Kamilah Dammers Killin' It!!!

     During the Thanksgiving Break, one of Webber's Teammates went to the Central American Games located in Veracruz, Mexico. Kamilah Dammers represented her home country, Aruba, in the Central American Games in Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team, All Events, and Masters. Throughout the

long and rigorous week and a half, Kamilah conquered not only the lanes, but some personal
accomplishments as well! For singles, Kamilah shot a record breaking 1516 for 6 games! Yes you read correctly; 1516 for 6 games earning for her handwork Gold!! She also shot her very first 300 game on short with the a 1992 Columbia 300 U2. Kamilah also earned Silver in the Master event! Including these amazing accomplishments, Kamilah also broke or tied 6 other records at the Central American Games:

• High 3 Games Series in Team Event: 725
• High Series Team Event: 1365
• High Game Trios Event: 279
• High Series Trios Event: 1415
• High Game All Events: 300
• High Series All Events: 5465

      Most Americans do not know what the Central American Games are exactly. The Games are a regional Olympics, with 36 different types of sports, over 5700 athletes representing 31 different countries in the Central American Region. The Games allows for the athletes to compete and to continue to stay active in their sport for other olympics occur, such as the Summer

Olympics the world looks forward for each 4 years! The athletes support not just their own teammates in their sports, but also support the other teammates of their country in other sports. The athletes go to watch their other teammates from their home country and to help cheer them on in every match, game, or meet. Also, athletes make friends and build relationships with athletes from other countries. Even though the athletes compete for their home country, the love for the sports competed for is still a common bond that brings not just athletes together, but also countries together from around the world. 

     Congratulations Kamilah Dammers, the Warrior from One Happy Island! 

Watch below Kamilah shoot her first 300 at the Central American Games! 

                                                     

2014 Spring Hill College Fall Tournament

     

The Warriors finished up another long, but exciting weekend bowling the Spring Hill College Fall Tournament in Mobile, Alabama. Both the Men and Women swept the tournament on November 15 and 16, 2014.

           

            This collegiate tournament was different than the some of the other collegiate tournaments the Warriors bowl. This tournament is split up as two separate tournaments in one weekend, with on being on Nov. 15 and the other on Nov. 16. The first tournament consisted of 7 individual-team games on a pattern called Toky

o, which is 43 ft. in length. The second day consisted of 36 baker games on a pattern called Los Angles, which is 36 ft. in length.

            There were 3 Webber Mens teams that participated in the tournament this weekend in Mobile, Alabama. The Webber guys dominated the two tournaments this weekend with the Varsity Men winning both the Saturday and the Sunday tournament.

On Saturday Webber's sophomore Tanner Johnson, who had never bowled with the Varsity Men before, won the all tournament team in his first time on the varsity team. After a long day of bowling, the Varsity Men won after the 7 team games and JV 1 came in third.

Sunday was an amazing day for the Webber guys. The Men had the challenge of bowling on the short pattern, Los Angles 36 ft., for 36 baker games. The Men communicated not only within their individual teams, but also with the other two Webber Men’s teams to know the right moves to make on the different lanes and also to show that in the end, the three teams were all still one team. Varsity Men came in first, JV 1 in second, and JV 2 finished third after the 36 games of baker.

            The Women started off strong on Saturday with shooting an 1100 set for game one, and then kept the rest of the games around 950. The Women did have two sets that were very rough and required a large amount of communications and teamwork to make it through those two sets. In the end, the Women prevailed and won the first tournament of the weekend!

           

For the second day, the Women started off strong leading the field by over 100 pins over second. The team worked diligently throughout the day during the 36 baker games, which over time, gets very tiring on the mind and the body. Florida State Women we trailing behind the Webber Women towards the last 8 baker games, which told the Webber Women to work harder to keep the lead. The last few games took a large amount of hard work, but it paid off to have the Webber Women win the second tournament of the weekend!

The Men are conducting a tryout for the top 8 Men who will be traveling with the Women to the Christmas tournaments in Las Vegas soon.

Remembering David Jennings

     The Kegel Family lost one of their members on October 17, 2014. David Jennings past away after his brief battle with cancer at the age of 59. He was one of the founders of Kegel in 1981, alongside

John Davis, who past away January 25, 2013. David Jennings was one of the lead mechanics for Kegel and knew exactly how to fix the mechanical problems and issues that the Training Center and other bowling centers faced. Through him knowing exactly how to fix the machines helped the research and development department know how to make certain mechanical problems disappear. David was the guy who built the different machines that now are being used by bowling centers around the world. He contributed to the sport and industry of bowling through making the machines working and functioning properly. 

