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GOLD X 3 for our London Youth!
Three of our London and area youth 10 pin bowlers will represent Southern Ontario at CTF Nationals in Winnipeg, MB in May! The Ivan Nelson Memorial Youth Championship is an annual tournament in Mississauga which attracts approximately 250 youth from all over Southern Ontario. These youth all compete for 8 spots (4 girls and 4 boys) on the Southern Ontario Team along with $200 in scholarship. This year London and district took 3 of those 8 spots which says a lot about the caliber of our youth 10 pin bowlers. Rebekah Loker (left) and Mykaela Mitchell (middle) bowl out of Bowlerama Royale in London and Brayden Vaughan (right) bowls out of Heritage Lanes in St. Thomas.
Left to right…Rebekah Loker, Mykaela Mitchell, Brayden Vaughan
Ivan Nelson Memorial Youth Championship Tournament Director and Southern Ontario Coach, Chris Woolcock is quoted as saying “I start out with 250 smiling faces and end up with only 8!.” This tournament is one of the most prestigious for our Southern Ontario youth bowlers and the pressure is on to fight for the only 8 spots. Day 1 is comprised of 6 games total. Day 1 was bowled on a medium sport pattern (Montreal). Each division qualifies only 8 to move on the Day 2.
After the 1st day London and District had the following bowlers qualify:
- Bantam Boys – Cole Sitzes – Bowlerama Royale qualifying 1st overall with a total 1060 pins
- Bantam Girls – Sydney Fargnoli – Bowlerama Royale qualifying 5th overall with a total 869 pins
- Junior Boys – Brayden Vaughan – Heritage Lanes qualifying 2nd with 1114 pins
- Junior Boys – Dylan Scott – Bowlerama Royale qualifying 8th with 1030 pins
- Junior Girls – Rebekah Loker – Bowlerama Royale qualifying 2nd with 1067 pins
- Intermediate Girls – Mykaela Mitchell – Bowlerama Royale qualifying 6th with 1023 pins
- Senior Girls – Ashley Quenneville – Bowlerama Royale qualifying 5th with 1071 pins
- Senior Girls – Victoria Molto – Bowlerama Royale qualifying 7th with 1024 pins
The goal the first day is to make top 8 and move on to the next day. From there the competition starts all over and the bowlers bowl each of the other 7 bowlers in their division once. A win will get them 2 points and based on how they score in their division per game they will get 8 points (for high score) and 1 point (for low score (possible 10 points per match). The lane condition was a short sport pattern (Los Angeles).
We are so very proud of all of our London and District bowlers. After a very tense and exciting final day we ended up with 3 of 8 Southern Ontario teammates from London and St. Thomas, Rebekah, Mykaela and Brayden:
2015 Southern Ontario Team
Seniors, Kenny Ho, Toronto & Miranda Panas, St. Catharines
Intermediates, Riley Pellerito, Windsor & Mykaela Mitchell, London
Juniors, Brayden Vaughan, St. Thomas & Rebekah Loker, Woodstock
Bantams, Wyatt Scott, Burlington & Sierra Baltzer, Windsor.
Coaches are Gus Badali & Chris Woolcock
Team Manager, Laurie Gatto.
Cole Sitzes Bronze Medalist Bantam Division
As well, London and District boasts a silver medal in Senior Girls, Victoria Molto (Bowlerama Royale) and a bronze medal in Bantam Boys, Cole Sitzes, (Bowlerama Royale).
Victoria Molto Silver Medalist Senior Division
This is Brayden’s first National Competition as a Bantam Boy. Rebekah has experience competing at the National level as the Bantam Girl member of the Southern Ontario team at YBC Nationals in 2012. Mykaela has bowled for Youth Team Canada in 2013 winning an International bronze medal in trios in Puerto Rico, she is on the 2015 Canadian Youth Team, was the 2012 and 2010 National CTF Junior and Bantam Girl Champion for CTF as well as the 2012 YBC National Junior Girl Champion.
Great bowling to all of our competitors!
LET’S GO S.O.!!!
2015 Annual Youth Scholarship
ATTENTION London and District Youth.
It’s that time of year again to apply for the Annual Youth Scholarship. London and District Ten Pin Bowling Association established this annual scholarship fund for the awarding of one or more scholarships per year to sanctioned CTF bowlers in the London District. This is the 20th year that this scholarship award has been offered. Since the inception of this fund, $32,750.00 has been awarded to our youth bowlers.
Ask your Program Director for an application or print it here >>>> 2015 Annual Youth Scholarship. Make sure you return the completed form to your Program Director before the end of January 2015.
Check out the Annual Scholarship Report to see the previous recipients and the amounts they were awarded.
Good Luck!
2014/2015 L&D Men’s & Ladies Championship RESULTS
On November 22nd and 23rd, 2014 we held the Annual London & District Men’s and Ladies’ Championship Tournament at Bowlerama Royale. We had a pretty good turnout this year. Congratulations to our winners!
