DAVID CROUCH
So the question on everybodies lips was can David Crouch's consistency continue crushing competitors completely? The answer was no he couldn't! The current OOM leader whose place at the top was earned by finishing 11th at Peterborough, 7th at Romford, and a fifth place finish at Mansfield. Acocks Green was a bridge too far for David, he failed to make the cut for the first time this season, but still stays in the top five, but this may well prove to be one of the events to drop from his total. When asked about his performance David said that he thought it only fair to give the rest of the field a chance to catch up. How very kind.
So the question on everybodies lips was can David Crouch's consistency continue crushing competitors completely? The answer was no he couldn't! The current OOM leader whose place at the top was earned by finishing 11th at Peterborough, 7th at Romford, and a fifth place finish at Mansfield. Acocks Green was a bridge too far for David, he failed to make the cut for the first time this season, but still stays in the top five, but this may well prove to be one of the events to drop from his total. When asked about his performance David said that he thought it only fair to give the rest of the field a chance to catch up. How very kind.
HIGH SCORES AT ACOCKS
We had some truly awesome bowling to enjoy at Acocks Green in the fourth stop of our beloved Tenpintour on Sunday 9th April 2017. This was certainly the highest scoring Tenpintour event of the season so far and very probably the highest quality of any Tenpintour to date. We were treated to 104 games in excess of 200 in round one, in fact only thirteen of the fifty -four men who were bowling failed to reach that mark. The round one average score was 191, and fourteen of the assembled enjoyed an average over 200, two of whom, Russell Scott and Tony Brittain still failed to make the cut. |
TONY BRITTAIN IN ACTION AT MANSFIELD |
Even Alan gets stressed!
THE HIGHEST SCORE FROM ROUND ONE
The highest scratch game of the round was bowled by Alan Keddie, who rolled a front nine followed by '8 spare - strike' for a 278, just one strike short of another 300. There were two scores in excess of 260, Mike Sykes gave us a 269 in his third game, after a game two 268 from Robert Bruce.
The highest scratch game of the round was bowled by Alan Keddie, who rolled a front nine followed by '8 spare - strike' for a 278, just one strike short of another 300. There were two scores in excess of 260, Mike Sykes gave us a 269 in his third game, after a game two 268 from Robert Bruce.
MORE HIGH SCORES FROM ROUND ONE
We also saw three scores of 257, one from Russell Scott in his very first game and then two on the bounce from Alan Keddie, which immediately preceded his 278. Round one leader Tony Imren’s lowest score was 200 and his highest 248, he averaged 223 and was the only bowler to “go yellow” all the way through his round one. His handicap gave him a total of 1528 (1336 scratch) to carry forward to the final. Alan Keddie was in second place with a sumptuous 239 average for a total of 1462 (1432 scratch). There were ten more scores amongst the rest of the field that topped the 240 mark as well. |
A very happy Tony Imren
|
A VERY PENSIVE ANDY GILLESPIE
|
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
This was a high scoring condition which the superstars took full advantage of, and we had plenty of talented individuals in the mix trying their best to take some Tenpintour prize money home with them. There were at least ten senior internationals in the mix from England Scotland and Wales, all using this event as practice for the upcoming Triple Crown. It was good to see the likes of Ken Burton and Robert Steward showing what they can really do having suffered some disappointing results recently. It was also very pleasing to see some new blood in the Tenpintour family. An unassuming shy lad name of Keith Hodge graced our lanes for the first time and made the cut – one to watch this one, he has potential and could go far!! |
At the conclusion of round one Tony Imren who already has three Tenpintour Titles under his belt was 66 Pins clear of Alan Keddie who also has three Tenpintour titles. Another guy with three titles, Mikes Sykes was in third spot on 1427 (1331 scratch) with a very healthy 222 average to write home about. There was a bit of bunching going on with 10 pins separating the next four competitors who were looking to occupy fourth place. Ken Burton, Robert Steward, Ketan Suchak and Martin Green all finished above the 1400 mark.
LUCKY OLD BOB!! Mind you there were some right old shenanigans going on down the leader board at the cut off point. We had 54 bowlers which gave 18 bowlers a trip to the final. The cut was 1346 and this score was shared by Andy Gillespie, Bob Strong and Dave Thornton in positions 18, 19, and 20. So the tie was broken using the “last highest game with handicap” rule. The lucky winner was Andy whose 221 scratch final game generated 237, two pins ahead of Bob’s 201 (235) and twelve higher than Dave’s 177 (225). So unlucky Bob Strong who missed the cut at Mansfield by two pins, lost out by two pins again! But the drama didn't stop there, Suren Johanssen having finished seventeenth had to withdraw, clasping his shoulder. But have you seen the photos from the hotel bar from the previous evening, just saying!!! So unlucky Bob suddenly became lucky old Bob and jumped into Suren’s still warm shoes without missing a heartbeat and with a big smug Hampshire grin on his face!! |
THE LADIES
So how were the Ladies getting on? I hear you say. The top two ladies from round one would have made the men’s final, but you can only compete with your peers and the standard in their competition was significantly higher than in previous events this season. The early movers were Jan Steiner and Catherine Wills who have eleven Tenpintour titles between them. Jan scored 234 (202 scratch) and Catherine 228 (200 scratch) to establish themselves in first and second spots respectively after game one. Another pair of deuces in game two, a 254 (207 scratch) from Sue Cobb and a 240 (200 scratch) from Sandra Simmonds changed the order, but it was Gloria Carney who followed her 218 (175 scratch) with a 240 (195 scratch) who emerged at the top with a seven pin lead over Catherine who was still running second. There were seven more deuces rolled in round one, the best of which was Sue Cobb's 281 (234 scratch) and Jan Steiner’s 278 (246 scratch). The three top qualifiers from this round each recorded three scratch 200’s proving that our Ladies are very talented and competitive.
