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18th Annual St. Paul Open Team Challenge

The St. Paul Team Challenge was held on December 4th in Burnsville at Cedarvale Lanes. 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 32 teams in the tournament (32 lane center). The top prize of $1,000.00 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.

During qualifying competition the highest game bowled was a 279 by Farmington Lanes - Purple in the 1st game. Of all 32 teams, in 12 games of qualifying, the lowest game was a 127 bowled in the 11th game. The Locker Guy - 1 captained by Tom Korth led the qualifying round with an average of 225.50 in 12 games. The average to cash was 202.58 and the average to advance to match play was 208.33. 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 The Locker Guy 1 averaged 227.87 to finish in First Place after placing 1st in Qualifying with a 220.50 average.  Linds Lakers - 1 averaged 225.06 to finish 2nd and Farmington Lanes - Blue averaged 226.43 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).  The Locker Guy -1 did bowl a 300 in the 2nd game of the 7th Set in Match Play and Linds Lakers – 1 bowled a 300 in the 1st game of the Championship Match against The Locker Guy – 1.  Congratulations to them all.

In the stepladder finals, Linds Lakers - 1 bowled games of 237 and 247 for a total of 484 while Farmington Lanes – Blue  bowled games of 244 and 225 for a total of 469.  Linds Lakers - 1 advanced to the final championship match. In the finals, The Locker Guy 1 bowled games of 198 and 183 for a total of 381 while Linds Lakers - 1 bowled games of 300 and 248 for a total of 548 to win the 2011 St. Paul Team Challenge.

At this time we would like to congratulate, the team members of The Locker Guy 1 (captained by Tom Korth): Dan Bock, Dan Langer, David Langer, Chad Nelson and Sam Sylvester. Thank you to all the bowlers who participated. Additionally, we would also like to thank Cedarvale Lanes, Mikes Pro Shop, On Track Pro Shop, Pearson’s Candy and the Bowling Proprietors Association for their financial assistance.

The 19th Annual St. Paul Open Team Challenge is planned for December 2, 2012 at a Bowling Center TBA and will be open to the first 32-36 paid entries depending on House Size. Paid entries start in September and typically close by the first week in November.

Submitted by:

Dennis Franz and Gary Winter
Tournament Chairpersons