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Gentlemen of the BTC
 April 16, 2026

Two more weeks of bowling. Four teams will be battling it out for the honor of calling themselves champions.  Smokeys Bandits, Traitors, Tri-Star and Beggars Pizza.  Good Luck to all.   I think the Victors should sing we are the champions at the Calcutta draft.

On the lanes this week Dennis Samoska Jr. had a monster day.  Dennis shot 258, 257 and 238 for a 753 series.  Some of the other big numbers out there were Dave Jenner’s 667 series and a couple 240+ games from Hal Eberling and Ken Wisniewski. 

I'm sure many of you have already been out on the links. For those who haven't, quit procrastinating.  You only have 3 weeks left to get ready for opening day (May 5th Silver Lake). 

Also, don’t forget there will be a dinner at the golf course immediately following golf (approximately 3pm) on opening day.  All current BTC members and applicants are welcome to attend the dinner even if you aren’t golfing opening day. 

The tennis playoffs kicked off this week.  The team of Bruce Clark and Bob Vizdal is the current leader after round 1.  Kevin Bewley and Jim Reschke are in a very close second.

THE FULL FIRST ROUND RESULTS CAN BE SEEN IN THE TENNIS PORTION OF THIS NEWSLETER. 

Tim Magee – BTC Secretary        

April Birthdays: 

Bob Stanford (1), Bill Lillwitz (2), Jack Brown, (4), Pete Van Henklum (8), Ron Harwig (9), Jack Samoska (10), Julian Lopez (10)

Let Anthony know if there are any birthdays missing or incorrect

(CLICK HERE for the Dues Notice)  (Click Here for Online Payment Link).

TEXT and EMAIL updates of golf course cancellations, etc are available, but each member has to sign-up, and it only takes 2 minutes .  Click on this link, http://builderstee.com/TextMessageSignup.html, and follow the instructions.

Chairmen, Greg Lewis & Rich Schroeder, can issue the notices, so contact one of us, when needed.  If it's a general notice, it will also appear on our website, near the top of the current newsletter page.  On occasion, a notice may need to refer you to the website, for more information, as the text notice is limited to 100 characters.  Let Rich know if additional information needs to be posted to the website.  Currently there are 139 members signed up for Golf notices thru this service.

SOMETHING NEW FOR OUR MEMBERS - We are going to put a video, etc. on the web site, that's "in the news" or good for your tennis game (Click Here) or for the bowlers (Click Here).  Here's also the bonus link, to help get your golf game in shape for next season.  If anyone has photos or videos to share, of our Club in action, please email them to Webmaster@builderstee.com.  If your screen ever displays out-dated information, try to Refresh your PC first (F5 key).  The website has recently been updated to be more "mobile-device friendly".  Try visiting us from your tablet or smart phone, and send us your feedback.

Also, remember to check the "Other/Fleamarket" page for golf-related equipment for sale & upcoming golf events from our members.  Advertising here is FREE, for members only.  Click HERE for bowling scores & stats.  Click HERE for current golf handicaps & Full Season Golf Schedule.  Last year's financial report as presented by our Treasurer (click here).   Click Here to sign up  for Rained-Out text messages (click here for instructions). 

(CLICK for the 2023-2024 Bowling season rules)

The 2025 ITALIAN DAY PHOTOS have been published to BuildersTee.com.  To see them CLICK HERE or go toEvents, Event Pictures, from the website menu at the top of this page.

 

 

 

PEORIA:   As most of you know, the Peoria trip is back.  We have a lot of guys that said they are going to Peoria but haven’t booked their room yet.  Please get that done soon.  So far 27 people have booked their room.  It looks like we are going to have a nice turn out.  It should be a great time for all.  There are even quite a few members going a day early on Sunday.  If you have any questions, please call Scott or Anthony. 

Use the following information to book your room.

Call 1-800-547-0711 or 309-699-7711 reference code BTCF26C

OR

Book online by going to this EXACT web address https://paradice.boydgaming.com/groups-and-weddings/group-reservation scroll down and enter code BTCF26C

Guests will then need to select BOTH check and click on Check out date. (the block will default to checking in on Sunday, checking out Monday). Rate displayed will show $107 plus $7 resort fee.

From the ooops files: In the golf video that was sent out this past weekend it was mistakenly stated that opening day for golf is September 5th.  I hope by now everyone realizes that opening day is May 5th.  For those of you that called the hotline and requested an early tee time on opening day, I promise you we will do all that we can to make sure that you get the earliest tee time for this 10:00 shotgun start. 

Golf Chairmen,

Anthony Serritella (630) 430-5742

Scott Lee (312) 340-4171

 

Click HERE for the 2-Man teams report

Click HERE for the golf schedule

Gentlemen-

Congratulations to Smokey’s Bandits, our 2nd Half Champions, as well as the Traitors who finished in 2nd place this half. Both of these teams will join Tri-Star and Beggars Pizza in our League Championship Roll-off! These 4 teams will bowl on lanes 3 & 4 and lanes  5 & 6 moving each game. The Champion will be determined by the team with the most total pins with handicap for the 3 games. Teams not in the Championship Roll-off are still bowling for sweeper money and the pots this week.  

