Memorial Day
2007
The Van-Port
“The
Northwest’s Bowling Newspaper”
Volumn 15, No. 2
May, 2007
Bonnie Cox wins
2007 Oregon Queens
Held at Linn Lanes in Lebanon
“Below Me” wins
Wilsonville Swiss
It was all over by the final game of the annual Wilsonville Swiss held at
Wilsonville Lanes April 28 & 29th.
The “Below Me” team had a 12 point lead over second place Appraisal
Associates and with only 7 points possible per game Below Me had won
the event.
The 31 st Oregon State
Queens Tournament is
history. There was a field
of 35 ladies bowling at
Linn Lanes in Lebanon,
with 14 of these first time
Queens bowlers. They
bowled the first flight of 6
games, had an hour break
and came back and
bowled 6 more games.
The 12 games were
totaled and the top 16
came back Sunday
morning for head to head
matches.
To make the cut to the
final 16, a 202 average
was needed. Kathy
Team members(left to right) Joe Lipan, Samantha Kessler, Jason
Tribbey of Vancouver, the
Christensen, Frank Dietz Jr and Phil Nelson.
top qualifier averaged
227. Her last 3 games in the semi’s was a 774 series. Colleen Padilla of
Below Me cinched first spot in the next to the last game went they went
Medford, who qualified 3rd rolled a 719 series in her last 3 games of the
head to head with defending champions Wilsonville Lanes.
semi’s. This was Colleens 20th year of bowling this tournament. Natalie
Cardoza of Creswell came on strong in the last 3 games of the semi’s with Wilsonville had a chance to overtake and tie Below Me if they had swept
a 734 series.
Continued on Page 8 all 7 points, but Below Me led by leadoff bowler Joe Lipan’s big 258,
Franks Dietz, Jr with a 230 and anchor man Phil Nelson’s 243 they shut
out Wilsonville Lanes and took all 7 points.
Northwestern team in 2nd at
Below Me collected $2,000 for their first place finish. In second was
USBC Open Championships
Appraisal Associates $1,500, third-Team 9 $1,000, fourth-Letter Buck
By Matt Cannizzaro and David Ellis
Yahoos $800, fifth-Buchanan Automation $700, sixth-Striking Image Pro
RENO, Nev. - After posting just 978 in its opening game at the National Shop, $500 and taking the last payoff spot was Wilsonville Lanes,$400.
High average for the tournament for men was Bob Harns with 232,
Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., Forgey Sports Medicine rebounded with
a 1,231 second-game effort, which is the highest team game at this year’s second was Jodey Rees 231. For the ladies, Brenda Melton with a 215
event. The team closed out with 1,099 for a 3,308 total and had top spot and Sue Herring 206. High individual match points won with 10 was Mikey
on the leaderboard. until knocked out by BrowningPontiac of Kentucky Harris with JP Muller, Tim Coehlo, Joe Lipan and Bob Harris each with 9.
who shot a 3358.
Samantha Kessler and Brenda Melton led the women with 10 points won
Corey Husted led the way for Forgey Sports Medicine 1 with 713 and with Cindy Brickell and Loree Burkholder with 9.
was followed by Bob Porter (678), David Grooms (658), Dave Husted
(640) and Mike Karch (619).
“This is what it’s all about,” Dave Husted said. “Anyone who says team
bowling is dead hasn’t experienced it out here, I made my living as a bowler
for so many years, and now I like to do something different than just singles,
bowling the team events is a lot of fun.”
This was the first tournament appearance for Corey, who enjoyed the
opportunity to bowl alongside his father Dave a Professional Bowlers
Association Hall of Famer who owns 14 PBA national titles and was a
two-time Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award winner.
“This was a lot of fun for me, but in the first game, I was pretty nervous,’
said Corey, who finished fourth in the PBA Northwest Region point list for
the 2006-07 season. “I started with 181, but after that the lanes opened
Story Page 9
up, I got loose and shot lights out.”
Corey did have some big shoes to fill in his debut, however, as his spot
on the roster previously belonged to USBC/PBA Hall of Famer Ernie
Schlegel, who gladly moved to Forgey Sports Medicine 2 to make room
for Corey.
Schlegel has found repeated success in his 34-year Open Championships
career. He is a member of the 1970 Classic Team champions, and in 1996,
became the oldest player to win the USBC Masters. In his PBA career, the
right-hander has earned six national titles and two senior titles on the way
to becoming one of the PBA’s 35 millionaires.
“Ernie mentioned that it could be a great opportunity for us to try and win
Story on Page 5
a title together as father and said. “My dad and I know each others games
5-year-old
Christian Oldham
Ed Piel’s
“favorite bowler”
Ernie Schlegel
wins Regional
Awards
Continued on Page 8
Portland Association News
Bob Zoesch, President
Greater PortlandUSBC
Congratulations to former teammate Sharon Wannamaker for her
first 300 shot at the state tournament.
Welcome back to Ask Bob, the
popular question and answer column that used to run monthly. It is
written by Bob Korth, down
Medford Way. Bob is a very experienced and knowledgeable bowler.
So keep the questions coming. His
column also appears in other bowling publications.
Thanks to Ione Jenefsky for the
great Queens article and to Kay
Miller for the pictures. That’s what
makes The Van-Port, the stories that
many take the time to send us.
Pat Nolan, Vancouver, shot a perfect 300 game at the USBC tournament in Reno. Pat is a former ball
driller for the national PBA tour.
And there’s a new bowling center
going up in Clackamas, supposed
to be a 12-lane center with emphasis on open bowling and party hosting.
Also Hollywood Bowl and Rose
Bowl are now under a management
firm. Max Cook, a familiar name is
involved in this endeavor. Don’t have
much info on it other than it is a done
deal.
Took in the finals of the Wilsonville
Swiss and ran into many old acquaintances. One of whom was Steve
Kiss. Steve was AMFdistrict manager some years ago and we bowled
together in a league. Steve will be
opening a Quizno’s sandwich shop
in the Hazel Dell area of Vancouver
in mid June.
The PBA Tour trials are set for
May 29-June 3 at Stardust Bowl in
Merrillville, Indiana. The trial will
offer seven exemptions for the
2007-08 PBA tour.
Speaking of the PBA tour
exembptions. Does the name David
Leverage ring a bell, one that you’re
familiar with? Not to me either! Well
David Leverage is the Northwest
Point winner for the past season and
has won the Northwest’s exemption
for the PBA national tour. I don’t
know Dave and have nothing against
him, he’s probably a very nice guy.
But David Leverage is from Peoria,
Arizona! Now, I don’t have anything
against Peoria, AZ either but the last
time I looked it wasn’t in the Northwest. I was always under the impression that the regions were set
up to foster interest in PBA bowling
on a more local level, most of us
bowlers know and are familiar with
many of the great regional players.
Likewise I thought, that the purpose
of having an exempt player from
each region on the national tour was
to promote more interest in all parts
of the country in the “big show.” It
came as a surprise to me that you
don’t have to be from the region to
win the regions exemption, just enter enough and earn the points. If
that’s the rules, then that’s the rules!
Just doesn’t make much sense to
me, I and many others always followed the national tour more closely
when there were some players from
our “region.” But it is what it is and
good luck to David Leverage on the
national tour.
Can’t help but think what a great
story and publicity windfall would
have befallen the PBA if a person
from the Northwest region had actually won this year’s Northwest
point exemption. Know who that
would have been ? None other than
63-year-old Ernie Schlegel who finished second in points. Let bowlers
from other regions bowl and earn
cash and titles, but keep the tour exemption points for the Northwest
resident bowlers!
That’s my view for what it’s worth.
