2008 Ten Pin Meltdown – MAPVA Tournament Richard Harrell, TD
Heritage Lanes, Oklahoma City, OK August 14-17,2008
The Mid-America PVA chapter rolled out the red carpet to host their first
bowling tournament with a ton of enthusiasm and southern hospitality. Considering that it was just three weeks after
the Southern Open and just prior to the MSCPV event, attendance was not quite what they hoped. Nonetheless, they
were successful in giving the attendees a top notch event and I expect a larger turnout next year… perhaps in a
different time frame.
Thursday began with two qualifying squads of three games each. Friday contested the Doubles Event
won by Tim Eldridge and Shawn Tracy besting Robert Lesage and tournament director, Rich Harrell. Friday night we had
a 9 pin no-tap which was won by J.K. Johnston and his partner Robert Horne.
Saturday the bowlers returned to bowl two more qualifying rounds. We bowled the final round on
Sunday morning with the top qualifiers being, Loretta Moon in "B", Paul Cook "A" and Bob Goddard in "Scr". The roll
off results by division:
Scratch A Division B Division
Match 1 Uttecht d Johnston (209 (60-37) Ryan d Daniel (210-208) Smith d Eldridge (225-215)
Match 2 Uttecht d Shepherd (194-148) Willis d Ryan (228-199) Smith d Lesage (207-200)
Match 3 Goddard d Uttecht (210-184) Willis d Webber (216-195) Beckley d Smith
(210-198)
Match 4 Willis d Cook (243-224) Beckley d Moon (211-201)
Immediately after the roll off we were treated to a fine meal at the bowling center, with Steak
and all the fixin’s. The awards were presented to the champions as acknowledged above. Individual awards were given
to Bob Goddard HSS (584), Mark Shepherd HSG (209) in scratch, Bob Willis HHS (666), Paul Cook HHG (256), Wayne
Webber HSS (491) and Phillip Daniel HSG (191) in "A". In the "B" Tom Richey HHS (720), Doug Beckley HHG (243), Rich
Harrell HSS (408) and Shawn Tracy HSG (132). Of note, Tom Richey pre-bowled Sunday’s games on Saturday as he had to
catch a 6 AM flight to go to the PVA convention, understanding that his best finish would be sixth as he could not
be present for the roll off, which as it turned out cost him the high qualifier.
We gratefully acknowledge the PVA National contribution each year as well as the staff of
Heritage Lanes who went above and beyond to provide an excellent event. I want to thank Dave Roberts for his
assistance in scoring the tournament and especially the staff and members of our Mid-America Chapter for their
efforts to bring this event to our area and for doing us proud.
2008 MAPVA TEN PIN MELTDOWN
"SCRATCH" DIVISION
POS ENT NAME ST SCR BONUS S/TTL $$$ END ADJ
1 184 BOB GODDARD MO 2716 2716 1000 181 181
2 190 AL UTTECHT CA 2554 2554 700 170 185
3 182 MARK SHEPHERD CO 2620 2620 400 174 177
4 177 J.K. JOHNSTON TX 2480 2480 300 165 172
"A" DIVISION
POS ENT HCP NAME ST SCR HCP $$$ END ADJ
1 152 52 BOB WILLIS OK 2325 3105 1000 155 155
2 150 54 PAUL COOK TX 2378 3188 700 158 158
3 155 49 WAYNE WEBBER FL 2377 3112 400 158 158
4 127 74 GARY RYAN TX 1888 2998 300 125 125
5 153 51 PHILLIP DANIEL MD 2239 3004 200 149 149 6 130 72
SMILEY WALLACE TX 1841 2921 150 122 125
7 128 73 SHORTY POWERS TX 1699 2794 113 123
8 138 64 JACK WALTON TX 1688 2648 112 133
9 166 39 DAVE ROBERTS VA 1970 2555 131 161
"B" DIVISION
POS ENT HCP NAME ST SCR HCP $$$ END ADJ
1 103 96 DOUG BECKLEY VA 1757 3197 1000 117 117
2 84 113 LORETTA MOON OK 1513 3208 700 100 100
3 83 114 STEPHEN SMITH OK 1450 3160 400 96 96
4 68 127 ROBERT LESAGE OK 1281 3186 300 85 85
5 86 111 TIM ELDRIDGE OK 1496 3161 200 99 99
6 94 104 IVENHOE RICHEY II OK 1655 3215 150 110 110
7 99 99 SHAWN TRACY OK 1624 3109 108 108
8 112 88 RICH HARRELL OK 1745 3065 116 116
9 84 113 RICK LAYTON OK 1326 3021 88 88
10 77 119 DOUG CONLEY KS 1158 2943 77 77
Article submitted by Dave Roberts, AWBA
