Our annual dues are due again.  Let’s try to get them in to Dave Jenner as soon as possible and make his job a little bit easier.

I sat with Hal Eberling at dinner on Tuesday.  He enjoyed it.  That boy can eat. Our first dinner of 2026 was a great success.  Thank you to Keith Tadevich and the staff at Burr Oak for serving up a wonderful meal.  Also, one of the drink tickets handed out to each attendee was personally donated by Keith.  Thank you Keith.  Your continued generosity is always appreciated.

Our next dinner will be St. Patrick’s Day.  Anthony spoke with Gino Maira this week and reserved our room at Mama Vesuvio’s for Tuesday March 17^th.  Gino and his staff always treat us to a great meal.  Mark your calendars.  You don’t want to miss this one. 

In bowling, Tri Star won the first half.  Hal and I exceeded expectations providing a lot of laughter.  Meanwhile across the lanes while collecting the last game pot I’ve noticed some irregular habits such as Lee Kaz.  When he says no, he shakes his head yes and vice versa.  Its my life’s ambition to try to fix him.

Tim Magee – BTC Secretary

From The President:

The following paragraph is an email that I received from Andy Zilis’ wife Kara.

Please let everyone know how special it was to our family that so many BTC members came to Andy’s wake.  He LOVED being a part of this club.  He talked so highly about everyone in the club.  We were so touched to see/meet so many club members!                 

God bless all of you,

Kara Zilis

Now that 2026 and my year as BTC President has officially begun, I want thank our outgoing President Bob Kennedy for the four years that he honorably served as an officer of our great club.  From a year of writing some of our best newsletters to collecting dues and serving as President, Bob gave his all in serving the Builders Tee Club.  Thank you Bob. 

Anthony Serritella – BTC President

January Birthdays:

Bob Welsch (6), Jim McDermott (8), Bob Conners (9), Ron Kogut (12),                          Nelson Radcliffe (14), Mike Tomkins (14), Ron Miller (15), Andy Zilis (18),                     Rick Carioti (25), Dick Kamin (25), Dennis Samoska Jr. (30), Dan Woodward Jr. (30)

Tennis Report – Al Baldermann

Results:

Rollins                 16/25

Johnson              10/21

Heraty                 12/25

Darabaris           13/29

Kahlhammer        4/16

Vizdal                  16/24

Bewley                15/24

Schroeder           13/24

Reschke              10/28

Abramowicz         5/12

Baldermann         5/16

Year-to-date standings:

Bowling:

Gentlemen-

Congratulations to our First Half Champions Tri-Star! They along with second place Beggar’s Pizza have secured their spots in our End of Season Championship roll-off.

On the lanes this past Tuesday we saw some very close matches with 3 of our 5 matches being decided by only 1 point. Frist place Tri-Star matched up with second place Begger’s Pizza on lanes 5 & 6 with Tri-Star bringing home the victory by a 4-point to 3-point margin. Right next to them on lanes 7 & 8 Bright Metals got the better of Arena Lanes by the same 4-point to 3-point margin. Lanes 9 & 10 saw Traitor’s beat Smokey’s Bandits 5-points to 2. Moving over to lanes 1 & 2 Oak Forest Bowl won the battle of the bowl’s defeating Burr Oak Bowl 4 points to 3 in another close match. Ascend Wealth Planning had no problem taking all 7 points from the blind team on lanes 3 & 4. (See the full standings later in the newsletter)

Some of our top Individual handicap series this week were:  Hal Eberling 756, Mike Loye 737, Tim Magee 724, Ben Tutka 724, John Delano 719, Pete Lambros 718, Roger Stewart 713, john Roberts 712, Dave Jenner 707, Jeff Dinga 701, Vince Annel 700, Jim Eppolito 700, Willie Janda 699, Paul Kleinpaste 697, Jeff Quilici 695, Adam Valentinas 694, Dan Woodward Jr. 689, Rob Conners 687, Terry Jesk 686, Don Borus 675, Dwight Hammond 675, Lee Kaz 673, and Terry Conway 672.

