THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, November 20, 1994 TAG: 9411180150
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 19 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Sports
SOURCE: Bill Leffler
LENGTH: Long : 102 lines
Anne Marie Duggan, who briefly bowled out of this area when she became a regular on the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour, has become the LPBT all-time single-season money winner.
Duggan has won $118,652. It shattered the old mark of $113,750 set by Robin Romeo in 1989.
Duggan is happy that the chase for the record is over.
``I think that I put pressure on myself that was truly unwanted,'' she said. ``But I was also reminded every week about the record, and it is hard to put it out of your mind when there are constant reminders.
``When you are chasing someone, there is a lot less pressure than when you are being chased. You are one person chasing one person, but when you are on top, everyone is after you.''
Duggan first came to this area to bowl in the $100,000 AMF Cobra Classic at Indian River Lanes in 1989. That's when she met a local bowler, Pat Duggan.
The following year Pinboy's of Chesapeake was opening, and Pat was scheduled to be the manager.
The day the center opened, Pat and Anne Marie were married.
And what a day it was for the Duggans.
``Anne Marie helped me drill 40 bowling balls. Then we got a league started at 2 p.m. Then we left to get our marriage license. Then we picked out a ring. We found a justice of the peace off Cedar Road and were married at 5:30.
``At 10 minutes of 6 we were back at Pinboy's to get the night league started,'' said Pat.
They tied their mobile home to the back of the bowling center.
The next day, Pat informed Pinboy's owner Dwight Mitchum that he was relinquishing the job to serve as a coach and manager for his wife on the tour.
It's been that way ever since, and Anne Marie credits much of her success to the coaching she has received from hubby.
At Pinboy's of Chesapeake, Pat had Anne Marie throwing 20 practice games every day.
And the afternoon I watched her practice I well remember the words Pat spoke:
``I think in the past Anne Marie has just been satisfied with being in the top 24 (in tournaments). She is better than that. She can bowl with any of them.
``I think she can be one of the great bowlers.''
Her new money record proves Pat was right.
BOWLER OF THE WEEK honors go to Woody Riggs, a 113-average duckpin bowler who joined the ultraexclusive 200 Game Club.
Riggs fired the nine-mark 200 en route to a 436 series in the Thursday A.M. Mixed League at Victory Lanes, the first 200 game at this center this season.
His open frame was a 7-10 split. Riggs made a two-pinner and filled with five in the last box to exactly reach the 200 and win a fourth-level National Duckpin Congress Award.
Riggs opened with a 105 and finished with a 131.
TENPIN TOPICS: Death claimed John Chisholm, one of the mainstays in building tenpins to its present level locally, at the age of 78. Chisholm managed several area centers over a period of nearly 20 years and was a past president of the Norfolk Bowling Association. His family has been one of the First Families in area bowling. . . . Chris Gilbert slammed a record series of 784 in the Industrial League at Pinboy's of Norfolk, backing up games of 266, 249 and 269. . . . Ursi Green, who averages only 127 in the Friday Mixers League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake, pitched a 208 game and 525 series. . the Christ United Methodist League at Pinboy's of Military. He averages 126. . Majors at Plaza Bowl. . . . Teenager Karen Vetter had a 125 triplicate in the Major/Senior League at Pinboy's of Norfolk.. . . Youth leaguer Mike Heath notched a 257 game in a 673 series in the Big/Little League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. . . . Mike Asben chalked up his first 700 with 222, 244 and 247 for 713 in the Tuesday Nite Mixed League at Plaza Bowl. . . . Donna O'Sullivan zipped 58 over average with a 188 single in the Early Birds League. Screwballs League. He averages 144. . . . Rodney Moody had an 8-hit on his final pitch for a 298 in the Charles Peete League at Pinboy's of Norfolk. Moody rolled a 729 series. . . . Bowling functions can obtain free ABC awards placemats by contacting the ABC awards department.
DUCKPIN DATA: Portsmouth's Ronnie Ketchum was runner-up in the Virginia Pro Tour's November tournament at Luray and Shenandoah. Mike Weaver captured the top prize. . . . In an exciting match in the Mary Crabtree Singles League, Eddie Williams chalked up a 158-157 victory over Barbara Turner. . . . Nicole Smith, a 79-average bowler in the Victory Youth League, registered a 112 game. In the same league, Tommy Ricks, who averages 106, shot a 364 series. . . . Lucy Barnes posted a 157 in the Seniors League at Bowlarama. . . . Ima Peacock converted the 9-10 for spares twice in one game in the Elimination Doubles League at Victory Lanes. . . . The qualifiers for the $15,000 Duckpin Classic finals will bowl five games and the 30 leading men and women will advance to a four-game total pinfall elimination. Stepladder finals will match the top five finalists in each division. ILLUSTRATION: File photo
Anne Marie Duggan has earned $118,652 on the Ladies Pro Bowlers
Tour, the all-time single-season record.
by CNB