The top six were to be rewarded with a place in the final and sixth place was held by Catherine Wills on 1296, six pins ahead of our Mansfield winner Liz Griffin. Our finalists were Jan Steiner, Sandra Simmonds, Sue Cobb, Gloria Carney, Tricia Lloyd and Catherine Wills
So how were the Ladies getting on? I hear you say. The top two ladies from round one would have made the men’s final, but you can only compete with your peers and the standard in their competition was significantly higher than in previous events this season. The early movers were Jan Steiner and Catherine Wills who have eleven Tenpintour titles between them. Jan scored 234 (202 scratch) and Catherine 228 (200 scratch) to establish themselves in first and second spots respectively after game one. Another pair of deuces in game two, a 254 (207 scratch) from Sue Cobb and a 240 (200 scratch) from Sandra Simmonds changed the order, but it was Gloria Carney who followed her 218 (175 scratch) with a 240 (195 scratch) who emerged at the top with a seven pin lead over Catherine who was still running second. There were seven more deuces rolled in round one, the best of which was Sue Cobb's 281 (234 scratch) and Jan Steiner’s 278 (246 scratch). The three top qualifiers from this round each recorded three scratch 200’s proving that our Ladies are very talented and competitive.
The top six were to be rewarded with a place in the final and sixth place was held by Catherine Wills on 1296, six pins ahead of our Mansfield winner Liz Griffin. Our finalists were Jan Steiner, Sandra Simmonds, Sue Cobb, Gloria Carney, Tricia Lloyd and Catherine Wills
HELP US TO HELP YOU WITH THE SCORECARDS
Before we get to the final just a few words about the use of the scorecards. They are unique to The BTBA Tenpintour, easy to use, has the BTBA Tenpintour Logo on it and doesn't look too bad. The six boxes to the right of SCRATCH SCORE is where you put your scratch score. Below that your handicap and bonus are already printed for you. Below that is where you are invited to add your scratch score to your handicap, to reveal your total score for that particular game. The row below that is for you to keep your running total going, at game one the TOTAL figure and the RUNNING TOTAL figure will be the same. In the next game add your G2 TOTAL to your G1 RUNNING TOTAL to find you G2 RUNNING TOTAL. When you put those figures in we can check them against the scores generated by the computer. This is important because sometimes handwritten figures can be misread e.g. 6-8, 3-5, 1-7, 5-8, 3-8, 6-5. But if you have a total, we can work out what it must be from that. Sometimes a wrong figure can be typed in error and this will come to light when comparing totals, so keeping a running total going is very helpful. |
Can you please bring the scorecards from your group to bowling control when you change lanes after every two games please. PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN THE BOTTOM, OFFICIAL USE ONLY LINE, WE USE THIS FOR CORRECTIONS & CONFIRMATIONS. SIXTEEN bowlers infringed upon the forbidden row at Acocks Green, they know who they are, and so do we LC, SD, MH, BK*, MB*, JG, JD, PS, PW, MG, TI, RP, SW, DF, MS, PP, don't we? We may even consider a league table to reflect the correct use of the scorecards!! The Tenpintour team are watching you! Lane Numbers on your card help us return it to you after each pair of games.
|
THE MENS FINAL
The final was even better than round one. Three bowlers were one strike away from a 300, thirteen of the eighteen exceeded a 200 average and four of them "stayed yellow" throughout the four-game final. The overall average for the final was 210 with 42 of the 72 games rolled 200 scratch or higher.
The final was even better than round one. Three bowlers were one strike away from a 300, thirteen of the eighteen exceeded a 200 average and four of them "stayed yellow" throughout the four-game final. The overall average for the final was 210 with 42 of the 72 games rolled 200 scratch or higher.
