Irving Buzzard Club Newsletter

Buzzard Club of America
IRVING CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
May 2008

IF YOU CAN'T GET A TURKEY, WHY NOT TRY FOR A BUZZARD!

Club Officers
President Sue Banfield (EMAIL)	Vice-President Ed Block (EMAIL)	Treasurer Don Banfield (EMAIL)	Secretary Marla Martin (EMAIL)	Parliamentarian Kay Lester (EMAIL)

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LET THERE BE NO STRANGERS IN THE BUZZARD CLUB ONLY FRIENDS YOU HAVE YET TO MEET.

MONTHLY TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE General Meeting @ 1:00 PM Bowling Starts @ 2:00 PM (MONTHLY TOURNAMENTS ARE SANCTIONED THROUGH USBC.)
MAY 4, 2008 Triple Challenge USA Bowl 10920 Composite Dr. Dallas, TX 75220 (214) 358-1382 Note: Special start time of 12:30 p.m. for Chapter Meeting	MAY 18, 2008 Special 9 Pin No Tap Forum Bowl 2001 S. Great Southwest Pkwy. Grand Prairie, TX (972) 641-4406	JUNE 8, 2008 AMF Irving 3450 Willow Creek Irving, TX 75061 (972) 790-8201

See Kay Lester if you would like to order a Buzzard Club Shirt or Tote Bag.
Various styles and pricing available. See Kay for details.

We are very proud to welcome the following four newest members to the Irving Club: Pete Carson, brought in by Clara Smith, qualified at Spare Time Lanes; Jo Davis, brought in by Harmon Atkins, qualified at Spare Time Lanes; Joanne Johnson, brought in by Harmon Atkins, qualified at Spare Time Lanes; and Pat Schulze, brought in by Lou Kropff, qualified at Spare Time Lanes. Hmmm – seems like we have a trend here. I guess if you want to be a Buzzard, bowl on a league at Spare Time! We welcome all of you with open arms and hope that you enjoy your time with the Irving Buzzards Club! Hope to see you all at all future tournaments!

Of course, we don’t want to forget about our faithful guest, Tommy Howard. We always enjoy having him with us. Hey Tommy, when you going to join the Club?! Maybe you should join a league at Spare Time!

Welcome back to fellow Buzzard, Norma Crabb, who is already back to bowling after shattering and disconnecting her kneecap. Glad to see you back Norma!

Because the Triple Challenge is our May Tournament, there will be no Grand Door Prizes or any other Side Pots for May. Everything will be handled by the Dallas Chapter. The Grand Door Prizes for our June Tournament will be brought by Robert Justis and Sue Banfield.

Come one, come all! The Triple Challenge is here! Let’s support the Dallas Chapter in the sponsorship of the Triple Challenge being held at USA Bowl on May 4, 2008. Note the special start time of 12:00 p.m. for the Officers Meeting and 12:30 p.m. for the Chapter Meeting. The tournament will start at 1:30 p.m. If you haven’t been to a tournament in a while, now is the time to come show your support for the Club! Let’s get out there and bowl our “you know what” off so we can keep our lovely president, Sue, from getting the Chicken Hat. Let’s keep the trophy and not get the Chicken Hat! As good as our lovely president, Sue, looks in it, she does not want it! Let’s get out there and show our support and help keep the chicken hat away!

We had Crossovers at our April tournament, which was another huge success! Everyone had a good time, and there were a lot of high scores. We paid out ten places. Congratulations to the following winners:

First Place   $38.00  Bobbie Matievic and Ed Block         1471
Second Place  $22.00  Bobbie Matievic and Steve Elich      1467
Third Place   $15.00  MaryLee Heiermann and Ed Block       1457
Fourth Place  $13.00  Claire Smith and Ed Block            1444
Fifth Place   $12.00  Claire Smith and Steve Elich         1440
Sixth Place   $11.00  Bobbie Matievic and Harmon Atkins    1430
Seventh Place  $8.00  Tamara Feuchtwanger and Steve Elich  1422
Eighth Place   $7.00  Lou Kropff and Monty Crabb           1404
Ninth Place    $4.00  Claire smith and Harmon Atkins       1401
Tenth Place    $4.00  Kay Lester and Ed Block              1401

There will be a special 9-Pin No Tap Tournament held on May 18, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Forum Bowl. This is a fun tournament, and everyone is invited to attend. Guests can bowl as long as they have a verifiable league average. Buzzard shirts are not required. Please bring cash only as pay outs will be made at the end of the tournament. We will pay the usual one in six, and it will be men vs. men and women vs. women.

