Pictured L To R Are MMA Las Vegas Military High Roller Team Champions: Joe Hart, Johnny Wing, Don Caron, Barry Gillitick, Erick Flick, And Steve Jones.
1st Annual Maricopa Military Team Classic Tournament At Ten Pins Down In Maricopa.
Mesa - - - Uncle Sam wants you!
The Casa Grande Valley USBC wants you!
The Mesa Metro USBC wants you!
But, more importantly. Ten Pins Down at the Ultrastar Entertainment complex in Maricopa. Wants you to come out and support the 1st Annual Maricopa Military Team Classic on September 28-29.
The team and doubles tournament is open to: active duty, veterans, retired service members and guests. Each team must include at least two players with a military backround, and may include a maximum of two guests. A team will consist of four bowlers, and a doubles team of two bowlers.
Squad times on both days will be at 8:30 am, and 12:30 pm. The handicap will be 90% of 220 for the optional six game all-events division. Entry fee for each event is $30 per bowler per event, and all entries will be accepted by the MMA until September 14, 2019.
To get an entry form you may visit bowlmesa.com, or email the MMA @ bowlmesa.com. Bowlers who are bowling with a military backround, must present proof of military service at the tournament site.
The purpose of holding this tournament. Is to provide a venue to honor military service, while allowing competition for title and prize money.
Las Vegas has always ran a very successful 'Military High Rollers' tournament in August. An event in which a team from the Mesa Metro Association won two years ago.
"I have been to a military bowling tournament in Las Vegas," said MMA Vice-President Bob Schreiber, who along with board member Julie Barrett, will serve as Tournament Directors. "The military tournament is in August in Las Vegas. Ours is in September. I was looking at this, as why don't we do one in Arizona? Why should Las Vegas get all of the glory."
When the MMA, along with Casa Grande, finally sat down together to talk about it and finally decided to give this a try. The promotional work on the event began.
"One, by word of mouth," said Schreiber, of how the promotional part of this event began. "And two, get the tournament fliers out to the bases. And, to all of the American Legion Post in Arizona."
The team from the MMA that won the 'Military High Rollers' in Las Vegas two years ago. Conisted of team members: Don Caron, Eric Flick, Barry Gillitick, Joe Hart, Steve Jones, and Johnny Wing Sr. Three of them are MMA Hall of Famers, and all of them bowl in Metro 880 League on Thursday Nights at Bowlero Mesa.
Located at 16000 North Maricopa Rd., in Maricopa. 10 Pins Down is part of the UltraStar AZ. Entertainment Complex, which is adjacent to Harrahs Ak Chin Hotel and Casino.
"When I first thought of having the tournament, I wanted to have it centralized. The venue had to have a hotel, motel close by. Then if teams came with their families, we needed a place with entertainment (with both the young and the adults in mind) as well as resturaunts," added the MMA VP. "The Ak-Chin UltraStar venue made the most sense."
If you have bowled in the 'Military High Roller' in the past, in Las Vegas. Both the Casa Grande USBC and the MMA USBC have agreed that it would be ran similar in nature, and that you should not expect any surprises once you arrive at the tournament site.
"We will be similar to the tournament in Las Vegas," added the VP. "Ak Chin and Casa Grande both agreed that this was the ideal location to have the tournament."
We will continue to update this information until the week of the tournament on September 28-29.
Stay tuned!
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Congrats To Those Junior Bowlers In Arizona, Who Had An Impressive Showing At Junior Gold In Detroit.
Boys Under 15 Division.
5. Sergio Monrreal, Nogales, AZ.
Boys Under 17 Division.
41. Hunter Mayes, Gold Canyon, AZ.
Girls Under 17 Division.
63. Catelyn Croutch, Yuma, AZ.
Boys Under 20 Division.
84. Jacob Merki, Tucson, AZ.
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Midweek Madness League At AMF Chandler.
Chandler - - - The Midweek Madness Fall 2019 League at AMF Chandler starting on August 14th has room for 3 bowlers, singles only. If you are interested, please contact Dan Kittrell on Facebook or by cell at 480-334-6096. These spots will go fast so don't delay if you are interested. Current members, please share on your Facebook page. Thank you.
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Mesa Metro Announces Junior Gold Qualifiers For 2019-20.
