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Final Results 2008 Handicap State Tournament
All files are in Adobe PDF format.  Please click on above grahic to get the free reader from Adobe.
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Ladies Events

Men's Events

Mixed Events

Ladies Singles

Men's Singles

 

Ladies Doubles

Men's Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Ladies Teams

Men's Team

Mixed Teams

Ladies All Events

Men's All Events

 

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2008 MASSACHUSETTS ADULT 100% HANDICAP

STATE TOURNAMENT

 

For League Bowlers From MBA And WNECA Centers

 

Singles * Doubles * Mixed Doubles * Mixed Teams * Ladies And Men's Teams

 

March 29, 2008 - May 18, 2008

 

Estimated at $50,000.00 Cash Prizes

 

Qualify locally with the finals at Lucky Strike Recreation and Woburn Bowldrome

1.        PARTICIPATION

a.    All participants in the 2008 Massachusetts Adult 100% Handicap State Tournament must be at least 17 years of age, and be a current league bowler at a Massachusetts Bowling Association (MBA) member establishment or Western New England Candlepin Association (WNECA) member establishment.  Definition of a League Bowler – A team member, not a substitute. (Substitute bowler averages Do Not Count.)

b.    Youth bowlers who enter any portion of this tournament may not participate in the 2008 State Candlepin Youth Championships.

 

2.        AVERAGE VERIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS

a.    All bowlers entering any adult event must file by mail for an average card with JIM BARBER, c/o LUCKY STRIKE RECREATION, 73 BUFFUM Street, LYNN, MA 01902.  FILE EARLY.  No cards will be issued in person at the MBA office.

b.    A $10.00 fee must accompany the average verification card request and all required information must be completed.   Make checks payable to MBA Tournament. 

c.    Upon receipt of a completed average verification card request, bowler will then be issued an official MBA average card, valid from February 15, 2008 to February 14, 2009 and a coupon good for 5 Free Strings of Open Play Bowling valid to December 31, 2008.   Both cards will be honored at any MBA or WNECA establishment.    Bowlers are required to present their identification cards for every event, even qualifying events.  No card on file - No entry.   Photo ID may be required at finals.

d.    All entrants must have verified MBA or WNECA LEAGUE averages (at least 40 strings) in an MBA or WNECA establishment.  TRUE average from 2,3,4,5 or 6 person teams shall be used in determining the highest average.

e.    PRO TOUR bowlers may participate provided they have a verified MBA or WNECA LEAGUE average as described above.  PRO TOUR bowlers use the highest of either their Pro Tour Average or MBA / WNECA league average.

f.     Late league starters must have a minimum of 40 strings recorded as of date of filing for verification card.

g.    Eliminate all fractions when submitting average.  Declared average is individual bowler’s sole responsibility.

h.    ONLY Official MBA Verification Cards will be accepted as proof of average.

i.      Average may not be changed after an individual has started any event, except to increase it.

j.      Misrepresentation of any kind will result in disqualification of entire entry and forfeiture of all prize monies.  Bowlers submitting falsified information will be banned from participating in any MBA sponsored Tournament for five (5) years.

 

3.        ENTRIES

a.    A bowler may enter each event only once.

b.    ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR CONSIDERED OFFICIALLY ENTERED WITHOUT THE ENTRY FEE.                                     

 

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO MBA TOURNAMENT and MAIL TO:

1)       Host center for each event entered.

2)       “All Events” to host center for singles or doubles.  (No entry fee required)

c.    Proof of entry is the responsibility of the bowler

d.    POSITIVELY no post entries will be allowed.  (See entry closing dates.)  Entries MUST be received by closing date / time of each event. 

e.    Use a separate entry blank for each event.  In order to assure preferred time and date, send entries EARLY.  Be sure to list a SECOND CHOICE.  If no second choice is listed, or the second choice is full, the committee reserves the right to assign a date and time.

 

4.        EVENTS: Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Mixed Teams and Teams

a.    For average requirements for the tournament and further explanation see Page 4.

b.    In Doubles and Team Events, any bowler may enter regardless of average as long as the doubles and / or team combined average does not exceed the 2007 MBA Adult Handicap State Tournament requirements for that particular event.

 

5.        ALL EVENTS

a.    All Events – Individual bowler must enter Singles, one Doubles Events(Doubles or Mixed Doubles) and one Team Event(Teams or Mixed Teams) in ONE area.  Your combined 13-string total plus your personal handicap for each game equals your “All Events” total.

b.    All Events must be entered before bowler’s first ball is rolled.  Entrants must check All Events board in order to verify entry.

c.    Bowlers entering All Events must bowl all their events in the same area.  Area Seven bowlers can bowl in either Area A or Area B.

d.    A separate entry blank must be filed (no fee required).  Mail to Host center for the singles or doubles in the “area” that you will bowl in.