The Van-Port will publish
in June and July
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The Van-Port Bowling News
Ed Piel - Editor & Publisher
Audrey Piel - Office
Ernie Gerald - Longview/Kelso
John Solberg - Portland/Vancouver
Contributing wrters:
Bob Wells, Bob Zoesch, Vince Schiro, Vahn Stone, Bob Korth
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2-The Van-Port-May, 2007
The finish of the winter bowling season is rapidly arriving. My league
finished the 25th of April. Then comes a season ending banquet (seems
many/most leagues don't have one) but season accomplishments are reviewed, awards given and not the least, the league payoff. We also reaffirm returning next year and conduct league officer elections. The GPUSBC
Open City Championship tournament was concluded on Sunday April 15
with a full house on one of the squads ( all 50 lanes at 20th Century).
Great scoring and considerable comments about the success of this years'
tournament compared to recent years' participation. One of the reasons
for the increase was the promotion Lee and Steve provided as has previously been identified. Thanks again guys and looking forward to next year
with even greater participation.
The crew at 20th Managed by Robin did an outstanding job and are
sincerely thanked. Results are on the web-site. The winners will be recognized at the Awards Banquet in June. Next on the agenda is the Oregon
State USBC Womens' Championship Tournament starting May 12th at
AMF 20th Century Lanes. Last month I suggested there would be a "sub
list" available for any female USBC member. Spectators are encouraged
to support the tournament. Come on out and watch. There is also a signup available if you can help in any capacity such as "lane monitors".
The Greater Portland USBC annual meeting will be held on Sunday
May 20th at 2:00 P.M.in the Chalet Room at AMF 20th Century. The
annual meeting gives an update on what has occurred during the previous
year as well as a review of finances and/or any changes for the new season. Elections will be held for the positions of President and 2nd VicePresident as well as Directors positions 6 through 10. Directors are for a
three year term while the officer positions are two years. The youth representatives will elect members of the Youth Committee and the Youth Committee will elect two of its' members to the Board of Directors. This is an
open membership meeting and everyone is encouraged to attend.
The annual GPUSBC Awards Banquet is scheduled for June 17th at the
Refrectory on N.E. 122nd Ave. More on this next month however please
put it on your calendar. Tournament award winners will be recognized as
well as Hall of Fame inductees and scholarship winners. Looking forward
to seeing many of you during my visits around the centers. Bob Zoesch
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Secretary Profile: Mick Gainey
by John Solberg
Editors note: This is the first in an occasional series introducing many of the league secretaries
whose work is vital to all league bowling.
Meet Mick Gainey, he has been secretary of the Sunset Mixed league at Valley
Lanes in Beaverton for almost 10 years on two different occasions.
When I asked him why he became a secretary of the league he said it was a great
way to have some fun and bowl with my father. The league didn’t have a secretary at
the time so I volunteered. “I sometimes wonder why I did that” he said jokingly. All in
all it has been a good deal and I have enjoyed it over the years.
Mick is married and a stepfather to two daughters and is also a new father of
another little girl. “Right now I really have my hands full being a new parent and also
having my oldest stepdaughter fighting Leukemia. It just seems like there are not
enough hours in the day”, he says.
He is not sure on if he is going to return next season as the secretary of the league,
“I have a lot going on this year and I am not sure I can commit the time.” Mick will be
taking his final exams to become a journeyman electrician sometime this fall, and with
a newborn child and one who is in treatment for Leukemia I am just not sure if I am
going to be able to continue.
We wish you good luck Mick in whatever you decide to do and thanks for all your
years of support in the bowling community.
Bobby Driggs shoots first 300
Wannamaker
shoots 300
at Washington
State Womens
Tournament
Sharon Wannamaker, Vancouver, bowling in the team event of the
Women’s State Tournament in Mt. Vernon, Wa shot her firsts perfect
game. The event held at Riverside Bowl was also the first 300 shot
by a woman in the history of that bowling center.
The team anchor bowler said, “The shots were all in the pocket
except for the last ball (12th), it was a squischy brooklyn. On that
last shot my feet were like lead and my arms like a rubber band. It
was a real nice feeling to finally shoot a perfect game.”
Bobby Driggs rolled his first perfect 300 game at Hollywood Bowl
during the Saturday Junior Classic League.
Bobby, 18 years old, is bowling just one league, down from a previous high of 3-4 per week. “I’m going to
school in Redmond and don’t have
much time,” he said, “bowling is more
like a hobby now.”
Hobby or not, his first ball of the 300
was a Brooklyn but from then on most
were good pocket hits. “I wasn’t expecting a 300,” he said, “but in the 9th
frame thought it might be a possibility.”
“In the tenth my legs were shaky so
bad and I threw my first ball pretty shaky
and the seven pin spun around and
almost stood up before it fell,” he said.
Then a friend, Nathan Gubale came
over and helped him calm down for his
final shot which saw pure and he had his first 300!
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4-The Van-Port-May, 2007
Motel Six Roll to Riches
COLUMBUS, Ohio Its hard to
top a season in which you win two
Majors and set a career-high in
earnings, but 18-year Dennys Professional Bowlers Association
(PBA) Tour veteran Doug Kent
added to what was already a dream
season.
Kent defeated Norm Duke, six-
PBA Northwest
Regional results
Grants Pass
1 Bob Davidson, Seattle 14-2 $1500
2 Kevin Croucher, Grt Ps 9-7 1100
3 Hugh Miller, Seattle 10-6 900
4 G. Hulsenberg, CA 10-6 800
5 J. Groenlund, ID
8-8 700
6 Stoney Brown, Vancr 9-7 600
7 Chuck Riess, Tkwilla 9-7 575
8 C. Rogers Jr., Milwkie 8-7-1 550
9 Leon Loucks, Mrysvile 7-8-1 525
10 K. Henderson, Albany 8-8 510
11 Ernie Schlegel, Vancr 7-9 500
12 Alan sabin, Winston 7-9 495
13 Pat Nolan, Vancouver 6-9-1 490
14 J. Hollingsworth, Milw 4-11-1 485
15 Curtis Messer, Abder 5-11 480
16 Russ Hunt, WallaWalla 5-11 475
17 John Arnell, Redmond
400
NW PBA Regional
Hickham AFB Open, HI, April 20-22
1 Alan Blansette, CA 7-1 $2000
2 J. Yockman, Hawaii 6-4 1200
3 Robert Smith, Hawaii 5-1
900
4 Keith Odette, Hawaii 5-2
900
5 Chad Pojas, Hawaii 4-3
700
6 Dave Arnold, CA
3-4
700
7 Jason Hoppe, CA
3-4
700
8 Chester Rogers, OR 3-2
700
9 Michael Hartter, WA 2-3
550
10 Scott Horie, Hawaii 2-3
550
11 Ryan Oldham, OR 2-3
550
12 Russ Hunt, WA
1-3
13 Bill Machin, CA
1-3
14 Jason Ross, CA
1-3
15 Marv Sargent, CA
0-3
16 Scott Shiira, Hawaii 0-3
17 Keone Taguchi, Hawaii
18 Darryl Izumo, Hawaii
19 Jon Brando, CA
20 Keith Freeman, CA
21 Chad Horiuchi, HI
22 Justin Stevens, HI
strikes-to-three, to win the third annual Motel 6 Roll to Riches special
event and take home the $150,000
winner-take-all top prize.
The final round consisted of a
Race to Six Strikes, with the first
bowler striking six times taking home
the title. Kent jumped out to the
early lead, striking with his first shot
after Duke had missed on his first.
Though Duke struck with his next
shot, he got bad breaks in his next
two frames and Kent capitalized to
take a 3-1 lead.
After missing with his next shot,
Kent struck twice in a row to put
Duke on the ropes, but he missed in
the next frame to give Duke another
chance. Duke could have pulled
within one, but the 5-pin wobbled
and stayed up and Kent struck with
his next shot to win in his first Motel
6 Roll to Riches appearance.
Its a great finish to a great year. You
come in here against five of the best
players in the world and you think,
what are your chances against Norm
Duke, Pete Weber and Walter Ray
Williams Jr.? Kent (Newark, N.Y.)
said. Its just an incredible finish to a
great year.
