George Kulas column: Bowling is well above average

The baby boomers of the post World War II era are coming of age. Many are now retiring and have more time to enjoy one of America’s greatest pastimes–bowling! The senior leagues around Fond du Lac are a place where, on cold Wisconsin winter days, new retirees can get out of the house, renew old friendships, make new pals and enjoy very affordable ($7.00) fun times on the lanes filled with excitement, camaraderie and healthy competition. The leagues which generally run from mid September to mid April are always looking for new individual bowlers, teams or substitutes.

All bowlers in the senior leagues are equally competitive. Handicap levels the playing field and provides a vehicle for bowlers to compete both individually and as part of a team. It doesn’t matter if one has a 200 average or a 100 average handicap equalizes all averages. The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) recommends leagues give bowlers 100% handicap of the difference between their game average and that of the league’s set game average (approximately the highest average in the league). Thus if the set average is 200 a bowler with a 100 average would receive 100 pins handicap per game and if he/she shot a 100 game the net score would be 200. A 200 average bowler would receive no handicap and would have to bowl their average (200 scratch) just to tie the score. Read Full Story Here

Association Handicap Tournament Results


Division 1 Team

1 Kollmann Electric - 3,992 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
2 Bowler’s Insight - 3,845 Brownsville, WI Brownsville, WI
3 Somewhere/Team Nacho - 3,813 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
4 Cole’s BP - 3,762 Brownsville, WI Brownsville, WI
5 The Stragglers - 3,755 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI

Division 2 Team

1 Friday Fun - 3,333 Brownsville, WI Brownsville, WI
2 Lakeview Supper Club - 3,162 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
3 Amen - 3,093 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
4 Mother Truckers - 3,087 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
5 Press Box - 3,040 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI

Division 1 All-Events

1 Rusch, Peter K - 2,403 Brownsville, WI Brownsville, WI
2 Miller, Brian J - 2,390 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
3 Bard, Greg A - 2,372 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
4 Boede, Chris N - 2,360 Brownsville, WI Brownsville, WI
5 Weyer, Jerimiah W - 2,335 Theresa, WI Theresa, WI

Division 2 All-Events

1 Dolan, Mike S - 2,152 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
2 Johnson, Thomas J - 2,107 Eldorado, WI Eldorado, WI
3 Robl, Todd S - 2,088 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
4 Brunet, Pierre W - 2,057 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
5 Schultz, Daniel C - 1,990 Malone, WI Malone, WI

Division 1 Singles

1 Wolf, Daniel A - 836 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
1 Bard, Greg A - 836 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
3 Adelmeyer, Donald R - 811 Malone, WI Malone, WI
4 Sterr, Randall E - 807 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
5 Halbach, Don E - 805 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI

Division 2 Singles

1 Dolan, Mike S - 732 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
2 Schultz, Daniel C - 725 Malone, WI Malone, WI
2 Michels, Tony J - 725 Eldorado, WI Eldorado, WI
4 Busch, Eric V - 719 Iron Ridge, WI Iron Ridge, WI
5 Brunet, Pierre W - 710 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI

Division 1 Doubles

1 Kollmann, Jon D / Helbig, Timothy J - 1,676 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
2 Wolf, Daniel A / Wolf, David R - 1,582 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
3 Hochrein, Todd A / Simon, Mark J - 1,558 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
4 Boede, Paul A / Rusch, Peter K - 1,557 Brownsville, WI Brownsville, WI
4 Dolan, Mike S / Gust, Kevin A - 1,557 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI

Division 2 Doubles

1 Raab, Robert J / Johnson, Thomas J - 1,448 Eldorado, WI Eldorado, WI
2 Lucht, Joshua R / Schraa, Joshua P - 1,390 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
3 Wieland, Timothy E / Schmitz, Eric R - 1,365 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
4 Kulas, George S / Jarvela, John R - 1,361 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI
5 Dolan, Thomas P / Dolan, Daniel L - 1,342 Fond Du Lac, WI Fond Du Lac, WI