THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, May 12, 1996 TAG: 9605100197
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 23 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Sports
SOURCE: Bill Leffler
LENGTH: Medium: 96 lines
Longtime Tidewater Women's Bowling Association secretary Reba Callis will be inducted into the Virginia State Bowling Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Callis, who has been secretary of the TWBA for nearly 24 years, is being recognized for meritorious service.
``We are very proud of Reba for all the outstanding work she has done for the sport of bowling,'' said Ernie Driver, president of the TWBA.
Unquestionably one of the finest run associations in WIBC, the TWBA serves 15 centers across the area.
Callis is one of 12 women bowlers who have been inducted into the Tidewater Virginia Bowling Council Hall of Fame. She will be the fifth area female bowler in the state hall.
``I was very surprised and real excited,'' said Callis, who will be inducted at the annual state meeting in Roanoke.
Only two are inducted into the state Hall of Fame each year. The other inductee this year is Cornell Jackson of Washington, D.C.
Fittingly, the award for Callis is coming at a time when she is showing her ingenuity by developing a new tournament called ``Follow the Seagull.''
Actually the official name is the first Season Kickoff Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Chesapeake Classic Tournament. Portsmouth bowlers have their own association and that's why it isn't included in the name.
However, any sanctioned WIBC or ABC bowlers will be eligible to participate.
The tournament will be Aug. 10-11, 17-18 and 24-25 with teams bowling at Pinboy's of Military and doubles and singles scheduled at Pinboy's of Norfolk.
The tournament will have a men's division and a women's division and lady members of the ABC will not be allowed to compete in the male category.
Top winners are guaranteed nearly $3,000 in prizes.
Bowler of the Week honors go to Mike Dibble.
Only a 154-average bowler, Dibble barely missed membership in the exclusive 300 Game Club in the Mighty Merchants Tenpin League at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven.
Dibble pitched 11 straight strikes en route to a 299 game, nearly doubling his average as he joined the Century Club.
He finished with a 602 series.
Tenpin topics: Reggie Harper won the second tournament in the Striker's Scratch Tour, held at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. Harper defeated George Ensor in the final, 290-186. Ensor won the first tournament at Pinboy's of Military and earned top seed in this event with a semifinal round of 236, 236 and 266. Todd Allred finished third, Dave Harris was fourth and John Confalone was fifth. The tourney drew 22 of the area's leading bowlers. The next Striker's Scratch Tour will be May 25 at Pinboy's of Norfolk. . . . Ricky Ballance was six pins shy of Century Club membership with his 277 game in the Roadside Mixed League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. The 183-average shooter had a 726 series. . . . Phillip Craddock, 14, backed up games of 266, 213 and 219 for 698 in the Saturday youth league at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. A 7-9 split in the last frame kept him from his first 700 series. . . . Ken Beach socked a 298 single in the Monday Scratch Doubles League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake in a blistering 790 series. . . . Scott Hall's 712 series in the Cosmopolitan League at Pinboy's of Norfolk included a 279 game. . . . Shannen Leary, who averages 128, had the thrill of hitting her first 200 game in the Kings and Queens League at Indian River. . . . Zee Howard notched a triplicate 169 in the Tuesday Mixed League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. . . . David Matthews garnered a 278 single in the Ball & Chain League at Indian River. . . . The Aspiras brothers continue to sock 'em. Phil Aspiras hit a 279 game in a 697 series in the Major/Senior League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. Younger brother Theus, 9, tossed a 267 game and 704 series. Wonder how many 9-year-olds have ever bowled a 700 series?
Duckpin data: Walter Laughon racked up 14 marks in a row, including an all-mark 187 game in the Industrial League. He finished with a 461 series. . . League. . . . Shawn Perez pulled in that same tough shot in the Monday Nite Ladies League on the way to a 387 series. Also in the Monday loop Nita Taylor zipped up her 88 average with a 137 game. . . . Pete Cubilla's 465 series in the Tidewater Pro League featured a 185 single. . . . Arnette Properties won the third round in the Suffolk Mixed Nuts League. . . . The Victory Booster Club's annual Fun Nite at Victory Lanes has been rescheduled for May 31 at 6 p.m. . . . Karen Hooper blasted a 163 game in her 369 series in the Stormy Weather League. . . . Bambi Freeman walloped a 159 game in her 373 series in the Wednesday Morning Mixed League. . . . Raymond Askew slapped a 182 game in his 432 series in the Elimination Doubles League and followed with 454 in the Industrial League for a six-game average of 148. . . . Jim Nicholson showed his old scoring touch with a 392 set in the Monday Morning Mixed League. . . . After a two-year stint as president of the National Duckpin Bowling Congress, local bowler Sharon Williams is not a candidate for re-election this year. . . Baltimore. . . . Area qualifiers will vie in the $15,000 Duckpin Classic at Fair Lanes College Park in Maryland on June 1-2. . . . Next week will conclude the regular Around the Alleyways column and final Top Ten rankings of the season. The annual All-Metro teams will be announced the week of May 26. by CNB