The St. Louis Rotary Club #11 Bowling League banquet for the 102nd season was held on Monday evening, April 19th, 2021 at LoRusso’s Cucina Restaurant.

Everyone had a great time.  The chef at LoRusso’s and staff did a great job as always with cocktails, appetizers, and a world class dinner!  Matt Weiss, the filet mignon you ordered for us all was perfect!  You are the best! Club President Kent Steinbrueck, bowling league treasurer, you did a great job of helping me recognize the winning teams and individual bowlers with cash prizes.  Thank you, Kent.
What an amazing year we finished….our 102nd year!  This season and banquet were extra special.  Our bowling league began in 1919, just one year after the 1918 influenza pandemic!  Johnny Critzas always said, “The heart and soul of Club #11 is the bowling league!”
Speaking of heart and soul, Bob Barnes came up to the podium and talked about The George Fliehman award.  I asked Bob to share with us the history of George Fliehman and what the trophy represented.
The symbol for George Fliehman was BOWL AND NEVER GROW OLD.

George was Secretary and Treasurer of the bowling league.
About 80 bowlers were in the league with a total of 16 teams.   
We bowled 5 to each team.
Every week he was in charge of collecting the money for every bowler.
Every week he was in charge collecting the scores and computing their new average for every bowler.
The trophy has been picked by the bowling board to the person who contributed most.   

-Bob Barnes