CTF CONNECTION Published by the Canadian Tenpin Federation, Inc. Fédération Canadienne des Dix-Quilles, Inc.

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1 CTF CONNECTION Published by the Canadian Tenpin Federation, Inc. Fédération Canadienne des Dix-Quilles, Inc. November 2009 FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR This has been a fast start to the season as it is November already. To date, approximately 10% of our membership cards have been processed, with a number of databases coming in daily. We would like to thank those associations that have sent their databases in early. There are still awards being submitted from last season and a few for this season. Just as a reminder National Office cannot process new awards until an up to date database has been received from the local association. National Office and the Youth Unit have received a number of inquiries regarding the new youth eligibility rule. This change represents a major benefit to our youth bowlers across the country in hopes that we will be able to retain them in our youth programs. At our Executive meeting held in Ottawa, it was determined that further clarification was needed regarding youth returning to youth leagues who decided to join adult leagues over the past few years. As no rule exists regarding re-instatement, our youth who are still age eligible can return to youth leagues without applying for re-instatement to the CTF National Office. We are in the final stages of preparing our new website for launch later in November. The new look website will provide more flexibility in managing the site and the ability to add features not available on the old site. Fundraising is needed in all organizations to offset program and operating costs, and we are no different. Lamontagne Chocolates has approached the National Robin Orlikowski was the only member of Team Canada to earn a medal at the Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON) championships held in September at Puerto Rico. Robin is a Canadian citizen who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is a multitime member of Team Canada. Office regarding its Easter Boutique Chocolate Program to help us launch a National Fund Raising Program that all associations and leagues can participate in. Our goal this year is to sell 2,000 boutiques (cases) across Canada!! This campaign is a WIN-WIN program for all as funds raised will be distributed in 5 areas: 20% to the Canadian Youth Championships to offset the costs of hosting this major youth tournament; 20% to future youth programs and scholarships for example the new youth handicap tournament that is in development stage to replace the old Pepsi Championships; 20% to Team Canada to offset rising travel costs for both the adult and youth teams; 20% will be administered by CTF to built an assurance fund to enable it to become self insured for bonding our leagues; and finally 20% will be returned to the associations or leagues that sell the boutiques to enhance their programs at the grass roots level. Further details and order forms will be sent to all associations and leagues later this month. NOW IS THE TIME TO STEP UP AND SUPPORT OUR SPORT IN THIS NATIONAL FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN. Respectfully Submitted by Stan May CTF Executive Director ############### TEAM CANADA S ORLIKOWSKI WINS SILVER MEDAL AT PABCON WOMEN S MASTERS EVENT On the way to the silver medal, Robin beat Shannon Pluhowski, USA in three games; Roccio Restrepo, Colombia in two games, and Clara Guerrero, Colombia in three games. She lost in the final to PBA member Kim Terrell-Kearney, USA. Terrell- Kearney won the gold medal and the loser s of the semi-final matches Guerro and Karen Marcano, Venezuela, were presented with bronze medals.

