CTF CONNECTION Published by the Canadian Tenpin Federation, Inc.

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1 November 2010 CTF CONNECTION Published by the Canadian Tenpin Federation, Inc. From the desk of the Executive Director Our first quarter of the season has already passed, and I would like to update you on what s happening at the CTF National Office. Memberships Memberships are coming into the National Office and that s always a good sign. To date, we have processed approximately 11,000 memberships with more arriving daily. We are maintaining our 7-10 day turnaround, with most cards being processed almost on the day we receive the database, and shipping the cards out as soon as the membership money is received. We are anticipating (hoping for?) an influx of databases within the next few weeks, and will strive to maintain our timeline. Centre Certifications Centre certifications, on the other hand, are not coming in as anticipated. It seems they are slower than ever in arriving. A list of the certified bowling centres as at November 8, 2010 is being sent to local associations. As a result, any honour score award application received for centres not currently certified or conditionally certified for the bowling season will be delayed pending receipt of a centre certification application or at the very least, some sort of confirmation as to when the application will be submitted. Mary Ann Cline will be advising those associations whose awards will be delayed. Lane Dressing Inspections It is a requirement under CTF Rules that one lane dressing inspection report is submitted to the CTF National Office every season. Many bowling centres haven t been sending in their reports or lane graphs. Maybe it s because they don t have a tape reader? We are pleased to announce that the CTF National Office has access to a tape reader, so associations can now submit the tapes, which we will read and send back the results. PBM Tips from Sue If you don t have a bowler s address for your database, please enter three dashes (- - -) in the address field. That way, when we run the membership letters and cards, they will line up properly on the page. Please try not to enter the information in all capital letters. What you put into the databases is exactly what will print on the membership cards, unless I can catch it. As you can imagine, fixing this can sometimes be a very timeconsuming job. Stan May, Executive Director CANADA S SCHMIDT WINS HIS SECOND BOWLING WORLD CUP Michael Schmidt, Winnipeg, Manitoba has won his 2nd Quibica/AMF Bowling World Cup. The 46 th annual event was held at Bowling de Provence, located in La Garde, a suburb in Toulon, France. The 2005 winner finished #2 in Stage 3 of the championship. Michael beat the #3 finisher Engelberto (Biboy) Rivera, Philippines in the first step ladder match two games to nil and He then faced the #1 finisher Matt Miller, England and defeated him in three games. Miller won the first game and Michael took the next two games and Michael is the fifth multiple winner in the 46 year history of the Cup. In the women s final, third place finisher Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic defeated second place finisher Fiona Banks, England in straight games and She went on to meet the leader Sun-Young Gye, Korea who won the first game Guerra won the next two games and This is the first World Cup win for Dominican Republic. It was a happy day for Canadians as Aumi is coached by CTF Hall of Famer Craig Woodhouse of St. Catharines, Ontario. It has not been confirmed but it is believed that this is the first world title by any athlete in the Dominican Republic. Michael and the women s representative, Felicia Wong, Calgary, Alberta, earned the right to wear the red and white at Bowl Canada s National Finals held at Fairview Lanes in St. Catharines, Ontario last March. Felicia did not make the first cut to 24. She finished 25 th, missing the cut by 2 pins. Bowl Canada is the trade association for bowling centers in Canada. With 600 members across Canada, they conduct provincial qualifying events for the Bowling World Cup leading to the national event. Canada now has nine champions, and is second in the world for the most Bowling World Cup wins. USA has 17. Canadian champions are: Graydon Blondie Robinson, Toronto, ON, 1969, Ray Mitchell, White Rock, B C, 1972, Cathy Townsend, Montreal, QC, 1975, Rea Rennox, Toronto, ON, 1977, Jean Gordon, Vancouver, B C, 1980, Kerrie Ryan-Ciach, Mississauga, ON, 2003, Michael Schmidt, Winnipeg, MB, 2005 and 2010 and Caroline Lagrange, Montreal, QC, Sandra Lowe of Lindsay, ON coached the Canadian representatives. Sandy has coached 4 winners since 2003:

