - Arvada, CO
128Entries @ $29.00
$3,712.00
Frank Santarelli
May 21 - 22, 2011
BZ-Westminster Lanes - Westminster, CO
135Entries @ $29.00
$3,915.00
Ramon Rodriguez Jr.
Cut Score: +73 SE Cuts: 10a: +61 Noon: +56
Cut Score: +112 SE Cuts: 10a: +109 Noon: +108
69-year-old Frank Santarelli didn’t think he
would be able to bowl on Sunday, due to prior
commitments; but he arrived just in time to bowl
the semi’s; and as fate would have it, he won his
eighth ABT title and $700.00! With 75% of the
Bonus Bucks Pool, his total win was worth
$2,500.00!
Frank lives in Longmont and works for IBM
as a Program Manager. He and wife, Jody have
been bowling the ABT for nine years. He used a
Storm Virtual Energy ball drilled by Senior PBA
Champion, Mike Dias. This summer, Frank is
bowling a sport league at Centennial Lanes in
Longmont. Frank would like to thank his wife,
Jody for all her support; Mike Dias for all his
coaching help and ball drilling. Nick Lasorsa and
the ABT staff; and the staff at AMF Arvada Lanes
for hosting the ABT this weekend.
34-year-old Ramon Rodriguez Jr. was able to
string strikes in the middle of his championship
match, earning his fourth overall title and $700.00!
With 75% of the Bonus Bucks Pool, his total
win was worth $3,070.00!
Finalists
Score Hdcp
Prize
1. Frank Santarelli
702
36+5 $700.00
BONUS BUCKS POOL
$1,800.00
TOTAL 1ST PLACE
$2,500.00
2. Donald Taylor
176
44
400.00
3. Dave Versch
698
40
250.00
4. Lee Abenes
488
52
200.00
Tie Denice Hogan
429
49
200.00
6. Chuck Bazemore 210
41+3
125.00
Tie Sherrie Malais
203
52+2
125.00
Tie Ronald Wells
185
37+8
125.00
Ramon lives in Ft. Morgan and works for “NAPA
Auto Parts”. He and wife, Donna have four kids. His
oldest son, Reyes missed a baseball game so he could
“coach” his dad. This past season, Ramon bowled in
the Petroleum league at Gold Crown Lanes in Ft.
Morgan. His equipment was drilled by Mike Tabuchi
and Ray Rodriguez Jr. Ramon would like to thank
his family for their support; cousin Ray and Mike
Tabuchi for drilling his equipment; Nick Lasorsa and
the ABT staff; and General Manager Bob Russell and
staff at BZ-Westminster Lanes for hosting the ABT
this weekend.
Finalists
Score Hdcp
Prize
1. Ramon Rodriguez Jr.251
27
$700.00
BONUS BUCKS POOL
$2,370.00
TOTAL 1ST PLACE
$3,070.00
2. Carole Jones
971
28+2
400.00
BONUS BUCKS POOL
$790.00
TOTAL 2ND PLACE
$1,190.00
3. Isaac Hernandez
713
10
300.00
4. Nolan Carothers
490
20
200.00
Tie Steve Dudek
217
23+1
200.00
6. Frank Granieri
237
44
150.00
Tie Henry Moralez
222
51
150.00
Tie Scott Roskelley
196
17
150.00
Low to cash 568 @ $60.00
Low to cash 493 @ $60.00
Low to cash 584 @ $65.00
Low to cash 838 - $74.00
High Prepaid Series
Jason Neely - 1,003
$90.00
High Prepaid Game
Jerry Smith - 297
$90.00
Bonus Bucks Pool
$2,700.00
310 Pots for AMF Arvada Lanes
#1-$500 #2-$500 #3-$500 #4-$500
Reserve-$1,010
40 Frame Clean Jackpot AMF Arvada Lanes
$876.00
Prize Fund Cash
HG/HS
Shirt/Jacket
Sunday Only Fees
Total Prize Fund
Late Entries
Optional Singles
Promo Entries
Bonus Bucks Pool
Instant Clean Pots
Total Paid Out
$3,889.00
$100.00
$100.00
$260.00
$4,349.00
$80.00
$823.00
$174.00
$2,700.00
$159.00
$8,285.00
Previous Year-End Event Money
24 Fines @ $2.00
Total Year-End Event Money
Entry Fees:
Classic Division:
Pre-Paid - $53
On Site - $55
Masters Division:
Pre-Paid - $67
On Site - $70
$506.00
$48.00
$554.00
Friday: High Doubles Team Game (486)
Winners: David Harris & Steve Roskelley Jr.
