Handicap Division

Harford bowlers dominated the boys divisions, both scratch and handicap, at the 11th annual Maryland State Ten Pin Council Scholarship Tournament, held at Elk Lanes, Elkton.This six-game singles tournament held last month was open to the best young tenpin bowlers in the state. They had to be in their senior year of high school. Four $1,000 scholarships are awarded to winners in the girls and boys scratch and handicap divisions.Shawn Blake, bowling out of Harford Lanes, won the scratch boys division and finished fourth in the handicap division.

It's the middle of July and top athletic performers from the United States and Canada are gathering in the same city to see just who is the best of the best.Baseball's All-Star Game? Guess again. Almost 300 of North America's top youth bowlers, including three from the Baltimore area, are in Columbus, Ohio, for the Coca-Cola Youth Bowling Championships that begin today.Jenn Kidwell, 12, of Dundalk began the 10-hour drive with her parents and younger sister at 3 a.m. Wednesday. The General John Stricker Middle School eighth-grader qualified for the national tournament after winning the state tenpins title in the girls handicap division in April.

The 12th Annual Maryland Tenpin Bowling Council Scholarship Tournament was held at Terrace Lanes in Frederick on Dec. 6, and the young bowlers from Harford County did just fine.* Chad Kornick won a $1,000 scholarship for his first-place finish in the boys scratch division of the tournament, which was open to students who will be graduating high school at the end of the 1992-93 school year.Kornick, 16, is a senior at Fallston High, lives in Joppa and started bowling when he was 8.A few months before his victory in the Tenpin Council tournament, he said, "I'd like to bowl for a college team.

The winners of the 37th Annual Cecil-Harford Counties Bowling Association tournament held at Bel Air Bowl scored a double.The Rockchalk Warhawks team -- Rich McFadden Jr., Vince Smith, Michael Pitts, James Spicer and Billy Barlow -- tied for first place in the handicap division and captured first place in the scratch division.The handicap division tie (3,527 pins)was with the Leftover II team of Jack Mauer, Jeff Hurley II, Roy L. Delauter, Pete Anderson and Chris Sampson.The scratch division total was 3,410 with Spicer throwing the highest series: 740.Spicer also teamed with Chris Sampson to take first place in the doubles handicap competition.

SwimmingFourteen-year-old Anita Nall of Towson established herself as a rising star by winning the 200 breaststroke at the U.S. Open Swimming meet at the Indiana University Natatorium yesterday. The middle school student took the early lead with 34.54 seconds for her first 50 meters, led by nearly two seconds at the midway point and finished in 2 minutes, 38.53 seconds, more than three seconds ahead of runner-up Susanne Boernike of Germany. World record-holder Mike Barrowman of Potomac won the men's 200 breaststroke in 2:17.

It's the middle of July and top athletic performers from the United States and Canada are gathering in the same city to see just who is the best of the best.Baseball's All-Star Game? Guess again. Almost 300 of North America's top youth bowlers, including three from the Baltimore area, are in Columbus, Ohio, for the Coca-Cola Youth Bowling Championships that begin today.Jenn Kidwell, 12, of Dundalk began the 10-hour drive with her parents and younger sister at 3 a.m. Wednesday. The General John Stricker Middle School eighth-grader qualified for the national tournament after winning the state tenpins title in the girls handicap division in April.

Cindy Coburn-Carroll of Buffalo, N.Y., and Joy Palombi o Pennsauken, N.J., were the winners of the Women's All-Star Association bowling tournaments held last weekend at Brunswick Perry Hall and Fair Lanes Towson.Coburn rolled games of 226, 237, 246, 223, 275 and 205 to beat Kathy Frey by 83 pins in the Perry Hall Open. She won the top prize of $750 for winning her sixth WASA title.Palombi knocked down 1,372 pins in the six-game finals to beat out Carol Zarr by nine pins and earn the first prize of $700 in the Towson Open.

Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association high-point standings for PHRF sailors, by far the largest contingent of the Handicap Division, which also includes IMS, MORC and Multihull competitors, have been finalized.Like other high-point standings, the PHRF scores represent an overview of each qualifying sailor's season of racing, with certain minimum requirements, such as the completion of at least five races and membership in CBYRA, PHRF of the Chesapeake and a CBYRA-member yacht club.Like other divisional scoring systems, in PHRF the final score is determined by dividing the actual number of points earned for starting, finishing and beating other starters, by the number of points it would have been possible to earn had a competitor won every race he or she started, plus 30.Bonus points for long-distance races, ranging from five for races of 20 to 49.9 miles, to 16 for races over 200 miles, but not exceeding a total of 30, also are included in the formula, and up to three races, one for every six completed, can be dropped as a worst-race throwout in the final calculation.

The winners of the 37th Annual Cecil-Harford Counties Bowling Association tournament held at Bel Air Bowl scored a double.The Rockchalk Warhawks team -- Rich McFadden Jr., Vince Smith, Michael Pitts, James Spicer and Billy Barlow -- tied for first place in the handicap division and captured first place in the scratch division.The handicap division tie (3,527 pins)was with the Leftover II team of Jack Mauer, Jeff Hurley II, Roy L. Delauter, Pete Anderson and Chris Sampson.The scratch division total was 3,410 with Spicer throwing the highest series: 740.Spicer also teamed with Chris Sampson to take first place in the doubles handicap competition.

