Vol. 21, No. 2 FEBRUARY 2011 The New York Bowler On the Inside. . . Firsts for Benton and Pontorno . . . . 6 Suffolk . . . . . . . . 5 NYC. . . . . . . . . . 8 Nassau . . . . . 4,5 Four New York bowler on high average list . . . 9 NABI . . . . . . . . 10 LIGBT . . . . . . . 11 Youth Beat . . . 10 The Man:‘Major’ Mika Koivuniemi wins PBA TOC and record $250,000 prize Rebecca Gotterbarn rolls 300 game page 10 see PBA TOC page 2 Michael Fagan, of Patchogue, LI, finished in 10th place with a 10-14 match play record to win $22,000. Koivuniemi Wins PBA Tournament of Champions, $250,000 First Prize “Major Mika” nearly perfect in becoming first international Tournament of Cham- pions winner LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Jan. 22, 2011) – Finnish native Mika Koivuniemi of Hartland, Mich., defeated top qualifier Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, Mich., 269- 207, Saturday to win the $250,000 first prize in the $1 million Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes. After rolling a 299 game against Tom Daugherty of Wesley Chapel, Fla., in the semifinal match, Koivuniemi threw an- other 10 strikes on 12 tries against Smallwood to become the first interna- tional player ever to win the PBA’s sig- nature tournament. “I can’t even say what this title means right now,” Koivuniemi said. “It was my third major and I have nine titles now. I hope I can win a few more and secure a spot in the hall of fame. And my oldest daugh- ter is starting college next year, so the money will help. “It helped to get past my first match,” he added. “I haven’t had a lot of breaks on TV lately. Even after I shot the 299, I held myself back and stayed focused. It would have been nice to shoot 300, but it’s more important to win the title.” Koivuniemi earned the nickname “Ma- jor Mika” after winning the 2000 United States Bowling Congress Masters and the 2001 U.S. Open – both major cham- pionships - for his first two PBA titles after a highly successful international career where he won titles in 15 different countries. “Mika bowled great. He won,” said Smallwood, who earned $100,000 as runner-up. “He out-bowled all of us. He had a great look at the lane condition and he made the shots. And winning $100,000 can make you a good loser.” In the semifinal match, Koivuniemi came within a wobbling 10 pin of becoming the first player in PBA history to shoot two nationally-televised 300 games. The 42- year-old right-hander rolled a perfect game against Jason Couch of Clermont, Fla., in Windsor Locks, Conn., in 2003. Koivuniemi easily defeated Daugherty, 299-100, because Daugherty’s televi- sion debut was a disaster. The 35-year- old Floridian left seven difficult – if not unmakeable – splits in rolling the low- est nationally-televised game in PBA history. Daugherty converted two pins after leaving the 4-6-7-10 split in the 10th frame to shoot an even 100, eras- ing the 129 bowled by Steve Jaros in Lake Zurich, Ill., in 1992. Despite his record low score, Daugherty took home $50,000 for third place. “I destroyed Jaros’ record,” Daugherty grinned. “I would have been more up- set if I’d shot 260 and lost. I really wasn’t nervous. I just threw the wrong ball and made some bad shots. Once I was down 50 pins and threw another split, I was just trying to get out of Mika’s way.
The Man:‘Major’ Mika Koivuniemiwins PBA TOCand record$250,000 prize
Rebecca Gotterbarnrolls 300 game
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Michael Fagan, of Patchogue,LI, finished in 10th place with a 10-14match play record to win $22,000.
Koivuniemi Wins PBA Tournament ofChampions, $250,000 First Prize“Major Mika” nearly perfect in becomingfirst international Tournament of Cham-pions winner LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Jan. 22, 2011) –Finnish native Mika Koivuniemi ofHartland, Mich., defeated top qualifierTom Smallwood of Saginaw, Mich., 269-207, Saturday to win the $250,000 firstprize in the $1 million ProfessionalBowlers Association Tournament ofChampions at Red Rock Lanes. After rolling a 299 game against TomDaugherty of Wesley Chapel, Fla., in thesemifinal match, Koivuniemi threw an-other 10 strikes on 12 tries againstSmallwood to become the first interna-
tional player ever towin the PBA’s sig-nature tournament. “I can’t even saywhat this titlemeans right now,”Koivuniemi said. “Itwas my third majorand I have ninetitles now. I hope Ican win a few moreand secure a spotin the hall of fame. And my oldest daugh-ter is starting college next year, so themoney will help. “It helped to get past my first match,”he added. “I haven’t had a lot of breakson TV lately. Even after I shot the 299, Iheld myself back and stayed focused. Itwould have been nice to shoot 300, butit’s more important to win the title.” Koivuniemi earned the nickname “Ma-jor Mika” after winning the 2000 UnitedStates Bowling Congress Masters andthe 2001 U.S. Open – both major cham-pionships - for his first two PBA titlesafter a highly successful internationalcareer where he won titles in 15 differentcountries. “Mika bowled great. He won,” saidSmallwood, who earned $100,000 asrunner-up. “He out-bowled all of us. Hehad a great look at the lane conditionand he made the shots. And winning$100,000 can make you a good loser.” In the semifinal match, Koivuniemi camewithin a wobbling 10 pin of becoming thefirst player in PBA history to shoot two
nationally-televised 300 games. The 42-year-old right-hander rolled a perfectgame against Jason Couch ofClermont, Fla., in Windsor Locks,Conn., in 2003. Koivuniemi easily defeated Daugherty,299-100, because Daugherty’s televi-sion debut was a disaster. The 35-year-old Floridian left seven difficult – if notunmakeable – splits in rolling the low-est nationally-televised game in PBAhistory. Daugherty converted two pinsafter leaving the 4-6-7-10 split in the10th frame to shoot an even 100, eras-ing the 129 bowled by Steve Jaros inLake Zurich, Ill., in 1992. Despite hisrecord low score, Daugherty tookhome $50,000 for third place. “I destroyed Jaros’ record,” Daughertygrinned. “I would have been more up-set if I’d shot 260 and lost. I really wasn’tnervous. I just threw the wrong ball andmade some bad shots. Once I wasdown 50 pins and threw another split, Iwas just trying to get out of Mika’s way.
