December 1, 2006
By: Mark Martin
Tom Smallwood of
Smallwood took home the top prize of $1,600 after claiming the top seed for the stepladder finals with a nine-game total of 2,231.
Porter received $800 after qualifying
second and defeating Dan Frank of
Frank qualified fifth and beat Chuck
Morris of Redford 258-205 and Tim Deatherage of
Frank cashed for $700, Deatherage $600 and Morris $500.
John Nolen of
The next MMBA event will be the Tournament of Champions on Dec. 9 at Taylor Lanes. For more information contact Ken Charrette at (586) 775-2414.
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OLD
TIMERS TOURNAMENT
The 76th Annual Old Timers
Bowling Tournament was a huge success with 586 bowlers participating in the
one-day event at Thunderbowl Lanes in
William “Scotty” Laughland of
In the under 50 group Keith Pinchback of Harrison Township was tops with 725, followed by Thomas Darichuk of Lincoln Park (707) and Ernest Segura Jr. of Brownstown (702).
Chuck Graddick of Eastpointe led the
50-59 age category with 720. John Cisco of
Theo Tolbert of Ecorse paced the 60-64
group with 706, followed by Bill Schepke of
In the 65-69 age group William Dewid
of
Richard Fisk of
Buddy Calloway of Allen Park (712),
Nicolas Perez of
In the 80 and over age group Oscar
Hovsepian of
The Old Timers Tournament is held annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and is open to male bowlers over the age of 40 who have been associated with bowling for 25 years or more.
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BIG SCORES
MDUSBC President Libbi Fletcher and
Century Bowl Association Representative John Rossetto presented two teams from
the Monday Classic League their awards for top nationwide performances during
the 2005-06 season Monday night at Century Bowl in
The I 2 Live Bowl team shot their team series score of 2,947 on Dec. 19, 2005. Their series placed second in the nation in the three-men, one-woman team series category. Their score ranks fourth in the all-time local records. The top score in the nation during the 2005-06 season was 2,962.
Nick Dallas of
The Bowlers Choice / Buds’ Pro Shop
team shot a four-person team game score of 1,123 on May 1, 2006 placing second
in the nation in the four-men team game category. The top score in the nation
was 1,124. This also set a new mark for the MDUSBC eclipsing the old record of
1,112. It is the highest four-person team game ever shot in
Team members were Travis Franz of
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HONOR SCORES
300 Games
Date, Name, Hometown, Center, League
Nov. 21, John Brunke Jr.,
Nov. 21, Daniel Archibald,
Nov. 22, Jeffrey Edwards, Rochester Hills, Five Star Lanes, Warren Industrial
Nov. 22, Michael Bundy,
Nov. 22, Dennis Soldan II,
Nov. 22, Don Wood,
Nov. 24, Michael Ross, Hazel Park, Luxury Lanes, Ferndale Elks #1588 Men’s Invitational
Nov. 25, Marc Kropidlowski,
Nov. 26, James Bandy,
800 Series
Nov. 19, Gregory Brown (801),
Nov. 22, Jeffrey Edwards (802), Rochester Hills, Five Star Lanes, Warren Industrial
Nov. 24, Dominic Emmi (813), Macomb, Luxury Lanes, Ferndale Elks #1588 Men’s Invitational
Nov. 26, James Bandy (807),
Mark Martin writes a weekly bowling column on Fridays for The Daily Oakland Press and is the association manager of the Metro Detroit USBC Association. He can be reached at (248) 443-2695, faxed at (248) 443-2690 or e-mailed at mark.martin@mdusbc.com.