Some hot shooing helped Sean Hargadon win the first X-Town Singles Classic this past Saturday. The invitational tournament is an off-shoot of the Elgin Cross-Town Classic, a team tournament featuring the best bowlers from Bowlway and Elgin Lanes. The singles version invited bowlers from the past three years to participate in match-play competition against each other.
After qualifying in the middle of the pack, Hargadon won four straight matches to win the tournament by beating John Golden 245-202, Mark Toppel 238-223, and Wayne Curley 269-238, before edging out a win in the championship match against Mark Bobb 194-168.
Scores were fairly high all day. This was emphasized during the first round of match play when Wayne Curley beat Dan Martin 300-224. “I called it,” said Martin. “I joked that Wayne would come out and shoot 300 against me and he did.”
The format for the tournament included two games of qualifying, leading to seed positions, and a double-elimination bracket format. Then bowlers were seeded from the 1st to 8th positions. The next round included double match-game elimination. Bowlers winning matches advanced to the next round. Losers went to the losers bracket.
Mark Bobb put together an excellent run of winning three straight matches to make the final round before conceding the championship. “I bowled pretty well,” said Bobb. “But I just ran out of gas after bowling eight games.”
The field of players averaged 213 in qualifying and 215 in match-play.
The initial success of the X-Town Singles Classic means the tournament will be back next year. So as the Elgin Cross-Town Classic grows, so will the potential field of bowlers. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to add a doubles component along with the singles,” said Hargadon.
The tournament was sponsored by Toppel Plumbing, Bowlway Lanes, bowlelgin.com and madwill creative. The final standings are below:
Pos. Name W-L Pins Avg. Prize
1st Sean Hargadon 4-0 1384/6 230.6 $240
2nd Mark Bobb 4-2 1627/8 203.3 $100
3rd Wayne Curley 2-2 1360/6 226.6 $30
4th Mark Toppel 2-2 1351/6 225.1 $30
5th Dan Martin 1-2 1130/5 226.0 $40
6th Daryl Rucki 1-2 895/5 179.0
7th Drew Perly 0-2 852/4 213.0
8th John Golden 0-2 818/4 204.5
After qualifying in the middle of the pack, Hargadon won four straight matches to win the tournament by beating John Golden 245-202, Mark Toppel 238-223, and Wayne Curley 269-238, before edging out a win in the championship match against Mark Bobb 194-168.
Scores were fairly high all day. This was emphasized during the first round of match play when Wayne Curley beat Dan Martin 300-224. “I called it,” said Martin. “I joked that Wayne would come out and shoot 300 against me and he did.”
The format for the tournament included two games of qualifying, leading to seed positions, and a double-elimination bracket format. Then bowlers were seeded from the 1st to 8th positions. The next round included double match-game elimination. Bowlers winning matches advanced to the next round. Losers went to the losers bracket.
Mark Bobb put together an excellent run of winning three straight matches to make the final round before conceding the championship. “I bowled pretty well,” said Bobb. “But I just ran out of gas after bowling eight games.”
The field of players averaged 213 in qualifying and 215 in match-play.
The initial success of the X-Town Singles Classic means the tournament will be back next year. So as the Elgin Cross-Town Classic grows, so will the potential field of bowlers. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to add a doubles component along with the singles,” said Hargadon.
The tournament was sponsored by Toppel Plumbing, Bowlway Lanes, bowlelgin.com and madwill creative. The final standings are below:
Pos. Name W-L Pins Avg. Prize
1st Sean Hargadon 4-0 1384/6 230.6 $240
2nd Mark Bobb 4-2 1627/8 203.3 $100
3rd Wayne Curley 2-2 1360/6 226.6 $30
4th Mark Toppel 2-2 1351/6 225.1 $30
5th Dan Martin 1-2 1130/5 226.0 $40
6th Daryl Rucki 1-2 895/5 179.0
7th Drew Perly 0-2 852/4 213.0
8th John Golden 0-2 818/4 204.5
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