The Welsh Wizard Robert Bruce was the highest scoring of our superstars, averaging 240 with a four-game set of 255, 257, 203, 245 for a 938 scratch set, even this spectacular performance failed to get him to the top of the tree. The fact is that he went into the final in eighth place because his high 1327 (221 average) only generated 1399 total, because of his meagre 12 pin handicap, this kept him 129 pins behind the leader Tony Imren. Despite this awesome performance, he still fell further behind the leader, who was bowling out of his skin all day
The Scottish Sensation Alan Keddie was in second place and in superb form all day as well, he had a 66-pin deficit to make up on Tony Imren, and he started with a very useful 256 scratch game (261 hdc) which only served to increase the deficit to 72 pins because Tony replied with a 235 (267 hdc). Not to be deterred Alan rolled 249 (254 hdc) as Tony finally showed a chink of frailty by scoring a paltry? 190 (222 hdc) which allowed Alan to get within 40 pins of the rampant Tony. Alan then suffered a bit of a set back because he only? scored 226 (231 hdc) to Tony’s 204 (236) dropping another 5 pins leaving him 45 pins behind Our Tony. The final game of the tournament saw the highest scratch score of the entire day. Tony Imren shrugged off all comers and hit a near perfect 279, a 9 – Spare in the middle of this game spoiled his 300, and brought him his fourth Tenpintour Title.
Tony has not been firing on all cylinders recently, but on this occasion, he could do no wrong, only one of his game scores dipped below 200, and that was 190, his best was the final - catch me if you can, game of 279. His average over the ten games was 224 and his winning margin was 144 overall. He absolutely deserves every penny of his first prize.
Tony Pictured here with fellow winner Sue Cobb
LUCKY OLD BOB
Two other bowlers, Stephen Bose and Martin Green “stayed yellow” throughout the final as well as Robert and Alan. Stephen Bose was the 2014 Tenpintour Season Champion and he was only three pins off a four game nine hundred scratch total with scores between 215 and 242. Our TPT 1 Peterborough Winner from this season Martin rolled a none to shabby 832 for his four games. The other outstanding score of the session was a rather special 277, which unusually was not the highest game of the event and was put together by Darrell (Daz)Fisher. But it was “Lucky Old Bob” who made the headlines. Having gotten into the final by default, with a very decent competitive total of 1346 (1142 scratch), Bob decided to put a few strikes together. Scores of 222, 215,188, 236 (861) elevated him from eighteenth place to ninth and earned him 92 valuable merit points. The significance of those merit points is that Bob now leads the Order Of Merit Table by 3 points over Mike Sykes who finished 15th averaging 211 with scores ranging between 132 and 269 (nothing like a bit of consistency eh Mike!!). Roll on Stroud!
Two other bowlers, Stephen Bose and Martin Green “stayed yellow” throughout the final as well as Robert and Alan. Stephen Bose was the 2014 Tenpintour Season Champion and he was only three pins off a four game nine hundred scratch total with scores between 215 and 242. Our TPT 1 Peterborough Winner from this season Martin rolled a none to shabby 832 for his four games. The other outstanding score of the session was a rather special 277, which unusually was not the highest game of the event and was put together by Darrell (Daz)Fisher. But it was “Lucky Old Bob” who made the headlines. Having gotten into the final by default, with a very decent competitive total of 1346 (1142 scratch), Bob decided to put a few strikes together. Scores of 222, 215,188, 236 (861) elevated him from eighteenth place to ninth and earned him 92 valuable merit points. The significance of those merit points is that Bob now leads the Order Of Merit Table by 3 points over Mike Sykes who finished 15th averaging 211 with scores ranging between 132 and 269 (nothing like a bit of consistency eh Mike!!). Roll on Stroud!
THE LADIES FINAL
Jan Steiner was on form in round one leading the way into the ladies final rolling three deuces to finish with a 195 average, her 1262 total just two pins in front of second place. Sandra Simmonds was the contender in that position and was also in fine form with three deuces of her own netting her an average of 187. With six Tenpintour titles between them this was looking like a two-horse race (is it ok to use that expression?). Sue Cobb had also notched up three 200’s including a 281 (234 scratch) quite a stunning performance for somebody with a 171 average but will she keep it up for the final?
It was one of the Countries leading bowlers Catherine Wills, who only just made the final, that laid down the early challenge. Her first salvo was 246 (218 scratch) which was 34 higher than Gloria Carney’s 212 (167 scratch) and 39 up on Sue Cobbs’s 207 (160 scratch). But it was Sandra Simmonds 199 (159 scratch) that took her to the top of the leader board. Sue and Tricia Lloyd then starred in the second game with 231 (184 scratch) for Sue and 222 (169 scratch) and with no high scores emerging from the rest of the field Sue went to the top of the leader board with a 45 pin advantage. The scratch 200’s returned in game three one from Gloria and a second from Cath, and although not as high a score as the other ladies Sue recorded a 234 (187 scratch) which kept her 28 pins above second spot which was now occupied by Gloria.
SUE COBB IN ACTION AT PRACTICE BEFORE IT ALL BEGAN
(Is that the ugly Mike or the other one in our way?) Sue recorded her lowest score of the final in the last game, things must have been getting a bit tense, as the big guns brought on the heavy artillery. But it was too little too late and Sue Cobb won her first Tenpintour title by two pins over Gloria Carney with Sandra Simmonds just twelve pins further back.
|