Pictured Is: Mandy Etem Cirigliano, at her induction. With family and friends. Photo Courtesy Of MPUSBC.
Phoenix - - - Congratulations to Mandy Etem Cirigliano, who was inducted into the MPUSBC Hall Of Fame on Saturday July 13, 2024. At its annual meeting.
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Unnofficial Results - 55th Annual Champions Of Champions Event. From Mesa Metro Association.
Event Bowled At Bowlero Gilbert July 13 -14, 2024.
5 Person Team, 5 Person Mixed, Handicapped 1 You Want Our Meat 38 3,460 Gilbert, AZ 2 Deez Nuts 25 3,450 Mesa, AZ 3 Bowlerx.com (Returning Champs 50 3,387 Chandler, AZ 4 Avengers 36 3,287 Gilbert, AZ 5 Traveshamockery 46 3,264 San Tan Valley, AZ 6 Misfits 14 3,211 Mesa, AZ 7 A Team 15 3,153 Mesa, AZ 8 Team #8 26 3,138 Mesa, AZ 9 Too Legit To Split 49 3,097 Gilbert, AZ 10 Awesome Sauce 59 3,054 Gilbert, AZ 11 All Pins Matter 1 3,052 Apache Junction, AZ 12 Dime On The Line 40 3,011 Chandler, AZ.
4 Person Team, 4 Person Men, Handicapped 1 Johnson Kroman (Returning Cham 62 2,837 Queen Creek, AZ 2 Monsta Mode 5 2,720 Gilbert, AZ 3 BCD 53 2,617 Florence, AZ 4 Ballz Deep 61 2,613 Gilbert, AZ 5 Tampa Bay 13 2,573 Chandler, AZ 6 Cambo Rambo 57 2,547 Chandler, AZ 7 Split Lickers 60 2,472 Gilbert, AZ 8 3 Fingers Deep 41 2,465 Gilbert, AZ 9 Union Bowlers 2 2,404 Chandler, AZ 10 Roll-Drink-Repeat 42 2,382 Gilbert, AZ 11 F'n Ten Pin 47 2,252 Mesa, AZ.
4 Person Team, 4 Person Mixed, Handicapped 1 Wait For It 54 2,795 Mesa, AZ 2 Off Constantly Too 44 2,746 Mesa, AZ 3 Blue Moon Bandits 43 2,742 Gilbert, AZ 4 Pin Hunters 30 2,670 Apache Junction, AZ 5 I Hate League 7 2,656 Mesa, AZ 6 Dumpster Fire 10 2,605 Mesa, AZ 7 New Balls Who Dis? 31 2,588 Gilbert, AZ 8 Help Wanted 4 2,577 Mesa, AZ 9 Pin Droppers 29 2,570 Mesa, AZ 10 We've Been Framed 28 2,549 San Tan Valley, AZ 11 The Asians II 19 2,540 Chandler, AZ 12 Gone Postal 12 2,524 Mesa, AZ 13 Hot Pockets 27 2,508 Fountain Hills, AZ .
4 Person Team, 4 Person Women, Handicapped 1 Shawn's Angels 37 2,667 Mesa, AZ 2 Need A Fatter Ball 48 2,627 Phoenix, AZ 3 No Bowl Sheet #2 11 2,610 Gilbert, AZ 4 Still Friends 23 2,602 Mesa, AZ 5 VIIM 22 2,537 Mesa, AZ 6 Should Have Been 17 2,529 Tempe, AZ 7 Swing Roll And Repeat 8 2,492 Mesa, AZ 8 Wash Outs 16 2,467 Tempe, AZ 9 Ladies of the Mornin (Returnin 21 2,456 Mesa, AZ 10 Bowling Queens 56 2,440 Mesa, AZ 11 Ya Never Know 9 2,331 Apache Junction, AZ 12 Dangerous Dames 52 2,321 Phoenix, AZ 13 Sperms 35 2,250 Mesa, AZ.
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Williams Adds Perfect Game To Resume At The OC. Courtesy Of Bowl.Com. July 10, 2024.
LAS VEGAS – Tina Williams of Pflugerville, Texas. Formerly of Phoenix. Has created a new entry in the record books for both the United States Bowling Congress Open and the USBC Women's Open Championships after her performance Tuesday at the South Point Bowling Plaza.
She is the first competitor to record a perfect game at each national tournament after starting her doubles set at the 2024 USBC Open Championships with 300 on the way to a 750 series (300-227-223).
Williams had her perfect game at the Women’s Championships during doubles at the 2021 event in Reno, Nevada. She finished that trip her highest all-events total through 19 trips to the tournament (2,195) and posted four finishes in the top 15, including a fifth-place effort in Diamond All-Events.
The 43-year-old right-hander followed suit with her performance this week at the Open Championships, recording her top all-events score through 16 appearances with 2,048. She added 718 in singles and 580 in team.
The former Team USA member and three-time National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association All-American at West Texas A&M also made the appearance one to remember by joining her husband – two-time Professional Bowlers Association Tour champion Stu Williams – with a 300 this year at the Open Championships.
