Jason Barnhouse, Craig McDonald, Brent Prentice, Carl Fietek, Matt Meyer

2nd Place  Bogarts	3rd Place Farmington Lanes
Dan Langer, Richard Vitco, David Langer, Arnie Gerdes, Dan Bock	Robert Slayton,  Matt Schleppenbach, Tony Reis, John Hommes, Sam Sylvester Jr.,

Results

Qualifying

Matchplay

Entrants

15th Annual St. Paul Open Team Challenge

The St. Paul Team Challenge was held on December 7th in Arden Hills at Flaherty’s Bowl. This tournament is all Baker Format style of bowling where the first bowler bowls the 1st and 6th frames, the second bowler bowls the 2nd and 7th frames and so forth. This year we had 36 teams in the tournament (36 lane center). The top prize of $1000.00 for first place was not the only thing the teams were shooting for as we ran brackets during qualifying rounds. We were able to have some nice payouts to our teams. We were also able to cover our expenses and donate $350.00 to various YABA and Junior tournaments.

During qualifying competition the highest game bowled was a 279 by Huikko’s Wizards A in the 5th game and again by Linds I in the 12th Game. Of all 36 teams, in 12 games of qualifying, the lowest game was a 122 bowled in the 2nd game. Bogarts I captained by Tom Korth led the qualifying round with an average of 208.17 in 12 games. The average to cash was 215.25 and the average to advance to match play was 194.5. Also during qualifying there was a prize of $150.00 for the first team to bowl a 300. Since that feat was not accomplished, we held a drawing for the non-cashing teams. The $150.00 was given to a lucky winner picked by random draw from those who did not cash.

During Match Play Bogarts I averaged 218.43 to remain in First Place.  Farmington Lanes B averaged 209.75 to finish 2nd and Linds I averaged 209.19 to finish 3rd.  This was done over 8 Match games of 2 games each and winners obtained a maximum of 50 bonus points for each match. (Averages do not include bonus points).

In the stepladder finals, Linds I bowled games of 243 and 201 for a total of 444 while Farmington Lanes B bowled games of 172 and 215 for a total of 387.  Linds I advanced to the final championship match. In the finals, Bogarts I bowled games of 266 and 168 for a total of 434 while Linds I bowled games of 215 and 236 for a total of 451 to win the 2008 St. Paul Team Challenge.

At this time we would like to congratulate, the team members of Linds I (captained by Brent Prentice): Craig McDonald, Carl Fietek, Matt Meyer, Jason Barnhouse and Brent Prentice. Thank you to all the bowlers who participated. Additionally, we would also like to thank Flaherty’s Bowl, Mikes Pro Shop, On Track Pro Shop, Pearson’s Candy and the Bowling Proprietors Association for their financial assistance.

The 16th Annual St. Paul Open Team Challenge is planned for December 6, 2009 at a Bowling Center TBA and will be open to the first 32-36 paid entries depending on House Size.   

Submitted by:

 
Dennis Franz and Gary Winter
Tournament Chairpersons