 

6.        SUBSTITUTIONS

a.    Substitution may be made in any event except singles.

b.    In the finals any substitute average may be used as long as average total does not exceed stated cap for that event. 

c.    Substitutes are subject to Average Verification rules. (See rule #2)

d.    Replacement bowler/s may not have participated in that event.

e.    Host center should be notified at least two hours prior to the event.

 

7.       GENERAL RULES

a.    In case of default for any reason, entry fee will not be refunded.

b.    Incomplete game/s – score stands at time of default.

c.    In qualifying rounds, all ties for last qualifying position go to finals.

d.    In case of ties at finals there will be no roll-offs.  Cash prizes will be divided equally.  Next position/s move down.  Bowlers must be present and compete to cash.

e.    All notices and prize money will be forwarded to the first person listed with a legible mailing address on entry blank.  Distribution is their sole responsibility.  Non-distribution of prize funds will result in suspension from further MBA Tournaments.

f.     Director reserves the right to add or delete from the schedule to accommodate entries.

g.    ICBA official rules will govern all decisions.  All decisions of the Tournament Committee shall be final.

h.    Returned check bank charge of $15.00 applies. 

 

8.     HANDICAP BASE & AVERAGE LIMITS   

a.   There is an average limit on each event except Singles as follows:

                HANDICAP BASE AND AVERAGE LIMITS                                              

 

HANDICAP BASE

 Men’s Teams       650                         Ladies’ Teams    575 

Men’s Singles      140                          Mixed Teams        500                        

Mixed Doubles     250                         Ladies’ Singles   125

Men’s Doubles    280                         Ladies’ Doubles  240

Requirements for Handicap Events & Handicap All Events

 

  1. Mail entry form (one for each event you are entering) to host center in your area.  Allow time for return mail.
  2. Entering all events?  Mail entry form to center hosting singles or doubles event in your area.  (All events must be entered prior to your first event.  All events entries are FREE this year.)

HANDICAP is 100%

  1. All bowlers receive a handicap when applicable.
  2. Men’s handicap base is 140.9 or 140.  Ladies is 125.9 or 125.  (Drop all fractions.)
  3. There is an average limit on each event, except Singles.

HANDICAP BASE & AVERAGE LIMITS ARE:

Men’s Teams       650              Ladies’ Teams        575

Mixed Teams       500              Mixed Doubles       250

Men’s Doubles     280              Ladies’ Doubles     240

                                                                             

  1. Example of average limits:  In men’s doubles the cap is a 280-combined average, dropping all fractions.  Therefore a bowler A might have an average of 118, bowler B an average of 110, their combined average being 228.  This doubles entry will receive a 52 pin per string handicap.  This system applies in every event.
  2. There is no individual average limit on any event.  For example the Men’s Doubles has a cap of 280, therefore Bowler A and Bowler B can both have an average of 140 (an extreme example).
  3. All bowlers in this HANDICAP TOURNAMENT must be MBA or Western New England Candlepin Bowling Association league bowlers with a minimum of 40 strings recorded (from the start of the fall season) as of time of filing Average Card Request.  Tournament does not exclude any average or any qualified bowler.
  4. All bowlers must have and show Average Verification Cards at all area qualifying roll offs as well as finals.
  5. Substitutions may be made in the finals using standard substitution rule.  See Rules and Entrance Requirements Rule #6.

2008 Schedule of Fees and Prizes: Handicap Events

Event

 

Strings

Estimated

Total

 

per Bowler

1st Prize

Entry Fee

Ladies Teams ( 5 Bowlers)

3

 

 $1,250.00

 $  175.00

Men's Teams (5 Bowlers)

3

 

 $1,500.00

 $  175.00

Mixed Teams (4 Bowlers)

3

 

 $1,000.00

 $  140.00

(2) Ladies (2) Men             

 

Mixed Doubles

 

5

 

 $   900.00

 $    70.00

Ladies & Men's Doubles

5

L-

 $   600.00

 $    70.00

M-

 $   900.00

Ladies Singles

 

5

 

 $   500.00

 $    35.00

Men's Singles

 

5

 

 $   750.00

 $    35.00

All Events 

Men

21

 

 $   400.00

   

See Rule 5  

Women

21

 

 $   300.00

   

There will be no additional cost to bowlers who qualify for finals. 

