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John Fuery (L) is presented his first place check from Kingpin’s Alley proprietor, Doug Bohannon.  Fuery was the number 9 seed in the bracket and he won four matches to claim the $8000 top prize

THE KINGPIN MASTERS HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO LOW ENTRIES. 

The Kingpin Masters is a two day event. This is the third year and once again we will guarantee the top four spots. Reduced entry fee this year. Two qualifying squads

Saturday November 11 – qualifying is at 1pm. Max of 80 entries. Entry fee is $140 if pre-paid by 10/28/23. After is $155. Re-entry is $155.

Sunday November 12 – qualifying squad at 10:00am. Max of 120 entries. Entry fee is $175 if paid by 10/28/23, after $210.

5 game qualifier, 1 in 6 advance to bracket finals.

Top four spots will pay:
1st: $6000
2nd: $3000
3rd & 4th: $1500
The top four spots are all guaranteed.

Low cash is $350 minimum.
There will be brackets, sidepots and an optional in tournament sweeper during qualifying (games 2, 3, 4)

The Masters will be contested on 2023 USBC Senior Masters pattern.

2022 MASTER RESULTS

The 2022 Kingpin Masters Tournament took place over the weekend of November 5 & 6 at Kingpin’s Alley in South Glens Falls.

Saturday was the doubles portion of the event.  20 teams took to the lanes to compete for the $1200 top prize.  Teams bowled three games of regular doubles in a post your score contest.

The team of Eric Copping and Jon Wilbur used a 502 last game to vault to the win with their combined score of 1390.  Darren Andretta and Adam Chase, last year’s co-champions, took second place.  They were followed by David Simard and Nathan Ruest-Lajoie and Amanda Chrzanowski & Kerry Martin in 3rd and 4th places respectively.  

Sunday was the Main Event with a top prize of $8000 up for grabs.  61 bowlers hit the lanes for 5 games of qualifying to see which 10 would advance to the two-game elimination match play bracket.

Billy McGaffin led the qualifying from wire to wire with a 5-game pinfall of 1,196 pins (239.20average).  The top 10 scores advanced to the 2 game, total wood wins, match play bracket.

QUALIFYING 5 GAMES

PLACE

BOWLER

PINS

AVERAGE

1

Billy McGaffin

1196

239.20

2

John Ferraro

1113

222.60

3

Adam Zimmerman

1110

222.00

4

George Gorman

1093

218.60

5

Phil Drumm

1076

215.20

6

Craig Taylor

1073

214.60

7

Zac Gentile

1069

213.80

8

Brandon Boyer

1066

213.20

9

John Furey

1066

213.20

10

Chris Bardol

1066

213.20

 

In round one of match play John Furey defeated Chris Bardol 442-370.  Brandon Boyer defeated Zac Gentile 466-429.  Bardol and Gentile each received $500

Round Two:  Losers received $750
John Furey over Billy McGaffin  484-372
Phil Drumm over George Gorman  374-366 
Brandon Boyer over John Ferraro  475-436
Adam Zimmerman over Craig Taylor  432-328

Round Three:  Losers received $2000
John Furey over Phil Drumm  432-384
Adam Zimmerman over Brandon Boyer  339-326

Championship match
John Furey defeated Adam Zimmerman  488-422
John Furey $8000
Adam Zimmerman $4000

NOTES: 

Last year Billy McGaffin finished in the round of 4.
Phil Drumm was last year’s runner up.
This year’s runner up, Adam Zimmerman finished in the round of 8.
Last year, John Ferraro went out in the first round of match play, this year he made it to round two.