2 Kerrie Ryan-Ciach 2003, Michael Schmidt 2005 & 2010 and Caroline Lagrange, Sandy is in her final year as a coach for CTF s national team and Michael said Sandy has retired from coaching Team Canada so this is the last time she will be with me on the lanes and I so wanted to win for her. He also dedicated the win to his Dad, Rick who has been there for him all the way. Michael and Felicia had a large group of supporters to cheer them on: Rick Schmidt, Liz and Steven Wong, 2005 Team Canada member Samantha How (Felicia s sister), 2006 Youth Team Canada member Steve Uchikata, Americo Scheftsik, Colleen Milne (Hazel McLeary s daughter), and Jack and Gloria Fine. As usual, Jack Fine, President of Bowling Sales of Canada, entertained the Canadians in attendance, with a special cocktail hour. Also invited to attend were: Team Canada member Bill Rowe, coach of Qatar and CTF Hall of Famer, Craig Woodhouse, coach of Dominican Republic. CANADA WINS 1 GOLD AND 2 BRONZE AT PABON WOMEN S CHAMPIONSHIPS Canada won gold in the trios event, bronze in doubles and team and just missed a medal in the singles event at the 2010 Pan American Bowling Confederation Women s Championships. The championship was held from September 25 October 1 at Strike Zone Bowling Center located at Sunset Station Hotel and Casino in Henderson, Nevada near Las Vegas. 60 competitors from 13 countries in North, South, Central American and the Caribbean participated. Canada s team members were: Jennifer Park, Nanaimo, BC, Isabelle Rioux, Three Rivers, QC, Robin Orlikowski, a Canadian citizen living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Felicia Wong, Calgary, AB, Kerrie Ryan- Ciach, Mississauga, ON and Caroline Lagrange, Montreal, QC. The team members earned the right to wear Canada s colours at the Canadian National Championships held in Burlington, ON in May Sandy Lowe, Lindsay, ON coached the team and Damien Skelling, Calgary, AB served as Assistant Coach. Hazel McLeary, CTF Public Relations Co-ordinator attended and reported to the Canadian media. In the singles event, Jennifer Park just missed a medal when she finished in fourth place. USA s Stephanie Nation won the singles gold medal. Alicia Marcano, Venezuela, earned the silver medal and Kelly Kulick, USA took the Bronze. Quebec s Caroline Lagrange and Isabelle Rioux earned bronze in the doubles event. USA s Shannon Pluhowsky and Kelly Kullick bowled a record 2780 on the way to a gold medal. The previous record was 2621 bowled in 2009 event in Puerto Rico. The highlight for the team was the gold medal won in trios by Caroline Lagrange, Isabelle Rioux, and Felicia Wong. They came from behind to beat Mexico for the gold. In second place after game five, they bowled 739 in the last game to beat Mexico by 23 pins. Isabelle was the leader of the team with 1335 for six games - an average of In the team event, Canada was in 2 nd place after the first 3 games on short oil. The final three games were played on long oil and Canada lost ground to Colombia and ended with the bronze medal. Caroline Lagrange, was the leader in the team event with 1306 for her six games. Caroline missed a medal in the All Events by 39 pins finishing fourth. Five of Canada s team finished in the top 12 positions Liz Johnson, USA won the gold medal in the All Events. The USA s Kelly Kulick earned silver and Sandra Gongora, Mexico took the bronze medal. The highest 16 all events finishers bowled in the masters event. The masters is a match play event for the top 16 all events finishers. #1 plays #16, #2 meets # 15 and so on. The highest seed gets to select the starting lane. The lanes are dressed with one lane short oil and one lane medium oil. The first player to win two games is the winner of the match. Five of Canada s team made the masters event. Kerrie Ryan-Ciach advanced the farthest. Kerrie lost in the second round to USA s Liz Johnson and In the first round, Isabel Rioux, lost to USA s Shannon Pluhowski and Jennifer Park lost to Shannon O Keefe and Felicia Wong, had a close match with Clara Guerrero of Colombia. Felicia lost the first match in a tie breaker they both bowled 192 and bowled a 9 th and 10 th frame where Felicia bowled 17 to Clara s 36. Felicia won the second game but Clara won a close final game Caroline Lagrange and Kerrie Ryan-Ciach, met and Kerrie won in three games , and Kerrie met Liz Johnson, USA in the second round and lost and Karen Marcano of Venezuela won over Clara Guerrero of Colombia and earned the gold medal in the final of the Masters event. The match went to the 10 th frame of the third game before Marcano won over the reigning World Women s masters champion. Liz Johnson and Shannon O Keefe, USA earned the bronze medals. They were defeated in the semi-final by Clara Guerrero, Columbia and Karen Marcano, Venezuela respectively.