2 128 men and 92 women from 22 countries in north, central, south America and the Caribbean Islands competed. The competition took place at the 40 lane Carolina center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. USA, who had professional men and women bowlers competing for the first time at a PABCON (American Zone) event, took the gold medal in every event. Canada s women s team members were: Robin Orlikowski, Grand Rapids, MI, Kerry Ryan-Ciach, Mississaua, ON, Lynne Gauthier, Winnipeg, MB, Isabelle Rioux, Trios Rivieres, QC, Julie Johnson- Loyer, Chateguay, QC and Felicia Wong, Calgary, AB The men s team members were: Mark Buffa, Montreal, QC, Joe Ciach, Mississauga, ON, Corey Clayton, Calgary, AB., Chris Clerke, Saskatoon, SK, Art Oliver, Hamilton, ON, Ryan Reid, Campbell River, BC. Sandy Lowe, Lindsay, ON. and Lucien Casagrande, Winnipeg, MB coached the team. Damien Skellings, Calgary, AB was the Team Manager. Hazel McLeary, CTF Public Relations Coordinator attended to report daily to the Canadian media. Medal winners and Canadian standings: Women s Singles: G Karen Marcano, Ven S Diandra Asbaty, USA 1355 B Tilcia Lancini, Pan th J. Johnson-Loyer th K. Ryan-Ciach th Lynne Gauthier nd Robin Orlikowski th Isabelle Rioux th Felicia Wong 1167 Men s Singles G Bill O Neill, USA 1475 S Jorge Rosado, Mex B David Haynes, USA 1388 S Haynes/Schaub/Allen USA 3850 B Otalora/Monroy/Gomez Colombia th Ryan Reid th Ryan Reid th Corey Clayton st Joe Ciach th Art Oliver st Mark Buffa th Chris Clerke 1140 Women s Doubles G Machon/Granda, Guat S Alvarado/Gongora, Mex.2451 B Vila/Guerra, D. Rep th Isabelle Rioux 1198 J. Johnson-Loyer th K. Ryan-Ciach 1124 R. Orlikowski th Lynne Gauthier 1050 Felicia Wong Men s Doubles G Jones/Barnes, USA 2788 S Haynes/O Neill, USA 2583 B Rodriguez/Colon, P.Rico th Chris Clerke 1186 Art Oliver nd Mark Buffa 1156 Joe Ciach th Corey Clayton 1064 Ryan Reid Women s Trios G Pluhowsky/O Keefe/Barnes, USA 3980 S Gomez/Restrero/Guerrero, Col B Faria/K Marcano/A Marcano Ven th K. Ryan-Ciach 1122 Lynne Gauthier 1121 Robin Orlikowski th Isabelle Rioux 1119 Felicia Wong 1124 J. Johnson-Loyer Men s Trios G Barnes/O Neill/Jones USA 3915 Mark Buffa 1243 Joe Ciach th Chris Clerke 1222 Corey Clayton 1206 Art Oliver

3 Women s Team G USA 6494 S Colombia 6146 B Dominican Republic th Lynne Gauthier 575 J. Johnson-Loyer 1060 Robin Orlikowski 1260 Isabelle Rioux 1226 K. Ryan-Ciach 1127 Felicia Wong Men s Team G USA 6697 S Mexico 6411 B Venezuela th Corey Clayton 1291 Art Oliver 1016 Ryan Reid 1208 Mark Buffa 1230 Joe Ciach Women s All Events G Shannon O Keefe, USA 5159 S Clara Guerrero, Colombia 5078 B Shannon Pluhowski, USA th Robin Orlikowski s Isabelle Rioux rd Julie Johnson-Loyer th Kerrie Ryan-Ciach th Felicia Wong th Lynne Gauthier 4495 Men s All Events G Bill O Neill, USA 5589 S Tommy Jones, US 5287 B David Haynes, USA rd Ryan Reid th Joe Ciach th Mark Buffa th Corey Clayton th Chris Clerke th Art Oliver 4527 Women s Masters G Kim Terrell-Kearney, USA S. Robin Orlikowski, Canada B. Rocio Restrepo, Colombia Karen Marcano, Venezuela Men s Masters G. Chris Barnes, USA S. Ernesto Franco, Mexico B. Frankie Colon, Puerto Rico Daniel Falconi, Mexico CATHY INNES ELECTED TO PABCON PRESIDIUM CTF President, Cathy Innes, Surrey, British Columbia, has been elected to the Presidium (board of directors) of the Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON). The election took place at the PABCON congress meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico prior the PABCON championships. Cathy brings a broad bowling background to her new position and is well equipped to assist PABCON in furthering the development of countries in the zone. The World Tenpin Bowling Association is divided into three zones Asian, European and American (PABCON). Cathy represents BC on the CTF board and was first elected CTF President in She has been reelected every two years and is currently serving her third term as president. She served on both the Greater Vancouver and BC Women s Bowling association board and was selected to the BC Tenpin Federation Hall of Fame in the Performance Category in 2004 for her bowling skills.. Cathy manages a bowling center and holds a degree in marketing As President of CTF, she has represented her federation at every zone and world conference since Cathy also represents CTF on the board of the Bowling Federation of Canada She was appointed a member of the Appeals committee at the recent PABCON championships and in her new position on the presidium will chair the Women in Sport committee CNC GOLD MEDALIST AND 2005 BWC CHAMPION WILL REPRESENT CANADA AT 45 TH BOWLING WORLD CUP Carolyn Lagrange, Montreal, QC who earned the gold medal at the 2009 Canadian National Championships and Michael Schmidt, the 2005 Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup champion from Winnipeg, MB will be strong contenders for the 45 th Bowling World Cup to be held in Melaka, Malaysia, November

