Unisys Mixed Bowling League 2008-2009

Second Half News and Announcements

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THANKS FOR BOWLING!!  HAVE A GOOD SUMMER, and HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE BACK WITH US IN SEPTEMBER.

Week 28 – April 8, 2009    **9-Pin No-Tap Event** 9-Pin Event Winners  Prize money will be awarded to the highest male score and the highest female scratch game score, which were:  Highest men's scratch score goes to Kurt Coleman for his Game 3 score of 300.  Highest women's scratch score goes to Jill Conway for her Game 3 score of 254.  Complete scoring details are on the 9-Pin event page. Banquet is April 17  See you Friday April 17 at 7:00 at the Timber Wolf Lodge in Redford. Map and directions are on the Banquet page. We do have a little bit of "administrative" business to take care of before we eat, such as nominating (not electing) officers for next season, and bringing up any rules we'd like to change for next season. (The actual voting and rule changing will happen at the next pre-season meeting in September.)

Week 27 – April 1, 2009    **Roll-Off and Doubles Event** Roll-Off Winner is... Here For the Beer !! Doubles Winners are...  Steve Brookins / Melisa Shellenbarger, with 123 pins over average !! For everyone's double results, click over to the Doubles Event page.  Lane Assignments for Fun Night (9-Pin No Tap): April 8, 2008  Lane assignments are based on each team's FINAL AVERAGE (not standings) for the season, using team averages from Week 27 results (PDF), because that is the last week our scores counted for anything. Those averages are then sorted, then lanes are assigned in order. Click over to the Fun Night Event page for the info!! (Tip! The link to this event page is also on the home page.) Banquet April 17  Just a reminder that our end-of-season banquet is Friday April 18 at 7pm at the Timber Wolf Lodge in Redford. See the banquet page if you need a map. Also don't forget that at the banquet we carry out a little bit of league business: we solicit officer nominations for next season, and we solicit rule change suggestions for next season as well. April Birthdays!!  We've got a few April birthdays to celebrate! Check out who over on the birthday page. Super Splits  Melissa Marino made the 5-10.  USBC Achievement Awards  The achievements this week are repeats; the pin and patch have already been won. Stacey Liddy earned another 180-game award for her Game 1 score of 181.  Melissa Marino earned another 400-series award for a series total of 400 even.

Week 26 – March 25, 2009    **End of Second Half** Winner of the second half is:  Here For The Beer ! Doubles and Roll-Off Next Week (April 1)  Week 27 is the roll-off between the winners of the first and second halves, to determine the overall season champ. Alley Oops will be going headpin-to-headpin with Here For The Beer. Also on Week 27 is our Doubles tournament. Doubles pairs are matched up highest average to lowest average, second highest to second lowest, etc. You bowl with your regular team. Winning pairs have the greatest combined pins over average. Non-participating bowlers contribute zero to the partnership’s total score. For more info, see the Doubles event page.  Score results from Week 27 do not count towards final standings for the season, but they do count towards your personal stats. Final Team Season Standings Now Available  With the completion of Week 26, we can now determine the 1st thru 11th place standings for the season. Here For The Beer has won season totals. See the Final Standings Page for details. Banquet - April 17  We have a location!! We will be at the Timber Wolf Lodge on Plymouth Rd in Redford. Reservation at 7. Refer to our Banquet Page for directions and a map.  Super Splits  Kathy Wyrwas made the 1-5-4-7 (washout). Steve Brookins made the 2-5-7-8.  June Cannon made a 5-7-8 and a 3-10.  Dave Liddy made a 4-9.  USBC Achievement Awards  Tip! For an explanation of USBC award criteria, click here. A link to this new reference page is also now on the Home page, under "Fun and Games". Renee Bugosh gets another 200-patch achievement for a Game 2 score of 212, although she already got the patch itself this season. Melissa Merino repeats her 160-patch (170 in Game 2) and 400-series (454 for the series) achievements, although she already earned both this patch and pin. Nancy repeats her 180-patch achievement (already got the patch) for her 199 score in Game 1, and has earned a 500-series pin for an even 500 on the series. Kevin Gault earned a handful of awards for his outstanding efforts to save Game 3 for his team! His Game 3 score of 264 earns both a 250-game patch and a 100 pins over-average. His series score of 623 earned both a 140 pins over-series patch and 600-series pin. These last few weeks, I've been turning in award forms weekly, to expedite getting back the goodies to you!