3 Team USA took home 10 medals from the championships, followed by Canada (3), Venezuela (3), Colombia (2) and Mexico (2). Medal winners and Canadian scores: SINGLES G Stephanie Nation, USA 1372 S Alicia Marcano, Ven B Kelly Kulick, USA Jennifer Park Felicia Wong Isabelle Rioux Kerrie Ciach Robin Orlikowski Caroline Lagrange 1217 DOUBLES: G S. Pluhowsky/K.Kulick USA 1400/ S S. O Keefe/T. Milligan, USA 1326/ B C. Lagrange/I.Rioux, Canada 1319/ R. Orlikowski/K. Ryan-Ciach 1240/ F. Wong/J. Park 1261/ TRIOS G F. Wong/C. Lagrange/I. Rioux 1273/1309/ S F. Comejo/S. Gongora/I. Lomeli, Mexico 1186/1433/ B L. Johnson/S.Pluhowsky/K.Kulik USA 1302/1293/ R.Orlikowski/J. Park/K. Ryan-Ciach 1140/1203/ TEAM EVENT G USA 6267 S Colombia 6090 B CANADA 6068 K. Ryan-Ciach 1174 J. Park 660 F. Wong 1250 I. Rioux 1114 R. Orlikowski 564 C. Lagrange 1306 ALL EVENTS G L. Johnson, USA 5241 S K. Kulick, USA 5197 B S. Gongora, Mex th Caroline Lagrange 1217/1319/1309/ th Felicia Wong 1343/1261/1273/ th Jennifer Park 1349/1185/1203/ th Isabelle Rioux 1289/1243/1335/ th Kerrie Ryan-Ciach 1280/1293/1222/ th Robin Orlikowski 1277/1240/1140/ WORLD TENPIN BOWLING ASSOCIATION (WTBA) NEWS New World Tour for Tenpin Bowling The World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA) will launch a new World Bowling Tour in 2011 bringing a professional structure to bowling events and enhancing the experience for athletes, fans and media around the world. The WTBA World Tour will be integrated with existing successful events from around the world linking events currently held in France (Brunswick Euro Challenge), Helsinki (Brunswick Ball Master), Kuwait (Kuwait Open) and the U.S. (USBC Masters), along with a new event in Thailand. There will be 5 to 7 events on the initial calendar, with the opportunity to add events as the Tour develops. Qualifying events are open to both men and women and will have cash prizes totalling a minimum of USD100,000. Points will be awarded to players in all tour events and at the end of each year prize money will be awarded to the top players of each gender. For the first time, there will be an official ranking for the best players in the world. This will allow athletes, fans and the media to follow the sport on a greater international level. Kevin Dornberger, WTBA President, says: The WTBA World Bowling Tour is an exciting new chapter for the sport of Tenpin Bowling. The time has finally come for the athletes, event organizers and industry to come together to show the world how incredible the sport of bowling can be. Stu Upson, US Bowling Congress Executive Director, says: The WTBA World Tour has great potential to elevate the sport of bowling internationally, while at the same time, enhancing the competition at our signature event.