4 Carolyn and Michael earned the right to wear the Canadian colours at the national finals held at 440 Bowling Centre in Laval, QC last March. Bowl Canada has conducted provincial and national finals since 1966 (men) and 1974 (women). Eight provinces plus the defending champions competed. The 2009 BWC will be Michael s fourth trip in five years. Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2005 was his first trip. He led the field from day one and became the first Canadian in 33 years to bring home the men s crown. Ray Mitchell formerly of Scarborough, Ontario and now residing in White Rock, BC won the men s crown in Michael finished third in 2006 in Caracas, Venezuela, fourth in 2007 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He lost the Canadian final to Jack Guay, Calgary, AB in 2008 and is now ready for his fourth challenge of the prestigious crown. Caroline is a three-time CTF Female Bowler of the Year and the 2008 and 2004 gold medalist at the Canadian National Championships. She has been a member of both the adult and youth Team Canada. Canada with seven titles is tied with the Philippines for the second most titles. USA has the most champions Paeng Nepomuceno, Philippines who has a record four wins will be competing again this year. Several Canadian have bowled 300 games at BWC competitions. Jack Guay has the distinction of bowling the first-ever 300 in 1994 and bowled another one in Jill Friis, London, ON bowled 300 in 1999 and Diane Buchan, Montreal, QC bowled one in Sandy Lowe, CTF national coach will coach Michael and Caroline. Sandy coached Michael to his 2005 win and Kerrie Ryan-Ciach to her 2003 win. CTF s Public Relations Coordinator, Hazel McLeary, Victoria, BC will attend and report to the Canadian media. Unfortunately, because of the tight schedule, Jack Fine will be unable to host his usual dinner for the Canadians. 90 plus countries are expected to participate. PLAYERS TOUR The Southern Ontario Players Tour run by Joe Ciach and Hugh Henry is providing good competition for bowlers in Eastern Canada. The tour is held monthly from September to April. Mike Raquidan won the year-end event at Classic Bowl in Mississauga. Mike took home $3000. Montreal s Mark Buffa was the winner of the season opening event held at Parkway Lanes in St. Catharines. John Chapman won the October event at Planet Bowl in Etobicoke. The next event is November 21st at Kennedy Bowl in Scarborough. Squad Times are 1:00 & 3:30. Entry Fee is $80.00 & Re-Entry is $ Top 16 make Match Play. For full schedule and results go to and click on Players Tour. CANADIANS PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL COLLEGIATE PROGRAMS Many Canadian bowlers have participated in Collegiate Bowling in the USA over the years. They have received scholarships, travel and great competition on the collegiate bowling circuit. Here s a little information about their collegiate career and what they are doing now: Valerie Calberry, Brampton, Ontario is a member of the 2009 and 2010 Team Canada Youth team member. She attends Nebraska State University and is a member of their NCCA Huskers bowling team. Valerie entered the 2009 NCAA Bowling Championships with a average over 52 games in the regular season and helped Nebraska to the 2009 NCAA team title. She also earned third-team NTCA All-America honors for her efforts during the NCAA Championships. Valerie was a NTCA First-Team All-Academic in Robin Crawford-Orlikowski, a multi year Team Canada member and former member of the CTF board of directors and Marketing Manager for the national organization. Robin attended Moorehead State University from Moorehead was National Champions in 1998 and Robin earned First Team All American twice as well as Second Team All American and one Honorable mention All American. She was four times runner up to the Bowler of the Year as well as many All Tournament teams through her college career. She is currently married to Bill Orlikowski and has worked in the bowling industry since graduating. She was the Marketing Manager for YABC and currently with KR Strikeforce and OnTheBallBowling.com as Marketing Coordinator.