Prize: Paid Entry - ABT National Tournament-Las Vegas
Saturday: High Doubles Team Game (479)
$100.00
Winners: Cynthia Newton & Brynaum Cain Sr.
Sunday: High Doubles Team Game (512)
$100.00
Winners: Gabe Luchetta & Ralph Prewitt
Prize Fund Cash
Champion Shirts/Jkts.
$4,684.00
$200.00
Total Prize Fund
Friday Jackpot
Saturday Jackpot
Sunday Jackpot
Optional Sidepots
$4,884.00
$200.00
$100.00
$100.00
$1,120.00
TOTAL PAID OUT
$6,404.00
High Prepaid Series
Ron Smith - 971
$84.00
High Prepaid Game
Dave Versch - 303
$84.00
Bonus Bucks Pool
$2,400.00
310 Pots for BZ-Westminster
#1-$500 #2-$500 #3-$500 #4-$500
Reserve-$1,094
40 Frame Clean Jackpot BZ-Westminster
$960.00
Prize Fund Cash
HG/HS
Shirt/Jacket
Sunday Only Fees
Total Prize Fund
Late Entries
Optional Singles
Promo Entries
Bonus Bucks Pool
Instant Clean Pots
Total Paid Out
8 Fines @ $2.00
$3,512.00
$100.00
$100.00
$260.00
$3,972.00
$68.00
$745.00
$174.00
$2,400.00
$120.00
$7,479.00
$554.00
$16.00
$570.00
High Prepaid Series
Dave Trujillo - 995
$89.00
High Prepaid Game
Rose Davies - 287
$89.00
Bonus Bucks (carry over from 5/15
$600.00
Bonus Bucks Pool
$2,560.00
TOTAL BONUS BUCKS POOL
$3,160.00
310 Pots for BZ-Wheat Ridge Lanes
#1-$500 #2-$500 #3-$500 #4-$500
Reserve-$1,176
40 Frame Clean Jackpot BZ-Wheat Ridge Lanes
$1,066.00
Prize Fund Cash
HG/HS
Shirt/Jacket
Sunday Only Fees
Total Prize Fund
Late Entries
Optional Singles
Promo Entries
Bonus Bucks Pool
Instant Clean Pots
Total Paid Out
17 Fines @ $2.00
Nick Lasorsa, Tournament Director
P.O. Box 125 • Arvada, CO 80001
303-422-0190 • 303-903-1863 (CELL)
Website: www.den.abtbowling.com
$3,715.00
$100.00
$100.00
$330.00
$4,245.00
$78.00
$795.00
$174.00
$3,160.00
$159.00
$8,611.00
$570.00
$34.00
$604.00
June, 2011
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AMATEUR BOWLERS TOUR
SWEEPERS
From September, 1982 to present - ABT Denver Div.
HAS PAID OUT OVER $13,144,252!!!
