It’s never too early to secure your spot on the tee sheet for opening day golf on May 5^th at Silver Lake.  The first foursome of the year has been submitted (Jasinski, Downey, Quilici and Parisi).  If you want to golf opening day, please call the BTC Golf Hotline (815-242-1597) and let us know you will be playing.  You can also use the hotline to submit your twosome, threesome or foursome.

While at the St. Pat’s dinner we got off to a great start accepting entries for the 2-Man Tournament.  Since then we have increased to 30 teams.  If you weren’t at the dinner and want to participate in the 2-Man, contact Anthony Serritella or Scott Lee.  If you don’t currently have a partner, you can sign up as a single and we will do our best to find a partner for you.  The list of those that have already signed up is attached to this email.  Check to make sure your name is on there if you signed up. 

Peoria: Multiple emails have come out with a link for you to respond with a yes or no about attending the Peoria trip on Monday June 15^th and Tuesday June 16^th.  If you haven’t received the email or are having any difficulties with it, call or email Anthony Serritella (630-430-5742) (anthonygolfbtc@comcast.net). 

We have rooms reserved at Par-A-Dice hotel and casino, 21 Blackjack Blvd, East Peoria, IL 61611.  We reserved 60 rooms for Monday and 30 for Sunday.  You can call or go online to reserve your room.  Use the code BTCF26C when making your reservation to receive our group rate. 

Info From Jodi At Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino: 

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

OR

Book online by going to this EXACT web address (best option if you don't like talking to AI)

 https://paradice.boydgaming.com/groups-and-weddings/group-reservation 

scroll down and enter code BTCF26C

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

Reservation must be made BEFORE May 24 in order to receive the discounted rate

We will be golfing at Metamora and Weaver Ridge.  Golf each day will be $56 + $20 if you want to be in the Daily Game.  We started collecting golf money at the St. Pat’s Dinner.  You will be on your own to pay for the hotel.

We have Hickory Hills scheduled for July 16^th for those who will not be going to Peoria but still want to golf on the 16^th.

Your Golf Guys,

Anthony Serritella and Scott Lee

Click HERE for the 2-Man teams report

Click HERE for the golf schedule

Gentlemen-

This is the end of the 2^nd Half of the season, and it is down to 2 teams, Smokey’s Bandits hold a 3-point advantage over the Traitor’s. This match will determine our 2^nd half winner! Regardless of who wins this match both teams have clinched a spot in our end of season Championship Roll-off, as Bright Metals and Oak Forest Bowl are tied for 3^rd, but are 13 points out of 2^nd place. Smokey’s Bandits and Traitors will join Tri-Star and Beggar’s Pizza in the end of season Championship roll-off in 2 weeks.

Smokeys Bandits are finishing with a bang they won all 7 points again this week by beating the BYE team on lanes 7 & 8. The Traitors lost a little ground to Smokeys by defeating Tri-Star 5 points to 2 on lanes 5 & 6 this week. On lanes 1 & 2 Arena Lanes took 5 points from Bright Metals who earned 2 points for their effort. Next to them on lanes 3 & 4 Burr Oak Bowl edged out Ascend Wealth Planning by a 4 point to 3-point margin. Lanes 9 & 10 saw Beggars Pizza win 5 points to 2 points over Oak Forest Bowl. (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:  John Delano 755, Roger Stewart 745, Derrick Bay 736, Dan Raymond 726, Jeff Dinga 705, Kelly Melfi 699, Randy Samoska 695, John Bondi 688, Mike Christophersen 680, Jack Brown 679, Anthony Serritella 677, Ben Tutka 674, and Lee Kaz 673. Some of our best scratch scores were:  Tony Alexander 241, 226, and a 660 series, Jeff Dinga 233, 247, and a 651 series, Anthony Serritella 256, 225, and a 644 series, Derrick Bay 247, and a 643 series, Ken Wisniewski 267, and a 631 series, Dennis Samoska Jr. 223, and a 627 series, Roger 241 game, John Delano 234 game, Jack Brown 226 game, Lee Kaz 226 game, Randy Samoska 225 game, and Adam Valentinas 225 game. 

