Pictured L To R. Christy Raldiris, Dallas Leong, Ethan Fiore, And Robert Eddy. Photo Courtesy Of PBA.
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Leong Wins Lightning Strikes Challenge - Courtesy Of PBA. Photo Courtesy Of PBA.
Ft. Myers, Fl. - - - Let’s congratulate Dallas Leong, Las Vegas, Nev. for winning the 2023 PBA Lightning Strikes Challenge. He defeated Ethan Fiore, Valrico, Fla. (474-423) in the two-game Championship Final. In addition, congratulations goes to Danny Battles, Zephyrhills, Fla. for winning the PBA50 Lightning Strikes Challenge. He defeated Joe Fulner III, Belleview, Fla. (523-351) in the two-game Championship Final. Pictured below are (l-r): Christy Raldiris, General Manager of Lightning Strikes Bowl, Mr. Leong, Mr. Battles, Robert Eddy, Proprietor of Lightning Strikes Bowl. We do want to thank Mr. Eddy & Ms. Raldiris for their hard work & allowing us to have our PBA/PBA50 Events at Lightning Strikes Bowl. Also, would like to thank Chris Podniestrzanski, Facilities Manager of Lightning Strikes Bowl, for maintaining the lanes this weekend! Again, congratulations to both Dallas & Danny!
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No Tap Team Event This Saturday. March 11th. At Lightning Strikes. Courtesy Of Mary Watts Berner.
Ft. Myers - - - Gather your Teams now for this Saturday's TEAM HDCP NO TAP TOURNAMENT! The LIGHTNING WHEEL is currently valued at $81!
- Bowl 4 Games ON THE SAME PAIR!
- No Caps
- Any Mix of bowlers (All men, All women, Men & Women)
- Entry Fee: $25 per bowler
- 80% of 235, Pays 1:5
- Tons of Side Pots!
- Bowl 4 Games ON THE SAME PAIR!
Email the Bowlers Names & USBC #'s (in the order that they are to bowl) to: lightningstrikesevents@gmail.com
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Bowl For The Cure Raises $800. Courtesy Of Bobby Taylor. SWFL USBC.
Ft. Myers, Fl. - - - For those that participated in the Bowl For The Cure side event at the Southwest Florida USBC Open Championships, The results are attached below. With Krissy Stewart's leadership we were able to raise over $800.00 for Breast Cancer Awareness.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA USBC 2023 “OPEN” TOURNAMENT “BOWL FOR THE CURE” FUNDRAISER We would like to thank the 81 people that joined in on this fundraiser! (Final Standings are based on Bowler's Highest Series Plus Handicap) 1st Place – Kevin Heina – 815 - $125 2nd Place – Cybill Krolczyk – 814 - $105 3rd Place – Jon Rakoski – 790 - $90 4th Place – Tim Peters, Jr. - 789 - $80 5th Place – Kristi Scheetz – 784 - $75 6th Place – Brad Stewart – 782 - $65 7th & 8th Place Tie – Kelly Boyd – 769 - $57.50 Michael Thackery – 769 - $57.50 9th Place – Buck Worthen – 767 - $45 10 & 11th Place Tie – Scott Kelly – 765 - $32.50 Neil Zetterburg – 765 - $32.50 12th & 13th Place Tie – Crystal Stowell – 763 - $22.50 Skip Forsyth – 763 - $22.50 ---------------------------------------------------------------- $1620 Collected ($810 Paid Out in Prize Fund) ($810 Donated to “Bowl For The Cure”).
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SWFL USBC Open. Courtesy Of Bobby Taylor. SWFL USBC.
Lehigh Acres, Fl. - - - Thank you to everyone that participated in the Southwest Florida USBC Open Championship the past two weekends at Lehigh Lanes. We had an increase of 33% over last year and hope to grow more next year. The unofficial final standings are linked below.
Unnofficial Final Standings
Team , Team, Handicapped 1 Entry 17 17 3,025 Cape Coral, FL 2 SWFL Support 1 2,853 Fort Myers, FL 3 LFG 13 2,807 Cape Coral, FL 4 Matt Still Owes $1 14 2,792 Estero, FL 5 Jordans Idea 32 2,788 Lehigh Acres, FL 6 Lehigh Seniors 24 2,786 Lehigh Acres, FL 7 Peter's Team 10 2,774 Lehigh Acres, FL 8 Swap 2.0 7 2,770 Naples, FL 9 Johnson Team 23 2,758 Naples, FL 10 4 Amigos 21 2,756 Lehigh Acres, FL.
