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2010-2011 News ArchiveYOUTH BOWLING NATIONALSKent Gigliuk takes the Silver medal bowling in the Senior Boys Singles at Nationals in Regina Central Zone congratulates Kent. ANNUAL ALBERTA 5 PIN "EXECUTIVE WIN YOUR LINEAGE" DRAW
The winners receive their lineage for a three game league in the 2011-12 season. You too can win by joining a league executive and submitting your name next season PINS OVER AVERAGE TEAMS - ZONE RESULTSTeams from Heritage and Rocky Mountain House finished 1st and 2nd at the Zone Finals in Drumheller on December 12. Those two teams will advance to the provincial championships on March 4 & 5 in Okotoks. Heritage Lanes bowlers are Lana Clubine, Charlie Clubine, Ashley Ehret & Brad Hank who were 353 pins over average. Rocky Lanes bowlers are Terry Burnett, Dan Fossen, Karmen Fossen & Bev Morin who were 311 pins over average. For full details
IN MEMORY OF
NEW COACHESCongratulations to the new coaches who successfully completed the Community Sports Initiation clinic on Sunday November 14th. Qualified new coaches are,
New coaches and those who did the Making Ethical Decisions portion recently completed the same course at Heritage Lanes in Red Deer are
Thank you to Tabb Lanes (Camrose) and Heritage Lanes (Red Deer) for hosting the clinics. YOUTH CHALLENGE ZONE RESULTSWinners of the Youth Challenge held in Leduc on November 7th were Lacy Hahn of Provost and Erik Kjos of Wetaskiwin
2009-2010 Season
National Classified
Canadian Championship May 29 - 30
Leduc Bowler on Men's Team capture Silver Medal Lee Hodgson (Bronx), Abel Gallant (Leduc), Aaro Roeske (Bronx), Andrew Giese (Bronx), Fred Ruttan (Edson)  The Heritage Ladies Team finished in 4th place  left to Right Ashley Miller, Angela Porter, Dawn Nechvatel, Kalie Miller, Lana Clubine
The Season has now concluded.
A big thank you to all those who took part, organized, coached or managed in the events of the Association during the season. Another PERFECT GAME Rollie Gervais threw a perfect game in the SLEEMAN TRADITIONAL TOURNAMENT at Heritage Lanes, April 24th  Rollie received a $10,000 cheque from TOTALLY REFRESHED STEAM & SPAYouth Challenge Provincials
RED DEER BOWLADROME CLOSES
Published: April 01, 2010 6:40 PM
Judy Lajeunesse has thrown a lot of bowling balls over the years. But
the one she planned to release Thursday evening will probably be her
most memorable.
The manager of the Red Deer Bowladrome planned to end her final shift at
the decades-old facility as the last person to spill the pins there.
After that, the lanes were to darken for good.
“It’s a piece of history that’s closing,” said Lajeunesse, who’s worked
at the 24-lane bowling alley at 5218 50th Ave. for 18 years.
The Bowladrome’s operations will be combined with those at Riverside
Bowl at 5118 47th Ave., she said. Both facilities are owned by the same
company, which is controlled by a group of local partners.
The Bowladrome offered five- and 10-pin bowling, whereas Riverside’s 20
lanes are restricted to five-pin play. That will soon change, said
Lajeunesse, with eight of Riverside’s lanes to be converted for 10-pin
use.
She added that four of those 10-pin lanes will be convertible to the
five-pin game.
��So ultimately, you could have 16 lanes of five-pin going and four lanes
of 10, or you could have 12 and eight.”
Those new 10-pin lanes will have automatic computer scoring, a luxury
that wasn’t available for 10-pin players at the Bowladrome.
“That was always kind of the nemesis there,” acknowledged Lajeunesse.
She doesn’t expect the changes at Riverside to be too disruptive to
operations there.
“It should be minimal.”
Lajeunesse said she couldn’t comment on the motivation for closing the
Bowladrome. She also wasn’t sure what the owner of its leased premises
planned to do with the property.
The history of the bowling alley is also a little murky. Information
provided by staff at the Red Deer Archives indicates that the business
has been operating since at least 1954, and possibly earlier.
“I’m thinking it’s probably 60-plus years,” said Lajeunesse.
“In ‘74, it went from 16 lanes to 24 lanes.”
