Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Democrat Scratch Tourney Is A Success

Division 4 champions, Mark Hawley and Joe Gager, second
and third from the left, Second place winners Roger Miller
and Ed LeRoy, fourth and fifth from the left. Tourney
directors, Brian Starr, left and Matt Kleiner, right.

Division 3 champions Roy Sweeney and Kevin Stackhouse.
first and second on the left. Second place went to the
tourney directors, Brian Starr and Matt Kleiner, third and
fourth from the left.





Division 2 champions Jack Ziegler and Gary Eisenhawer,
second and third from the left. Second place winners are
Jack Moylan and James Ratner, fourth and fifth from the
left. Tourney directors Brian Starr, left and Matt Kleiner,
right.





Championship Division, Champions Ed Lake & Jaryl Scott,
second and third from the left. Second place Walt Edwards
and Mark Wegener, fourth and fifth from the left. Tourney
Directors Brian Starr , left, and Matt Kleiner, right.

Twenty-nine doubles teams consisting of 58 bowlers from New York State and Pennsylvania competed on Sunday, March 18, at Kiamesha Lanes in The Fourth Annual Sullivan County Democrat (Men's) Scratch Bowling Challenge tournament.
The snow storm on Friday and Saturday forced the tournament into a one-day event with competition on Sunday consisting of both the qualifying round and three head to head elimination rounds that determined the champions in four divisions.
After qualifying each team was seeded into 4 divisions.
The storm on Friday and Saturday also forced the tournament committee, consisting of Matt Kleiner and Brian Starr, to reduce each round to two games instead of three.
This event grows each year and Sunday paid out over $2,400 in prize money.
The tournament committee gave special thanks to sponsors of this event, Kohler Lumber, Charlie Barbuti Furniture, Kristt Company, Kiamesha Lanes, Callicoon Lanes, Bank of America, Roche's Garage and the Sullivan County Democrat for $1,200 of sponsorship money that goes directly into the prize fund.
The tournament moves each year between Callicoon Lanes and Kiamesha Lanes and the only eligibility rules are that each team member must be at least 16 years of age and USBC rules do not apply to this event.
The first and second place team in each division received prize money.
Eddie Lake of Monticello and Jaryl Scott of South Fallsburg won the 2007 Championship Division when they defeated Walt Edwards of Neversink and Mark Wegener of Woodridge 892 to 858. Lake scored single games of 235, 183 and Scott added singles scores of 230 and 244. Edwards scored 167 and 239 while Wegener scored 247, 205.
Jack Ziegler and Gary Eisenhawer of Newfoundland, Pa. defeated Jack Moylan of Liberty and James Ratner of Liberty for the championship in Division 2. The only scores available in this match were in the first game of the two game match with Moylan scoring 257, Ratner 203, Ziegler 234 and Eisenhawer 202.
Kevin Stackhouse of Rock Hill and Roy Sweeney of Monticello defeated Matt Kleiner of Callicoon and Brian Starr of Cochecton 831-699 for the championship in Division 3. Individual scores for Stackhouse were 215, 182, Sweeney 224, 210, Kleiner 197, 171, Starr 150, 181.
Mark Hawley and Joe Gager from Western Sullivan County defeated Roger Miller and Ed LeRoy, also from Western Sullivan County 854-751 for the championship in Division 4. Individual scores were Hawley with 185, 213, Gager 228, 228, Miller 225, 192 and LeRoy 169, 165.

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