BLBC Singles Tournament Goes Down To The Wire

Saturday,  May 17 was a fine and a pleasant day for bowling and saw 14 members turn out for the highly competitive annual singles tournament.  Ably directed by Ann Brillhart in her first venture as Tournament Director, the preliminary round consisted of three 8-end games, randomly drawn. At the end of the morning, only Jim Corr and Ann herself had won all three of their games.  They were joined in the semifinals by Cris Benton and Erwin Vista, who topped the 2-game winners on points differential.

Semifinalists Erwin Vista and Jim Corr

Semifinalists Ann Brillhart and Cris Benton

In the Corr-Vista match up, Erwin won a close victory 7-5, while the other semi was an even tighter game. Tied 6-6 after 8 ends, Ann came out on top of a sudden-death 9th end to head into the final. The excellent bowling she had shown all day was evident as she raced into a 5-0 lead after the first four ends. But the unflappable “Mr.” Vista kept his cool and pulled it back to 5-5 going into the last end. Three great bowls on or within a foot of the jack by Erwin were enough to lay claim to a superb come-from-behind victory and the 2014 BLBC Singles title. Congratulations to Erwin and thanks to all participants!

Singles champion Erwin Vista .