Team , Team Scratch, Scratch 1 SWFL Support 1 2,653 Fort Myers, FL 2 3 Horses amd Me 2 2,640 Fort Myers, FL 3 Oscar! 12 2,611 Cape Coral, FL 4 I Roof 8 2,587 Naples, FL 5 Halls of Famers 3 2,553 Naples, FL 6 Guardado 31 2,513 Cape Coral, FL 7 LFG 13 2,493 Cape Coral, FL 8 Let's Do It Again 11 2,408 Cape Coral, FL 9 GYSOT 5 2,394 N Fort Myers, FL 10 Swap 2.0 7 2,370 Naples, FL.
Doubles , Handicap, Handicapped 1 Tessier Katherine A. \ Topolyn Wayne B. 1 1,545 Fort Myers, FL 2 Rakoski Jon C. \ McNiel Matthew W. 2 1,507 Fort Myers, FL 3 Swiney Davion C. \ Guardado Joseph G. 31 1,487 Cape Coral, FL 4 Forbes David M. Jr \ Stewart Bradley S. 13 1,480 Cape Coral, FL 5 Johnson Vito A. \ Peters Timothy H. Jr 10 1,468 Lehigh Acres, FL 6 Gill Michael V. \ Bess Darren D. 19 1,446 Lehigh Acres, FL 6 Williams Ryan A. \ Frazier Jordan M. 32 1,446 Lehigh Acres, FL 8 Zuehlke Adam M. \ Seymour William S. 8 1,423 Naples, FL 9 Smith Joseph L. \ Whiteleather Scott 14 1,418 Estero, FL 10 Legaspi Christopher L. \ Heinkel Joshua W. 15 1,417 Fort Myers, FL.
Doubles , Scratch, Scratch 1 Rakoski Jon C. \ McNiel Matthew W. 2 1,497 Fort Myers, FL 2 Bush Dennis W. \ Keane Christopher P. 2 1,466 Fort Myers, FL 3 Tessier Katherine A. \ Topolyn Wayne B. 1 1,384 Fort Myers, FL 4 Swiney Davion C. \ Guardado Joseph G. 31 1,380 Cape Coral, FL 5 Forbes David M. Jr \ Stewart Bradley S. 13 1,368 Cape Coral, FL 6 Zuehlke Adam M. \ Seymour William S. 8 1,367 Naples, FL 7 Covington David E. \ Hylton Robert L. 1 1,348 Fort Myers, FL 8 Stewart Bradley S. \ Baranecky Walter 12 1,347 Cape Coral, FL 9 Madaras Stephen H. \ Snyder William (Boog) N Fort Myers, FL I. Jr 5 1,298 10 Richards Ronald T. \ Dence Thomas C. Jr 5 1,296 N Fort Myers, FL.
Seniors Doubles, Senior Doubles, Handicapped 1 Keane Christopher P. \ Rakoski Jon C. 2 1,571 Fort Myers, FL 2 Krolczyk Anthony G. \ Duda Edward L. 9 1,409 N Fort Myers, FL 3 Covington David E. \ Hylton Robert L. 1 1,387 Fort Myers, FL 4 Stewart Pamela M. \ Benza Michele 28 1,383 Fort Myers, FL 4 Hodgman Matthew K. \ Roche Margaret A. 30 1,383 Naples, FL 6 Stewart Kevin P. \ Stewart Kristina R. 12 1,367 Cape Coral, FL 7 Cannington Mike L. \ Stewart Kristina R. 11 1,366 Cape Coral, FL 8 Calyore Steve M. \ Forsyth Craig "Skip" H. 3 1,356 Naples, FL 9 Subbert Daniel W. \ Hernandez Jairo 11 1,351 Cape Coral, FL 10 Bunkley Elbert(Scooter) W. III \ Fowler North Port, FL Michael C.
