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2012/2013 Youth Bowling Program

The Saturday Youth Bowling Program at Gardner Ten Pins will start on September 8, 2012 with bowling at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. This day will feature a special rate of $5 per person, music, and instructions from our coaching staff. Registration will begin approximately 45 minutes prior to each squad time. League bowling/scoring will start the following week (September 18th). Coaches will be actively involved during the sessions.

 

  • Saturdays from September 18th through late April.

  • 9:00 a.m. or 11:00 a.m.

  • $10.00/Week

 

Program features:

 
  • Three strings of bowling
  • Optional bumper bowling for tots
  • Free shoe rental
  • Free instruction by coaches
  • Free 15-minute practice session prior to bowling each week
  • Christmas party
  • Free bowling shirt for new bowlers
  • Trophies/awards
  • Tournaments
  • Optional Travel League
  • Free Galactic Bowling banquet
   

Bowling Dues

Bowling will be $10.00 per week which includes shoe rental and 3 games of bowling. Roll offs are permitted. In case of absences, a $1.00 miscellaneous fee is due the week of return. Please note that the sanctioning fee of $17.00 is due upon registration (includes shirt).
   

Cancellations

Snow cancellations will be posted on our website. Otherwise, please call Gardner Ten Pins at 978-632-0010.
   

Calendar of Events

September 8th Registration
September 15th First day of league bowling
December 22nd Annual Christmas party featuring Galactic Bowling
April 27th Year end banquet and awards
May 4th+ 5th Youth State Tournament
   

Special monthly events are being planned for the enjoyment of all as well as several tournaments on the local, county, and state levels.

 


 

Upcoming Leagues

 

Upcoming Tournaments

(None scheduled at this time) 

 


Recent Highlights


12th Annual Joe Lynch Step Ladder Tournament

The Greater Gardner USBC Association and Gardner Ten Pins hosted the 12th Annual Joe Lynch Step Ladder Tournament at Gardner Ten Pins on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 10AM. This tournament is held in honor of the former Youth Bowling Bronze Level Association Manager, Joe Lynch who passed away nearly five years ago. It was an honor to have Joe's wife, Becky Lynch attend this tournament and present out the trophies to the tournament recipients. This tournament was sponsored by the Greater Gardner USBC Association and Gardner Ten Pins and is FREE of charge to all qualified Gardner Ten Pin Youth bowlers. The bowlers qualified for this tournament during regular league play for three weeks in January, and the five top finishers in each division met on Sunday, February 19, 2012 to determine the final positions.

The tournament format is a Step Ladder format in which the 4th and 5th finisher will bowl 1 game and the winner will move on to bowl the 3rd place finisher.  The winner of that match will move on the bowl the 2nd place finisher and finally the winner of that match will move on to bowl the top finish in their division.  There are 4 Divisions based upon age (ranging from 9 all the way up to 20). All the youth bowlers who qualified for this tournament receive trophies!

Additionally, a youth bowler in each division is awarded a trophy for High Game Handicap which they bowled during the qualifying rounds.

Here are the results for this year’s tournament:

   A DIVISION

5th Kyle Schultz

4th Kaitlyn Forth

3rd Tara Johnson

2nd Riley Tetreault

1st Bryan Sweeney

 

   B DIVISION

5th Jack Valiton

4th Noah Baker

3rd Billy Clukay

2nd Alyssa Johnson

1st Krysta Schultz

 

   C DIVISION

5th Warren Dempsey

4th Meghan Umbrello

3rd Colin Little

2nd Rob Rahaim

1st Amber Meehan

 

   D DIVISION

5th Corey Umbrello

4th Mike Hart

3rd Corey Stewart

2nd Aaron Gilmour

1st Jacob Lamagdeleine

 

   High Hdcp Game

A  Riley Tetreault – 275

B  Krysta Schultz – 273

C  Meghan Umbrello – 337

D  Aaron Guilmour – 301
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2011 Joe Lynch Step Ladder Tournament


47th Annual Adult/Youth No Tap Tournament

The 47th Annual Adult/Youth No Tap Tournament was held at Gardner Ten Pins in April 2011. This tournament is sponsored by Gardner Ten Pins. The format is a doubles team consisting of a youth bowler and an adult bowler, where you bowl 3 games in a 9-Pin No Tap format where knocking down 9 pins on the first ball is a STRIKE!

All youth winners of this tournament received a trophy.

Results of the 47th Annual Gardner Ten Pins Adult/Youth No Tap Tournament:

BANTAMS DIVISION:

Father-Son:
Anthony Rolon/Al Rolon (1707)
Dennis Haughton/Paul Falk (1622)

Father-Daughter:
Krysta Schultz/Tommy Pelham (1712)

Mother-Son:
Graeme Richard/Yvonne Breen (1779)

Mother-Daughter:
Krysta Schultz/Kelly Falk (1647)

JUNIORS DIVISION:

Father-Son:
Rob Rahaim/Aaron Hanks (1773)
Eric Paul/Keith Dodge (1748)

Father-Daughter :
Anna Hart/Brian Manca (1774)
Regina Pelham/Tommy Pelham (1771)

Mother-Son :
Colin Little/Kelly Falk (1487)

Mother-Daughter:
Meghan Umbrello/Karen Umbrello (1648)

SENIOR DIVISION:

Father-Son:
Corey Umbrello/Dave Umbrello (1783)
Mike Hart/Paul Falk (1749)

Father-Daughter:
Samantha Provencher/Dave Umbrello (1730)

Mother-Daughter:
Samantha Provencher/Karen Umbrello (1621)

Mother-Son:
Jacob LaMagdeleine/Karen Nobs (1679)

5th Annual GGUSBC Scholarship Tournament

The Greater Gardner USBC Association hosted the 5th Annual Scholarship Tournament at Gardner Ten Pins on two consecutive Sundays (February 26th and March 6th 2011).  This format of this tournament was a Baker Team format.  The Baker Team consists of one Gardner Ten Pin youth league bowler from each division (Bantam, Prep, Junior and Senior). Each bowler bowls two frames per game with a total of 10 games bowled.

