2nd Anniversary Women's Tournament
This Sunday at Clayton Valley Bowl

The BBA proudly presents its 2^nd Anniversary Women’s Event this Sunday @ Clayton Valley Bowl in Concord .  The 5-Game Singles begins @ 11:00 A.M.  We’ll have 3 divisions for this tournament; a scratch, an open handicap, & a senior (Age 50 & above) handicap.

The entry fee for any of the divisions is $45.  Bowlers who want to compete in any 2 of the divisions will pay only $75 & a bowler who is eligible and chooses to compete in all 3 divisions pays only $100.

For our 2^nd Anniversary event, we’ll be having a raffle.  Among the prizes to be raffled off are 2 Storm Bowling Balls, A Morich Ball, A $50 gift card to the Elephant Bar.  Tickets are $1 each or 7 for $5.  Bring a new bowler that has never bowled in a BBA Women’s event and you’ll receive $10 in raffle tickets.

 The flyer is here, http://www.bowlbayarea.com/uploads/Womens_Jan15_2012.pdf

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Thompson wins 2nd NCMG Title & $1950

Anthony Thompson won his 2nd BBA Northern California Match Games title defeating a field of 60 bowlers at Clayton Valley Bowl on December 31, 2011.

Thompson was one of two players to post a 7-1 record, Jason Tehee was the other, but Thompson’s 2020 pinfall was good for a 162 pin win over Tehee.  A 247-235 victory over former champion Joe Goldstein, Sr. in game 8 locked up the win for Thompson. 

It was a big payday for Anthony, the title was worth $1,650, he picked up another $300 with a full play in the progressive pot and won or tied 3 sidepots totaling another $253.

In winning his 2nd NCMG title, he becomes the third bowler to have two wins joining Jeff Frankos & Chris Pitts.  Lee Patterson has the most titles in NCMG play with three.

Tehee was the only other player with 7 wins.  He started by winning 4 in a row, his only loss was to P.J. Haggerty, 227-180 and finished the tournament with 3 more in the win column.  The Game 8 sidepot played triple and he picked a good time for his high game of the day.  Jason’s 278 tied for the pot and the tie was worth $207 to go along with $1,020 for his runner-up finish.

There were 6 bowlers to finish with a 6-2 record.  Of those 6, Wayne Garber had the highest pinfall (1954) to take 3rd place & $800.  Goldstein, Sr. was 16 pins lower to finish in 4th for $650 & Dustin Sherman rounded out the top 5 with 6 wins + 1879 in pins for $500.

James Murphy had the high game of the non-cashers in game 8 with 278 for $150 and he tied Tehee for the regular sidepot for another $207 for a $357 game 8!

Our next Match Games will be a team event, the 2nd Annual Nor Cal Swiss Team Challenge on Sunday March 18 @ Clayton Valley.  There are no restrictions to how your team is put together.

Charting the champ….d. Dave Milichichi, 248-211; d. Wayne Garber, 239-227; lost to Dave Houck, 268-225; d. Aaron Pawloski, 300-248; d. Wayne Garber, 279-213; d. Dustin Sherman, 267-245; d. Brandon Kring, 215-209; d. Joe Goldstein, Sr. 247-235.

Notes:  The only tie match was in game 3 as Ruben Reyes & Seth Montgomery tied at 216.  Seth won the tie-breaker in the 3rd round as he went 10-9-10 to Ruben’s 10-9-6…Dustin Sherman was the last undefeated bowler, he started the tournament 5-0, losing to Thompson in game 6…The NCMG had its 1st father vs. son match as Will & Wayne Garber hooked it up in game 7 (well, at least Will hooks it!!), but the elder Garber came away with the win, 223-217…Chris Pitts had the tough luck start as he had 759 for his 1st three games, but had just a 1-2 record…he was in 22nd place with 2 games to go and had wins with scores of 244 & 253 to finish in 9th…Leonard Lopez had the event’s other 300 in game 1…..Both 300’s came from lanes 5-6

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