Dear Members:

The 23rd Masters Tournament was held on January 6th at Strikes and Spares in Mishawaka. Thanks to Mike Nagy and his staff for hosting us. A special thanks to Tom Gooley Sr. and Tom Gooley Jr. of Brad’s Pro Shop for their continued sponsorship of this event. We had a 57 bowlers compete! The prize fund was $3,500 with $650 going for first place. Ron Jonas won his 3rd consecutive Masters Title.

Qualifying Results (Top 1/3 of whole field cashed, Top 8 advanced to 2-game total pin fall single elimination match play):

PLACE
 NAME
CLASS
TOTAL
PLUS/MINUS
MONEY WON
1
 JOE HUTCHINGS
A
1949
349
-
2
 TONY JOHNSON
A
1917
317
-
3
 BRIAN NICODEMUS
B
1850
290
-
4
 BRIAN ZIEGERT
A
1884
284
-
5
 GREGG BIRR
B
1840
280
-
6
 RON JONAS
A
1879
279
-
7
 JAY JOHNSTON
A
1875
275
-
8
 TODD BROWN
A
1852
252
-
9
 MIKE ENGLISH
A
1849
249
$160
10
 TROY WEATHERSPOON
E
1639
239
$150
11
 DON TOROK
A
1829
229
$140
12
 CHRIS ROBBEN
D
1706
226
$130
13
 ROGER RUCKER
D
1705
225
$120
14
 RICH HUGHEY
A
1822
222
$110
15
 GREG SPINNER
D
1701
221
$90
16
 KEVIN BECKMAN
D
1694
214
$85
17
 FRED BALDWIN
F
1563
203
$80
18
 BRIAN PERKINS
D
1682
202
$75
19
 TOM GOOLEY JR
A
1801
201
$70

Finals:
Opening Round:
Brian Nicodemus 549 (249+300) defeated Todd Brown 421 (185+236)
Ron Joans 495 (260+235) defeated Gregg Birr 368 (183+181+4)
Jay Johnston 476 (278+198) defeated Brian Ziegert 421 (225+196)
Todd, Gregg and Brian receive $200

Quarter-Finals:
Brian Nicodemus 528 (266+258+4) defeated Jay Johnston 497 (300+197)
Ron Jonas 466 (222+238+6) defeated Tony Johnson 377 (204+173)
Jay and Tony receive $235

Semi-Finals:
Ron Jonas 491 (234+257) defeated Brian Nicodemus 464 (233+227+4)
Brian receives $275

Finals
Ron Jonas 506 (279+215+12) defeated Joe Hutchings 433 (177+256)
Joe receives runner-up plaque and $325
Ron receives championship plaque, jacket and $650



Items of Note:
Brian Nicodemus 300
Jay Johnston 300
Ron Jonas 279, 278
Tom Gooley Jr. 278
Dave Mendenhall 279
Dave Mueller 276
Matt Stewart 279
Brian Ziegert 279

Rerates
Jim Artley 206 avg A to B
Kevin Beckman 220 avg D to C
Brian Perkins 206 avg D to C
Roger Rucker 206 avg D to C
Troy Weatherspoon 199 avg E to D

Upcoming Tournaments:
Regal Lanes, Mishawaka, January 20th
Casey’s Lanes, LaPorte, February 17th

See you there,
Chris Robben
Secretary/Treasurer