- Eric Arnold - Bowling Ability Category
(updated 2/4/08)
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- Eric started
bowling in 1979 at the age of 5 in a youth summer league.
After a 4-year hiatus, in 1983 at the age of 9, Eric started
bowling in junior leagues at Center Lanes.
His first season average was 101. He won the league sportsmanship
award and finished first in the county tournament doubles.
By 1992 his junior league accomplishments included county
tournament championships in team, doubles, singles, and (6) all-events.
Eric won (7) league sportsmanship awards.
In the Iowa Games 18 and under scratch division, he won (1) gold
and (2) silver medals. He
placed 5th in the annual IBPA State Junior Scratch tournament
in 1990, a 6th place finish in State YABA singles, competed
in (2) IBPA High School State Tournaments, (5) Lee
Troen awards for high scratch series, and a high average of 213 at 18
years of age.
- Eric rolled
his first sanctioned 700 series on April 20, 1991.
On May 22, 1991 he rolled the first sanctioned 800 series in
Jasper County at T&M Center Lanes with a 801 (still as a YABA
bowler). His first 300 game
was rolled while pre-bowling for junior leagues on Nov. 7, 1990.
He also had a 300 game in P.E. class on Dec. 11, 1991.
- In total
Eric’s honor scores are:
- (5) 800’s
(801-808-825-814-814)
- (6) 300’s
plus (2) 300’s unsanctioned
- (8) 299’s
- (1) 298
- (4) 11 in a
row
- (4) series
in the 790’s
- Documented over (100) 700’s
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- League
Bowling:
- 18 league
championships within Newton, Monroe, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, and the
Proprietor’s Traveling Scratch League, including (2) Cardinal Summer
Scratch league titles.
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- Local
Tournament Accomplishments:
- 1997
Knoxville City Tournament: 1st place doubles, 1st
place all-events
- 2000
Oskaloosa City Tournament: 2nd place doubles
- 2001 Jasper
County Tournament: 2nd place singles
- 2005 Jasper
County Tournament: 1st place team
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- Scratch
Tournaments:
- 2000: 1st
place Iowa State Univ. Eliminator (paid $508)
- 2004: 1st
place Jim Miranda Memorial Sour Apple (paid $408)
- 2004: 1st
place Iowa Open Qualifier (paid $450)
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- State
Tournament:
- Competed in
14 tournaments (1993-2005)
- 1997: 3rd
place all-events
- 1998: 9th
place doubles
- 2000: 6th
place singles (245 triplicate=735), & 2nd place
all-events
- 2003: 300
game in singles
- 2007:
814 series in doubles
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- ABC National
Tournament:
- Competed in
12 tournaments (1996-2007) with a 12 year average of 201.7 (last 5 years
206.4)
- (7) 1800
series (1856, 1869, 1854, 1835, 1824, 1800, 1885)
- (1) 1900
series (1900)
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- Competed in
7 Greater Ozark Tournaments in Springfield, MO.
- Finished 3rd in team in
2001, 2nd Team in 2007.
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- PBA Member
from 2001-2003. Cashed in
(1) PBA Regional in Madison, WI
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- (12)
League High Average’s
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- Picked up the
Big 4 split.
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- Highest
League average is 224. Carried
a 200 plus average since 1990-1991.
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- Highest
Team Score: 3582 (1261-1261-1180) [730-759-598-764-731]
- Pizza Hut
Team at Mahaska Bowl 4/6/2000.
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- Service to
Bowling:
- Worked at
T&M Center Lanes from 1988-1994
- Secretary
of Sportsman League for 1 season.
- Served as a
member of the Jasper County Bowling Association since 1998.
- Eric has been
instrumental with organizing sponsorships with County Tournament,
Scholarship Program, Organizing side tournaments like the T&M
Farewell tournament and Jasper Conuty OPEN, and nominating bowlers for Hall of Fame.
Currently serving as webmaster and vice president.
Junior league coach from 1991-1994.
Assistant coach for Newton High School Bowling in 2005-2006.
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- Biggest
Influences in Bowling (coach):
- Lee Troen,
Lonny Cox, Mary Ann Cox, Eric Simpson
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