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“But I still had the most fun I’ve ever had in my lifethis week, including today. I’d rather shoot 100 todaythan earlier in the week. I made $500 a pin today.That’s more than Mika made, pin for pin.” Koivuniemi began his march to the title with a 224-220 win over Gomez in the opening match whenGomez failed to double in the 10th frame. Both play-ers showed early jitters – Koivuniemi leaving a pocket7-10 split on his first shot and Gomez missing a 7 pinin his second frame – but both recovered with stringsof strikes. Gomez used his string of five in a row totake the lead heading into the ninth frame, but madehis biggest mistake, leaving and missing the 3-4-6-7split to hand the lead back to the Finnish native. Koivuniemi had a chance to lock up the match with astrike on his first shot in the 10th frame, but left a 10pin to give Gomez a chance. Gomez earned $40,000for his fourth place finish. The first prize and total prize fund were the richest inbowling history. The finals, which aired in high-defini-tion for the first time in PBA history, returned to ABCfor the first time in 14 years.
2011PBA TOC Notebook. . New York cashers after 34 games in the TOC event;
Tom Daugherty knows how to keep things in perspec-tive. After shattering the PBA record for lowest score everon a television show with 100, Daugherty quipped,“$500 per pin is the biggest payday in PBA history.” Daugherty entered the television round with the bestaverage (225) through 72 games. After bowling whathe said was his best tournament game ever in beat-ing Tom Smallwood 258-236 in the position round,Daugherty threw his worst game. “You can’t go out there and try to throw a 100 withseven splits,” said Daugherty, who earned $50,000for his third-place finish. “One game doesn’t take awayanything I did this week. I threw 72 great games andone bad game. It happens. I would rather throw mybad game in the 73rd game than the 72nd. I madethe show.” In essence, it didn’t matter what Daugherty threw inthat 73rd game. Champion Mika Koivuniemi was in azone that few bowlers ever find during the televisionshow. Koivuniemi had a 299, a 10-pin away from aperfect game against Daugherty, and threw 792 forhis three games. “It was over by the fifth frame,” Daugherty said. “Whatare you going to do? Mika was throwing so great itdidn’t matter what I bowled. I’d rather throw a 100than a 140.” There was one nervous moment for Daugherty, the35-year-old from Wesley Chapel, Fla. It came in the10th round when his seventh split 4-7, 6-10 pins. Hewas two pins away from 100. After converting the 6-10, Daugherty raised his arms above his head andhigh-fived fans, and then “I got out of Mika’s way asfast as I could.”While he called the entire experience “awesome” and
“the most fun I ever had,”he cringed when hethought about what wasahead.“I know I’m going tomake the top-10 (onESPN) or get on PTI(Pardon the Interrup-tion),” Daugherty said.“Tony Konheiser is go-ing to drill me.”And, after defendingchampion TomSmallwood respondedabout $100,000 being agreat consolation prize,Daugherty interjected,“I’m the better loser. Noteven Mika made asmuch per pin as I did.” -Marc David-N O T E S . . .We asked PBA COOTom Clark what was thenumber one thing that
had to happen for this event to be called a success –his response was “There has to be a buzz in thesports world. People have to notice that this wassomething really significant.”• Prior to the final casher’s squad, there was a 90minute delay, caused by the band testing their stageelectronics; it blew the circuit feeding the pinsetters;and being all computerized, these systems are verycomplicated. It wasn’t simply a matter of restoring abreaker. One of the bowling center managers said“Maybe we should have a bowling tournament nextyear instead of a rock concert.”• Tom Dougherty’s 100 shattered the PBA televisedlow game record of 129 shot by Steve Jaros in 1992.At the H of F dinner, Mike Jakubowski joked, “I don’tknow who’s happier tonight – Mika or Jaros”• Because of the low entry count of 175, the adver-tised million dollar prize fund was reduced to$963,700. Every PBA official we spoke with said theywere “shocked” that the tournament did not draw the280 entries required to pay out the full million.• Tom Dougherty was tough on his fellow PBA re-gional members who chose not to support the event.“They should have their PBA cards cancelled, “hesaid.• Kelly Kulick had a tough week compared to lastyear. She cashed, but in 49th place . . .but handledit with style and grace. Her speech at the H of Fdinner where she accepted the Bowler of the Yearand the Glenn Allison Hero Award from the WBWand Bowlers Journal was by far the best of the night.Funny; from the heart; and five minutes – perfect.Two other women cashed in the event: Diandra
T of C event sidebar & notes by Marc David andJim GoodwinSidebar See TOC NOTES page 5
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Seam White set the standard for re-cent league play with a 300 game and781 series in the Sat. RCC Mixed.Mike Agosta saw a single pin standbetween him and perfection, scoring299-766 in the Thur. JFK Mixed. TheMon. Mens produced a near-perfect298 game by Mitchell Goolsby, whileChun Bae and Derek Stroke earned 11-in-a-row awards for a 290 game. Other good scorers reported were:Mon. 4th Precint, Chris McCreedy698; Tues. Ladies, Anne Hyland 556;Wed. Mixed, John Caputo 684, MikeAbrams 682 and Ed Rodman 665;Thur. Ladies, Kristy Paxinos 565;Thur. JFK Mixed, Stumpy Catania289-730; Thur. Mens, John Laurita289-754, Rod Mahon 280-740 andMitchell Goolsby 275-759.
