2008 MTCBA Masters

I would like to congratulate Bob Santinello on winning his

1^st  MTCBA Masters Title at AMF Chicopee   on Sun. March 9^th

Bob averaged  226.69 for the 5 games of qualifying and

8 games in the finals. Bob won 7 of 8 matches giving him

210 bonus pins which is what he needed to hold off the 2^nd

Place finisher, Roger Fournier who averaged 230.46 for the day.

Roger won 5 of 8 matches for 150 bonus pins.

Bob and Roger battled back and forth for 1^st place from the 3^rd

game all the way to the last frame of the 8^th game when they

 bowled each other in the position round last game.

Bob started the game with a 24 pin lead, which meant who ever

won this game would receive the 30 bonus pins and win the title.

Both bowlers started the game with 2 opens but they picked it up

in the 3^rd frame and battled to the last frame with Roger leading

by 12 pins. Bob stepped up in the 10^th frame on a strike and needing

2 strikes to win the title. He proceeded to flush 3 strikes to win the title.

There were 30 entries and the cut score was 1101 2 bowlers tied

Ian Williams defeated Cliff Wheelock  39 to 37  in the 2 frame rolloff

Other highlights were Bill green 802 and Bob Santinello 300 in the finals

1^st     Bob Santinello            2014          5^th     Phil Karwoski sr         1787

2^nd    Roger Fournier           1952          6^th     Ian Williams *             1714

3^rd     Craig Asselin               1868          7^th     Mike Talmadge *      1668

4^th     Bill Green                    1813          8^th     Jeremy Hartbarger*  1454

*---First time finalists

I would  like to thank Penny Jahsman and the staff at AMF Chicopee

Thank you to all the bowlers that participated

I saw some new bowlers to the Masters this year and that is a great thing.

I know there are a lot more good young bowlers out there. Let’s build

I would like to thank my son Marc for helping me during sign-ups plus

doing the brackets and also thank Bob Ayers for help in the Finals.

Next Years Masters will be at Airway Lanes  in March

                                                          See you all there, John Raymond