Dear Members:

Our next tournament is at Casey’s Lanes in LaPorte on February 17th. Keep in mind that if you wish to bowl in the Championship tournament in May you must bowl in 4 other events (the Masters DOES COUNT this year), between September and April. If you haven’t bowled in 4 other events then you can still enter by paying an increased entry fee. If you have bowled in every event your entry fee will be discounted. Lastly, you must bowl in 5 events, excluding the Masters to be eligible for the Bowler of the Year prize list.

We had 93 members participate at Regal Lanes this month, prize fund was $4,600. Thanks to Kathy Ragla and her staff for hosting us this year. Greg Spinner had the high game with a 299 in the semi-finals. Chris Taube held off Randy Benninghoof’s run from the #9 seed to win his first title.

Semi-Final Results:

Place Name (Class)
Qualifier
Semis
Money Won
 Place Name (Class)
Qualifier
Semis
Money
Won
1st Chris Taube (B)
+161
+236
-
 17th Brandon Baker (C)
+103
+99
$110
2nd Steve Jacobs (C)
+185
+202
-
 18th Dave Klima (B)
+152
+97
$100
3rd Ted Zimmerman (B)
+124
+179
-
 19th Dee Carroll (F)
+152
+93
$90
4th Aaron Smith (C)
+139
+171
-
 20th Steve Schrenk (A)
+146
+92
$80
5th Don Torok (A)
+134
+169
-
 21st Steve DePoy (B)
+169
+90
$70
6th Buddy Stanley (E)
+211
+155
-
 22nd Jim Mason III (A)
+98
+73
$60
7th Steve Fisher (B)
+150
+154
-
 23rd Brian Ziegert (A)
+101
+59
$55
8th Jerry Reed (D)
+119
+147
-
 24th Christel Hughey (A)
+103
+53
$50
9th Randy Beninghoff (B)
+142
+131
-
 25th John Sechrist (G)
+110
+49
$50
10th Greg Spinner (D)
+231
+127
-
 26th Jay Johnston (A)
+149
+27
$50
11th Troy Weatherspoon (C)
+151
+122
-
 27th Joe Fowler (A)
+107
+25
$50
12th Dennis Weatherman (A)
+158
+115
-
 28th Les Washington (A)
+138
+19
$50
13th Stephen Marcou (C)
+203
+115
$150
 29th Terrence Smith (C)
+231
-1
$50
14th Matt Davis (E)
+254
+107
$140
 30th Dennis Aurand (C)
+98
-8
$50
15th Eddie Sheler (A)
+219
+106
$130
 31st Matt Stewart (C)
+115
-24 W/D
$50
16th Andy Kiser (C)
+103
+103
$120

Finals:
Opening Round:
Greg Spinner 238 (236+2) defeated Steve Fisher 228
Dennis Weatherman 250 (248+2) defeated Don Torok 233
Buddy Stanley (won 2 frame roll-off) 179 defeated Troy Weaherspoon 179
Randy Benninghoff 217 defeated Jerry Reed 196 (191+5)
Steve, Don, Troy and Jerry receive $175

2nd Round:
Greg Spinner 213 defeated Aaron Smith 186
Buddy Stanley 244 (235+9) defeated Dennis Weatherman 224
Randy Benninghoff 216 (214+2) defeated Ted Zimmerman 208
Aaron, Dennis and Ted receive $200

Quarter Finals:
Randy Benninghoff 227 defeated Greg Spinner 216
Steve Jacobs 236 defeated Buddy Stanley 148 (136+12)
Greg and Buddy receive $250

Semi Finals:
Randy Benninghoff 233 (226+7) defeated Steve Jacobs 225 Steve receives $300

Finals:
Chris Taube 247 defeated Randy Benninghoff 215 (204+11) Randy receives $350 and runner-up plaque
Chris receives $700, champions plaque, jacket and is now eligible for the Masters


Items of Note:
Chris Taube 279
Don Torok 279
Steve Fisher 279
Greg Spinner 299
Stephen Marcou 279
Eddie Sheler 287
Steve Schrenk 279
Jay Johnston 279
Terrence Smith 279
Billy Hendrixson 290

Re-Rates:
Dee Carroll 200 avg F to E
Matt Davis 209 avg E to D
Steve DePoy 219 avg B to A
Steve Jacobs 220 avg C to B
Dave Klima 220 avg B to A
Brian Nicodemus 234 avg B to A
John Sechrist 181 avg G to F
Greg Spinner 209 avg D to C
Buddy Stanley 201 avg E to D
Chris Taube 225 avg B to A

Upcoming Tournaments:
Casey’s Lanes, LaPorte, February 18t7
Country Club Lanes, Elkhart, March 16th

See you there,
Chris Robben