DECEMBER 2012 -
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Team Event Competition
Closes At International
Senior Open
Las Vegas, Nev. – After two days of team competition the USA
players take three of the top four spots in the final standings at the
International Senior Open at Red Rock Resort Casino Lanes in
Las Vegas, with Japan taking the only other cashers spot.
Team Painter - Kerry Painter, John Bertolina, David Chew,
Max Shellabarger - captured the championship on Friday with a
combined scratch total of 5519, beating the high score on Thurs-
day by ten pins. Kerry Painter led the team to victory with his
1546
six-game series, including a 298 and a 278 game.
Coming in Second place was team Meryman – Ken Meryman,
Howie Partell, Bob Markiewicz, Doody Vaughn – who led the pack
on Thursday‟s qualifying with a combined scratch score of
5509.
Meryman led the team with 1478.
Japan‟s stellar player, Takayuki Kikugawa, shot 1384 to help
his team – Kikugawa, Toshiyasu Kunitomo, Kunitomo Kunitomo,
Toshihiro Kaji - to a third place finish. The final spot went to
Team Romeo – Robin Romeo, Char Hammel. Lucy Sandelin,
Terry Leong. Romeo rolled a 276 in game 4 to lead the team with
1399,
the highest woman‟s total of the Team portion of the tourna-
ment.
The Team event concludes the qualifying for the Masters event
on Saturday. The players‟ cumulative scores in each event, Sin-
gles, Doubles and Team, determine the players who will advance
to Masters play, in each of the four divisions. Top qualifiers are,
Men‟s 50-60, Kerry Painter, USA, 3096; Men‟s 61 and over, Terry
Leong, USA, 2924; Women‟s 45-55, Robin Romeo, USA, 2851
and Women‟s 56 and over, Suzuko Hashimoto, Japan, 2696.
Competition Reaches Half-Way
Point International Senior Open
Las Vegas, Nev. – With the completion of the Singles and
Doubles events of the International Senior Open at Red Rock
Resort and Casino Lanes in Las Vegas, the focus will shift to the
Team event with two squads of competition each day, Thursday
and Friday. Teams from eight countries and six US States will be
competing for medals and prize money.
The top twelve players in each division will advance to the
Masters event on Saturday using their highest cumulative score
from each of their Singles, Doubles and Team events. The four
divisions are Men‟s 50-60 and 61 and over and Women‟s 45-55
and 56 and over. US players continue to dominate in the Men‟s
divisions with seven out of twelve players on the leaderboards. In
the Women‟s division, four US players top the boards with three
players each from Canada and Japan and two from Australia.
The highlight of today‟s non-bowling festivities was the Bruns-
wick Ball Demos. Approximately 20-30 players put the latest and
greatest Brunswick balls in their hand and actually tried them out
on the lanes by using interchangeable finger and thumb inserts.
Nick Smith, Consumer Product Specialist from Brunswick Bowling
said “The Japanese players definitely liked the new Brunswick
Aura the best. Of course there was a definite language barrier but
the „thumbs up‟ sign is pretty universal.”
Five of the latest Brunswick balls were on hand for players to
“
test-drive” on the lanes, including the Aura, Nexxxus, Mean-
streak, C(System) maxxed-out and the Karma Urethane. Smith
said “Brunswick is grateful to Dennis Matthews, Red Rock Lanes
General Manager and Steve Sanders, Tournament Director for
allowing us the opportunity to showcase our products.”
According to Tournament Manager, Joan Romeo, approxi-
mately sixty players took a day off to tour the Grand Canyon on a
bus tour. “The international players appreciate a day in the middle
of competition as „down time‟ and generally take the opportunity
to see the local sights”, said Romeo. Joan‟s daughter Robin
Romeo is leading in several events.
USA Players Set the Pace at
International Senior Open
Las Vegas, Nev. – The first day of competition
comes to an end with the conclusion of the Singles
Event in the 2012 Senior International Open at Red
Rock Resort and Casino Lanes in Las Vegas Nev.
With three squads of three-game qualifying, re-entries
allowed, the US players swept the top of the leader-
boards in all four divisions.
Bowlers converged on Red Rock Resort Lanes
from eight countries and six US States to compete in
the week-long International Senior Open endorsed by
the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), World
Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA) and the Japan
Bowling Congress (JBC). Competitors from Australia,
Canada, England, Japan, New Zealand, United
States and Venezuela will compete throughout the
week.
In the Men’s 50-60 division, Kerry Painter, Hender-
son, Nev., USA, turned in a stellar performance with
an 823 three-game series, while Robin Romeo, New-
hall, Calif., USA, posted a 759 in the Women’s 45-55
division. Terry Leong, Henderson, Nev., USA, bested
Kevin Blackmore, Australia, with a singles set of 784
in the Men’s 61 and over division. Char Hammel, Las
Vegas, Nev., USA won the women’s 56 and over divi-
sion with 720. Toshihiro Kaji, Japan, and Ken Mery-
man, San Diego, Calif., each shot a 300 game during
the event.
