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Bowlero Mesa Baker Doubles News - Courtesy Of Kristi Smith-Thompson.
Mesa - - - Congratulations to our July winners!!
We had our biggest turn out to date!! 78 total entries: 29 in the 370 cap and 49 in the 430 cap
We filled our lanes not only with 4 team, but every pair had 5 and a few had 6. Thank you all so much for your patience. This month was a record breaker for our event.
We raised $156 for Mesa Strikers Youth Bowlers
19 teams made cashing rounds. We paid out $3740 in prize money, and $1224 in side pots
370 Division:
- Finals came down to Brett Mason/Jonathan Allenby vs Zach Kriens/Brandon Ferguson, with Zach & Brandon taking it 177-145
- High Games paid out $48 each: Charnell Hall/Charles Adams 241, Ivan Hays/Mitchell Hays 226, Ben Yoder/Kaylene Almy 252, 213, 247, and Heather Motteler/Christine Walters 226
- High Series paid $138: Ben/Kaylene 1261
430 Division:
- Finals had TQ Nimox/Kyle Webster vs Ben Perry/Nick Sherrod, with TQ & Kyle taking it 234-207
- High Games paid out $90 each: Dylan Taylor/Jim Musolino 279, David Machowski/William Taylor 279, Brandon Loss/Nicholas Tejada 265, Jason Lowery/Justin Golden 279, Eric Lee/Greg LaPointe 268 and Ben Perry/Nick Sherrod 257
- High Series paid $258: Dylan Taylor/Jim Musolino 1485
12 Strike pot rolled over and now sits at $2076 and 300 game rolled over with $794
Mark your calendars our next bakers is set for August 27th.
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Virtue Fun Fall League - Courtesy Of Dan Kittrell.
Chandler - - - The Virtue Fun Fall 2022 League is looking for bowlers of all skill levels! This sanctioned and handicap league starts on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at AMF Chandler. It is an 18 week season ending on Dec. 21, 2022. Cost is $20 a week. Team, doubles and single spots are currently available. This is really a fun league with lots of great people, so if you are interested, or have any questions, please contact Dan Kittrell at 480-334-6096 or on Facebook.
Current members, please feel free to post on your Facebook page.
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SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT.
Union Hills - - - Our event this weekend, July 30-31, was at AMF Union Hills, and we had another great turnout in back-to-back weekends. We had 139 total entries (100 qualifying & 39 economy parlays) for 2 squads, with 35 prize winners and a 1 in 3.97 cash ratio, paying out over $9,200 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on the 43ft Kegel Deadman’s Curve oil pattern that played very soft at this center. The pattern has an out of bounds if you get it too far towards the gutter early, but it looked like there was enough of a built-in track that the bowlers were able to overcome it. We would see a lot of higher scores than usual but going from pair to pair there were some big differences, but once the oil pattern started to break down in the later squads, then scores started to pick up. It would take about +80 to qualify for the quarterfinals with bowlers needing to bowl 20-30 pins over their average per game to advance.
We want to welcome Brandon Bosworth, Brandon Crandall, Jacob Goodnight, Ronnie Goodnight, Keith Ingram, Kyle Lawrence, Eric Young and Virginia Young to the SFT AHT family! We hope you all had a good time in your first SFT AHT event. Congrats to Jacob Goodnight and Eric Young for making the quarterfinals in their very first event! Also, congrats to Brian Schamber, Jerome Robinson, Daniel Capps, Joshua Hu, James Hughes, Kyle Zimmer, Lordan Ferguson, and Melloni Zimmer for making their first quarterfinals or their first in quite a while! We did not have any Economy Parlay Power players this weekend as it looked like those who won the parlay were not able to repeat their performance on the following squad. Your winner of the drawing for the free plastic ball, with the option to upgrade to any high-performance Track ball for $85.00, was Ron Gonzales!
