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Tavern League Captures Super Bowl All-Star Tournament
Posted by superbowlsluggers in Bowling League, Bowling Tournament, General on December 21st, 2010
The Tavern League All-Stars fortified there league prize fund in convincing fashion by finishing at 774 over in the Inaugural Super Bowl All-Star Tournament held on December 19th at the Super Bowl in Appleton.
The tournament was the idea of Super Bowl General Manager, Erik Gialdella. For the past few seasons, the Super Bowl hosted an in-house singles tournament. Bowlers could purchase an entry and use their night’s league score for qualification. With participation waning, Gialdella needed to change things up a bit.
“I have had the idea for the past few years; however I just never got around to getting it up and going. I think the idea just came to me based on a few things, one: I didn’t really like the current In-House format.” explained Gialdella. “We always allowed individuals to pay for a chance to qualify for the In-House finals and over the years the entries continued to drop and the same few bowlers continued to enter. I wanted something fresh and my thought was that if Super Bowl was going to donate $1400 to an In-House tournament I wanted more than just 1 or 2 of the league bowlers to share in it. Every sport has an All-Star event in some way, shape, or form and that is basically where the idea came from.”
Gialdella added, “All the certified leagues at Super Bowl participated with the exception of the Fellowship League. There were a total of six leagues that were not able to participate due to not having five certified bowlers in their league or not having five bowlers that were able to make the tournament.”
The event was handicapped based on 100% of 225. Each team would bowl three games. After each game, the bowlers moved two pairs to their right. Standings were based on team series with the winner garnering $600 for its league’s prize fund. Second was awarded $400 with the third and fourth place teams receiving $200 each. Members of the top four teams also received trophies. There was also a Best of the Rest Award for High Bowler who did not cash. The tournament MVP received a beautiful mantle c
Tavern League All-Star Team from left to right: Adam Bondy, Greg Van Domelen, Phil Louden, Wes Steffen, & Eric Pitsch
lock. All of the awards were provided courtesy of J & B Trophy in Appleton. By holding the tournament during a slow time in the season, Gialdella hoped to draw more interest. Keith and A.J. Koch were on hand to run brackets.
Twenty-two teams took to the lanes to take their shot. The concourse was filled with spectators from the various leagues to cheer on their team. The tournament was held on Super Bowl’s league pattern. While scoring was respectable in the first game, the Tavern League made a statement in the second game. The team made up of Eric Pitsch, Adam Bondy, Greg Van Domelen, Wes Steffen and Phil Louden put together a 1,325 scratch game. The concourse behind lanes 7 and 8 was buzzing as the strikes mounted. Van Domelen authored his third career perfect game, his second of the season. Not to be outdone, Louden closed the deal on his third perfecto in the team’s anchor spot.
Rounding out the tournament’s top finishers were the State Couples at plus 704. The ladies from the Super Jets League anchored by Sandy Hielsberg’s 725 series came in at 655. The Bowlers Edge PBA Experience League came home at 624 over bolstered by Rick Babler’s 795 aggregate.
A surprised and humbled Van Domelen was chosen as the Tournament MVP for his 797 set, 755 scratch. When asked about his team’s second game Van Domelen replied, “I honestly wasn’t thinking about both of us having 300.” Reacting to hearing his name announced as the MVP, “I felt out of my league; like the (MVP) podium wasn’t mine to stand on. I appreciated everyone’s accolades.” Scott Sova of the Tri-City Men’s was the Best of the Rest with a 788 handicapped series.
Many participants enjoyed the social nature of the tournament. Some even thought that the odd lanes should rotate right and the even lanes rotate left so the bowlers could interact with different teams. Gialdella has received numerous comments about the event and all have been positive. Said Gialdella, “I was very nervous at how it would be received and was delighted to hear all the positive feedback!”
Sincere Thanks to Mike Van Domelen for authoring this post!