Ernie Schlegel wins
NW Region Player of the
Year and Pat Patterson award
Vancouver’s Ernie Schlegel, a
PBA and USBC Hall of Famer was
named the PBA Northwest Region
Player of the Year.
Schlegel led the region in earnings ($13,950) and cashes (15), finished third in average (210.01) and
captured two titles. Schlegel also
received the Pat Patterson award
for his contributions to bettering the
regional program along with his outstanding work with youth bowlers.
“This the first award of any type
I’ve received since I’ve been in
bowling,” Schlegel said, “I’m very
glad to receive these awards.”
In a wide ranging visit with the
“Ironman” of bowling we asked
Ernie if he set out at the start of the
season to achieve any honors and
his reply was, No, it just happened,
I won the first tournament and it just
kind of grew from there.” In addition to his two titles he also had a
2nd and 3rd place finish and was
the leader in points and it became a
possibility that he might wind up first
in total points and earn a year’s exemption to the national tour. However he was edged out by David
Leverage for that honor.
Schlegel said he likes the way the
PBA is headed and also voiced his
opinion that the PBA needed it’s
own venues (own bowling lanes).
He also commented on his belief
that bowling lost an entire generation of bowlers due to the smoking
issue. “For a long time many parents wouldn’t bring their children
into smoke filled centers,” he said.
“Now,” he continued, “with the
non-smoking gaining the upper
hand, we are seeing the return of
family bowling and many more
people bowling. Bowling is in one
of it’s best periods in years.”
The interview ended with
Schlegel saying, “I would like to get
out of bowling and into the politics
of bowling some day.” His knowledge of the sport is unsurpassed
and his ideas arealways interesting
and like all his ideas and thoughts
are meant to improve the overall
sport of bowling.
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The Van-Port May, 2007-5
coach’s corner
by Vince Schiro
Bratton rolls 300, Hopfner, Whitson,
Voss, Steffen win titles at Classic
In the 5th game, Buster Bratton of Yoncalla lined up and rolled all 12 for a
perfect
300 game. In the first game, Nathan Gubele rolled the first 10 for
Are we changing gears now?
289, there were two 278’s and a 277. Scoring was high with eight 700s
Moving from winter into summer can be a welcome happening for most rolled. Leading scores for each division were 1414 for Classic, 1359 for
of us. Putting that thirty two week league grind behind us can be a
“AA”••, 1278 for “A”and, 1037 for “B”. Scoring settled down in match
welcome experience. Make sure you roll any league ending event your
play.
league has planned, and get to the banquet. Enjoy the complete winding “Classic” Division (200 & up): Todd Hopfner of Sumner, Wa qualified
down process of winter league. Your officers and other league members 2nd with 1409, then won 5 of his 6 matches to win the title, earn his
banner, and collect the $100 scholarship with a 2841 total. Cameron Weier
have put a lot of thought, time, and effort into planning your final few
of Federal Way finished 2nd with 2806, Nick Spellman of Corvallis 3rd
league ending events. Enjoy being with your friends. For most of us, it
with 2760, Kirk Williams of Oregon City 4th with 2686, Buster Bratton
will be the last time you will see them until fall. And if your league has a
of Yoncalla 5th with 2634, and Nick Stone of Tigard finished 6th with
pot luck, it’s really time to celebrate! Pot lucks are so good, leagues
2485, The cut was 1335.
should have them several times each season! A couple of them can be “AA” Division (180 - 199): Nate Whitson of Auburn qualified 3rd, then
won 5 of his 6 matches to move up and win the title with 2767, earn
Deserts or Treats pot lucks! Those kind can be enjoyed while bowling.
another star on his banner, and the $100 scholarship. Sha Harvey of
I’ll share with you something that I did many years ago, when I still
Beaverton finished 2nd with 2600, Stephen Miller of Springfield 3rd with
bowled. My wife Linda and I were on a late Friday night league that
2585, Jared McNeal of Longview 4th with 2552, Adam Nadasky of
most of us on the league were almost like family. We not only bowled
Puyallup 5th with 2394, and Andrew Zwicker of Salem 6th with 2361.
together but went out together in groups frequently after league for
The cut was 1218.
breakfast, and we also enjoyed playing cards or even gathering occa“A” Division (156 - 179): Justin Voss of Bend qualified first with a huge
1278, then won 5 of his 6 matches to win the title, earn his banner, and
sionally during summer for barbecue.
collect the $100 scholarship with 2576. Christopher Yamasaki of Salem
One family bought property out in unimproved forested land, and put a
double expanded mobile home on that 5 acre lot. In their second year, it finished 2nd with 2394, Josh Bridge of Portland 3rd with 2301, Trisha
Erlenbush of Dallesport 4th with 2260, Kaela Pratt of Salem 5th with
burned down, in minutes! It turned out to be a wiring defect in one of the 2161, and after starting match play with a huge 256 had to withdraw from
walls. All was covered.
competition due to injury, taking no score his last two games, Derek
They decided to replace it with a “Dome Home”. So once the concrete Donohoe of Vancouver still finished 6th with 2311. The cut was 1154.
foundation was ready, many league members gathered, with a factory
“B”Division (155 & under): Daniel Steffen of Silverton qualified 5th,
representative, and we assembled the home. We beat the factory record then won 5 1/2 of his matches to move up and claim the title, earn his
by an hour by completing the assembly process in only 4 1/2 hours! That banner, and collect the $75 scholarship with 2233. Johnny Hamilton of
University Place finished 2nd with 2150, Blaine Gallaway of Sublimity 3rd
is the kind of people we had on this league. So now the type of people
with 2061, Kati Woodward of Cottage Grove 4th with 2035, Jennifer
we had on this league is established. Great bunch of people!
Steckler of Portland 5th with 2008, and Carli Harto of Eugene 6th with
Everyone that knows me, know that I have a little bit of wildness in me
1861. The cut was 943.
and can be just a little ornery. Just a little of course!
Thank you Kelly Sparano and her Interstate Lanes staff for a great
tournament.
Do you remember Shrinky Dinks? They were kits for kids. They were
We are at Firebird Lanes in Salem on May 20th for Doubles. If you
sheets of plastic, rough on one side, smooth on the other, and had
need
more information about our tournaments, contact us at
colored pencils to draw with. You draw on the rough side, cut out your
OJCTA@aol.com or 503-282-5043.
drawing, then put it in the oven and shrink it. They
were fun to play with. So guess what I did.
I made up some small plaques out of really nice
USBC SANCTIONED
pallet wood, sanded them down, and stained them.
Then I did shrinky dink art that was aimed at some of
our league members, and glued them to the plaques.
Of course, I also made the same type white graphics
with the black border and pointy end that holds the
words in the funnies or funny books. Can you see
where this is going? For the person with the meanest
ball on the league, I had a bowling ball, with legs,
NEW
arms, and clenched fists, chasing a couple of pins that
Men’s, Women, Mixed and Scratch
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had teardrops trailing them as they were running from
THIS
that mean ball. I won’t go into detail on all of the six
1st PLACE
$300 US
plaques I made. One was for the lady in the family that
BON
based on 30 teams per division
had the dome home. She received the “Best Farmer”
CASH 1ST
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award since she was constantly bringing eggs, proAME
entry fee
300 G
duce, berries, and fruit to others on the league. Her
plaque had a carton with eggs in it, half covered with
different types of produce. These shrinky dink plaques
were awarded, as a surprise, after the other awards of
course, and were the hit of our banquet! So it was
over with, and the next season, when the banquet
came, and I didn’t have shrinky dink plaques to
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award, I thought they were going to lynch me! From
that point on, until the league finally disbanded a few
years later, and we all went our own way, I always did
the shrinky dink plaques. Everyone always looked
forward to what my twisted little mind would put on
the plaques, and who would be the target.