Men’s Team Event
1st Place – Monday Nite Men – 2836 – $342.00
2nd Place – Bowlers On A Roll – 2816 $120.00
Men’s Singles Event
1st Place – Neil McKay – 788 – $180.00
2nd Place – Mike Friese – 777 – $82.00
3rd Place – Peter Mindorff – 773 – $60.00
4th Place – Lee Doxtator – 768 – $50.00
5th Place – Ryan Locker – 766 – $30.00
6th Place – Robbie Chaplin – 761 – $30.00
7th Place – Doug Sears – 757 – $30.00
Ladies’ Team Event
1st Place – Ya Baby – 2884 – $198.00
Ladies’ Singles Event
1st Place – Mylene Comeau – 860 – $160.00
2nd Place – Jill Friis – 844 – $75.00
3rd Place – Julie Skillings – 808 – $55.00
4th Place – Lynne Savage – 782 – $45.00
5th Place – Lois Tillotson – 769 – $40.00
6th Place – Ashlee Moon – 757 – $37.50
FULL RESULTS
2014-2015 Men’s Championship RESULTS
2014-2015 Ladies’ Championship RESULTS
DAN MACLELLAND wins GOLD for CANADA!
MEN’s WORLD TENPIN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Abu Dhabi – Dec 2014
In the championship singles match Dan MacLelland of CANADA bowled local hero Shaker Al Hassan of the UAE in front of a packed crowd at the Zayed Sports City’s Khalifa International Bowling Center. Dan closed with nine consecutive strikes to win the match 256-212. RAISING THE BAR and making us PROUD!
This is Canada’s sixth gold medal in World Championships competitions.
Each event includes six games of qualifying before the field is narrowed to the top four for the semifinals. All competition is being webcast live on BOWL.com’s BowlTV. For a complete schedule in Eastern time, visit BOWL.com/LiveStream.
2013/2014 London and District Awards
London and District 10 Pin Bowling Association is pleased to announce our 2013/2014 Award Winners!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
2013/2014 Bowler of the Year Awards
2013/2014 Adult Top 10 Composite Averages
2013/2014 Youth Top Ten Averages
2013/2014 Annual Scholarship Report
Bowling…My Favourite Sport by Beka Loker
Beka Loker is one of our London and District youth bowlers. She started in the Bowlerama Royale Youth League program a few years ago as a smiling, quiet and very shy young lady. Since then, Beka has not only found her voice, but her bowling skills continue to improve each and every year.
She recently had an essay assignment in her Grade 9 English class. Her topic was her favourite sport…of course she picked Bowling. With her permission we are sharing this essay with you.
Bowling – My Favourite Sport by Beka Loker (<<<<click here to open)
Thanks for sharing Beka! It is great to know that our sport is inspiring our youth.
P.S. Beka received a very good grade on this essay!
2014 – 500/600 Club Tournament Results
600 Club
1st Place Nancy McSephney-Kenehan +98
2nd Place Pat Lake +94
500 Club
1st Place Maxine Schmidt +69
2nd Place Valerie Boult +63
Congratulations Ladies!
Stoddart and Clark to be inducted into the London & District 10 Pin HALL OF FAME
We are honoured to announce two of London’s admired and respected volunteers, Gayle Stoddart and Shirley Clark, will be inducted into the HALL OF FAME – Meritorious Service category at the annual Awards ceremony on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Bowlerama Royale, London.
These two ladies, through their efforts and devotion to service, have improved the quality and standards of bowling and enriched the bowling experience for our members at the local and provincial level for many years.
Gail Stoddart served as a Director of Local Ladies Association from 1974 to 1984. She was a House Rep at Huron Bowl from 1985 to 1986. She was elected President in 1987 and served in that office until 2003-2004. She was Vice President of the Ladies Association in 2004-2005 until the ladies association merged and became part of CTF. After the merge she served as a Director on the joint board. Gayle served 1st Vice president from 2006 to 2008. She was on the transition committee that worked to merge the three Associations of Men, Women and Youth to become part of CTF. Gayle participated in most of the local tournaments as well as assisting with the tournaments. She served as an officer of local leagues for a number of years as well as being involved with the youth program.
At the Provincial level, Gayle was inducted into the OPWBA Hall of Fame in May 2000. She participated in 34 consecutive OPWBA tournaments from Kingston in 1970 to Hamilton in 2004. She was elected President in 2003 and served until we became part of CTF.
At the International Level – Gayle served as a Delegate to the WIBC convention for many years and participated in 20+ WIBC National Tournaments in the U.S.
Shirley Clark served as a Director of the Local Ladies Association from 1973 to 1981 and 1984 to 1988. She served as Vice President from 1981 to 1984 and 1988 to 2004. Shirley participated in most of the local tournaments and also assisted with them. She was involved with local leagues as both a bowler and an officer for many years.
At the Provincial level, Shirley was inducted into the OPWBA Hall of Fame in May 1999 and grandfathered into the OTBA Hall of Fame in 2004. She was made a Life Member of OTBA in 2004 when the Ladies merged with CTF. She participated in 34 consecutive OPWBA tournaments from Kingston in 1970 to Hamilton in 2004.
At the International Level, Shirley was a delegate to the WIBC Convention for a number of years and participated in the WIBC National Tournament for 20+ years.
As you can tell by their credentials they are both very deserving of this Hall of Fame induction!
CONGRATULATIONS GAYLE AND SHIRLEY!
2014 Tournament of Champs Results
The Tournament of Champions was held May 24th and 25th at Bowlerama Royale in London. Congratulations to all the Winners!
RESULTS for Tournament of Champions 2014
London & District Tenpin Bowling Association 