HOLIDAY LANES
AMF BROADWAY LANES
SWEEPER RESULTS
SWEEPER RESULTS
APRIL 30-MAY 1, 2011
MAY 6-8, 2011
HANDICAP RESULTS
HANDICAP RESULTS
72 ENTRIES @ $19.00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND
PLACE
1st
2nd
3rd
Tie
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
$1,368.00
$1,368.00
NAME
WINNINGS
Joe Stepniak
$400.00
Mike Durham
$200.00
Nolan Carothers
$92.00
Craig Pagers
$92.00
Craig McKenzie
$72.00
Mike Selner
$68.00
Mike Vasquez
$65.00
Ramon Bates
$62.00
Steve Eisold
$58.00
Denice Hogan
$54.00
Low to Cash - 487 @ $35
SCRATCH RESULTS
31 ENTRIES @ $19.00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND
$589.00
$589.00
PLACENAME
WINNINGS
Smith
1st
Jerry
$220.00
2nd
Joe Stepniak
$110.00
3rd
Nolan Carothers
$80.00
4th
Craig Pagers
$64.00
5th
Somdeth Sinouansai
$45.00
6th
Nolan Carothers
$35.00
AMF ARVADA LANES
SWEEPER RESULTS
MAY 14-15, 2011
HANDICAP RESULTS
77 ENTRIES @ $19.00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND
PLACE
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
$1,463.00
$1,463.00
NAME
WINNINGS
Dave Versch
$400.00
Sig DeCola
$200.00
Ron Smith
$100.00
Bob Bartosh
$85.00
Mary Sanchez
$80.00
Cynthia Newton
$75.00
Gabe Luchetta
$70.00
Shane McCool
$65.00
Moses Ruffino
$60.00
Mike Vasquez
$58.00
Low to Cash - 476 @ $35
SCRATCH RESULTS
29 ENTRIES @ $19.00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND
PLACE
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
$551.00
$551.00
NAME
WINNINGS
Marco Popovich
$220.00
Ron Smith
$110.00
Bob Bartosh
$85.00
Shane McCool
$60.00
Isaac Hernandez
$46.00
John Gwynn
$30.00
140 ENTRIES @ $19.00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND
PLACE
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
$2,660.00
$2,660.00
NAME
WINNINGS
Steve Roskelley Jr.
$600.00
Denice Hogan
$300.00
Mike Vasquez
$125.00
Adam Miller
$115.00
Ralph Prewitt
$110.00
Steve Roskelley Jr.
$105.00
Gabe Luchetta
$100.00
Adam Miller
$95.00
John Carlson
$86.00
Ralph Prewitt
$82.00
Low to Cash - 455 @ $33
SCRATCH RESULTS
58 ENTRIES @ $19.00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND
PLACE
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
$1,102.00
$1,102.00
NAME
WINNINGS
Steve Roskelley Jr.
$300.00
Jerry Smith
$160.00
Adam Miller
$105.00
Nolan Carothers
$92.00
Steve Dudek
$85.00
Steve Roskelley
$75.00
Adam Miller
$65.00
Steve Dudek
$60.00
Brynaum Cain Sr.
$50.00
Chris Yoshimura
$45.00
Low to Cash - 487 @ $35
BZ-WESTMINSTER
SWEEPER RESULTS
MAY 21-22, 2011
HANDICAP RESULTS
53 ENTRIES @ $19.00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND
PLACE
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Tie
10th
11th
$1,007.00
$1,007.00
NAME
WINNINGS
Rob Macko
$300.00
Dave Trujillo
$150.00
Shane McCool
$100.00
Dave Harris
$90.00
Steve Dudek
$80.00
Brandon Sweetman
$70.00
Rose Davies
$60.00
Gabe Luchetta
$46.00
Cynthia Newton
$46.00
Dennis Glover
$35.00
Joe Stepniak
$30.00
SCRATCH RESULTS
17 ENTRIES @ $19.00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND
PLACE
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
$323.00
$323.00
NAME
WINNINGS
Richard Vitko
$160.00
Dave Trujillo
$80.00
Isaac Hernandez
$53.00
Steve Dudek
$30.00
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June, 2011
RICK ROMERO WINS $7,777 MAY
MADNESS TOP PRIZE
AT SUNSET STATION STRIKE ZONE
May 8, 2011
Las Vegas, NV: The initial “Madness Tournament” has
crowned its first champion and it was Rick Romero of Henderson,
NV who won $7,777. Finishing second and earning $3,333 was
Elaina Dominguez of Las Vegas, NV. More than 300 bowlers
competed over Mother’s Day Weekend with the tournament paying out in excess of $18,000.