The last day to pay will be Tuesday April 21^st, which is also our last day of regular league bowling (Championship Roll-off Week). This week I will provide a team payment recap in your team payment envelopes so you will know where your team stands financially. The Andy Zilis Calcutta Draft Party will take place after bowling on April 21^st, featuring a complimentary food buffet. The Andy Zilis Calcutta will be on April 28^th at 3pm the cost is $150 per bowler and there will be $1000.00 of added prize money. Please help us by supporting this event. It is a handicapped team event, so all bowler levels have a fair shot. 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 28^th, 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	End of 2nd Half
4/14/2026	4 vs. 10	7 vs. 9	3 vs. 2		5 vs. 8	1 vs. 6	Position Round
4/21/2026	TBD		End of		Season	Roll-off
	Standings
#	Builders Tee Club	W	L		Y-T-D
7	Smokey's Bandits	59	18		101
9	Traitors	56	21		104
3	Bright Metals	43	34		91
2	Oak Forest Bowl	43	34		87
5	Tri-Star	37	40		94
8	Beggar's Pizza	37	40		89
1	Ascend Wealth	37	40		74
6	Arena Lanes	35	42		84
4	Burr Oak Bowl	32	45		71
	Handicap					Doubles
Game 1	Roger Stewart	288			Game 1
	Derrick Bay	278			1st Place	Roger Stewart &	521
						John Bondi
Game 2	Anthony Serritella	267
	Adam Valentinas	258			2nd Place	Roger Stewart &	519
						Willie Janda
Game 3	John Delano	288
	Lee Kaz	287			Game 2
					1st Place	Adam Valentinas &	476
	Mystery Pot					Ben Tutka
1st Game	No Winner
2nd Game	No Winner				2nd Place	John Guarnieri &	475
						Anthony Serritella
					Game 3
	Clean Frames				1st Place	Lee Kaz &	520
Forward	Jack Brown	11				Anthony Serritella
Reverse	Ken Wisniewski	18
30	No Winner				2nd Place	Lee Kaz &	514
						Les Swintek
	Last Game Handicap
1st Place	John Delano	288				Blind Doubles
2nd Place	Ken Wisniewski	270			1st Place	Jim Eppolito &	496
3rd Place	Jeff Dinga	265				Anthony Seritella
	Handicap Survivor				2nd Place	Adam Valentinas &	493
1st Place	John Delano	288				John Delano
2nd Place	Derrick Bay	247
3rd Place	John Bondi	244			3rd Place	John Bondi &	478
						Anthony Serritella
	Corner Pin
	Not Reported

14 players. Everyone tuned up for the championships which start next Tuesday, April 14^th. The teams are listed below.

After tennis, 11 of us (joined by Chuck DiNolfo and Steve Anderson) went to Balagio for dinner. Great time.

Please mark your calendars for next Tuesday. We are going on our semi-annual trip to GIO.  All are invited  

Results:

Cleary                   19/20

Heraty                   14/30

Johnson                14/30

Bewley                  13/30

Clark                     14/22

Ganz                     12/22

Schroeder               9/18

Kees                      10/22

Vizdal                     7/20

Schiera                  16/20

Reschke                12/20

Baldermann             7/16

Kahlhammer           7/20

Rodriguez               7/20

Yearend standings:

The entry fee for the Championship is $30 per person.  Please bring your fee next week, April 14th.

The payouts are as follows:

$300   ($150 per person for 1st place)

$150   ($75 per person for 2nd place)

$  60   ($30 per person for 3rd place)

--         ($25 gift certificate for each person for 5th place)

$  30   ($15 per person for each person for 7th place)

--         (gift certificate for court time for each person for 9th place)

$540

The rules of the tournament are as follows:

1.     Please be on time for your matches. If you are not on time, your opponents can have you forfeit 1 game for each 5 minutes late.

2.     Each match lasts 25 minutes.

3.     Each set is a full five games. Play all 5 games.

4.     Three games won by a team constitute a win of that set. Again, play all 5 games, as games won count toward a tiebreaker for the final championship series.

5.     Play ads on all games. If you are running out of time, play no ad on your final game.

6.     For game one and game five of the set, spin the racket for who serves.

7.     After your set, immediately go to the score board and enter set win and games won by your team. Losses do not have to be entered.

8.     On the last day of play the teams with the most wins play off for 1^st and 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th, etc. (Games won will be the tiebreaker)

9.     Line calls should only be made by the team receiving the ball. Please do not contest line calls.

10. Have fun, enjoy the tournament.

Championship Teams:

Cleary – Baldermann

Kosek (to be announced 4/14) – Rodriguez

Darabaris – Kees

Rollins – Schaefer

Johnson – Ganz

Kahlhammer – Schroeder

Heraty – Schiera

Bewley (Lillwitz 4/28) – Reschke

Clark – Vizdal