With this story, I hope that instead of just celebrating
the ending of winter league this season, you will
already eagerly be looking forward to fall. For those
that are still going to have fun in a bowling center by
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6-The Van-Port-May, 2007
Team Division 1, Handicapped
1
Mazyn Golf, Vancouver
2782
2
Team Ibuprofen, Clackamas
2682
3
Sunset Lanes, Beaverton
2635
Total prizes awarded $1,014
Team Division 2, Handicapped
1
ABC Roofing, Portland
2642
2
Quadco, Sherwood
2617
3
Wubben Brothers, Vancouver
2606
4
Dasenbrock Kennels, Dundee
2597
Total prizes awarded $1,373
Team Division 3, Handicapped
1
Van Travis Family Bowlers, Tigard
2856
2
Who Cares, Dundee
2803
3
Lavin Trucking & Repair, Tigard
2776
4
Sanders Team, Sandy
2650
5
Gadzooks Gardening, Aloha
2594
Total prizes awarded $1,533
Doubles Division 1 Handicapped
1
Jeff Nogle, J. Winklepleck, Portland
1426
2
Roger LeClair/Dave Husted, Or City
1379
3
Kevin Morris/David Grooms, Portland
1330
Bruce Muller/Manuel Ayala, Or City
1330
5
David Powell/Lee Mabe, Clackamas
1326
6
Nick Dubravac/DonAlbano, Portland
1319
Total prizes awarded $993
Doubles Division 2, Handicapped
1
Lindsay Secco/William Secco, Hillsboro 1396
2
Jerome /Roger Hastings, Beaverton
1376
3
Kent Nuss/Kurt Nuss, Gresham
1351
4
Demetris Crum/ William Ingram, Gresham 1350
5
Steve Pearce/Ken Pomerinke, Tigard
1329
6
Roy Harker/ Gene Osborne, Dundee
1323
7
Brian Mumm/Eric Mumm, Gresham
1303
Larry Schreiter/Roy Galvin, Tigard
1303
Total prizes awarded $1,313
Doubles Division 3, Handicapped
1
Dana Waldron/Richard Taylor, Sandy 1451
2
Nathan/Eric Hebner, Vancouver
1381
3
John Korobeinikov/Clark Louie, Portland
1331
4
Lynda/Michael Darling, Portland
1329
5
Robery VanHorn/Alvin Elser, Forest Grove 1326
6
David White/John Rogers, Woodburn
1310
7
George Tate/Donald Burgess, Portland
1303
8
Robert Cooper/Brian Welch, Portland
1301
9
Kimberly Erdelyi/Jennifer Dostert, Portland 1293
Fran Beckman/Ramon Tavera, Lk Oswego 1293
Total prizes warded $1,514 Total prizes this event $3,820
Singles Division 1 Handicapped
1
Gary Yamasaki, Portland
766
2
David Grooms, Portland
765
3
Timothy Myers, Vancouver
726
4
Lee Mabe, Clackamas
722
5
Jim Winklepleck, Portland
721
6
Roger LeClair, Oregon City
717
7
Dean Hebner, Vancouver
710
8
Mike K. Zoesch, Clackamas
704
9
Jeff Nogle, Portland
700
10 Jesse Greenlee, Woodburn
695
Scott Godfrey, Troutdale
695
12 Mike Polinsky, Oregon City
693
Total prizes awarded $1073
Singles Division 2, Handicapped
1
Jeff Palmquist, Oregon Dity
732
2
Tom Foley, Clackamas
716
3
Michael Darling, Portland
704
4
Kenneth Shelton, Sandy
699
Roy Harker, Dundee
699
6
Russel Durland, Gresham
689
7
Robery Lioking, Oregon City
685
8
Michael Searls, Portland
681
9
Eric Hebner, Vancouver
680
Jerry Van Slyke, Tigard
680
11 David Powell, Clackamas
678
12 Jeff Doolittle, West Linn
670
13 Jerry McGuire, Tigard
669
14 John Rogers, Woodburn
668
15 Steven Hinds, Estacada
663
16 Rob Schatz, Vancouver
659
Total prizes awarded $1,283
Singles Division 3, Handicapped
1
Timothy Knowlton, Forest Grove
786
2
Ramon Tavera, Lake Oswego
766
3
Jon Brewster, Vancouver
753
4
Richard Douglas, Gresham
748
5
Alvin Elser, Forest Grove
728
6
Dana Waldron, Sandy
726
Doug Aarness, Portland
726
8
Susan Hastings, Beaverton
724
9
Jason Livingston, Tigard
718
10 Johnny Parsons, Troutdale
714
Daniel Noble, Portland
714
12 Jim Montague, Portland
698
David Sermuks, Oregon City
698
14 Norm Lavin, Tigard
695
15 David White, Woodburn
688
16 Todd Saperstein, Dundee
682
Roger Stopa, Newberg
682
18 Floyd Luster, Troutdale
678
19 Susan Walls, Aloha
674
Total prizes awarded $1,464 Total this event $3,820
All Events Division 1 Scratch, Handicapped
1
Jim Winklepleck, Portland
2165
2
Roger LeClair, Oregon City
2162
$600
300
114
$700
350
180
143
$720
360
180
150
123
2nd Annual
Greater
Portland
USBC Open
Championship
Gary Yamasaki
Scratch Singles Winner
$370
185
137.50
137.50
100
63
$420
220
170
140
120
100
71.50
71.50
Steve Michaliszyn
and Lee Mabe
The two worked
extremely hard and
put many hours
to make the
tournament a success.
$440
220
170
140
120
110
100
80
67
67
$340
170
120
85
70
60
50
45
40
32.50
32.50
28
$350
175
120
82.50
82.50
63
60
55
47.50
47.50
40
36
34
31
30
27
$350
175
120
90
85
77.50
77.50
70
65
55
55
38-50
38.50
32
29
27.50
27.50
26
25
$500
100
Div. 2 Team Winner: ABC Roofing, Nick Dubravac,
Demitrius Crum, Don Albano and Bill Ingram
3
Lee Mabe, Clackamas
2127
4
Ryan Oldham, Gervais
2120
5
Timothy Myers, Vancouver
2093
6
David Grooms, Portland
2090
7
Jason Lower, Beaverton
2083
8
Demetris Crum, Portland
2066
9
Dave Husted, Oregon City
2061
10 Scott Godfrey, Troutdale
2039
11 Mark Blair, Portland
2037
Total prizes awarded $930
All Events Division 2 Handicapped
1
Roy Harker, Dundee
2053
2
Rob Schatz, Vancouver
2042
3
Eric Hebner, Vancouver
2033
4
Michael Darling, Portland
2029
5
Gene Osborne, Dundee
1993
6
William Secco, Hillsboro
1992
7
James Wade, Portland
1985
8
Williams Sanders, Sandy
1982
9
Jerry Van Slyke, Tigard
1968
10 Tom Foley, Clackamas
1965
11 Sean McKinley, Gresham
1951
12 Lindsay Secco, Hillsboro
1948
13 John Rogers, Woodburn
1943
14 Kurt Nuss, Gresham
1930
Total prizes awarded $1,110
All Events Division 3 Handicapped
1
Johnny Parsons, Troutdale
2186
2
Timothy Knowlton, Forest Grove
2130
3
Norm Lavin, Tigard
2105
4
Richard Douglas, Gresham
2082
5
Ramon Tavera, Lake Oswego
2080
6
Alvin Elser, Forest Grove
2060
7
Todd Saperstein, Dundee
2030
8
Roger Hastings, Beaverton
2021
9
David White, Woodburn
2007
10 Brandon Berry, Tigard
1999
11 Andrew Walker, Portland
1998
12 Susan Hastings, Beaverton
1992
13 Jennifer Dostert, Portland
1984
14 Stephanie Travis, Tigard
1976
15 Lance Wessell, Beaverton
1974
Total prizes awarded $1.130 Total this event $3,170
Total prizes awarded this tournament $14,730
60
50
45
40
35
32
29
24
15
$500
100
75
70
65
60
50
45
40
30
25
18
17
15
$500
100
85
80
70
60
50
40
30
24
22
20
18
16
15
The Van-Port, May, 2007-7
Oregon Queens Tournament from page 1
On the right: Queens
top three:Kathy
Tribbey, Bonnie Cox,
Patricia Cochran
Bonnie Cox of La Pine (and Bend) rolled a 705 series in the last 3 games of the qualifying round.
