Gentlemen of the BTC, November 15, 2018 Gary Foster says he's in the sunshine state for some "chillaxing", but I hear he was so distraught over the midterm elections and the shenanigans going on in Broward and Palm Beach Counties that he has ventured over to the east side of the state to straighten out that mess. He wants the experience so that he can oversee our Officer elections next month. On the lanes, scores and occurrences this week we quite interesting. BTC bowling has always been known for its competitiveness and high scoring. This Tuesday, there were 25 scratch series UNDER 500, and Larry Garetto didn't even bowl this week! Probably the most "impressive" under achieving bowler this week was John Paliga (207 average), shooting 192 pins under average. For those mathematically challenged, his series totaled 429. Go get them next week John! Another exciting occurrence was Dan Woodward picking up a 6-7-10 split. I didn't see it, but neither did he! Finally, I need to share with you the most exciting story of the night. In the 3rd game, Mardi Gras Lanes had 4 bowlers shoot games under 140 (the other was a 247), and they won by 11 pins! This happened because John Warta missed a 10 pin in the 10th frame. The best part of the story was seeing Danny Woodward IV getting in John's face after the miscue and trash talking the SH*T out of him! Classic!!!!! I felt sorry for Warta, but I couldn't stop laughing either. I worried about a serious beat down by Danny, but Dave Downey stepped in to protect Warta and avoid any serious injuries to his teammate. BTC Kids Christmas Party The Club's signature family event - The 30th BTC KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY - is scheduled for December 1, 2018 at Silver Lake Country Club from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All members and applicants are invited, but seating is limited so don't delay. A flyer is attached in the newsletter. We need your Help! Please fill out and return ASAP. We need as much contributions as possible also. We need to know the number of kids attending so that we can do the necessary shopping, stockings, etc. so no one is forgotten by Santa. We are planning our shopping within the next week, so please get your forms in to me. You can email it to me to be quicker at klzilis@aol.com.we appreciate you support and generosity and look forward to seeing everyone there! We will be doing the gift wrapping on Wednesday November 28th @ 6:30 p.m. Please contact Andy Zilis if you can help on that day. We will also be looking for help on the day of the party in the morning to unload gifts and set up the stocking trees. Andy Zilis, Chairman
UPCOMING EVENTS December 1, 2018 - Kids Christmas Party - Silver Lake Country Club 12 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Flyer attached to newsletter.) December 4, 2018 BTC Member s Christmas Party. Silver Lake Country Club 6:30 p.m. Dilly, Dilly!!! Your Pinch Hitter, Andy Zilis TENNIS NEWS Al Baldermann 12 players. Everyone is rounding into form. After tennis 12 of us went to GIO for our semi-annual trip. WOW! Great food. Great fun. Nobody should miss this trip. Thanks to Charlie DiNolfo for the 15 bottles of wine, to Steve Anderson for the B&B, to Kevin Bewley for buying dessert and to John Schiera for his generous cash donation. Results: Court1 Rollins 20/28 Abramowicz 14/28 Schiera 12/28 Bewley 10/28 Court 2 Ganz 17/30 Lilliwitz 16/30 Bybee 15/30 Rooks 12/30 Court 3 Anderson 22/34 DiNolfo 16/34 Schroder 16/34 Baldermann 14/34 GOLF NEWS - DICK KAMIN Nov. 20th will be our annual golf meeting to discuss next year's schedule, events, etc. All members are welcome to attend. The meeting will be held at Beggar's Pizza in Oak Forest at 6:30. Food will be served. Anyone having golf course suggestions for next year should contact Kamin prior to the meeting so that he can evaluate and contact the potential courses before the meeting.
BOWLING NEWS With only one game lost so far, Oak Forest Bowl continues to lead the "A" division. The "B" division has five teams within 6 points of first place. There are still seven weeks to go in the first half. The top game and series this week was by Shawn Sujka with 290 and 744. Tom Stahl shot 736 with a 269 game. And Craig O'Reilly had a 700 even series. Vince Oliva needed one more mark to make 700 shooting a 697. Tuesday was the first day that individual handicap scores counted for prizes. Dan Tomkins may have clinched first place already with a 325 (232 scratch). The USBC cards have been sent in. Membership cards should arrive in a couple weeks. John Delano - Bowling Secretary POTS FOR THE WEEK HANDICAP Game 1 Brown 253 Heslop 246 Game 2 Crothers & Heslop 265 Game 3 S.Sujka 290 Stein 276 BLIND DOUBLES Bay/Tomkins 531 Delano/Harwig 517 Reichenberger/Eppolito 494 THIRD GAME S.Sujka 290 Stein 276 DOUBLES Game 1 Brown/Switak 484 Brown/Reichenberger 472 Game 2 Heatter/Crothers 523 Heslop/P.Garetto 502 Game 3 S.Sujka/Kamper 546 S.Sujka/Magee 536 TEAM GAME Oak Forest Bowl 1147 MYSTERY Game 1 Furman & O'Reilly 221 Game 2 Carryover CLEAN FRAMES O'Reilly 30 Clean SCRATCH Game 1 Stahl 240 Game 2 S.Sujka 236 Game 3 S.Sujka 290 SCRATCH SERIES S.Sujka 744 Stahl 736 SERIES DOUBLES Stahl/Furman 1376 S.Sujka/Kamper 1348 SURVIVOR S.Sujka 290 Stahl 269
1ST HALF STANDINGS # DIVISION A W L # DIVISION B W L 6 Oak Forest Bowl 22 6 16 Beggars Pizza #2 20 8 2 H & R Johnson 18 10 15 Mardi Gras Lanes 17 11 1 Team Jenner 17 11 9 Team Melfi 17 11 8 Bluebird Lanes 16 12 10 Galassi S & S 16 12 4 Bright Metals 11 17 13 Burr Oak Bowl 14 14 7 Tri Star 11 17 11 Mama Vesuvio's 9 19 3 Beggar's OFK 8 20 12 Van Henkelum 8 20 5 Dans Lock&Key 5 23 14 Beggar's Pizza 7 21 Lane assignments for 11/20: 17-18 19-20 21-22 23-24 25-26 27-28 29-30 31-32 7-1 15-9 4-6 12-14 3-8 11-16 5-2 13-10
ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! ALL BTC MEMBERS & APPLICANTS You are all invited to the 30th MEET SANTA CLAUS CHRISTMAS PARTY Saturday, December 1, 2018 The place Santa will come is Silver Lake Country Club 14700 S. 82nd Avenue Orland Park, IL The hours of fun will be 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM Each child will get to meet Santa Claus there will be food and drinks served entertainment - a few surprises and a great gift for each child. Any member or applicant can bring their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, etc. Mothers are also invited. Please fill out the bottom of this page and return as soon as possible. We are limited in the number of kids and adults that can attend. Plans must be finalized and gifts purchased so please, the sooner the better! To assure each of your children a gift and a stocking and also a table for your group, please return by November 22nd. ----------------------------------------------------CUT HERE------------------------------------------------ Number of adults in your group. YourName: Phone YES I will be at the party, here is a donation and I will bring (please give last name if different). Boys Name Age Girls Name Age NO I can t attend, but here is a donation. (Make check payable to BTC). Please send to: Andy Zilis 4834 Kimberly Court Oak Forest, IL 60452-4508