4 Brent Perrier, President, Brunswick Bowling Products, says: "We re extremely happy that two of our Brunswick sponsored European tournaments will be a part of the World Tour. As a company, Brunswick is very committed to doing whatever we can to add to the success of competitive bowling throughout the world. We believe the World Tour is a great step forward for the sport." Next WTBA Presidium meeting Next WTBA Presidium meeting will be held 1-3 December 2010 in Lausanne, Switzerland. COACHING NEWS NCCP Introduction to Competition coaching course being rolled out. As some of you know, the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) embarked on a new path several years ago. The structure and philosophy of their coaching programs (for ALL sports) has been redefined. This new structure has been coined as the New NCCP. At the core of the new structure is the idea of having different types of coaches, which mean that there must be different streams of coaching education. The three streams are: Community Sport, Competition, and Instruction. CTF developed our Community Sport coaching program about 2 years ago, and the provinces have been delivering this coaching course for over a year to those people who want to coach within this scope that is, teaching bowlers (often, the focus is on youth) the fundamentals, and encouraging and supporting ongoing participation in youth and adult leagues. CTF has completed the development of the first coaching course in the Competition stream. The Introduction to Competition coaching course is now being rolled out across the country. If you are interested in becoming a tenpin bowling coach and working with athletes to develop them into higher-level competitive bowlers, then this is the first course in that stream. Check with your local tenpin bowling organizations to find out their course schedules in your area. If you want to find out more about the New NCCP, go to the Coaching Association of Canada website GEORGE HALAS BOWLS BACK TO BACK 300 GAMES George Halas, Canada s hearing impaired star bowler, bowled back to back 300 games on September 28th in his Rock & Rollers league which bowls at Planet Bowl in Etobicoke, ON. Here s what George sent us: It was such a magical night for me. The league is 4 games of which first two games are on one pair of lanes and for game 3 and 4, we move to a different pair of lanes based on lane assignment. On lanes 11-12, I hit a perfect 24 strikes resulting in my first ever 300 game in Canada. But did I realized that I am on pace to hit another 300 game right after it? I did not believe it but the strikes were just coming and coming all the way to complete it. Wow, I really put on a good show for my friends at the league and they all were thrilled to witness a rare display of strike power that night. My first 300 game were actually in U.S.A. back in June 2009 during a tournament. This is my career second and third perfect game but the first time I hit it in Canada. The other two games were 199 and 193 for a 992 series. I am not sure how many people bowled back to back 300 but I can say I am one of the few bowlers who have accomplished this feat. It feels really good! I am getting a perfect game 300 ring!!! Whoo hoo! George has a 212 average and is well known in the tournament circuit in the US for hearing impaired bowlers. The story of George s accomplishment was published in California s Connie Marchione s newspaper for hearing impaired bowlers. ############## LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS ONTARIO In the September edition, we advised that Lena Donahoe, Windsor, had finished 1 st in the Women s B division at the 2010 USBC Senior tournament in Reno, Nevada. A few days after we finished the edition, we received the following news from Charlotte Konkle with the results of all the Ontario bowlers and information on the 2010 tournament. We ll have the results of the 2010 event in the next edition of the Connection as they weren t finalized as we go to press. Jack Erb Memorial Ontario Seniors Tournament October 24 & 25, of last year s winners travelled to Reno, NV for the USBC Seniors Championships on June 29 & 30, 2010 with the following results: Marilyn Brown (London & District) 5 th Womens Super Seniors Marianne Friis (London & District) 5 th Womens A Division Lena Donahoe (WECKBA) 1 st Womens B Division Tessie Duran ( Gr. Toronto) 3 rd Womens C Division