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2008 Adult Handicap Entry Form - PDF Format

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Ladies, Mens & Mixed Teams
1 in 4 Entries Go To Finals
All Participating Finalists Guaranteed Prize Money
 
Finals at Woburn Bowladrome - Woburn, MA
 
Sat. May 10 & Sun. May 11
Sat. May 17 & Sun. May 18
 
All Dates are at 1:00pm or 4:00pm
 

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Singles - Doubles - All Events
1 in 4 Entries Go To Finals
All Participating Finalists Guaranteed Prize Money
 
Finals at Lucky Strike Recreation - Lynn, MA
 
Sat. April 26 & Sun. April 27
Sat. May 3 & Sun. May 4
Sat. May 10 & Sun. May 11
 
All Dates are at
12:00pm or 2:00pm or 4:00pm
 

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2007 MBA Handicap Tournament 
Final Results - Singles & All Events
Ladies' All Events    
  Pos.   Name Event # Total Score
1 Janet Rafuse LAE-03 698
2 Gina M. Guasconi LAE-07 697
3 Tina Ward LAE-02 688
4 Amy Williams LAE-06 669
5 Thelma Fisher LAE-05 668
6 Jacey Kelman LAE-04 650
7 Joanna Brown LAE-08 643
8 Sandra Bianco LAE-01 613
Ladies' Singles    
1 Joanna Brown LS-13 724
2 Tie Janet Rafuse LS-02 696
2 Tie Amy Williams LS-09 696
4 Elke Pravda LS-03 695
5 Kimberly Servizio LS-15 685
6 Thelma Fisher LS-01 680
7 Tina Ward LS-12 667
8 Joanne Hawker LS-14 661
9 Charlene Kuketz LS-07 654
10 Jacey Kelman LS-05 646
11 Shirley Wilbur LS-10 644
12 Cindy Noyes LS-11 623
13 Lisa Donaldson LS-08 622
14 Chickie Mormile LS-04 610
15 Linda Bodoni LS-16 606
16 Judy Duhaine LS-06 604
17 Sandra Bianco LS-17 603
Men's All Events    
1 Barry Dorion MAE-04 771
2 Michael Libby MAE-09 770
3 Steven Gonnella MAE-07 739
4 Elmer Holmes Jr. MAE-08 728
5 Jerome Lavallee MAE-05 714
6 Danny Schultz MAE-02 711
7 Jim Hanney MAE-01 683
8 John G. Dorion MAE-03 675
9 James Reardon MAE-06 672
     
Men's Singles    
1 Elmer Holmes Jr. MS-13 770
2 Danny Schultz MS-08 764
3 Nathan McLaughlin MS-24 762
4 David Howells MS-31 754
5 Tie Richard York MS-28 744
5 Tie Stewart Springfield MS-01 744
7 Tie Michael Libby MS-12 736
7 Tie Jack Carroll MS-09 736
9 Scott Cockman MS-29 734
10 Stephen Idman MS-06 733
11 Barry Dorion MS-04 731
12 John G. Dorion MS-05 730
13 Donald Allen MS-22 723
14 Jay Powers MS-10 718
15 Michael Ventura MS-15 717
16 Mike Cassidy MS-02 714
17 Joseph Lepro MS-14 709
18 Eddie Jagiello MS-11 707
19 William Brobst MS-03 704
20 Joseph Merlina MS-25 701
21 Roger Chouinard MS-26 699
22 Tie David R Bellofatto MS-20 694
22 Tie Bob MacKeil MS-21 694
24 David Lamontagne MS-17 693
25 Bill Haskins MS-19 689
26 William O'Brien MS-30 686
27 Phil Clough MS-16 685
28 Peter Russell MS-07 682
29 Ian Power MS-23 678
30 Ryan MacInnis MS-33 663
31 James Croft MS-27 650
32 Glenn Ares MS-18 646
33 Joe Clapp Jr. MS-32 640

2007 MBA Handicap Tournament 
Final Results - Doubles
Ladies' Doubles    
  Pos.   Bowler 1 Bowler 2 Event # Total Score
1 Jennifer Dorrington Joanna Brown LD11 1331
2 Deborah Johnston Joanne Hawker LD10 1327
3 Debbie Burns Pat Rundgren LD14 1312
4 Karen Grant Amy Williams LD09 1279
5 Gina M. Guasconi Shirley Wilbur LD08 1259
6 Judy Duhaine Charlene Kuketz LD07 1254
7 Arlene Gilbert Roberta Sullivan LD06 1250
8 Janet Rafuse Wendy Johnson LD02 1241
9 Marlene Winbush Lisa Reid LD03 1238
10 Linda Bodoni Margaret Parco LD16 1231
11 Cherrece Bryant Angela Jordan LD05 1228
12 Lisa Le Clerc Cindy Noyes LD12 1216
13 Dara Griswold Natalie Wood LD13 1212
14 Nadine Hopkins Linda Foster LD01 1210
15 Beverly Stevenson Violet Hardenbrook LD04 1191
16 Patricia Burns Christine Plecinoga LD15 1134
       