     During the Brunswick Southern Collegiate Classic Tournament on Nov. 1 and 2 in Marietta, Georgia, the Webber Bowling Team wore black bands to show their remembrance, respect, and how thankful they were for everything David Jennings did for Kegel, the Webber Team, and the sport of bowling. We will always remember you David Jennings. 

2014 Brunswick Southern Collegiate Classic Tournament

     The Webber Warriors finished up their 3rd collegiate tournament, 2nd Tier 1 tournament, of the 2014-2015 season this past weekend of Nov. 1 & 2 at Brunswick Zone Austell. The tournament showed some different challenges that have not yet been seen to the Warriors, but this did not stop them from learning and accepting the challenge from the start!
     The tournament took place over two days, with day one consisting of 6 individual-team games, and day two consisting of 12 two-game baker matches against random teams. The pattern was not announced, but through the Warriors assessment, the pattern seemed to be around 40 ft with higher volume of oil across the lane. On day one, the Men started out slow and after the 6 individual-team games,the Men finished the day 6th out of the 22 collegiate teams attending the tournament. Day two starts off bright and early with the Men bowling 12 two-game baker matches, with bonus points possible for each team winning their two-game baker matches total. The Men had 20 strong games, but started to have some difficulties with the last couple matches and eventually finished the tournament at 5th out of the 22 Mens teams, with a 10,925 total pinfall for 54 games bowled over the entire weekend. This gave the Men an average of 202.31 for the weekend.

     The Women bowled very consistently throughout the first day with the 6 individual-team games, but the struggle and challenge was still staring the Women in the face from moving from pair to pair. The Women were determined and went in with the strategy of if a teammate is not striking, then the teammate is working hard to make the spare and fill frames from shot to shot. The Women finished 2nd after day one behind Pikeville University. The Women decided to go with a different strategy day two and it helped start the team on with a better mindset early in the day. The Women had some matches that were high and low, but in the end, the Women worked diligently to finish 3rd with a total pinfall of 10,286 for the 54 games bowled over the entire weekend. This gave the Women an average of 190.48 for the weekend. Also, Kamilah Dammers, Senior on the Bowling Team and in school, finished 3rd in the All Tournament Team this weekend, accomplishing something very difficult for how challenging the tournament was at Brunswick Zone Austell. 

     Also, the Kegel Family lost one of the founders of Kegel. In remembrance of David Jennings, the entire Webber Team wore black arms bands to remember that David Jennings was part of the growth of Kegel, our Webber team, but most importantly, to the sport that he held near and dear to his heart each and every day. Another blog post will be posted soon to detail the life of David Jennings and showing, not just the bowling world, but the world as a whole, how much of an impact he had with his time here. 

~ R.I.P David Jennings Oct. 17, 2014 ~

2014 UCF Collegiate Shootout

The Webber Warriors continue the season with their second tournament this past weekend for the 2014 UCF Collegiate Shootout. The Webber Varsity Men finished 2^nd to FSU Varsity Men in the Varsity division, while the Webber JV 1 Men’s team finished 1^st and JV 2 Men’s team finished 2^nd in the Men’s JV division, and the Webber Women finished 3^rd in the Women’s Varsity division. This event was held at Oviedo Bowling Center in Oviedo, FL.

Day one for the Webber Varsity Men started off strong with having leading after the 6 games of individual team games of qualifying by 238 pins above second! The Webber JV 1and 2 Men’s teams started off strong as well day one with the JV 1 team leading the Men’s JV division and the JV 2 team taking second in the same division by over 650 pins above third! These stats are completely amazing for all of the Webber Men’s teams.

Day two continued to have all the Webber Men’s team holding the lead at the UCF Collegiate shootout! Coming to the semi-finals, The Webber Varsity Men beat UCF Varsity Men in a best 2 out of 3 baker match 2.5-.5. The men then get prepared to face FSU Varsity Men’s team. Unfortunately, the Webber Men lose to FSU 2-0, giving FSU Varsity Men the win of the UCF Collegiate Shootout.