5 Elaine Boyer (London & District) 22 nd Womens D Division Art Schleifer (Quinte) 6 th Open Super Senior Tony Duran (Gr.Toronto) 11 th Open B Division Marcel Carter (Gr. Toronto) 30 th Open D Division Al Lanteigne (Niagara), Open Division A winner and Robert Ayres (Oshawa & District), Open Division C chose not to attend the tournament. The 29 th annual Jack Erb Memorial Ontario Seniors Tournament was held on Oct. 23 and 24, 2010 at Parkway Lanes in St.Catharines. The 2010 USBC Senior Championships will be held on July 6 & 7, 2011 in Syracuse, NY. USBC decided to move the Senior Championship to the venue that the USBC Women s Championship will be bowled at OnCentre in Syracuse. HAMILTON Hamilton Ontario has its first father - daughter duo with perfect games as Crystal Maurer fired a 300 at Prime Time Bowling in Burlington to join the 300 club with father Ed Maurer, former Team Canada member, who has five perfect games between 1980 and We have eight father - son duos with perfect games. If anyone knows of any other father - daughter duos with 300's, please contact me at: bowlingjim2003@yahoo.ca or hazelmcleary@gmail.com. Ten years after his last 300 game, Al Tone fired a perfect game at Skyway Lanes, his sixth. In May 2009, Tone was inducted into the C.T.F. Hall of Fame. Tone's first 300 was at Skyway Lanes back in 1987 and he has one of only four 300's at Bowlerama Stoney Creek. This 24 lane split house almost had their first ever 800 as Corey Raymer slapped a 791. Last May the first ever 800 was recorded at Star Lanes in Brantford, an 809 by Josh Colwell. Number two is now in the record books as Darin Lane tripped an 807. Also at Star, 12 year old Preston Novak started with nine strikes for a 275 game. Brantford Lanes, with 12 lanes of five pins and 12 lanes of tenpins has closed. Previous Association lanes to close were located in Oakville, Grimsby & Ancaster. Bill Rowe Jr., of Hamilton, head coach of the Qatar Men's bowling team, were the overall champions at the 10 th GCC tournament in Bahrain. They won three gold, one silver & one bronze medal. Former Hamilton resident, Joe Ciach is being inducted into the Toronto Tenpin Hall of Fame. His wife Kerrie, who had a 300 last season, was inducted two years ago. Joe's father, the late Bill Ciach, who has a perfect five pin game in 1976, was inducted into the Hamilton Tenpin Hall of Fame in Thanks as always, to Jim Margueratt for providing the Hamilton news. MANITOBA MTBCA Holds Free Summer Bowling Camp On September 1st, the Manitoba Tenpin Bowling Coaches Association put on a one-day Youth Camp. All Manitoba youth bowlers with an average of less than 120 were eligible to attend this free camp, and 27 of them did, ranging in age from 9 to 16. We had 7 coaches there to provide both off-lane and on-lane instruction. The intent was to give these young bowlers a crash course on the basics - the fundamentals. At this point in their bowling careers, it's exactly what they needed. And of course, the individualized on-lane coaching was tailored to meet each of their needs, based on what the coaches observed. The camp was free for the attendees all costs, including a pizza and hot dog lunch, were covered by the Coaches Association. Also, the Association would like to thank Chateau Lanes for giving us a discounted rate for the lineage. We plan on having one or two more of these camps during the season. WINNIPEG Winnipeg s Chateau Lanes has new owners! Chateau Lanes, currently the largest tenpin bowling centre in Winnipeg, went through a milestone this year. After 47 years, the original owners decided to sell the centre. In February of this year, the new owners the Nilsen family officially took over the centre. They have already made a number of changes and new additions to the centre, and Chateau Lanes future looks bright. The original owners were recognized by the bowling community at their annual Awards Banquet held on November 7, For more details of the change in ownership, you can go to Al Sylvestre rolls his 1 st 800 series! Monday, October 4 th was a special day for Al Sylvestre, bowling on lanes 13 and 14, in the Laverendrye #1 league at Winnipeg s Laverendrye Lanes. He rolled his first ever 800 series! He started out with a 256, then rolled a 299, leaving a 10-pin on his 12 th shot. And in his final game, he needed a strike on his fill ball in the 10 th frame for a 245, and an 800, right on the button. Other than Michael Schmidt (but he s in a separate class of his own), no one has rolled an 800 series at the centre in a little over 10 years. Congratulations, Al! Greater Winnipeg Classic League gets real! The members of this premiere scratch league made a major decision for the season. Instead of using a house shot, they decided to rotate between three different lane oiling patterns from Kegel s Challenge Series. The patterns are known as Middle Road, Broadway, and Beaten Path (to find out more about these, visit: One pattern would be used for an entire segment. Therefore, since the schedule consists of six 5-

