Pictured Is: Solomon Salama, And Madison Holman. Photo Courtesy Of JBT.
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Second Annual Bowlers Day Is Sunday August 4th, At Chase Field.
Phoenix - - - Don't forget. The second annual Bowlers Day with the Dbacks is this Sunday August 4th, VS the Washington Nationals. Game time is 1:10 pm. Tickets for this game only, are $37 in the Club Reserve Sections, 201-205. And $22 each in the Bleacher Sections, 101-105.
For more information, contact Diney Ransford at 602-462-6818. Or email her at dransford@dbacks.com.
C'mon! Let's fill these sections up with bowlers this year!
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Holman, Wins 'Top Dawg' Event At JBT's.
Las Vegas, NV. - - - Congratulations goes out to Madison Holman, of Chandler, AZ. For winning the 'Top Dawg' event at the Orleans this past Friday in Las Vegas. Madison,15, averaged 221 for 8 games to be crowned as the 'Top Dawg'. The event, was a side event, in conjunction with the JBT's. 68 bowlers competed in the handicap division, and over 80 in the scratch division.
"I was just on that day," she said, of her performance. "I knew where I wanted to throw the ball, and I was consistent. It was the one time that I really wanted the total pins to carry over! You had to do good every game, or you were out. Which made it stressful, but even more exciting. This was definitely my best eight game series so far."
Madison, is a member of the Mesa East Bowl junior program.
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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 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)
Wednesday Night Mixed League At AMF Chandler.
Chandler - - - Do you want to join a fun bowling league? The Midweek Madness Fall 2019 league at AMF Chandler lanes is now forming. We have need for teams, doubles and singles. This is a mixed sanctioned league with teams of 4 and will run for 18 weeks starting on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 6:30pm. Cost is $20 a night. If you need additional information, or want to sign up, please contact Dan Kittrell at 480-334-6096 or on the Midweek Madness Facebook page. (Current members please share this notice on your Facebook page).
Midweek Madness
Day of the week - Wednesday
Time of the League - 6:30PM
League Meeting - 08-07-2019 @ 6pm
Start Date - 08-14-19 @ 6:30pm
USBC Sanctioned League
18 weeks ending December 18, 2019
Join a league for amazing Rewards!
1.99 practice games,
20% off food and non-alcoholic beverages
2 free games each week!!
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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FYI For Those Of You In Arizona, Who Are Planning On Bowling This.
Rio Rancho, NM.- BIG NEW MEXICO OPEN NEWS
1. We received an extra $ 1,000 from a sponsor and will add that to Friday's 9 am & 2 pm qualifying squads. In squad one the top TWO scorers will each win $ 300, while in squad two, the top two scorers will each win $ 200. We hope this will increase entries on that day,with already two changing over from Saturday.
2. The NMO Program (24 pages) is available NOW at our website tenpins-more.com. Please let everyone know!
3. We're at 152 entries July 29 with 13 states represented. New Mexico leads with 54 bowlers, followed by Arizona 28, Colorado 22 and Texas with 20.
4. The Pro-Am that has squads Tuesday through Friday, August 13-16 has 93 entries and looks set to beat last year's record mark. Call 892-7117 to enter this and/or the main event.
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No Tap Saturday Nights At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be hosting a King of the Hill Tournament on Sunday, July 28th, 2019. Check in starts at 9:30 AM, bowling begins at 10:00 AM. The entry fee is $50.00, the oil pattern will be the Kegel Statue of Liberty. The format is 6 games of qualifying, with a 5 person stepladder final. For additional information call Tucson Bowl, 520-747-1363.
King Of The Hill At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - - Congratulations to Reid Sykes for winning the The King of the Hill Tournament at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, on Sunday July 28th, 2019.The next King of the Hill Tournament at Tucson Bowl will be Sunday, August 18th. For additional information call Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
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The Pony League, Courtesy Of The Pony League At Bowlero Glendale.
Glendale - - - 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). 36 to 40 teams, 180 to 200 bowlers, will be competing for approximately $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. Our pre-season organization meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 12th, 6:00 pm at Brunswick Zone Glendale. Our season begins the following Monday, August 19th, 6:15 pm practice, 6:30 pm competition for score begins. More information (league rules, league history, standings, etc.) is available on the Pony League Facebook public group page and in Desert Bowler articles each month. The optional singles league features six scratch divisions, aligned by current average and realigned each quarter for an additional $5 per week with 100% return of singles fees to singles participants. Singles paid out over $13,600 last season. Our 50/50 raffles paid out close to $10,000 last season and added a similar amount to our league prize fund. Our league sponsor and secretary donated bowling balls and gift certificates to the league which were included in the 50/50 raffles at the end of each quarter. Our end-of-season individual sweeper paid out over $2,400, paying 36 places. Contact James Bungard via Facebook and Facebook Messenger for additional information or to sign up for the Pony League's 2019-2020 season.