Week 25 – March 18, 2009 Position Round (and end of half) Next Week!  (March 25) On a position round, don't forget that substitutes are welcome to participate (adds to their personal stats), but they will be pacers only (their score does not help the team). End of half means that the team at the top of the standings after bowling will be the 2nd Half winner, and will face off against Alley Oops on Week 27 (April 1) to vie for the Season Champs! Banquet - April 17  We have a candidate for our banquet location! We are verifying the pricing and as soon as we can, we will confirm the location to you!  This candidate place has a dedicated party/banquet room with its own bar, bathroom, and pool table. Lookin' good so far!  Expect the reservation to be around 7pm~ish, as it usually has been. League Rule Adjustments for Next Season?  If you have any suggestions for changes to the league rules, now is the time to start thinking about it and sharing your input. Use the Rule Change Suggestion page here to submit your message to the league secretary, who will in turn post it on the page (name withheld) for everyone to read. You will have all summer to consider any rule changes, and then at the pre-season meeting in September for next season, we'll discuss and make decisions. Super Splits  Stacey Liddy made the 4-5.  Tony Kryka made the 3-10.  USBC Achievement Awards  What was in the water last night?! Look at all these achievements!! Great bowling, everyone. Theresa Belser earned three achievements. Her Game 1 score of 233 earns a 75 pins-over-average as well as a 200-game recognition; however these are both repeats, and she already has those patches this season. Her series of 518 earns a 500-game pin, which is a new award. Kevin Gault earns another 200-game achievement for his Game 3 score of 215. He already has the patch. Mike Hall earns a 75 pins-over-average patch for his Game 2 score of 255.  Dave Liddy earns a repeat 200-game achievement for his Game 1 score of 201.  Stacey Liddy earns another 180-game achievement for her Game 2 score of 183. John Oliverio also earned a 75 pins-over-average patch, for his Game 2 score of 256.  Chris Vance earns another 200-game achievement for a score of 206 in Game 2. Tip! For an explanation of USBC award criteria, click here. A link to this new reference page is also now on the Home page, under "Fun and Games".

Week 24 – March 11, 2009 End of Season Approaching: Events on the last few weeks Week 26 (March 25) is our last Position Round, and this one determine the final standings for the second half. The team with the most points after bowling Week 26 is the winner of second half. Also after bowling Week 26, we can determine the overall position standings for the season: we add the first half points and second half points for each team, then sort the total points high to low. The final totals determine the overall position standings for the season. Week 27 (April 1) is the roll-off between the winners of the first and second halves, to determine the overall season champ. Also on Week 27 is our Doubles tournament. Doubles pairs are matched up highest average to lowest average, second highest to second lowest, etc. You bowl with your regular team. For more info, see the Doubles event page.  Week 28 (April 8) is our fun night! We'll be doing the 9-pin no-tap challenge again. For more info, refer to the Week 28 Fun Night page.  Detroit Women's Bowling Championship Our participant's in this year's Detroit Women's Bowling Championship were Denise Goldie, Jill Conway, Denise Dunn, Kathy Wyrwas, and Sue Hodor. There are four more squad times yet to be bowled next weekend, so we won't know our standings until all teams have bowled. Click here to see our scores.  Super Splits  John Doyle made the 5-10.  Bill Hall made the 5-8-10.  Theresa Belser got the 4-6.  USBC Achievement Awards  Theresa Belser earned a 180-game patch for scoring 182 in Game 2. Guyla Kryka also earned a 180-game patch, for her score of 183 in Game 2.  Stacey Liddy earned a 200-game patch for a score of an even 200 in Game 3.  Chris Vance tallies up recognition for his 203 in Game 3. He earned the patch already this season.