Lajeunesse was going to roll the final ball at the Bowladrome on one of
its 10-pin lanes. But she hadn’t decided as of Thursday afternoon
whether she would pitch a 10-pound ball or scatter the pins with a
12-pounder.
“It depends what kind of a mood I’m in.”
Either way, she didn’t feel pressured to close the historic alley by
throwing a strike.
“Even if I don’t, I’m going to say I did,” she said with a laugh.
In addition to Riverside Bowl, local bowlers will continue to be served
by Heritage Lanes. It has 20 five-pin lanes at 6200 67A St.
OPEN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP
Check the results
Male winner Karie Kreutz bowled a perfect game while Shantelle Szuch won the ladies event with a 277 average, higher than the men's winner.
Minutes of AGM & Directors Meeting Oct 15, 2009 AGM Minutes Directors Meeting
2008-2009 SeasonTop 100 Bowlers in Canada see the top 100 bowlers of the century as selected for the 100th anniversary of the sport. Central Albertan bowlers selected include
Master Bowlers National Results Congratulations to the following Central Bowlers
Verna Erickson was on the Teaching Ladies team which finished sixth
Provincial Open Championships
A National Champion for Central Zone!
Holly Harris, of Olds, bowling on the Alberta team at the Canadian Youth Challenge Nationals in Hamilton won the team championship after Alberta took the round robin portion of the tournament before winning the stepladder final. Terry Ell of Innisfail was one of the two coaches for the team. Congratulation to Holly and Terry! Innisfail resident to coach
national bowling team BY MICHAELA LUDWIG Innisfail Province March 3, 2009 Terry Ell and six Alberta youths
are looking for strikes and perfect scores as they head
to the Youth Challenge national bowling competition in
Hamilton, Ont. March 26, 27 and 28. Although Ell said he has taken many
teams to provincial competitions in the various
divisions, this will be his first time coaching at the
nationals. In order to secure this coaching spot, Ell
submitted a resume to the committee that runs the
provincial competition. “It was a shock,” he said of being
picked as coach. “I feel fairly privileged. It’s an
honour and I was quite shocked.” For the nationals, one male and one
female coach are picked, and then the top three boys and
the top three girls from the province are picked to make
up the team. Ell and coach Gerri Anderson, from
Edmonton, make up the coaching staff. Under their direction, Halea
Desutter-Pederson, from Calgary; Holly Harris, from
Olds; Danielle Deblois, from Edmonton; Dylan Descheneaux,
from Grande Prairie; Michael Martindale, from Edmonton,
and Christopher Curtis, from Calgary will try and bowl
their way to a gold medal. And not only do these players
get a shot at bringing home a medal for their home
province, but each player is awarded with a $1,000
educational scholarship from the Bowling Federation of
Alberta. Ell, 52, has been bowling for about
40 years.
“My grandma got me into bowling,” he said. “She managed
a bowling alley in Bow Island and I got a job there as a
pin-setter.”
Ell went on to say that he started his bowling career
with an adult league and then he and his cousin joined
his aunt’s bowling team. “I enjoy the challenge to bowl
well,” he said of the sport. “It’s not easy.” Ell bowls competitively on a
professional circuit and this past weekend made the trip
to Regina, Sask. to compete against about 150 other
players for a spot in the top 32.
“I’ve come in third a few times,” he said. He is also a member of the Master
Bowlers Association and has been coaching youth bowlers,
ages nine to 19, for a number of years. “The kids are
great,” he said. “I get a lot out of coaching the kids.” Ell bowled out of the Innisfail
bowling alley for many years, but now coaches out of
Heritage Lanes in Red Deer. Over the years, Ell has won one
Master’s Tournament, scored a 425 (perfect being 450),
and came in third in a Canada-wide bowling tournament.
“It’s been a real struggle the last year and a
half,” he said, adding that he tore the cartilage in his
knee and had to have surgery to repair the damage. “It’s
starting to come back though.” For the future, Ell said he wants
to keep bowling and coaching for as long as he can.
“I’ve coached a lot of other sports over the
years, but I got into bowling and stayed there.” He said he plans to take more teams to the provincial competition and may even apply to coach another national team. Sleeman Traditional TournamentGary Baird captures 2nd annual Sleeman Traditional tournament with 326-314 win over Martin Talbot of Hamilton
Central Alberta 5 Pin
Bowlers Association
2009 Annual
Raffle
Draw at
Edmonton Delta South
Saturday, April 11th
Youth Challenge Results
Congratulations to Holly Harris of Olds who makes the National Championship with a 236 average, and to Terry Ell named coach for the Nationals.
