Thursday, Feb 7, 2013

Good morning everyone!! Hope you have had a great week of bowling. There are only a few reports this week for some reason. I have heard that many people were down with the flu. If this describes you, it is our wish that you get well as quickly as possible.

     I have some good news for you, as well as some bad news. Now, you know that happens… Let’s start with the sad news, or I should say, unhappy news.  A friend we have had for the past 6 years, has stepped down in her position as director for the state senior tournament.  I confirmed this with Sandy Darnstaedt this last week, and she said she has done it for the past 6 years, and it was time for someone else to take it over. Now, the good news. Now, she will have some time to actually bowl in the tournament, so maybe she will bowl on the same dates that we do. We wish her all the best.

     Also, the location for the Senior tournament next fall has been announced. It will be in Joliet this year at Strike and Spare II Lanes.

   Now, back to the local tournament scene. Here are the results of the Hoopeston City Tournament. The Ladies Team event went to Cade’s Heating & Air with a score of 2696 and second was Olympic Hardware with 2594. Team members were Tammy Bertram, Leona York, Sharron Potter and Sandy Mullen.  Doubles were won by the team of Jennifer Crawley and Karen Porth with a 1328 over a tie between Patty Lowe & Linda VanBurke 1295 & Rita Rethelford & Laurie Coon. Singles went to Sandy Mullen with a 717 over Patty Lowe, 682 and Laurie Wisdom 680. All events winner was Laurie Wisdom with a 2081. On the men’s side team winners were NAPA with a score of 2776 over Ferdinand Construction's 2699. Team members were George Fix, Bob Hamilton, Brandon Hamilton and Tony Gress. Doubles winners were George Fix & Tony Gress 1456 over Hank Longfellow & Doug Wagoner 1420. Singles winners were Mike Dean, 705 over Johnny Linder, 703, Bob Hamilton 698 & Doug Goble 687. All events winner was Tony Gress with 2133. All events scratch was Brandon Hamilton with a 2019 with a 224 average.

      Let’s get into the local league reports starting off with the Monday Nite Bulan’s Mixed league. It has been reported that Greg Miller rolled a 223, 51 pins over his normal average of 171. Kevin Bennett picked up the 5-7-9 split.

      On the Tuesday Nite Go-Getters, to say that Charlie Tiffgin was hot, would probably be an understatement!! He was steaming. Charlie’s average is a 144. He rolled a 201 his 1^st game, dropped to a 178 his 2^nd, and came back with a vengeance with a 240. He had a 619 series, which was 187 pins above his series average. Other high rollers for the Go Getters were Russ Puzey with a 207, 72 pins over average, Jan Frank, with a 189, 50 pins over, and Kevin Powell, rolling a 205, 66 pins over his average. Some good split conversions for the league consisted of Irv Summers getting the 5-7, while Tracy Smith and Ella Miller using the other half of the lane, knocking out the 5-10. Susan Brookings split apart even further, the 4-5-7.

    The Monday Morning Ladies league in Westville reports that Mary Seilhymer also exploded the 4-5-7.

    In the Thursday Senior League, we had Stan Harvey with a 247 game, 70 pins over his game average. Also 70 pins over was Joe Blagg with a 244. Blagg threw a 661 series for 119 pins over his series average. Michelle Williams rolled 60 pins over average with a 175. Gerald Arnett, Bill McDaniel and Marion Johnson all converted the 5-7. Martha Elliott lassoed the 6-7-10, Joe Elliott corralled the other half of the lane with the 4-6-7, and Ernie Harvey picked up the 4-7-9.

     I am thinking there are still some who are not quite up on the rules of bowling, and I am talking about foul.  I have heard some incidents where people are saying after they rolled the ball down the lane, they touched the adjoining wall next to the lane. That is NOT a foul.  Imagine the foul line right before the lane starts. Continue the lane up the wall.  Anything BEHIND the foul line is not a foul.  Also, some of the underlane ball returns have a portion of it protruding between 2 lanes. About an inch or 2 is behind the foul line. If a bowler’s foot happens to touch the part that is behind the foul line, it is not a foul. Hope this has helped clear it up just a bit.

     Thanks again to the folks who report the scores. Your help is greatly appreciated.

     (NEW DEADLINE) Please submit all reports before midnight on Tuesdays. If you need any more info, drop me a note at illianabowling@gmail.com. Check out past articles at http://tucksbowlingforfun.blogspot.com/  The blog has been updated.

Until next week, let’s have fun and knock ‘em down.