Out On The Twig Mark Williams Wins In Pasadena! Volume 19, Issue 2 On a shot where speed and straightness seemed to be an advantage, Mark Williams covered more boards than anyone and turned a close tournament into a route with monster games late in the finals. Joe Lecroy bowled well enough to win most and came in 2nd. Tommy Crouch showed up with his old game and bowled great to get 3rd. Rick Minier finished 4th and Gary James rounded out the top 5. There were more than the normal distractions in Pasadena as we had trouble with the machines, the scorers, the ball lifts and just about everything else in the center. They had made some improvements there over the last few months, but still have a ways to go. The situation could have been disastrous with most any other group of bowlers we can think of. But, almost to a man, our SASBA group handled it pretty well and made things much easier on tournament staff than it could have been. I guess to get as old as we have, we have to have been through similar circumstances before. Bowlers held complaints to a minimum and many offered support and sympathized with our plight. A big high five to al SASBA members. Newbie Dean Jones made his first finals. It won t be his last and I see SASBA titles in his future. Our next tournament is at Jerry Beaver s Holiday Lanes in Oklahoma City. Following that, we will be at Metro Bowl in Baton Rouge. We re looking for big turnouts at both centers. Gordon Stuntz, Charles Johnson and Mark Estes have prepared a SASBA yearbook and it is being printed. We will have a PDF on the website for those who want to download it at home or you can pick up a hard copy at tournament sites...we hope by the Baton Rougetournament. January 19, 2009 Tournament & Executive Director: Jim King President: Leon Aragon Vice Pres: Gordon Stuntz Vice Pres: Pat Currie Secretary: Mark Estes Internet Manager: C.J. Johnson Director at Large: Robert Gibbs General Counsel: Marshall Medlin SASBA South Central Dir: Doug Hayes Jim s Notes Friday Sweeper Results Gene Bergeaux and Rick Minier both left the lily. There were too many MMs to list them all. Randy beat Dave. Dale beat Bill. Paul beat Pete. Some pairs required manual scorekeeping with old fashioned pencil and paper and we got some funny looks from birthday party attendees because they had never seen a score sheet before. 70 years young John Austin Sr. made the finals. Paul Houston hitched his wagon to the wrong star. Toby had his banner removed. 1. Dale Dumbleton 494 2. Paul Houston 491 3. Toby Ferguson 472 4. Avery LeBlanc 469 5. Donald Robinson 469
Page 2 Out On The Twig JANUARY 31-FEBURARY 1, 2009 REGULAR SINGLES HOLIDAY LANES 44 SE 44TH STREET, OKC, OK PH: 405-634-2451 HOSTED BY: JERRY AND KATHY BEAVERS FEBRUARY 7-8, 2009 REGULAR SINGLES METRO BOWL 4388 AIRLINE HWY, BATON ROUGE, LA 70805 PH: 225-356-1366 HOSTED BY: RUSTY BETHLEY $2000 ADDED PRIZE MONEY ENTRY FEE $160 EACH (MUST BE PREPAID) $2000 ADDED PRIZE MONEY ENTRY FEE $160 (MUST BE PREPAID) USBC CERTIFIED NAME SHIRTS REQUIRED NO JEANS, SHORTS OR HATS FRIDAY 2 GAME SWEEPERS $20: TIMES: EVERY HOUR STARTING @ 12 NOON LAST SWEEPER @ 5PM NO FINALS USBC CERTIFIED NAME SHIRTS REQUIRED NO JEANS, SHORTS OR HATS FRIDAY 2 GAME SWEEPERS $20: TIMES: EVERY HOUR STARTING @ 12 NOON LAST SWEEPER @ 5PM NO FINALS MEETING AT 8:00 AM SATURDAY A SQUAD BOWLS AT 8:45 AM SATURDAY B SQUAD BOWLS AT 2PM SATURDAY FINALS AT 8:45 SUNDAY MORNING MEETING AT 8:00 AM SATURDAY A SQUAD BOWLS AT 8:45 AM SATURDAY B SQUAD BOWLS AT 2PM SATURDAY FINALS AT 8:45 SUNDAY MORNING HOST HOTEL CLARION HOTEL 737 S. MERIDIAN AVE & I-40 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73108 405-942-8511 $59.00 + TAX HOST HOTEL RAMADA INN 10045 GWENADELE AVE BATON ROUGE, LA 70816 PH: 225-706-5500 $72 (INCLUDE HOT BREAKFAST BAR)
Volume 19, Issue 2 Page 3 SASBA Tournament Entry Form SASBA TOURNAMENT: Jim King NAME: 2321 E. Common St #200 ADDRESS: New Braunfels, TX 78130 CITY: ph: 800-682-2198 DATE CENTER CITY TYPE Jan 31-Feb 1 Holiday Lanes OKC Singles Feb 7-8 Metro Bowl Baton Rouge, LA Singles March 7-8 Redbird Lanes Duncanville, Mem/Mem Doubles March 21-22 Lone Star Lanes Sherman Singles March 28-29 All Star Lanes Shreveport, LA M/G Doubles April 18-19 Bandera Super Bowl San Antonio, TX SS Singles April 25-26 AMF Euless Euless Trio May 9-10 Fiesta Lanes New Braunfels Singles May16-17 All Star Lanes Shreveport, LA SS Singles May 30-31 Millennium Bowl Little Rock, AR Singles July 4-5-6 Plano Super Bowl Plano, TX Firecracker July 11-12 Holiday Lanes Oklahoma City, OK Over 67/Over60/Over 50 JULY 18-19 Four Seasons Bowl Alexandria, LA Singles July 25-26 Diamond Lanes Odessa, TX M/G Dbls August 8-9 Copperfield Houston, TX Singles August 15-16 All Star Lanes Shreveport, LA Singles August 29-30 300 Bowl Conroe, TX Singles Sept 5-7 Lafayette Lanes Lafayette, LA Labor Day Blowout Sept 19-20 Bandera Super Bowl San Antonio, TX Champ/Non-Champ Sept 26-27 Corsicana Super Bowl Corsicana, TX Over 70 / Over 60 Dbls Oct 10-11 AMF Euless Euless, TX Annual Championship Oct 24-25 Oil Bowl Longview, TX Singles Nov 7-8 Plano Super Bowl Plano, TX Foursome Nov 14-15 Del Mar Lanes Houston, TX Summerville Singles Dec 5-6 Cityview Ft. Worth, TX Singles Dec 19-20 Plano Super Bowl Plano, TX Annual Team 2009 SASBA SCHEDULE (Subject to change) *denotes changes or corrections DATE CENTER CITY TYPE Feb 21-22 Pinnacle Clarksville, TN Singles April 18-19 Dixie Bowl Meridian, MS Singles May 2-3 Galaxy Lanes Columbia, TN Singles May 16-17 Lightning Strikes Trussville, AL Singles June 20-21 PlaMor Lanes Huntsville, AL Singles July 18-19 Funquest Collierville, TN Singles Aug 8-9 Savannah Bowling Ctr Savannah, TN Singles Oct 17-18 Paris Family Center Paris, TN Singles Dec 12-13 Lightning Strikes Dickson, TN Masters SASBA SOUTH CENTRAL Doug Hayes South Central Director 706 Mt. Vernon Dr. Clarksville, TN 37043 931-645-2751 cell: 931-216-6789 Email: pdhaze1951@yahoo.com 2009 SASBA (SOUTH CENTRAL) SCHEDULE *denotes changes
2009 EBONITE SASBA TOUR MEMBER/GUEST TOURNAMENT Lightning Lanes, Pasadena, TX January 17-18, 2009 Final Standings Senior Hometown Earnings P/M Total PF AVG W L 1 Mark Williams Beaumont, TX $1,000.00 1071 4891 244.55 6 2 2 Joe Lecroy Bedford, TX $800.00 994 4814 240.70 6 2 3 Tommy Crouch (SS) Sweeney, TX $700.00 899 4689 234.45 7 1 4 Rick Minier Houston, TX $600.00 846 4666 233.30 6 2 5 Gary James Spring, TX $500.00 834 4684 234.20 5 3 6 Merv Parrish Houston, TX $450.00 816 4696 234.80 4 4 7 Dean Jones Austin, TX $400.00 805 4685 