1979 - Glennis Hickey from Sunlite Lanes, Stoneham, MA won  the Div 1 girls All Events title.
            For the boys, Rico Baldinelli, a division 3 bowler, took third in the All Events category

1980 - Div 1 bowler, Shaun McKinley, representing Gate City Bowl, Nashua, NH rolled 468 to take second in
            the singles behind John Bulger from Gardner MA.  Oxford Hill's Timmy Matero finished midway in that
            event with a respectable 404.   Karen Matero in Div 2 kicked her brother's butt with a 451!
            In Div 3, Lou Alberghini, from the Acadamy Bowl in Bridgewater, MA, rolled 551 in singles.
            Others who placed respectively in Div 3 were Dave Croumie from Bowling Acres in Peterborough, NH
            and James Milan from Bangor- Brewer Lanes in Bangor, ME. Anchoring the Div 4 boy's 1st place team
            from the Hippodrome Lanes in Southbridge MA was a kid named Steve Renaud.
            Bangor- Brewer Lane's, Chip Carson, rolled a stellar 644 in Div 4 to win the Singles Championship

1981 - N/A sorry!

1982 - Glennis Hickey returned in Div 2 with a storm taking the win in Singles, Doubles, Teams and All Events
            One of her competitors that year was also Cynthia Queen from Woburn,  MA.

1983 - Div 2 bowlers Peter Iannuzzo and Mike Strangio teamed together in the doubles. Div 3 bowlers,
           Joe Iannuzzo and Mark Strangio faced off against each other. (guess the older kids didn't get along)
            Another Div 3 bowler, Rob Berkiel represented Town & Country Bowl in Shrewsbury, MA (hey, that's
            right...they used to have tenpin AND candlepins there!) Brian Uphold topped the div 4 boys in singles
            with 588 that year.

1984 - N/A sorry again!

1985 - Todd Strangio from the Wal- Lex  Rec. Center rolled 428 in the Boys Div 1 singles.   In Div 2,
           Iris Libertini also from Wal- Lex  Rec. Center rolled 399. Bruno Defeo from Central Park Lanes,
            East Boston rolled a 534 and Matt Dennehey from 20th Century Lanes in Hyde Park, MA rolled a
            526 in Div 3 singles

1986 - Scott Bradish from Park Place Lanes in Windham, NH rolled 450 in Div 1 singles

1987- Sam Dagostino from the Wal- Lex Rec. Center finished 2nd in Div 2 singles with 534. Steve Goozie
            also bowled a respectable 478 in the same field.  In Div 3, Sean O'Flaherty from Heather Lanes
            finished 6th in singles with 534. Matt Dennehy took first in Div 4 Singles with 598. Eric Young from
            Alley Kat Lanes in Kingston, MA also rolled a 539 in the same group. Eric Young and Rob Johnson
            teamed together to win the Doubles Title with 1179
 

1988 - Krista Brassard from Baldinelli's in Amesbury, MA rolled 378 in Div 1Singles. Marion Brown also
            from Baldinelli's rolled 439 in Div 2.  Sam Dagostino finished 1st in All Events with 1394.
            Finishing 2nd with 1345 was Shawn Baker from Lucky Strike Lanes in Lynn, MA.

1989 - Jeff Surrette from Candlewood Lanes in North Reading, MA came on the scene for what would
            become a tremendous stretch of wins over the course of ten years. The Div 1 bowler rolled 506 for a win
            in the singles, the only event that he entered that year.

1990 -  Park Place Lanes Div 1 bowler, Mike MacIntosh, won the All Events with 1306. He also took the
            singles that year with a whopping 554. Krista Brassard won the Girls Div 1 singles with 492.
            Wade Black from the Fairlanes in Halifax took the All Events in Div 3 with a stellar 1561.
            Mike Kustak from Mohegan Bowladrome, Webster, MA rolled 508 in Div 3 Singles. John Harrietha,
            from Halifax, NS rolled 488 in the same event.  In Div 4, Chris Petrin, from Vacationland in Saco ME
            rolled 522

1991 - Chris Hollet from Heather Lanes, Lower Sackville, NS finished 12th in the Div 2 Singles,  just 3 pins
            ahead of Tim Cook from Alley Kat Lanes in Kingston, MA. Joining the boy's pack in Div 3 that year was
            Leda Lanes champ, Chris "The Kid" Boisvert .

