11th Annual Association Challenge – October 24, 2015

The Closest Finish Ever!!

Our 11th Annual Association Challenge tournament took place on Saturday, Oct 24th, at Winnipeg’s Bowl Below lanes.   And in the history of the tournament, this was the closest finish we’ve ever seen. Only six pins separated the top two teams! And it was Dauphin that came out on top.

Interestingly, as of the writing of this update, the Dauphin team doesn’t know that they won! At the conclusion of the tournament, the initial calculations showed that the Winnipeg team had won the event by 12 pins.   But further checking of the averages, handicaps, and score calculations showed that it was actually the Dauphin team that proved to be the winners.   So, the Championship Plaque will have to be shipped out to Dauphin so that they can bask in the glory of the win for the entire year!

The tournament started out with a surprise, as one of Bowl Below’s six lanes was out of commission. But true to the spirit of this tournament, all of the teams agreed to a slight variation in the format in order to accommodate this relatively minor inconvenience. And a good time was had by all!

The red headpin idea was a good one, as it provided an additional incentive for everyone, and a bit more fun.   Getting a strike when you had a red headpin, got you a scratch-and-win lottery ticket. Fifty of them were given out, and as far as we knew by the end of the tournament, the biggest prize won was $10. However, I know that some people didn’t scratch their tickets until later – after the tournament.   So, maybe, just maybe, we had a big winner???   Here’s hoping!

Our fifth and final game was bowled with a bit of a twist – we had music playing. The music selection was quite appropriate, as a lot of it was from the 1960’s and 70’s – perfect for those of us who were “more mature” bowlers!.

Once again, this is a great fun tournament, and an opportunity for the three Local Tenpin Bowling Associations – Brandon, Dauphin, and Winnipeg – to maintain a good relationship with each other, which of course improves communication and cooperation within the province.   This is a win-win-win for tenpin bowling in Manitoba!

A big thank-you to Patricia Wight for organizing the supper (she even went and picked everything up from the catering facility!) and for providing the baking and desserts as well.   Thank-you to Ron Molinski for making sure we had some liquid refreshments, and for making the red headpin / lottery ticket competition happen, as well as taking care of all the scoring results. And of course, thanks to Bowl Below and their staff for providing a great environment for our event.

Next year, Brandon will be hosting the Association Challenge. See you there!

Winnipeg Tenpin Bowling Association

This year’s teams were:

Dauphin 1 – Jack Kukurudz, Angela Kukurudz, Ralph Piasta and Jason Kindleim

Dauphin 2 – Jody Scott, Ray Lebel, Kim Gudmundson and Tracy Scott

Winnipeg 1 – Lynda Seewald, Richard Porth, Pat Wight, Carol Coldwell, Helen Fenk, and Stephen Logan

Winnipeg 2 – Ron Molinski, Geri Molinski, Wanda Howard, Faith Porth, Dan Tereck, Peter Wight

Brandon 1 – Rosa Van de Mosselair, Len Howell, Ted Smuland and Kevin Hingey

Brandon 2 – Bob Freeman, Kim Karlicki, Sandy Vanderhulst and Wally Matskiw

Here were the detailed scores:

				Association Challenge – 2015
			Gm1	Gm2	Gm3	Gm4	Gm5	Total
Dauphin 1
192	192 Jack Kukurudz		211	192	176	203	199	981
163	163 Angela Kukurudz		171	106	143	189	148	757
183	183 Ralph Piasta		191	127	158	143	159	778
170	170 Jason Kindlein		158	136	126	162	152	734
708	Total		731	561	603	697	658	3250
92	Handicap		92	92	92	92	92	460
	Total		823	653	695	789	750	3710
Dauphin 2
174	174 Jody Scott		167	147	151	149	142	756
156	156 Kim Gudmundson		149	134	131	166	128	708
174	174 Tracy Scott		162	180	215	159	199	915
197	197 Ray Lebel		158	190	192	219	169	928
701	Total		636	651	689	693	638	3307
99	Handicap		99	99	99	99	99	495
	Total		735	750	788	792	737	3802
Winnipeg 1
159	159 Lynda Seewald		139	178	147	156	164	784
115	115 Richard Porth		96	89			83	268
141	141 Pat Wight		135	157				292
133	133 Carol Coldwell				118	116	137	371
174	174 Helen Fenk		154	149	151	179	128	761
140	140 Stephen Logan				117	132		249
	Total		524	573	533	583	512	2725
	Handicap		211	211	194	194	219	1029
	Total		735	784	727	777	731	3754
Winnipeg 2
153	153 Geri Molinski		163	143	155	163	142	766
134	134 Faith Porth		127	116	138	144		525
157	157 Peter Wight						146	146
161	161 Wanda Howard		147	129	157	105	140	678
185	185 Ron Molinski		172	169				341
216	216 Dan Tereck				177	158	242	577
	Total		609	557	627	570	670	3033
	Handicap		167	167	136	136	113	719
	Total		776	724	763	706	783	3752
Brandon 1
181	181 Len Howell		173	122	186	166	142	789
132	132 Rosa Van de Mosselair		117	109	121	124	128	599
177	177 Ted Smuland		167	167	159	207	167	867
198	198 Kevin Hingey		180	160	190	147	145	822
688	Total		637	558	656	644	582	3077
112	Handicap		112	112	112	112	112	560
	Total		749	670	768	756	694	3637
Brandon 2
134	134 Sandy Vanderhulst		101	147	123	103	122	596
165	165 Kim Karlicki		131	137	110	156	145	679
189	189 Bob Freeman		179	150	185	162	163	839
213	213 Wally Matskiw		228	220	225	173	205	1051
701	Total		639	654	643	594	635	3165
99	Handicap		99	99	99	99	99	495
	Total		738	753	742	693	734	3660
Dauphin		3710+3802=7512			WINNERS
Winnipeg		3754+3752=7506
Brandon		3637+3660=7297

And….here are some pictures from the event…