234.25 4 4 8 Paul McCordic Sugarland, TX $350.00 801 4681 234.05 4 4 9 Pete McCordic Katy, TX $325.00 743 4653 232.65 3 5 10 Paul Houston Corpus Christi, TX $300.00 646 4556 227.80 3 5 11 Mark Estes (SS) Grapevine, TX $275.00 595 4475 223.75 4 4 12 Dale Dumbleton (SS) Destrehan, LA $250.00 564 4474 223.70 3 5 13 Fred Barnes (SS) Houston, TX $245.00 543 4483 224.15 2 6 14 Dwain Anderson Hempstead, TX $240.00 493 4433 221.65 2 6 15 John Austin, Sr. (SS) Galveston,TX $235.00 424 4334 216.70 3 5 16 Jim King (SS) New Braunfels, TX $230.00 400 4340 217.00 2 6 Other Cashers 17 Randy Summers (SS) Ventress, LA $190.00 230 18 Larry Reynolds Frisco, TX $185.00 226 19 Dave Zappitelli Garland, TX $180.00 223 20 Doug Barron Flower Mound, TX $175.00 220 21 Glenn Green (SS) Baytown, TX $170.00 213 22 Kirk Harper (SS) Friendswood, TX $165.00 193 23 Joe Binder San Antonio, TX $164.00 192 24 Avery Leblanc (SS) Plano, TX $163.00 188 25 Leon Aragon (SS) Euless, TX $162.00 184 High Super Sr. (Non-Cash) Gary Janson Houston, TX $160.00 167 Bill Gillane Metairie, LA $160.00 143 Matt Stewart Anahuac, TX $160.00 142 Butch Calvert Flower Mound, TX $160.00 128 Milton Smith Austin,, TX $160.00 118 Ernest Ross Missouri City, TX $160.00 115 High Sunday Block (Non-Cash) Rusty Ransdell LaPorte, TX $150.00 1020 Steve Wright Houston, TX $120.00 916 Reminder: Start finding your partners for the Member/Member Doubles tournament in Duncanville at Redbird Lanes on March 7-8.
2009 EBONITE SASBA TOUR TOURNAMENT Lightning Lanes January 17-18, 2009 Bowler P/M Bowler P/M 1. JOE LECROY 513 39. JERRY WATSON 123 2. MARK WILLIAMS 476 40. MILTON SMITH (SS) 118 3. DEAN JONES 471 41. ERNEST ROSS (SS) 115 4. MERV PARRISH 419 42. RUSTY RANSDELL (SS) 114 5. PETE MCCORDIC 418 43. TED CHESSER (SS) 110 6. PAUL MCCORDIC 405 44. RED SHRUM 102 7. RICK MINIER 400 45. DICK BOTTOS 97 8. GARY JAMES 375 46. JAMES BROWNING 87 9. PAUL HOUSTON 350 47. RICK ECKERT (SS) 82 10. DALE DUMBLETON 282 48. PAT CURRIE (SS) 75 11. MARK ESTES (SS) 266 49. RANDY ARNAUD (SS) 70 12. JIM KING (SS) 265 50. MELVIN FORD 68 13. FRED BARNES (SS) 255 51. DAVID ROUTREE (SS) 66 14. JOHN AUSTIN SR 248 52. MICHAEL JUSTICE 58 15. TOMMY CROUCH (SS) 243 BOB LOFFREDO 58 16. DWAIN ANDERSON 240 54. RODNEY KING 54 17. RANDY SUMMERS (SS) 230 55. CHARLIE PICKETT (SS0 51 18. LARRY REYNOLDS 226 56. CHARLES BUCHERT 41 19. DAVID ZAPPITELLI 223 57. PHIL GESSNER 28 20. DOUG BARRON 220 LES HARE (SS) 28 21. GLENN GREEN 213 59. JAMES REDLINGER (SS) 19 22. KIRK HARPER (SS) 193 60. LEE ELLISON 14 23. JOE BINDER 192 61. JOE FLEMMING -3 24. AVERY LEBLANC (SS) 188 62. DONALD ROBINSON -6 25. LEON ARAGON (SS) 184 63. BILL STAYTON (SS) -11 26. STEVE WRIGHT 183 64. GARY PFEIL (SS) -26 27. DORIN WHITE 173 65. MARCEL DUVALL (SS) -43 28. THOMAS YOUNG 168 66. KZ JENKINS -67 29. GARY JANSON (SS) 167 67. TONY HOUSTON -97 30. KEN GULLETTE 156 68. GENE BERGEAUX (SS) -113 31. DAVID LOCKHART 152 69. BILLY FLOCKS -133 32. PETE SEIBEL 144 70. DALE PATTERSON (SS) -157 33. BILL GILLANE (SS) 143 71. MJ JANEK -180 34. MATT STEWART (SS) 142 72. BENNY ELLISON -207 35. MIKE LYNCH 136 73 TOBY FERGUSON (SS) -214 36. MIKE KENERSON 134 74 JAMES PITRE (SS) -353 37. RUDY GARCIA 132 75 TED VASCOCU DNF 38. BUTCH CALVERT (SS) 128 FINAL QUALIFYING STANDINGS