Herrill Lanes bowler Anthony Calabrocame within a single pin of perfection inrecent league play, hitting a 299 gameand 763 series in the Fri. Early Mixed.Senior bowler Gil Li bowled a whopping288-772 om the Fri. Early Roller-Seniors. Other good scores reported:Fri. Early Rollers-Srs.Jack Ng 225,PaulPillitteri 237,Ken Joe 225; Fri. LateMixed, Tom Schnetzer 232, JohnSmyth 225; Friday Early Mixed,Albert Habib 268, Mark Tricarico 724,Anthony Calabro 712, Tony Cadena 270-702, Jim Manganaro 268-762 Al Doerrer708; 3rd Saturday, Sandy Rabinowitz217; St. Nicholas, Gus Karamouzis
243, Lee Raptakis 266; Tues. Bowlaire,Kathy Chernow 233, Arthur O’Connor 258,John Coughlan 269-737,Stu Brustein 676, William Cucchiara 690,John Coughlan 677, Eddie Mc Cormack265-715, Bob Smith 699, Ron Neugebauer277; Tues. Late Mixed, Gerome Seidita262, Ron Neugebauer 277, Scott Kaplan268-730, Tom Scalise 678, GeromeSeidita 262, Ron Neugebauer 277; Thur.Early Mixed, Larry Dimitriou 267-246-277-790, Nancy Honey 256, Abel David255, Annette Sequino 224, John Coughlan701, Buddy Renaldo 718; 8th Battalion,Bob Wanczowski 266, Tom Ryan 246,Justin Ryan 246;Wed. Early Mixed, Joe Iovino 257,Frankie Calca 248, Kathy Chernow 615,Vinnie Cosenza 697, Matt Devoti 254,Dennis DeVoti 260, Sandra Wilson 256-617, Bonnie Gortler 619, Gregg De Angelo278-735 ; Chatterbox Mixed, WayneMayo 245, Patrick Blaha 253,Jeff Gabriel254, Tom Fischetti 704, RussellMaslankowski 257, Thur. Early Mixed,Steve Harvey 246, Robert Camerino 681,Henry Van Engel 248, Lisa LaGuarino636, Sean Holohan 248, Nancy Honey624, Rick Peterson 671, Red Robinson670, John Coughlan 267-737, Chit-Chats,Linda Butan 215.
A pair of 800 series highlighted recentplay at Baldwin Lanes. Pete Cornellnotched 289-804 in the Thur. MajorLeagurers and Quinton Collins scored288-804 in the Mon. Classic Trios. EricTaylor, Jr. authored the only 300 game alsobowled in the Mon. Classic Trios. Othergood scores reported: Mon FreeportEagles Seniors, Elijah Seabrook 266,Pete Micca 603, Allan Goodman 622,Peggy Atkins 589, Al Atkins 603, BobDexter 632; Mon. Trios Classic, ChrisFisher 289-744, Joe Conigliaro 279-782,Paul D’Alessandro 704, Eric Rogers276-733, Jose Cepin 700, Gluseppe New-ton 289-784; Mon. Ladies Classic, LindaEllison 634; Tuesday Custom ThumbsInvitational, Joe Conigliaro 279-784,Brad Cammarano 727, Tom Gehlhaus703, Kevin Isler 270, Jason Crawford 278,Johnathon Aker 279-776, Warren Brown287-778, Bob Thorne 733, Gregg Piperno711, Joe Natoli 290-754, Tim Swanson744, John Pasciucco 704, Thur. SeniorClub, Rudy Aquino 704; Thur. Bowl-ing 4 Dollars, Matt Overton 684, ElwoodVerity 733; Thur. Early Mixed, DavidHernendez 722, Kevin Isler 700, BobbyMazzi 689, Charlie Brower 704; Thur.Major Leagurers, Steve Siege 744,Russell Johnson, Sr 722, Dawn Novak700, Cheryl Novak 733, Dawn Novak 267-655, Bill Lunongo 703.
Sharing the spotlight in recent leagueaction at San-Dee Lanes, was RogerTucker with a 299-685 and JessicaMorgan with 258-718, both in the San-Dee Classic Mixed. Other good scores reported were:Frank Vuzzo League, Bill Simonson258, Mike Murray 257, DenisePalminteri 256, Jon Aker 279-789, BobRice 718, Steve Palopoli 709, SkipAker 716, George Ays 268-708, JonPfleger 279-712, Mike Reddin 736,Ryan Palminteri 279, Larry Foder 279-724, Rick Combs 723, Leon Pavone723, Bob Rice 712, Roger Tucker 278-763, Rocky Caridi 751, Derek Foder270; St Therese, Carl Riccobono279, Michael Ribaudo 730; Club 21Scott Goldman 279; San-Dee Clas-sics Mixed, Chrissy Stella 663,Marie Hanke 652, Kathy Ribaudo 212,Mary Ellen Davis 253, Cesar Ocasio278, James Zabatta 678, FrankRaicaldo 675, Sandy Ingraffia200,Cesar Ocasio 279, Steve Neligan276-730, Roger Tucker 288-794,Chrissy Stella 690, Cesar Ocasio280-728, Sonja Seidel 257, RoxanneRusso 633, Cesar Ocasio 280-728,Sonja Seidel 257, Phyllis Giordano255, Roxanne Russo 633; Guys andDolls, Tim Guerrero-257, Ernie Adamo718.
A trio of bowler achieved perfectionin recent play. Chris Paroly was per-fect in the Charlie Cap Classic,while two 300’s came in the Sun.Early Mens, William Bovain, Jr.300-732 and Sam Katz 300-788. Othergood scores were: Sun. Early Men’s,Bryan Berg 704, Larry Dimitriou 278-700, Derek Parrinello 693, Pat Healey688,William Bovain, Jr. 707, EdMarquez 279, Pat Healey 686, FrankFazio, Sr. 654, Ryan Gamblin 286-737, Don Miller 297-729, JasonArbeitman 280-715, Sam Katz 254-257-691, Tony Campagna 258-657,Anthony Campagna 288-652.