1. Bowlero Mesa 8/31.
2. AMF Mesa 10/12.
3. AMF McRay 11/16.
4. Bowlero Kyrene 2/15.
5. Mesa East 3/14.
6. AMF Chandler 4/11.
Tempo Mixed League At Bowlero Mesa, Courtesy Of Gary Roff.
Mesa - - - Mondays got you down in the drag after the weekend? Come on out to BrunswickZone Mesa and join fun bowling league to relieve some of that back to work stress.
Tempo Mixed league at BrunswickZone Mesa is looking for full teams and individuals to join us for 36 weeks of fun and exciting bowling. Come on out to our league meeting and join some great bowlers out to have fun.
Where: BrunswickZone Mesa
When: Monday, August 26, 2019 @ 6PM
Teams: 5-person mixed (Men and Women)
Weekly Dues: $18/week (per 2018-19 season)
# of Teams: Capped at 24 max
Officers: Amy Brown-Tanner (President), Myself (VP), Bobbi Fredrikson (Secretary), James Knox (Sgt At Arms)
Mesa Strikers Youth League.
Mesa - - - Summer is coming to an end and we are gearing up to start our fall league. Beginning August 17th - May 2020. We are a competitive league for bowlers of all ages and skill levels.
Saturday mornings starting August 17th.
League meeting @ 9: am, bowl at 9:30 am.
Cost is $14 a week.
For more information contact Mesa Strikers @ q.com.
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'Eastenders' League At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - -Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, welcomes back the "Eastenders" bowling league, which will meet on Tuesday August 27th, 2019 at 6:30 PM, and begin league bowling on Tuesday September 3rd. This league offers a great time, and provides an easy going atmosphere with all the returning bowlers from this well established league. This is a handicapped, mixed league, teams of 4, USBC sanctioned, with a season ending prize fund. The Eastenders bowling league had 18 teams last season, and there's room for more, so come on in and sign up, or give us a call at Tucson Bowl, 520-747-1363.
'Vegas Bound League' At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Friday nights at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, features a Vantage Bowling Centers "Vegas Bound League". The league will meet on Friday August 30th, 2019, at 6:30 PM, and league bowling starts Friday September 6th. This is a great league, full of returning Vegas Bound bowlers, who all have a great time on Friday nights at Tucson Bowl. Come on out and join the fun, lets fill the house on Friday nights at Tucson Bowl. Then its off to Las Vegas for 3 nights, May 30th, 31st, June 1st, 2020, and you'll bowl in a fantastic tournament at the Orleans with all the other Vantage Bowling Centers Vegas bound bowlers. This league is comprised of 4 person, mixed teams, handicapped, USBC sanctioned, with a season ending prize fund and Vegas travel money, and of course 3 nights stay at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. All this for $21.00 per week. Come on in to Tucson Bowl, or give us a call to sign up, 520-747-1363.
A Note From Tucson Metro USBC.
Welcome bowlers to the new 2019-20 bowling season! The new year begins on August 1, 2019 and ends on July 31, 2020. Sanction fees will remain the same this year at $24.00 per person. Everyone bowling in a sanctioned league must pay sanction fees on or after August 1, 2019 when you bowl in your first league of the season. We have a new ball rule starting August 1, 2019 that says you can only use a dry towel on your bowling ball during league or tournament competition. Please consult your pro shop, bowling centers and league officials for more detail on that new USBC rule.
Please utilize your Tucson Metro house reps assigned to each bowling center. they are there to help you with questions or issues that may arise in your bowling center or leagues. If you need further assistance please contact our Tucson Metro President, Al Ayala or our Association Manager, Steve Harris. We are in the process of updating our Tucson Metro website with all the new information for the new year. Please be patient as we complete this process.
We want your bowling experience to be a great one! Have fun bowling with family and friends and let's see some high scores!
Fellowship Mixed League At Tucson Bowl.
On Monday nights at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, for the 2019/20 bowling season, the "Fellowship Mixed League" will take to the lanes. There will be a league meeting on Monday August 26th, 2019 at 6:00 PM. The league will start bowling on September 9th. This league will feature mixed teams of 4 bowlers, 3 handicap games per night, USBC sanctioned, and a prize fund. You can stop by or call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363, to sign up.