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Over $6 Million In Youth Scholarship Money Awarded Every Year To Bowlers!
Posted by superbowlsluggers in Bowling League, Bowling Tournament, Scholarships on June 2nd, 2010
The Super Bowl Family Entertainment Center in Appleton, WI has youth bowling leagues with kids as young as 5 years old having an opportunity to earn one of many scholarships available to league bowlers. Kids competing in United States Bowling Congress (USBC) certified leagues have over $6 million available to them every year! These scholarships are given on a number of factors, some are earned by competition in local, state, or national tournaments while some may be earned by completing essay’s or having high scholastic marks. The Bowling Center Association of Wisconsin gives out over $25,000 in scholarships alone to area youth every year!
The USBC has it’s on dedicated program designed to be used by scholarship promotes to use to track and distribute scholarship money. The SMART(Scholarship Management and Accounting Reports for Tenpins) program has over 105,000 registered scholarship accounts.
Recently there has been a few youth bowlers making national news with there participation in Professional Bowlers Tour (PBA) Regional Tournaments. 12 year old Kamron Doyle from Brentwood, TN became the youngest to ever cash in a PBA tournament the first week of May at the Canton Open Regional in Georgia. He was featured on ESPN’s “First Take” for his performance. A few weeks later 18 year old Andrew Koff of Miami, FL won a PBA Regional Tournament. Competing as an amateur Koff will not get credit for an actually PBA victory however will get to take $2,500 in scholarship money for the win. Koff, who holds a 4.0 GPA and has been accepted by Duke University, recently was named the 2010 Chuck Hall Star of Tomorrow by the USBC.
Super Bowl bowling alley has the Fox Valley’s best youth programs with roughly 300 kids competing in certified bowling programs. Several Super Bowl youth league bowlers have earned scholarship money and there is plenty more to be won.
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Super Bowl Bowling Center Honor Score Bowling Tournament Results
Posted by superbowlsluggers in Bowling League, Bowling Scores, Bowling Tournament, General on May 5th, 2010
The Super Bowl Family Entertainment Center hosts it’s 3rd Annual Honor Score Tournament on Saturday May 1, 2010. League bowlers at the Super Bowl bowling center earn eligibility into the tournament by bowling an honor score in an adult bowling league. The high bowling scores that earn eligibility are a 298, 299, or 300 game or a person may roll a high series of either a 700 for a woman or an 800 for a man.
This years tournament had 85 eligible honor score bowlers. Super Bowl donates $25 in Super Bowl Bucks into a prize fund for each honor score. The tournament is free to enter for anyone earning one of the qualifying high bowling scores. This years tournament had a prize payout of $2125 in Super Bowl Bucks!
Of the 85 qualifiers only 34 turned out to compete in the bowling tournament, which also featured a free meal after bowling. The tournament is run in a handicapped format where each bowler completes 3 games of qualifying than followed by a finals format. This year Bill Sell, pictured and competes in the Super Scratch Classic bowling league, won the tournament and $275 in Super Bowl Bucks. Second place finisher Dawn Zwiers, who bowl’s in the Hit N Strikes bowling league, won $200 in Super Bowl Bucks. Third and Fourth place finishers where Brad Schampers and Russ Smith each earning $150 in Super Bowl Bucks. Fifth through Eighth place finishers where: Brad Peterson, Scott Olson, Sarah DeGoey, and David Rauen, they each earned $100 in Super Bowl Bucks. Ninth through Twelfth place finishers where: Ryan Kuchta, Adam Bondy, Mike Van Domelen, and Tim Bartelt, they each earned $75. The top 12 bowlers made the finals with the remaining places paying out $50 for thirteenth through twenty and $25 for twenty-first through thirty-fourth place.
Thanks to all the participants in the 3rd Annual Honor Score Tournament and congratulations to Bill Sell for his victory. Super Bowl Family Entertainment Center looks forward to another great year for the 2010-2011 bowling season!