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AMF East Meadow Mon. Men, Rick Biscardi 279-773,Steve Buckman 285-799, DaveGribbin 279-747, Scott Gray 277-775,Marco Dasilva 286, Jay Farkas 279,Rob Andreoli 759, Frank Foti 782, TonyDejoseph 740, John Viola 715;Fri Mix, Jim Hammel Sr., 258, DocSiska 257-739, Joann Balnis 219,Maggie Nikiel 599; His/Hers, MikeMorreale 279, Ronnie Andreacchi 266,Wed. Night Mix, Tom Arnone 259,Chris Keilty 277, Steve Pietras 277,Frank Foti 277, Jennie Sineno 246,William Sullivan 712
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Several bowlers at North Levittown Lanes blazed atrail of high scores, led by Steve Gregg who postedan 826 series including a pair of 279’s in the Thur. 4-Man. Also scaling the 800 series plateau was BruceDargie with an 802 series including games of 279-289 in the Mon. Men’s Tavern. Grabbing the spotlight among the women wasLaura Cestra 258-708, Debbie Vilardi with 279-703and Dianna Molenk with 278 in the Thur. Express-way Glass Trios. Other great scores reported were: Mon. Men’sTavern, John Linkens 300, Ralph Roemer 300, BobRydell 300, Bryan Beach 298, Steve Schmidt 278,Phil Abshire 279, Ryan Roemer 278, Sunil Kochar763; Tues. Bakers, Al Adam 237, Kathy Fehn 201,Debbie Enteman 201; Tues. Meadow Ladies,Cristina Olson 245-617, Jean Anatra 211, Pat Curatolo210, Wed. Hicksville Elks, Jerry Nolan 256-650,Paul Weltchek 247, Lois Gillis 201; Thur. EarlyMixed, Kevin Lucchi 300-702, Timmy O’Toole 744,Larry Schineller 236, Tom Burke 236, Helen Taylor642, Maureen Gallagher 220, Thur. ExpresswayGlass Trios, Evan Myers 300-794, Lou Barbera 279,Doc Cummings 279, Robert Figgers Jr. 279, MikeJochade 278-794, Lorraine Morante 257, Mike
The bowlers at South Levittown Lanes cranked outsome good scores in recent league play. Tues. BKSweenys, Dan Hastings 730, Dawn Hastings 200,John Gannon 265, Rich O’Neill 244, Mike Gregorio243; Tues. Early Birds, Jennifer Traina 219, VeronicaGarcia 206, Jenn D’lorio 205, Shari Gatterdam 203;Wed. Ladies Scratch: Pat Hayes 206, BarbaraShelton 211, Kathy Wodzinski 200; Wed.Grumman, Jeremy Bush 268, Larry Langsam 258,Joe DiGiacomo 257, Bill Dutton 256; Thur. Hits andMisses; Carol Simons 200, Jim Fenimore 248, JuneIacono 201, Fri. Astoria Federal Men; Neal Krys278, Mike Sturm 267-258, Ed Snevily 261, PaulMazza 259, Peter Maletta 258, Dave Fekete 258,Mickey Gallagher 256-258, Anthony Gatterman 256,Charlie Maletta 708 and Mike Forman 706, MickeyGallagher 270-720 and Dave Fekete 288.
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Two AMF Babylon bowlers recently achieve per-fection. Paul Nevadomski shot 300 in the Wed.Party Mixed while Gary Haines connected 12strikes in the Thur. Lindy Men. Mark Pagano wasonly a pin away from perfection posting a 299 in theTues. Early Mixed. Other good scores reported were: Mon. Senior,Newt Winston 248, JohnNesbitt 268, George3Brenner 255 and Harry Farbman 238;Tues.Seniors, Vionny Petrillo 247, Sal Principe245, Bruce Palazzola 279 and Mike Carvelas 254;Tues. Early Mixed, 289 must have been the magicnumber in this league with four bowler shooting thatscore Joe Gregg , Larry Markowitz, terlry Cazzalinoand Tom Prendergast; Tues. 7pm Mixed, KirkJohnson 280, Mike lewis 278, John Plotke 266, MikeLaveglia 257 and Bob Laurice 279; Wed. 10am Se-niors, John Daly 218, Carl Rotolo 245 and AlHagerstrom 223; Wed. 11am Seniors, WalterWright 268, Joe Volkommer 227, Jim Mirable 224,Cleveland Layne 222 and George Brenner 234; Wed.Early Ladies, Roseanne Becker 201, Sue Ness208 and Christine Gilliland 235; Wed. Party Mixed,Gary Juehrs 279, Nick Koch 279, Chris Tarus 266\and Sharon Baker 257; Thur. Lindy Men, SteveHilbert 279, Rich Bambara 279, Vinny Coppola 289,Joe Gregg 290, Gerry Hiseland 297, Mark Bassaw290 and Tom Snyder 289; Fri. Seniors, GarySchaffer 215, Ed Hughes 234, Mike Sforza 236,Angelo Guzzardo 234 and Lou Feraca 245;Sundowners, John Vitowski 234, Bill Verni 220,George Klein 255, Gene Zohlmann 267 and RichFalco 265; Fri. Adult/Child, Steven Raifer 276, TonyDeconza 256, Nick Koch 246 and Chris Walker 240.
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Wodzinski 279-783, Rob Grexer 300, Gary Shultis 289,Brian Ziesig 300-835, Thur. 4-Man, Joe Stillman 300-795, Alex Cavagnaro 288, Lou Perullo 279, TomGallagher 277; Fri. K of C: Rich Shenocker 267, JohnAllison 255, Ed Stadtlander 299, George Stephens Jr.299, Ian Lang 289-805,Doug Burwell 2790-794 and Anthony Pepe 290;Sat. EMJC/OAM: Sam Katz 270, Zeev Schnitzer 246,Bob Schwartz 245 and Minna Schwartz 212;Fri. Hockey Fans, For-Li Chan 300-713
Asbaty, 33rd, and Liz Johnson, 35th.• In spite of outward appearances, Kulick has to befeeling the pain. On 1-19, she told USA Today writerBob Velin she thought the defunct PWBA would “neverreturn.” She also described the financial situation ofthe PBA from her perspective as a player – “Everyyear it gets worse and worse. I hate to say it. Wejust seem to be surviving by a thread.”• Kulick also expressed her dislike of putting so muchmoney in one event. “This tournament used to be$100,000 for first place, and it has diminished overtime. I would’ve loved to see it distributed more evenlythroughout other events.” And she made those com-ments while she was still in the hunt for the big prize.• Velin also sensed the tough times the PBA is fac-ing, and described the T of C as a “Hail Mary pass”for the PBA, to which Tom Clark responded, “Hedoesn’t know that we have a three year contract forthis event.”Mika Koivuniemi, known for his sometimes expres-sionless demeanor, was caught smiling a few timesafter the win. “I have 250,000 reasons to smile,” hetold us at the Hall of Fame Dinner.• Mika’s reaction to missing the 300 by a single pintook us back to Don Johnson 40 years ago. Theonly difference was that Johnson fell face down onthe approach, and Mika was face up.Mika admitted that the 12 minute break before thetitle match helped him calm down after the 299. “Yes.It always takes a while to calm down after a big game.It was nice to have time to recover.”Had he shot 300, the PBA would have given Mika a$10,000 bonus. Normally, I would be upset at miss-ing that money, but not today,” said Mika.• Mike Jakubowski had another great one liner aboutthe missed 300 game. At the Hall of Fame Dinner,he said “We should all thank Mika. If he had shot300, we would be having a cash bar tonight.”
