Sykes Claims Record 13th Win at Johnson's Lanes

Amy Sykes defeated Krystal Ritchie 152-150 in the final game of the WNDA Pro Tour at Johnson's Lanes in Hamden, CT. This was Sykes' 13th tour victory and her first since returning to bowling after the birth of her son.

In the first game of the ladder finals, Jill Sachs of Baltimore, MD faced Melissa Llewellyn of Ontario, Canada.  The game was close and came down to the last ball of the last frame, in which Llewellyn needed eighteen in her last frame to reach tie; nineteen would be a win.  After making a spare, she came up short by only adding seven on her final ball. 

This allowed Sachs to advance to the next ladder match, which pitted her against a close friend, Tara Cohen, of Owings Mills, MD.  Sachs repeated her success by defeating Cohen 147- 113.  It was now time for Amy Sykes to step up onto the lanes against Sachs.  It was well worth the wait for Sykes, who showed the crowd why she had been ranked the number one bowler in the country for several years.  By putting up one of the highest games of the weekend, she was able to handle Sachs, 183-122.

Sykes now faced the top-seeded Krystal Ritchie, of Wallingford, CT. Ritchie had been bowling well all day, averaging over 145 per game for her divisional matches.  In yet another close game, it all came down to the last ball of the tenth frame once again.  Amy had completed her game, with a score of 152, leaving Ritchie with an opportunity to win the game with a mark.  Ritchie's first ball left a difficult shot and she was unable to convert the spare but still finished with an impressive 150 game.

Final Results for Johnson's Lanes

The summary results for the event at Johnson's Lanes are listed below. The complete final results sheet can be found in PDF format here.

High Qualifier	Janet Sauter	1192
High 4 of 8	Cindy Buenger	574
	Becky Weidele	574
Dot Hull Single	Adele Asimenios	166
	Elena Foldeak	166
Special Game #5	Patty Palmer	129
	Cindy McMillen	158
Special Drawing	Andrea Lanahan
Minor: High Block	Trina Rafferty	575
Minor: High Game	Debbie Vincent	185

1	Amy Sykes
2	Krystal Ritchie
3	Jill Sachs
4	Tara Cohen
5	Melissa Llewellyn
6	Becky Sieck
7	Pam Riccio
8	Diane Sears
9	Chris Primozic
10	Beth Dayhoff
11	Susan Phillips
12	Jen DiStefano
13	Janet Sauter
14	Andrea Lanahan
15	Jodi Hewitt
16	Lauree Schreiber
17	Lisa Huber
18	Bethany Fisher
19	Katia Dansereau
20	Jackie Adams
21	Colleen Pietro
22	Sandee Canfield
23	Lora Oliver
24	Amanda Nicholas
Alternate	Stacey Gaegler

Update on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 7:44AM by WNDA

Correction: in the original post, Adele Asimenios was inadvertently listed as being in a tie for the High 4 of 8 Award. It was actually Becky Weidele. We apologize for the error and all final results sheets have been corrected.

Johnson's Lanes Qualifying Round Scores

Summary results for the qualifying round are below. Full qualifying round results in PDF format can be found here.

2010 WNDA Tour Stop #2
Johnson's Lanes, CT

Bowler	Score	Pins Over Avg
Sauter, Janet	1192	88
Adams, Jackie	1173	61
DiStefano, Jennifer	1171	139
Phillips, Susan	1162	50
Sykes, Amy	1152	24
Huber, Lisa	1143	15
Sears, Diane	1137	161
Lanahan, Andrea	1129	9
Schreiber, Lauree	1115	59
Sachs, Jill	1113	33
Cohen, Tara	1109	109
Hewitt, Jodi	1103	87
Sieck, Becky	1098	42
Riccio, Pam	1096	24
Primozic, Chris	1088	-16
Dayhoff, Beth	1087	55
Fisher, Bethany	1077	5
Ritchie, Krystal	1070	38
Canfield, Sandee	1068	52
Llewellyn, Melissa	1061	-35
Pins Over Average
Nicholas, Amanda	971	83
Dansereau, Katia	990	78
Pietro, Colleen	982	54
Oliver, Lora	963	51
Alternate
Gaegler, Stacey	1054	-26
Durbin, Amanda	1042	26
McMillen, Cindy	1037	37
Rafferty, Trina	1034	26
Buenger, Cindy	1032	-88
Fletcher, Paula	1030	46
Meyer, Kelly	1015	-9
Weidele, Becky	1009	-7
Lipka, Corinne	1004	-36
Asimenios, Adele	1003	-85
Vincent, Debbie	1002	2
Brooks, Denise	1001	25
Palmer, Patty	996	-100
Adams, Stephanie	994	-54
Robustelli, Kristen	994	-14
Ashworth, Tammy	984	-72
Foldeak, Elena	983	-57
Balducci, Gianna	955	27
Hoff, Brenda	928	-48
Sachs, Amy*	196	-716
* withdrew

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Next Event at Johnson's Lanes

The second event of the 2010 tournament season will be held on June 19-20 at Johnson's Lanes in Hamden, Connecticut. We should be able to accommodate all interested bowlers using just two shifts on Saturday. The welcome letter and registration form has been posted on the event page. You can select the link from the calendar on the home page or follow this link.