Fast Lane
Peters perfect in qualifying
story first published in the Central Western Daily, Saturday 23 January, 1999. Headline is from the CWD.
The final of the annual Bob Jane T Mart and Harvey Norman Orange No-tap tournament will be held at the Orange Tenpin Bowl tomorrow with leading qualifier Jan Peters trying to add another handicap or graded tournament to her growing collection.
Peters shot a perfect 1200 in her four game qualifying session and a win tomorrow would not surprise. As top qualifier she gains free entry into the final.
With the tournament using two different formats depending on a player's average, Peters and other lower average competitors (average below 180) have a big advantage over the scratch players, having to knock down just seven pins to achieve a "strike" compared to eight by the open bowlers.
Anyone who doubts that advantage should check the list of the top ten qualifiers below which includes only two open grade bowlers, in seventh and tenth spots!
The top twenty qualifiers commence the ten game final at 9:30am with the winner taking home a set of all-rounder tyres valued at $400. The minor placegetters receive electrical goods.
The top ten at the time of writing was:
| 1 |
Jan Peters |
1200 |
| 2 |
John Hayward |
1178 |
| 3 |
Leo McKay |
1170 |
| 4 |
Bindi Irwin |
1161 |
| 5 |
Frank McGovern |
1135 |
| 6 |
Ant Ruggerio |
1128 |
| 7 |
Mark Lijic |
1117 |
| 8 |
Tanya Werner |
1087 |
| 9 |
Aaron Osborne |
1073 |
| 10 |
David Hayward |
1065 |
The 10th annual New South Wales Country Championships will be bowled over two weekends at he Orange Bowl commencing on 30 January.
The Country Championships, which were the brainchild of the Orange Tenpin Bowling Association, were first contested in Orange in 1990 and have grown in popularity since then.
The Championships, which are proudly sponsored by the Orange City Council and Hanson's Optometrists Orange, include the usual singles, doubles and teams events as well as mixed doubles.
The Country Masters will be held on 7 February.
The Western Warriors roll-off was held at the Dubbo Bowl last Sunday with Orange's Greg Perry and Melanie Brown topping the averages.
The Western Warriors is a team comprising bowlers from the central-west centres of Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo that competes in the Challenge Shield which is part of New South Wales Junior State Championships each year.
Greg Perry averaged 178 over ten games to finish as the boys' leading qualifier and shot a high game of 236.
The next five players on average made the team and were Tim Irwin (Orange, 174 average and 235 high game), Dane Williams (Dubbo, 164 average), Dylan McKeown (Dubbo, 163 average), Steven Patterson (Bathurst, 157 average) and Joel Wiseman (Orange, 156 average).
Joel Wiseman, the youngest bowler to make the team, was featured in a story in the Central Western Daily on Wednesday this week.
Orange's Jason Belmonte, recovering from a broken hand, didn't bowl in the event but made the team and was elected captain.
Melanie Brown led the way in the girls' division with a 172 average that included a 230 high game.
Orange's Maree Caltabiano was named captain after qualifying in third spot with a 165 average.
Others to make the team were Emma Herring (Bathurst, 168 average and 246 high game), Kelly Organ (Dubbo, 159 average), Belinda Irwin (Orange, 158 average), Rebecca Belmonte (Orange, 157 average) and Lisa Patterson (Bathurst, 153 average).
The Liverpool Cup was held last weekend with 47-year-old veteran Tony Murray winning with a 34 game average of 224, defeating Bruno Maglieri (Adelaide) in the stepladder final. Anthony Flynn (Melbourne) finished third with Cara Honeychurch, winner of three gold medals for Australia in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in fourth place.
Rounding out the top ten were Troy Lott, Sam Romeo (former Orange Open winner), Donald McRae, Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Maxine Nable, Jamie Kyriacou (1998 Orange Cup winner) and Andrew Lloyd who shot a 300 in qualifying.
Orange's Mark Lijic finished 37th in a very hot field. After a costly slow start he came back with a 222-248-248 block (718) and later added 251-213-212 (676).
A recent broken hand, courtesy of a cricket match, hasn't slowed down Jason Belmonte and he led the scoring on the opening night of the new Monday Scratch Singles. Belmonte belted out games of 203-234-258 for a 1267/6 series, coming home with 684 for his last three.
It was a high scoring night with a total of 25 200 games and others to get amongst the action were Les Gunner 225-203-214-216 (858/4), Craig Perry 670/3 with 202-225-243 (personal best), Wally Price 211-204-213 and Chris Collins 210-237 (640/3).
Also doing well were Steve Reil 209-254 (639/3), June Reil 200-258 (812/4), Tim Irwin 203-214, Bec Belmonte 224, Joe Werner 200-204 and Mark Lijic 208.
Jenny Finnerty rolled a 213 game in the Friday 6:30 league while leading the way in the Friday Triples were Tim Irwin 226-223 (616/3) and Mark Lijic 214-204 (610/3).
Other high games were recorded by Bec Belmonte 224, John Cooney 217, Les Gunner 233, Warren Handel 232, Mario Mastronardi 213, Tony Richards 214-203, Ray Tyquin 209 and Paul West 203.
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