Pictured Are: The New Braunfels Lady Unicorns.
The tenpinexpress.com, Renews Website On Go Daddy.
Mesa - - - The tenpinexpress.com, is proud to announce, that we have renewed our webisite with Go Daddy. And will continue to write about the great game of bowling in Arizona for another year. Our 5th in the cactus state. We feel there are still a lot of great stories in bowling in Arizona that still need to be told, and we want to be the one to tell them. We can not begin to thank all of you for the support we have gotten over the last five years. It means a lot to us to be appreciated by the Arizona bowling community. Thanks again, for the vote of confidence everyone. And, keep the ball rolling!
Dishawn Byrd wins $1,000 at Bowlero Kyrene!. SFT News Courtesy Of SFT.
Chandler- - - Our event this weekend was at Bowlero Kyrene and we had a great turnout! We had 111 total entries (71 qualifying & 40 economy parlay), with 31 cashers, a 1 in 3.58 cash ratio and a payout of over $5,500.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a very difficult 40ft PBA Bear oil pattern that had some of the lowest scores of the season. The pattern allowed players to play from any angle, but the key was trying to make high quality shots and then pick your spares. There were quite a few people who thought that the scores would go up for the last squad as the lanes would have some more play on them by then. However, this didn't happen at all, as the cut score stayed pretty much the same in all three divisions from squad 1 to squad 3.
We want to quickly welcome our new bowlers that joined us for this event! Mike Chew, Kelly Davis, Jason Bach, Larry Schwarberg, Vasily Zinchenko and Valentin Wilcox all bowled in their first SFT AHT event this weekend! It's awesome to still see new faces each week! We hope all of you had a great time, and we look forward to seeing you next time! We had one parlay power player in Kevin Kilday who turned his $25 entry fee into a spot in the quarterfinal round! We had several players making their first ever SFT AHT quarterfinals! Congrats to Larry Schwarberg and Valentin Wilcox who made both made their first ever quarterfinals today. Your winner of the free plastic ball drawing, with an option to upgrade to any Track high-performance bowling ball for $85.00, was Ron Gonzales.
The quarterfinals were held on a fresh pattern and the quarterfinal scores low, as they had been all day. Eric Flick would lead the A Division and earn the #1 seed at +87. He would have to face off against #2 seed Chris Tucker (+50). In the B division, your #1 seed would be Dishawn Byrd (+63) and he would have to battle AHT SFT veteran Bryton Bobbitt (+54). In the C Division, your leader was Kevin Dollar (+56) and he would be taking on Ken W. Davis (+44).
The A Division semi-final match would see Eric Flick throw enough strikes to defeat Chris Tucker, who struggled to find a line to the pocket, 215 to 185. The B Division semi-final would find Bryton Bobbitt unable to find the pocket and would lose the match to Dishawn Byrd, 189 to 169. Meanwhile, the C Division semi-final would be highly contested with #1 seed Kevin Dollar trying to hold off Ken W. Davis. It would all come down to the final frame as Kevin would finish the match first. Kevin would get an eight count on his first ball and was able to pick up the spare. On Kevin's fill ball, his ball went a little long leaving a washout to finish at 191. Ken would get up and get a nine count on his first ball leaving only the seven pin. He would need to pick up his spare, then get at least seven on his spare to tie and eight to win. Ken would go on to pick up the spare and get nine on his fill ball to win his match, 193 to 191.
Going into the Final match, Eric Flick would be looking to get his fourth overall AHT SFT title. He had already taken 2nd place at the previous tournament held at Kyrene and was looking at another chance to get his first win of the 2019 season. Both Dishawn Byrd and Ken W. Davis were making their 1st appearance in the Finals and both would be looking for their first titles as well.
The Final match would start off all three bowlers trying to line up and get their ball to hit the pocket correctly. Eric would stay clean until midway through the match when he would open in the fourth and fifth frames. After a bit of nerves, Ken would string together a couple of strikes to get himself back into the match. Dishawn would take advantage by doubling in the fifth and sixth frames to take the lead. Over halfway through the match Eric would open in the seventh and eighth frames to put himself in a hole. Eric would try to comeback but would fall short finishing the match at 167. Ken would also open in the seventh, eighth and ninth to surrender the lead to Dishawn. Ken would go on and finish the match at 184. Dishawn would stay clean the rest of the game to win the match with a score of 215, giving himself his first AHT SFT title and $1,000.00!!! Congrats to Ken W. Davis for 2nd place and Eric Flick for 3rd place.
Thank you to everyone who came out this weekend to support the event. We look forward to seeing you all next Sunday at Glenfair Lanes for our final tournament of the 2019 Spring Circuit!
The Winners Of The Metro Phoenix Royalty Tournaments.
Phoenix - - - The winner of this past weekends Royalty Tournaments are as follows:
Masters: Stuart Willams
Queen: Correen Lieber
Classified Masters: Alan Warne
Princess: Veronica Walton - This is a youth bowler and her prize money will be placed into her SMART account.
Thank you to all that participated this year!
High School Girls' Bowling Team Finishes in 9th Place At Nationals.
Tucson - - -Congrats to the New Braunfels Lady Unicorns on their 9th Place finish at the High School Bowling National Championships. Job well done ladies!!!
King Of The Hill This Saturday At Cactus Bowl.
Tucson - - -The time is nearing, June 29th at 12:00 pm, Cactus Bowl. Our King of the Hill. The linage was increased so the entry went up from $45 to $50. The pattern will be the "BEATEN PATH". Hope to see many of you out there. A flyer is attached. All will bowl 6 games, then the field is cut to 50% and they will bowl 2 more games. The top five will then bowl the step ladder finals. Bring friends!!
New Rule Goes Into Effect On August 1, 2019.
USBC BOWLING BALL CLEANING RULE EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 1, 2019: No liquid cleaners may be used to wipe off or clean your bowling ball during USBC certified competition. This rule applies to league bowling as well as tournaments. Cleaners with the “Approved Anytime” logo will only be allowed to be used before or after competition. The cleaner must be in the original container and must have the approved logo on the bottle. Others substances not approved by USBC should not be used on the bowling balls. During competition bowlers will only be allowed to use a dry towel to wipe their bowling ball and can not use any ball cleaners at all. Certain situations of ball return residue on the ball during competition will require permission from league or tournament officials for the ball to be cleaned with anything but a dry towel. The cleaner has to be a USBC Approved cleaner only and it must be in the original container. Violations of this rule could result in disqualifying of the bowling ball in question and removing it from being used in competition.
4th Of July Sweeper At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - -Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be hosting a 6 Game Sweeper on Thursday, the 4th of July, 2019.Check-in will start at 9:30 AM, bowling will begin at 10:00 AM. The entry fee will be $60.00, the oil pattern will be the Kegel Bourbon Street. There will be 2 divisions, scratch and handicap. For additional information call 520-747-1363.
Improve Your Game On Sundays At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - -For those of you looking to improve your game, and get ready for the 2019/20 Fall/Winter Season, come on out to Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street on Sundays. We will be running our League House Shot on lanes 1-16, as well as a Sport Short on lanes 17-24. Bowling on sport conditions is a great way to improve your game. Our 2019/20 Fall/Winter Schedule is out, there is a variety of leagues to choose from, stop by or give us a call, 520-747-1363 to sign up for a league.