The Central Boys Black team of Kent Gigliuk, Russell Murray, Eric
Kjos, Tim Pratt, Paul Waisman and coach Greg Gigliuk fell a single
point short of capturing the gold medal at the Youth Challenge,
ending in a second place tie with Calgary. The boys defeated
Edmonton 5-3 in final match of the tournament to just miss the
title. Thanks to the coaches and managers of the team for accepting the responsibility of guiding the Youth bowlers.
Open Bowling Championship
Marking the 100th
anniversary of the invention of 5 pin bowling, the
Central Alberta 5 Pin Bowlers held the annual Open Zone
Championships at Andersen busted out of the starting gate with a first game and tournament high 380 score and never relinquished the top spot while recording a 278 average over the 20 game event. Gervais en-route to her 12th
singles title since 1986 averaged 252, but didn’t assume
a permanent lead until game 13.
The provincial championships will
take place in Joining Gervais and also bowling
singles at the provincials are
The men on the mixed team are
Provincial Cash Singles (Proprietor Event)
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| 7 | BJ DeMarco | Heartland |
| 13 | Neils Damgaard | Innisfail |
| 16 | Shawn Shwartz | Heartland |
| 17 | Sheryl Ashley | Rocky |
| 18 | Pat O'Callaghan | Heritage |
| 23 | Bev Morin | Rocky |
| 26 | Denise Hitschke | Heartland |
| 27 | Reiner Smith | Rocky |
| 28 | Tami Black | Rocky |
| 31 | Kevin Hamilton | Innisfail |
| 34 | Bruce Hicks | Heritage |
| 36 | Patrick Michalko | Riverside |
| 37 | Jon Leard | Heartland |
| 38 | Louis Gendre | Heartland |
| 40 | Nick Burlo | Heritage |
| 43 | Jacques Roussel | Innisfail |
100 Years of 5 Pin Bowling - Terry in Toronto Sun
Follow Terry's Mission to visit 100 bowling centres in 100 days
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| Name | Location | Prize |
| S. Fincaryk | Red Deer | $ 1,500 cash |
| R. Gallaugher | Stettler | $250 |
| D. Langrock | Lacombe | $100 |
| C. Van Eaton | Lacombe | $75 |
| R. Colpitts | Okotoks | $25 |
| C. Barber | Red Deer | $25 |
| T. Porter | Innisfail | $25 |
Lawrence Fobert wins Men's Sinlges Championship as well as 10 game qualifying round. Dianne Violini of Lethbridge wins Ladies singles crown for sixth time.
Shauna Pirie-Laisnez of the Central Alberta team delivers a ball
during the Ladies singles at the provincial 5-pin open at Riverside
Bowl.
photo by JERRY GERLING/Advocate staff
Published: March 20, 2008 7:57 AM
Lawrence Fobert has won several team provincial
titles over the years, but it had been 15 years since he won his
first and only men’s open singles bowling provincial crown.
On Wednesday the wait for number two ended.
“It feels pretty good, it’s been a long time since I
won in ‘93,” said Fobert. “I’ve won on the team before, but singles
is always special.”
Fobert beat Calgary’s Tom Stevenson in 272-190 in
the final to claim the crown.
Despite the lopsided score in the final, winning the
provincial tittle was never a sure thing, in fact Stevenson had won
the first game of the double-elimination final 296-222, the worst
score of Fobert’s day, to force the winner-take-all final.
For Fobert it was a combination of butterflies and a
little bit of rust that put him off to the slow start in the first
game. Fobert had to wait three hours between his final game of
qualifying, through the women’s playoffs and then through the rest
of the men’s playoffs before he stepped back up to a lane.
The break was due to being the No. 1 qualifier in
the men’s bracket and the subsequent ladder style playoff format.
“With a three-hour layoff warm up balls don’t really
do it, you have to get into the match before yo really get loosened
up,” said Fobert. “In about the sixth frame or seventh frame of the
first game, that’s when I felt comfortable again and then it just
kind of kept going after that.”
Fobert, did however, have a bit of inside knowledge
of the lanes, being the manager of Riverside Bowl and Lounge where
the provincials were being held. But he claims the advantage was
minimal.
