Pictured Above L To R Are: Stan, Carol, Monon, Victor, My Sister (Mary Beth), My Brother-In-Law (Paul), And Me.
Indio, Ca. - - - Part of my duties of being involved in the game of bowling as much as I am, is to introduce new folks to the sport and keep them participating in it as long as they can. That is exactly what I did on Thursday December 27, 2018 at Fantasy Lanes in Indio. I treated my sisters neighbors and friends to two hours of bowling. While it may have been a long time since they bowled, the objective of the outing was for them to have fun. And it is safe to say they did. From what I understand, is they all want a rematch next time I am there for a vist. Rematch accepted.
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Pony League News, League Bowls At Brunswick Zone Glendale.
Pony League Sponsored by Revolutions Pro Shops, Third Quarter Week 7 of 8, 2/18/2019: The end of the third quarter position round will pit Team # 16, Chi-Town (48-8) against Team # 25, All Mixed Up (48-8) on lanes 13-14 in the championship match. On lanes 15-16, Team # 6, Anger Sharks (44-12) will take on Team # 9, Bite Me (40-16). A three-way tie for first place is possible if Chi-Town and All Mixed Up split their points 4 to 4, and the Anger Sharks sweep their match 8-0. Otherwise, the winner of the Chi-Town/All Mixed Up Match will earn the third quarter title and a place in the four team end-of-season tournament to decide the overall league champion. Josh Mullen rolled the high series of the evening with a 760 followed by Dylan Taylor (741), Joey Burruel (741) and Rich Strowman (738). High games for the evening were rolled by Price McElroy (278), Jim Keister (278), Chuck Stration (278), and Rich Strowman (277). Jacqueline Smith rolled the high series for the women with a 712, followed by Alison Kozak (665), Zelle Rubio (621) and Tracie Roberts (619). Jacque Smith also rolled the women's high game (268) followed by Alison Kozak (258), Chris Gonos (247), and Tracie Roberts (244). Pony League bowlers averaged 198 per game for the evening with the season to date average remaining at 194 per game.
REMINDER: No new roster members next week. All bowlers, subs and roster members, must have rolled at least 15 games in the Pony League this season to bowl in the position round. Also, the weekly 50/50 raffle will also include a $150 gift certificate courtesy of our league title sponsor, Revolutions Pro Shop. The 50/50 drawing at the end of the second quarter included four $100 drawings and the $150 gift certificate due to increased ticket sales for the end of quarter position round.
The Pony League is looking for one bowler to fill a vacancy for the remainder of the season beginning with the first week of the fourth quarter.
Pony Singles 3rd Quarter Week 7 of 8, 2/18/2019: Here are the standings and match ups going into the end of the third quarter position round. In the 216 and over division, Steve Roberts (44-12) meets Kyle King (40-16) while Joey Burruel (40-16) meets John Babbitt (36-20). In the 207 to 215 division, Wes Marema (49-7) matches up against Greg LaPointe (40-16). Chuck Stration Sr. (37-19) is pitted against Brian Schamber (36-20). Shad Schoenemann (42-14) battles Henry Diflorio (42-14) in the 201 to 206 division. Steve Anderson (34-22) bowls Jacqueline Smith (30-26) while Sean Beck (30-26) matches up with Rich Strowman (30-26). The 193 to 200 division features Myke White (50-6) versus Alison Super-Kozak (44-12). John Nassivera (42-14) matches up against Michael Pamula (34-22). In the 182 to 192 division, it's Jim Bungard (46-10) versus John Lesner (40-16) and Stuart Porter (40-16) versus Steven Berry (34-22). The 181 and under division features Melanie Olson (46-10) against Scot Piercy (46-10) and Becky Tistle (42-14) bowling John Spinck (39-17).
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Ron McDonald wins 1st title at Brunswick Desert Sky! SFT News, Courtesy Of SFT.
Our event this weekend was at Brunswick Desert Sky lanes. It drew 81 entries (55 qualifying and 26 economy parlay), had a 1 in 3.5 cash ratio and paid out over $3,500.00 in main and side event prize fund! The players bowled on the 41ft WTBA Montreal Oil Pattern that seemed to be moderately difficult on the fresh, but as games were bowled it was pretty clear that they got very easy, at least for a sports pattern. It is rare to see sets that are +100 or more and we saw several today. It seemed to be most often from the bowlers that are able to open the lane up and curve it a bit more. The average cut scores were nearly +80 which required bowling bowling at least 20 pins over average per game.