Debbie Baerman of Merlin rolled a 716 series in the last 3 games of the semi’s.
There were some high scores rolled in those 12 games. In the second game of the second set, Donna
Stewart of Vancouver rolled the 6th 300 game in Oregon Queens history. Donna rolled her first Queens
300 in 2000, at Albany’s Lakeshore Lanes. The other 300’s in this tournament’s history were rolled by
Cindy Whiteman in 1993 at Albany’s Lakeshore Lanes, Kimberly Duddington and Jennifer Winklepleck
in 2003 at Portland’s Interstate Lanes and Kathy Tribbey in 2005, also at Interstate Lanes.
On Sunday morning the 16 finalists and alternate arrived ready for the head to head matches. Two
losses and the bowler would be out of the competition.
Kathy Tribbey came on strong with a 259 in her first match against Samantha Wong’s 197. Kathy
then faced Donna Stewart and won 245-179. In her 3rd match, she beat Jeri Fischer 268-192. The 4th
match was against Patricia Cochran, in which she lost 213-212. Kathy’s next match was against Jeri Fischer
again, she won that match 212- 181. In her 6th match, Kathy came up against Bonnie Cox, in which she lost
218-21 7. This was Kathy’s second loss, therefore eliminating her.
Patricia Cochran faced off against Laura Ferguson and won 235-214. In her 2nd match against Angela Sally,
she won 189-179. Patricia then bowled against Cindylou Lawless and won that match 216-203. With no losses
and two byes, Patricia awaited her next opponent.
The opponent would be Bonnie Cox, who started the 1st match with Cindylou Lawless and lost 203-200.
Next Bonnie met Ten Sunell and won 230-201. In her 3rd match she faced Laura Ferguson and won 230-189.
Jennifer Stirn was waiting for Bonnie in the 4th match, which Bonnie won 254-247. Bonnie then met Cindy
Whiteman and won 230- 187. In the 6th match Bonnie won by one pin over Kathy Tribbey. The final match was
to be against Patricia Cochran.
Now the quiet, heart is beating much faster than it should, but hard to get it slowed down to normal yet. The
knees are knocking and feel like they are made of rubber and all eyes are on every ball you throw. Focus is the
name of the game. It took Patricia and Bonnie several frames to get settled down to not having splits and low
counts. Bonnie won the 1st match 199-183. With that being Patricia’s first loss, they would bowl another game.
This game was won by Bonnie Cox with a 213-210.
Bonnie was crowned Queen by last year’s Queen Laura Harvey of Grants Pass.
1. Bonnie Cox, La Pine
2 Patricia Cochran, Rogue River
3 Kathy Tribbey, Vancouver
4 Cindy Whiteman, Portland
5 Jeri Fischer, Portland
6 Jennifer Stirn, Vancouver
7 Cindylou Lawless, Grants Pass
8 Donna Stewart, Vancouver
9 Natalie Cardoza, Creswell
10 Angela Sally, Albany
11 Colleen Padilla, Medford
12 Laura Ferguson, Klamath Falls
13 Teri Sunell, Eugene
14 Jamie Warner, Oakland
15 Smantha Wong, Milwukie
16 Debbbie Baerman, Merlin
ALY CamilleBaker, Hillsboro
Northwest team in second place
in USBC in Reno from page 1
and sometimes we are able to feed off each other on the lanes, I think that
might have helped us out today.”
Corey added 607 in doubles and 596 in singles Sunday and finished
his first Open Championships with an all events total of 1916,. Dave,
whose 16 tournament appearances include 12 trips to the Masters,
added 1,857 towards Sports Medicine l’s Team All-Events effort.
Karch contributed 1,863, Porter had 1,800 and Grooms rounded out
with 1689.
Forgey Team member(left to right) Bob
Porter, David Grooms, Corey Husted,
Mike Karch and Dave Husted.
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Five-year-old
Christian M. Oldham
“a heck of a bowler!”
by Ed Piel
Over the years I have met, interviewed and visited with many of
the great names in bowling. Earl Anthony, Tommy Hudson, Dick
Weber, Carmen Salvino, Norm Duke, Pete Weber, Walter Ray Williams, Mark Roth and local favorites Ernie Schlegel , Dave Husted,
and many other “big” names.
But none have had more courage, heart or determination than a
five year boy I recently had the honor of meeting. Christian Oldham
celebrated his fifth birthday on February 8, 2007. When I met Christian he had just finished his first year of junior bowling in the
Garfield league at Rose Bowl where he averaged 107 with a high
game of 184.A remarkable feat for a five-year old youngster.
Christiam joined the USBC Junior program and received his card at
the age of four and one-half years. One of lthe youngest, if not the
youngest, ever to receive a card.
Christian, son of Jessica and Ryan Oldham, has been bowling
since he could walk, which according to mother Jessica was “at
about one and one-half years of age.” Jessica came back to work at
Rose Bowl at this time and young Christian was a regular at the center on 164th in Portland. The pre-schooler is at
Rose Bowl just about every day that mom works and practices almost daily. Dad Ryan, a PBA member and regional player is a familiar name in Portland bowling, instructs his son and along with mom encourage his bowling
interest.
But Christian isn’t just a “regular” 5-year-old. Christian was
born with 3 holes in his heart and missing a valve. At the age of
3 days Christian underwent his first open heart surgery to
repair heart damage and insert an artificial valve that was missing. Even at that young age he was a fighter and came through
the surgery without mishap. Shortly thereafter at 9 months
Christian had to undergo another open heart surgery to replace
the valve due to his growth which meant a larger valve had to
be installed. Christian will have to undergo another surgery to
replace the valve as he grows, but the date has not yet been set
for that surgery.
Mom, Jessica recalls when she found out about his heart
condition, “I was in shock,” she said, “he turned blue right
after they cut the umbilical cord. It was a real scary time.”
mom
and
dad checked
the doctors
received
the OK
When
Christian
beganwith
to show
signs ofand
interest
in bowling,
for him to bowl. Once he started, he has gained more and
more enthusiasm and continues to amaze those who have
watched him bowl.
Christian uses, are you ready for this, a 15/16 pound ball!
He holds the ball in both hands and using the full approach
gets a running start towards the foul line and releases the ball.
His accuracy for a young bowler using such a heavy weight ball was something to watch and as he picked up a
couple of spares I shook my head in awe!
In visiting with Christian I asked what he liked most about bowling? “Getting strikes and picking up splits,” he
replied without hesitation. He is proud of his high game of 184 and said, “I got a turkey in the game and I really
liked that. I also like the Scout (where one pins rolls over and hits another).” He recently received his trophy from
the Garfield leagude and is very proud of that.
Bowling is not the only sport that Christian likes. His dad took him golfing to hit a bucket of balls and told him
that if he could hit the bucket with a drive he would buy him a new basketball jersey. Well, not to be intimidated
Chris hit the ball and also hit the bucket which was positioned about 50-75 yards away.
Christian (he doesn’t like being called Chris) recently bowled the adult/junior tournament at Hollywood Bowl
and has a partner to bowl the OJC doubles coming up. This summer he will bowl in the Family Ties league with
his parents at Rose Bowl.
