Last week’s three-horse race for the pattern championship is now a two-horse race between Troy Felsinger and Ben Cleveland.

With just 5 points separating them, Troy holds an edge and barring a total meltdown by either player, it’s my belief that the person winning will be the one who’s Roto Grip Defiant strikes more.

Click here to view the current standing sheets.

Leading the Charge in the Pins Over Average competition for the week was Troy Felsinger for a second week at +107, Justin Mickelson was second at +106.  Here are the rest of the POA accomplishments from this week:

• Ben Cleveland +65
• Sarah Paasch +48
• Jacob DelValle +47
• Steve Richter +28
• Irv Latham +26
• Carey Slater +22
• Leonard Morton +4
• Paul Gloede +3

Sammy Rieder and Rudy DelValle took shots at the Big Strike Jackpot but both failed leaving next week’s starting jackpot at $84.

Scratch scores over 200 average for last week were:

• Ben Cleveland 885
• Steve Richter 880
• Troy Felsinger 871
• Paul Gloede 891
• Carey Slater 810

Next week will be the final week of the Broadway pattern segment.  As I blogged here the schedule is changing to accommodate the USBC Open Championship pattern to be bowled on more.

The “Get Acquainted” practice session will happen at 5pm, February 29^th.

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When the schedule for the ELITE Challenge League was made in August, little did we know the USBC Open Championship tournament would start in February, nor that the Tournament Preview Show would be a new feature to the tournament this year.

While we vary from year to year and month to month the types and lengths of patterns being bowled on, one thing always remains the same; the USBC Open Championship Pattern.

Due to the bump up in scheduling from the USBC, we are going to make an on-the-fly change to the pattern schedule for February to accommodate some of our bowlers who are traveling to the tournament earlier this year.

Since February is a 5-Wednesday month, we’re going to run the Middle Road pattern through February 22^nd – a full four week session.

Starting on February 29^th, we will switch over to the USBC Open Championship Pattern.

As per usual, when we switch patterns we will have a :45 minute “get acquainted” practice session starting at 5pm the day of the switch.  Plan to be at Odyssey Fun Center Wednesday February 29^th at 5pm to attend that session.

The March segment then will run for 5 weeks from 2/29 through 3/28.

The basics of the pattern are:

• 39’ pattern
• Sport compliant at a 2.2 to 1 ratio
• Less total volume over the past two years

If anyone has any questions they can reach me at 920/550-1255 or eliteproshop@gmail.com.

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Troy Felsinger, Aaron Nachtwey and Ben Cleveland are all vying for spots in the Grand Championship playoffs in this month’s Kegel Middle Road segment.

Troy leads the standings with 23 points followed by Aaron at 22 and Ben at 20.  There are others with a mathematical chance to sneak into the top spot but it will take some awesome bowling in the final weeks to eclipse the leaders.

Here is a copy of the current standing sheet.

This week Troy Felsinger was the high bowler at +95 pins over average and was followed by Sarah Paasch at +91.  Those bowlers over average for the week were:

• Bryan Schnettler +81
• Paul Gloede +80
• Aaron Nachtwey +73
• Ben Cleveland +71
• Rudy DelValle +55
• Jacob DelValle +30

No one knocked off the Big Strike Jackpot this week, meaning next week starts at $68 and will likely climb over $80 by the time we start bowling.

Scratch Scores over 200 average for this week were:

• Ben Cleveland 891
• Paul Gloede 888
• Troy Felsinger 855
• Aaron Nachtwey 849
• Steve Richter 829

Look for an additional blog coming out later regarding a necessary change we are making to the pattern schedule later this month.

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