5 Several Team Canada members won championships at Wichita State University. Alberta s Felicia and Samantha Wong (How), Quebec s Mark Buffa and Carolyn Lagrange and Hamilton s George Lambert IV were all members of the Wichita, Kansas championships teams over the past few years. Felicia Wong won titles with Wichita State in 2005 and 2007 and finished second in She made the All Tournament Team four times. Felicia is currently working for Husky Oil doing environmental auditing. Samantha Wong (How) won a title with Wichita State in She is married to Scott How and living in Portland, Oregon. Carolyn Lagrange attended Wichita from 2003 to 2006 and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design. Carolyn was the anchor bowler when they finished second in 2004 and #4 bowler when they won in 2005 and the only one to strike 4 out of 4 shots (Baker system). She struck out for the win. Carolyn was an Academic All-American all 3 years she attended and made several first and second tournament teams. She is now working as a Graphic Designer for Pelican International Inc. in Laval, Qc. Marc Buffa attended Wichita from He was a member of the Collegiate Championship team in Mark was named to the Honorable Mention team in his final year He was an Academic All American for four of the five semesters he attended. Mark is Vice President of Buffa Bowling Inc. George Lambert IV was at Wichita from He was captain of the Collegiate Championship team in George was runner-up for the Collegiate Bowler of the Year in He was named to several All Tournament Teams and led the Wichita team to a record breaking 1285 game at the Vegas tournament in 2008 when he bowled a 280 game. George led the qualifying and finished third at the 2006 USBC Masters tournament. He is now bowling full-time on the PBA tour, finishing second in the tour qualifying tournament in June BC s Marc Schoffield, Ryan and Erin Reid (Duke) and Quebec s Melanie Regis went to Lindenwood University in St. Louis, Mo. Ryan and Erin are former Team Canada members. Erin Reid formerly of Richmond, BC is now married to Adam Duke and living in St. Louis, Missouri. She works for the St. Louis City Police Dept. Crime Lab (Biology/DNA section). Erin and Adam are expecting their first child in March. Erin was a founding member of the Lindenwood University women s bowling team. During her four years at Lindenwood, she was named to an All Tournament Team three times and made the Academic All American team all four years. Melanie Regis has finished her four years eligibility for bowling and is now an assistant coach to the team. She is currently finishing her Masters degree in Gifted Education and plans to come home to Montreal to teach elementary school when she is finished her Masters. Melanie was a team member in 2006 when Lindenwood won the National Collegiate championship. In 2009 they finished second. The team won many titles over the years than Melanie was a team member. She was an Academic All American in all four years she attended. In the past year she was selected as a team member in the At Large category by ESPN The Magazine Academic All District honours as selected by members of CoSIDA Ryan Reid bowled for Lindenwood from He was a member of the team that won the Intercollegiate Championships in Ryan is married to former Fresno State bowling team member Karen Rosprim. He is presently managing Crystal Bowling Lanes in Campbell River, BC Marc Schofield attended Lindenwood from Marc is currently working at Xcalibur Bowling Centre and Lois Lanes in the Greater Vancouver area. Michelle McKay, 2006 Youth Team Canada member was a member of Pikesville, Kentucky University when they won the 2004 Intercollegiate Championships. Team Canada youth member, Windsor s Dan MacLelland earned National Championships at Saginaw University in 2005 and He was named to the first team All American from Dan was Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008 and National Most Valuable Player from He made 24 All Tournament teams. Dan will graduate in Tournament bowling is his current income and he is dating Becky Sulligan who bowls for Pikesville college NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DATES CTF will conduct national championships at: Canadian Mixed Championships - April 22-25, 2010 Montreal, QC Canadian National Championships - May 21-24, 2010 Vancouver, BC

6 Canadian Youth Championships - May 28-30, St Catharines, ON The Annual General Meeting will also be held in Montreal during the Mixed Championships THIS N THAT Raymond Lussier, Montreal, had 2 in a perfect game his 10 th game of the new season. Raymond is bowling in his first adult league, the Wednesday night doubles at Pointe Mercier Lanes. Hamilton had a pair of 300 games early in the season. Lionel Lewis who rolled 300, 279, 210 & 278 for He started with 18 strikes in a row. The other 300 was by Jayme Allen who bowled his perfect game five days before Lionel. Pamela Buote, the blind bowler and director of the Winnipeg association, reports that the final numbers are in and send many thanks to all who donated. $4,908,13 was raised for MS good job Pamela and all her supporters!! CTF, BCWTBA and Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame member Lorna Pollock passed away in October. As well as representing Canada at American Zone events, Lorna was President of the Victoria WBA and BCWTBA. WTBA has a contract with a consulting firm to get interest from potential host cities and to assist host federations with bids. The firm has experience in developing interest between potential host cities and sports organizations but has no knowledge of the sport of tenpin. CTF President, Cathy Innes has been asked to assist WTBA by working with the firm to provide knowledge about the sport, etc. WTBA presidium members Kim Jensen, Denmark and Mr. Chiu, newly elected WTBA presidium member from China, will also assist. Columnist Lydia Rypcinski, who writes many bowling stories, will be at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver/Whistler covering the girl s ice hockey. That s all we have for this edition. Please share with your bowling friends. Hazel McLeary Editor, Tel: hmcleary@telus.net