Central Valley Seniors in town this weekend

The Central Valley Senior Bowling Club will be at Bellevue Bowl this Saturday for a scheduled handicap singles event starting at 1 p.m.

The tournament is open to both men who are 55 and older and women who are 50 and over, and are USBC members. You will be using your highest current 2017 book average or summer average. Entry fee is $40 and a guest can bowl with a $10 non-refundable guest fee in addition to the entry fee.

This tournament is sanctioned by the USBC. You roll four games across eight lanes, moving a pair after each game. The top three qualifiers will roll in a step later final (2 vs 3) with the winner rolling the number one see for the tournament champion.

In last month’s doubles tournament there was a discrepancy and the finals were rolled over again. Winners were Norm Wiggins a & Ron Gilbert who split $360. Payouts are based on a 1 to 4 ratio each tournament, winners receive their their checks on the afternoon of the tourney. Check-in starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m.

Shooting stars

John Sagin 151, John Krone 239, Dick Miller 218, Adam Barden 718, Gary Molden 603, Nevora Nush 199, Lee Almeida 259, Dane Lee 227, Rick Perez 223, Ken Schmitz 266, Louis Cantalombe 186.

Bennett takes seven gamer

Greg Bennett edged out Fred Ruell in Bellevue Bowl’s first seven-gamer of the season with a total score of 1,622 to Ruell’s 1.612 to take the top seed in a one game roll off in which Bennett won and took first place in pin count for $325, Ruell took home $235.

A total of 24 bowlers were rolling during the afternoon. Jesse Andrade rolled a 300 game in the afternoon.

Modesto 500 Club results

Three of our own Merced/Atwater Women’s 500 Club members were rolling in the 2017 Modesto 500 Club’s Invitational recently and place on the prize list. In the A division Julie Egleston placed third with a score of 606 for $73. The B division had T.J. Rowen with a fourth place score of 636 for $85, and Jamie Francis also in the B finished in seventh place with a 620 for $60.

Anyone’s Guess No-Tap at McHenry

We had a few Bellevue Bowlers place in the annual Anyone's Guess senior no-tap at McHenry Bowl last Friday. It looked like the lanes were to the liking for Billy Bob Simons, Greg Bennett, and Pete DeVries as they all rolled 300 games during the day.

Bennett finished in a tie for third in the men’s high series with a 923 and Simons in fourth with a 915.

In the women’s it was Linda Roach taking first in the women’s high series with a super 987. The first game was a 8-pin no-tap, the second game was crazy as it was even pins a strike, or odd pins were a spare, and the final game was regular 9-pin.

The next senior 9-pin no-tap is this Friday at 1 p.m. at Yosemite Lanes for the 50 and older men and women. Entry fee is only $13. There is no pot-luck lunch at Yosemite.

Ten Pin Fun Center

A little news from the site in Turlock about the up and coming bowling entertainment center. Spread footing and the grade beams have been poured. They are setting up the stem walls in the bowling lanes area last week and plane to pour them later this coming week. Right after that they will pour the bowling lanes areas next week

Yosemite Lanes Scratch 6 Gamer on Sunday

This Sunday, Oct. 22 is the monthly scratch 6-gamer at Yosemite Lanes in Modesto. There will have a special start time of 1 p.m. with check-in will start at noon. On Sunday, there will not be a step ladder finals.

The end results will be everyone score after game 6. The Kegel Stone Street Pattern (42 feet) will be used. Entry fee is still only $60 and one in three will cash thanks to the added money fro Freddy’s Tree Service.

They will be featuring brackets, high game pot, last game pot, and senior insurance (50 and older) will be available.

This story was originally published October 18, 2017 at 4:30 PM with the headline "Central Valley Seniors in town this weekend."