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Gentlemen of the BTC |
April 4, 2024 |
We have some sad news to
report that LEE TEW, our longest and oldest
member, has passed away this Tuesday. A
private service was held today for immediate
family. He would have turned 94 yrs. old this
June. He lived a long, full-filling, and
successful life as well as being a great and
dedicated member to the Club. Our thoughts and
prayers are with his family. Rest in peace Lee.
*****A
big congratulations to Scott Lee for Bowling a
300 in the second game!*****
Scott also had a
289 in his 3rd game as well as 204
for a 793 scratch series. I believe Scott is the
first BTC member to bowl a 300 game in the
league as President.
On the
Mend
I spoke to Greg
Lewis and it appears that he is on the
comeback. His doctor cleared him with no
restrictions. He bowled a practice game and said
he felt good. Welcome back Greg!
Overheard at the Bowling Alley
Getting out of my car
in the parking lot, a red Buick pulls in with
windows rolled down and stereo volume set to 11
blaring Sweet Caroline. Walking past him heading
to the entrance I felt myself singing “BA, BA,
BA.” (Not “So good!, So
good!) Thank you, Dennis Samoska!
Gar
Ward comes in and sets up for bowling as
usual. He takes off his tennis shoes, puts his
right bowling shoe on his right foot. Then he
puts his right tennis shoe on his left foot.
Continuing with his warm-up routing he gets to
the lane to throw a practice shot and looks down
at his feet. Both toes were angled in the same
direction. “Well that doesn’t look right.”
Keep practicing Gar you’ll get it!
A
little back and forth between Kaz and
Serritella
Serritella
“If I get my ball speed under 16 mph,
I’ll start striking.”
Kaz
“Well do it!”
Serritella
“I can’t”
Kaz
“We need it!”
Silence
Kaz
“What happened there”
Serritella
“I dropped the ball.”
Kaz
“I drop the ball all the time and I never leave
that!”
Kaz
“I missed my mark”
Serritella
“I hope so!”
Anthony
Serritella’s ticket was drawn for a
chance at the Corner Pin pot…It rolled over
again
Please assist me
with my new newsletter idea.
I think it would be fun to feature every week an
‘Overheard at the Bowling
Alley’ and ‘Overheard at the
Tennis Court’ and ‘Overheard on
the Golf Course’ piece. Text me @
708-927-0480 with any and all comments, banter
or just plain rude remarks and who said it.
Andy Zilis or I will edit appropriately.
Happy April Birthdays
Bill Lillwitz (2),
Jack Brown (4), Pete Van Henkelum (8), Ron
Harwig (9), Jack Samoska (10), Chuck Schwenn
(23)
Parting
thought:
A Golfers
Dilemma
So, you are playing for the
Club Championship and after 17 holes you and
your partner are dead even. You have the honors
off the 18th tee. You hit your drive
right down the middle of the fairway 250 yards,
your opponent shanks one straight right in the
middle of the woods.
You help him look for the
ball for about 10 minutes and finally he says to
you “Why don’t you go back and hit your second
shot. I’ll look for my ball for a couple more
minutes and if I don’t find it, I’ll go back and
tee up again.”
You go out the fairway and
hit your second shot. It’s perfect, it lands
about 10 feet from the pin. Just as your ball
hits the green from out of the woods you hear “I
found it.” The ball comes flying out of the
woods and drops about 4 inches from the pin.
Here is the dilemma…
Do you take the cheating
bastards ball out of your pocket and confront
him with it?
Or do you just keep
your mouth shut?
Lee Kaz
2024
Secretary
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As we prepare for
golf season soon here are some distance goals to
guide you.
Average golfer driving distances by age
·
Age 10-19: 234.2 yards
·
Age 20-29: 239.7 yards
·
Age 30-39: 233.7 yards
·
Age 40-49: 225.9 yards
·
Age 50-59: 215.4 yards
·
Age 60-69: 204.5 yards
Good turnout, 18
players. One week left of
regular tennis until the championship starts on
4/16 and continues 4/23 and 4/30.
9 of us went to dinner
after tennis to celebrate Bill Lillwitz’s
birthday. Great time.
Results:
Court 1
Cleary
15/25
Johnson
15/25
Rollins
13/25
Lillwitz
7/25
Court 2
Kosek
18/27
Darabaris
15/27
Kahlhammer
11/27
Abramowicz
10/27
Court 3
Bewley
15/24
Ganz
12/24
Schroeder
11/20
Anderson
12/24
DiNolfo
4/20
Court 4
Kees
12/18
Heraty
11/18
Reschke
8/18
Schiera
8/18
Baldermann
2/16
The championship
teams are as follows:
1.
Cleary
and Rooks
2.
Johnson
and DiNolfo
3.
Rayson(4/16)/Kosek(4/23, 4/30) and Anderson
4.
Rollins
and Baldermann
5.
Darabaris and Bewley
6.
