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Roxbury Lanes- Seattle, WA
October 1st, 2011

Total Paid Out: $7,883.00

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Tournament Wrap Up

GREAT GREAT Tournament this week, with Tour Veterans dominating like we've never seen before!!  The Jackpot's Special $10 Bonus created plenty of enthusiasm and proved to be VERY popular.  We'll look into doing that again in some future Tournament!  The 18 payouts were close to what we were expecting and Tong Nguyen was the only multiple winner. The Jackpot Consolation paid out an additional $450.00, withManny AvilaDiane Vernon & Walt Dalrymple each earning $150.00 + $10.00 for their 4 Taps at the start of their games.  The scoring was right on target, with a perfect 'Cut-Line' score of 917.  Only ONE bowler cracked 1000 Saturday, in what proved to be an incredibly close battle all-day.  FOUR Veteran 'Life' Members (all with multiple titles), were atop the leader board until a First-Time Winner moved them all down a peg with a spectacular finish.
 
We've seen MANY Winners 'Jump for Joy' when the results are made official, but no jump ever reached the altitude that Diane Vernon hit when her win was confirmed!  To say that Diane just 'wanted' to win a Tour Title, would be an extreme understatement!  Since joining the Tour in 2004, she's come close many times, finishing 2nd (last August), 3rd (twice), 4th (twice), 5th & 6th (multiple times), but never 1st.  To capturethis Title, she needed to knock her husband Mitch out of 1st Place.  She and Mitch bowled in the 4:30 squad, with Mitch taking over the lead by just ONE PIN.  Diane had already shot TEN games in the Ladies Classic Tournament earlier in the day, plus the FOUR games in the 3rd squad.  Despite all those games, she not only decided to re-enter the last squad, she told Mitch the she was going to "Kick His Butt"!  Mitch actually enjoyed every minute of rooting for Diane, while she edged his score by just NINE pins.  This was the best ever Husband and Wife finish, topping Ardie & Buddy Budbill who took 2nd & 3rd in 2008.  In an unusual twist that we've never seen before, SIX of Saturday's Top 7 finishers were 'Life' Members (including Diane), ALL with at least 5 years on the Tour.  Diane used her HAMMER "Venom" which was drilled for her by husband Mitch.  She asked us to offer a special THANKS to Pat Johns, for tips she received in a recent lesson (Pat's also one of the Tour 'Clinic Instructors').  They have an upcoming trip planned for Las Vegas, so the $1,939.00 winnings + the $160.00 she earned from the Jackpot, should come in handy.  AWESOME Job Diane!!
 
Mitch Vernon is truly one of the most gracious Members on the Tour.  He joined the Tour in 2002 and reached a significant Milestone this week, thanks to his 2nd Place finish.  The $876.00 payday has now boosted him into the Elite $20,000.00 CLUB, with Career Earnings of $20,086.00, which doesn't even include the large sums he's earned from Jackpots, HG Pots and Brackets over the years.  Just ONE PIN back in 3rd Place, John Nissen inched very close to the even more Elite $25,000.00 CLUB with his $468.00 3rd place money.  2nd would have pushed him over that mark.  Quite a week for the VETS!!!

Results

Finish
Winners
Qual. Handicap Total Score Prize Money
1st
Diane Vernon
34
1006
$1,000

1st Place $1,939.00

$20 Progressive Pot
$939
2nd
Mitch Vernon
-10
997
$500
2nd Place $876.00
$20 Progressive Pot
$376
3rd
John Nissen
2
996
$280
3rd Place $468.00
$20 Progressive Pot
$188
4th Mick Hodge
2
986
$245
5thT Earl Kleist
8
981
$210
5thT Maribel Abella
44
981
$210
7th Willie Downing
22
978
$180
8th Edwin Dizon
19
974
$160
9th Ken McAllister
10
965
$140
10thT Carol Tover
19
961
$125
10thT David Rocker
1
961
$125
12thT Louis Catiller
0
958
$105
12thT Rey Alvarez
20
958
$105
12thT Joyce Law
53
958
$105
15th Denise Thrush
48
957
$95
16th Pebbles deGuzman
38
947
$90
17thT Manny Avila
22
943
$85
17thT Mick Thrush
20
943
$85
19th Walt Dalrymple
22
941
$75
20th Gary VanNess
42
938
$70
21st Mike Ducay
22
924
$68
22ndT Eric Pham
15
919
$65
22ndT Mac Brown
7
919
$65
24thT Steven Hanna
30
917
$61
24thT Pen Hagen
38
917
$61

 

Other Payouts

Award Score W/HNCP Recipient Prize
Scratch High Series
1037
Mitch Vernon
$120
2nd
978
Mick Hodge
$55
Scratch High Game
300
Louis Catiller
$120
2nd
278
M.Vernon/M.Hodge/
K.Stockton
$60

 

New Progressive Pot Total: $1,805.00

New 9-Tap Jackpot Total: $8,613.00

Strikepot Consolation Winner:
•4 No-Taps ($150.00 Each)
M. Avila/D. Vernon/W. Dalrymple

•4 Straight No-Taps Anywhere ($10.00 Each)
18 Members


Tournament Information:

123 Entries @ $35
$4,305.00
Added by 9-Tap Tour
$5
Subtotal Prize Fund
$4,310.00
Champions Shirt
$45.00
Side Pots
$1,040.00
High Scratch Game/Series Pot
$355.00
9-Tap Jackpot
$630.00
Progressive Pot
$1,503.00
Total Paid Out This Tournament
$7,883.00

 

High Game Pots

Time Each 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game 4th Game
SAT.          
12:00
$24
Ed Arneson
Walt Dalrymple
Pebbles deGuzman
Don Moseng
total
$96
288
245
297
264
2:00
$18
Rich Eaton
Pebbles deGuzman
Rose LeMaster
Joyce Law
total
$72
254
280
295
286
4:30
$21
Steven Hanna
Rey Alvarez
Jon Schneider
Diane Vernon
total
$84
287
320
270
276
6:30
$18
Diane Vernon
Walt Dalrymple
Diane Vernon
S.Shear/
E.Smallman
total
$72
278
252
310
265