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August 19th
First 616 Trios will be held at
Roxbury Lanes on October 10th.
Roxbury
Lanes will host the first 616 Trios of this season on
October 10th. There is a maximum of 24 spots. You can
reserve a spot on our
reservation page.
August 19th
Next Sweet
Sixteen at Hooters
The next
Sweet 16 Singles is scheduled for September 18th
& 19th at Hooters of Renton. We will have squads
at 10am, 12, (Re-Oil), 3 and 5pm Sat. and 9am
Sunday on Hooters House shot. There will be 14
bowlers from Saturday and 2 from Sunday's squad
for the finals. Re-entry on Sunday is only $40
and $60 for first entry.
June 27th
Sweet 16 Singles Bracket
Tournament
We are hosting the first 616 Singles
Tournament Saturday, July 31st through August 1st
at Bowlero Lanes. There will be 4 squads on Saturday
and a last chance squad Sunday Morning. The top 16
qualifying scores will move on to the 16 bowler, double
elimination bracket finals on Sunday. Cost of Entry is only
$60. You can re-enter as many times as you like. There will
be a last chance qualifier Sunday morning at 9am for $80.
From each squad 2 bowlers are guaranteed a spot in the
Bracket Finals.
Bowlers will try
to qualify by bowling a game across 4 pairs of lanes. We
will re-oil after the 12pm squad. All bowler's entering
averages will be based off the 616 Rating List. If you do
not see your name on the list contact
Marty Lee here. Please let
us know if you plan on attending.
Everyone is
eligible for the 300 game pot, which is currently at $250.
We will not be sanctioning this event but those who bowl an
honor score will receive recognition of accomplishment via
trophies and plaques. We will post images of the awards as
soon as they become available.
Our goal is to
keep entry cost low and championship winnings at least 10
times the amount of entry ($600 based on 45 entries). To
enter this event you can use our
PayPal feature,
contact Marty or simply show
up on the day of the event.
More Details or
Enter Event
June 14th
16 Finals at Acme Bowl
The final Trios Tournament of the season had
$2,610 added to the event. Team Hansen won $3,000
for taking first place and Mike Hartter won Bowler of
the Tournament (runner-up was Mandy Green). Some of
the added money was used in side events. The lowest 24
entering averages were put into a massive 7 game Handicap
Bracket that paid out $350 in winnings. The rest of the
field was put in a 2 game total, then cut to top 16 for a
Scratch Bracket that Paid out $350, as well.
Tournament Details
/ Results
May 25th
616 Plus 1
with Pete Weber and Randy Pedersen
(Article in STE)
It’s Friday, just
before noon and I felt like I should be heading to the
airport in a Limousine to pick up 35 time PBA champion, Pete
Weber. Doesn’t he deserve a grand welcome to Seattle? He has
travelled all over the world, won the triple crown of
bowling and only the 2nd person to reach the $3
million mark in career earnings. He is here, to bowl the 616
trios tournament with Dawn Eaton and I am picking him up in
my 2001 Chevrolet pickup truck.
Rich Eaton, Dawn’s
husband, explained to me how he had given Pete a hard time
over the phone by saying “Pete who?” when he got the news
from Randy Pedersen of Wes Malott not being able to make the
trip. Wes’s wife went in to have their baby a month early.
We discussed how funny it would be for me to stand there
holding a “Malott” sign like a chauffeur but I didn’t want
to take any chances on Pete’s sense of humor and purposely
left the sign on my dash. He walked up tanned, his mustache
shaved off and eager to find a place to smoke. I introduced
myself and we shook hands and nodded. I really wasn’t sure
what to say. I didn’t know that much about him but have
watched him so many times on T.V. competing for a National
PBA title as far back as I could remember.
“So you had to come
pick me up, huh?” Pete speaks first.
“It is an honor” I spit
out, nervously.
“Well, that’s cool” he
replied.