In the optional Friday night sweepers, following the
Opening Ceremonies, Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev.,
USA, shot 783 to take the top prize. Moreno is the
proprietor of High Sierra Lanes in Reno, Nev. Robin
Romeo bowled a 765, including a 300 game, to win
the women’s division.
On Tuesday, December 4 the Doubles Events will
be contested; on Thursday, December 5, four-player
teams take to the lanes and on Friday, December 6,
those who qualify with their all-events scores will com-
pete in the Masters Event. Closing ceremonies com-
mence on Saturday, December 7.
Cashers by Division:
Men 50-60
1.
Painter, Kerry -Henderson, NV .............................. $1000
2.
Kaji, Toshihiro –Japan ............................................... 250
3.
Meryman, Ken -San Diego. CA.................................. 150
4.
Shellabarger, Max -Ogden, UT .................................. 100
5.
Painter, Kerry -Henderson, NV .................................... 75
Men 61+
1.
Leong, Terry - Henderson, NV................................. $500
2.
Blackmore, Kevin – Austraila..................................... 300
3.
Blackmore, Kevin – Australia..................................... 150
4.
Uagaki, Kokichi – Japan ............................................ 200
5.
Roberts, Ed - Braintree, MA....................................... 125
6.
Betchaku, Toshiaki – Japan....................................... 100
7.
Mickelson. Harry - Yakima, WA ................................... 75
Women 45-55
1.
Romeo, Robin – Newhall, CA ................................ $1000
2.
Sandelin, Lucy – Tampa, Fla. .................................... 100
Women 56+
1.
Hammel, Char - Las Vegas, NV................................. $500
2.
Hammel, Char - Las Vegas, NV................................... 125
3.
Hashimoto, Suzuko – Japan ........................................ 250
4.
Ip, Debbie - Manitoba, Canada.................................... 200
5.
Karatsu, Misako – Japan ............................................... 75
Big Swiss
Wire To Wire ???
It was cold, foggy and breezy outside on November
25
th
,
but inside at Morgan Hill Bowl, the lanes were
heating up from the very beginning. The 32
nd
Annual
Big Swiss, for the 2
nd
year in a row, had 18 teams of
the best players from this area, Southern California
and Nevada. They played for a total of $25,770.
There was only 1 - 300 game by Jeff Frankos in game
# 4,
then followed that up with a solid 119 two games
later. Nice kegling Jeff!!
Going into the 4
th
game, there seemed to be a defi-
nite flavor of the top teams that would duke it out
throughout the day.
Hayne’s World
(
Scott Kraye,
Brandon Kraye, Raul Rosales, Steve Gurrieri and
David Haynes) and
Miss ya, Tony
(
Greg Thompson
Jr., Kevin Harlin, Will Garber, Dave Wodka and
Wayne Garber) were both undefeated. They met in
game 4, and from the start
Miss ya, Tony
had control
and finished off the game with a 1087 to 960 victory.
Game 5 had
Miss ya, Tony
(4-0)
playing against
Team
Barefoot
(3-1) (
Ben Laughlin, Frank Barefoot,
Brett Wolfe, Vince Wood, Steve Smith), last years
winner. This was a more competitive contest for
Miss
Ya, Tony
,
who pulled it out in the end 1085 to 1006.
Miss Ya, Tony
(5-0)
then moved to the next position
round game against
Seaside Pro Shop
(4-1) (
Dennis
Acma, Royce Agustin, C.J. Godizano, Joe Goldstein
Sr., Raymond Ledesma). Seaside looked intimidated
from the start as they were trounced 1144 to 889.
Game 7 had
Miss ya, Tony
(6-0)
being challenged
by
Team Porter
(5-2) (
Curtis Woods, Robby Callan,
Mike Flynn, Robby Porter, P.J. Haggerty) in what was
the best match of the day. And if
Miss ya, Tony
won,
everyone would be fighting for 2
nd
place. Neither team
falter throughout the game that went down to the last
frame for each team. 1059 to 1057 was the final score
with
Team Porter
on top. The next game would have
the same two team meeting again with the winner
taking the title of winning the 32
nd
Annual Big Swiss.
Miss ya, Tony got off to a quick start and didn’t look
back with a 1082 to 974 victory. At the same time
Hayne’s World
(5-2)
had crept back into the conten-
tion and was playing against
Team
Boyle
(5-2)
(
Darren Francisco, Scott Boyle, Mike Fujita, Brandon
Kring, Marty Deh). This was an exciting game which
went down to the wire. When the smoke cleared,
Hayne’s
World
squeaked out a 926 to 919 victory
and 2
nd
place.
I would like to thank Morgan Hill Bowl for the great
hospitality. I hope that everyone returns to next year’s
event along with new faces to compete in the best
scratch team tournament in Northern California. The
tournament is always held on
the last Sunday of No-
v e m b e r .
Good Luck and Good Bowling
to
you
all !!
Tournament News
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