Dutchman Bolony Bowling Tourney

02/12/2026

We've published the oil patterns for our 2026 tournament! They can be found on our website here:

One of the largest bowling tournaments on the East coast.

09/16/2025

The checks are in the mail! 2,550 checks totaling $509,000, that's half a million dollars, are on their way to the group leader or the team captain! Congrats to all the 2025 winners. We look forward to seeing you in 2026. We will begin scheduling 2026 soon after a well deserved vacation. Andrew and I thank you for your support in 2025!

Link to Prize Lists https://dutchmantourney.com/index.php/standings/2025-official-standings

Fun facts
Entry Totals
2023 2024 2025
Team 1,282 1,331 1,342
Opt Tm 6,269 6,562 6,598
Singles 6,792 7,084 7,186
Sr Singles 2,750 2,897 3,071
Doubles 3,396 3,542 3,593
Opt Dbls 6,680 6.977 7,097
Bolony Bank 5,670 5,874 5,946
# of unique
bowler 5,767 5,976 6,055
Total Prize $500,170.01 $520,043.13 $527,127.96

2023 2024 2025
Singles Ladies 1,982 1,843 1,956
Sr Singles Ladies 954 878 961
Doubles Ladies 472 430 444
Opt Dbls Ladies 1,942 1,800 1,918
Bolony Bank Ladies 1,629 1,542 1,624
Opt Tm Ladies 1,809 1,687 1,776
Team Ladies 99 89 89
Senior Singles (55+) 2,897 2,750 3,071
Teams under 825 91 91 106

Thanks for another record setting season!

Amy Eiserman
Tournament Manager

Andrew Bohnert
Asst Tournament Manager

One of the largest bowling tournaments on the East coast.

03/20/2025

Weekend one is in the books! Congrats to the high series bowlers this weekend:
Palmyra - Christopher Benner - 786
Clearview - Justin Puchalski - 976

The first six weekends, plus Mother's Day, Memorial Day and Father's Day weekends the highest scratch bowler at each center gets a $100 check!

03/20/2025

2025 Jerseys and T-Shirts are in! Andrew Bohnert, Asst Tourn Manager with Amy Eiserman, Tourn Manager

09/17/2024

The checks are in the mail! 2,491 checks totaling $500,000, that's half a million dollars, are on their way to the group leader or the team captain! Congrats to all the 2024 winners. We look forward to seeing you in 2025. We will begin scheduling 2025 in early October after a well deserved vacation. Sue, Andrew and I thank you for your support in 2024!

Link to Prize Lists https://dutchmantourney.com/index.php/standings/2024-official-standings

Fun facts
Entry Totals
2024 2023
Team 1,331 1,282
Opt Tm 6,562 6,269
Singles 7,084 6,792
Sr Singles 2,897 2,750
Doubles 3,542 3,396
Opt Dbls 6,977 6,680
Bolony Bank 5,874 5,670

# of unique
bowler 5,976 5,767

Total Prize $520,043.13 $500,170.01

2023 2024
Singles Ladies 1,982 1,843
Sr Singles Ladies 954 878
Doubles Ladies 472 430
Opt Dbls Ladies 1,942 1,800
Bolony Bank Ladies 1,629 1,542
Opt Tm Ladies 1,809 1,687
Team Ladies 99 89
Senior Singles (55+) 2,897 2,750
Teams under 825 91 91

Thanks for another record setting season!
Amy EIserman
Tournament Manager

One of the largest bowling tournaments on the East coast.

01/06/2024

Hello Dutchman Bowlers! I am so SORRY that I have been non responsive to many of you regarding 2024. It has been an interesting fall season at the bowling center. The good news is that I have hired three new staff members for the bowling center and the tournament. After training, it should allow me to much more responsive to your needs. I apologize for any inconvience it caused this year. All the forms and schedule are online. I will be emailing confirmations today. We will be mailing one hard copy to all group leaders next week. If you need more forms or anything, please email at [email protected]. I am not in the office on a regular basis this time of year. I also use a lot of my vacation time during the winter months, so I can be present during the 22 weeks of tournament.

Amy Eiserman

2022 Dutchman Bolony Bowling Tournament

12/26/2022

I hope you are having a happy Holiday season. My parents bought Palmyra Bowling in 1981. In 1983 they became silent partners in the Dutchman Tournament, with Gene Espenshade. Seven + years ago, I took over as owner/manager of the Dutchman Tourn. Growing the tournament from 900 teams to over 1,200 teams. It is a pleasure and honor to work with so many wonderful group leaders. As hard as my job is to coordinate all the details, I know that the group leaders face similar challenges in coordinating their groups. I am very sorry that the 2023 information is so late.

Generally, I would have the information out in Oct/Nov for the following year. This year has presented many struggles. The final blow was Dec 2, 2022, when my father passed away unexpectedly. Many of you know Sue, my mom, as the lady who checks you in at Palmyra. To say that this has hit our family hard is an understatement. While dad had not been working in the business for years, as he was fully retired, he was the financial wizard behind the operations.

