Text Box: Sr. made the finals. Paul Houston hitched his wagon to the wrong star. Toby had his banner removed. Text Box: Gene Bergeaux and Rick Minier both left the lily. There were too many MMs to list them all. Randy beat Dave. Dale beat Bill. Paul beat Pete. Some pairs required manual scorekeeping Text Box: with old fashioned pencil and paper and we got some funny looks from birthday party attendees because they had never seen a score sheet before. 70 years young John Austin Text Box: Jim’s Notes Text Box: On a shot where speed and “straightness” seemed to be an advantage, Mark Williams covered more boards than anyone and turned a close tournament into a route with monster games late in the finals. Joe Lecroy bowled well enough to win most and came in 2nd. Tommy Crouch showed up with his “old game” and bowled great to get 3rd. Rick Minier finished 4th and Gary James rounded out the top 5. There were more than the normal distractions in Pasadena as we had trouble with the machines, the scorers, the ball lifts and just about everything else in the center. They had made some improvements there Text Box: over the last few months, but still have a ways to go. The situation could have been disastrous with most any other group of bowlers we can think of. But, almost to a man, our SASBA group handled it pretty well and made things much easier on tournament staff than it could have been. I guess to get as old as we have, we have to have been through similar circumstances before. Bowlers held complaints to a minimum and many offered support and sympathized with our plight. A big “high five” to all SASBA members. Newbie Dean Jones made his first finals. It won’t be his last and I see SASBA titles in his future. Text Box: Our next tournament is at Jerry Beaver’s Holiday Lanes in Oklahoma City. Following that, we will be at Metro Bowl in Baton Rouge. We’re looking for big turnouts at both centers. Gordon Stuntz, Charles Johnson and Mark Estes have prepared a SASBA yearbook and it is being printed. We will have a PDF on the website for those who want to download it at home or you can pick up a hard copy at tournament sites...we hope by the Baton Rougetournament. Text Box: Out On The Twig Text Box: Mark Williams Wins In Pasadena! Text Box: January 19, 2009 Text Box: Volume 19, Issue 2 SASBA

Tournament & Executive Director:  Jim King

 

President: Leon Aragon

 

Vice Pres:  Gordon Stuntz

 

 

Vice Pres:  Pat Currie

 

 

Secretary:  Mark Estes

 

Internet Manager:                              C.J. Johnson

 

 

Director at Large:                    Robert Gibbs

 

General Counsel:                                Marshall Medlin

 

 

SASBA South Central Dir:               Doug Hayes

Oval: Friday Sweeper Results

1. Dale Dumbleton      494

2. Paul Houston            491

3. Toby Ferguson         472

4. Avery LeBlanc         469

5. Donald Robinson      469