The due date for paying your annual dues has passed.  If you haven’t already submitted your dues, please do so ASAP.  You can mail your dues to Dave Jenner at the address listed on the attached dues information sheet.  You can bring your dues to Dave at the bowling alley on Tuesday, or you can pay on our website builderstee.com (only the "Late" links work after January 31st).

Hey Dave, remind me that I have a ck from Tom Kelly.  Lee Kaz ventured into the last game pot and was rewarded. Nice going Kaz man.  We are approaching Brosius Doubles time.  Our annual Brosius Doubles will be held on Feb 24 and Mar 3.  More info will be in the Bowling News section of this newsletter.

The super bowl is this Sunday, good luck to all the gamblers. Our team has wagered a bit. Spring training starts next week and with golf on TV here are a few things to rack your brain about. 8 players hit over 400 with 2 doing it more than once. 4 players have over 2000 walks, and 5 pitchers have hit more than 200 batters.

See if you can keep from looking for the bar on Tuesday night.  That's all I have for you, see you Tuesday 

Countdown to Golf: 12 weeks 

Tim Magee – BTC Secretary

February Birthdays:

Frank Carioti (5), Roger Byrnes (9), Rick Stradal (13), Ben Tutka (13),  Marv Huddleston (16), Ed Kern (18), Terry Conway (21), Gar Ward (23), Steve Andersen (26), Don Franko (26)

Bob Kenendy and JimVan Eck ran into each other at the Frankfort fire and ice chili contest.  This just proves that even arctic weather can’t keep BTC members away from a free meal.

Gentlemen-

It was a great week out on the lanes this week, scores were excellent! We may have witnessed the awaking of a sleeping giant, Smokeys Bandits our 2-time defending champions led all teams this week with a team handicap series of 3438.  They took all 7 points from Arena Lanes on lanes 3 & 4. Next to them on lanes 1 & 2 Beggars Pizza won their match verses the Traitors by a result of 5 points to 2. Lanes 5 & 6 saw 1^st half champs Tri-Star keep rolling, winning 5 points from Burr Oak Bowl who ended the night with 2 points. First place Ascend Wealth Planning was perfect earning all 7 points from the BYE team on lanes 7 & 8. Our closest match of the night was on lanes 9 & 10 where Oak Forest Bowl squeaked out a 4 point to 3-point victory over Bright Metals. (See the full standings in newsletter)

Did you Know? The first fully automatic, commercially successful bowling pinsetter was made by AMF (American Machine and Foundry) and demonstrated at the ABC Tournament in Buffalo, New York in 1946!

Some of our top Individual handicap series this week were:  Randy Samoska 768, John Paliga 740, Anthony Serritella 722, Bill Slusarczyk 720, Ben Tutka 719, Chuck Cahill 707, John Bondi 704, Dwight Hammond 699, Dave Jenner 691, Dennis Samoska Sr. 690, Greg Lewis 681, John Delano 681, Paul Kleinpaste 676, Roger Stewart 676, Randy Giovannetti 672, and Rob Conners 670. Our top scratch performers this week were:  John Paliga 226, 247, 225, and a 698 series, Anthony Serritella 248, 258, and a 686 series, Randy Samoska 254, and a 675 series, Dave Jenner 221, and a 655 series, Bill Slusarczyk 256, and a 648 series, Randy Giovannetti 237Chuck Cahill 236, and a 644 series, Dennis Samoska Jr. 226, and a 643 series, Tony Alexander 249, and a 635 series, Greg Lewis 267 game, Jeff Dinga 225 game, Matt Janda 225 game, John Roberts 224 game, Jay Skierkiewicz 223 game, and Dwight Hammond 222 game.           

Sponsor Fees, Sponsor Fees, Sponsor Fees, are Due! I will remind those teams that have not yet paid this Tuesday. The cost is still only $125 per team, I can provide you with an Invoice if you or your sponsor would like one.

