Very Important OYBT Information

OYBT bowlers and Parents,

At this time we can no longer run the OYBT's bowing tournament organization. With our work schedule the way it's been, and foreseen to be over the fall & winter with other commitments. We wont be able to put the time and attention that the OYBT deserves.If anyone is interested in taking over the organization to do this for the kids don't hesitate to contact us.

Thanks again, for all your help.
Cory Cox & Melanie Nash

2011-2012 Season is About to Begin

The 2011-2012 season for the Ohio Youth Bowling Tournament (OYBT) is about to begin.  Tournament director Cory Cox and I would like to take this opportunity to announce a tentative schedule for the up and coming season.  Although specific details are still being worked on, the first tournament of the new season is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, September 11 at HP Lanes in Columbus.  Also, new to the schedule includes two stops to the Dayton area.  Dates, times, and bowling centers in Dayton have yet to be determined.  Other bowling centers tentatively hosting OYBT events include Thompson’s Capri lanes, Sawmill Lanes, Gahanna Lanes, and Columbus Square Bowling Palace.Right now we are working to get a new web site with a new web address.  For now, please use:
http://oybtbowling.blogspot.com  for any information and updates for the new season.

If you have any questions on up coming events, please contact Cory Cox at ohioyouthbowlingtournaments@yahoo.com or call 740-361-0327.

Here is a tentative schedule for the 2011-2012 OYBT season

September 11th - HP Lanes (Columbus)
October 2nd      - Dayton area
October 16th     - Thompson’s Capri Lanes (Columbus)
November 6th    - Sawmill Lanes (Columbus)
March 18th       - Gahanna Lanes (Gahanna)
April 1st           - Thompson’s Caprl Lanes (Columbus)
April 22nd         - HP Lanes (Columbus
May 13th          - Dayton area
May 27th          - Sawmill (Columbus)
June 17th          - Columbus Square Palace Lanes (Columbus)

CHANGE OF LOCATION FOR THIS SUNDAY'S TOURNAMENT

The OYBT tournament scheduled for Hillcrest Lanes has been changed.  The tournament will now be held at Palace Lanes in Columbus.  The start time for the tournament will still be at 11:00 AM.  We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.  We hope to see you at Palace lanes on Sunday.

May 22 Results

The Ohio Youth Bowling Tournaments (OYBT) held its seventh tournament of the season on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at Park Lanes in Heath, Ohio.

There were a total of 10 bowlers all boys

Top qualifier in the boys division was Dalton Boggs posting a series of 722 with games of 149, 146, 210, and 217. Corey Hosier was next with 714 series. Cole Guyer-678, Jacob Behnken-676, Brandon Keirns-675, Justin Kennell-651, Bret Peck-634, and Shaun Ritter-632. The top eight boys advanced to the second round. In the second round, they bowled best 2 out of 3 match play with the winners of each match advancing to semi finals. In the semi finals, the #1 qualifier, Dalton Boggs went up against the #5 qualifier Brandon Keirns, The #2 qualifier; Corey Hosier went up against the #3 qualifier, Cole Guyer. They bowled a best 2 out of 3 game match which put the winners to the finals for a one game shootout to declare the champion. The finals put Dalton Boggs versus Corey Hosier. Dalton Boggs won with a score of 244 to Corey Hosier’s 192.

We were able to give out $272.00 in scholarship funds.

The next and final year end OYBT is going to be on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at Hillcrest Lanes at 11 am. In years past you had to bowl in 2 events to be eligible for the year end tournament, well this year I am not enforcing that. I want to get as many bowlers we can for the last tournament, so you DO NOT have to have bowled in 2 events during the year to be eligible.

Entry fee will remain $40, please if you have any friends that want to bowl, bring them…let’s try to get 40 entries for this last event before summer...
If you have any questions, please let me know. You can call me (740/361-0327) or email me @ ohioyouthbowlingtournaments@yahoo.com

Thank you, Cory and Melanie OYBT Tournament Directors

Next Scheduled Tournament

OYBT bowlers,

Want to remind everyone of the tournament this Sunday (April 17) @ Capri Lanes, remember start time is 1 PM.

Hope we have a strong showing Sunday, if you plan on bowling, please send me an email confirmation (ohioyouthbowlingtournaments@yahoo.com) or call me @ 740/361-0327.

See everyone Sunday

Thank you

Cory & Melanie

Ohio Youth Bowling Tournaments

March 27 Results

Last tournament was at Gahanna Lanes, March 27th. Only 10 bowlers showed up, so changed around the format a little. They bowled a 6 game qualifier, then we cut to the top 5 and bowled step ladder finals.

Leading the qualifying was Mark Allen - 1305, with Chris Cardinali - 1207, Justin Kennell - 1190, Michael Zerrien - 1176 and Justin Powers - 1140 rounding out the top 5.

1st Match - #5 Justin Powers vs #4 Michael Zerrien, with Zerrien winning 233-161

2nd Match - #4 Michael Zerrien vs #3 Justin Kennell, with Zerrien winning 181-148

3rd Match - #4 Michael Zerrien vs #2 Chris Cardinali with Zerrien winning 188-173

Final Match - #4 Michael Zerrien vs #1 Mark Allen with Zerrien getting his first OYBT title winning 211-206

November 7 Results

The Ohio Youth Bowling Tournaments (OYBT) held its third tournament of the season on Sunday, November 7th, 2010 at Dan Thompson’s Capri Lanes in Columbus, Ohio. 

There were a total of 27 bowlers. This included 20 boys and 7 girls. 

Top qualifier in the boys division was Scott Canterbury posting a series of 818 with games of 213, 190, 188, and 227. Cory Cotterman was next with 777 series. Kyle Mayberry -768, Eric Sacks – 747, Mitch Boisel - 729, Gary Ostrowski - 707, Cole Guyer - 676, and Trent Mitchell - 670. The top eight boys advanced to the second round. In the second round, the top 8 bowled the best 2 out of 3 matches. Winners of each match advancing to semi finals. The second round match-ups were #1 Canterbury vs # 8 Mitchell, #2 Cotterman vs #7 Guyer, #3 Mayberry vs #6 Ostrowski and #4 Sacks vs #5 Boisel.  In the semi finals, #2 qualifier, Cory Cotterman went up against the #3 qualifier Kyle Mayberry, the #4 qualifier, Eric Sacks went up against the #8 qualifier, Trent Mitchell. They bowled a best 2 out of 3 game match which put the winners in the finals for a one game shootout to declare the champion. The finals put Kyle Mayberry versus Trent Mitchell. Trent Mitchell won with a score of 169 to Ky
le Mayberry’s score of 145. 

In the girl’s division, Blair Blumenscheid was the top qualifier and posted a series of 674 with scores of 161, 155, 160, and 198. 2nd place was Cortney Dingledine with a series of 628. Megan Shoemaker was third with a series of 590 and Jennifer Johnson rounding out the top four with a series of 560. These four match up in the semi finals. Blair Blumenscheid went up against Jennifer Johnson and Cortney Dingledine versus Megan Shoemaker. They bowled the best 2 out of 3 game matches and the winners rolled into the finals. The final match #1 Blair Blumenscheid vs #2 Megan Shoemaker. Blair Blumenscheid won the final game with a 196 to Megan Shoemaker’s 164 game. 

We were able to give out $983.00 in scholarship funds.

Want to wish everyone good luck during high school bowling. Hope to hear a lot of good stories about the season, see you all in the spring.





Thank you, Cory and Melanie OYBT Tournament Directors