The final match was a close one as only 6 pins separated the
two very nervous bowlers through seven frames. Both competitors struck in the eighth frame and Elaina threw a second strike in
the ninth and made a one pin spare in the tenth to force Rick to
throw two strikes to win. Incredibly, Rick doubled in the tenth to
win the tournament and the $7,777. The final handicap score was
237 to 231.
A total of 38 bowlers, which was 1 in every 3.5 entrants, advanced to the finals where the minimum prize was $125. The May
Madness tournament was sponsored by RotoGrip, which is a division of Storm Bowling, and Station Casinos. Thirteen lucky winners won the latest RotoGrip ball. For complete results of the May
Madness Tournament please visit www.pinaclevents.com. The
next big event at Sunset Station Strike Zone is the 2011 Summer
Mini-Eliminator, which runs June 26 through July 3 and features
two handicap and scratch divisions. Details of the next May Madness Tournament will be announced shortly by Station Casinos.
NEWS FROM HIGH ROLLER WORLD!
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August & January Military Team Tournaments brochures now online!
May 31, 2011
Greetings from Las Vegas!
There is less than a month to go until the High Roller and TAT are underway and value is the key word in
both the TAT and the High Roller!
TAT bowlers get up to 3 Roto Grip balls, based on their entry fee package or whether they bowl in the Roto
Grip Challenge during the TAT. Each player, regardless of which entry fee package, will receive the latest in the
Theory line, soon to be released. Many players will also receive the Crown Polyester which can be upgraded to a
Theory for only $65. TAT bowlers participating in the Challenge receive the Mutant Cell Pearl. Any Roto Grip
equipment can be used in the Challenge.
The Summer TAT is hosted by Orleans and runs from June 28 through July 3.
Across town, High Roller contestants converge on Sam's Town for the 31st annual July High Roller event.
Storm, the presenting sponsor, has 3 high performance balls that will be awarded to players for re-entering qualifying squads: Victory Road, Virtual Gravity Nano and the newest release in their famed Masterline series!
The High Roller runs from June 29 through July 4.
For those tech savvy players, read up on the latest equipment
http://www.rotogrip.com/
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Visit our websites to view the brochures and read about the great features in these 2 major events, www.high
-roller.com and www.trueamateurtournaments.com. Call us for more info at 1-800-257-6179/
Following the TAT & High Roller is the August Team Tournament at Sam's Town from August 22 - 25. At
least 2 members of each 4-person team must have a military background. Contestants compete for team, singles
& doubles purses. The event has grown in each of its 4 years!
High Roller has now paid $89,578,733 in prizes to bowlers since the inaugural event in 1982! For more info
and brochures, call us toll free 1-800-257-6179 or visit us at www.high-roller.com. Enter online - it's fast, easy &
secure!
FOUR-MONTH-OLD MEEKS FALLS
ASLEEP AFTER READING HER
FAVORITE PUBLICATION,
“THE COLORADO BOWLER”
By Randy Gulley
What can I say? Our youngest reader, Cherokee Dawn Meeks
(proud parents, Joshua Meeks and Kristy Dalton) would not put
down the April Colorado Bowler until she finally fell asleep at
Air Force Academy Lanes on April 9, 2011. Also, she loves the
National Publication Stars & Strikes. Cherokee was born on 19
November 2010 at St. Francis Hospital. She has two sisters,
Emily (11) and Charisma (5) and one brother, Andrew (12). The
family has been at the Air Force Academy since 2006 and this
July will be PCSing to Tinker Air Force Base. They have been
married since 2004. Her dad works at Air Force Academy and
makes a mean hamburger. Joshua started bowling in 1992 in a
YABA League and has since bowled in many leagues and tournaments and currently is bowling on the Monday Bowling League at
the Academy. He also is being coached by yours truly and has
improved considerably. Kristy has been
bowling
since
2003.