6 week segments, the rotation would mean that segments 1 and 4 would use the Middle Road pattern, segments 2 and 5 would have Broadway, and segments 3 and 6 would have the Beaten Path pattern. The league has 3 weeks of roll-offs, so the 3 patterns will be rotated there as well. The league knew that most of bowlers averages would go down because of this tougher oiling pattern, but the majority wanted to try it. It not only gives the bowlers more of a challenge and a chance to learn more about, and improve, their skills. It also shows the bowling community that the Classic League is not afraid to step outside of the box to find innovative ways to keep the top bowlers in Winnipeg coming back to the league, and to help them stay on top of their game. Kudos to the Classic League for this daring move! The Manitoba Tenpin Federation and Manitoba Bowling Association held their annual Awards Banquet on November 7th. About 170 attendees were on hand to recognize the accomplishments of Manitoba's adult and youth bowlers in the season. The culmination of the ceremony is the announcements of the Manitoba "Bowlers of the Year". The female and male youth "Bowlers of the Year" were Danielle Lemoine and Austyn Ducharme. The adult "Bowlers of the Year" were Lynne Gauthier and Michael Schmidt. Paul McCarthy, a local Winnipeg bowler, rolled his firstever 300 game on Saturday, Nov 30th, in our annual Hi- Low Doubles tournament. It was his 2nd shift (yes, he had qualified in two leagues for this tournament), and he bowled games of 216, 247, and then his 300, for a series total of 763. And yes, he and his partner, Bob Marentette came in 1st. Interestingly, Paul does almost all of his bowling at his home lanes Laverendrye Lanes. But this tournament was held at another centre Chateau Lanes. Some sad news - Eric Young, a long-time supporter of tenpin bowling in Manitoba, passed away on September 19, Eric and his wife Eleanor were a fixture at almost all bowling tournaments being held in and around Winnipeg throughout the years. They were always willing to help manage and run these tournaments. As well, Eric devoted a lot of his time and effort to the Provincial and Local bowling associations for many years, serving in many capacities, from Director, to President, and almost everything in between. Eric will be missed by the Manitoba bowling community. In his honour, the Winnipeg association renamed one of their largest tournaments of the year in his honour. May 29th. She accomplished this at the National Classified tournament held in Edmonton at Ed s Rec Centre.. Darryl Culetta bowled a perfect game in the Adult/Youth league at Glencairn bowl on March 31st. His games were 235, 202, 300, for a 737 series. BRITISH COLUMBIA Long time association leader Walt Torry, Coquitlam passed away on October 28, Walt served the local, provincial and national association in various capacities for many years. Walt was a member of the CTF board from serving in several roles including 1 st Vice President. A Memorial Service to celebrate Walt's life will be held on Friday, November 26th, 2010 at 2:00pm at Burquitlam Funeral Home, 625 North Rd, Coquitlam, BC, The 7 th Annual BC Tenpin Federation Senior Tournament will be held November at Splitsville Entertainment, 171 Calder Rd., Nanaimo. Further information is available at ############## PBA WORLD SERIES Several Canadians participated in the PBA World Series at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. 252 bowlers competed in five days of 12-game qualifying rounds on five different PBA lane conditioning patterns. The top 16 qualifiers who survived each of the daily contests the Brunswick Pro Bowler Cheetah Championship, Pepsi Viper Championship, Chameleon Championship, Scorpion Championship and GEICO Shark Championship, returned to the lanes the second week for nine games of round robin match play and a final step-ladder final. All finals were televised for later viewing. Dan MacLelland, Windsor, ON, Mark Buffa, Montreal, QC, Patrick Girard, Jonquiere, Quebec, Kasey Normandin, Toronto area and George Lambert, Hamilton, participated. They were among nine international countries participating Canada, Finland, England, South Korea, Colombia, Venezuela, Australia, Sweden and Denmark. Dan MacLelland, the Collegiate All American, was the most successful of the Canadians. He was the #1 seed for the Shark and was defeated in the final by the South Korean. In the Scorpion, Dan finished fifth. He earned a total of $12,000. Mark Buffa won $1800 in the Cheetah competition. SASKATCHEWAN Regina Susan Vanderaa (Former Team Canada member Frank Boehm s daughter), bowled her first career 300 game on

