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secretary/treasurer Bob Brown
by Don Phillips
March 31. Top senior for the week was LOFTER FULL
ROLLER Mike Harris 256/935.
OK Mike! Other 900's were by Tim Nessler 277/912, John
Tremplay 236/907 and Tom Latoski 265/903. Par rollers
were Ron Pearson 245/872, Phillip Moses 247/804, Joe
Holesapple 244/866, Owl Richardson 276/846, Red Gossett
240/846, Clyde Nakaishi 226/892, Don Phillips 245/878, Cal
Suan 230/838, Bob Bonifacini 226/834, John Miner 215/809,
Ben Biggs 226/807, Jerry Davidson 234/814, Ray Searles
258/879, Lonnie Hare 244/827, Monty Lyons 225/837 and
Mike Mayer 237/823. Top 5 games were by Merle Darling
248, Ron Johnson 255, Bill Graham 232, Don Sager 232
and Art Tourtillott 226.
Week 32, position round 4. Team 1 Unplugged (Red
Gossett, Clyde Nakaishi, Don Phillips) won the last playoff
spot. Congratulations!!! Leader this week was Dennis Estes
300/966. Nice PERFECTO Dennis!! Other 900's were by
Ron Pearson 245/937, Don Phillips 256/919, Cal Suan
242/915 and Larry Hilburn 245/913. In the 800 range for the
4 game set (top 20) were Art Tourtillott 264/877, Dale Col-
lette 226/816, Mike Mayer 226/816, Ron Johnson 265/861,
Joe Holesapple 236/827, Jerry Davidson 232/829, Mo Sny-
der 236/823, Bob Bonifacini 226/874, Mal Helmuth 257/889,
Tim Nessler 233/838, Hank Miles 246/887, Tom Latoski
239/826, Lonnie Hare 258/877, Mike Harris 237/867, Brent
Korff 276/860 and Ray Searles 225/838. Nice games were
by Anthony Ripchick 227, Butch Bohannon 232, Phillip
Moses 226, John Miner 236 and Bill Graham 231.
April 14. First round of playoffs and individual sweeper.
Two teams advanced to the championship roll-off. Team # 1,
Unplugged (Red Gossett, Clyde Nakaishi, Don Phillips) and
team # 17, Badrack(Art Tourtillott, Dale Collette, Mike
Mayer). Congratulations to both teams!! Top sixteen places
of the individual sweeper will receive $$ on April 21. Con-
grat's to those 16 players. Top 20 shooters for the week
were led by Mike Mayer 300/1001!! Way to go Mike!! Three
900's were by Don Phillips 247/951, George Senn 279/921
and Mike Harris 262/917. OK!! Par rollers were Joe Hole-
sapple 235/835, Red Gossett 234/853,
Clyde Nakaishi 299 (stubborn 7 pin) 868, Owl Richardson
234/833, Ron Pearson 225/836, Frank Acuna 268/831,
Brent Korff 249/866, Anthony Ripchick 233/872, Steve Ad-
ams 247/854, Bill Graham 243/861, Mike Hale 243/827,
Monty Lyons 242/843, Mal Helmuth 235/860, Ray Searles
279/895, Larry Hilburn 234/870 and Dennis Estes 238/840.
Top 5 games were by Bob Bonifacini 236, Ben Biggs 234,
Tom Latoski 235, Jerry Davidson 244 and Dick Martegani
233.
April 21, 2015 Championship roll-off and team sweeper.
The championship roll-off was won by team # 1, Unplugged
(Red Gossett, Clyde Nakaishi, Don Phillips) Congratulations!
Two 900 were rolled by Dennis Estes 258/916 and Don
Phillips 247/904.!! The top six teams won sweeper $$.
800++ shooters were Don Sager 226/873, Mike Harris
220/834, Brent Korff 223/804, Steve Adams 213/820, Larry
Hilburn 248/837, Ron Johnson 225/840, Bob Bonifacini
239/880, John Miner 239/873, Red Gossett 235/821, Clyde
Nakaishi 216/805, Mike Mayer 218/826, Jerry Davidson
226/828, Mal Helmuth 236/844, Mo Snyder 234/836, George
Senn 233/836,
Dick Martegani 223/805 and Frank Acuna 246/833. Top 5
singles were by Ron Pearson 233, Anthony Ripchick 226,
Cal Suan 231, Owl Richardson 225 and Steve Curless 226.