For all you ball buffs – Mika used a 15# Ebonite Mis-sion Domination. That’s two in a row in the T of C forthe ball ( Kulick won with a Mission last year) andthree for Mika – “I’ve won all three of my majors withEbonite, so they work well for me,” he said.• Timing is everything. Mika said he had not had anybreaks on TV in a long time – but “Today was a goodtime to get them.”It was no shock that Mika did so well. He had moretelevision experience than all of his opponentscombined. The Vegas odds makers would havemade him a “Heavy” favorite to win.Mika finally admitted what few players will ad-mit when asked about money. When asked ifthey ever think of the money while bowling forthe title, he said “We try not to, but today, Ithought about it twice; but it only lasted about10 seconds.”•Koivuniemi had three words to describe the 11thshot in the 299 game – “It was bad!” He latersaid his thumb didn’t clear the ball, causing himto pull the ball inside his target.•On the show, Randy Pedersen made a classicbowling boo boo – after Mika got the first 11,Randy said “I’m going out on a limb and sayinghe will get the next strike for the 300.” . . .webet he doesn’t do that again.•Mika also made it a point to thank one of hislong time sponsors and friend Dave Bernhardt,owner of Turbo Bowling Accessories, run bydaughter Lori Tessmar. “Dave helped us cometo this country and was the first to encourageme to bowl the tour, and I thank him for that.”Mika and Leena and family make their home inGomez got good advice from his friend AmletoMonacelli before the show. Amleto told him “Staycalm and make good decisions.” Jim Goodwin –
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Jeffrey Benton has accomplished a loton the lanes, considering that he hasbowled for a mere 15 years. The highlight for this 61-year-old bowlercame via an 810 series bowled in theMonday Strike Force League at CozyBowl in The Queen’s. He opened with a 279 game followedby a near perfect 298 and sealed the800 with a 233 final game. In talking with The New York Bowler,Benton seemed to be the calm, cooland collected kind of guy. He admittedthat he didn’t want to know what scorehe need to make 800, he just wanted tobowl a clean final game. “A buddy of mine came up and whis-pered to me, you need a 223 game toshoot 800,” said Benton. “I really didn’twant to hear that, but it didn’t phaseme. I wasn’t really nervous and justlooked at it as a wonderful night on thelanes.” Benton is no stranger to hitting the bigscore, having bowled three perfectgames and a previous high series of783. He remarked, “I would have bowledanother 300 game, were it not for thecrappy shot that I threw leaving the 6-10 in the 298 game”. Benton is a Tournament Director withthe On a Roll Bowling Club that has anevent scheduled for Febrluary 12 at
Jeffrey Bentonbowls his first 800at Cozy Bowl
Jeffrey Benton
Woodmere Lanes. When not bowlinghe enjoys his day job as a conductoreon the D Train of the NYC Transit.
Pontorno’s 300 game isan early birthday gift A bowler foronly fouryears, JoePontorno hastaken to thesport, some-what like aduck does towater.In ashort timehe’s man-aged multiple300 game anda career high779 series. Much of hisbowling isdone at AMFCommack Vets Lanes where he con-nected for his first certified 300 game.What made his first perfecto extra spe-cial is that it came only nine days be-fore his 16th birthday. He sandwicheda 300 game between games of 157 and204 on his way to a 661 series in theMonday Night Adult/Child League,which he bowled with his father. A junior at Hauppauge High Schoolwhere he is in his third year on the highschool team. He also bowls on theAMF Babylon Bowlympics Team andhas bowled for the AMF SmithtownBowlympics. Joe Pontorno receives considerableinspiration from his bowling coach, TimRegan, Sr.He views bowling as ‘a mara-thon, not a sprint. Bowling definitelyholds a prominence in his future withan 800 series is his next quest andthe desire to bowl in collegiate compe-tition. His future includes plans topursue a career in the field of medi-cine.
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Kin Ng was the ‘star of the lanes’ bowling a 300game in the LI Bakers League at Whitestone Lanes.The team Qujiet Storm were celebrating as well afterwinning the first half of the season.Other good scores reported; Lou Lavacca 255-723,Dave Siegenthal 722, Butch Dangel 705, AngeloBeninnati 704, Vinnie Mangione 703, Ross Castorina268, John Lavacca 264, Kevin Broderick 257, ChrisRini 256, Ed Murray 255 and Jimmy Citarella 253.Citibank Club Adult/Child Our star adult last weekwas Bill “Soup” Campbell who rolled 705 on games of227-245-233.
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Astoria BowlEmpire Merchants Vinny Innone 257, Kenny PyneJr. 700 - 267, Mirella DeAngelis 225; Most PreciousBlood Ann Collins 197; Magic Mixers David Leute -266, Jane Basile 245; St. Demetrios PeterPapamichael - 252 Women - Chryssa Georgalis 220;Croatian Bowling Club - Tomislav Budija 258-732Series, Ivo Stanisic 257 Angelo Miletic 256; MetroManagers Kevin Kay - 279 - 736 Marilyn Walsh 201Zodiac - Bob Alessi 214; Friday Invitational Mixed
Jared Yule - 290-717 Mike BiFalco -280-740 Series, Sharon Joy 265-717; Sunday Inc. Ron Fabellore 267Jeng Ladao 204; Sunday Early Ris-ers - Gilberto Fermin - 280 & 739Series, Alex Cruzeta 746 Series,Bobby Gramarosso - 269 & 731 Se-ries, J R Matos - 275-723 KenethWilliams 279; The Forever YoungSeniors have many reasons to cel-ebrate, from birthdays to greatscores.There are two ‘seasoned seniors’ ofnote this month with Jack DeJosephcelebrate his 96th birthday andStella Schembrio who it appears iskeeping her age a secret. On the scene Tony Venitaine 297,Frank Bonnici 273 , Angel Querubin& Lucy Scarretta 278. Andra Carter268, Bill Carlson 2613rd High Game Artie Christian 271.Don Koches 266, George Andrews268, Angel Querubin 291.
