MERITORIOUS SERVICE
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
BUILDER
Rich is the first individual to be inducted under all three categories of the Bowling Hall of Fame of Manitoba.
Meritorious Service
On the Winnipeg Bowling Association Executive from 1978 – 2000.
Past President and Life Member of the Winnipeg Bowling Association.
Secretary/Treasurer of Winnipeg Bowling Association from 1989 – 2000.
President of the Manitoba Bowling Council.
Maintained and distributed on a monthly basis current tournament average records for all Manitoba bowlers for the past twelve years.
Special Olympics Honorary Tenpin Bowling Coach in 1992 and 1993.
Manitoba Tenpin Federation Outstanding Volunteer in 1988.
Individual Achievements
Bowled in Scratch leagues in Winnipeg since 1967 (33 years).
Winner of the Hal Ross Doubles (City Doubles Championships) with three different partners in three different decades. 1973/74 1981/82 1988/89 1989/90 1994/95
Masters League: High Average Winner 1976/77 1977/78
League Champion 3 times 1978/79 1980/81 1981/82
Winner of the Winnipeg Bowling Association Tournament of Champions in 1977.
Represented Manitoba in the Canada World Cup in 1983.
Classic League: High Average Winner 1981/82 1987/88
League Champion 6 times 1993/94
Winnipeg Bowling Association Annual Tournament Singles Champion in 1991/92.
Winnipeg Bowling Association Tournament All Events Champion in 1981/82, 1983/84, 1987/88, 1990/91, 1997/98.
Winner of the Sunset Lanes Tournament in Fargo in 1989.
City Singles Scratch Championships (Marinelli) Winner in 1990, 1997, 2000. Runner Up in 1998, 1999.
Finished 16th in the team Trials in 1996 and 8th in 1998. Rich was the leading senior in 1998 and earned himself a place on the Canadian Team to the Tournament of Americas in Miami, where he won three silver medals and one bronze medal.
Senior League: High average winner 1987/88 1992/93
League Champion 7 times 1995/96 1998/99 1999/00
Winner of the All Events in the Manitoba Provincial Tournament in 1996 and 1997 and Runner-Up in 1998 and 1999.
Member of the Team that won the WBA Baker System Team Tournament in 1996 and 1997.
High Qualifier at the Calgary Open in 1998 and finished the tournament in 5th Place. Finished 3rd at Calgary Open in 1999 and won the Silver Dollar Classic in Calgary in 2000.
Bowler of the Year in Manitoba in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
Winner of 16 Manitoba Classic Bowler Association (MCBA) tournaments and winner of the MCBA finals in 1990.
Top point winner of MCBA in 1998/99 and 1999/00 (accumulated most tournament points).
Qualified for the Tournament of Americas in Calgary in April, 1999. At the Tournament of Americas in Miami won a Silver Medal in Singles and two Gold Medals as a member of Team Canada.
High Individual Average in Winnipeg in 1999 (Average – 212) and High Average in Manitoba in 2000 (Average – 212), which also earned him the Manitoba Senior High Average.
Represented Manitoba in the TSN Pins Game in 2000. Rich also has accomplished several other outstanding bowling achievements:
– Two 300 games
– Three 299 games.
– High Three Game Series of 783.
– Member of the Four-Man Team that holds the present Canadian record for a three game series.
– Winner of six Sports Excellence Awards as a member of the Manitoba Team at the Canadian Team Trials.
– Rich has been a winner of Scratch Tournaments and Scratch Leagues in five different decades from the 1960’s to the 2000’s.
Builder
The first President and one of the founding members of the Manitoba Bowling Council.
Introduced Male “Bowling of the Year” award in Manitoba. – Introduced Achievement Awards for Manitoba Bowling Council.
Technical Chairperson and Tournament Director for Tenpin Bowling in the 1999 Pan Am Games.
Lane Inspector since 1985 and Lane Inspector Coordinator in Winnipeg and Winkler for the past nine years.
Presently, Rich is still bowling strong capturing the 1999-2000 Bowler of the Year, Manitoba Men’s High Average, Manitoba Senior Men’s High Average and is a member of the Canadian contingent competing at the World Team competition in Puerto Rico in December, 2000.
