Richgels Wins Tough Senior Masters

Jeff Richgels denied two-time defending Senior Masters champion Rick Erce a third consecutive title with a 208-197 win to cap off a very difficult tournament.

The event was intended to be contested on the Kegel Broadway lane pattern, a 37 foot pattern that is described as “wide open”. The pattern was selected primarily to combat the tendency of the host center lanes to not hook much.

Instead, the pattern offered little to no hook outside, forcing bowlers to move in. Swinging the ball resulted on hang – not allowing players to get the ball back to the pocket. And, at only 37 feet, playing inside was nearly impossible. Most competitors were “in jail” all afternoon and at the end of it all, only four mustered a positive score.

Prize List

		Prize
1.	Richgels, Jeff	$346.00
2.	Erce, Rick	$225.00
3.	McDowell, Marc	$185.00
4.	Kimpel, Herb	$160.00
5.	Shaw, David	$140.00
6.	Longfield, Brian	$90.00
7.	Chlebowski, Dale	$90.00
8.	Myers, Gail	$85.00

Stepladder Finals

Match 1:
Match 2:
Match 3:

Qualifying

		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1.	Erce, Rick	244	147	206	233	246	243	1319
2.	Richgels, Jeff	175	234	198	190	190	227	1214
3.	Kimpel, Herb	202	179	214	216	223	169	1203
4.	McDowell, Marc	181	221	189	233	202	176	1202
5.	Shaw, David	223	199	181	180	234	166	1183
6.	Longfield, Brian	208	201	201	192	196	179	1177
7.	Chlebowski, Dale	212	172	174	170	194	193	1115
8.	Myers, Gail	188	186	211	183	158	187	1113
9.	Dunn, Terry	236	145	212	172	168	171	1104
10.	Stauffacher, Greg	193	175	195	181	179	158	1081
11.	Lockman, Dan	181	170	207	165	192	164	1079
12.	Sirianni, Joe	170	180	254	150	165	157	1076
13.	Massey, Dave	161	192	164	149	190	212	1068
14.	Seppa, Dan	202	171	159	183	155	196	1066
15.	Thompson, Kevin	166	169	190	165	193	175	1058
16.	LaCoursiere, Scott	177	178	197	143	144	214	1053
17.	Prein, Jeff	171	159	160	155	200	195	1040
18.	Truehl, Rollie	148	153	181	147	186	213	1028
19.	Kreitzman, Bill	150	198	151	193	188	137	1017
19.	Blanchar, Ron	189	178	171	207	151	121	1017
21.	Richardson, Bob	162	181	156	207	147	130	983
22.	Scialabba, Tony	164	174	142	168	178	136	962
23.	Holzbauer, Bob	171	144	122	190	160	157	944