Singles, Handicap, Handicapped 1 Krolczyk Cybill B. 9 814 N Fort Myers, FL 2 Legaspi Christopher L. 15 800 Fort Myers, FL 3 Eggleston Bruce R. 6 796 Fort Myers, FL 4 Robishaw William(Billy) L. 15 784 Fort Myers, FL 5 Stebbins Grant C. 7 767 Naples, FL 6 Stowell Crystal A. 13 763 Cape Coral, FL 6 Forsyth Craig "Skip" H. 3 763 Naples, FL 8 Gilbert Walter (Jim) 27 762 Lehigh Acres, FL 9 Rispoli David F. 27 757 Lehigh Acres, FL 10 Topolyn Wayne B. 1 749 Fort Myers, FL 11 Kelley Robert (Scott) 16 746 Fort Myers, FL.
Singles, Scratch, Scratch 1 McNiel Matthew W. 2 717 Fort Myers, FL 2 Topolyn Wayne B. 1 714 Fort Myers, FL 3 Covington David E. 1 709 Fort Myers, FL 4 Hylton Robert L. 1 706 Fort Myers, FL 5 Forsyth Craig "Skip" H. 3 693 Naples, FL 6 Stewart Bradley S. 12 692 Cape Coral, FL 7 Heinkel Joshua W. 15 684 Fort Myers, FL 8 Richards Ronald T. 5 676 N Fort Myers, FL 9 Zuehlke Paul W. 8 672 Naples, FL 10 Robishaw William(Billy) L. 15 671 Fort Myers, FL.
Senior All Events, Seniors All Events, Handicapped 1 Walantus Bill 24 2,199 Lehigh Acres, FL 2 Hylton Robert L. 1 2,173 Fort Myers, FL 3 Stewart Pamela M. 28 2,164 Fort Myers, FL 4 Rakoski Jon C. 2 2,153 Fort Myers, FL 5 Kelley Robert (Scott) 16 2,132 Fort Myers, FL 6 Topolyn Wayne B. 1 2,121 Fort Myers, FL 7 Forsyth Craig "Skip" H. 3 2,110 Naples, FL 8 Covington David E. 1 2,104 Fort Myers, FL 9 Quinones Eugenio (Gene) 24 2,088 Lehigh Acres, FL 10 Buscemi Edwin 18 2,084 Naples, FL.
All Events Scratch, All Events Scratch, Scratch 1 McNiel Matthew W. 2 2,156 Fort Myers, FL 2 Hylton Robert L. 1 2,143 Fort Myers, FL 3 Rakoski Jon C. 2 2,123 Fort Myers, FL. 4 Stewart Bradley S. 12 2,121 Cape Coral, FL 5 Baranecky Walter 12 2,091 Cape Coral, FL 6 Covington David E. 1 2,017 Fort Myers, FL 7 Topolyn Wayne B. 1 2,016 Fort Myers, FL 8 Kelley Robert (Scott) 16 2,012 Fort Myers, FL 9 Brunette Jerry Jr 3 2,006 Naples, FL 10 Seymour William S. 8 1,994 Naples, FL 11 Richards Ronald T. 5 1,981 N Fort Myers, FL 12 Heinkel Joshua W. 15 1,961 Fort Myers, FL.
1 Walantus Bill 24 2,199 Lehigh Acres, FL 2 Hylton Robert L. 1 2,173 Fort Myers, FL 3 Stewart Pamela M. 28 2,164 Fort Myers, FL 4 Rakoski Jon C. 2 2,153 Fort Myers, FL 5 Kelley Robert (Scott) 16 2,132 Fort Myers, FL 6 Topolyn Wayne B. 1 2,121 Fort Myers, FL 7 Forsyth Craig "Skip" H. 3 2,110 Naples, FL 8 Covington David E. 1 2,104 Fort Myers, FL 9 Quinones Eugenio (Gene) 24 2,088 Lehigh Acres, FL 10 Buscemi Edwin 18 2,084 Naples, FL.
Seniors Singles, Senior Singles, Handicapped 1 Forsyth Craig "Skip" H. 3 763 Naples, FL 2 Topolyn Wayne B. 1 749 Fort Myers, FL 3 Covington David E. 1 738 Fort Myers, FL 4 Gruelle Virginia C. 25 728 Lehigh Acres, FL 5 Hylton Robert L. 1 716 Fort Myers, FL 6 Zuehlke Paul W. 8 712 Naples, FL 7 Fowler Michael C. 20 709 North Port, FL 8 Buscemi Edwin 18 693 Naples, FL 9 Stewart Pamela M. 28 681 Fort Myers, FL 10 Duda Edward L. 9 679 N Fort Myers, FL.
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