Also thanks to EVERYONE that made the journey to Bloomington with the weather the way it was. 30 bowlers, wow! Of these 30 only 15 of them were on my "list" of 38 that I had commitments from. Imagine if the weather was better.
OK, Final Stats for the tournament.
8 Game Totals
1st $800 +112 Mark Clark
2nd $400 +96 Bill Guszcow (sp)
3rd $300 +93 Bob Usdeth
4th $225 +83 Jeremy Grigg
5th $175 +59 Pete Spreadbury
6th $135 +26 Mark Johnson
7th $115 +19 Jimmy Sellers
High Game for the tournamnet was 279 Bill G.
Tournament Average 189.5
8th Place was +2 (last place that was "+")
16th place average was 190.4
4 Lefty's (one just missed cashing +2, the others were -294 29th, -63 14th, -52 13th)
50' pattern with 19mL was what they bowled on.
Also, when talking to the bowlers I had NOBODY complain about the condition! Many liked it and thought it was "fair".