The Annual Tournament is here and will be hosted by the Montgomery Chapter in Conroe August 1, 2, and 3. Teams are four (4) members mixed with one being the Captain. You may bowl on a maximum of two teams, but can only enter singles, doubles and all events once. The team you bowl on first will be the one that counts for all events. Squad times are a little different this time. Get those forms filled out and turned into Marla by no later than June 8, 2008. Sorry, due to the very short turnaround time that Marla has to get the forms and money to Montgomery, there will be ABSOLUTELY no exceptions to the deadline! Make sure all forms are filled out completely and turned in with all monies (banquet and tournament) and copies of sanction cards. Incomplete/incorrect forms and short monies will not be accepted. Any questions should be directed to Marla, who will get answers/clarification from the Montgomery Chapter. Please remember that squad times selected are not guaranteed. Come on Irving Chapter, we want to be number one again in the number of teams! If you want to bowl and don’t have a team or need people to complete your team, please see one of the officers. The following people need bowlers for a team or to complete a team:

Monty and Norma Crabb – Need two (2) people Pete Carson – Needs a full team Bobbie Matievic – Needs one (1) more person to complete her team

Please see any of the above people if you are interested in creating a team with them.

May Tournament Results

    Name                Pins Hdcp Total Splits         Name           Pins Hdcp Total Splits
 1. Roberts, Sharon      451  251   702   4         1. Block, Ed       641  129   770    4  
 2. Matievic, Bobbie     539  162   701   6         2. Crabb, Monty    638  129   767    3  
 3. Howard, Reese        486  207   693   3         3. Elich, Steve    634  132   766    2  
 4. Heiermann, MaryLee   517  170   687   3         4. Atkins, Harmon  613  116   729    6  
 5. Smith, Claire        458  216   674   5         5. Chilson, Jack   441  261   702    8  
 6. Davis, Jo            434  226   660   2         6. Banfield, Don   552  110   662    3  
 7. Atkins, Billie       456  202   658   3         7. Justis, Robert  527  113   640    1  
 8. Feuchtwanger, Tamara 432  224   656   2         8. Visger, Jeffrey 508  129   637    6  
 9. Johnson, Joanne (Jo) 395  245   640   3         9. Glazener, Larry 505  129   634    5  
10. Kropff, Lou          376  261   637   5        10. Carson, Ulysses 462  164   626    3  
11. Lester, Kay	         399  232   631   2        11. Jones, Rustin   471  135   606    2  
12. Burden, Nancy        410  210   620   4        12. Conley, Ken     486  108   594    9  
13. Martin, Marla        433  175   608   2                                                 
14. Schulze, Pat         423  175   598   8                                                 
15. Crabb, Norma         190  407   597   4                                                 
16. Buffington, Dena     386  156   542   4                                                 


Tournament Winners
1st Sharon Roberts  $62.40     1st Ed Block    $46.80
2nd Bobbie Matievic $41.60     2nd Monty Crabb $31.20


Buzzards of the Month
King Buzzard Ken Conley (9) $2.60     Queen Buzzard Pat Schulze (8) $3.00

Congratulations to Jack Chilson who requalified twice!


200 HONOR ROLL
Monty Crabb   203, 211, 224     MaryLee Heiermann 205     
Don Banfield  201               Steve Elich       237, 204
Harmon Atkins 219, 224          Ed Block          257, 211


Open Handicap High Pot
Game 1 1st Place Ed Block         $13.00     2nd Place     Steve Elich   $6.00
Game 2 1st Place MarLee Heiermann $13.00     2nd Place (t) Monty Crabb   $3.00
                                             2nd Place (t) Jack Chilson  $3.00
Game 3 1st Place Monty Crabb      $13.00     2nd Place     Harmon Atkins $6.00


Handicap Brackets
 1. 1st Larry Glazener  $16.00     2nd Lou Kropff        $7.00
 2. 1st Bobbie Matievic $16.00     2nd Steve Elich       $7.00
 3. 1st Ed Block        $16.00     2nd Steve Elich       $7.00
 4. 1st Monty Crabb     $16.00     2nd Harmon Atkins     $7.00
 5. 1st Ed Block        $16.00     2nd MaryLee Heiermann $7.00
 6. 1st Monty Crabb     $16.00     2nd Ed Block          $7.00
 7. 1st Steve Elich     $16.00     2nd Claire Smith      $7.00
 8. 1st Monty Crabb     $16.00     2nd Billie Atkins     $7.00
 9. 1st Steve Elich     $16.00     2nd Don Banfield      $7.00
10. 1st Monty Crabb     $16.00     2nd Robert Justis     $7.00


Card Game Winners
1st Game Robert Justis  
2nd Game Dena Buffington
3rd Game Robert Justis  


Strike/Split Pot
1st Game Don Banfield           
    Rustin Jones      $1.50 each
2nd Game Carryover   $19.50     
3rd Game Carryover    $9.00     


Split Pool
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50/50 Drawing                Mystery Score
Sharon Roberts $44.00        No Winner    


Grand Door Prizes           Brought By                Won By       
Home Depot Gift Card        MaryLee Heiermann         Robert Justis


Birthday Prizes             Brought By                Won By       
Picture	                    Jeff Visger               Robert Justis

May Birthdays cake

Chuck Ross May 17

Members with birthdays in May can bring a birthday gift in June with the June Birthdays and will have their lineage paid by the Club.

IRVING BUZZARD CLUB MEMBERSHIP ANNIVERSARIES
Kevin Miller  8 Years     Claire Smith    6 Years     Kay Lester   5 Years
Tom Burden    2 Years     Barbara Peabody 1 Year      David Porter 1 Year 
Brandon Vines 1 Year      Cherill Potts   4 Years                         

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