Kellie
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Well what a weekend, the last tournament for the Wide Bay tour and it was a great event and fun had by all.
The first day saw A squad start bright and early and Jason Pearson was the top qualifier for A squad, with Steve Kable from tweed heads hot on his heals. B squad then hit the lanes and the bowlers that were putting out the challenge were Brad Reggars and Cameron Walsh they were showing their fine form on the lanes, with George Frilingos hot on there heals. On day one, a person that had a great day was a youth bowler Naomi Allen from tweed heads, bowling her personal best game of 268, and also went on to bowl 224, and 237 to give herself a spot in the match play.
B squad made the second appearance on the Sunday morning and out of the gates early and showing everyone that he wanted to win the points for the series was George Frilingos, with his 6 games being, 211, 215, 269, 211, 245, and 216 to be top qualifier on a 222 average.
In second saw Cameron Walsh with a 215 average, in third was Brad Reggars with a 213 average, 4th was an injured Carl Bottomley with a 211 average and to round out the top 5 was another youth bowlers from Tweed Heads Ben Fairbank with a nice 211 average also.
The top 30 had to pair up for the doubles, the bowlers from 16th-30 had to pull the number of there partner out and there were some great match ups indeed. In that top 30 saw 4 females also.
Steve Hampson, was still grieving as Jason couldn’t make it to tweed so Steve tried hard to pull Cameron out and he got his wish, but he paid the price and took everyone’s flack but showed them all he and his partner meant business.
The doubles format which was something leading into the event everyone was not too sure on, was from my point of view, a fun time had by all, everyone gave each other the trash talk, and some games coming down to the 10th frame.
Brendan Meads had to strike for the win, and showed that he could get the ball to the pocket, but paid the price for bowling such a great shot, he rode the shot all the way to the pocket to see a nice 8-10 looking right back at him, worst part was he was the last bowler to finish and the crowd were all watching.
George Frilingos and Paul Chambers were hot on the heels of the 1st place team Cameron and Steve and it came down to the last game, George needed to punch out in the 10th frame for the win, but managed a 9 count on his first ball to give Steve and Cameron the win.
In third place were Brad Reggars and Henry De Kaste.
The points for the Wide Bay came down to this tournament, with the top 3 bowlers being only points apart. Well done to George Frilingos for being the Wide Bay Champion and Leesa Bartlem for being the ladies Champion.
The top 3 points winners were George Frilingos with 355, Carl Bottomley with 350 and Brando with 341. 1st in the ladies was Leesa with 160 points.
A special thank you to Ben A, you helped so much throughout this tournament and you put in so much hard work, thanks also to Andrew Christopher for doing the live scores, thanks to all the staff at Tweed Coolangatta Bowl, thank you David for topping up the prize fund, and thank you Bob for all the great lane prizes, there were weekends for two in a resort, a fishing trip, and a show and dinner at the casino just to name a few, but last of all thanks to all the bowlers. I would also like to thank Lawrie Hill from Animals Pro Shop for donating a ball also.
On behalf of Jason and myself we would like to thank you the bowlers for supporting the Wide Bay for 2007, we look forward to seeing you all again next year for what will be a bigger and better year.
The first day saw A squad start bright and early and Jason Pearson was the top qualifier for A squad, with Steve Kable from tweed heads hot on his heals. B squad then hit the lanes and the bowlers that were putting out the challenge were Brad Reggars and Cameron Walsh they were showing their fine form on the lanes, with George Frilingos hot on there heals. On day one, a person that had a great day was a youth bowler Naomi Allen from tweed heads, bowling her personal best game of 268, and also went on to bowl 224, and 237 to give herself a spot in the match play.
B squad made the second appearance on the Sunday morning and out of the gates early and showing everyone that he wanted to win the points for the series was George Frilingos, with his 6 games being, 211, 215, 269, 211, 245, and 216 to be top qualifier on a 222 average.
In second saw Cameron Walsh with a 215 average, in third was Brad Reggars with a 213 average, 4th was an injured Carl Bottomley with a 211 average and to round out the top 5 was another youth bowlers from Tweed Heads Ben Fairbank with a nice 211 average also.
The top 30 had to pair up for the doubles, the bowlers from 16th-30 had to pull the number of there partner out and there were some great match ups indeed. In that top 30 saw 4 females also.
Steve Hampson, was still grieving as Jason couldn’t make it to tweed so Steve tried hard to pull Cameron out and he got his wish, but he paid the price and took everyone’s flack but showed them all he and his partner meant business.
The doubles format which was something leading into the event everyone was not too sure on, was from my point of view, a fun time had by all, everyone gave each other the trash talk, and some games coming down to the 10th frame.
Brendan Meads had to strike for the win, and showed that he could get the ball to the pocket, but paid the price for bowling such a great shot, he rode the shot all the way to the pocket to see a nice 8-10 looking right back at him, worst part was he was the last bowler to finish and the crowd were all watching.
George Frilingos and Paul Chambers were hot on the heels of the 1st place team Cameron and Steve and it came down to the last game, George needed to punch out in the 10th frame for the win, but managed a 9 count on his first ball to give Steve and Cameron the win.
In third place were Brad Reggars and Henry De Kaste.
The points for the Wide Bay came down to this tournament, with the top 3 bowlers being only points apart. Well done to George Frilingos for being the Wide Bay Champion and Leesa Bartlem for being the ladies Champion.
The top 3 points winners were George Frilingos with 355, Carl Bottomley with 350 and Brando with 341. 1st in the ladies was Leesa with 160 points.
A special thank you to Ben A, you helped so much throughout this tournament and you put in so much hard work, thanks also to Andrew Christopher for doing the live scores, thanks to all the staff at Tweed Coolangatta Bowl, thank you David for topping up the prize fund, and thank you Bob for all the great lane prizes, there were weekends for two in a resort, a fishing trip, and a show and dinner at the casino just to name a few, but last of all thanks to all the bowlers. I would also like to thank Lawrie Hill from Animals Pro Shop for donating a ball also.
On behalf of Jason and myself we would like to thank you the bowlers for supporting the Wide Bay for 2007, we look forward to seeing you all again next year for what will be a bigger and better year.
