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A special Thanks to the Perfect Fit Bowling Pro Shop located Inside Port Jeff lanes for graciously donating 4-$25.00 gift certificates to the first "out of the money" cashers of each division this past Friday Night. To Vinny Grzan of Perfect Fit and UBB.com thank you!

The winners of the gift certificates are:

Nancy Kozak - Selden - Adult handicap Division

Frank Grillo - Port Jeff - Adult Scratch Division

Nicole Desimone - Selden - Junior handicap Division

Mike Vecchio - Port Jeff - Junior Scratch Division

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port jeff, June, 10 2005

131 A2Z Bowlers jammed into port jeff bowl this past friday as the LISBT/A2Z 2005 tour made stop #3 on the 14 week Circuit. with every bowler in the house gunning for the 300 game funds that are available to them, and with all the strings of strikes thrown this past friday, including the front 11 by one adult participant, the real excitement involved a graceful 11 year old deer park junior bowler who quite simply, stole the show for the entire night.

starting with the junior handicap division, 11 year old erik zimmerman, deer park, climbed all the way from the bubble position (4th place in qualifying) and took home top honors as he defeated top seed vincent purificato, calverton 262-205 in the championship game. zimmerman was on the plus side of the grid three times during his 6 games of tournament play. and when we say plus, we mean scratch plus! Zimmerman rolled a 258 in game 3 of qualifying and then rolled scratch games of 219 and 214 in the playoff rounds to finish out his opposition. it was the first title earned on the a2Z tour for zimmerman and needless to say, by the time erik left the building this past friday night, he was proudly wearing his a2Z Bowling championship t-shirt! Great Job by a great young man! in addition to zimmerman and purificato, bradely kelsey, selden, holly zink, port jeff, ryan kase, deer park and peter briguglio, massapequa all took home well deserved scholarship money in the process.

turning to the junior scratch division, matt kingsepp, miller place defeated jJ Romanski, plainview and took home a champion t-shirt as well. kingsepp also came from the 4th seed to earn the title. kingsepp defeated andrew turner, coram and tim burns, coram in the shotgun round to earn the right to compete vs romanski. the championship game of kingsepp and romanski was simply a drag out, grind it out match with neither bowler showing signs of pulling away from the other. in the end... and all you need to do is outscore your opponent to claim victory, kingsepp got the few extra pins he needed en-route to the 195-193 victory. in addition to the bowlers just mentioned, mike vecchio, port jeff also took home some scholarship money as well.

turning to the adults, matthew mcmanus, holbrook defeated top seed jeff frohman, hauppauge in the championship game of the adult handicap division. mcmanus need OT to defeat billy decicco, coram in the shotgun round along with paul casella, port jeff who placed 4th overall.

in the adult scratch division, bill gocinski, coram pushed shane ohliger, medford to the limit this past friday night in the championship game and ohliger responded in a very big way. ohliger was looking at either throwing two strikes in the 10th frame that would earn him the victory or anything less than two strikes would earn him second place money. ohliger took no chances as he absolutely buried 10 in the pit on the both shots he needed leaving nothing on the deck except the pin sweep. billy chitty, sound beach and nick kallner, queens rounded out the top 4 finishers.

for those keeping tabs, frank grillo, port jeff came with a single 10 pin of hitting the adult portion of the 300 game fund in game 2. grillo settled for a 299. MANY adult bowlers cashed in on the 8 in a row pot, none of them however could put 12 together in a single game.

For the record, the last 300 game recorded for the Junior Division is held by Adam Sher, Commack and Louis Dalessio, sound beach, both rolled perfect games on June 11, 2004 at North Levittown. In the Adult division, Ricky Papandrea Jr, east Islip turned the trick at Shirley Bowl July 23, 2004. Papandrea Jr also rolled a 300 the previous week at Farmingdale, July 16, 2004.

both funds continuuuuuuuue............. sayville next! Ah the Suspense!            

Port Jeff Qualifying Highlights (Scratch Series Order)

Junior Handicap Division qualifying highlights (200+/800+):

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Junior Scratch Division qualifying Highlights (200+/800+):

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Adult handicap Division qualifying Highlights (200+/800+):

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adult Scratch Division qualifying Highlights (200+/800+):

Recapping the action for Port Jeff:

Adult Scratch Division:  

shotgun round: Bill Gocinski, coram 189 defeated Nick Kallner 186 and billy chitty, sound beach 185

championship game: Shane Ohliger, Medford defeated  gocinski  213-204

Adult handicap division: 

shotgun round: * Matthew McManus, Holbrook 249 defeated * billy decicco, coram 249 and paul casella, port jeff 177

* Mcmanus defeated Decicco in a two-frame rolloff

Championship Game: Mcmanus defeated jeff frohman, hauppauge 256-218

Junior hdcp division:

shotgun round: erik zimmerman, deer park 267 defeated holly zink, port jeff 249 and bradley kelsey 233  

championship Game: zimmerman defeated vinny purificato, calverton 262-205

Junior Scratch division:

shotgun round: matt kingsepp, miller place 248 defeated andrew turner, coram 188 and tim burns, coram 166 

Championship Game: kingsepp Defeated JJ Romanski, plainview 195-193

a total of 131 Bowlers participated.

Next Stop: sayville bowl, 631-567-8900 June 17, 2005 8:00 PM

(This event is Sold Out. Walkons will be placed on the lanes beginning 7:30 PM IF space allows. Pre-registered Bowlers need to be present or at least notify a2Z they will be competing by 7:30 PM)

300 game incentives for sayville!

Adults: $811.00 plus $1.00 per adult entry!

Juniors: $687.00 plus $1.00 per junior entry!

Standings after Qualifying