Scratch Winners: Tom Grunwald & Quan Jacob
Coram, NY: Archie Nabas, a 47 year old construction manager from Queens Village, NY won the $1,000 top prize at LIGBT’s house shot event at Coram Country Lanes. Archie earned his third LIGBT title as he defeated Tommy Grunwald, Astoria, NY 277-257 in the final shootout. While Tom earned $500 for second, finishing in third with a 242 was Dave Soren, Long Beach, NY earning $300. Fourth went to Ferrill McNeil with a 239 worth $250. Rounding out the top 6 was fifth place finisher Tony Jimenez, W. Babylon, NY with a 238 worth $200 while 6th place was taken by Juan Ayala, Medford, NY with a 221 worth $150.
Winning a 6 bowler shootout is a very challenging task. Archie, the only lefty in the final shootout, started with 6 strikes in the first 7 frames and never looked back. Tommy threw every shot in the pocket but 3 stubborn 10 pins cost him the title. Ferrill bowled well but he never recovered from a missed spare in the second frame. Tony threw a clean game but couldn’t get the string of strikes he needed to win. Juan bowled well but 2 opens hurt his title chances.
The Coram Country Lanes house shot event drew a crowd of 65 entries (54 handicap/11 scratch), advanced 11 bowlers to the finals (plus 2 scratch finalists) and paid out $3,300. The cut scores on the house shot were; 753 & 772 for the 49 & under age group and 693 & 766 for the seniors. High series of the tournament was shot by Tony Jimenez with an 813 in the 3pm squad. One additional bowler was added to the finals via the “no division” insurance; Kameron Smith with a 753 in the 1pm squad. Tommy Grunwald and Quan Jacob, Bronx, NY won the scratch event and split the $525 in prize money.
LIGBT’s next tournament is a 2-squad sport shot event, October 7th at AMF Wantagh. Top prizes are guaranteed to pay; $1,000-$500-$300-$250 with 1 in 6 advancing to the finals. To view the final results of the Coram house shot event please visit www.ligbtour.com. The LIGBT is sponsored by Kegel, Knockout Ball Cleaner, Torch Bowling, and Billvee Electric.