Scratch Champion, Dan Brezo
October 17, 2010
Garden City, NY: The LIGBT visited AMF Garden City on a beautiful Sunday and crowned two brand new champions. Winning his first scratch title and the $1,000 top prize was Dan Brezo of Coram, NY. Earning his first handicap trophy, and its $500 top prize, was Rob Vecchione of Massapequa Park, NY.
The scratch event was a four game qualifier that was bowled on the PBA Chameleon Pattern. Scoring was fairly low most of the day as Dan Brezo was the squad leader with an 899 series. To advance to the finals it only took a 214 average, while the top senior, Norm Ginsberg Sr. of West Babylon, NY advanced with a 770 series (192 average.)
The finals has some better scoring as Adam Chase, last tournament’s champion, rolled through the first two rounds with a 286 and 227 game. But in the final match Dan Brezo completely dominated Adam and started with the first 6 strikes on his way to a 256. Adam earned $500 despite the fact he lost to Dan by 95 pins!
The handicap event was lead by Aeyesha Gomez of Corona, NY, who was the qualifying leader with a 733. To make the handicap finals you had to shoot a 679 with handicap and bonus pins. Ironically, the eventual champion, Rob Vecchione, was the bowler that rolled the 679 series to advance.
The handicap shootout was very exciting as all three bowlers had a chance to win the title going into the tenth frame. James Walsh of Glen Cove threw a spare and strike in the tenth to force Rob to double to win the title. Rob threw a crossover strike on his first ball and buried the second shot to shoot a 262 to win the $500 and his first LIGBT title. Finishing second, with a 253 was James Walsh ($300), and the qualifying leader, Aeyesha, finished third with a 244 and took home $200.
The LIGBT has 2 more events scheduled for this month: October 24
th at AMF East Meadow, and October 30
th at Bowl Long Island in Patchogue. For more information on these events and complete results of the AMF Garden City tournament please visit
www.ligbtour.com or call the tournament office at 1.877.900.6464.