THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 18, 1996 TAG: 9602160223
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 31 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Bill Leffler
LENGTH: Long : 108 lines
Portsmouth will host the 65th annual Virginia State Duckpin Tournament.
Competition will be held at Victory Lanes on the four weekends in March with action starting on March 2. Hope Shull will serve as tournament director.
Area bowlers won four state championships last year. Tom Gregory, who will be competing on his home lanes, and A.C. Paul shared the 1995 men's singles title with handicap sets of 528. Norfolk's Oneil Wynne and George Smith, who has moved out of the area, paired for the men's double crown with 1,021. Virginia Beach's Linda Gaines and Dot Smith of Norfolk won women's doubles with 982.
The Rabels of Norfolk captured the team championship with 1,765.
Entry forms are available at duckpin centers but walk-in entries will be accepted. There will be one prize for every 10 entries in a division and guaranteed prizes to champions.
After a week's delay by the ice and snow, the 39th annual Tidewater Women's Bowling Association Championship is under way. The 43rd annual Norfolk Bowling Association tourney opened as scheduled on Feb. 10.
The TWBA officials were able to reschedule their three-weekend competition into two weeks and only lost six teams in the process.
In first-round action, Sharon Kunkle surpassed last year's winning scratch series in Division 1 singles in the TWBA tourney with 684. Dot Dy won last year with 668. Kunkle also is the handicap leader with 729.
In doubles Beth Belko and Fran Sansone pace the scratch division with 1101. Merle Waddell and Teet Cotterell top the handicap division with 1,313. The all-events leaders are Renita Rock (1,695 scratch) and Weeatha Carey (2,024 handicap). Knock-M-Dead heads the teams in both scratch (2,187) and handicap (2,524) categories.
In Division 2, No Name 130, captained by Cheryl Thomson, is the pacesetter in scratch (1,940) and handicap (2,533). Patricia Painter leads scratch singles with 505 and Shirley Malton tops handicap singles with 693. Marva Paige and Brenda Dusin lead scratch doubles with 1,017 and are second in the handicap category behind Shirley Dennis and Evelyn Melia (1,367).
Terri Cook's 1,478 leads Division 2 scratch all-events. Bobbi Lepp heads the handicap division with 1,919.
Columbia 300, composed of Thomas Brown, Reginald Jones, Reuben Turner Jr. and Warren Brooks, is the handicap team leader in the NBA tournament with 2,933.
Eric Carey has grabbed the handicap all-events lead with 2,319. Carey also shares the handicap doubles lead with Rolandus Garner with 1,590. The handicap singles leader is Richard Anderson with 737.
BOWLER OF THE WEEK honors go to Rick Phillips.
Phillips shattered the three-game lanes record at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven, tossing 811 in the Friday Nite Misfits Tenpin League.
Phillips had games of 256, 278 and 277, breaking the old center standard by Jerry Huddleston by a single pin. There were two open frames in Phillips' series, which included 28 strikes.
A three-league regular with a sterling 215 mark in his best, Phillips is celebrating his second 800 ever. He had an 803 before, which briefly had stood as the Lynnhaven center record until it was topped twice.
TENPIN TOPICS: Shot of the week was a 7-10 spare conversion by youth leaguer Colin Wolsson in the YABA Junior League at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. . . series in the Monday Scratch Doubles League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. . . . Bill Mello notched a record 634 series in the Oceana Officers Mixed League at NAS Oceana with games of 209, 205 and 220. . . . David Sparr subbed in the Saturday Classic Mixed League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake and racked up games of 222, 259 and 246 for a 727 series. . . . Rhonda Patterson tossed a 137 triplicate in the Major/Senior YABA League at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. She averages 136. In the same league Gerald Brooks, a 79-average scorer, posted a 155 game. . . . Phil Aspiras had a 268 game and 717 series in the Youth Scratch Doubles League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. . . . . Joining the Triplicate Club was Greg Spencer with three 193 games in the Tuesday Commercial/Divisional at Pinboy's of Norfolk. . . . John Confalone followed up a 289 in the Masters League last week with a 288 this week. Also in this league Tom Garrett fired a 286. . . . Fran O'Hop chalked up an all-spare 187 in the Untouchables League at Pinboy's of Norfolk. . . . New Century Club members are Bob McCracken (188 average, 288 game) in the Pinboy's Classic League and Brian Elswick (171 average, 276 game) in the Tuesday Playmates League, both at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. . . . WIBC, surveying some of its membership, reached local bowler Bertie Lou Perry and asked her how she would rate local leagues, the area association and its secretary. Perry gave a whopping 10 (1-to-10 basis) to the TWBA and secretary Reba Callis and a 9 to local leagues. WIBC also picked out a local league, Kings and Queens at Indian River, to receive a national third-place drawing award. Secretary Grace Madden was given an airlines luggage carrier, and league members of the WIBC received shirts with the WIBC emblem. The prizes were so nice, bowlers wondered what the first and second awards were.
DUCKPIN DATA: Bowlarama has submitted a bid for the 1997 National Tournament. The Norfolk center will be the site for the National Youth Tournament this year on June 21-23. The state youth tournament will be held at Victory Lanes on April 13. . . . After a nine-week stint out of action with a knee replacement, the Rev. Earl Freeland returned to competition in the Sunday School League and exactly posted his 88 average in his first game back. 51 pins over average with her 146 game. . . . Jeanette Duncan and Wes Garriott paired to win the Valentine Doubles Tournament at Victory Lanes. They had a 943 handicap series. . . . Here's wishing a speedy return to the lanes for Mabel Ragan, recently hospitalized at Portsmouth General. . . . Eleven-year-old Brianna Vain, an 86-average bowler, posted a 135 game in the Victory Youth League. . . . Lang's Fangs, powered by a 462 by Donnie Long and 404 by Bobby Gower, shot a record 1,580 series in the Industrial League. The old mark was 1,562 by the Woodpickers. Long also broke the 200 barrier with a 204 game in his 488 series in the Tidewater Pro League. . . . Paul Sandefur socked a 184 single in his 450 series in the Elimination Doubles League. by CNB