Keith Butt captured the scratch division and Ricky Elder was the handicap winner in the Junior Bowlers Tour Delaware Valley Conference event at Bowl America Odenton on Jan. 8.Elder, 15, lives in Bowie and attends Bowie High. Bowling for about five years, he carries a 180-plus average and has a high career game of 257 and a high set of 612.He bowls in the YABA Saturday morning league and the Arundel travel league at Crofton Bowling Centre.As with most serious bowlers, Elder knows exactly what is right and what is wrong with his game.

Keith Butt captured the scratch division and Ricky Elder was the handicap winner in the Junior Bowlers Tour Delaware Valley Conference event at Bowl America Odenton on Jan. 8.Elder, 15, lives in Bowie and attends Bowie High. Bowling for about five years, he carries a 180-plus average and has a high career game of 257 and a high set of 612.He bowls in the YABA Saturday morning league and the Arundel travel league at Crofton Bowling Centre.As with most serious bowlers, Elder knows exactly what is right and what is wrong with his game.

The 12th Annual Maryland Tenpin Bowling Council Scholarship Tournament was held at Terrace Lanes in Frederick on Dec. 6, and the young bowlers from Harford County did just fine.* Chad Kornick won a $1,000 scholarship for his first-place finish in the boys scratch division of the tournament, which was open to students who will be graduating high school at the end of the 1992-93 school year.Kornick, 16, is a senior at Fallston High, lives in Joppa and started bowling when he was 8.A few months before his victory in the Tenpin Council tournament, he said, "I'd like to bowl for a college team.

Today's listing of top-rank sailors in the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association's high-point standings in the IMS, MORC and Multihull classes wraps up the Handicap Division results for 1992.High-point scores are based on a ratio of actual performance to ideal performance, with each class' scoring formula founded in the number of boats beaten divided by the number of boats it could have beaten if every race entered had been won.There are also provisions for bonus points and worst-race throw-outs, although each class within the division has procedures for exact calculations.

Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association high-point standings for PHRF sailors, by far the largest contingent of the Handicap Division, which also includes IMS, MORC and Multihull competitors, have been finalized.Like other high-point standings, the PHRF scores represent an overview of each qualifying sailor's season of racing, with certain minimum requirements, such as the completion of at least five races and membership in CBYRA, PHRF of the Chesapeake and a CBYRA-member yacht club.Like other divisional scoring systems, in PHRF the final score is determined by dividing the actual number of points earned for starting, finishing and beating other starters, by the number of points it would have been possible to earn had a competitor won every race he or she started, plus 30.Bonus points for long-distance races, ranging from five for races of 20 to 49.9 miles, to 16 for races over 200 miles, but not exceeding a total of 30, also are included in the formula, and up to three races, one for every six completed, can be dropped as a worst-race throwout in the final calculation.

Harford bowlers dominated the boys divisions, both scratch and handicap, at the 11th annual Maryland State Ten Pin Council Scholarship Tournament, held at Elk Lanes, Elkton.This six-game singles tournament held last month was open to the best young tenpin bowlers in the state. They had to be in their senior year of high school. Four $1,000 scholarships are awarded to winners in the girls and boys scratch and handicap divisions.Shawn Blake, bowling out of Harford Lanes, won the scratch boys division and finished fourth in the handicap division.

Cindy Coburn-Carroll of Buffalo, N.Y., and Joy Palombi o Pennsauken, N.J., were the winners of the Women's All-Star Association bowling tournaments held last weekend at Brunswick Perry Hall and Fair Lanes Towson.Coburn rolled games of 226, 237, 246, 223, 275 and 205 to beat Kathy Frey by 83 pins in the Perry Hall Open. She won the top prize of $750 for winning her sixth WASA title.Palombi knocked down 1,372 pins in the six-game finals to beat out Carol Zarr by nine pins and earn the first prize of $700 in the Towson Open.

The Baltimore Women's Bowling Association's 35th annual tenpin championships ended Sunday at Bowl America Odenton, with 170 four-woman teams, 319 doubles teams and 638 single bowlers competing.This is what bowling is all about. Hall of Famers and the average league member bowling side-by-side with fun and camaraderie the hallmark of the day.The winners were:* Handicap team -- the Flying Pins -- Linda Porter, Sandra Foster, Taz Koh and Pauline Roger -- a handicapped 2,758 score.* Scratch team -- Flo Cichoki, Barb Bussey, Eva Diekman and Jo Malle, a powerful 2,341 score.

The Baltimore Women's Bowling Association's 35th annual tenpin championships ended Sunday at Bowl America Odenton, with 170 four-woman teams, 319 doubles teams and 638 single bowlers competing.This is what bowling is all about. Hall of Famers and the average league member bowling side-by-side with fun and camaraderie the hallmark of the day.The winners were:* Handicap team -- the Flying Pins -- Linda Porter, Sandra Foster, Taz Koh and Pauline Roger -- a handicapped 2,758 score.* Scratch team -- Flo Cichoki, Barb Bussey, Eva Diekman and Jo Malle, a powerful 2,341 score.