THE FINAL BELL
May 19, 2010
What’s Happening?!! One last time. Our league met for one final night last Wednesday, with round#1 winners Splashground squaring off against round#2 winners Kitt&Kaboodle. I did not collect recap sheets after bowling so I can’t be as dramatic about this as I would normally be, but I can say that the league champion-deciding game#2 was a 2-pin victory for Kitt&Kaboodle that did come down to the 10th frame in a classic “every pin matters” finish. So after 37 weeks of bowling, a big congrats to the members of #23 Kitt&Kaboodle: Barbara Pendergrass, Amelia Ross, Kitt Tashlik, Chuck Reed, and Ken Klusmann. To win a 34-team league is no small feat, especially considering the quality of bowlers found in our league. Great accomplishment.
Winners: Our final gift card went to Carolyn Kolnik of #1 Shake It Off. Carolyn opened in the 10th yet still rolled a 242 game, good for +83 over her average. Carolyn selected a $25 Target Gift Card for her nice bowling.
We had 24 games available in our final round of Free Bowling Trivia on the Blog. Ken Ferrell had a huge +72/267 game#1 to take home 16 freebies, while Ron Francisco made it back to the winners circle going +16 to take 8 games home. Our seasonal top 9 winners looks like this:
Bob Feller 107games
Kevin Kla-Diihbah 81games
Lisa Ferrell 66games
Ken Ferrell 65games
Ron Francisco 51games
Bob Bigham 43games
Lou Picerillo 33games
Bill Stafford 20games
William Stafford 19games.
(This list may not be entirely accurate, I seem to be missing a week in my tally 
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As I’ve mentioned previously, be sure to thank Via Linda GM Tim Brendan for making this possible. Without his generosity, this would not have been possible. Thanks Tim!!
Based on our week#37 roll-off and then by total wins, this is how I show our season-ending top10:
1- #23 Kitt&Kaboodle-rolloff winner
2- #11 Splashground-rolloff loser
3- #20 Get Pinned-147pts
4- #25 Like We Care-142pts
5- #26 What’s A Spare-140pts
6- #8 In The Hole-140pts
7- #12 Loose Balls-138pts
8- #10 Go-Rillas-137pts
9- #36- 135pts
10- #34 Eight Balls&A Split-134pts
Closing-It’s been a lot of fun(and a lot of work) writing this column, being a member of this league. I’ve met lots of faces, had some great experiences. Several of you have been big supporters, many dating back to the No-Name league that I first experimented with this effort last summer. For fear of missing someone, I’ll bypass mentioning specific names and say that you know who you are and you kept my spirits high with your support through this long winter league. I will mention your league officers, Brian Cail and Christina Sullivan, High Society is fortunate to have their services. They are awesome!! Without Christina’s support none of my efforts would have been possible (I could not imagine trying to bowl with the administrative load she maintains each week). I’m hopeful of coming back next season-though not in any form of sponsorship role-to continue fostering these friendships. I wish you all great bowling in the seasons ahead, and many blessings in your lives going forward. It has been a pleasure.
RDM
