APRIL 2015 -
11
6 GAMER, SUNDAY - April 26th
―Davis – Another
New Champion,
Brunswick Modesto Masters
By Jim Gordon
For the third year in a row the winner emerged from
the ―Loser‘s‖ bracket as Steve Davis defeated Wayne
Garber (winner of the winner‘s bracket) twice to claim
the title and first place guaranteed prize of $3,000.
Steve took the longest road possible by losing his first
match sending him into the loser‘s bracket. Steve was
not discouraged at all. He would just need to win 7 con-
secutive matches to have a showdown with the winner
of the winner‘s bracket. No problem – Steve did just
that. He went on to win seven consecutive matches
averaging 251 in the process.
Now the big test –defeat Wayne twice for the title. No
small task here as Wayne was averaging 256 for his
first 5 matches. Well, Steve was up to the challenge
and squeaked by Wayne in their first match 511 to 494.
Now could he do it again or would Wayne take advan-
tage of the toll that the previous 18 games have taken
on Steve. Steve must have had a spare tank of gas
somewhere as he defeated Wayne 504 to 471 in their
s e c o n d ma t c h t o b e d e c l a r e d o u r
19
th
Annual
Brunswick
Modesto Masters champion.
Steve received a first place prize of $3,170.00. This
tournament is co-sponsored by Cal-West Roofing,
Bowling Outfitters, McHenry Bowl, Yosemite Lanes and
the Modesto USBC Association.
Our high qualifier this year was Dennis Horan, Jr.
from Oakley with a seven game total of 1884 or a 269.1
average. This year‘s winner – Steve from Manteca
qualified 14
th
with 1684 or a 240.5 average. Wayne
from Modesto qualified 11
th
with 1692 or a 241.7 aver-
age and received a total of $1,603 for his 2
nd
place ef-
forts. Zarcoff Boutell from Newbury Park qualified 8th
with 1698 or a 242.5 average and finished 3
rd
for
$1,040. Rounding out the top four was veteran Sam
Carter from Ben Lomond qualifying 15th with 1680 or a
240.0 average and earning a respectable $870.
The last spot (24
th
) for match play was earned by
Brandon Bates of Modesto with 1641 or a 234.4 aver-
age. It took a seven game score of 1617 (38
th
place) or
a 231.0 average to receive the final check from the
main prize fund. Local bowlers grabbed 9 of the 38
checks. Hats off and kudos to an up and coming young
star – Andee Tadiello from Oakley, as she played
havoc with the guys most of the day and finished a very
respectable 5
th
place in the tournament and earned
$720.00 for her relentless ef-
forts.
Local bowlers competing in
match play (other than Wayne
and Brandon) were Don Erick-
son of Modesto, Mikey Acosta
of Modesto, Myles Duty of Mo-
desto and Rich Custer of Oak-
dale. Don qualified 12
th
with
1690 (241.4 avg.) won 1 match and finished in the
round of 17
th
-24
th
for total prize money of $260. Mikey
qualified 20
th
with 1655 (236.4 avg.) won 0 matches
and finished in the round of 17
th
-24
th
for total prize
money of $230.00. Myles qualified 21
st
with 1655
(236.4 avg.) won 2 matches and finished in the round
of 9
th
-12
th
for $460.00. Rich Custer qualified 22nd with
1653 (236.1 avg.) won 1 match and finished in the
round of 13
th
-16
th
for total prize money of
$330.00. Brandon qualified 24
th
won 1 match and fin-
ished in the round of 13
th
-16
th
for total prize money of
$330.00.
Other local bowlers cashing in the main prize fund
were Freddy Irvin of Modesto (26
th
with 1639), Benny
Sanchez, Jr of Tracy (32
nd
with 1628) and Will Garber
of Modesto (33
rd
with 1625). Freddy earned $185 and
Benny and Will each earned $165 for their efforts.
For the fifth year in a row a new incentive was in
place for the top local league bowler out of the cash
from the main prize fund. Donnie McKinney of Patter-
son (40
th
with 1610) received that award of $125. In
addition, there was a $10 optional insurance pool for
bowlers the age of 45 and over. It paid out 5 spots this
year. Bowlers receiving money from the insurance pool
were Bob Neuerburg of Ceres $80 with a score of
1582, Scott Hansel of Stockton $80 with a score of
1576, Dylan Kubochi of Lincoln $80 with a score of
1571, Mark McCreary of Livermore $80 with a score of
1569 and Michael Clarke of Sacramento $70 with a
score of 1563. This was the 9
th
year bowlers 45 and
over could put up $10 in addition to the standard entry
fee for insurance. It pays 1 spot for every 8 entries for
the ―insurance‖ bowlers not earning a check in the main
prize fund. There were a total of 39 eligible bowlers
opting to pay the extra amount for ―insurance‖.
This year there were a total of 153 entries coming
from all parts of Northern and Southern California, in-
c l u d i n g Ne v a d a . T o t a l s p o n s o r s h i p s
from
Brunswick
and the local businesses were $3,205.
Based on the number of entries and the total sponsor-
ship money the main prize fund paid out $17,128.
There were many high scores on Saturday and Sun-
day. They included 4-300‘s, 4-11 in a row and 3-800
series. The 300 games on Saturday were bowled by
Sal Bruno of Antioch and Chris Preble of Clovis. On
Sunday 2-300 games were rolled – Dan Long of Ba-
kersfield and Steve Davis of Manteca. On Saturday
qualifying Dennis Horan, Norm Palomares of San Fran-
cisco and Chris Preble started with 826, 825 and 814
respectively, for their 1
st
three games of the tourna-
ment. The 4-11 in a rows were all bowled on Saturday -
Norm (299) Nick Morgan of Sacramento (290) Joe
Goldstein, Sr of San Bruno (298) and Tim Hill of Rose-
ville (299).
Congratulations to all the bowlers who cashed and
thank you to all bowlers who participated. Special
thanks to Nick Smith from Brunswick and all of our local
sponsors. A special thanks to all of the helpers who
worked the tournament and the ball raffles.
Next year’s tournament will be held on April 2,
and 3, 2016.
19
th
Annual Modesto City Masters Prize Fund
1
st
Steve Davis, Manteca $3,170
2
nd
Wayne Gaber Modesto 1,603
3
rd
Zarcoff Boutell Newbury Park 1,040
4
th
Sam Carter Ben Lomond 870
5-6
th
Andee Tadiello Oakley 720
Greg Thompson, Jr. San Jose 710
7-8
th
Carlie Medina Bakersfield 610
P.J.Haggerty Roseville 590
9-12
th
Dan Long Bakersfield 480
Myles Duty Modesto 460
Nick Morgan Sacramento 460
Dave Rubin Castro Valley 460
13-16
th
Todd Tadillo Oakey 360
Chris Rose Stockton 360
Rich Custer Oakdale 330
Brandon Bates Modesto 330
17-24
th
Dennis Horran Oakley 280
Sal Bruno Antioch 280
Derek Gregory Chowchilla 280
Norm Palomares San Francisco 280
Don Erickson Modesto 260
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