Star-Studded U.S. Squad Selected For
World Senior Championships
By Lucas Wiseman
ARLINGTON, Texas - Eight of the best senior bowlers in the country will represent the United States at the
World Bowling Senior Championships later this year.
The National Selection Committee selected the four men and four women who will make up the U.S.
squad at Sam's Town Bowling Center in Las Vegas from Aug. 24-30.
On the men's side, the United States will be represented by Lennie Boresch of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Bob
Learn Jr. of Lantana, Florida, Johnny Petraglia of Jackson, New Jersey, and Ron Mohr of North Las Vegas,
Nevada.
The women's squad will be made up of Tish Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Lucy Sandelin of
Tampa, Florida, Paula Vidad of Sun City, California, and Robin Romeo of Newhall, California.
The eight players have no shortage of domestic and international experience.
Learn claimed the 1999 U.S. Open title and also won the 2001 Japan Cup, while Mohr is a three-time
Team USA member and eight-time winner on the Professional Bowlers Association's PBA50 Tour.
Petraglia, a member of the United States Bowling Congress and PBA halls of fame, has 14 career PBA
Tour titles and eight PBA50 Tour titles to his credit. Boresch, who was inducted into the USBC Hall of Fame
in 2012, has won three USBC Open Championships titles.
"The opportunity to represent my country is a great honor," said Learn, who has nearly $1.4 million in ca-
reer PBA earnings. "I have done many things in our sport, but bowling for Team USA has always been
something I have desired to be a part of."
Vidad, who has won nine gold medals at the Tournament of the Americas for the United States, won the
2011 USBC Senior Queens and the Senior Women's U.S. Open in 2013 and 2014. Sandelin, a 10-time
Team USA member who has won numerous international medals for her country, won the USBC Senior
Queens in 2008 and 2013.
Johnson, a member of Team USA in 2008, has won 25 professional women's titles, including five majors,
while Romeo is an 18-time professional tour winner and won, the Senior U.S. Women's Open in 2012.
Sandelin, Johnson and Romeo are also members of the USBC Hall of Fame.
"There is no higher reward than to represent your country and wear red, white and blue," Vidad said.
"There is no dollar amount that can equal that of a medal hanging on your neck and the national anthem
playing."
Countries from around the world will compete in the World Bowling Senior Championships and will battle
for medals in five events - singles, doubles, team, Masters and all-events. All participants must be age 50 or
older to be eligible.
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
WEEKLY GLANCE
(For May 6 - May 12, 2015)
Three bowlers join 50-Year Club at 2015
USBC Open Championships
By Matt Cannizzaro
The 50-Year Club at the United States Bowling
Congress Open Championships got three new mem-
bers this week at the El Paso Convention Center.
Ernie Beltz of Georgetown, Texas, who listed bowl-
ing with his two sons among his favorite memories at
the USBC Open Championships, was escorted down
Center Aisle by his son Mike on May 3.
The 78-year-old right-hander made his first Open
Championships appearance at the 1957 tournament
in Fort Worth, Texas, and in his milestone appear-
ance more than five decades later, he shot 476 in
doubles, 421 in singles and 403 in team for a 1,300
all-events total, increasing his career pinfall to
85,314, a 188 average.
Fred Gordon of Cumberland Foreside, Maine, and
Charles Tredway Sr. of Chester, New Jersey,
eclipsed the 50-year mark on May 11.
Gordon, an 80-year-old right-hander who made his
first Open Championships appearance at the 1965
event in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been to every
event but one, since his debut.
He now is the only Maine bowler in 112 years of
Open Championships history, and nearly 200 years
of Maine's statehood, to reach the 50-year participa-
tion mark on the tournament lanes.
His scores in El Paso this week included 472 in dou-
bles, 444 in team and 440 in singles for a 1,356 all-
events total, increasing his career pinfall to 80,667, a
181.6 average.
Tredway, who made his tournament debut at the
1966 event in Rochester, New York, wouldn't let 18
inches of snow delay his first trip down Center Aisle,
and he hasn't let anything stand in his way since. He
has been to 50 consecutive tournaments.
This week, the 76-year-old right-hander rolled
scores of 466 in singles, 461 in doubles and 426 in
team for 1,353. He has knocked down 81,566 pins in
his 50 tournaments for a career average of 181.2.
Each milestone bowler was presented with a
plaque, chevron and diamond lapel pin to com-
memorate the accomplishment.
