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psaunders300

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Maryland state champions!
« on: June 01, 2009, 12:57:36 AM »
It is "unofficially" official, we are the champions! Woohoo!! My team won the Maryland state tournament!

Unofficial results:
http://www.mdusbc.org/Standings_2009_Open_4th_Wk.pdf

Team - 1st place (handicap), 3rd (scratch)
All Events - 3rd (scratch), 6th (handicap)
Singles - 14th (scratch)
Doubles - 22rd (scratch)

This is the first time I have ever won a "big" tournament and I am so pumped! The weekend we bowled was the weekend that all the "big guns" bowled (same squads as Danny Wiseman and most of the better regional and amateur bowlers in Maryland), so I was very hopeful that our scores would hold up and they did!!

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Phoneman

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Re: Maryland state champions!
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2009, 09:10:11 AM »
Nice Job Paul!!!

great bowling by you and your team.

MrNattyBoh

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Re: Maryland state champions!
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2009, 09:11:01 AM »
Paul, That is awesome dude. Congratulations! I gotta get down that way sometime soon. Who runs the proshop down in Greenmount these days?
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psaunders300

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Re: Maryland state champions!
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2009, 09:16:50 AM »
quote:
Nice Job Paul!!!

great bowling by you and your team.


Thanks pm, I appreciate it!

quote:
Paul, That is awesome dude. Congratulations! I gotta get down that way sometime soon. Who runs the proshop down in Greenmount these days?
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Mr. Natty Boh
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Hey nb,

How's it going?  The Greenmount pro shop is being run by Norman Anderson, who used to work for Mark.  He is doing a great job with my equipment and has a nice little pro shop setup down there.

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Edited on 6/1/2009 9:17 AM

MrNattyBoh

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Re: Maryland state champions!
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2009, 09:36:26 AM »
Thats cool. Any deals down there right now? Who was on your team for states?
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psaunders300

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Re: Maryland state champions!
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2009, 09:55:54 AM »
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Thats cool. Any deals down there right now? Who was on your team for states?
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Norman was running some end of year sales on a lot of his in-stock balls (mostly Hammer, Brunswick and Ebonite).  I am not sure what he has now, but I know that he will give you a really good price if he has it in the shop. Here is a link to his pro shop with his contact info:  http://www.greenmountbowl.com/bowlingshop.shtml.

Our team was:  Rick Johnson, Mike Stevens, Tom Haifley, Guy Johnson, and me.  Guy bowled scratch, me and Rick got minimal handicap, and Mike and Tom made up our most of our handicap as they both have mid-180 averages.  It was a good mix as it turned out.
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Edited on 6/1/2009 9:56 AM

Bill Thomas

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Re: Maryland state champions!
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2009, 07:09:25 AM »
Congratulations Paul.  Good to see someone other than those "vastly improved teams from the Eastern Shore" win.  I see it wasn't a low scoring event (LOL).

psaunders300

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Re: Maryland state champions!
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2009, 10:57:58 AM »
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Congratulations Paul.  Good to see someone other than those "vastly improved teams from the Eastern Shore" win.  I see it wasn't a low scoring event (LOL).


Thanks Bill!  It was a carry contest, the scores were very high this year.  I have heard stories about these "vastly improved" teams and I can tell you that we were not one of them.  
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