The Keystone Social Club’s 13th Annual Keystone Classic Tournament Champion is Dwight Heckman of Hamburg.
This handicap singles bowling tournament is held annually. Bowling on the “B” squad Dwight overtook Bryan Reinsel, who bowled the “A” squad. Dwight’s final score with handicap was 650, while Bryan scored 646 placing him 3rd.
The “D” squad and final day of bowling had 10 bowlers that attempted to surpass Heckman. Jeff Shirk fell 3 pins shy with a score of 647 to finish 2nd and Rick Neff scored 641 for fourth place and Dennis Hartz had 640 to run out the top 5.
The tournament was run over 4-days with each competitor choosing one day to bowl their 3 games. This handicap singles event was based on last year’s highest Keystone average of each bowler. The 3-game total plus handicap determined how they placed in the tournament standings. There were daily and tournament long prizes up for grabs.
The Keystone Social Club has a long history of bowling dating back to the 1920s. Andy Varipappa, bowling great and trick shot artist, appeared there in 1936 for an exhibition and challenge match against club members. There are only two lanes and had used pin boys up until 1974 when automatic pinsetters were installed.
Only the last five years did the Club start using a lane oiling machine to apply lane conditioner to the lane surface. Previously the lanes were oiled by hand using an insecticide sprayer. The latter method produced 5 perfect 300 games Harry Casper, Dwight Heckman, Scott Kreider and Brian Gerner (2). Bobby Heffner scored a 300 in January 2015 on the newer application method.
Tournament Director Scott Kreider invites any member to sign up for next year’s installment of this event which is scheduled for Dec. 9 to 12.
The lanes have been resurfaced in April 2022 which is regular maintenance of wood lanes. This should help improve scores.
Source: Berkshire mont
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