This year’s tournament drew 52 bowlers over the two successive weekends.  The scores from the 10-game set were tallied along with handicap to determine the overall winners and standings and $1600.00 in scholarships were handed out.  All scholarships are managed through the USBC SMART program.

The recipients of the scholarships were:

First Place (received $200 each in Scholarships )

Meghan Umbrello

TJ Tetreault

Kobe Tetreault

Riley Tetreault

 

Second Place (received $125 each in Scholarships )

Nick Everhart

Jackie White

Jack Valiton

Megan Haley

 

Third Place (received $75 each in Scholarships )

Zackary Moore

Eli Arwood

Kobe Tetreault

Zachary Vaillancourt 

 

December 2010 – Annual Holiday party at Gardner Ten Pins

 

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Santa stops by Gardner Ten Pins to visit the 2011 USBC Youth Leagues

 


December 2010 – Coach/Youth Tournament

Our First Annual Coach/Youth Tournament was held at Gardner Ten Pins this year!  This tournament was selected by our Youth Leaders (Nick Everhart, Sadie Caron, Corey Umbrello, Meghan Umbrello) and consisted of each youth bowler pairing up with a Youth Coach for a Doubles Team. 

Each bowler received a ‘courtesy’ strike in the 3rd, 6th, and 9th frames and there were four divisions based upon averages:

  • Division A – 150 and above

  • Division B – 115-149  

  • Division C – 70-114  

  • Division D – 69 and below

60 Doubles Teams entered the competition for a chance at winning a bowling ball!  The competition was fierce, and in the end, the following bowlers were declared Champion of their division and each youth bowler received a brand new bowling ball!  

  • Division A – Mike Hart/Barry Meehan (1718)

  • Division B – Jackie White/Tom Clukay (1648)

  • Division C – Jameson Ambrogi/Tom Budzinski (1637)

  • Division D – Joey Budzinski/Tom Budzinski (1635)

Gardner Ten Pins would like to thank ALL of the Coaches and Youth Bowlers who participated in this first Coach/Youth tournament and we hope to have an even bigger turnout for next year!

Click here to see complete tournament results


Justin Hart bowled an Amazing Record Breaking 831 Series

Justin Hart bowled an amazing record breaking 831 series. On January 15, 2011 in the Saturday Morning youth program at Gardner Ten Pins. Bowling in the 11am MAJOR/SENIOR League, Hart rolled games of 290, 275 and 266. His 831 series was the first 800 series ever bowled by a youth in the 50 year program. Hart shattered the previous high triple bowled by Will Allen in 2005.

 

First 300 Ever by a Youth Bowler in Gardner Ten Pins' Saturday Morning Youth Program!

On September 25, 2010 Nick Everhart rolled a perfect game at Gardner Ten Pins during the Saturday morning program. His 300 game was the first ever bowled in the Ten Pins' Saturday Morning Youth Leagues. Everhart rolled games of 187 and 170 before making history with twelve perfect shots. His series totaled 657, well below his personal best mark of 726. His Perfecto bested the previous high single game, which was a 299 bowled by Will Allen six years ago.

 

31st Annual Junior Holiday Scratch Championship Tournament

Gardner Ten Pins youth bowlers participated in the 31st Annual Junior Holiday Scratch Championship Tournament on December 28th, 2007 which was held at Bradley Bowl in Windsor Locks, CT.  Aaron Gilmour finished fourth in the Division C (155 to 174 avg) and Daniel Huntley finished second in the Division C.  Top Four finishers are awarded a Plaque.

 

3rd Annual GGUSBC Youth Championship Tournament

The 3rd Annual GGUSBC Youth Championship Tournament was held at Gardner Ten Pins on December 1st & 2nd and December 8th & 9th, 2007. Winners in their respective divisions included: Shawn Lampert (Div 2), Kaitlyn Goguen (Div 3), and Daniel Huntley (Div 4) all for the Singles Event. The following were winners in the Doubles Event: Brad Duffy/Dennis Haughton (Div 1), Jessica Pultorak/Sadie Caron (Div 2), Mike Hart/AJ Watson (Div 3) and Jordan Yavorosky/Marcus Erickson (Div 4).

All winners receive a $100 Scholarship through the GGUSBC.

Click here to see complete tournament results

 

Junior Scratch Tournament

Marcus Erickson participated in the Northeast Junior Scratch Tournament on November 11th, 2007 which was held at Springfield Bowl in Springfield, VT. Marcus finished in First Place in this Scratch Tournament Event. Scholarships and medals are presented to the top 3 finishers.

 

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR!!!

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