No Tap Saturday Nights At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - No Tap Saturday Nights at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, continues on August 10th, 2019. Last Saturday night we had 29 total entries and paid out $377.00 from the prize fund. The optional shootout side pot paid out $75.00, with the optional strike pot now at $496.00. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
A Little News From Lucky Strike Bowl.
Tucson - - - Congratulations to our very own Bob Burkholder, who took 1st place in Men's High Score over the weekend at the 16th Annual NAWIC Bowling Tournament. Team Green Valley Cooling & Heating did great! If you don't know, NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction) provides scholarship opportunity to both women and men in the construction trades. Thank you NAWIC Tucson Chapter #122 for another great event!
Bowl For The Cure At Cactus Bowl.
Bowl for the Cure 2019!!
We are excited to announce the opportunity to sponsor a lane this year!!
Phoenix October 19 - AMF Peoria Lanes
Tucson October 20 - Cactus Bowl
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Metro Phoenix Announces 2019-2020 Tournament Schedule.
All MPUSBC bowlers, here is a tentative schedule of all our upcoming tournaments. Dates, times and locations are subject to change. Mark you calendars for these upcoming events for the 2019-2020 season.
12 Annual MPUSBC 2 X 2 Mixed Doubles.
August 18th, 2019 Glenfair Lanes. 10:00am - 4:00pm.
25th Annual Valley of the Sun
September 21-22 2019 R.H. Johnson Lanes
33rd Annual Maricopa County Senior Woman's Tourney
October 5-6 2019 Location TBD
BVL - November 16th 2019 AMF Union Hills
11th Metro Phoenix USBC Youth King, Queen, Duke and Duchess
December 8 2019 - Location TBD
62nd Annual Metro Phoenix USBC Senior Open Championships
December 7- 8 2019
Team - Bell Lanes
D/S - Lakeview
21st Annual MPUSBC Senior Masters/Queens
December 22, 2019
Lakeview Lanes
78th Annual MPUSBC Ladies Championship
January 19 and 25-26 2020
Location TBD
39th Annual MPUSBC Youth Open
February 8-9, 2020
Location TBD
77th Annual MPUSBC Open Championships
February 22-23 & 29 and March 1 2020
Via Linda
32nd Annual MPUSBC Princess and
12th Annual MPUSBC Classified Masters
March 21-22, 2020
Location TBD
37th Annual MPUSBC Masters
56th Annual MPUSBC Queens
March 28-29, 2020
Location TBD
See you all out on the lanes!
Congratulations! To The Metro Phoenix HOF Inductees.
Metro Phoenix USBC would like to congratulate the class of 2019-2020 Hall of Fame inductees. For Superior Performance - Dennis Klein, Carey Lee Hoffman and Nick Pluhowsky. For Meritorious Service - LouAnn Rickett. Congratulations to all the inductees!!
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Rollin On Two Friday @ 6:30 pm. At AMF Union Hills.
Union Hills - - - ATTN Bowlers:
AMF Union Hills is starting to floor their Fall Leagues, We have openings on the Friday night League!
We currently have 5 individual spots and 2 team spots left!!
Rollin on TWO Friday @ 6:30p
USBC Certified League
4 person Teams
Adult Mixed
HDCP (90% of 230)
$20 a week (last year)
36 Week session
WE start on Friday, August 16th, 2019 Meeting at 5:30p-5:45p with League play immediately starting after meeting!
Diverse league with competitive Brackets! A little side pot fun for everyone!!
Hdcp/Scratch Brackets
Jackpot Brackets
If you are interested let me know and I will add your team/you to a team!
Katharine Alexander
623-297-1990.
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2019-2020 Season Set To Begin On Monday August 19. Courtesy Of The Pony League.
The 2019-2020 Pony League pre-season organization meeting will be held at Bowlero Glendale (Brunswick Zone Glendale) behind lanes 29-40 at 6:00 pm (due to ongoing construction). Lanes 29-40 will be available for complementary practice after the meeting. Pony League competition begins the following Monday, August 19th with practice at 6:15 pm and competition for score beginning at 6:30 pm.