Since this event was only 2 squads there would be no re-oil before the quarterfinals. This resulted in higher scores as the volume used on the oil pattern held up enough give bowlers a variety of options of attacking the pair. We would see some tight scores and it would all come down to the third and final game of the quarterfinals to determine who would move on to the Semi-Final round. We would have 27 quarterfinalists and with our 1 in 3 cut ratio, from the quarterfinals to the semi-final round, we would cut to the Top 3 in all three Divisions.
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Phoenix TNBA News - Courtesy Of Cheniqua Johnson.
Here is the information for the USBC :
MPUSBC By-Laws change proposal:
The Metro Phoenix USBC Association Board would like to notify you of one of the legislative proposals to be brought to the membership at our Annual Meeting on July 23, 2022.
The Association is proposing a by-law change to the local dues structure. As it stands right now the fee breakdown is:
$13.00 Nationals
$ 2.00 State
$ 9.00 Local
$24.00 Total Yearly membership dues
The Proposal is to increase the local dues by $2.00, with the new breakdown to be:
$15.00 Nationals[i]
$ 3.00 State[ii]
$ 11.00 Local
$29.00 Total Yearly membership dues
The Metro Phoenix USBC Association Budget and Finance Committee is putting forth a proposal to change the current bylaws to increase the annual local dues to $11.00 per bowler per year. We know that everyone is experiencing increases everywhere you tune. The committee has reduced the current budget as much as possible before seriously considering this proposal. Due to a combination of increasing costs and a reduction in the number of certified bowlers in the association, Metro Phoenix USBC is facing a large budget deficit. The association has only requested a due increase one other time since it began operations. At the upcoming meeting, the budget for the upcoming year will be presented to the membership to assist in the decision making on this very important issue.
Please plan to attend and share your views on this important matter.
Thank you,
Metro Phoenix USBC Association
Budget & Finance Committee
[i] Approved by National Delegation 2016
[ii] Approved by State Delegation 2022
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Ball Specifications Update - Courtesy Of Chad Murphy USBC President.
Hello USBC Members,
I hope everyone is doing well. I wanted to take a few minutes of your time to touch base on some of the events of the last several weeks. Along with this letter, we are publishing an FAQ for those who want more details. Here is a link to that document.
The last few weeks and months have been a rough ride for bowling in the area of ball specifications. When these situations happen, it's unexpected and disruptive. The timing is never good. The speculation and rumors are challenging. Understandably, everyone feels impatience with the process and wants more information immediately. Bowlers, competition officials and all stakeholders are justifiably concerned.
As you know, enforcing rules and policies for a national sport isn't simple. Effective governance is not a popularity contest. USBC is a membership organization, and we celebrate our members right to be critical. We would ask those being so vocal with concerns to always remember that governance is very necessary. USBC members demand governance of the sport. Without quality governance for the sport, chaos would ensue.
I want to start by thanking all the people that have been involved in shaping the USBC Equipment Specifications and Certifications Manual. For more than 30 years, USBC volunteers, staff and bowling's manufacturers have worked together to create a governance structure for the equipment in our sport. All these leaders gave us the baseline for what we have today.
USBC governance of bowling balls is built on trust. We depend on our partners to make products within the agreed upon specifications, and then verify with a series of checks to confirm. That trust comes with asking for only two sample balls for USBC approval. Only two seems small. You may ask why? A big reason is that it keeps the cost down and makes the process efficient for the manufacturer, and also USBC. This lower cost keeps the research and development costs lower and fosters innovation. This also keeps cost down for the bowler.
There are about 300 new ball releases a year. USBC's Equipment Specifications department has five people. If we did as some have suggested and had a deeper approval process, we would need two or three times as many staff members. Similarly, the manufacturers would need additional staffing at more costs.
These calls for more testing and more regulation would lead to more expense, which is eventually paid by you, the bowler. Instead, we trust our manufacturing partners to do their best, and they trust USBC. We trust them for ball approval, and they trust we will verify in the field. When an issue occurs, it's easy to see that imperfection and attack it. We all agree the process is not perfect.
