Pictured Is: 2019 Tucson Open Champion Shannon O' Keefe.
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JBT To Open Its 24th Season At Glenfair Lanes.
Glendale - - - August 10-11, the Desert Open kicks off the 24th season of JBT excitement! Open to anyone age 21 and under as of 8/1/19, scratch and handicap competition with bonuses for girls scratch and U17. 15 games on 3 patterns followed by matchplay- what a terrific challenge! The famous glass cactus to the winner, $500 min top scholarship, plus bonuses that could mean thousands extra throughout the season! Check out our website or email director@bowljbt.com for more. Please spread the word to all averages and ages as we hope to see you there.
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Complete Bowling Events News-Courtesy Of CBE.
Sun City West - - - Here are your final standings from the CBE Senior Event #6 held at RH Johnson Lanes.
Dennis Klein took home $550 and his first CBE title.
Rounding out the top 5 were:
3. Dwight Burns
4. Scott Taylor
5. Mike Barcus
We had 49 entries which is a new CBE Senior tour record, beating our previous high of 48 entries.
Thanks as always to all of our great sponsors. Without you all, our club isn't as great as it is.
Dennis Klein with Your Strike Shop
Dave Cirigliano with Bowling Dynamics
Chuck Lucas and Chuck's Uptown Painting
Arizona Natural Concepts
and thanks to Apparel EFX for providing all of our winners with some stylish jerseys.
Our next event is the Open CBE at Prescott on July 21st.
Our next Senior event is August 18th at Bell Lanes
The points and the website will be updated over the next couple of days.
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Virtue Bowling Supply Expanding Into Prescott - Courtesy Of Virtue Bowling Supply.
Prescott - - -#Team Virtue is growing! Virtue Bowling Supply is pleased to announce the opening of it’s newest two stores inside Plaza Bowl in Prescott, and Antelope Lanes in Prescott Valley! The stores are being re-modeled and fully stocked as you are reading this article! We are preparing for our grand opening event on August 10th at Antelope Lanes! We are excited to bring some resources to the Prescott area that have never been available before like ball demos, bowler ID and blueprint technology, as well as world renowned coaches like Josh Blanchard.
Brian Miller the owner of both bowling centers and previous operator of both pro shops cared a great deal about making sure his customers have a reliable, knowledgeable and trusty worthy pro shop they can visit when bowling at his centers. Because of our incredible customers and supporters down in the valley, he had already heard of us before and expressed immense trust in us taking over a very vital role in his centers. He was excited to have Virtue Bowling Supply taking over the management of both pro shops. He was even more excited to hear that they would be managed by a long time Prescott local scratch bowler, Jeff Row!
Jeff has been dedicated, full-time, to his training under Craig Spencer and his team in the valley since February. Learning how to take his knowledge as a successful competitor and pair it with an IBPSIA accredited training on how to drill balls, fit hands and understand the technical elements of ball motion and layouts. As a long time foreman in construction, his background with fractions, drilling and working with his hands made him a perfect fit for the job. He is excited to reconnect with many of the local bowlers and help them take their game to the next level to enjoy the sport of bowling in a new way!
We want to thank all of #TeamVirtue in the valley that has supported us, helped us grow, and given us the reputation that has allowed us to make this possible.
We encourage all of you to come out to our grand opening event! GET OUT OF THE HEAT AND COME JOIN US ON AUGUST 10TH! Fun tournaments and a bowling ball demo! See you all there!
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Correen Lieber wins $1,000 at AMF McRay! SFT News, Courtesy Of The SFT.
Chandler - - - Our event this weekend was at AMF McRay lanes and we had a HUGE turn out! In 3 squads we had 124 entries (51 parlay & 73 qualifying), 29 cashers, a 1 in 4.2 cash ratio and paid out over $5,000.00 in main and side event prize fund! The players bowled on a 44ft London oil pattern that for the most part was pretty low scoring. There were a handful of players that really seemed to match up and bowl well on the longer oil pattern. The average cut scores were all around the +30 to +40 range which meant most players had to be close to their average or a few pins above it each game.
We want to welcome some of the new bowlers that joined us for this event. Harley Sweigart, James Fitting, Leslie Sand, Morgan Lewis, Sonia Chonoplis, and Ryan Joyce all bowled in their first SFT AHT event this weekend! Thanks to all of you for coming out and checking the events out! We hope you all had a good time at your first event! We also want to congratulate Willy Vuong, James Roethle, and Clay Fritz on being the parlay power players advancing to the quarter finals from the economy parlay side event!
The quarter finals were very similar scoring pace to the rest of the day where bowling your average was a good set! We had an exciting finish with the A division needing a 9th and 10th frame roll off to determine the final semi-finalist moving on. It was between Clay Fritz and Ron Gonzales who tied at +41. The higher seed between the two was Clay. That was based on their qualifying scores to make it to the quarter finals. Clay had Ron start the match so he could finish first. Ron marked in the 9th and Clay got up to start his 2 frames. His first shot was leaked to the right, and the pattern played long, so he left a 2-4-10 split that he wasn't able to convert. He now needed to double to put the pressure back on Ron. His first shot was great and struck. His second one was also pretty good and could of struck, but a messenger missed the 10 pin, which meant Ron only needed a mark to win, which he was able to do.