Men's Doubles    
1 Michael Libby Louie Avila MD21 1528
2 Walter Hardiman Jim Hanney MD04 1520
3 Jamie Dupuis Jess Dalton MD32 1519
4 Bob Bunker Brian Costello MD11 1489
5 Peter Russell Kevin McLean MD09 1486
6 Phil Clough Daniel Gauthier MD36 1485
7 Tie Tim McGoff Thomas Alty MD07 1471
7 Tie Dean Gardner Paul Barrows MD23 1471
9 Barry Dorion John G. Dorion MD01 1470
10 Ross Wheeler Stephen Keene MD35 1465
11 Phillip Iovanna Henry Piwowarski MD06 1463
12 Joe Harshani James Hatch Jr. MD20 1454
13 Daniel Romani Glen MacDonald MD13 1441
14 Glenn Taylor Kevin Hunt MD25 1431
15 Michael Pacini Craig Crisati MD27 1429
16 William Barboza William Barboza Jr. MD08 1423
17 Tie Steven LaCivita William Shaul MD05 1421
17 Tie William Kwiatkowski Eric Judice MD34 1419
19 Allan Lessard Michael Kustak MD33 1419
20 Bill Chamberlain Stephen Mosca MD14 1417
21 Don Doroni David A Johnson MD19 1414
22 Paul Stevens Rocco Michelangelo MD12 1413
23 John Rappold Scott Soucy MD16 1412
24 Joseph Leehan Donald Allen MD28 1409
25 Joseph Merlina Nicholas DiBartolomeo MD30 1406
26 Gil Correia Scott Donaldson MD22 1401
27 Christopher Duchaney Joseph Hally MD10 1395
28 Donald Gardner David Hall MD03 1391
29 Steven Saulnier Daniel Saulnier MD26 1387
30 Tie Matthew Penjolu Bob Brown MD31 1383
30 Tie Daniel Doiron David Bacon MD24 1383
32 Rick Newton James Newton MD02 1375
33 Daniel Castle Scott Austin MD18 1373
34 Robert Gagnon Henry Baillargeon MD15 1355
35 Steven Gonnella Peter Evangelista MD29 1290
36 Thomas DePietro Thomas DePietro Jr. MD17 1288
       
Mixed Doubles    
1 William Kelley Melissa Kelley MXD12 1382
2 Peter Rischitelli Karen Rischitelli MXD22 1372
3 Nicole McKeever Daniel Ross MXD24 1349
4 Steven Kohler Debbie Benjamin MXD06 1348
5 Charles Jordan Danielle Loomis MXD30 1341
6 Peg Sullivan William Pedro MXD25 1327
7 Jerome Lavallee Sheila Lavallee MXD31 1315
8 Raquel Holmes Elmer Holmes Jr. MXD09 1314
9 John P. Sullivan Beverly Connors MXD08 1308
10 Tie Susan Brobst Jim Hanney MXD03 1305
10 Tie Brian Nicholson Dorothy Nicholson MXD04 1305
12 Charles Perry Deborah Michaud MXD15 1296
13 Paul Morrissey Nadine Hopkins MXD10 1293
14 Melissa Raymond Derek Mann MXD26 1291
15 Tie Stephanie Orlando Danny Walsh MXD17 1279
15 Tie Christine Clogston Scott Cockman MXD20 1279
17 Elke Pravda Christopher Dottin MXD02 1274
18 Kenneth Williams Amy Williams MXD16 1270
19 Jil Rose Mike Rowling MXD05 1268
20 Joseph Beaudin Tina Ward MXD32 1267
21 Pat Schultz Danny Schultz MXD01 1263
22 Charlotte Stone Joseph Bottini MXD14 1258
23 Walter Miller Kim Coughlin MXD11 1251
24 Gina M. Guasconi Melvyn Cohen MXD07 1240
25 Steven Gonnella Debby Evangelista MXD23 1228
26 Derek Conrad Maryann Burns MXD21 1215
27 John Plumer Marcia Mendell MXD13 1211
28 William O'Brien Sarah Vestal MXD27 1201
29 William Merrill Betty-Jo Wilt MXD18 1194
30 Margaret Parco Paul Lawson MXD19 1165

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