Some argue it would be OK if balls that were built below USBC specifications to continue to be used in our highest competitions. Some say that because a tournament started with an out-of-specification product in use, it needs to be completed that way.
As a direct answer: Approved bowling balls may be used for competition until the data demonstrates otherwise. Once identified as outside specification, they are removed. The timing will never be good. However, allowing balls the national governing body knows to be outside of specification to continue to be used at our national events would simply be wrong.
Furthermore, I want to add, USBC has no information that balls were intentionally shipped to market outside of specification. USBC has no information anyone knowingly used an illegal ball. Those pointing fingers at this type of an intentional act are misinformed. The conspiracies are unfounded.
While a difficult process, USBC members can be proud. Some folks say, "I don't get anything for my USBC membership." Well, here USBC is delivering the purest of value to our members by enforcing equipment specifications as stated in our manuals. USBC is acting with a balance of protecting the integrity of USBC national tournaments, while giving members a choice to do what is best for them locally.
Some are attacking saying we should do something different. It's a complicated governance impacting a nation of bowlers and our manufacturing partners. We can only offer that we will continue to do our best to act consistently within USBC rules and in the best interest of our members and bowling.
USBC's mission is not to be popular. Our mission is to provide services, resources and standards for the sport. In short, we do what is best for bowling - all of bowling.
We come out of these events with a lot to reflect upon. I ask this of everyone: It's time to be brave, time to have the courage to heal. We need to put these events behind us and respect each other as one bowling community. Let's get back to competing with all the joy our sport brings. Please support all manufacturers as they focus on serving bowling.
At USBC, we will head to convention in a few weeks with our heads held high. We will crown new champions all over the country throughout our 1,400 associations. It will be a spring and summer full of smiles.
While all that is happening, USBC will look for ways to improve and learn from recent events.
I hope to see many of you soon at a future event. Thanks for your continued support, your membership and continued participation in this great sport.
Have a great summer,
Chad Murphy
USBC Executive Director
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Tucson Metro USBC Update
By Mark R. Kerr – President
Tucson - - - Tucson Metro USBC 2022-23 Tournament Season Update: After discussions with bowling center managers, as well as the Arizona State USBC, who are holding two bowling tournaments in the Old Pueblo, your Tucson Metro USBC Board has approved the schedule of bowling tournaments for the 2022-23 bowling season.
There are additional events this season. Tucson Metro USBC will be taking over and continuing the Roy Lawson Mixed Doubles event, as well as hosting a Welcome Back Tournament Sweeper Fun Fundraiser. The big news is that your Tucson Metro USBC Board is proud again to be hosting the Queens and Senior Queens Tournaments!
Your Tucson Metro USBC Board will be holding the Opens and Queens Sweeper and the Senior, Not Senior Masters and Queens Sweeper prior again to showcase the shot for these events.
Bowl for the Cure in Arizona takes place October 15th and 16th. Tucson’s Bowl for the Cure is Sunday, October 16th at Cactus Bowl. For more information, go online to https://www.bowlforthecurearizona.com/home.
Here is the schedule of the 2022-23 Tucson Metro USBC tournaments with bowling centers, directors and dates:
Roy Lawson Mixed Doubles, Cactus Bowl, Director – Mickey Hagler, August 28, 2022.
Welcome Back Tournament Sweeper, Tucson Bowl, Director - Stacey Pollard, September 11, 2022.
43rd Annual Women’s Senior Tournament, Tucson Bowl, Director – Stuart Duncan, November 19-20, 2022.
60th Annual Senior Open Tournament, Cactus Bowl, Director – Belinda Hiscox, December 3-4, 10-11, 2022.
73rd Annual Women’s Tournament, Fiesta Lanes, Director – Lino Nava Jr., January 21-22, 2023.
79th Annual Tucson Open Tournament, Lucky Strike Bowl, Director – Kari Snyder, February 18-19,
25-26, March 4-5, 2023.
