Joe Ciach defeated Marc Decman 245-230 to win the 2013 NTBA Scratch tournament. There were a total of 85 entires with 15 people qualifying for the match play. NTBA bowlers Doug Burke, Pat Desjardins and Taylor Maxner were among the qualifiers.

Match play results as follows:

Finals (winner gets $1,300, loser $675)

Match 14: (Lane 7&8) Winner of Match 12 vs. Winner Match 13

Marc Decman (1) 230 vs. Joe Ciach (2) 245

Semi-Finals (losers get $350)

Match 12: (Lane 3&4) Highest Rank Quarterfinal Winner vs Lowest Rank Quarterfinal Winner

Marc Decman (1) 266 vs. Art Oliver (7) 143

Match 13: (Lane 5&6) #2 Highest Rank Winner of Quarterfinal vs #3 Highest Rank Winner of Quarterfinal

Joe Ciach (2) 248 vs. Doug Burke (6) 201

Quarter Finals (losers get $175)

Match 8:? (Lane 9&10) Highest Seed? vs Lowest Seed Round 1 Winner –

Mark Decman (1)? 194 vs. Ken Truong (14) 154

Match 9: (Lane 11 & 12)? Highest Round 1 winner vs 2nd Lowest Round 1 Winner –

Joe Ciach (2) 194 vs. Matthew Lewis (13) 164

Match 10: (Lane 13 & 14) 2nd Highest Seed Round 1 Winner vs 3rd Lowest Seed Round 1 Winner –

Joe Ciccone (4) 198 vs. Art Oliver Jr. (7) 212

Match 11: (Lane 15 & 16) 3rd Highest Seed Round 1 Winner vs 4th Lowest Seed Round 1 Winner –

Doug Burke (6) 221 vs. Don DeBoe (9) 209

Round 1 (losers get $125.00)

* Top overall get first round Bye ?

Match 1:(Lane 3&4) #2 Seed vs #15 Seed -? Joe Ciach 212 vs. John Masciello 187

Match 2:(Lane 5&6) #3 Seed vs #14 Seed -? Shawn Anderson 178 vs Ken Truong 237

Match 3: (Lane 7&8) #4 Seed vs #13 Seed -? Joe Ciccone 227 vs Taylor Maxner 213

Match 4: (Lane 9&10) #5 Seed vs #12 Seed -? Gary Kinyon 206 vs Matt Lewis 218

Match 5:(Lane 11&12) #6 Seed vs #11 Seed -? Doug Burke 209 vs Douglas Yu 193

Match 6: (Lane 13&14) #7 Seed vs #10 Seed -? Art Oliver 210 vs Pat Desjardins 168

Match 7: (Lane 15&16) #8 Seed vs #9 Seed -? Larry Salvati 223 vs Donnie DeBoe 223 (W)

Ciach wins NTBA scratch tournament