Flint 700 Club Crowns Champions for New 850 Team Kickoff Tournament!
The Flint 700 Club held
its annual Kick Off Tournament on Sunday, September 30th, 2007 at
Nightingale Lanes in Burton, Michigan. The tournament attracted 128 bowlers, a
increase of 42 bowlers from last season when the tournament was held at
Fenton Lanes and attracted only 80 bowlers. Bowlers were pre registered for
the 4 man team with an 850 average cap. This was a brand new
tournament and was limited to the first 32 entries. The winning team for the
tournament was crowned tournament champions and then the field was cut to
the top 8 teams and they bowled a Baker Elimination match of 20 frames. The
winning team in the Baker Roll Off format was awarded an extra $200 for
winning the roll off but will not be known as the tournament champions, only
the roll off champions. The winning team was Rob Robbins, Aaron Coon, Jeff
Simpson and Mike Templeton. The team had a total of 2678 which included 2666
actual. Rob Robbins led the team with a 279 game in a 713 series. The win was worth $608.38 for the 4 bowlers to split. The 2nd place
team was April Voorheis, Sarah Hillier, TJ Yeip and J. Nevelle Kirby with a
score of 2662. Nevelle Kirby led the 2nd place team with a 757 actual
series. Second place was worth $319.87. Low in the money and in 8th
place, was a team
score of 2529 and was worth $80 for the team. The 4th Place team of Rolonda
Brown, Willie Brown, Perk Farris and Dennis Smith went on to win the Baker
Roll Off Finals and the extra $200 in prize money. The prize fund for this tournament was over $1500 and was better than
last year's kick-off event because of the increase in entries. Tournament
Director Robert Tubbs stated that due to the overwhelming response to
this new tournament, next year the tournament will have to be moved to a
larger bowling alley to accommodate more teams. Tubbs said that this
tournament was filled almost 2 weeks in advance, this was one of the
best responses that the Flint 700 Club has ever had for a Kick Off
Tournament. Amanda Basore
led all women in the tournament with a 268 game in a 662 series. Hall of
Famer Perk Farris led the men for actual game with a 289 game and Damonde
Griggs led the actual series for men with a 789 set. There was a total of (6) 700 series bowled in this years
tournament. They were Damonde Griggs (789), Nevelle Kirby (757), Rob Robbins
(713) , Perk Farris (702), Marc Grosinski (721) and Justin Crosby (700). The next
700 Club Tournament is the State Jamboree which is a 4 person team
tournament, that will be held in Monroe, Michigan this year on Sunday, October
28th. The State Jamboree is being hosted by the River Raisin 700 Club. Entries will be available in local bowling centers and also
on this website, the cost is $80 per team. Click on the links below to see
final tournament results for the 850 Kick Off Tournament.
Kick
Off Tournament Results
Pay-out schedule
All Scores - Team & Individual |
