April 2016 -
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9-Tap Tour
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Bill Hall at Texas Station. Alena commented she felt calm and comfortable through-
out her four games. She plans to put her winnings to work, helping to finance a
mission trip to Belarus with her church. She thanked Jerry Francomano, at Texas
Station for telling her about the Tour and thanked us for making her feel wel-
come. Congratulations Alena on your win and we hope your mission trip is success-
ful!
Jermal Williams
, took home the 2nd place check of
$506.00
with a solid 1015
series, but that doesn't really tell the story... Entering his final game, he had the
chance to become Las Vegas's first two time Champion. He needed a MONUMEN-
TAL 299 game (with hdcp) to take it down, but with only 6 pins of handicap, that
meant he needed the first ELEVEN strikes... he got NINE! Unfortunately, his first
shot in the tenth left the 3-9, spoiling his Championship run, but leaving him with just
enough to slip into 2nd Place. GREAT EFFORT Jermal!! Our 3rd Place finisher,
and the current
Bowler of the Year
leader,
Ellena Dominguez
, fell just short in her
bid to win her first title. Making her run even more impressive, is how well she's
continued to perform, despite a substantial increase in her Tour average. She took
home a really nice 3rd place check for
$347.00
and lengthened her B.O.Y.
lead. But, there's still a long way to go in that race.
Many thanks again to Tom and his staff at Sam's Town. Another perfect and
VERY smooth running event in the books.
Guy Hirsimaki's Great Finish
While we did not shatter any entry records at Texas Station on Saturday, due to a
couple of other events around town, our devoted regulars and another 8 new Mem-
bers competed in our second
'Best 3 of 4'
event this year. Thanks to our regulars
for your ongoing support each and every week and a hearty 'Welcome to the Tour'
to our new Members. Last week we had the unintended lane conditions and the
HUGE scores that came with it... this week was just the opposite, with tantalizingly
low and reachable scores all day. Surprisingly, on our 2 previous
Texas Sta-
tion
visits, the scores were a little on the high side. Despite the smaller entry num-
bers Saturday, 13 Members made the Cash List, with a healthy
$1,300.00
check
going to 1st Place. The
9-Tap Jackpot
bounced back above 1k, currently
at
$1,072.00
and the
Progressive Pot
remains solid at
$1,270.00
, so coupled with
some
ADDED-MONEY
next week, that means the payouts should be strong at the
1QC (1st Quarter Championship).
In contrast to last week's scoring frenzy, the early leading score was 788 from the
first squad of the day shot by new Member,
Alena Adrianse
. Still leading at the
completion of the second squad, the final and largest squad ofthe day saw a handful
of bowlers having a shot at passing Alena and a chance to take the title. Only one,
however, found the way to the top.
Guy Hirsimaki's
GREAT FINISH carried him to
the Title with an AWESOME 815 series, with only 2 pins of handicap. With his full
entry into the Progressive Pot, he took home a WHOPPING
$1,300.00
for 1st
place. With 50 years of bowling experience, Guy used his Radical 'Guru Mighty'
bowling ball, drilled by Brian Tribruro at Suncoast Bowling Center, to shoot his win-
ning score. A retired postal worker and an avid bowler competing in 3 three leagues,
Guy got in 'THE ZONE' on a re-entry. Commenting that his first entry score was
'awful', he found something and got lined-up in the last squad, to earn his first Tour
victory. Sharing in the excitement of the day, his partner Wayne Bumhour was there
cheering him on. But, when Guy first arrived to bowl, he discovered that he'd left his
bowling shoes at Santa Fe Station. He first tried House Shoes, then added a bowl-
ing sock, then Wayne loaned him his shoes. I suspect that Guy may not give those
lucky shoes back!! Guy is the original member of the Las Vegas Tour, having joined
us back in November when he secured Membership #1. Our bracket table
gal,
Charlene Patton,
holds that same honored membership number back in Seat-
tle and she earned 5 Titles & over
$20,000.00
before moving to LV! Here's hoping
that being Member #1 in Las Vegas, brings the same success to Guy as it did for
Char! Guy also shared with us that he really enjoys bowling on the Tour and has
found it to be very professionally run and everybody to be very nice. Thanks for the
kind words Guy and congratulations on your first Tour Title!
Alena's first Tour entry, a fine 788 series, was good enough for the early lead. It
held up for 2nd Place and a COOL
$440.00
check, despite having only $10 in the
Prog. Pot. In addition to being a Texas Station bowler, Alena is also one of their
League Secretaries. Congratulations Alena and thanks for joining the Tour. Ron
Christensen took 3rd Place with an excellent 772, finishing with gusto... his two best
games (including a 278) came in his final two games. He picked-up a very
nice
$372.00
check for his effort.
PWBA Tournament 2016
April 28-May 1: PWBA Las Vegas Open, Texas Station, Las Vegas, NV
May 5-8: PWBA Sonoma County Open, Double Decker Lanes, Rohnert Park, CA
May 12-15: PWBA Storm Sacramento Open, Steve Cook’s Fireside Lanes, CA
May 20-26: *USBC Queens, The Orleans, Las Vegas, NV
June 2-5: PWBA Wichita Open, Northrock Lanes, Wichita, KS
June 9-12: PWBA Lincoln Open, Sun Valley Lanes, Lincoln, NE
June 16-19: PWBA Greater Detroit Open, Super Bowl, Canton, MI
June 23-26: *PWBA Players Championship, Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley,
Green Bay, WI
June 30-July 3: PWBA Lexington Open, Collins Bowling Center - Eastland,
Lexington, KY
July 7-10: PWBA Rochester Open, AMF Gates Lanes, Rochester, NY
July 14-17: PWBA St. Petersburg-Clearwater Open, Seminole Lanes,
St. Petersburg, FL
July 29-31: PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles,
Palace Lanes, Houston, TX
August 2-7: *U.S. Women’s Open, TBD
TBD: *Smithfield PWBA Tour Championship, TBD
*Major PWBA Tour event