“I don’t bowl the whole bowling centre, so this end
of the bowling centre is kind of strange to me,” he said. “But I
found my niche real quick and it worked out well.”
Stevenson beat Mark Johnstone from Edmonton in the
semifinal to make the final. Johnstone beat Gary Baird from Red Deer
in the quarter-final after beating Steve Wright from Northern
Alberta in the playoff opener. Greg Gigliuk of Red Deer finished in
13th with a 224.6 average and missed the playoff cut.
The women’s side also saw the return of a long-time
provincial competitor to the top of the mountain.
Dianne Violini of Lethbridge won her sixth singles
provincial championship, but it was her first in five years.
“This is my 35th year bowling in the open, not
always as a single, but it never gets any easier,” said Violini, 57.
Violini beat Calgary’s Tracy Smith 281-237 in the
first game of the final.
She wasn’t exactly sure what to expect out of the
tournament as her average has decline the past few years, but it all
came together on Wednesday as she bowled a 279.5 through qualifying
and then a 281 in the final.
“Normally I’m in the 250 to 260 (range) but I’m
sitting at 235 this year, I’m really struggling and getting a lot of
head pins and not scoring as well,” said Violini. “It’s unfortunate,
but maybe it’s making me pick up my game and forcing me to do other
things to be more accurate.”
As the No. 1 qualifier on the women’s side Violini
to had a bit of a wait but she manage to fight through the nerves
and the rust to get the job done.
“I was really able to keep my focus and my
concentration, I had been struggling with that for a couple of
years,” she said. “But when I was up there I was able to block out
the other things and able to think about throwing my ball out there
on to the lane on target and it really helped.”
Smith beat Stettler’s Shantelle Szuch-Roeder in the
semifinal to qualify for the final. Szuch-Roeder went on a run as
the fifth qualifier, beating Northern Alberta’s Bonnie Olson and
Edmonton’s Tina Arychuk to make it to the semi. Andrea Leavitt of
Drumheller finished seventh and Shauna Pirie-Laisnez of Big Valley
finished 12th, both missed the playoff cut.
Bernie Swain & Jeff Burns of Leduc finish in third place, only 16 points from 1st
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Candy Klatt, Linda Seitz finish 1st & 2nd at UNO Provincials.
1st annual Sleeman Traditional tournament
 Gene Ziebarth |
| Final | Game1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Total |
| Greg Degrazia | 275 | 266 | 261 | 802 |
| Gene Ziebarth | 292 | 302 | 267 | 861 |
| Gold Medal | 13 - 15 boys | Kyle Mielnichuk (Innisfail) | Eric Kjos (Wetaskiwin) |
| Gold Medal | 16 - 17 boys | Jordie Weich (Penhold) | Adam Peter (Red Deer) |
| 5th place | 13 - 15 girls | Michelle Heidinger (Morinville) | Melissa Armstrong (Leduc) |
| 8th Place | 13 - 15 girls | Jessica Pelletier (Red Deer) | Brittany Ryrie (Bowden) |
| 7th place | 16 - 17 girls | Amanda Brunke (Red Deer) | Alyssa Lentz (Red Deer) |
| Champion | Blane Heward | Rocky Mountain House |
| 2nd | Candy Clatt | Rocky Mountain House |
| 3rd | Amanda Bradshaw | Olds |
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Rimbey |
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Rocky Mountain House |
4th. |
The following people won the listed amounts for finishing in the top three at the zone finals.
| Ladies | Prize | Men | Prize |
| Steph Hamm | $150.00 | Eric Andersen | $150.00 |
| Bev Morin | $ 65.00 | Kris Lappin | $ 65.00 |
| Karin Sauer | $ 40.00 | Blaine Heward | $ 40.00 |
Two Central Alberta bowlers meet in the finals where Gene Ziebarth (Millet)defeats Kerry Fincaryk (Red Deer)
Congratulations to Brady Swier of Ponoka who won the men's section of the UNO Provincial Finals. Brady won $500 first prize. Waneta Armstrong of Leduc finished 4th on the ladies side of the event.
Bantam Boys team win Provincial Y.B.C. championship in Calgary and go to Canadian Championship in Winnipeg in mid May.
The team was composed of Steven Stammers, Jake Coulter, Cody Pratt, Eric Walters and Brendan Innes with coach Bruce Watson all of Heritage Lanes.
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