This meant the semi finalists were Coreen Lieber vs Ron Gonzales in the A division finals, Brian Richardson vs Derek Hamm in the B division finals and Willy Vuong and Ron Riley in the C division finals. The B and C division final matches weren't too close with Brian and Willy pulling away pretty early and never looking back. The A division final match was a different story going all the way to the 10th frame. Correen finished the match first and didn't throw the best shot in the 10th, but didn't split and was able to convert the spare. She then only needed 9 pins to win on the fill and another errand shot to the left, went through the nose and got 7, which meant Ron had a chance to double and get 9 to win. Ron's first shot was a bit outside and that wasn't the place you wanted to miss on the 44ft London oil pattern. Correen would move on to the final match with a scratch score of 174!
The final match was very back and forth with all of the players having a chance to win going into the final few frames. However, Brian and Willy both didn't do much striking in the 8th and 9th and a big double from Correen in the 8th and 9th put her in position to take the win. She was able to mark in the 10th to close it out. However, 2nd place wasn't determined yet. Willy who finished last, could have gotten the first strike to take 2nd, but wasn't able to keep the ball online, which allowed Brain to take 2nd and Willy 3rd.
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2020 PWBA Tour Schedule, Courtesy Of The PWBA.
Tucson - - - The PWBA tour will be making its second consecutive tour stop in Tucson on April 23-25, 2020. The Tucson Open next year, will be hosted by Lucky Strike Bowl. The inagural event was hosted by Golden Pin Lanes in June, and the bowling center has since closed. Shannon O' Keefe, is the defending champion.
2020 PWBA TOUR SCHEDULE
With dates, event, center and location:
April 23-25 – PWBA Tucson Open, Lucky Strike Bowl, Tucson, Ariz.
April 30-May 2 – PWBA Spokane Open, Lilac Lanes At Cedar Creek, Spokane, Wash.
May 7-9 – PWBA Sacramento Open, Steve Cook’s Fireside Lanes, Sacramento, Calif.
May 13-19 – USBC Queens, South Point Bowling Plaza, Las Vegas
May 28-30 – PWBA Greater Cleveland Open, Yorktown Lanes, Parma Heights, Ohio
June 4-6 – PWBA Rockford Open, The Cherry Bowl, Rockford, Ill.
June 11-13 – PWBA East Texas Open, Oil Bowl, Longview, Texas
June 23-30 – U.S. Women’s Open, USA Bowl, Dallas
July 8-12 – PWBA Las Vegas Open, Sam’s Town/The Orleans Arena, Las Vegas
July 23-26 – PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles, Copperfield Bowl, Houston
Aug. 6-8 – PWBA Greater Columbus Open, Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl, Columbus, Ohio
Aug. 13-15 – PWBA Tennessee Open, Pinnacle Family Entertainment Center, Clarksville, Tenn.
Aug. 19-22 – PWBA Players Championship, Seminole Lanes, Seminole, Fla.
TBD – PWBA Tour Championship
Jacob Wins King Of The Hill At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Congratulations to Tim Jacob, who won Tucson Bowl's King of the Hill Tournament held on Sunday July, 14. Tim defeated Bryan Van Sickle in the championship match. A big thanks goes to Josh Quesnel for running Tucson Bowl's King of the Hill tournaments. For more information on the next King of the Hill Tournament at Tucson Bowl, call (520) 747-1363.
A Good Luck Message From LaDonna Ford.
Tucson - - - I would like to wish Arizona's Dream Team Good Luck!
They won thier spot in the AZ USBC Handicap Tournament.
Tayler Clark from Tucson.
Lexi Moser from Casa Grande
Juan Canez from Tucson.
Logan Mac Gregor from Mesa
They are in Detroit bowling in the Youth National Open.
They will be bowling Double and Singles today and Team tommorrow.
I would also wish all the bowlers repersenting Arizona Good Luck!
A Message For Vegas Bowlers At Lucky Strike Bowl.
Tucson - - -Vegas Bowlers - we only have a few months before we start bowling and start planning our trip to Vegas next year. Remember the dates have changed the Trip will be May 30, 31 & June 1st. The weekend AFTER Memorial Day.
No Tap Saturday Nights At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - No Tap Saturday Nights at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, continues on July 20th, 2019. Check in starts at 6:00 PM, bowling begins at 6:30 PM. Last Saturday night we had a total of 26 entries, and paid out $338.00 from the prize fund, and $63.00 from the optional shootout side pot. The optional strike pot was not hit, and continues to grow, currently at $371.00. For additional information contact Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
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