Association Annual Tournament Awards Banquet

The Tri-County NY USBC Association tournaments dinner and open meeting was held on Sunday April 13 at Campbell Hall. The association includes all bowlers from Sullivan County and parts of Orange County and Ellenville Lanes in Ulster County.
Youth, women and men's tournament winners were announced.
In the 1st annual Youth Championship Tournament held March 29-30 at Pin Street Lanes in Warwick team and individual awards were given in the Prep Division, Junior Division and Major/Senior division.
Team winners in the Prep Division from Minisink Lanes was The Warriors including team mates Nick Tooley, Andrew Sorton, Jacob Loske and Brett Romer.
Team winners in the Junior Division from Minisink Lanes was the Monkees with team mates Sean Westfall, Gregory Conklin, Justin Drew and Nathan Westfall.
Team winners in the Major/Senior division from Pin Street Lanes was the Wre;cking Crew with team mates Alan Taylor Jr., Scott Dunkerly, Brian Gentilella and Eric Gentilella.
Individual awards in the Major/Senior division (15 and up) included for boys high game net James Durland (243), high series net Eric Gentilella (678), high game gross Shawn Sinistorie (280), high series gross Brian Gentilella (778).
In the girls division high game net and high game series Kaitlyn Egan (175) and (499). High game gross Karissa Rothstein (206) and high series gross Julia Rothstein (693).
In the Junior division (12-14) boys high game net went to Jordan Drew (222), high series net Kevin LeMaire (613), high game gross Nathan Wesfall (242) and high series gross Kyle Eyth (725).Girl high game net in this division went to Alexina Giovanniello (135) and high series net was won by Brittney Morgan (404),
In the Prep division (9-11) boy high game net was won by Brett R;omer (154), high series net Justin Drew (437), high game gross Krystoff Porter (221) and high series gross Gregory Conklin (668).
No awards were given for girls in this division.
In the Bant;am division (8 and under), boys high game net was awarded to Stephen Rotello (96) and high sereis net went to Nick Tooley (279). No awards for girls were given in this division.
In the Major/Senior Handicapped team division Team Kiamesha placed fourth with a 2,529 total.
In the Second Annual Open (Men's) tournament team handicap champions were Louie's Hero's with team members John Holmberg, Mark Hesleitner, Philip Geib and Louis Harford. Scratch team winners was the No Name team with team members Scott Mann, Antonio Rivera, Gary Kennedy and Joseph Powell.
Doubles handicap and scratch champions are Antonio Rivera and Neal Bensley.
Singles event handicap division champion is TC Conklin with a (809) while Scratch Champion is John Ritter.
All Events men's handicap champion is Robert Tanner (2334) and Scratch Champion is Antonio Rivera (2136).
Champions in the 2ed Annual Women's Tournament includ in the Handicap division the team of Pin Street Pizzazz with team members Peggy Needham, Laurie Seebach, Cynthia Knapp and Deborah Gardner.
In the Ladies Scratch Division champions are Yeager Realty with team members Mary Lee Williams, Dorian Jennings, Andrea Grossman and Joan Lake.
Doubles handicap champions are Barbara Goetzman and Jeanne Steuhl. Scratch divsion champions are Laura Felker and Patricia Watch.
Singles event handicap and scratch Champion is Dorian Jennings with a (710) and (665).
All Events handicap Champion is Laurie Seebach (2041) and Scratch Champion is Soly Zimmerman (1754).
The association presented special certificates to the four men who bowled 300 games including Antonio Rivera, Vinnie Collura, Joseph Powell and John Hoffmann.
Inducted into the Tri-County NY USBC Hall of Fame were Marilyn Quackenbush and Steve Brygidyr.
An enjoyable buffet dinner was enjoyed by the large group attending this annual event.

The Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo

Bowlers: This week's tip will focus on bowling ball maintenance for all types of bowling balls.
We will focus on the bowling balls used in the modern era, but we must point out that all balls should be cleaned and maintained after each use.
we will start with plastic balls, used by new and recreational bowlers.
Plastic balls are not porous, but due to the high viscosity oils used today the oil will build up on the balls and eliminate any contact with the lane.
You can use any car care product or household cleaner to clean the ball very easily.
Plain urethane balls with no additives are very scarce in today's game, but like plastic balls they are porous and will not absorb oil and dirt. You can usethe above products to clean tthe oil and dirt off the ball.
However, if you would like to keep the ball dull, use an abrasive pad.
The most common equipment used by league and competitive bowlers is a urethane-based ball with additives commonly known as reactive additives and particles, but because every company uses chemicals from different suppliers, they must be maintained differently.
High performance balls are very porous and will absorb oil and dirt fast and diminish the performance of the ball as soon as 30 games if not maintained.
You should towel the ball off after each shot during use and clean the ball as soon as possible at the end of each bowling session.
There are several ways to clean a high performance ball. If the ball is dull and you would like to keep it that way, you can use warm water, dish detergent and a gray or burgundy pad (3m makes them) or the back of a scrubber sponge.
The gray pad will leave the ball with a 700 matte finish, burgundy at 500.
If your ball does not have a dull surface and you would like to keep the surface the same, you can use dish detergent with a rag (no abrasive) or a generic ball cleaner that is made for bowling balls and sold in bowling pro shops.
If you find that your ball works best when polished, many products are available in many different degrees of polish to give you the desired finish on the ball. Several companies sell products to match the out-of-box finish if desired.
As far as long-range maintenance, if you have your ball resurfaced and the oil extracted occasionally, your ball will perform for a much longer period of time than if neglected.
The lane finish and the amount of of oil used will determine how often the ball should be resurfaced.
Wood lanes that are relatively dry will cause the ball to track within 100 games. If the lanes have more oil, possibly 150 games depending on the condition of the lane beds.
With synthetic lanes, you get at least 50 percent more games on the ball before resurfacing.
Mike Luongo is technically certified through IBPSIA as a Pro Shop Operator and Teacher. He is also a Silver Level Coach with the USBC and is also the Northeast Technical Advisor for the Morich Bowling Ball Company (Morich Enterprises, Inc.) Mike is a member of the Brunswick Pro Shop Staff. If you have a question or subject you would like covered, he can be reached at 341-1694 or via e-mail at mikespro@warwick.net

Local Scores

Fox Bowling Center

Recent highlight scores in the Tuesday Women's Early Birds league includes a 209, 204, 561 by Tammy Kane, Lori Walker 185, 205, 529, Kathleen Maltese 193, 522, Sherry Persbacker 193, 517, Kathleen Stanton 193, 514, Anne Couse 510, Jennifer Raymond 185, 500, Karen Hunt 190 and Malinda Ferris 180.
In the Wednesday Men's Independent league Bill Gleim scored a 248, 246, 257, 751, James Dibble 228, 254, 236, 718, Donald Marino 255, 223, 237, 715, Jack Hazen 266, 237, 200, 705, Rod Pudney 243, 216, 234, 693, Andrew Bullis 224, 221, 236, 681, Carl Davis 204, 221, 254, 679, Pat Kille 199, 239, 235, 673, Lee Stanton 234, 255, 669, Jonathon Wayne 206, 221, 236, 663, Craig Conklin 235, 245, 660, Allen Bullis Sr. 218, 227, 213, 658, Tony Wright 224, 225, 200, 649, Robert Johnson 232, 234, 647, Brian Drumm 220, 230, 643, Craig Gehrig 297, 620, Robert McNaught 210, 218, 604, Jeremy Gulley 223, 603, Robert Sobas 226, 217, 602, Thomas Anderson 225, Josh Rice 225, Richard Price 238 ansd Charlie DeCristofaro 223.
In the Deposit Men's National league Rick Mills scored a 288, 231, 708, Jamie Murphy 224, 232, 233, 689, Jeff Curtis 267, 195, 206, 668, Chris Conway 233, 225, 199, 657, Tony Wright 211, 208, 236, 655, Paul Ignatovich 224, 194, 230, 648, Andrew Bullis 249, 213, 645, Ray Cornwell 226, 225, 641, Carl Davis 247, 625, Robert Johnson 223, 207, 614, Steve Hopkins 221, 219, 613, Lee Stanton 227, 230, 606, Paul Fritz 207, 202, Neil Mosher 230 and John Lanner 237.
In the Friday Couples league Matthew Johnson scored a 211, 213, 224, 648, Gary Resti 212, 202, 607, Andy Bullis 247, 606, Jason Mead 605, Bill Gleim 220, James Dibble 232, 220, Anne Couse 214, 194, 579, Hope Jones 199, 525, Sandy Winans 191, 514, Michelle Brush 196, Jennifer Smith 191, Crystal Ellis 184 and Judy Ellis 182.

Kiamesha Lanes

Recent highlight scores in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league include a 298, 727 by Neil Bell Jr. Kris Gwiozdowsk i238, Russ Keesler 237, 646, John Hoffmann 650, Roberta Yakin 235, 593, Debbie Durland 204, Lisa Cartwright 201, 548 and Dorian Jennings 541.