Chevron
and Ganz
7.
Heraty
and Kees
8.
Schiera(4/16)/Lillwitz(4/23, 4/30) and
Kahlhammer
9.
Abramowicz and Dr. Park
10.
Schroeder and Reschke
Rules of engagement
will be published next week.
Don’t forget GIO next
Tuesday, 4/9.
BOWLING NEWS
Congratulations to
Scott Lee on his 300
game and 793 scratch series (805
handicap, series). Other newsworthy handicap
scores for the week were shot by: Jim
Eppolito 735, Matt Janda 727, David Schwenn 725,
John Delano 720, Tom Kelly 718, Jack Brown 717,
Derrick Bay 713, Gar Ward 706.
I was not at bowling
this past Tuesday due to a family trip to
Florida for Easter! Please see the updated
standings and pot winners from this past week.
As a reminder this coming Tuesday is the last
regular week of bowling. On Tuesday 4-16-24, we
will have the final position round of the 2nd
Half and crown our 2nd Half
Champions. Tuesday 4-23-24, will be the
Championship Roll-off for the Bowling Season.
Our Calcutta, end of season pay-off, and end of
the year banquet will be on Tuesday 4-30-24. If
you have a question about any of these dates of
formats, please see me on Tuesday, I look
forward to seeing you all at bowling Tuesday.
Keith Tadevich –
Bowling Secretary
Lane Assignments, Standings & Pots
| Lane Assignments | |||||||||
| Lanes | 1 & 2 | 3 & 4 | 5 & 6 | 7 & 8 | 9 & 10 | 11 & 12 | |||
| 4/9/2024 | 12 vs. 8 | 1 vs. 6 | 10 vs. 7 | 11 vs. 2 | 5 vs. 3 | 9 vs. 4 | |||
| 4/16/2024 | Divisional Position Round - TBD | ||||||||
| Standings | |||||||||
| # | Builders Tee Club | W | L | YTD W | # | Builders Tee Club | W | L | YTD W |
| 5 | Smokey's Bandits * | 43 | 27 | 106 | 2 | Tri-Star | 49 | 21 | 88 |
| 4 | Traitors | 42.5 | 27.5 | 91.5 | 9 | Beggar's Pizza | 43 | 27 | 77 |
| 10 | Creative Colors | 38 | 32 | 78 | 8 | Arena Lanes * | 34 | 36 | 76 |
| 11 | Oak Forest Bowl | 37 | 33 | 87 | 1 | Burr Oak Bowl | 33 | 37 | 68.5 |
| 7 | Band of Brothers | 33 | 37 | 79 | 12 | Ascend Welath Planning | 30.5 | 40 | 67.5 |
| 3 | Bright Metals | 25 | 45 | 71.5 | 6 | Mama Vesuvio | 12 | 58 | 24 |
| Game 1 | Handicap | 1st Game | Doubles | ||||||
| 1st Place | Tom Kelly | 301 | 1st Place | Dennis Samoska Sr. & | 541 | ||||
| 2nd Place | Jim Eppolito | 280 | Tom Kelly | ||||||
| Game 2 | |||||||||
| 1st Place | Matt Janda | 317 | 2nd Place | Randy Giovannetti & | 540 | ||||
| 2nd Place | Bill Slusarczyk | 250 | Tom Kelly | ||||||
| Game 3 | |||||||||
| 1st Place | John Roberts | 279 | 2nd Game | ||||||
| 2nd Place | Joe Eppolito | 278 | 1st Place | Craig O'Reilly & | 514 | ||||
| Scott Lee | |||||||||
| Mystery Pot | |||||||||
| 1st Game | Jay Skieriewcz | 167 | 2nd Place | John Paliga & | 507 | ||||
| John Paliga | 167 | Bill Slusarczyk | |||||||
| 2nd Game | No Winner | ||||||||
| 3rd Game | |||||||||
| Last Game Handicap | 1st Place | John Delano & | 543 | ||||||
| 1st Place | John Roberts | 279 | Jack Brown | ||||||
| 2nd Place | John Delano | 276 | |||||||
| 3rd Place | Jack Brown | 267 | 2nd Place | John Roberts & | 522 | ||||
| Tony Alexander | |||||||||
| Clean Pots | |||||||||
| Forward | Tom Kelly | 14 | 2nd Game Blind Doubles | ||||||
| Reverse | Scott Lee | 28 | 1st Place | Tom Ollenberger & | 508 | ||||
| 30 | No Winner | 30 | Dwight Hammond | ||||||
| Handicap Survivor | 2nd Place | Bill Slusarczyk & | 508 | ||||||
| 1st Place | Jack Brown | 267 | John Paliga | ||||||
| 2nd Place | Bill Slusarczyk | 220 | |||||||
| 3rd Place | Derrick Bay | 213 | 3rd Place | Derrick Bay & | 487 | ||||
| Jack Brown | |||||||||