7 CTF WANTS YOUR HELP! Consider joining the CTF Board of Directors. Each year, three CTF Director positions are up for election at our Annual General Meeting in April. This year s meeting will be held at the Fairfield Inn & Suites, Kelowna, BC on April 9 th, To be eligible for the election, CTF must receive your application more than 24 hours before the AGM, but we'd much prefer to receive it before the middle of February so that we can include the information in our AGM Delegate Booklets. The process is easy. Find the Director application on the CTF website - and then simply fill it out and send it to the address on the application form. Keep in mind that if you feel that being a Director is too much for you right now, then please consider volunteering for one of the CTF Committees. You use the same form for this as well. Don't worry if you don't know which committee you want to be a part of - we'll help you decide what the best fit for you might be. And if you know of someone who may be interested in getting involved in the CTF, encourage them to submit an application too! Thanks! We'd love to hear from you!! PS Don t forget that the CTF Mixed Championships are held at the time of the AGM. This year s event will be held at McCurdy Bowl and the Kelowna Tenpin Association will have a great bowling time planned for you. TSN Classic Bowl Championships Format: 8 games of qualifying - top 24 make the cut. Match play round - one-game matches - 12 winners plus 4 highest losing scores move to next round. Quarter-Finals - Match play in groups of 4 determines top 4 for stepladder - highest losing score moves to stepladder position #5. Stepladder - one-game matches except for final, which is a two-game total pinfall match. Prize Money: 1 st - $5,000 ; 2 nd - $2,000 ; 3 rd - $1,250 ; 4 th - $750 ; 5 th - $400 ; 6 th -8 th - $200 each The tournament was held at Classic Bowl in Mississauga, Ontario. There were 105 entries. The top 24 (in order) were: Terry Krawek, Donald Lee, David Simard, Jo Jo Copon, Ray Vervynck, Mark Decman, Sean Patterson, Cody Rosa, Michael Raquidan, Corey Forfitt, Russel Serwetnyk, Ryan Setton, Tyler Lee, Conrad Merkir, Jo-Ann Sanesac, Lionel Lewis, Troy Taylor, Douglas Yu, Omar Cruz, Vincent Truong, Matthew Lewis, Ian Nakonechny, Joe Ciach, Robert Brace. In the next match-play round: Terry Krawek def Robert Brace, ; Joe Ciach def Donald Lee, ; David Simard def Ian Nakonechny, ; Jo Jo Copon def Matthew Lewis, ; Ray Vervynck def Vincent Truong, ; Mark Decman def Omar Cruz, ; Sean Patterson def Douglas Yu, ; Cody Ross def Troy Taylor, ; Michael Raquidan def Lionel Lewis, ; Jo-Ann Sanesac def Corey Forfitt, ; Conrad Merkir def Russel Serwetnyk, ; Ryan Setton def Tyler Lee, In the Quarter-finals: Ryan Setton def Jo Jo Copon; Robert Brace def Sean Patterson; and Setton def Brace. Setton advanced to the stepladder. Russel Serwetnyk def David Simard, ; Cody Rosa def Mark Decman, ; and Serwetnyk def Decman, Serwetnyk advanced to the stepladder. Douglas Yu def Ray Vernynck, 189 tie with win in extra frames; Conrad Merkir def Terry Krawek, ; Merkir def Yu, Merkir advanced to the stepladder. Vincent Truong def Joe Ciach, ; Jo-Ann Sanesac def Michael Raquidan, ; Sanesac def Truong, Sanesac advanced to the stepladder. Stepladder: Douglas Yu def Jo-Ann Sanesac, Douglas Yu def Russel Serwetnyk, Ryan Setton def Douglas Yu, Ryan Setton def Conrad Merkir, 445(209,236) 416(207,209). Final Standings: 1. Ryan Setton 2. Conrad Merkir 3. Douglas Yu 4. Russel Serwetnyk 5. Jo-Ann Sanesac THIS N THAT Team Canada member Isabelle Rioux and partner Luc Doucet were married at their home in Trois Rivieres, QC the Saturday after she returned from the PABCON Women s Championships. Many more happy years together from your bowling friends across the country!! Jack Fine s Bowling Sales of Canada will hold their 9 th Annual Barbeque and Trade Show on Friday, December 3 rd at their warehouse, 959 Kamato Rd in Mississauga, ON. This will provide pro shops and

8 bowling centers with the opportunity to get some special manufacturers bargains and see what the latest is in consumer goods for bowlers. The TAT Amateur Nationals and High Roller will be operating again in their 10 th year at host Orleans hotel in Las Vegas and presenting sponsor Brunswick. Check out the websites: trueamateurtournaments.com and for details. High School Bowling continues to grow in the USA. Recent surveys show that 52,653 students-athletes participated in bowling programs in 4,886 school last season. What a wonderful project for local associations in Canada to be involved in. Working with the local proprietors, they could develop a great program to present to local schools. Bowling is a sport that any youth can participate in regardless of their athletic ability. Starting November 8 th, Maurice Boyer Pro Shop in LaSalle, QC will be located at 8200 Jean-Brillon. That s it for this edition. Thanks to those who sent us information about their local and provincial activities we love to share it with our readers. Editor: Hazel McLeary Telephone: hazelmcleary@gmail.com** ** note new address Assistant Editor: Dan Tereck Telephone: dtereck@shaw.ca