BRANDON, DAUPHIN, WINNIPEG ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE 2024

This year on October 19, 2024, the Association Challenge was hosted by the Winnipeg Tenpin Bowling Association. Next in the rotation is the trip to Brandon for 2025.  A fun tournament with only bragging rights and a plaque with the winning Association’s bowler’s names on it up for grabs.

A big shout out to Jody Scott, Ron and Geri Molinski as the only bowlers who have participated in all the challenge matches thus far and that would be 17 years. Even though Ron and Geri did not bowl they did a great job making sure everything ran smoothly. Also a big thank you to Blair Chaban and Rhonda Chaban from Bowl Below for getting the bowling establishment ready for the Challenge and making sure everything ran smoothly which it did.

This year instead of having the usual banquet style meal a great meal was ordered from Mary Brown's Chicken on McPhillips which was enjoyed by everyone. All said that it was a great change for the meal. A big thanks to Pat Wight for looking after the snacks during the day and for the dessert after the meal. A 50/50 was held and half of the proceeds went to one winner and the other half went to drivers that drove in for the Challenge as a gas allowance.

The low game of the tournament was 78 and the high game was 236. The low 4 game series was 453 and the high 4 game series was 825.
As last year in Dauphin there were only 4 games bowled instead of the usual 5 games. This way the travelling associations could get home sooner and the supper didn’t have to be rushed through. Everyone that bowled liked the new format and it will probably be adopted by the other associations.

As always it was great seeing members of the other bowling associations and socialize with all. The new bowlers that have never participated in the challenge before said they cannot wait until nest season so the can participate again.

Congratulations to Winnipeg who have the bragging rights for 2024!!! Who will it be in 2025?

Winnipeg Team Members
Team 1 – Pat Wight, Jay Doe, Kim Clark, Linda Green
Team 2 – Kleighton Burns, Lynda Seewald, Ken Burns, Carl Fredrickson
Brandon Team Members
Team 1 – Sean Clegg, Rudy Von Hertzberg, Ted Smuland, Trevor Peters
Team 2 – Charmaine Davis, Laura Tycoles, Alexis Cairns, Arlene Cairns
Dauphin Team Members
Team 1 – Jody Scott, Tracy Scott, Candace Chura, Zach Weber
Team 2 – Jack Kukurudz, Elizabeth Gorzala, Kim Gudmundson, Jason Kindlein

Scores:
Winnipeg 1        894       867       918       894
Winnipeg 2        777       852       900       892       6994    
Brandon 1         807       864       804       788
Brandon 2         849       871       831       898       6712
Dauphin 1         788       915       836       878
Dauphin 2         783       859       776       872       6707

CONGRATULATIONS to John De Leon, who rolled his first-ever 700 series!

In the Laverendrye Youth League on Monday, Feb 12, 2024, John rolled games of 244, 248, and 216, for a series total of 708, which was also more than 125 pins over his average. I believe we’ll be hearing of more awards in the future for this powerful two-handed bowler.

John is shown above receiving his CTF Power Pack youth awards for his achievement.

Congratulations to Vincent Jobin, who rolled his first-ever sanctioned 300 game, while bowling in the Laverendrye Singles Youth League on Monday, Feb 26th.

This smooth left-hander has been close several times, but this time it all happened as it should. The perfecto was his first game of the night and he ended up with a 705 three-game series.

Canada Post was busy as of late, delivering many awards to the Winnipeg Tenpin Bowling Association Executive Director. There was a 300 ring, an 800 Series plaque, a 300 Game Plaques, two 299 Game Plaques, one 298 Game Plaque, and a certificate acknowledging multiple 300 games in the season. Shown above is Israel receiving his awards from Winnipeg Tenpin Bowling Association Director Dan Tereck,

As it turns out, due to several delays in processing, these Honour Score awards span a little over a year. Some were accomplished in Youth Leagues, some in Adult Leagues, and one of them (a 300 game) was done at the Canadian Youth Championships held in Winnipeg in 2023. In addition, some were accomplished in Brandon, Manitoba, and some took place in Winnipeg.

Potter, a powerful two-handed bowler, has worked very hard to hone his skills, and it obviously shows. We know there will be many more record scores and accomplishments in his bowling future.

Editor’s Note: This presentation was done on Monday, Feb 26, 2004 directly before the Laverendrye Seniors Youth League started. As it turns out, Israel rolled a 3-game series of 857 on that night, which is just shy of the Manitoba record of 859. Wow!

The Manitoba Tenpin Federation is pleased to announce that they have selected their  new Executive Director.  Michael Schmidt has been chosen to help lead the development  of tenpin bowling for our province.  He is replacing long-time MTF Executive Director Ken Burns, who has served in the position for over 32 years.

Michael is no stranger to the Manitoba and Canada bowling communities, starting as a Bantam Bowler in 1987, to then becoming a two-time World Champion, three-time Member of Team Canada, Multi-National and Provincial Record Holder and Pro Shop Operator at La Verendrye Lanes for the past 18 years.

Schmidt is excited about this new chapter in his life and looking forward to fostering, promoting and further developing our sport with the long-term goal of securing and maintaining a lasting legacy for Manitoba Tenpin Bowling into the future.

Schmidt still enjoys interacting with and assisting our members with their equipment needs, therefore he will be continuing his La Verendrye Pro Shop duties on a part-time basis, with the help & support of two newly trained staff members.

Michael is scheduled to commence the position effective April 1, 2024.   

Israel Potter, one of our local youth bowlers, was presented with two 2022-23 National awards. One was for having that season’s highest Male Youth Average in the country, which was a whopping 231 ! And the other was for having the season’s highest Male Youth Series in Canada – an 830 !!

Potter, who is originally from Brandon, Manitoba, but now resides in Winnipeg, accomplished these feats in two different leagues. The high series was done while bowling in the Brandon Youth League, at the T-Birds bowling centre, and the high average award was accomplished in the Laverendrye Lanes Youth League.

CONGRATULATIONS Israel !!