1992 - One of the newest  $30,000 Candlepin Challenge Bowlers of today, Andrew Maderios, got his start in
            Div 1 this year. Andy rolled a 360 to finish 2 pins ahead of WCBC member, Matt Carrington, son of
           Gary Carrington.  In Div 2 we spotted Mark O'Laughlin from the Fairlanes, Halifax, NS with 448 in
            Singles.  In Division 3 was another bowler making waves on the tube today, Evan Mazzeferro, from the
            Hub in Lunenburg, MA. Wade Black rolled an astounding 706 to win Div 4 singles. Finishing in a
            three-way tie for 7th with 600 were Gary Cormier from Brian's Bowlaway in Gardner MA and
            Matt Cleveland & John Harrietha, both representing  the Fairlanes, Halifax, NS.

1993 - Dave Hodge, representing the Melrose Bowl, rolled 504 in Div 2 Singles. Also in that field was
            Anthony Pastore from Leda Lanes with 472

1994 - Jeffrey Buggea rolled 460 in Boy's Div 2 Singles to finish 41st out of 98 bowlers (one of the biggest
            fields we have seen so far) Representing the Fairlanes, Moncton, NB in Div 3 this year were
            Matt Cormier, 514, Jaret Wood, 505 and Dave Aube with 482 in Singles. Melissa Caissie and
            Jamie Pizziferri from the Wal-lex in Waltham, MA  teamed up for first place in Girls Div 3 Doubles with
            1035. Burlington Bowlaway's Lori Rosetti finished 10th in Div 4 Singles with 457. Joining Rosetti in the
            Team event was Tricia Williams.

1995 - Bangor Brewer Lane's, Shawn Morrison rolled 553 for 4th place in Div 3 Singles. Morrison bowled up
            a division and won the Div 4 Doubles event with Mike Perry. Candlepin For Kids  bowler,
            Mike Carrington rolled 368 in his first year of Div 1 Singles

1996 - Casey Murray from Pittsfield Bowling Center rolled 554 to tie Oxford Hill Lane's Bobbie - Jo Ward for
            2nd place in Girls Div 3 Singles. B.J. Hamilton took 2nd in Boys Div 2 Singles with 532. Hamilton was
            just 11 pins shy of beating Jeff Surrette for the title.

1997 - Joe Cascio from Acadamy Lanes in Bradford, MA rolled 548 for 5th place in Boys Div 3

1998 - Casey Murray from Pittsfield Bowling Center won the Girls Div 4 ALL EVENTS with 1473

1999 -  Many more Candlepin For Kids stars got their start this year. They were Div 1 bowlers, Kaitlyn Dale
            and Michelle Ring from Leo's Super Bowl along with Cameron Kelly and David Godwin from Pilgrim
            Lanes. Stars in Division 2 included;  Jessica Toth, from Ipswich Lanes,  Fun Time Lane's Keri Myrick,
            Lynn Duval and Rich Myrick and also Pilgrim lanes bowler, Michelle Mahony

2000 - Candlepin For Kids bowlers, Adam Cormier, from Brian's Bowlaway in Gardner, MA started in Div 1
            along with Div 3 slugger, Jessica Ripley, from Wal -Lex. Jeff Surrette went out with a bang rolling an
            astounding 1706 for All Events in Div 4 averaging 131.23!

2001 - Candlepin For Kids bowlers, Steven Renaud from American Lanes in Southbridge MA competed in
            Boys Div 1. Fun Time Lanes bowler, Craig Beaudry, entered Div 2.  Pilgrim's Jason Wadsworth
            bowled in Div 3 along with Matt Goodale from Wal-Lex.

2002 - Woburn Bowladrome starts this years list of Candlepin For Kids bowlers which includes Diana Ripley
            in Div 1 along with Katie Ripley and Krista Von Dohlen. In Div 2. Joining them on the list was
            Fastlanes bowler Jessica Ray.

2003 - This year's list of Candlepin For Kids graduates include; Div 1 bowler, Danielle Mansur from
            Leo's Super Bowl and Jonathan Boudreau from Lucky Strike in Lynn MA. American Lanes bowler,
            Ashley Mallette, represented Div 2 along with Woburn's Kim Logan. Pilgrim's Rick Angelotti
            represented Div 4.
 
 
 

There were SO MANY NAMES to read through and the lists we read them over several times. I apologize if I missed anyone - especially some of the girls who may have changed their last name over the years.  If I missed anyone who would like to be included please email me and let me know. Thanks!