We had quite a few new bowlers again at today's event! We want to welcome Derek Hughes, Genevieve McGeorge, Jason Stuewe, Ray Mobilia, David Dinoffria, Josh Means, and Jason Stuewe to the SFT AHT family! We hope you all had a lot of fun at your first event with us! We want to congratulate Josh Means on having a great performance in his first event making it all the way to the semi-finals! Nice bowling! Also congrats to Tony Marin, Lenny Grom, and Sheila Reddic on making their first quarter finals ever or their first one in quite awhile!
The quarter finals, just like qualifying had pretty high scores. The C division had #1 seed Josh Means, who was a league bowler at Desert Sky vs #2 seed Lenny Grom who has been bowling the events for a little while now and has finally got his footing under him and found some momentum. The B division had #1 seed Derek Hamm vs #2 seed Ron McDonald. The A division had #1 seed Chris Tucker vs #2 seed Dylan Taylor who has been on a crazy hot streak! The A division match ended up being much lower scoring then you would have anticipated. A 195-165 scratch finish with Dylan taking home the win and moving on to the final match. In the B division final match, Ron McDonald through a couple strikes in the 9th and 10th to shut Derek out and move on to bowl for his first ever title. The C division final match had Lenny Grom get off to a hot start early and Josh lose his rhythm a little and Lenny pull off to a commanding lead early and keep it, which allowed Lenny to move on to his first ever title match.
The title match was very back and for the entire time. Dylan was the only one of the 3 that was a bit behind, as he could never really string them together to make up for the handicap difference. This was surprising since that division had the highest cut scores all day and the ability to throw strikes was definitely there today! It was an all out battle between Lenny and Ron to the final frame. Lenny doubled in the 10th which forced Ron to double. Ron had to double in his previous match to win in the 10th, could he do it again? Ron proved he was ready to get the monkey off of his back with two great shots in the 10th which gave him two strikes and the win at Brunswick Desert Sky!
Thanks to everyone for coming out! We look forward to seeing you all at AMF Chandler lanes next Sunday for our next event!
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Pony League Bowlers Shine At CBE Senior Event #2.
Congratulations to Pony League bowlers for their outstanding bowling in CBE Senior Event # 2 yesterday at Bell Lanes in Sun City. The tournament had an excellent turnout of 47 quality senior bowlers, age 50 and over. Tom Frigon won the tournament with Steve Roberts repeating his second place finish as well as rolling the tournament's only 300 game on the 40' Kegel Bourbon Street pattern. Greg LaPointe also made the stepladder finals and finished fifth. Jeff Row just missed the stepladder but cashed in 6th place while Mike Barcus cashed in 8th place. Steve Roberts, Leon Sabelka, Greg LaPointe, Jeff Row, Tom Frigon and Mike Barcus also earned high game pot money during the six games of qualifying. Kudos to former Pony League bowler Theo Douthit for running the quality events that Complete Bowling Events are rapidly becoming known for. CBE plans many future open, seniors and women's events. See the Desert Bowler magazine and the Complete Bowling Events Facebook page for upcoming events.
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MMA Masters And Queens This Weekend At Brunswick Mesa.
The 35th MMA Masters event will be held on Saturday February 23, at Brunswick Zone Mesa. And the 2019 MMA Queens event will be held on Sunday February 24, also at Brunswick Zone Mesa. For more information on these events, please contact the MMA office at: 480-969-6944. Jim Pratt is the defending Masters Champion. Mandy Etem is the defending Queens Champion.
Hilburn Advances After Junior Gold Qualifier.
Congratulations goes out to Sergio Hilburn, who won a Junior Gold Qualifying event at Brunswick Zone Mesa on February 16. During the five game qualifier, Hilburn rolled games of: 229, 168, 157, 182, and 154 for a total pinfall of 890.
Ball Demo Coming Up At Brunswick Zone Mesa.
Don't miss this opportunity!
We are pleased to be able to provide our customers with the option to try out some of this season's newest releases to help insure they get the most out of their money!
- Each ball comes in a variety of spans and uses interchangeable finger and thumb technology to provide you with a good enough fit to try out the products no matter what shape or size your hand is!
- Not only is this an awesome opportunity to try the newest product, but it can also be a great opportunity to get that new ball at a special price. We will be offering special pricing on all of the equipment on this day only!
The ball demos will be held on the following dates and times:
Saturday March 2 - 12-2 @ Mesa East. 4-6 @ Brunswick Mesa.
Sunday March 3 - 12-2 @ Union Hills. 4-6 @ Glenfair Lanes.
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Cook Wins KOTH At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson- - - Congratulations to John Cook for winning the KOTH Tournament at Tucson Bowl on February 17th, 2019. We had 18 entries and paid out $645.00 in the prize fund. The next KOTH Tournament at Tucson Bowl will be Sunday March 17th, 2019.
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