It has been cold and snowy outside, but inside theQueen's bowling emporium, Cozy Bowl, the laneshave been as hot as one could expect. Jimmy Grant led the way with an 826 series ongames of 279-289-258 while Joey Kurdziel Jr.mangaged a 300 game and 801 series. Lisa Burtonlaunche a 300 game in the Step-A-Head League onher way to a 764 series. Perfect games were alsobowled by Fred Tucker in the Superstars, ShelbyGraves and Leon Atkinson in the AJ Transit EarlyBirds, David Diamond in the Strike Force, Tony Tay-lor in the Interfaith Mixed and Stuart Baaskel in theFather and Son (Adult) League. Other great scores reported were: Hot Ones Mixed;Cruen Thurston 705, James Williams 277, TyroneJackson 270-714; Broad Channel Men, BubbaHanning 721, Henry Gonzales 279-712; TuesdayBowl, Joe Jones 734, Shirley Mcneil 691; Super-stars, Dennis Cherry 700, Anky Hughes 756, BobbyHopson 279,Mel Brown 715, Melessa Avery 660;Tues. Nite Ladies, Jillian Gangi 640; Tues. MixedFoursome; Jimmy Hamill 703; CYO, ErwinScheppke 275-726, Elliott Rudolph 722; AJ TransitEarly Birds, Ruth Bailey 661, Robert Beebe 707;Swinging Seniors, Mary Jones 652; 6+2 Men,Vincent Maffetone 279-724, Stuart Baaske 709, TomRizzuto Jr. 706, Rob Segarra 722, Joe Barrios 730,Eric Paulson Jr. 736; Strike Force, Betty Fredrick684, William Harris 726, Pam White 632, DeniseLewis 277-754, Jeffrey Lide 724, Wynford Walters724, Brittany Lawrence 635, Elwin Mclauchlin 279-749, Jean Greene 659, Jim Howard 297-705, SidneyParker 700, Connie Lloyd 620, Stephanie Barbera600, Debbie Lawrence 623, Judy Sanchez 676,Juanita Collins 612, Charles London 715; Sanita-tion, Clarence Weeks 275-711, Bobby Hopson 295-742, David Ellison 710; Thursday Men Invitational,Gary Robertson 765, Mark Deluca 716, Emil Zerella720, Brian Quackenbush 701, Mike Macchio 702,Gabriel Perez 711, Eric Paulson Jr. 721, Tony Deluca728, Steve Graf 712, Mel Stephenson and JohnLochin 704, Pat Sassone 769,Joe Palumbo 764, JimHoward 716, John Devito 727, Jimmy Ruccione 705,Andy Ippolito 279-791, Lawrence Buccellato 723;Thur. Late Nite, Alfonso Leonardo 661; Transit Fri.Mixed, Andrea Franklin 681, Malcolm Hart 735,Alma Desaussure 279, Austin Narcisse 725, RuthBailey 667, Terrance Credle 743, Winston Lawrence701,Vanessa Johnson 670, Will Atkinson 737, KellyHarris 270;Interfaith Mixed, Hermie Hannibal1 279-712, David Diamond 277, Jeff Benton 711, Rob Noel721, Curtis Hetmeyer 729, Devon Johnson 279-725,Albert Terry 718, Pam White 698, Nathan Barton 279-747, William Jackson 290-702, Charles London 714,T.G.I.F.,Joe Latham 713; Step A Head, Mark Hinds708, Joey Acerra 716, Charlie Jones 717, Tony Tay-lor 277-763, Curtis Hetmeyer 739, Michael Carpen-ter 299-729, Greg Wilson 702, Terrance Credle 279-729, Nicole Cumberbatch 276-210-225-710, PamLewis 646, Tim Williams 711, Reggie Mccoy 297-737, Damon White 289-761, Emil Zerella 706, Rich-ard Hill 707, Larry Annunziata 280-277-211-768; Fa-ther & Son (Adult) Joey Kurdziel Jr. 289-714; EyeOpeners, Anthony Crowley 709, Patricia Hatcher 666;New Beginnings, George Sanders 670, DakotaZerella 670, Serenity, Derrick Sutton 277-727,H.M,A.: Juan Garcia 727. There is nothing
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ARLINGTON, Texas, November 18,2010 – Four New Yorkers are amongthe national league high average cham-pions for the 2009-10 season, theUnited States Bowling Congress an-nounced. Jim Thomas of Endwell, BrittniHamilton of Rochester, Jodi Musto ofSchenectady and Lizabeth Kuhlkin ofSchenectady led all USBC-certifiedbowlers in their respective leagues. Thomas took the USBC Sport Bowl-ing high average title in the adult maledivision by rolling at a 226 clip for 75games in the PBA Experience leagueat Midway Lanes. He started bowling at age 11 and has
Four New York Bowlers Among High Average Championsbowled in Sport leagues for nearly a de-cade. He said a key element to his suc-cess was his equipment as he was ableto match his bowling balls to the condi-tions “quite well for the majority of theyear. It gave me the ability to play partsof the lane that were comfortable to me.” Thomas has won more than 30 tourna-ments in addition to many local honorsand awards. He has participated in threeU.S. Opens, with a high finish of 61st in2009, and the USBC Masters. Hamilton captured the USBC SportBowling high average title in the youthfemale division by averaging 203 over 48games in the Monday Youth PBA SportScholarship league at Clover Lanes in
Rochester. “Bowling on Sport shots in tournamentsall over the world definitely helped giveme an advantage when bowling this sum-mer,” Hamilton said. “It’s such a presti-gious award that I am honored to receive.It shows me that all of my hard workpaid off, and it’s a great feeling.” Hamilton, who attends Vanderbilt Uni-versity, started bowling on Sport condi-tions when she was 13. She credits hercoach, Kelvin Parker, and her ball driller,Dave Werner, saying they “spent count-less hours with me this summer” to helpher be successful. As previously reported on this website,Musto had a 243 average in the Thurs-
day Nite Classic league at TownN’Country Lanes to lead all women inthe standard league category. Kuhlkin was the youth female winnerwith a 228 average while bowling inthe Sportsman’s AM Jr/Major leagueat Sportsman’s Bowl. Other average champions were AaronLorincz of Belleville, Mich., Sportyouth male division, 209 average;Rebecca Diers of Troy, Ill., Sport adultfemale division, 210 average; MichaelHandelin of Deer Park, Wash., stan-dard adult male division, 252 average;Justin Tan of Flower Mound, Texas,standard youth male division, 239 av-erage.
