September 5, 2010
Babylon, NY: The LIGBT ran its 20th and final event of Season 2 at AMF Babylon and over 225 bowlers packed the center on a beautiful Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Two brand new champions were crowned, each winning $1,000, and they were Handicap Champion Richard Walker of Brooklyn, NY and Scratch Champion Brandon Robertson of Clinton, CT. A total of 55 bowlers advanced to the finals vying for over $9,000 in prize money.
The scratch tournament attracted 83 entries over two squads. The two 49 & under squad leaders and the high senior of the day each earned a bye in the finals. The bye winners were; Anthony Pepe, Queens, NY (4pm) with a 913, Dan Brezo, Coram NY (7pm) with a 982 and senior leader Tim Regan, E. Northport, NY with an 842 series. The 3 bye winners were all guaranteed a minimum of $150.
The scratch final shootout was exciting as Brandon, the eventual champion, was in third place after 7 frames. But Brandon struck out from the seventh frame on to shoot a 221 and secure his first LIGBT title and the $1,000 top prize. Finishing second was Anthony Pepe who earned $500 with a 202 game. Third place winner was super senior bowler Norm Ginsberg Sr., W. Babylon, NY who shot a 155 and took home $300. Despite the fact the entry fee was lowered by 30% to only $70 $4,900 was paid out in the scratch tournament.
The handicap event attracted an incredible 146 entries for the two squads. A total of 36 bowlers advanced to the finals with the two squad leaders, Ken Harrison, Queens, NY 722 (4pm squad) Scott Parker 758 (7pm squad) earning 1 bye. To make the finals in the handicap event you needed to shoot a 680 series (with handicap and bonus pins) in the 4pm squad and a 677 in the 7pm squad.
Richard’s road to the title had him go through four rounds in the finals. In the first 3 rounds Rich Rich shot handicap games of 237, 261, and 250. In the final game Rich started strong with a double and finished with a 180 scratch game and 236 handicap game. That was good enough by 3 pins over the second place finisher Scott Parker of Arverne, NY. Finishing third was Eddie Shacalo of Brooklyn (211- 148 scratch) who earned $300. Fourth place went to John Harris, Riverhead, NY who rolled a 210 (165 scratch) and earned $250. The handicap prize fund paid out $4,950.
The LIGBT will be announcing its season 3 schedule by September 15
th. The third LIGBT season will feature many new bowling centers, different formats and lane patterns, and an expanded schedule. For more information on future events and complete results of the AMF Babylon tournament please visit
www.ligbtour.com or call the tournament office at 1.877.900.6464.