Garden City, NY: Eddie Cintron, a 60 year old Technical Project Manager from Laurelton, NY, won the $2,000 top prize at LIGBT’s Spring Major at AMF Garden City. Eddie won his first LIGBT title by defeating Max Thomas, Stamford, CT 272-249 in the final shootout. Max earned $1,000 for second place. Rounding out the top 5 was third place finisher Ron Hatchett, NYC, with a 231 earning $550, fourth place was Alex Padmore, Jamaica, NY with a 176 worth $450 and fifth went to Dionte Johnson, NYC with a 168 earning $350.
The final shootout was a good one with some fine shot making. Eddie took a commanding lead with a triple in the middle of the game and never looked back. In fact, Eddie and second place finisher Max Thomas were the only 2 bowlers throwing clean games. Max excited the crowd by converting the 2-8-10 split in the 8th frame. Ron Hatchett bowled well but he never recovered from his second frame missed spare. Alex and Dionte struggled throughout the match and could never from early opens.
The AMF Garden City event drew a great crowd of 286 entries, advanced 47 bowlers to the finals and paid out $10,330. The cut scores on the “Alcatraz” pattern ranged from 674 to 725. High series of the tournament was shot by Dionte Johnson with an 807 in the Friday, 10pm squad. There were 2 wildcard bonuses: The Friday night wildcard was won by Alex Padmore with a 1377 six-game series and the Sunday wildcard was won by Audrey Rodrigues, Otisville, NY with a 1360. Five entrants won the Kingpin bowling ball raffle; Tony Jimenez, Christian Clemons, Mike Simeone, Peter McDonald, and James Marino.
LIGBT’s next tournament is our monthly house shot event at Astoria Bowl. Top prizes are guaranteed at $1,000-$500-$300-$250 with 1 in 4 cashing for a minimum of $70. To view the final results of the AMF Garden City Spring Major please visit www.ligbtour.com. The LIGBT is sponsored by Kegel, Randi Siegel Law Offices, Knockout Ball Cleaner, Torch Bowling, Montauk Ice Tea, Dependable Sanitation, Sayville Flowers and CLS Custom Upholsterers.