            For the Webber JV Men’s teams, the teams continued to work hard and eventually made it to the end of the finals baker 2 out of 3 match. Both JV teams from the same school facing off in the final match to bring home the win! Both teams worked hard and continued to stay in the moment. Even though each team wanted to win, both teams expressed sportsmanship and the Webber Way to the end. The Webber JV 1 Men’s team ended up defeating the Webber JV 2 Men’s team 2-0.

          Usually throughout the collegiate tournaments, a Webber Warrior will not make the All Tournament Team. This is due to the belief of collegiate bowling being strictly and truly a TEAM sport. In order to be eligible for an All Tournament Team Award, the bowler needs to be part of a team, which always comes first being part of the Webber program. However, sometimes the coaches will allow a bowler to make the ATT, which is what happened this weekend. Stuart Snedden from Scotland made the All Tournament Team. In order to make the ATT, the bowler needs to bowl all of the individual-team games to be eligible and then also to have one of the top 5 averages of the qualifying bowlers for the event. Stuart averaged 206.17 for the 6 qualifying games, finishing 2nd for ATT!

Day one for the tournament started with 3 individual team games in the morning, a lunch break, and then 3 more individual team games in the afternoon. The Webber Women started out kind of slow the first few games, restoring for the team to use some different strategies. The women continued to work hard throughout the day and conquered the lanes to sit first with 5,951 total at the end of the 6 games after day 1, being 452 pins above 2^nd!

Day two was more challenging for the Webber Women. The scores were not as high and the conditions caused the women and Coach Randy Stoughton to change their plan of action. At the end of the 20 baker match games, the Webber Women were seeded 1^st for the top 4 teams of best two out of three baker semi-finals matches. The women bowled two baker games against Spring Hill Women. Many great shots were thrown, but in the end, the Webber Women lost the best two out of three match against Spring Hill to be eliminated from the tournament. Even though this is not how the team wanted to end the tournament, the women stayed together and worked hard on each shot during semi-finals.

The Webber Warriors have a couple of weeks before heading to their next tournament in Marietta, GA. Stay tuned for all the results from the next tournament of the Warriors!

Midwest Collegiate Bowling Tournament

     Well the first tournament of the season has concluded and the Webber Warriors have started off the season on a high note! The Webber Men finished 3rd in the Midwest Collegiate Bowling Tournament while the Webber Women finished 2nd! This is the 44th event for this tournament held at AMF Bowlero Bowling Center in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

     With most of the Men's team being a new and young team, some of you may be wondering exactly how the tournament went for the guys. The Men actually had an amazing first day of competition. The men kept communication between each other and the energy high, which led to the first day finish of 2nd out of the 40 competing men's teams! Even though the team worked very hard the next day, the Webber Men were unfortunately not able to make up those pins to win the tournament. The Men worked hard during the 12 baker games, to move their way back up in the standings. The Men bring home 3rd place for their first collegiate tournament of the 2014-15 season, but this does not mean the men experienced defeat. 

The Webber Women started off the tournament with a bang! The first set of 5 team games was a total of 1146, with the average for the 5 women in the line being 229.2 per person! The games later on tended to get more and more difficult for the women and scores started to get lower and lower as the day went on. However, the Women fought and came out with 2nd after the first day of competition. On the second day, the scores continued to not be as high as the beginning of day one. At the end of the qualifying team games, the women sat in 4th. After the end of the 12 baker games, the Webber Women bring home 2nd from their first collegiate tournament of the 2014-15 season! 

The Warrior!

Though the Webber Warriors are starting off their 7th season with the new sponsorship with Columbia 300, the Warriors are still able to utilize the other valuable equipment choices from Ebonite, Hammer, and Track! During the 2013-2014 season, Ebonite contacted Coaches Del Warren and Randy Stoughton about an amazing offer. Ebonite wanted the Webber Warriors to have our own Webber Bowling ball!. Here is a video of three Webber teammates that are throwing the Ebonite Warrior on some different conditions. Enjoy! 

Below are the specs of the Ebonite Warrior 15 lbs.:

RG: 2.48

Diff: .032

Coverstock: Warrior Hybrid Reactive

Surface NIB: Warrior Symmetric 

If you choose to want a Warrior part of your tournament arsenal, you can contact a representative at Kegel Training Center for your Warrior today!