Andrew and
Emily are currently
bowling on youth
leagues in Oklahoma
and both of them
started at 5 years
old. Charisma will join
a league once they
move to Oklahoma, and
as you can see Cherokee is well on her way
to enjoying the sport of
bowling as well.
June, 2011
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Randy Gulley is now a proud member of the BWAA and is a USBC Bronze Level Coach with 30+ years coaching experience throughout the USA. He was on the CO Spgs BA since 1990 until Merging as the
Exec BP. He currently is the Commissioner for the Rocky Mountain State Games and is the past president of the CHSBF and the past Bowling Commissioner for the SGA. He is the past president of the CSBA
and had been on the state board since 2004 until the Merger in 2008, and has been the Chairperson of the Team USA, Pikes Peak All-Stars Pro-Am Make-A-Wish Foundation of CO Tournament for 8
years. Randy is in the Colorado State USBC BA Hall of Fame and the Pikes Peak USBC Association Hall of Fame. Pikes Peak All-Star for 12 consecutive years. Randy has been an invaluable member of the
Colorado Bowler News Staff since our inception in 2004, as a staff writer, and one of our Colorado Springs Contacts.
GEORGE RAY THE BOWLER & FORMER POW CELEBRATES HIS
96TH BIRTHDAY AT PEAK BOWL ON APRIL 22, 2011
OLDEST ACTIVE BOWLER IN THE PIKES PEAK USBC
(Pictured at right: George & his Wife Maxine nese.
in the 1950's in Colorado Springs and a recent
Pearl Harbor dramatically changed a lot of
photo taken by Randy Gulley
things, including Ray's orders. The ship
changed course for Australia instead of the
Philippines in a four-ship convoy which included Ray's ship the U.S.S. Republic. They
eorge has been bowling since they were convoyed to Brisbane, Australia, where
first built bowling centers in Colo- they remained from December 22-27th. On
rado Springs in the "50's" and today he contin- December 27, they boarded an old Dutch
ues to bowl in the Friday Senior Men's Travel freighter for transport to Surabaja, Java (now
League. George bowls on the Budweiser Indonesia) and were stationed at tiny SinTeam and this season, bowled 54 games for a gahsarah Airfield 35 miles inland. An inva118 average. This is a travel league and sion force of 250,000 Japanese landed on Java
George drives himself to the centers as of this near Sunda Strait, some 300 miles from where
date. I guess George got his driving abilities Ray was stationed at the end of February. For
from the fact he started driving at the tender Ray, the consequences of that successful ruse
young age of 12 in a pickup truck. He and would be devastating.
Maxine had two children, a son and daughter,
Ray and his battalion engaged the Japaboth deceased, and two grandchildren, both nese over the next ten days by laying down 75
deceased as well. George is so soft-spoken, mm canon fire; however, by March 8, the
quiet, unobtrusive and unhurried that you'd hopelessly outmanned and outgunned Dutch
never guess his background, but don't be had surrendered and Ray's battalion at Tjilatfooled: Ray is one tough cookie. Like ex- jap. Ray's battalion was ordered to lay down
POWs, he endures resourcefully.
it's arms and report to a Dutch Tea Plantation
George does in the hills. A month later, Ray's battalion was
love bowling and has for marched to a rail station in Djakarta (then
over 60 years; however, called Batavia), where the Japanese took forthis story will be a brief mal command. Ray was now a full fledged
outline of George's Army prisoner of war (POW).
and POW Days! I could
Things get worse in October of 1942, the
write pages after pages of Japanese moved the prisoners into the hold of
what George has been an old freighter as tightly as they could pack
through. I think this will them in and they stayed anchored in the harbor
shed a little light about a for two days with the men packed in the hold
great man.
in high heat. Once under the way, the men
George was born were taken to from Java to Singapore, and
on March 16, 1915 in the from there to Rangoon, and from there into the
small town of Gatesville, jungles of Burma where they were put to work
TX down the road from laying railroad tracks.
