Dear Members:

Our next tournament is at Kelley’s Bowl in St. Joseph, MI. This is the last chance for those of you who need a 4th event to qualify for the Championship in May without having to pay any additional entry fee. If you have bowled every event you will get a $20 discount. Preliminary sportsmanship balloting will also be done at this event.

We had an even 89 bowlers compete at Country Club Lanes, $4,500 in prize money. Thanks Buddy Stanley and Stanley Appliance for sponsoring this event. We’d also like to thank Chuck Wilson and David Claxton for hosting us again this year. Mike English (2), Ron Jonas and Neil Vitale had 300 games. Jeff Mullen won his first title.

Semi-Final Results:

Place Name (Class)
Qualifier
Semis
Money
 Place Name (Class)
Qualifier
Semis
Money
1st Jeff Mullen (D)
+134
+205
-
 16th Jim Stahnke (B)
+106
+72
$120
2nd Todd Brown (A)
+153
+196
-
 17th Brad Bedwell (B)
+141
+67
$110
3rd Mike VanderButtes (A)
+168
+184
-
 18th Bill Rath (B)
+164
+65
$100
4th Brian Ziegert (A)
+155
+183
-
 19th Eddie Sheler (A)
+241
+63
$90
5th Mike English (A)
+175
+181
-
 20th Mike Ruminski (D)
+127
+57
$80
6th Erica Riffle (D)
+205
+150
-
 21st Rick Kidwell (C)
+159
+56
$70
7th Neil Vitale (A)
+175
+148
-
 22nd John Sechrist (F)
+205
+55
$60
8th Ron Jonas (A)
+178
+112
-
 23rd Roger Rucker (C)
+156
+47
$50
9th Jeff Reeves (C)
+117
+108
-
 24th Troy Weatherspoon (D)
+91
+44
$50
10th Jeff Anderson (A)
+132
+100
-
 25th Fred Baldwin (F)
+88
+34
$50
11th Jason Pease (B)
+103
+97
-
 26th (tie) Ted Zimmerman (B)
+129
+32
$50
12th Bob Hutchings (A)
+131
+89
-
 26th (tie) Brandon Baker (C)
+157
+32
$50
13th Peggi Merrill (E)
+173
+86
$150
 28th Brian Perkins (C)
+136
+31
$50
14th Bob Ellam (C)
+220
+83
$140
 29th Rick Haase (C)
+172
+23
$50
15th Landon Wiegand (B)
+136
+79
$130
 30th Heather Baker (D)
+119
+6
$50

Finals
Opening Round
Jeff Anderson 256 (249+7) defeated Neil Vitale 179
Erica Riffle 247 defeated Jason Pease 241 (235+6)
Mike English 300 defeated Bob Hutchings 240 (229+11)
Ron Jonas 247 defeated Jeff Reeves 237 (225+12)
Neil, Jason, Bob and Jeff receive $170

2nd Round
Brian Ziegert 228 defeated Jeff Anderson 195 (186+9)
Mike English 249 defeated Erica Riffle 222 (212+10)
Mike VanderButtes 244 defeated Ron Jonas 207 (202+5)
Jeff, Erica and Ron receive $200

Quarter Finals
Mike VanderButtes 216 defeated Brian Ziegert 211 (210+1)
Todd Brown 256 defeated Mike English 237
Brian and Mike receive $250

Semi Finals
Todd Brown 258 defeated Mike VanderButtes 208
Mike receives $300

Finals
Jeff Mullen 221 (210+11) defeated Todd Brown 205
Todd receives $350 and runner-up plaque
Jeff receives $650, championship plaque, jacket and is now eligible to bowl in the Masters.


Items of Note:
Mike English 300, 300
Jeff Mullen 278
Todd Brown 279
Mike VanderButtes 286
Brian Ziegert 278
Neil Vitale 300, 279
Ron Jonas 300
Jeff Anderson 277
Peggi Merrill 285
Landon Wiegand 277
Eddie Sheler 277, 279
Ted Zimmerman 235 triplicate

Re-Rates:
Bob Ellam 216 avg C to B
Peggi Merrill 198 avg E to D
Jeff Mullen 208 avg D to C
David Schoen 209 avg A to B
Troy Weatherspoon 205 avg D to C
Jeff Young 184 avg D to E

Upcoming Tournaments:
Kelley’s Bowl, April 20th, St. Joseph, MI

Signature Lanes, Elkhart, IN, May 3 & 4. This is the Championship event. You must have bowled in 4 other tournament during the year (the Masters does count) in order to be eligible to bowl in this event at the regular $60 entry fee.

See you there,
Chris Robben