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Complete Bowling Events News - Courtesy Of Theo Douthit.
Sun City West - - - While being excited about all of the upcoming CBE tournaments, let's not forget that the league season for Fall/Winter is sneaking up on us as well.
If you'd like to be challenged, and bowl something with an incredible prize fund, join us on Tuesday nights at RH Johnson in Sun City West.
With 20 teams (we had 18 in the summer), our prize fund will be over $25,000!!!! For doubles....that's a lot of money to payout. Over $18 of the $25 goes to the prize fund each week.
League Details:
Day of the week: Tuesday
Time: 9:00pm (it's doubles and goes quickly)
Format: - Doubles
- 3 games
- Match point
- 4 quarters
- Week 35 is roll-off and sweeper
- 440 CAP (using 3 year composite average **Summer 2019 does not count)
- Scratch
- A new pattern each quarter
League Fees: $25 per week
Start date: September 3rd
End Date: May 5th
Number of weeks: 35 (taking off December 24th)
**If you want to bowl, please reach out to me so I can verify your average and get you on the roster.
Complete Bowling Events Upcoming Doubles Tournament.
Doubles is back!
Teams must consist of at least 1 player that is under 50 years old and 1 player that is either a Senior (50 yrs and older) or a Woman.
Entry Fee: $75 per bowler ($150/team)
If paid in full by September 13th, team entry will be $130
**$25/bowler deposit to be put on the entry list.**
****Deposits and entries are NON-REFUNDABLE after September 13th****
Format:
2 squad on Saturday, October 5th.
Check-in at 8am Bowl at 9am
Or
Check-in at 2pm bowl at 3pm squad.
Bowlers may only bowl one squad.
6 games of qualifying on Saturday.
Field will be cut to the top 16 after both squads have bowled.
Top 16 will return Sunday, October 6th to bowl at 9am.
Seeds 1-4 will receive a 2 round bye.
Seeds 5-8 will receive a 1 round bye.
Round 1 will consist of seeds 9-16
9 vs 16, 10 vs 15, etc.
Each round will be 3 games, baker style, total pinfall.
Round 2 the winners will play seeds 5-8.
Round 3 the winners will play seeds 1-4.
Each round the highest seed remaining will bowl the lowest seed remaining.
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Keith Fung wins 1st title at Glenfair! SFT News Courtesy Of SFT.
Glendale - - - Our event this weekend was at Glenfair Lanes. We had a below average turn out with 67 total entries (45 qualifying and 22 economy parlay). The players bowled on a pretty low scoring 42ft Tokyo oil pattern that yielded cut scores of around +20 to +30, so the players had to bowl their average to safely make the cut. There were styles that played more direct, but it seemed that more players had success more in the middle of the lane than the outside part of the lane. That is pretty common with the topography at Glenfair. The gutters tend to not play as well with more friction coming from the track area.
We had some new bowlers come out to this event. Welcome Kaci Cowin, Brady Cowin, James Bungard, Eddy Cruz, and Steven Brunell to the ever growing SFT AHT family! We hope you all had a great time at your first event! A special congrats to Kaci Cowin and Eddy Cruz on making it to the quarterfinals in their first ever event. Also congrats to Keith Fung and Michael Charles on making their first ever quarterfinals, or first one in a long time. Also congrats to Brandon Bailey on being this weekend's only parlay power player.
The quarter finals were also very low scoring. In the A division we had #1 seed Keith Fung vs #2 seed Michael Charles, in the B Division #1 seed Steve Marks vs #2 seed Dishawn Byrd, and the C Division only had 5 quarterfinalists, so Mike Hodge moved on to the be C Division Champion. The A Division semi-final match wasn't too close. Keith got out to the lead early and was able to maintain it to take home the win against Mike. The B Division was much closer coming down to the 10th frame. Steve needed good count and a mark which he was able to get and defeated Dishawn Byrd.
The final match was a great one! It was a great back and forth between Keith Fung and Steve Marks. Unfortunately, Mike Hodge started off slow and was never able to get it going. Keith started off with a double early to get the lead back from Steve, but a string from Steve in the middle of the game took the lead back. However, a shot that went high in the 7th, left the 3-10 for Steve and he was unable to convert. This gave the lead back to Keith. In the 9th, Keith was unable to double, leaving the 4-7, but converting it. Steve, with a strike in the 8th, got up in the 9th with a chance to take the lead back again and threw a perfect shot that carried all 10 and gave him the lead. In the 10th, Keith needed to double to put some pressure on Steve and his first shot wasn't great going high. He converted his spare and waited for Steve to finish. Steve's shot went high leaving the 3-6 and he only needed to convert it to win. He threw a plastic ball at it, but going a bit right to left instead of left to right, and got unlucky chopping the 3 off the 3-6 to allow Keith to just get good count and take home the win and his first title! Congrats to all of the finalists!
We will see all of you next Sunday at AMF Tempe Village.
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