Waco. George found himself working for a
That first stint in the jungle ended when
$1.00 a day in 1940. He could wait around for the first phrase of the railroad was completed
the draft or enlist and get his military obliga- in mid 1944 after 21 months of day-in, day-out
tion over in a years time. Well, Ray and his slave labor. Ray and his fellow POWs were
buddies opted for the one year and he enlisted interred at that time in a camp close to the Thai
in the Army in January 1941. Being on the border at Kwai River--the site of the British
lookout for the best deal he put in for the artil- POW-built bridge made famous in the movie,
lery and got it. He figured he could ride rather Bridge Over the River Kwai.
than walk. On the 11th of November 1941,
Two months later, Ray and 50 others were
Ray and his newly formed 131st Field Artil- taken back into the jungle do do repair and
lery departed Camp Bowie for Angel Island, maintenance work on the railroad. When Ray
an embarkation port in San Francisco Bay 300 and his fellow POWs emerged from their secyards from Alcatraz. Their troop ship left ond jungle stint in January of 1945, he was in
there on November 15 and landed in Hawaii bad shape, sick with malaria and dysentery, his
on November 30. They got shore leave and legs badly swollen from beri-beri. He was put
went on an all-night tear in Honolulu before into a POW "hospital camp" of bamboo shacks
shipping out on December 1---just six days and beds of floor slats.
before Pearl Harbor was bombed by the JapaOn August 22, 1945, Ray knew something
G
was amiss since they were taken out to work ,
but they didn't do anything all day except sit
around. Then the same thing happened the
next day. Back in the camp the night of the
second day they said to him, "Our guards told
us that America and Japan have 'shaken hands'
and you are now free men."
"It was like a sudden change from darkness to daylight", Ray recalls of that moment.
Ray later learned that his Japanese guards
had been given orders to herd all POWs to a
single location where the digging of trenches
for mass graves was already underway in
preparation for mass execution. They were
saved from this fate when Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings put an unexpectedly abrupt
end to the conflict.
Going home, finally, the men were flown
to Rangoon that evening, and then on to the
104th General Hospital in Calcutta, India. They remained there for a month before
moving on to Washington D.C. on November
2 for a several-week stay at Walter Reed Hospital. Then, he says, "They gave us a 90 day
leave to go and do whatever we wanted, every
day of which I thoroughly enjoyed."
Ray high-tailed it to Gatesville, TX to
spend his 90 days gallivanting and traveling
about with relatives, during which he made the
acquaintance of a young lady named Maxine.
Maxine, it seems, was the niece of Ray's
brother-in-law. Unfortunately, she was already engaged to someone else.
Following his release on April 29, 1946,
Ray journeyed to Colorado Springs to visit a
brother living here. He liked it so much that
he decided to stay and enrolled in a local business school to learn accounting. Shortly thereafter, the lovely Maxine just happened to pass
through town in company with her sister on
their way to California.
"But Colorado Springs", says Ray, "was as
far as she got. We were married on June 20."
Ray, Meanwhile, landed an accounting job
at Fort Carson and worked there until retirement.
He and Maxine live near the Citadel
Crossing until Maxine passed away in
2005. He now lives in a retirement home on
San Miguel and Ray still drives and is able to
take care of himself.
Page 14
Wayne Stellick
Staff Writer
J
ust like computers and new
television sets, the sport of
bowling is evolving everyday. If you are not at least
passively keeping up with the
changes in the sport, it may be passing you by.