Starting the New Season with Style!

The Webber season is starting off with some style! Thanks to Boom Apparel, we have an awesome, new jersey to wear and represent our program and school this year! The shirts are the dry fit, dye sublimation style jerseys with our school colors, green and gold, with some white and black also thrown in the design. Boom is a dye-sublimation company for mainly jerseys, but also many other apparel items. The designs are custom to the customer's choice, but Boom can also help put together some very intricate and different designs if the customer does not know exactly what to choose. The new Webber jerseys are very comfortable, breathable, and also look very sharp when walking into the bowling center. :) To the right is a photo of the Webber Warrior's New Jersey with a link to the Facebook Page for Boom Apparel so you can order your custom jersey today! 

                                                                                      Click here for Boom Apparel's Facebook Page!

Also, thanks to Columbia 300, we have some new bowling bags to use throughout the year! These new bags are three ball rollers and include a shoe bag that attaches to the top of the entire bag with two compartments for shoes and accessories. The bags are easy to hold onto and are especially reliable when traveling for tournaments through the airline companies. To the left is a picture of the new bowling bags for Webber Warriors thanks to Columbia 300! 

This just in: Columbia 300 it is!

Webber International Bowling Team would like to announce the recent press release of the partnership with Columbia 300 as the main bowling equipment company that the team will be utilizing this year! The teammates, coaches, and team as a whole decided to allow a different sponsorship for the Webber program. Since the start of the program, the team has had a strong relationship with Ebonite, which was the bowling equipment

company Webber has been sponsored with from the beginning. Coaches Del Warren and Randy Stoughton have conversed with Ebonite to let the main bowling equipment line for Webber to be Columbia 300. Ebonite has supplied the Webber team with an abundant amount of not just bowling balls, but accessories and bags as well, which throughout the past 6 years, the entire team and coaches have been exceptionally grateful for the generosity and support from Ebonite since the beginning of the program. The team will be able to still throw the other three companies during the collegiate season, which are Ebonite, Hammer, and Track. The team and coaches are very excited to be able to throw Columbia 300 equipment and also still be able to throw Ebonite, Hammer, and Track during competition. Below is a link to the press release from Kegel Training Center:

Click here for the Webber Bowling Press Release of Sponsorship with Columbia 300 via Kegel Training Center

Change may seem to be a frightening or unknown feeling for some people. Some people feel fearful of what may come. However, being a warrior is taking the fear and the unknown and embracing those feelings and instead of wondering what will happen, actually see what happens with the change. This change of equipment sponsorship is not out of any ill feelings towards Ebonite or other ball companies in the bowling industry. Webber has succeeded with the help and support from Ebonite over the past 6 years of the program; 6 years, 6 national championships. Ebonite has done nothing but help our program, which is why the coaches, team, and Ebonite have created this new sponsorship to help the bowlers utilize the equipment that will help them individually perform their best in each moment to help the team as a whole succeed. We are not fearful of the change, but instead thankful for the opportunity and also thankful to still be part of a great bowling company within the bowling industry. 

Over the course of the year, videos will be posted to show some of the Webber teammates throwing the Columbia 300, Ebonite, Hammer, and Track equipment, with a small description of the ball dynamics and where it fits in that teammates arsenal. Stay tuned for these videos in the future! 

Webber Warriors Legacy and Culture

The Warriors are underway with the start of the new season here at Webber! The program here at Webber, though we are still a young program, keeps growing more and more each year. With this being the 7th season for the program, there are many accomplishments the team has earned over the past 6 seasons. For those of you who do not know about our program, here's some of our history!

The Webber Collegiate Bowling Program has been around for seven years. Yes we are a young team, but that hasn't stood in our way. We train at Kegel Training Center in Babson Park, Fl. The training center has provided the team with all the knowledge and training needed to be successful on and off the lanes. John Davis, who sadly passed on over a year and a half ago, enjoyed seeing the bowlers learn and grow each day. The team has been thankful for the continuous sponsorship from Ebonite, Dexter, Turbo, and with the help of Boom Apparel.  