We chatted as we walked
and I asked him if that 2 ball bag he was pulling behind him
actually had bowling balls in it. “I brought a Reign and an
Invasion”. Amazingly he had only brought 2 balls with no
idea of what shot he was bowling on this Sunday. We
discussed wood lanes and synthetics, closed centers in the
Ohio area and the 616 Tournament format. He was familiar
with it. I offered to take him out to lunch but he was tired
and feeling a little bit ill so I drove straight to his
hotel to drop him off. ESPN / PBA Analyst Randy Pedersen
flew in later that night.
Saturday we scheduled a
meet and greet for Randy and Pete to get a little practice
in as well as sign autographs. The turnout wasn’t real big
but we had limited time to get the word out as the
scheduling was late and suffered from changes. Most leagues
were now done for the season and we were relying mostly on
word of mouth and Facebook. Pete quickly spotted me out in
the crowd and waved calling out my name. I brought my kids
to meet Pete and Randy and get their bowling pins signed.
As I watched Pete throw
the ball, I quickly realized just how far above in natural
talent and skill level he was. This guy was in a league of
his own. Pete threw strike after strike…. flawlessly. Randy
was struggling a little bit after recently having knee
surgery. He couldn’t get the ball far enough down-lane
before it hooked. He kept crossing over and soon looked to
Pete for help even though Pete claims to “just bowl, not
teach”. I watched closely to how they both carried
themselves and how they reacted as people came up for an
autograph or a picture. They both stopped what they were
doing to direct their attention to their fans, interacted
professionally and responded with a “thank you”, then went
back to work on the lanes. Randy made a hand and ball
surface adjustment and Pete did what he does best, just
bowl.
We spent Saturday
afternoon over a couple drinks and cigars, listening to Pete
tell stories of his shadow in Japan, Golf in Palm Springs
and his favorite bar in St Louis. I challenged Pete to $100
pot games and he quickly obliged. Scheduled to take place
after Sunday’s event I was ready to win or lose and enjoy
every moment of it. As a matter of fact, I was feeling
confident (liquid courage) and started a little smack talk.
When we left for the evening I quickly jumped into the front
seat of the car and made Pete sit in back. We all laughed as
he approached the car in disbelief and stepped right into a
mud puddle. We exchanged more smack talk and he often
grabbed my shoulders and harassed me like we had been
buddies for years.
Sunday’s event
experienced high scores and a lot of happy faces. It could
not have gone any better. We had 20 teams of 4 (special
event to accommodate for our guests) bowling on Kegel’s
challenge shot, The Beaten Path. I didn’t expect to have a
209 tournament average, but with the average entering
average at 206 (202 being the norm) it didn’t seem so high.
We had 2 290’s, Erik Mattingly shot 800, Keith Lindsay shot
300 while Danny Combs earned bowler of the tournament
honors. Randy finished 4th and Pete finished on
lane 5 and 6, stuck on the same pair for 4 games and not
cashing.
At the end of the
Tournament pictures were taken of the 616 Plus 1 Champions
Marty Cocking, Chad Turner, Paul Marcello and Mitch Beasley.
Pete even got a “Hambone” tribute picture for Rob Stone and
amused the crowd. Before I knew it, Pete Weber was swept
away by Pete Somoff and the pot games did not happen. Both
Randy and Pete took the time to sign more autographs before
disappearing.
What makes Pete Weber
so wonderful is he is exactly “what you see-is what you
get”. He does not put up a front or change for a crowd.
Besides entertaining himself and others with a crotch chop
and sunglasses, he appeared to be a little old school and a
traditionalist. He is PDW.
Randy Pedersen is
probably the funniest man I have ever met. I had the
opportunity to ask Randy’s opinion about the erosion of the
sport and his experience in the booth with Rob Stone. Randy
amused us with his jokes, funny texts and stories over a
small celebration dinner. Both Randy and Pete were down to
earth kind of guys just looking for a good time.
It truly was an honor to have Randy Pedersen, Pete Weber and
all 80 participants to experience this once in a life time
event. It is one I will not soon forget! I want to Thank
Rich Eaton for organizing the arrival of our special guests.
I look forward to doing it again next season. |
