No Tap format favorite for summer leagues

It is believed that all of the leagues that will be this summer are on the floor. If you are still on the wire, there are openings in just about all of them with the exception of some of the senior leagues that have full rosters.

As for scoring, well, the Honor Roll will speak for itself and we will blame it on the heat if for no other reason.

No Tap action however is strong. Perhaps there is a connection there as picking up single pins is not a factor.

Sam Bowman mastered the plan and scored the only no-tap 300 game last week that led to the high series of 807, while bowling week one of the senior Socialites No-Tap at Thunderbird Lanes.

Bowman started with 242 and 265 before tacking on the no tap 3-hundo to start the summer off with a 269 average.

Steve Lindsay shot 280 out of the gate in the senior color pin event at TBird, nearing the 800 goal with 794 and Tory Sammons rounded out the No-Tap highs with a 784 from T-Bird’s Tuesday Night Tapless league where she rolled 260, 258 and 266.

No scores have been received for the Golden Years No-Tap league at Twin Oaks but just for information purposes, that’s four no-tap leagues to choose from this summer!

Youth Bowling

Summer youth bowling started last Saturday morning at Thunderbird Lanes where quite a few bowlers showed up to keep their game in check over the next several weeks.

Youth coordinator, Walter Keithley, was overwhelmed with the turnout and it was a little hectic the first day but it is believed that there is room to add more bowlers.

Bumper age youth, under age 8, have their own pair of lanes to roll two games.

All other age divisions will be combined and divided into teams of 3 or 4 depending on the number of bowlers in the program. This division will bowl 3 games each week.

Bowling rental shoes, during league play, is free to youth bowlers and all new bowlers will receive a league bowling shirt courtesy of the youth program at Thunderbird.

Bowling starts at 10 a.m. and will run for eight weeks.

Contact Thunderbird Lanes at 353-3937 to sign up before next Saturday morning.

Please contact Twin Oaks Bowling Center, 442-2882, if you are interest in bowling in Fort Sill. We have not been notified of any youth bowling at this time.

No-Tap News

Cleo Travis tapped out for a nice 821 handicap series to win the senior No-Tap Colorama tourney at Thunderbird Lanes last Friday afternoon.

Steve Lindsay, who rolled high numbers mentioned earlier, finished up in second with his 809 total with handicap, Ryan Thomas rolled a third place 802 and Gene Augustine Jr. posted an 800 even to cash in fourth place.

There were 37 bowlers on hand for this event, allowing for the additional paid places in the men’s division.

As for the ladies, congratulations go to Bonnie Ledford for taking first place with a 763 series, followed by Elaine Henderson who was a close second with a 760 total.

Steve Lindsay took first in scratch singles with 794 followed by Ryan Thomas, 739, Sam Bowman, 738 and Dave Yett, 718.

Strike pot ticket winners included Sam Bowman, Maria Garcia, Mark Olson, Diane Frame, Rick Olson, JP Nauman and Mike Peckinpaugh.

And Mystery Doubles champs were Elaine Henderson with Bert Payton, 581, Sue Avis with Gene Au-gustine Jr, 557 and David Jones with Steve Lindsay, 546.

Closing out the day, with a win in the Challenge Shot Finale, Roy Johnson left the 6-7-10 to win the “Snake Bite” challenge (leave a split), paying enough for ‘lunch money’ as they say.

This event is held every Friday afternoon starting at 1PM at Thunderbird Lanes and is open to bowlers age 50 and over.

Po-Boy Action

The first of a series of Po-Boy tournaments was held last night at Thunderbird Lanes.

Tune in next week for the results from that event and don’t forget to get your spot reserved for next Monday’s edition of the “Almost World Famous” Po-Boy event.

Bowlers are urged to sign up and pay at the earliest convenience so that tournament officials can start the competition promptly at 7 p.m.