DUBLIN, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2011) – In hisfourth season competing on the Lum-ber Liquidators Professional BowlersAssociation Tour, Ryan Ciminelli ofCheektowaga, N.Y., broke through towin his first title Sunday in the PBAOne A Day Earl Anthony Memorial atEarl Anthony’s Dublin Bowl. In a battle of lefthanders in the cham-pionship match, the 24-year-oldCiminelli defeated Tour veteran and 13-time Tour titlist Patrick Allen of WesleyChapel, Fla., 237-215, to win the$20,000 first prize. Ciminelli’s previous best Tour finisheswere second in the 2009 PBA Chee-tah and Viper Championships and thirdin the 2010 United States Bowling Con-gress Masters. “Even though I didn’t win last year Ihad a good year and just didn’t want togo back into a slump,” Ciminelli said.
New York’s Ryan Ciminelli wins first PBA national title“Sometimes I think you have to gothrough the losing part first to prepareyourself to win.” As the top seed for the tournament,Ciminelli felt this was his best opportu-nity to win a title and as a result lost alot of sleep the night before the finals. “I probably only got four or five hours ofsleep last night,” Ciminelli said. “Butevery time I closed my eyes I visualizeda lot of scenarios and hoped this wouldbe the outcome so I’m extremely re-lieved. “I was bowling against one of my he-roes in a tournament named after one ofthe greatest bowlers of all-time so it waseven more than I could ask for.” In the semifinal match Allen defeatedPBA Hall of Famer and 35-time Tour titlistPete Weber who finished third, 212-206,to advance to the final. Even though Allen had to settle for sec-
ond he was encouraged by his fin-ish. “Ryan got off to a strong start and Ijust couldn’t catch him,” Allen said.“He bowled great and I’m happy forhim. “I haven’t bowled well since late lastyear so this was a confidence
booster for me. I bowled well againstTommy (Jones) in the first match but wasprobably lucky to win against Pete butoverall it was a good tournament for me.” In the opening match, Allen defeated an-other 13-time Tour winner, Tommy Jonesof Greenville, S.C., who finished fourth,226-223.
The 14th Annual Long Island HighSchool Doubles Tournament was heldat North Levittown Lanes on Sunday.Highlights (top three team) follow inthe tournament that featured three di-visions of competition.A Division Steve Miller and Roland Iandanza -Plainedge HS Tom Jakubowski and Luis ChristieHoly Trinity HS Vinny Napolitano and Andrew Gold -East Meadow HSB Division
Sean Doherty and Pat Brown - CarlePlace HS Junior Brasino and Nick Sparrow - Di-vision Avenue HS John Carruba and Brian ThivergeMacarthur HSC Division Matt Seaman and Andrew Rosch -Holy Trinity HS Chris Castaldo and Ross Castaldo -Hicksville HS Jennifer Valveri and Angela Valveri -Holy Trinity HS
Winners announced in 14thAnnual High School Doubles
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Youth Beat To say that 14-year-old RebeccaGotterbarn has ‘bowling in her blood’,is an understatement. A bowlersince the age of six, her and the en-tire family are bowlers, includingmom Frances, dad Robert and broth-ers Robert and Ryan. The family in-fluence of experienced bowlers, un-doubtedly helped her when it cameto hitting the big 300 game. In factmom and dad were both present towitness the special day. Gotterbarn opened with a 300 game in the AMFSheridan Lanes Sat. Junior Scratch League.She followed with games of 233-211-200 on her wayto a 944 four-game series. With her pre-league practice somewhat routine,Gotterbarn had little reason to think that a specialtime in her bowling career was about to unfold.Through eight frames the right-handed bowler threwsolid strikes before tripping out the 4-pin in the ninthframe and finished with solid hits in the 10th frame. “I got really nervous,” said Gotterbarn. “My kneeswere shaking and after I threw the last shot I kind ofblanked out and then heard all of the cheering thattold me that I had done it, a 300 game.” Rebecca is not the only Gotterbarn to have bowledbig scores, with both her dad and brother Robertnotching 300 game and Robert achieved the 800 se-ries. “It’s mom’s turn next,” said Rebecca. Gotterbarn has an impressive list of bowling accom-plishments, both in league and for her high schoolteam, The Sewanaka District, where she and madeall county (Nassau) and all state honors. Her previ-ous high game was a 283 at the age of 11 and 760remains her high series. “We all really like bowling,” said Rebecca. “We
14-year-old Rebecca Gotterbarn bowls first 300 game
practice a lot together and my brother Robert coachesme, along with Patty Cacioppo at Sheridan Lanes.Patty was my first coach and she was so proud ofme.”
Astoria Bowl Winners have been tagged in the Astoria Bowl An-nual Child/Adult Tournament. It was reported that theevent was full of fun and smiles, according to founderJerry Basile. Trophies were awarded to first and sec-ond place.Junior High scratch scores included:Andrew Demakakos 123 and Debbie Demakakos 176Mike Viola 124 and Gary Viola 178Junior Champions: Brandon McNally 144 andGrandpa McNally 164 Total Series 13342nd Place Junior: Vincenzo Asaro 107 and CharlieAsaro 192 Total Series 1268Senior High scratch scores: Matthew Aniello 212and Jeannie Aniello 116, John McDonough 205 andJimmy McDonough 220Senior Champions: Thomas Demakakos 150 andNick Demakakos 200 Total Series 12792nd Place Senior: Anthony Primiani 229 and AnthonyPrimiani Sr 134 Total Series 1262
Herrill Lanes Mavericks, Matthew Kern 202; Majors, AndrewEichenholz 211; Jr. Classic, Nicky Genova 606,Kristina Genova 666, Michael Jarosch 209, TommyGenova jr.266, Salvatore Rivieccio 223, Connor Calio257, Andrew Mach 209, Sean Doherty 256, ShaneAlbano 202, Gilbert lasala 223,San-Dee Lanes Chris Leondardi soared above his 110 average bowl-ing games of 172 and 179 in the Thur. Jr.s’
Whitestone Lanes The youth team members of the Citibank Club A Adult/Child League have been putting on quite a show forthe adults to learn from, as evidenced by the perfor-mance of Nick Rodriguez who rolled a 680 series ongames of 203-255-222.
