Greater Iowa Bowling Association
AT CHERRY LANES BEGINS AT 11AM!!
January 23, 2012
Good Afternoon,
I have not yet received the results from Fort Dodge since I was unable to be there myself, but I will send those out to you as soon as possible after I get them. We have several tournaments coming up over the next month and a half to close out our GIBA season. It has been an extremely successful year for us due to the great support from our members, bowling centers, and sponsors. We have increased entries by a significant number for pretty much every tournament this season so thanks to all of you for that. We have 4 more events on the GIBA schedule so I hope we can close out the season in style.
The annual Cherry Lanes/GIBA team tournament will be held on Saturday, January 28th in Dubuque at Cherry Lanes, and it will be followed the next day with the annual GIBA Doubles tournament also held at Cherry Lanes. We are limited to 26 teams for the team tournament, and 39 teams for the doubles. We do still have room for entries in both tournaments so let me know if you would like to reserve spots.
Our final points tournament this season will be the Rick Eighme Memorial 10 Game sweeper held on February 26th at Cadillac Lanes in Waterloo. We are going to do something a bit different for this tournament since it is our final point tournament. There will be the normal regular prize fund , and any bowler can enter the tournament. In addition, we will have a supplemental prize fund for those members who have bowled at least 4 of our events previously this season. This prize fund will pay out in a ratio of 1:3, and it should be at least $2500.00 this year. Members who have bowled 3 prior events can also pay an additional amount of $25.00 to compete for the supplemental prizes. I will have more information on who is eligible for the supplemental fund early next month. This is something new we wanted to try this season, and I will be interested in your input as to how it works out.
The last event on our schedule is being held on March 4th at Highland Park in Moline, IL. It is Chuck Schuette’s annual Bob Neff Memorial Triple Elimination tournament. Chuck also plans a Saturday sweeper event that weekend for those who want to make a two tournament weekend out of it.
Thanks again for your support of the GIBA, and I look forward to seeing many of you this weekend in Dubuque.
November 14, 2011
Good Afternoon,
Mike Peters survived the most difficult day of scoring conditions the Iowa Open has seen to win the title in dramatic fashion yesterday. Mike entered the position round match in 3rd place behind Shannon Buchan & Bryan Tippett. He trailed Shannon by 49 pins, and Shannon was 15 pins ahead of Bryan going in to the final game. Mike put the pressure on early with strikes in the first four frames. Shannon responded by starting with a double before a split in the 3rd frame, but came right back with another double. Bryan was hanging close by making spares in the first 6 frames. Bryan came through with a turkey in the 7th, 8th, & 9th which gave him a chance to lock up the title if he could have struck out in the 10th. He threw a great shot on his first ball in the 10th only to leave a ringing 10 pin. He made the spare and struck for a 212 game. Mike followed his 4 bagger start with two spares and then struck again in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and the first ball in the 10th closing out his game with a 256. It all came down to Shannon finishing in the 10th with a chance to double and win the title. He threw a solid shot, but the 4 pin stood giving Mike a thrilling come from behind victory. The win was worth $500.00 plus a paid entry to the U.S. Open, and $530.00 for the bet you win pot since we had $300.00 carryover on the line in this tournament.
The pattern played the most difficult it has ever played yesterday with only 4 bowlers averaging 200 in qualifying, and only Bryan Tippett averaging 200 in the finals. It took a score of 1563 to make the 10 bowler finals, and only a 187 average to get the last check. We had 63 bowlers and paid 18 spots. The finishers following Mike, Bryan, and Shannon were Duane Kilts & Jacob Bedard in a tie for 4th, Gordy Kilpatrick 6th, Don Breeden 7th, Jason Rook 8th, Kenny Calkins III 9th, and Stefan Sheffield in 10th.
The final results are available to view HERE.