Our top scratch performers this week were:  John Roberts 235, 227, and a 664 series, Dave Jenner 224, 222, and a 662 series, Hal Eberling 225, 229, and a 648 series, Tony Alexander 227, and a 638 series, Jeff Dinga 242, and a 629 series, Antony Serritella 627 series, Tom Ollenberger 625 series, John Paliga 235 game, Tim Magee 225 game, Ben Tutka 225 game, Randy Samoska 225 game, and Adam Valentinas 220 game.  

I have been posting friendly reminders in this newsletter that your sponsor fees are due. We are getting to that point in the season that I really do need to have those fees paid. The cost is $125 per team, and I would appreciate it if you could pay this within the next 2 weeks. If you have any questions or problems with this, please see me at bowling this Tuesday!

Due to multiple bowlers indicating they will be out of town on February 17^th I have changed the dates of our Annual Brosius Doubles Tournament. The tournament will now 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, during the regular league bowling. You can enter with as many different partners as you want, if you have any questions, please see me at bowling this week.

As we all are aware the Builders Tee Club lost a great man, Andy Zilis, last week. Andy was instrumental in shaping and helping to bring the Builders Tee Club into the 21^st century. Andy’s dedication to making the club better was no more evident than his running some of the club’s signature bowling events. It is for this reason president Anthony Serritella has suggested to me that we dedicate this and all future Builders Tee Calcutta’s in Andy’s memory. The 2026 Builders Tee Andy Zilis Memorial Calcutta will be held on our last week of bowling Tuesday April 28^th at 2:45 pm. This is a best 3 out of 4 game handicapped team event. We will have a drawing for teams directly after our End of Season Championship Roll-off on April 21^st. Our bowling pay-out and end of the season banquet will be held directly after the Calcutta on April 28^th as well. 

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
1/27/2026	6 vs. 1	4 vs. 8	3 vs. 7		9 vs. 2	10 vs. 5
2/3/2026	8 vs. 9	7 vs. 6	5 vs. 4		1 vs. 10	2 vs. 3
	Standings
#	Builders Tee Club	W	L		Y-T-D
5	Tri-Star	57	27		57
8	Beggar's Pizza	52	32		52
6	Arena Lanes	49	35		49
9	Traitors	48	36		48
3	Bright Metals	48	36		46
2	Oak Forest Bowl	44	40		44
7	Smokey's Bandits	42	42		42
4	Burr Oak Bowl	39	45		39
1	Ascend Wealth	37	47		37
	Handicap					Doubles
Game 1	Roger Stewart	264				Game 1
(tie)	Hal Eberling	261			1st Place	Hal Eberling &	533
(tie)	John Delano	261				Tim Magee
					2nd Place	Tim Magee &	518
Game 2	Jeff Dinga	266				John Paliga
	Jim Eppolito	257
						Game 2
Game 3	Ben Tutka	275			1st Place	Jim Eppolito &	507
	Hal Eberling	265				Ben Tutka
					2nd Place	jeff Dinga &	503
	Mystery Pot					Terry Conway
1st Game	No Winner
2nd Game	John Roberts	235				Game 3
					1st Place	Joe Eppolito &	499
	Clean Frames					Ben Tutka
Forward	Tony Alexander	28			2nd Place	Randy Samoska &	495
Reverse	John Roberts	24				Jeff Dinga
30	No Winner
						Blind Doubles
	Last Game Handicap				1st Place	Ben Tutka &	516
1st Place	Hal Eberling	265				Jeff Dinga
2nd Place	Willie Janda	249
					2nd Place	Paul Kleinpaste &	489
	Handicap Survivor					John Bondi
1st Place	Hal Eberling	265
2nd Place	Willie Janda	249			3rd Place(tie)	Jim Eppolito &	486
3rd Place	John Robers	243				Mike Seebock
			Corner Pin
		John Paliga		Roll-Over