Open and Queens Sweeper, Bowlero Tucson, Director – Steve Harris, March 12, 2023.
Open Masters/Queens Tournament, Bowlero Tucson, Director – Steve Harris, March 18-19, 2023
Senior Not Senior Sweeper, Bowlero Tucson, Director – Steve Harris, April 9, 2023.
Senior Masters/Queens Tournament, Bowlero Tucson, Director - Steve Harris, April 15-16, 2023.
For more information, please call (520) 591-0622, E-mail: am@tucsonmetrousbc.com or visit us online at: https://www.TucsonMetroUSBC.com.
Roy Lawson Mixed Doubles – August 28: The Roy Lawson Mixed Doubles Tournament, a no-tap and scotch doubles, four game event, will take place Sunday, August 28, at Cactus Bowl, 3665 S. 16th Avenue. Check in is at 12:30 pm and bowling begins at 1 p.m.
Before he moves back east, Mickey Hagler will be the Director for the Roy Lawson tournament and your Tucson Metro Board looks forward to assisting Mickey and hopes our fellow bowlers take part to say thanks to Mickey for his service to our bowling community.
Tucson Metro USBC BVL Update: Thanks to Tucson’s bowlers during the recent tournament season, $1,000 was raised for the local Bowlers to Veteran’s Link. Your Tucson Metro USBC Board will be donating these funds to Esperanza En Escalante.
Esperanza En Escalante (EEE) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization formed in 1989 by a group of individuals concerned about the rising number of homeless veterans on the streets of Tucson. EEE provides housing, social services, programs and transportation to assist a Veteran’s transition into everyday life. EEE works closely with the City of Tucson, the State of Arizona, the Veteran's Administration and many other institutions and organizations meeting the physical and social needs of our honored veterans.
For more information about EEE, go online to: https://www.eeeveterans.org/.
I hope everyone is having a great Summer on and off the lanes and thank you for your support.
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E&BC Tournaments Dual Pattern Scratch. Courtesy Of Eric Carroll.
October 22 - 23, 2022
Glenfair Lanes
Pre-Register at tournamentbowl.com or you send an email to ebc_tournaments@yahoo.com, or reply to this event as a comment with which squad you would like to be set for.
Pre-Registration is preferred and guarantees a spot
Entry Fee: $120.00 per person
Re-Entry Fee: $80.00 per person
High Game Pots: $10.00 per person (Pays top game, each game)
High Series Pot: $10.00 per person (Pays 1:5)
Eliminator Pot Games 1-3 and Games 4-6: $10.00 per person
Enter all (not including brackets): $160.00 per person
Cap of 48 bowlers per squad.
Re-Entries allowed after check in of squad registrants
Bowl 6 games on dual patterns
Cut to top 1:5 of all squads combined
If you are in the 1:5 cut you cash
Cut squad to bowl 6 games match play with 30 bonus pins
Pins will carry over from qualifying squad
$1,000.00 guaranteed 1st place with at least 36 total entries.
Added Money to prize fund by our sponsors.
Sponsors and upcoming tournaments can be viewed at our website:
www.EBCTournaments.com
Scratch: This is a scratch tournament.
Check In Saturday Squads:
Squad 1: Check in 10:00am-11:00am
Squad 2: Check in 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Check In Sunday Squad 9:00am - 10:00am
Entry: Entry pre-registration payment may be made by cash (day of the event), or check made out to E&BC Tournaments, or Venmo to (@E-BCTournaments).
Check and Venmo options are available up to October 12th.
For instructions where to send a check please email ebc_tournaments@yahoo.com.
Side Pots: Side Pots are cash only on the day of the event.
Entry Submission: Walk-ins are allowed same day, but preference will be given to pre-registered bowlers.
Pre-registration may be completed via Tournamentbowl.com.
Prize Checks: Payouts will be by checks at the end of the tournament. Side Pots will be paid out in cash after each squad.
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