It’s been a year since I started overseeing all operations in the corporation, while still being the Tournament Manager. We have a diverse and growing staff that have continued to amaze me, but also needing extra oversight. While I try to juggle all the jobs, after prize checks go out, the tournament is put on hold. I start fall/winter leagues. Then I take some time off. The holiday season rolls around, and I help with parties and events in the center. Then in January I return to mostly working on tournament work.

I managed to get the confirmation of reservation letters printed in mid-December. But with family in and out of town, holiday events at the center and other obligations the letters have not been sent yet. Sue is currently stuffing the envelopes with the entry forms and letters. I am sending the same information in electronic format since the USPS is behind.

I have the schedule online. If you would like to reserve or need to change your reserved dates, send me an email.

I hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season and if you need anything, email is the best way to reach me.

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you in 2023!

Amy Eiserman
[email protected]

2022 Dutchman Bolony Bowling Tournament

12/26/2022

I hope you are having a happy Holiday season. My parents bought Palmyra Bowling in 1981. In 1983 they became silent partners in the Dutchman Tournament, with Gene Espenshade. Seven + years ago, I took over as owner/manager of the Dutchman Tourn. Growing the tournament from 900 teams to over 1,200 teams. It is a pleasure and honor to work with so many wonderful group leaders. As hard as my job is to coordinate all the details, I know that the group leaders face similar challenges in coordinating their groups. I am very sorry that the 2023 information is so late.

Generally, I would have the information out in Oct/Nov for the following year. This year has presented many struggles. The final blow was Dec 2, 2022, when my father passed away unexpectedly. Many of you know Sue, my mom, as the lady who checks you in at Palmyra. To say that this has hit our family hard is an understatement. While dad had not been working in the business for years, as he was fully retired, he was the financial wizard behind the operations.

It’s been a year since I started overseeing all operations in the corporation, while still being the Tournament Manager. We have a diverse and growing staff that have continued to amaze me, but also needing extra oversight. While I try to juggle all the jobs, after prize checks go out, the tournament is put on hold. I start fall/winter leagues. Then I take some time off. The holiday season rolls around, and I help with parties and events in the center. Then in January I return to mostly working on tournament work.

I managed to get the confirmation of reservation letters printed in mid-December. But with family in and out of town, holiday events at the center and other obligations the letters have not been sent yet. Sue is currently stuffing the envelopes with the entry forms and letters. I am sending the same information in electronic format since the USPS is behind.

I have the schedule online. If you would like to reserve or need to change your reserved dates, send me an email.

I hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season and if you need anything, email is the best way to reach me.

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you in 2023!

Amy Eiserman
[email protected]

2022 Dutchman Bolony Bowling Tournament

09/17/2022

Hello Dutchman Bowlers! The 74th annual tournament is complete. The prize list is completed and mailed. I am so greatful to have the staff I do! The official standing have been posted and the prize checks are in the mail to the group leaders. This year we had 1,137 teams and 3,178 pairs of doubles. We gave out over $452,000 in prize money.

There are few questions we get each year:

I was in three divisions, in one event, on the unofficial standings. I only see my name in one division on the final standings?

You can win one prize in each event. There are six events: Singles, Doubles, Optional Singles Doubles, Bolony Bank, Team and Optional Team Singles. Each event has multiple divisions: handicap, scratch, ladies, seniors hdcp, senior scratch, senior ladies, team 825, etc. The program calculates the division that you would win the highest amount of prize money and that is where you are placed.

My group leader doesn't have my check!? You probably bowled with another group. Check with the other group leader. Checks are sent the the group leader with the lowest entry number in our system.

We thank all the bowlers who participated this year and we look forward to seeing you in 2023, which will be a grand celebration of 75 years!

Link to the 2022 official standings

One of the largest bowling tournaments on the East coast.

04/01/2022

Winners of the best costume and best t-shirt contests for March! 🤣

03/31/2022

Congratulations to our top scorers in March. Each weekend in March and April we award the high scratch bowler at each center a $100 prize.

March 12/13
Team - Don Pyle - 977
S/D - Joe Papini - 717

March 19/20
Team - John Sharpe Jr - 1023
S/D - Tim Hamill - 763

March 26/27
Team - Ernie Lukacs Jr - 972
S/D - Hank Dawson Jr - 749

03/31/2022

Hello Dutchman Bowlers!

Tuesday the USBC announced a ban on 6 bowling balls for the national USBC tournaments. These balls are considered legal in any other competition. The Dutchman Tournament WILL ALLOW THESE BALLS TO BE USED THE REST OF THE TOURNAMENT. In fact, our raffle ball is the Wolverine!

I've considered sending the Global 900 Wolverines back and getting another ball, but the Wolverine is still considered legal and a highly sought after ball. What do you all think? Should I continue to use them as the ball we raffle?

Amy Eiserman, Tourn Manager

The affected models include:
Storm Phaze 4
Storm Electrify Solid
Storm Trend 2
900 Global Altered Reality
900 Global Wolverine
Roto Grip UFO Alert