Tournament Talk

This Tuesday all bowlers will be entered into the Coors Light Pins Over Average Tournament. The entry fee is paid by the league, and since our league will have 100% participation this will guarantee our top bowler will advance to the next round of this statewide tournament, just like the Beat the Champs.

Speaking about the Beat the Champs, our very own Joe Rymsza will be bowling in the next round of the Beat the Champs Tournament. He will be bowling at Bill Slusarczyk’s Castaway Bowl on Saturday February 21^st at noon. I myself will be out of town, but it would be nice if some of our fellow league members would head up there to cheer Joe on!  

Just a reminder our Annual Brosius Doubles Tournament will be held on Tuesday February 24^th and March 3^rd. This is a great 2-Week Handicapped Doubles Tournament, where both bowlers count all 6 games, they bowl over those 2 weeks. The tournament takes place during the regular league bowling. You must bowl both weeks to be eligible to participate! You can enter with as many different partners as you wish. Let me know if you have any questions about this fun and competitive tournament.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the Builders Tee Club Bowling League, please call or text me at 708-912-8831.        

Keith Tadevich – Bowling Secretary

It was nice to see Dick Kamin (alongside Frank Reichenberger) at the bowling alley this past Tuesday.  That is a combined 65 years of BTC membership in one picture. 

 

Date	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-8	9-10
2/10/2026	3 vs. 5	2 vs. 10	1 vs. 9	7 vs. 4	6 vs. 8
2/17/2026	7 vs. 10	9 vs. 5	7 vs. 10	3 vs. 8	1 vs. 4
	Standings
#	Builders Tee Club	W	L	Y-T-D
1	Ascend Wealth	12	2	49
5	Tri-Star	10	4	67
8	Beggar's Pizza	10	4	62
7	Smokey's Bandits	9	5	51
3	Bright Metals	8	6	56
9	Traitors	7	7	55
2	Oak Forest Bowl	6	8	50
4	Burr Oak Bowl	4	10	43
6	Arena Lanes	2	12	51
	Handicap				Doubles
Game 1	Randy Samoska	285			Game 1
	Anthony Serritella	260		1st Place	Randy Samoska &	525
					John Paliga
Game 2	Anthony Serritella	270		2nd Place	Randy Samoska &	516
	John Paliga	264			Dennis Samoska Jr.
Game 3	Greg Lewis	292			Game 2
	Bill Slusarczyk	280		1st Place	Anthony Serritella &	516
					John Guarnieri
	Mystery Pot			2nd Place	Tony Alexander &	511
1st Game	No Winner				John Paliga
2nd Game	No Winner
					Game 3
	Clean Frames			1st Place	Chuck Cahill &	537
Forward	Dave Jenner	21			Bill Slusarczyk
Reverse	Bill Slusarczyk	19		2nd Place	Randy Samoska &	525
30	No Winner				Bill Slusarczyk
	Last Game Handicap				Blind Doubles
1st Place	Bill Slusarczyk	280		1st Place	Anthony Serritella &	534
2nd Place	Chuck Cahill	257			Dwight Hammond
3rd Place	Lee Kaz	252
				2nd Place	Terry Conway &	514
	Handicap Survivor				Dwight Hammond
1st Place	John Paliga	239
2nd Place	Dave Jenner	233		3rd Place	John Delano &	505
3rd Place	Randy Samoska	227			Randy Giovannetti
		Corner Pin
		Dave Jenner		Roll Over

Tennis Report – Al Baldermann

10 players.  All of the rich guys are in Florida.

After tennis 8 of us (including Steve Anderson and Chuck DiNolfo, (who are on injured reserve) went to Chef Klaus’ for dinner.  Rob and Rich had steins of beer they could hardly finish.

Results:

Cleary                 13/20

Johnson              15/24

Vizdal                 10/20

Heraty                  9/24

Kahlhammer       9/24

Kees                    15/24

Ganz                    14/24

Abramowicz       10/20

Schroeder           10/24

Baldermann         7/20

Year-to-date standings:

Some people may have to look twice to get the full effect of this one.