Week 23 – March 4, 2009 Super Splits  John Oliverio made the 4-7-9, and also made the 4-9, twice!  Dan Finkelstein got the 4-10.  Karen Mitchell made the 4-5.  Melisa Schellenbarger got the 5-10.  USBC Achievement Awards  Kurt Coleman earned his 700-series pin, for a series score of 703. That 3rd game score of 280 did it! Kurt had all strikes except for the second frame which was an 8-spare.  Santo Lupo earns another 75-pins over average award for his Game 2 score of 267. He already earned the patch earlier this season.

Week 22 – February 25, 2009 Super Splits  Kathy Wyrwas made a 3-10.  June Cannon also made a 3-10.  Santo Lupo got the 3-4-6-10.  Tony Kryka got a 5-7.  Kurt Bowers picked up a 3-10.  Stacey Liddy also picked up a 3-10!  (I'm thinkin right about now that '310' should have been someone's lucky lotto number today!)  USBC Achievement Awards  Denise Goldie earned two USBC awards!  A 180-game patch for her Game 1 score of 185, and a 500-series pin for her series score of 521.  Dave Liddy receives recognition for another 200-game for his score of 203 in Game 3. He already got the patch earlier this season.

Week 21 – February 18, 2009 Next Week (Feb 25) is a Position Round!!  This is our last Position Round prior to the end of the season (other than the one to close out the half). Just a reminder that substitutes are welcome to participate (adds to their personal stats), but they will be pacers only (their score does not help the team). Banquet Date Announced  Please "save the date" for Friday April 17, at 7pm. This is for our end of season awards and dinner. Sadly our favorite Steak and Ale is no longer available, so our banquet coordinator Denise Dunn is working at finding a suitable location. (If you have a suggestion for a place –we want a place with a private room, not seated out in the general dining area– please email Denise.) When details are available, they will be posted here on the banquet page on this site. Super Splits   Kurt Bowers made the 5-10.  Guyla Kryka made the 4-7.  John Oliverio picked up the 2-4-7.  Santo Lupo got the 2-5-7.  USBC Achievement Awards  Denise Dunn earned another 200-game achievement for a score of 222 in Game 2. (She already received the patch this season.)  Karen Mitchell earned her first award this season, a 180-game patch for a score of 188 in Game 2.

Week 20 – February 11, 2009 Super Splits   Lil Path made the 3-5-7.  (That's it? No more splits this week?  Oh well... If you get one, write it somewhere on your score sheet to be listed here.)  USBC Achievement Awards  Hoh-lee cow we got a bunch this week.  Most are repeat awards - USBC does recognize repeat awards, but you don't get additional pins or patches for the same one. Repeaters are:  Kevin Gault tallies up recognition for two more 200-games: 203 in Game 1 and 202 in Game 3.  David Liddy also adds two more 200-game achievements: 221 in Game 2 and 217 in Game 3.  Chris Vance earns another 200-game achievement for a score of  202 in Game 3.  Melissa Merino repeats her 400-game achievement with a series of 411.  And one new award was also earned by Melissa. She earned a 160-game patch for her Game 1 score of 161. Congrats Melissa, you've been bowling super lately.