The inaugural year of the Webber Women's Bowling Team, 2009-2010,was the same year for the team of six women and Coach Randy Stoughton to win the Intercollegiate National Team Championship! This was astounding for the team being less than the maximum amount of players on the team (which is 8), with the team being in their first year, and with one of the players, who anchored the team on national television, had a major injury during the entire week at the ITC Nationals. The team made collegiate bowling history with this victory! Another amazing event was the Webber Men's Bowling Team shot the first baker 300 at the ITC Sectionals! The team fought together and stayed patient and present through each frame to have 12 in a row! 

Over the next year, the team went through and dominated at many tournaments, both tier-1 and tier-2 tournaments, across the country. The Webber Men make it to the ITC Nationals televised match against Fresno State in 2011. The match was a battle and resulted in the Webber Men taking back to Babson Park, FL 2nd place. 

However the next year, the Webber Men and Women went back with determination. In 2012, the Women move their way undefeated through through the bracket baker matchplay to make it to the ITC National televised show against Midland University. As the Webber Women bowled, they gave it their all each shot and won the ITC Nationals again, giving 4 of the 6 players from the inaugural Webber Women's Team a 2nd ITC National Championship victory! The men however, had a long battle during matchplay. Before the decision was final of which teams made the televised show, the men had a long match against Lindenwood Men's Bowling Team, going down to the last frames of the 7th baker game. In the end, through all the anticipation, the Webber Men, coached by Coach Del Warren, beat Lindenwood to make the televised show again against Wichita Men! The televised show was not an easy task. The first game went to Webber, but the second game led to a tie. The third game came down to the last frame, which in the end made the Webber Men winning their first ITC Nationals Championship! 2012 was the year where Webber Men and Women both win the ITC National Championship, being the 3rd team in bowling collegiate history for both teams to win the same year! The Men and Women felt overjoyed and tears of happiness from their hard work, dedication, and friendship that they would never forget from that moment! Click on the links below to watch the exciting matches of both the Webber Men and Women winning the 2012 ITC National Championship!

Click Here for Women's ITC Nationals 2012 Match

Click Here for the Men's ITC Nationals 2012 Match

The next year, 2013, Webber Women win the NAIA National Championship and the Webber Men bring home 3rd from the ITC Nationals.

In 2014, the Men and Women of Webber continue to dominate tournaments in the regular season. During the post season, the Women bring home 3rd from the Hoosier Classic in Indianapolis while the Men win the Hoosier Classic for the second time! The Women go on to dominate at sectionals at having the highest 64 game baker set in the country for all the sectionals! Both the Men and Women win the sectionals in Allentown, PA. Next stop is NAIA National Championship, where the Men move their way through the baker bracket to bring home 3rd for NAIA. The Women immediately go into the loser bracket during the first baker match. Now the Women have to make a choice; to keep fighting and make the final match through the loser bracket or to give up and lose again. The women decided to keep fighting together to make it to the final baker match! They beat Robert Morris University twice in the final baker match to win back-to-back NAIA National Championship! Even though ITC Nationals did not go as planned for both the Men and Women, the ISC Nationals was not over yet. With three Webber men and one Webber woman in the ISC Nationals, one Webber man, Nate Rinelli (a freshman), and one Webber woman, Diana Zavjalova (a senior), make it to the final four televised matches. Nate finishes 4th and Diana bowls her way through to average 289.5 for two games; 289 game one and 290 game two to become the ISC Women's Champion her senior year! 

2014 NAIA National Championship

Nate Rinelli 4th at 2014 ISC National         Diana Zavjalova Champion at 2014 ISC Nationals

Webber has made history, through the victories and the defeats. Our team is about one thing; Webber Way. The Webber Way is:

• Patience and Presence
• Constant Learning
• Striving for Excellence

Through all of the amazing events, the attitude, persona, vibe, and culture has always been about Webber Way. The bowlers part of the program practice the Webber Way in not just the victories, but also the failures and losses; in the classroom and outside tournaments; in everyday life. The Webber Warriors care about the bowlers in the program and also the program's culture, name, and image. We live and breathe it. Continue to follow this blog to keep up with the success of the Webber Warriors this season, to learn more about our program, and to also learn more about the sport that has brought us all together in the first place; Bowling. 

2014-2015 Webber Bowling Team

Welcome to you, the reader, for your interest in the start of this blog about the Webber International Bowling Team! This blog will be updated frequently with results from collegiate tournaments, accomplishments from the teammates, and other exciting news that will come from the Webber team throughout the year. Please stay tuned for the next blog post, which will lay out the history of the team! 


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