AMF Centereach Lanes 12-year-old Anthony Naujokas climbe the700 series plateau for the first time with a712 series on games of 226-205-279 in theClassic League. Other good scores reported: Red,White andBlue Scratch League..Mike Ruben 625 ,AManda Tyrrell 617, Matt Pickel 233, Mel-issa Sherwin 216 and Justin Tulaba 234;Friday Hdcp Jrs....Kevin Dumas 202, An-
drew Rosenblatt 235, Tom Murray 679, Sarah Harley643 series, Mike Ruben 279-684 , Amanda Tyrrell633;Bowlympics J.V Squad Ian Matthews 208, EvanKlein 221, Dan Ruben 220;Varsity, Rich Delfino 225, A.J Patera 201, Tyler Mullery203, Andrew Rosenblatt 639;Masters, Matt Pickel 254-217-269-740, BrandonGerardi 671, Melissa Sherwin 216, Matt Capecegames of 225;Majors, Bryan Dragotta back to back weeks of 669bowling in the anchor spot.269,201,199 and258,208,203. Mike Ruben 234, Tom Murray 245;Classic; Chris Harley 269.
AMF Babylon Lanes Big games have recently posted at AMF Babylon.A 277 game by Eric Zimmerman and a 271 by JesseKross were tops among the boys. Abigail Casaleled the charge among the girls with a 267. Othergood scores reported:Babylon Juniors, Nick Butera 246, John Ramo 225,Paul Droluk 246, lMike Baquiran 221, Kyle Durfee259, Chris Cappellini 234, Sean Martinson 232, JoeCampbell 232, Thomas Nelson 258, Joe Pontorno267, Eddy Tuscan 223, Joshua Sposito 256, CharlesNelson 221, Darrin Megarrity 224, Rafael Stanzione222 and James Ahearn 235.
AMF East Meadow Mixed Teens, David Siska 243, Matthew Viola 267-692, Tommy Bianco 264-695, Jacob Hecker 225;Sun. Adult/Child, Mark Woolfson 278-680; PAL C,Ross Castaldo 224 and Carlie Mendoza 212.
AMF Sheridan Lanes Sat. Junior Scratch, Tommy Genova 278, Mes-siah West 269, Nick Niles 268, Daniele Roca 202;Louis Ruggiero had a big day on the lanes when hesoared above his 94 average posting a 445 series ongames of 93-171-181, Morgan Roth 204, TkylerCacioppo 214-529, Amanda Paiva 200-509; SOTBumpers, Anthony Leva 118 and SamanthaContreres 117.
The NABI of Long Island recently visited SouthLevittown Lanes were Mike Conti made his first visitto the winners circle. Enroute to the title he bowled a300 game and 776 series. His 229 final game wasenough to grab the title and the $500 frist place prize. Other cashers were: Chris Jove $300, Alex Padmore$250, Jesse Hall 200,
Mike Conti bowls 300, wins NABI Club title Other cashiers: Sal Alberino $150, Donald Eubanks $100, JoeHatchet $80, Terry Cooper $70, Charles Mann $70,Dale Alberino $60 (Tied) Darryl Freeman $60 (Tied)
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Today, Nicholson is a noted industryresourse, in addition to becoming a ra-dio host, via the internet radio program,Phantom Radio. In his role as a radio host, he strivesto interview noted people in the bowl-ing industry. Visit the USBC web site‘bowl.com’ and click onto the Phan-tom Radio link.
Plainview, NY: The LIGBT visited AMF Plainviewand 160 bowlers filled the center to compete for over$10,000 in prizes. Emerging victorious in the scratch6-game marathon was Eric Taylor Jr., of Brooklyn,NY and the handicap winner was Ken Simpson,Shirley, NY. A total of 35 bowlers cashed for the daywhich means better than 1 in 5 bowlers earned money. The scratch event was bowled on the PBA’s Cha-meleon Pattern. Scoring was moderate as Eric Tay-lor rolled the highest series of the day, 1448 whichaverages out to a 241 average. To make the cut inthe under division you had to average 217 and for thesenior division the cut average was only 203. The final shootout was close most of the way butEric Taylor always had the lead and never relinquishedit. In the end, Eric’s 234 was good enough by 10pins to earn the $1,000 top prize. Finishing secondwith a 224, and earning $700, was Ray Edwards,Middle Island , NY . Third place went to top seniorbowler Gary Shultis, Levittown , NY who earned $500with a 214. Rounding out the top 4 was Ross Klein,Glen Cove , NY who earned $300 with a 166. The handicap event had an amazing 120 bowlerswith the top 24 advancing to the finals. Ken Simpsonled the first squad, which seeded him into the finalshootout, with a 793. Ed Eng, Flushing , NY was the2pm squad leader with a 769. It took a 701 series
with handicap to make the finals which guaranteedeveryone at least $100. The handicap final four was dominated by KenSimpson. Ken started the match with the first 4 outof 5 strikes and never looked back. He finished witha 256 (213 scratch) to defeat second place finisherKen Savarese, W. Hempstead, NY 217 (163 scratch)by almost 40 pins. Kenny Simpson earned $500 forhis first title while Ken Savarese earned $350. Inthird place, with a 214 (132 scratch), was AeyshaGomez, Corona , NY who earn $300. Fourth placewent to Ken Harrison, Queens , NY who shot a 201(160 scratch) and won $250. The LIGBT’s next event is Feb. 13 at AMFCommack Vets andFeb. 27th at SouthLevittown Lanes. Formore information onthese events and com-plete results of the AMFPlainview tournamentplease visitwww.ligbtour.com or callthe tournament office at1.877.900.6464.
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