Week 19 – February 4, 2009 Super Splits   Kevin Murphy made the 2-10 split.  Sue Hodor made the 2-7.  USBC Achievement Awards  Kevin Gault gets recognized for another 200-game award for his score of 200 in Game 1, but has already received the 200-game patch.  Santo Lupo earned a 75 pins over-average patch for his Game 2 score of 265!! Metro Detroit USBC Women's Championship  Formerly known as the DWBA Detroit City Tournament, this is the event our "Pink Ladies" team usually takes part in. This year it's being held at Cherry Hill Lanes in Dearborn Heights (300 N. Inkster Rd), on Saturdays and Sundays from February 28 thru March 22. The Pink Ladies will be participating again this year, and we hope you can come cheer them on and provide lots of team spirit. The exact squad date is yet tbd (but it WILL be a Saturday at 1pm).  If any other women are interested in fielding a team, don't delay in turning in the tournament application form (click for PDF form). Guaranteed reserved spots were due by the end of January. Teams are 5-person; all participants must be certified in USBC; the cost is $20; there are three average divisions so you competing against bowlers with similar ability; and averages must be based on at least 21 games completed by Dec 31 2008. Doubles and singles events are available -but note that a) these cost extra and b) you must bowl these in additional games, over and above your regular squad time. Complete event rules are on the application form.    It's Bowl For the Cure® Month February is traditionally known as Bowl for the Cure® month (i.e. "BFTC"), where bowlers across the nation pitch in with awareness and fundraising efforts to fight against breast cancer. In February 2008, Metro Detroit USBC bowlers collectively donated over $19,000; here's an article with the details: http://www.bowl.com/articleView.aspx?i=14284&f=3  Participation is completely voluntary. Common ways to help out are to play in a specially-designated BFTC event at a bowling center near you, or to sign up sponsors who pledge a certain per-pin $ amount (for example, a nickel or 10 cents a pin) based on your series score for a designated league bowling night. For example, in a nickel-per-pin pledge, a series of 470 would be a donation of $23.50. If you are interested in getting personal per-pin pledges, please email me (league secretary) and I'll help you get the forms to use. Upcoming organized BFTC events in the area are:  February 15 @ Indian Lanes in Wyandotte and February 28 @ Fairlanes in Madison Heights . (Note the Feb28 date is a smoke-free event.)  The Metro Detroit USBC web site's home page has flyers available for these events -- look for the PINK highlighted block under the photos.

Week 18 – January 28, 2009 IMPORTANT REMINDER!!!  Our Lane Times   Thank you everybody for your cooperation at getting bowling underway and finishing at a decent time. Let's do it again next week!!  Remember, if the lanes are not ready for practice at 5pm, please ask the counter to turn them on, so that we can start on time at 5:15 -- and therefore finish on time by 7:15pm.  Super Splits   Melisa Shellenbarger made the 5-10.  Ray Card made the 5-7.  Kevin Murphy picked up the 1-2-10 washout.  Stacey Liddy made the 5-10.  USBC Achievement Awards  Theresa Belser bowled 207 in Game 1, which earned her both a 200-game patch and a 75 pins over average award.  Renee Bugosh bowled 224 in Game 2, which also earned her a 200-game patch and a 75 pins over average award. Kathy Wyrwas bowled 201 in Game 2 to earn her 200-game patch plus a 500-series pin.  Santo Lupo earned a 600-series pin for his series total of 625.

Week 17 – January 21, 2009 IMPORTANT REMINDER!!!  Our Lane Times   While this is a fun informal league, we do need everyone's renewed attentiveness towards the clock. Lanes are switched on for practice at 5:00pm, and switched over to game play at 5:15pm. Socialize as much as you want to before and during bowling, HOWEVER please keep an eye on the clock!!!  We are under contract with Plaza Lanes to be DONE bowling at 7:15pm. The league following us is under contract to have the lanes at 7:30pm. We need to be out of their way so we are not impinging on their time.   **On Week 16, people were still bowling at 7:30, and there were complaints made and heard that Plaza staff is aware of. And on Week 17, two pairs of lanes finished bowling b/w 7:25-7:35 - with teams from the next league hovering behind.  Let's get this under control so that other leagues don't have anything to complain about.  If our lanes are not ready at 5:15pm, please ask the counter staff to switch them over - regardless of how much practice time is left. We need to start on time so that we can finish on time. We are also reminding the staff to please have our lanes on for practice at 5:00 sharp, so that you can have the full 15 minutes of practice time. You are not obligated to wait for bowlers who are running late. It is not a rule. In fact, we don't have the luxury of time for you to wait for very long. If you wait for a bit, please speed up and catch up the rest of the night so that you can still finish close to 7:15-7:20ish. Don't forget the rule we DO have (league rule #16, PDF file) -- is that if the person arrives within the first three frames, they can still bowl that game. If you are not sure when a bowler will be arriving, change them to Blind (-10 pins from their average) and start bowling. If they arrive within the first three frames, un-blind them (their frames will be cleared), and the scoring computer will help them catch up. If you are going to be late, please contact one of your teammates so that they can start on time, or call Plaza Lanes at (734)453-4880. If you call Plaza, please give them enough information so that they can get the message to the right people. For example, "Hello, I bowl in the Unisys Mixed league at 5:15. Could you tell Team (name) on Lane ##, or one of the officers, that I am running late and that they should start without me?" Thank you for your cooperation!  Position Round is Next Week (Jan 28)!!   Substitutes are welcome to participate (adds to their personal stats), but they will be pacers only (their score does not help the team).  Rule Change Suggestions for 2009-2010 Season  Happy with the rules that we agreed on for this season? Do you want to see anything done differently? Please submit your suggestions to the league on our rule change suggestion page. We can discuss the suggestions at any time. At next season's pre-season meeting (usually 1 or 2 weeks prior to Week 1) we will vote as a league to adopt any of the suggestions, or not.  Super Splits  Santo made a 1-? washout.  Karen Mitchell made the 3-10.  Kurt Bowers made a 6-7 and a 5-7.  Dennis Todic made the 5-10.  Bill Hall made the 4-5-7.  Dave Liddy converted the 5-7. USBC Achievement Awards  Kevin Gault earned a 200-game patch for his Game 2 score of 202.