I have the good fortune of giving lessons to many senior bowlers
that have excellent foundations as to the sport of bowling.
They have good timing, excellent releases, and very sound
mental games. Yet, as they get older, they cannot understand why they can’t score like they use to, even though
lane conditions seem to be yielding many high honor
scores.
These bowlers are for the most part, still very physically capable of rolling good scores. They have good releases that yield more than enough rotations on the ball to
due damage. They are also capable of increasing and decreasing ball speed and roll the ball fast enough to maintain ball path and motion into the pocket. So what are
some reasons that their scoring pass has declined? After
listening to their mindset on adjustments, perhaps the technology and adjustments have passed them by. This is also
a good reminder for everyone that wishes to get better to
pay attention to the technology.
When bowling was in its hey day in the late 1970’s
and early 1980’s, the ball choices included the AMF 3Dot, the Ebonite Gyro and the Brunswick Crown series. In
the early 1980’s, the Columbia Yellow-Dot took the bowling world by storm and was the standard through-out the
June, 2011
eighties. Since then, the technology for bowling balls has
exploded. Today, there are more than 200 bowling balls
currently in production. Ball descriptions include: coverstock, coverstock finish, RG rating, differential, core type,
core shape and performance level just to name a few, not
to mention the many drilling options available on each
ball. New bowling balls are released on a monthly basis
and keeping up just with the equipment can be a daunting
experience.
Along with these new bowling balls is a new mindset
that must be developed by today’s bowlers. The bowler
must learn to let the bowling ball do what it is intended to
do. In years past, if the bowler wanted to “get more on the
ball”, they purposely “hit” the ball to create more action
and energy at the pocket. This is what I typically see from
older bowlers. Unfortunately, that can create even more
problems with carry and hitting the pocket than they think.
Today’s equipment is designed to be rolled, not thrown.
While it is still very advantageous to learn different
releases and be flexible in your bowling style, it has become important to let the ball roll. If you are from the
school of thought that if you are leaving corner pins, just a
little more loft or turn on the ball should fix the problem,
you need to become more open to letting the ball roll.
Lofting the ball will delay the hook and the bowling ball
will probably not roll into the pocket properly. If you
“turn” the ball more and put more rotations on the ball, you
must be careful not to have the ball skid or spin too far in
the front part of the lane, also causing a delay in the hook
into the pocket. These are just a few options out of many
that I have heard bowlers say they do.
that has the highest hook rating. Every few months, when
a new ball comes out that “out-hooks” any previous ball, it
must be put in their arsenal. I would encourage you to
make sure you cover all of your bowling needs with equipment. I have suggested to many bowlers that they get an
entry-level ball that will skid in the front part of the lane
and then hook closer to the pins. Many time, this has become their favorite ball.
Lastly, the time has come to accept the “no-thumb”
bowlers or the two-handed bowlers. While many people
see these as a fad, I believe that it a style that is here to
stay. I recently watched the beginning of a summer league
and was astounded at the number of bowlers not using
their thumb. This style creates many more revs on the ball,
and while it might not be as accurate as traditional bowling, the power generated may more than make up for the
loss of accuracy.
In conclusion, if you are a bowler that has not bowled
in 15 or more years and getting back into the game, or a
bowler that is still competitive yet, not doing as well as
they think they should, it may be time to invest in education of bowling. Take time to learn what the new equipment does and when it should be used. There are times
that some balls just can’t be used on the typical house shot
because they are too strong or hook too much. Also, work
on allowing the bowling ball to do what it is intended to
do. If it is a ball that is designed to hook, let it. If it is
designed to go straight let it.
Most importantly, play with all of your bowling
equipment, have fun bowling and also, have fun learning.
Next is equipment. I mentioned earlier that there are Wayne Stellick M.Ed., PBA Member; BPAA Member; USBC Silver
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