Stu rolled his 300 on May 10 during his second game of singles for an 805 series (currently third in Regular Singles). The performance helped him into second place in Regular All-Events with 2,245, and he’s currently fourth in Regular Doubles with David Bartlett of Bloomington, Illinois (1,476).
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Acuff - Duster - Have A Great Run At OC. Courtesy Of Open Championships July 8, 2024
Las Vegas - - - We had a great run in Regular Doubles today at the South Point Bowling Plaza!
Kyle Duster of La Mirada, California, and Derek Acuff of Surprise, Arizona, took over fifth place with a 1,467 total. Great bowling!
Duster led the way with games of 278, 243 and 258 for a 779 series, and Acuff added 239, 246 and 203 for 688.
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Bakers Tournament News - Courtesy Of Kristi Smith - Thompson.
Congratulations to our July 5 person bakers winners!
Phoenix - - - We ventured out of the Mesa area for our first Phoenix tournament at Let it Roll Bowl. We had 24 entries. 11 in the 925 & 13 in the 1075 cap
6 teams made cashing rounds. We paid out $5640 in prize money, and $2600 in side pots
Our 300 pot was not claimed and will roll to our next 5 person with $1120
925 Division:
- 3 team stepladder finals being Team Adams, The Royal Family & Team Duty. The final round Team Adams vs Team Duty. Adams took the first game 185-180 and they were victorious on game two 200-153. Team Adams is our new 925 team champs.
- High Games paid out $70 to each team: Monsta Mode games 1 - 216, 2 - 231, & 10 - 245, Rios game 3 - 221, Adams games 4 – 202, 5 - 218, Pospeshil got games 6 – 235, 7 – 235 & 9 - 220, The Royal Family took game 8 - 226
- High Series paid $210: Adams 1933
430 Division:
- Top 3 in the stepladder were: Team Rose, Team Thompson & Team Schloss. Final Round was Team Thompson vs our Birthday Boys team Rose. Team Thompson took the first match 213 – 197. Rose took the 2nd match 204 – 180. The title came down to a sudden death roll off, with team Thompson taking the win.
- High Games paid out $130 each team: Rose game 1 – 270, Schenk game 2 – 256, Feber games 3 – 242 & game 7 – 220, Thompson games 4 – 234 & game 10 – 264, Schloss took game 5 – 242, Cox games 6 – 279 & game 8 – 267, and Hanna got game 9 - 248
- High Series paid $390: Team Cox – 2196
Our next TBT is our Bakers Doubles @ Bowlero Kyrene July 20th. Registration is currently open we will Max at 80 entries. See you all there!
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SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT.
Chandler - - - We had a great turnout today, July 14, as we would be at Bowlero Kyrene for a 2-squad tournament. We would see 118 total entries (85 qualifying with 33 parlays) paying out over $6,700 in main and side event prizefunds. Bowlers played on a very playable 42ft PBA Scorpion pattern.
We would see a close Finals match with Charles Halse coming out on top to take home his 1st AHT SFT title and $600.00 (non-progressive pot). Congrats to Bruce Franks Jr. on 2nd place for $800.00 and also congrats to Chris Allen on 3rd place for $500.00!
Thank you to everyone that came out today to bowl our tournament. I know there were circumstances outside of our control but thank you all for your patience. Thank you to Jay Jay Newell and the staff at Bowlero Kyrene for having us out this weekend. Thanks to Tawna Jean and Michael Dragon for all the work they do behind the scenes to keep us running each weekend.
Tournament results and event summary will be on our website tomorrow. We’ll be back next Sunday for another 2-squad tournament at Let it Roll Bowl.
Hope you have a great week and see you soon.
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Virtue Bowling Supply Announces Store Manager For Cactus Bowl - Courtesy Of Virtue Bowling Supply.
Tucson - - - We are thrilled to announce that Gabe Stropka is joining our team as the store manager for our new Cactus Bowl location in Tucson!
After two rounds of interviews, Gabe was our top pick out 10+ great applicants! The reason we choose Gabe over the other applicants, was because he reflects the two key traits we have found to be most predictive of success: a genuine passion for bowling and the intangibles for an unwavering commitment to exceptional customer service. At Virtue Bowling Supply, we believe that these qualities are the foundation of success in our industry, even if the person doesn't have experience yet drilling bowling balls.
Over the past 10+ years, we have trained and worked with over 50 individuals, some with past experience drilling and others who do not. We've consistently found that those who excel have a deep love for bowling and a natural inclination to serve our customers with care and dedication. Gabe embodies these traits, and we are confident that his enthusiasm and customer-focused approach will quickly translate into technical proficiency after he undergoes our store manager training process.
We are excited for Gabe to bring his energy and dedication to the Cactus Bowl location, and we know he will thrive with the support of our experienced team and loyal customers. We will be setting up that location this month, hope to be soft opened by August, and will announce a grand opening event sometime in August! Please join us in welcoming Gabe to the Virtue Bowling Supply family!
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