Week 16 – January 14, 2009 Super Splits  Mike Crocket made the 5-7.  Chris Vance got both a 5-10 and a 3-10.  Jill Conway made the 6-7.  USBC Achievement Awards  June Cannon has now earned her first 200 game patch for a score of 203 in Game 1!  Dan Finkelstein earns another 200-game recognition, but already earned the patch back on Week 1.  Melissa Merino earns a 400-game pin for a series of 401!  Next Position Round Coming Up!  Just a heads-up that the next position round will be on January 28 (Week 18). If substitutes bowl, they will be pacers only (their score does not help the team).

January 14: Zero Degree Temperatures and Your Bowling Ball A few reminders, if you have left your bowling ball in your car for the day, out in the cold: COLD bowling balls CAN crack or chip. Allow them to warm up before using them. If a cold ball is exposed too quickly to warm air, "sweat" (water condensation) can form on the ball due to the differences in temperature. Water and lane oil likely don't mix too well, and therefore your ball may not react properly on the lane. Allow the ball to warm up before using it. To avoid this condensation, leave your ball covered up IN THE BAG while it all returns to room temperature. (Thus avoiding the warm air hitting the cold surface of the ball.) This means you need to arrive at the bowling alley a bit earlier to give your ball time to warm up.

Week 15 – January 7, 2009 Super Splits  June Cannon made the 1-5-7.  Tony got the 5-6-10 and a 3-9-10.  USBC Achievement Awards  June Cannon earned a 180-game patch for her score of 190 in Game 3.  Sue Hodor is recognized for another 200 game (score of 207 in Game 1). Only one patch per season is handed out, however, and Sue already earned the patch back on Week 12.  New Substitute Bowler Available  Mike Crocket sub'd for Team 5:00 Somewhere on January 7, and is available to sub for other teams on future weeks as well. He also bowls on the Saturday night VFW Mixed League at Plaza, and has a 2008 book average of 144.

January 6, 2009 January Birthdays  Check out all the birthday peeps this month over on the birthday list page! Best wishes to all of you!

January 1, 2009 – Happy New Year!

Be happy and merry, whatever you celebrate!!

Week 14 – December 17, 2008 SuperSplits  Sue Hodor got the 5-4-7.  Ray Card made the 5-7.  USBC Achievement Awards  Mary Bergner earned a 160-game pin for her Game 2 score of 176.  Steve Brookins earned a 600 Series award for a series score of 602.  Greg Skotzke earned a 200-game patch for his Game 3 score of 210.  Chris Vance also earned a 200-game patch, for his Game 3 score of 210.  Holiday Food Fest  Thanks to all who brought in yummy foodies for us to enjoy.

December 17, 2008 - Prize fund posted!  We've had this budget done for a few weeks now, and just needed to post it. The budget shows incoming league fees, league operating expenses, and prize payouts. Find this link on the Home page, under the "League Administrative Information" heading at left.

News and announcements from the 1st Half are still available!  Click here to read.

Updated on 03/30/2010