Asked who his favorite bowler was he replied without hesitation, “My dad!” His favorite PBA bowler is Chris
Barnes. His dad spends a lot of time with Christian and the bond between the two is obvious.
Chris will have to undergo more open heart surgeries as he matures to replace the valve to keep pace with his
growth. Through it all he maintains a positive attitude and doesn’t feel he’s anything special.
But, Yes you are special Christian! And an inspiration to all of us.
The Van-Port, May, 2007 - 9
Dornath/Lundgren win 90+ Doubles
at Harmony Lanes once Again!
The dynamic duo of Curtis and Walt took over first place in the fifth
game and remained on top through the next seven games to win the title.
They bowled team games of 460, 513, 418, 416, 501, and 437 on
Saturday and 469, 484, 427, 475, 383, and 442 on Sunday plus 460
bonus points for a total of 5885. This is the 4th consecutive 90+ NWST
doubles title for Walt and Curtis together. It’s Walt’s 20th NWST title
and Curtis’ 12th NWST title. Dale Whittington and Jim Gay started out
in 16th place after the first game and worked their way up. They went up
and down but hung in to beat the 3rd place team by a mere 15 pins to
take over second in the last game with a total of 5668 pins plus bonus
points for the 12 games. Third place went to Garret Ball and Mal Acosta
with 5653 pins plus bonus points.
HONOR SCORES:
Jim Brittain started out Saturday with a bang rolling a 300 game. Jay
Spellman bowled a 300 his fifth game on Saturday and his partner
John Tolnai rolled an eleven in a row his first game on Sunday. He
started out with a spare and struck out for a 279 game.
Roger LeClair wins 2nd
NWST at Rose Bowl
Roger LeClair, Clackamas won his 2nd NWST title of this season and
3 overall. Roger won all five of his final matches to take first place with
games of 237, 256, 243, 267, & 229 to beat out the top qualifier, Tim
Pierce of Portland by 96 pins. Tim rolled games of 268, 209, 227, 257, &
222 for a 2nd place finish. Dale Whittington, Eugene won 2 of his final
matches finishing 3rd with games of 258, 237, 300, 225, & 234. 4th place
went to Dave Kammerer who won 4 of his 5 final matches with games of
224, 247, 223, 215, & 257.
rd
Left to right: Tim Pierce, Roger LeClair, Dale Whittington
and Dale Kammerer
Left to right: Walt Lundgren, Curtis Dornath, Dale Whittington,
Jim Gray, Garret Ball, Mal Acosta, Jay Spellman and John Tolnal.
Place Name
Pinfall Bonus Total
1st
Curtis Dornath 2742
Walt Lundgren2683
460
5885
2nd
Dale Whittington
2676
Jim Gay2662 330
5668
3rd
Mal Acosta
2429
Garret Ball
2784
440
5653
4th
Jay Spellman 2593
John Tolnai
2612
380
5585
5th
Bill Starnes
2626
Randy Cochran 2643
280
5549
Steve Kiss
2491
6th
Richard Lorey 2759
280
5530
7th
Doug Nowlin
2537
Dan Fairchild 2520
400
5457
8th
Steve Pechar 2644
Mike Nendell
2511
295
5450
Non Casher High Team Game:
Saturday
Jim Brittain/Clay Tuttle 550
Sunday Joey Borgaro/Steve Sonne
500
Non Casher 2nd High Team Game:
Saturday
George Cox/Stan Lorimor491
Sunday Charlie Moore/Mark Campbell
488
Swyers win Over
40 at Gladstone
Name
W-L
1 Skip Swyers
4-0
2 Bob Stanford
3-1
3 Mike Barber
3-1
4 Chuck Raz
2-2
5 Ruthella Baurer 3-1
6 Ed Holland
3-1
7 Jerry Mille
3-1
8 Oubrey Ferren 3-1
9 Nick Johnson
2-2
Jim Snsell
1-3
11Don Macomber 2-2
12 Johnny Dun ne 2-2
13 Cindy Whiteman 1-3
14 Jeff Cammack
2-2
15 Carol Ann Ivey 1-2--1
16 Miles Holdstock 1-2-1
17 John Bennett
1-3
18 Dan Wingree
1-3
19 Mike Marshall
0-4
20 Viv Harvey
1-3
George Smithe 270 hgom
Pins
1090
1004
1003
971
967
945
936
928
905
905
900
868
854
852
839
827
796
790
790
$25.00
10-The Van-Port, May, 2007
$$$
$320
175
135
120
110
100
90
80
70.50
70.50
63
60
56
55
54
53
52
51
50
50
Prize
$1,600
$1,200
$1,000
$ 800
$ 600
$ 500
$ 400
Place
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
$ 100
$ 100
Qualify Finals
1158
1232
1201
1183
1127
1254
1124
1166
1149
1060
1155
1096
1143
1099
1087
1116
1087
1104
1185
994
1117
1046
1119
976
1124
980
1158
904
Bonus
150
60
60
120
150
90
60
60
60
60
60
60
30
30
Total
2540
2444
2441
2410
2359
2341
2302
2263
2251
2239
2223
2155
2134
2092
Prize
$ 600
$ 450
$ 300
$ 250
$ 225
$ 200
$ 190
$ 180
$ 170
$ 160
$ 150
$ 140
$ 130
+65 Checks went to
Jim Brittain & Dore Anderson
$50 each Super Senior Checks went
to George Cox & Dale Ballou $50 each
High Games –
Game 1 Ray Hix 246 $25 Game 2 Clay Tuttle 246 $25 Game 3 Mike
Goettel 247 $25 Game 4Conway Sunell 247 $25 Game 5Frank
Schnebly 258 $25 Honor Score – Dale Whittington 300 game
$ 300
$ 200
$ 200
Name
Roger LeClair
Tim Pierce
Dale Whittington
Dave Kammerer
Walt Lundgren
Charlie Moore
Frank Dietz Jr.
Lee Mabe
Dave Palmberg
Mike Martin
Steve Michaliszyn
Gene Osborne
Dave Oliver
Jerry Miller
Know a bowler with a story?
The Van-Port is looking for bowlers with unique stories to
share with our readers. If you know of someone or you have a
personal story , contact The Van-Port.
Bowlnewsnw@aol.com or telephone 360-636-2896.
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August 16-18
Dave Husted Pro-Am
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Bowling Looses a Great Coach.
by Jim Feretti
On the morning of Sunday, April 22nd, Mt Hood Lanes Junior Coach and Bowler, Russ Durland passed away at the age of 48. Russ
spent time as a Junior Coach at AMF Rockwood Lanes before moving to Mt. Hood Lanes for the 2006 – 2007 Season. Mt Hood Lanes
Junior Director Debbie Sattergren says upon hearing of his passing, “We are all saddened by this loss. All of the Juniors here will miss him
greatly. It is very hard to believe that someone so young is now gone.” Mt Hood Lanes Manager Doug Greenlee says “Russ was devoted to
our Junior Program and will be sorely missed. This is a great loss not only to our program but to every Junior Bowler that he has helped coach
over the years. Russ always went out of his way to make sure the kids had a good time and he will be missed by all.”
Upon receiving the news of his passing, Mt Hood Lanes immediately set up the Russ Durland Scholarship, which will be presented this
year to his two children, Sebastian and Crystal, both junior bowlers at Mt. Hood Lanes. Next year the Scholarship will be presented to the
boy and girl bowler whose average most improves from the previous year.
Mt. Hood Lanes will also be holding a community auction to help raise money to support the future education of Sebastian and Crystal
Durland. The event is set to take place May 27th from Noon until 4pm. There will be an auction with goods donated by other local businesses,
and of course bowling with some of the proceeds during the 4 hour time going directly to the fundraiser.
If you or your business would like to help by donating money or goods for the auction, please contact Jim Ferretti at 503-492-9820.
