Dear Members:

The final event of the season is May 3rd and 4th at Signature Lanes in Elkhart, IN. For those of you not familiar with the Championship format it is run under a slightly different format. Qualifying is on Saturday, you will bowl 4 games starting at 9:30, take a break for lunch and return to bowl another 4 games. The top third of each class will return on Sunday morning to bowl 6 more games, top 12 advance to the standard finals bracket system. You must have bowled in 4 or more tournaments from September to April (Masters does count) in order to bowl in this event for $60. If you have bowled 3 you may enter for $120, $180 if you only bowled 2. If you have bowled all 9 (excluding the Masters) events you can enter for $40. Following the last game of qualifying on Saturday there will be a buffet for all in attendance at Signature.

We had 68 bowlers compete at Kelley’s this past weekend. Thanks go to Bill Froberg’s staff for hosting us this year. We also wish Bill the best and hope for a quick recovery. Mike English won his 2nd title this season holding off Jeff Young’s charge through the finals bracket.

Semi-Final Results:

Place Name (Class)
Qualifier
Semis
Money
 Place Name (Class)
Qualifier
Semis
Money
1st Mike English (A)
+172
+167
-
 12th Jeff Young (E)
+61
+70
-
2nd Todd Brown (A)
+123
+166
-
 13th Bill Rath (B)
+93
+60
$125
3rd David Schoen (B)
+103
+152
-
 14th Ron Jonas (A)
+182
+50
$115
4th Randy Harvey (A)
+111
+151
-
 15th Michael Freemyer (G)
+130
+48
$100
5th Laden Gerhart (D)
+79
+134
-
 16th Jason Utter (B)
+86
+41
$90
6th Greg Spinner (C)
+122
+118
-
 17th Dennis Weatherman (A)
+110
+37
$80
7th Bryan Rudnicki (B)
+145
+102
-
 18th Mike Hendrixson (E)
+67
+22
$50
8th Billy Hendrixson (A)
+141
+92
-
 19th Jeremy Delcamp (A)
+132
+20
$50
9th Brandon Baker (C)
+143
+85
-
 20th Peggi Merrill (D)
+120
+12
$50
10th Mike Willming (D)
+65
+82
-
 21st Matt Thrun (C)
+140
-17
$50
11th Bill Toops (G)
+187
+77
-
 22nd Matt Davis (D)
+101
-31
$50

Finals Results:
Opening Round
Bryan Rudnicki 193 defeated Mike Willming 188 (173+15)
Greg Spinner 194 defeated Bill Toops 186 (171+15)
Jeff Young 216 (202+14) defeated Laden Gerhart 203
Billy Hendrixson 259 defeated Brandon Baker 254 (247+7)
Mike, Bill, Laden and Brandon receive $130

2nd Round
Randy Harvey 258 & 59 defeated Bryan Rudnicki 258 (254+4) & 22
Jeff Young 299 (279+20) defeated Greg Spinner 217
David Schoen 257 (255+2) defeated Billy Hendrixson 256
Bryan, Greg and Billy receive $170

Quarter-Finals
David Schoen 211 (207+4) defeated Randy Harvey 189
Jeff Young 256 (225+31) defeated Todd Brown 232
Randy and Todd receive $200

Semi-Finals
Jeff Young 227 (203+24) defeated David Schoen 212
David receives $250

Finals
Mike English 254 defeated Jeff Young 251 (215+35)
Jeff receives $300, runner-up plaque and is eligible to bowl in next year’s Masters.
Mike wins $600, champion’s plaque and jacket (Orange?!)



Items of Note:
Jeff Young 279
Mike English 279, 279
Billy Hendrixson 279
Dennis Weatherman 278
Matt Thrun 277

Re-Rates:
Michael Freemyer 187 avg G to F
Laden Gerhart 213 avg D to C
Steve Joslyn 176 avg E to F
Dan Symonds 203 avg B to C

Upcoming Tournaments:
May 3rd and 4th, Signature Lanes, Elkhart, IN, 9:30 EDT. This is the Championship event. See 1st paragraph above for eligibility requirements.

See you there,

Chris Robben