The Pony League, sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shops, rolls each Monday evening, 6:30 pm, mid-August through early-May, at Bowlero Glendale (Brunswick Zone Glendale). Up to 40 teams, 200 bowlers, will be competing for over $80,000 in prize money next season in team and optional singles competition. We are now taking team and individual sign-ups for the 2019/2020 season. Contact Jim Bungard at 602.828.9965, voice or text, ,e-mail at jbungard4@outlook.com, or James Bungard on Facebook Messenger.
8/10/2019 Update: After contacting each team, we are currently at 36 teams with room for up to four additional teams. I plan on listing the rosters here on Sunday, August 11, 2019, with just a few additional specifics to be included.
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Dan Lanious wins 2nd title in a row at AMF Union Hills! SFT News Courtesy OF SFT.
Our event this weekend was at AMF Union Hills and we had a nice turnout! We had 67 entries (20 parlay & 47 qualifying), 22 cashers, a 1 in 3.1 cash ratio and paid out over $2,000.00 in main and side event prize funds! The players bowled on a 43ft Mexico City oil pattern that for the most part was low scoring on the fresh, but scores went up as the day went on. The bowlers that had success were able to play in the middle of the lane and keep their ball inside the ten board at the breakpoint. If you got it too far outside, then the ball wouldn't come back and leave you with a washout or split. The average cut scores were all around the +40 to +50 range, which meant most players had to bowl above their average.
We want to welcome some of the new bowlers that joined us for this event. Rae-Anne Parks and Luke Sullivan bowled in their first SFT AHT event this weekend and Rae-Anne even made it to the quarterfinals in her first event! We hope you all had a good time and hope to see you at our future events! Congrats to James Bungard, Jordan Potts and James Fitting on also making their first quarterfinals! We also want to congratulate Jason Tunay on being our only Parlay Power Player this weekend. Jason was able to advance to the quarterfinals off his $25 Economy Parlay entry! Congrats to Michael Dragon for winning Momma's Mystery Pot, with a 203, for $40! Too bad it wasn't one of the three $500.00 Momma's Pots that are currently available, maybe next time! Also, congrats to Kevin Dollar for winning the free plastic ball raffle with an option to upgrade to any Track high-performance ball for $85.00!!!
The quarterfinals, like the rest of the event, were low scoring with the standings tight and being determined by the final game of the quarterfinals. In the A Division, your #1 seed would be Carlos Vejar (-2) and he would have to take on William Milho (-5). The B and C Divisions would cut down to the top bowler in each division, since the cut ratio is 1 in 3 and there were only 5 bowlers in the quarterfinals for both of those Divisions. Your leader in the B Division was Jim Bungard (+67) and in the C Division it would be Dan Lanious (+66). Both Jim and Dan would be seeded directly into the final match. In the A Division Semi-final match would see William Milho take an early lead. Carlos Vejar would throw a few clutch strikes to even things up going into the tenth. Carlos would throw a strike in the tenth to force William Milho to go off the sheet in the tenth to try to tie. William would strike on his first ball but would split on his second shot giving Carlos the win, 205 to 193.
Going into the Final match the favorite would have to be Dan Lanious. Dan just won his first title last weekend at AMF Tempe Village and was looking to go back to back. Carlos Vejar was looking at getting his 3rd title and newcomer Jim Bungard making his first Finals appearance in only his 2nd tournament.
The Finals would start off with Carlos striking on three of his first four frames to take an early lead. Jim was able to strike on the right lane but would struggle the whole game with the left lane. Dan was able to stay clean and threw a few timely strikes in the 2nd, 4th and 5th frames. Halfway through the match and it was back and forth between Carlos and Dan. Carlos would double in the eight and ninth frames to set him self up to win in the tenth. Dan was able to stay clean too and it would all come down to the final frame. Carlos was up first in the tenth, but his shot went a little long leaving the bucket (2-4-5-8) plus the 7 pin, which he was unable to pick up. Dan would go up and get good count to give him his 2nd AHT SFT title and $675.00! Congrats to Carlos on 2nd place and Jim Bungard on 3rd place in only his 2nd event.
Thank you to everyone who came out to support the event! We hope to see you all next Sunday at AMF Chandler Lanes!
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Yuma USBC Names New Association Manager.
Yuma - - - We want to announce the hiring of Lance Stern as the new Association Manager. If you have any questions or issues, please contact Lance at 9285034348 or email: lanceastern@gmail.com
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