Excuse Me What Pin Is That?
By John Solberg
A rather simple question for most of us bowlers, and one that we an take for granted; but what
if you couldn’t see the pins?
Ron Simrin ofthe Friday Premiers league at Hazel Dell lanes knows all about that. Ron is suffering from
Macular D egener afi on, of which there is no cure for and the end result is blindness. But that doesn’t stop
Ron!
He has bowled for over 50 years mostly in Oregon and Washington. “I wasn’t going to bowl any more
because my vision was getting really bad.” “I can see the pins but I couldn’t tell what pins they were.” It was
his daughter who said that you already know how to bowl and where to stand, so there is no reason why you
can’t continue.
Ron wasn’t so sure at first about returning to bowling, but with the help of the Friday Premier it has been
easy and ftin. “Everyone has been so helpftil to me and I am thankful for there assiIstance.” Ray and Rusty
Wright have also been a big encouragement on the team. “He really bowls well considering he is almost
blind” says Ray. “It is just a pleasure to be able to help him enjoy the game of bowling.”
“Heck I can even help others” Ron says, “I can tell them when there ball goes in the gutter!” with a big grin
on his face.
On a personal not one thing is for sure; only in the sport of bowling can people who are blind, paralyzed,
deaf or missing limbs compete and play. What a great sport we have!
Triangle Bowl News
Bowman wins
King of the Hill
by Beau Little
We had another great turnout at King of the Hill and a
new champion crowned. We had 32 bowlers compete for
$640 in prizes. The tournament this month featured the
USBC Championship pattern from Reno. The scores
showed it. Opening round cut score was 375 for 2games.
Top round one qualifier was Travis Malakowsky with a
257 and a 245. Round two saw the scores get even a little
lower with the cut score of 183 by Kurt Bogner. High score
for round 2 was once again Travis Malakowsky with a
256. Final round featured 8 bowlers going for the top prize
of $200. The top was tight but Anthony Bowman struck
out to beat Garry Ledford 249-244. Ledford pocketed
$120 for his second place finish. Other finishers were:
3rd Matt Ramshaw 218 $100,4th Andy Solberg 207 $80,
5th Travis Malakowsky 185 $60, 6th Kurt Bogner 177
$40, 7th Dale Fowler 169 $30, 8th Andy Marshall 153
(Free Entry)
Triangle OPEN is set for April 28th and 29th. It is an all
Scratch tournament featuring the US open
pattern. There is an adult division and a Jr. division. Many
bowlers know already that this is one of the toughest patterns in all of bowling with equal oil being placed on every
single board for 40ft. The tournament will also feature
brand new Brunswick Crown pins. The finals will also feature PBA Gold Pins.
First place prize will be $350
The Cowlitz USBC will be holding there annual awards
banquet at the Kelso Theatre Pub featuring the movie
"Cars". The date is set for Tuesday May 22nd with the
movie set to start at 5:45pm. All-Star teams, Bowlersof
the year, scholarships, and many more awards are
passed out at the annual banquet. Also lots of doorprizes
will be given away. Fliers will be out laternext week with
tickets going on sale soon after. Hopeyou can attend.
Ron Simrin
Hillier Captures NWBT Title At Kellogg Bowl
Temperatures were warm outside and the competition was heating up inside at Kellogg
Bowl in Milwaukie on April 29th, 2007 as the Northwest Bowler Tour made it’s 4th
Tournament Stop of the year. Many different bowlers sat atop the leader boards throughout
the event, but in the end, Rian Hillier of Portland Oregon was the victor.
Qualifying always proves to be exciting at each tournament and this event did not
disappoint us. Justin Laney jumped out in the lead during the first game by 2 pins with a
277 scratch game and Chad Jensen who had a few less pins of handicap fired a very nice
278. In the second game, Chris Davee of
Milwaukie and Ken Hargrove of Fairview, made
their move up in the standings and into the Top 5.
As the third game wrapped up, we had 5 bowlers
within 7 pins of each other challenging each other
for the final qualifying spot. At the end of the final
game of qualifying, Laney led with 1028 followed
by Chris Davee ( 1001), Chad Jensen (999) and
Rian Hillier (904).
Three games of match play move along quickly
and in the end the seeding for the Stair-Step Style
Finals had Chris Davee (3-0) (Seed #1), Rian Hillier
(1-2) (Seed #2), Justin Laney (1-2) (Seed #3) and
Chad Jensen (1-2) (Seed #4). The left side of the lanes seemed to be the place to be
during qualifying as the top two seeds were left handers. It was the first time in a long
while that we had two lefty’s move into the stair finals.
During the stair finals, Chad Jensen dispatched Justin Laney in the first game (218-198)
to better his position but met resistance from Hillier. Both bowlers put up big numbers as
they challenged each other but Hillier was able to hang on for a 242-233 win. Chris
Davee awaited Hillier in the final match of the day. Both bowlers had some good runs
through the course of the game and it was a nice string of strikes near the end that catapulted
Hillier to the Tournament win, 236-201.
The NWBT welcomed 6 new bowlers to this month’s event in our continued growth.
We would like to thank all bowlers who participated in this weekend’s event.
All Progressive Pots increased this month and are available at our next event which is
being held at Sunset Lanes in Beaverton, OR on May 26 & 27. This will be our favored
Memorial Weekend Tournament and will be a two day event. Separate cut on Saturday
to accommodate the increased amount of bowlers for this event. With all Side Pots
growing and the extra day format, we expect this event to be one of the most exciting of
the season thus far. Make sure you pre-register online at www.nwbowlertour.com or call
Marc at 503-277-8048 for more information.
The Van-Port, May, 2007-11
Ask Bob
by Bob Korth
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$2,000 ADDED MONEY
Q. I am bowling on wooden lanes for the first time and found out it
is much more difficult than bowling on Synthetic surfaces. What
can I do to improve on wood lanes? Balls do not hooks as much
on wood surfaces. What can I do?
A. Actutally balls hook earlier on wood surfaces and this makes
the ball roll out. This gives the impression of hook. You will have to
experiment some but I would first try a reactive ball polished and
see if that allow the ball to get thru the heads. If this works for you
the ball should then be closer to your normal K on the back ends.
What you are trying to combat is early roll so you want equipment
that tends to Dng. This should help. There is the possibility that to
keep the lanes from hooking too much the house ying down a ton
of oil. If this is the case then you will need to go to more aggressive
equipment to the ball into a roll. First try option one if the ball goes
straight then try the second option. You could ask the pro shop
there they might just have your answer as to conditioning and save
you some time.
100% Handicap Doubles Tournament
Q. I have been lofting the ball lately. This is a new problem. I
want to quit this bad habit but I don’t know how it started. Can
Three (3) Divisions:AA 400-449 Team Average
you give me some reasons I might be lofting?
BB:340-399 Team Average CC: 240-339 Team Average
A. Here are a few things that could cause lofting. Squeezing the
ball. Early timing getting to the line ahead of the ball causing you
to muscle the ball in the down swing to catch up. Aiming the ball
or as some say steering the ball. If your confidence is down
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sometimes we try too hard to hit the mark. This can cause hanging
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on too long trying to hit the mark. Too loose a thumbhole can be
and June 30 and July 1
a cause. This can cause squeezing. Too short a span can cause
squeezing. Trying to turn the ball too hard or trying to make the
ball hook more. Some of these things are an easy cure but guessing
is never a good thing. Go see a coach and let him/her tell you.
Call 503-682-2346
This will save a lot of time and not complicate your situation.
Q. I would like to send you some questions. I thought I sent them
to the correct email address but my email keeps coming back as
undeliverable. Can you tell me how to get my questions in?
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A. My email address is askbob@clearwire.net this will get to me
directly unless my spam filter is kicking it out for some strange
Wilsonville, OR 97070
reason. This gives me a reason to tout some sites that carry my
column you can get me through any of them. w.bowI4fun.com
this also has a chat room that I go to at times and you can talk to me direct.
