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secretary/treasurer Ron Johnson
by Don Phillips
Oct 4. Taking high series was Doug Regelin 277/1002.
Great Doug!!
Other big totals were by Anthony Ripchick 248/978, Larry
Hilburn 259/974 and Kelly Wright 254/915. 800's for the 4
game set were by John Tremblay 232/874, Stan Seeley
246/864, Gary Moore 259/898, Mike Hale 225//836, Joe
Holesapple 234/835, Gordon Moore 259/868, Mike Harris
238/873, Brent Korff 268/897, Mike Schwartz 236/855, Jim
Russell 256/888, Dennis Estes 251/874, Bob Sloan
256/838, Mike Andreozzi 265/833, Steve Adams 237/860,
Cal Suan 235/857 and Art Tourtillott 236/868. Nice single
games were by Ron Johnson 257, Mal Helmuth 236, Monty
Lyons 264, Bob Bonifacini 246 and Ray Searles 241.
Oct 11. Scores were WAY UP!! 30 seniors averaged 200+
for the week.
Top rollers were Jerry Davidson 268/948 and Don Phillips
259/948. OK! Seven more 900's were by Gordon Moore
258/945, Jim Russell 278/937, Kelly Wright 279/930, Bob
Bonifacini 268/911, Paul Brown 257/909, Ray Searles
233/905 and John Tremblay 248/901. The rest of the top
20 were Gary Moore 234/884, Dennis Estes 268/872, Stan
Seeley 257/846, Anthony Ripchick 256/850, Clyde Nakaishi
252/850, Dale Collette 244/855, Brent Korff 237/861, Mal
Helmuth 240/866, Ron Johnson 227/855, Steve Curless
220/843 and George Senn 231/842.
Top 5 games were by Mo Snyder 245, Cal Suan 244, Bob
McElman 237, Gary Hobbs 245 and Bob Sloan 244.
Oct. 18. Great match between Ray Searles 269/963 and
Bob Bonifacini 286/956. Sooo many X's!! Other 900's were
by Jim Russell 246/947, Gary Moore 267/926 and John
Tremblay 248/921. More par rollers were Mike Nichols
256/875, Mike Harris 277/839, Bob Sloan 245/814, Clyde
Nakaishi 236/848, Mike Hale 254/806, Carl Cloud 247/847,
Stan Seeley 269/846, Don Phillips 221/805, Ron Pearson
246/852, Frank Acuna 233/829, Ron Johnson 244/870,
Gordon Moore 279/851, George Senn 248/808, Steve Cur-
less 259/871 and Everett Whiteside 227/818. Good singles
were by Mal Helmuth 255, Art Tourtillott 247, Rich Toms
238, Mike Schwartz 226 and Tim Nessler 243.
Oct 25. End of the first quarter and position round. Quite a
battle for first place happened on lanes 3 & 4. Team #2
TGIT (Everett Whiteside, Karen Russell, Nick DeStefano)
won by a slim 1.5 points. CONGRATULATIONS!! High
shooter was Kelly Wright 257/947. Seniors in the 900 range
were Gary Moore 247/930, Mike Schwartz 287/926 and
Monty Lyons 267/939. The rest of the top 20 were Mike
Andreozzi 227/836, Joe Holesapple 236/827, Everett
Whiteside 214/824, Nick DeStefano 232/815, Lonnie Hare
255/841, Steve Curless 237/846, Frank Acuna 230/828,
Mike Harris 234/832, Stan Seeley 267/812, Don Phillips
222/832, Ray Searles 258/886, Larry Hilburn 234/834, Mal
Helmuth 227/831, Gordon Moore 225/812, Clyde Nakaishi
266/897, Jerry Davidson 253/824 and Doug Regelin
223/823. Top 5 singles were by Steve Adams 245, John
Tremblay 237, Mike Mayer 235, George Senn 227, Hank
Miles 247.
2017 USBC Senior Queens
Moves To May 23-26, 2017
By Terry Bigham
ARLINGTON, Texas –
Senior women bowlers will
have the opportunity to compete in three national
tournaments next year in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The 2017 United States Bowling Congress Senior
Queens will take place May 23-26 at Circle Bowl in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and $20,000 has been
added to the prize fund. The 32 bowlers who ad-
vance to match play will cash at the event.
The USBC Senior Queens immediately will follow
the USBC Queens, allowing senior competitors the
opportunity to bowl in both events. The event previ-
ously had been scheduled to run alongside the
Queens at the Baton Rouge River Center, but a
change was made to better manage capacity.
The Senior Queens also will feature a new Super
Senior element in 2017. The top eight non-cashing
Super Seniors (age 60 and older) will bowl in a
bracket for a special prize fund.
Senior Queens bowlers who also want to bowl in the
USBC Women’s Championships can take advantage
of a limited number of spots being held in the event.
USBC has spots reserved on May 26-27 just for Sen-
ior Queens competitors, and bowlers interested in
moving their Women’s Championships dates to these
days will need to call 817-385-8325 or 817-385-8257
by Dec. 1.
Open to USBC members age 50 or older, the Senior
Queens was first contested in 2000 and attracts an
outstanding field from all over the world.
Qualifying for the 2017 Senior Queens will consist of
15 qualifying games before the field is cut to the top
31 players, plus three-time defending champion
Robin Romeo of Newhall, California, for match play.
Match play will determine the top five bowlers for the
stepladder finals that will be shown live on BowlTV,
the official YouTube channel of USBC.
Go to BOWL.com/SeniorQueens for more informa-
tion and the complete schedule.
Bowling Is An Olympic Sport
!
by Frank Weiler
SAN BERNARDINO - Bowling is an Olympic
sport! We are Olympians! Yes, bowling has long
been a major sport in the Senior Olympics and senior
bowlers have been competing for medals for at least
a couple of decades. My first Senior Olympics was at
Del Rosa Lanes in 2004 and I won two medals.
The sport of bowling shined at this years Inland Em-
pire Senior Games. CALIFORNIA bowlers came from
far and wide to participate in friendly competition for
medals, NOT MONEY. They participated because
they love our sport not because there was a guaran-
teed prize fund. "BOWLING FOR SPORT - NOT
MONEY". That is the guiding principle behind Olym-
pic competition: "Competing for sport". Bowling
shinned because bowlers showed they competed for
sport.
Bowling shined because our bowlers encouraged
each other, cheered each other, assisted each other
and congratulated each other. These are all exam-
ples of true sportsmanship. Attributes expected of
sportsmen and sportswomen. Attributes expected of
Olympians. Attributes possessed by bowlers. We
are bowlers, we are sportsmen and sportswomen, we
are Olympians. Bowling shinned.
My wife (Therese) and I were among the score of
CALIFORNIA bowlers who came from far and wide to
compete. We were among a group of seniors rang-
ing in age from 55 to 85 years. Everyone competed
in their own age category with the goal of winning
medals: Gold, Silver, Bronze. Medals were awarded
for the top scratch scores in singles and doubles.
Therese and I participated "for the sport of it" and in
the process each of us won two Gold Medals. Each
of us won "golds" in singles and doubles. Best of all
we won our doubles gold as doubles partners.
Arrowhead Lanes was a great venue and Day Man-
ager DEAN DANNER the perfect host. The city of
San Bernardino is a great place for senior citizens,
especially senior bowlers. The city has some great
senior centers and has sponsored the Senior Olym-
pics for two decades now. Senior Games Coordina-
tor, LA KEISHA JACKSON was simply outstanding.
BOWLING IS AN OLYMPIC SPORT and will be for
years to come because bowlers are sportsmen and
sportswomen.
