2009 Season – August 1, 2008 thru July 31, 2009

Charles "Charlie" Saunders Memorial Tournament – August 9, 2008

The first Preseason event sponsored by SSJBA was a tournament dedicated to the memory of Charlie Saunders one of our past members from the Pensacola, FL association. The event was held at Brunswick Woodmere Lanes in Montgomery, AL on Saturday August 9, 2008 and was a one day event with $1500 in Scholarships (thanks to Charlie's father Frank). Before the Tournament started, everyone assembled for a meeting to spell out the methodology to be used for the 2009 SSJBATour.

The season will be conducted by continuing to utilize the three divisions, which have historically been; Minors with all bowlers entering with an average less than 165; Classic with all bowlers entering with an average greater than 164 and less than 185; and Masters with all bowlers entering with an average greater than 184. The change will be the point at which advancement shall occur. A bowler will advance from their entering division to the next divisional level once they have met one of two conditions.

They have been a Champion and achieved an average level of at least 5 pins above the upper average limit in their division (170 for Minors, 190 for Classic) OR they have maintained an average level of at least 10 pins above the upper average limit for at least two consecutive tournaments without a Championship (175 for Minors, 195 for Classic). All 2008 members will be reclassified to the division they would have achieved should these advancement rules have been in effect for prior seasons.

This having been accomplished, all events for which, the entire field of participants does not consist of at least 7 contestants for any one division OR the entire field consists of more than 50% of participants in a single division; shall be conducted as a Draft event. These matters being determined, the meeting also served as the issuance event for all the 300 and 800 rings earned since the beginning of the 2007 season. There were 20 rings issued and another three were yet to be delivered. The rings are from the Jostens ring company and are fabulous awards, which have SSJBA giving a quality award for these Honor scores. The 299 and 298 scores were given a scholarship and have the opportunity to purchase a ring as well. A purchased 298 ring was issued to David Rock as well. For a full list of all Ring awardees observe the following link Individual .

Saunders Memorial had a Draft 1 with the eighteen (18) top average bowlers and a Draft 2 with the next eighteen (18) bowlers by average and Draft 3 with the final six (6) bowlers by average. Links in Red background area reflect the Qualifying round results for all drafts.

Draft 1	Draft 2	Draft 3
Michael Poirier	Richard Leonard	Matthew Crews
T J Senter	Aaron Ruiz	Catherine Prather
Aaron Davidson	Charles Brooks Jr	Olivia Derico
Taylor Beauchamp	Casey Pope	Richard Larue
Jonathon Crews	Michael Murphy	Avery Turner
Brandon Heim	Cullen McBride	Warren Graf
Daniel Meeks	David Rock
Matt Brannan	Ashley Cromeans
Allan Rice II	James Matthews
Brit Gerlach	Dustin Brown
Ross Crider	Cameron Pridmore	Draft 1 Qualifying
Kamron Doyle	Paula Vasko	Draft 2 Qualifying
Kristopher Prather	Matthew Anderson	Draft 3 Qualifying
Nick Leo	Barry White
Joe Merry	Grant Turner	Winners
Stephen Roberts	Regina Laglia	Draft 1 - Jonathon Crews
Daniel Smith	Rachael long	Draft 2 - Cullen McBride
Chris Crockett	Lynnsy Cromeans	Draft 3 - Catherine Prather

The Drafts above are listed in the order bowlers finished for the Semifinals. Top 12 from both Draft 1 & Draft 2

(Qualifying details in links above) continued to the first Match Play round (Draft1 – Draft2). Then Winners went

to 2ND Match Play round (Winners Round – Draft 1 – Draft 2) and Losers also went to 2ND Match Play round

(Losers Round – Draft1 – Draft2). The three two time winners in each draft continued to a Match which determined which position they would hold in Stepladder finals (Draft1 – Draft2) while the losers in the winners round and the winners in the losers round met each other in 3RD Match Play round (Draft1 – Draft2). Final match was the three two time winners meeting each other to determine who would get fourth seed in Stepladder Finals (Draft1 – Draft2).

Draft three had a four competitor Match Play round (Draft3) and the Final Match to determine Champion.

The final Stepladder results are: Draft One Draft Two Draft Three

Draft 3 had two finalists. Second place and a $100 scholarship were claimed by Matthew Crews and the Title along with a $200 scholarship went to Catherine Prather. Draft 2 had four finalists. Fourth place and a $75 scholarship were claimed by Aaron Ruiz; third place and a $100 scholarship were claimed by James Matthews; second place and a $175 Scholarship were claimed by Ashley Cromeans while the Title and a $250 scholarship were claimed by Cullen McBride. Draft 1 had four finalists. Fourth place and a $75 scholarship were claimed by Matt Brannan. Third place and a $100 scholarship were claimed by Taylor Beauchamp; second place and a $175 scholarship were claimed by Michael Poirier while the Title and a $250 scholarship were claimed by Jonathon Crews.

In Memory of one of our finest – "Charlie" the gentleman bowler of SSJBA.

Next is 2009 Season Opener at Lightning Strikes in Trussville, AL on September 6 & 7, 2008.