Allen’s Crosley Lanes - 503-693-4789
My handle there is bk. www.bofish.net a very good web site with many
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great bowling writers, and current news. My column can also be read at
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bowling balls from all companies. They have thousands of registered
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members and you can get many opinions. They have just included a question
forum under my Ask Bob title. You can ask a question there and the site
directs the question to me and I will answer you directly and also on the
site. Many of my previous questions are archieved there.
To ask a question write askbob@clearwire.net
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Rider wins at 50+ event
at Hollywood Bowl
After 9 year layoff
by Lauren Fries
Ron Rider was able to hold on with a 151 final game & with a 64 pin
lead was able to win his second tournament after almost a 9 year lay
off. Jaime Vazquez, jumped from 4th with a nice 234 game to second
while Sam Aklin who bowled Ron Rider, dropped to third place.
Name
1 Ron Rider, Scapoose
2 Jaime Vazquez, Portland
3 Sam Aklin, Warren
4 Nick Dubravac, Portland
5 Robert Ruff, Lebanon
6 Rene Leidelmeyer, Aloha
7 John Bennett, Eugene
8 Jerry Maly, Corbett
9 Carol Ivey, Woodburn
10 Ben Avecilla, Portland
11 Cherd Udom, Albany
12 Gary Hill, Beaverton
13 Maurico Abuan, Portland
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All Bowling Every Sunday $1.00 per game. Shoe Rental Every Sunday $1.00 per pair. French Fries Every Sunday $1.00. Beer Every
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Clark County Women’s 26th Annual Tournament
All Events, Div A Hdcp
1 Robin Bailey
2216
2 Gayle Holland
2209
3 Cathy Terewilleger
2125
4 Kandi Graves
2115
low to cash 2115
All Events Div B Hdcp
1 Brittany Hall
2315
2 Amanda Ralston
2192
3 Debi Schrader/White
2127
4 Marge Makonster
2124
low to cash 2192
Singles 156 & Up Hdcp
1 Robin Bailey
744
2 Teresa Clawson
743
3 Gayle Holland
730
4 Kandi Graves
723
5 Cathi Terwilleger
709
6 Kim Solberg
707
Twila Brosseau
707
8 Patti Convirs
702
low to cash 702
Singles 155 & Down Handicapped
1 T. Huerta-Mendoza
735
Michelle Pigeon
735
3 BrittanyhHall
730
4 Marge Makinster
725
5 Amanda Ralston
724
low to cash 724
Team 621 & Up Hdcp
1 Crosleys Girls
2760
2 She Devils
2743
3 SunnyBeeskits
2721
low to cash 2743
Team 620 & Down Hdcp
1 Tiger Bowl
2742
Pictured of the left:
Doubles 310 & Down
winners Janie Wills
andTheresaHuerta-Mendoza
Picturedbelow:
311 & Up
Doubles Winners
Patricia Convirs and
Cathy Schlegel
2 Kiser’s Team
2721
3 Mars Busters
2697
low to cash 2721
Doubles 310 & Down Hadcp
1 Theresa Huerta-Mendoza
Janie Wills
1421
2 Marge Makinster
DebiSchrader-White
1417
3 Julianna Taylor
Alyssa Moureau
1387
low to cash 1387
Doubles 311 & Up Hdcp
1 Cathy Schlegel
Patricia Convirs
1449
2 Marilyn Mann
Tracy Gaylor
1436
3 Pat Long
Cathis Terwilleger
1389
4 Judy Covert
Donna Goldade
1376
low to cash 1376
Mechanic’s Corner
by Vahn Stone
“Just ask Vahn”
Update on 90 degree over-travel removal
I have been asked by so many mechanics, “Why should I remove my 90
degree over-travel? I’ll give you 6 quick reasons.
First of all, if you have the old style long nose single piece deck holding
hook (usually associated with the 90 degree over-travel) and the pinsetter is
on 2nd ball, the weight of the deck is always on the deck holding hook. This,
in itself, with a worn hook can cause the deck to release and fall up to 2 feet
from the up position, bending moving decks and 2-to-1’s.
Dropping like this, time after time, can eventually eat up the eccentric
rings. I know that most of you will say you’ve never seen that happen, but a
lot of times it only drops the deck from 2 to 6 inches, then maybe a foot, so
you don’t hear it. Look at your eccentric ring turning in the u-bolt and see if
you see a shiny surface on the brass, or a dent in the 4” tube in front of the
deck lowering hook on the main frame. Then look to see how close the deck
lowering hook is to the 4” main tube frame as it sets 10 new pins.
Secondly, this problem can be made even worse during the out-of-range
process. The adjustment settings are different in the non-sweep mode.
Thirdly, if you are respotting pins or working under the deck it can fall on
you. At least one fatality has been attributed to 90 degree over-travel that I
know of.
Fourth, the spring style triggering hockey stick is harder to set, gap too big
and then gap too small scenario.
Fifth, scoring problems because cameras and scanners are harder to set
on automatic scoring systems. Not to mention the extra stress to the rake
cam follower as the 2nd cam follower twists the cam follower out of alignment
when the bushings become worn.
Sixth, if you convert the pinsetter so it stops @ 0 degrees first and second
ball, this now means that if you have a ball call and the ball is in front of the
pit cushion, you no longer have to put the curtain down, pick up the ball and
set it behind the pit cushion, putting your head in a potential dangerous
situation to return a ball. All you have to do now is lift the deck holding hook
up until the detector clicks, then it will be back on first ball cycle. Then just
push the re-set button and the pinsetter will act just like it would on 1st ball
cycle, returning the ball and switching back to 2nd ball again. This is also a
great way to re-spot spares.
In this conversion process replace your old style deck holding hooks with
part #12-350802, the newer 2 piece type.
Tip of the Month
For general oiling all over the machines use 85-140 gear lube and STP
mixed 1 part to 1 part equally. It will cling to metal longer and it will take
gravity longer to affect the dripping. It’s also a great mixture for A-2 style pit
cushion linkages.
If you have any questions, please call me at 503-816-3980. Leave a
message and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
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The Van-Port, May, 2007-13
Tournament Directory
The best tournament action is listed on this page. For information on any of the tournaments listed, contact the center or torunament sponsor.
Date
Event
Center
Contact
Location
May 1-Sept. 3 Summer Fun Singles
At participating OBPA members
May 5-6
Clark County USBC Trios
AMF Timber Lanes
(360) 694-8404
May 20
Oregon Jr. Classic
Firebird Lanes
(503) 282-5043
May 13
Jr. Master 175 & under
Milwaukie Bowl
(503)654-7719
May 18-July 29 Mt. St. Helens Tournament HIilander Bowl
(360) 423-1500
May 5-July 1
I-5 Doubles Weekends
Wilsonville Lanes
(503) 682-2346
May 28-July 29 Triangle Classic Trios
Triangle Bowl
(360) 425-4060
June 9-10
NW Jr Masters
Milwaukie Bowl
(503)654-7719
June-July wkend Molalla Buckeroo Doubles Molalla Bowl
(503) 829-2264
June 3
Win a Spot
Four Seasons Bowl
(503)648-3139
June 22-23
PBA Regional Pro-AM
Four Seasons Bowl
(503)648-3139
July 8
Sr. Masters Pro-AM
National Bowling Stadium (800) 304-2695
July 29
Win a Spot
Milwaukie Bowl
(503)654-7719
Aug. 16-18
Husted Pro-Am
Milwaukie Bowl
(503)654-7719
Aug. 18-19
Dave Husted Open
Milwaukie Bowl
(503)654-7719
Oct. 4 - Nov. 11 National Mixed
National Bowling Stadium (800) 304-2695
Vancouver
Salem
Milwaukie
Kelso
Wilsonville
Longview
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