Smokeys Bandits are on fire! They won all 7 points again this week by beating the Traitors and locking up 1st Place for the 2nd half of our season, on lanes 3 & 4. On lanes 1 & 2 Burr Oak Bowl took all 7 points from the BYE team. Lanes 5 & 6 saw Oak Forest Bowl beat Bright Metals by a 5 point to 2 margin. Tri-Star defeated Beggars Pizza by the same 5 points to 2 score on lanes 7 & 8. Our closest match of the day was on lanes 9 & 10, where Ascend Wealth Planning edged out a victory over Arena Lanes 4 points to 3. (full standings in the Newsletter)

Did you Know? Bowling was banned for being fun: King Edward III banned bowling in the 14yh century because it was distracting his troops from practicing archery!   

Some of our top Individual handicap series this week were:  Hal Eberling 772, Dennis Samoska Jr. 762, Ken Pancek 728, Randy Samoska 716, Dave Jenner 709, Paul Kleinpaste 685, Tom Ollenberger 678, Derrick Bay 677, and Ken Wisniewski 673. Some of our best scratch scores were:  Dennis Samoska Jr. 258, 257, 238, and a 753 series, Dave Jenner 221, 235, and a 667 series, Ken Wisniewski 233, 244, and a 661, Hal Eberling 245, and a 658 series, Tom Ollenberger 236, and a 645 series, Randy Samoska 223, and a 632 series, Paul Kleinpaste 233 game, Les Swintek 233 game, Derrick Bay 226 game, Randy Giovannetti 226 game, Bill Slusarczyk 223 game, and Joe Rymsza 222 game. 

This week will be the last day to pay, I provided a team payment recap in your team payment envelopes Tuesday, so all teams should know how they stand financially. The Andy Zilis Calcutta Draft Party will take place after bowling on April 21st, featuring a complimentary food buffet. The Andy Zilis Calcutta will be on April 28th at 3pm the cost is $150 per bowler and there will be $1000.00 of added prize money from Burr Oak Bowl. I would like to thank Anthony Serritella and the Builders Tee Club Officers who have also made a generous donation to the Calcutta Prize Fund. The response I received from our bowlers for this tournament was awesome Tuesday! I have over 40 confirmed bowlers, I am hopeful we can get to 11 teams for the Calcutta, last year we had 10 teams. As always, there will be an A, B, C, D bowler on all teams so the competition will be balanced. Our league pay-out and party will follow the Andy Zilis Calcutta on April 28th, and will be at Burr Oak Bowl, food and drinks will be complimentary so bring you appetite and thirst!

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

Lane Assignemnts 
Date 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10
4/21/2026 1 vs. 10 TBD TBD 3 vs. 2 6 vs. 4 Championship Roll-off
4/28/2026 Calcutta Week
Final Standings 2nd Half
# Builders Tee Club W L   Y-T-D 
7 Smokey's Bandits 66 18   108
9 Traitors 56 28   104
2 Oak Forest Bowl 48 36   92
3 Bright Metals 45 39   93
5 Tri-Star 42 42   99
1 Ascend Wealth 41 43   78
8 Beggar's Pizza 39 45   91
4 Burr Oak Bowl 39 45   78
6 Arena Lanes 38 46   87
Handicap  Doubles
Game 1 Hal Eberling 283 Game 1
Paul Kleinpaste 261 1st Place Dennis Samoska Sr. & 517
Dennis Samoska Jr.
Game 2 Les Swintek 269
Jim Musser 268 2nd Place Randy Samoska & 512
Dennis Samoska Jr.
Game 3 Lee Kaz 266
John Delano 257 Game 2
1st Place Jeff Quilici & 506
Mystery Pot Les Swintek
1st Game No Winner
2nd Game  Chuck Cahill 182 2nd Place  Bill Slusarczyk & 505
Hal Eberling
Game 3
Clean Frames 1st Place Lee Kaz & 496
Forward Randy Samoska  14 John Guarnieri
Reverse  Tom Ollenburger 21
30 No Winner 2nd Place  Mike Brieir & 481
Lee Kaz
Last Game Handicap
1st Place John Delano 257 Blind Doubles 
2nd Place Dave Jenner 249 1st Place  Dennis Samoska Jr. & 517
3rd Place Willie janda 231 Hal Eberling
Handicap Survivor 2nd Place Bill Slusarczyk & 503
1st Place  John Delano 257 Derrick Bay
2nd Place Dave Jenner 249
3rd Place Dennis Samoska Jr.  241 3rd Place Les Swintek & 494
Dave Jenner

 

         
         

The first four rounds of the Championships are in the books.

 

The results are as follows:

 

After tennis, 30 of us went to GIO for another great feast and many laughs. (2 Pictures)