Mayes/ Cardines win Doubles Story And Photo Courtesy Of PBA West Region
Cabazon,Ca. - - - Our annual Member/ Non Member doubles at Canyon Lanes saw 43 teams of bowlers take to the lanes looking to, earn their spot in the top 12 finals. To make the finals, a team had to average just over 211 with 4 teams earning a first round bye.
Our semi final matches saw two sweeps of 2-0 by the # 10 seeds, C. Mayes/ Cardines and #5 seeds Villarreal/Valmonte. In the title match an early 4 bagger from Mayes/Cardines gave them an early lead and they shut out Villarreal/Valmonte with the first strike in the 10th frame 233-191 to lock up both of their first wins. Christopher Mayes, of Apache Junction Arizona, is a rookie PBA member and this will count as an official PBA Title.
Pictured with the champions is General Manager of Canyon Lanes and two time senior US Open Champion, Paula Vidad. A special thank you goes out to Casino Morongo for sponsoring this event and bringing a professional bowling tournament to this community.
Our next event is in two weeks on the islands of Hawaii.
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E&BC Tournament News - Courtesy Of E&BC.
Phoenix - - - Today's (May 21), Classic Worlds event was a success on such a beautiful Phoenix Saturday outside with 19 overall entrants and 85 overall games bowled. We gave out over $1,200 in total prize money including all side action. Congratulations goes to John Rivera for taking the win today on a very, very tough E&BC Tournaments Hammerhead oil pattern. John averaged a little above 171 when coming in with a 165 average. All it took to qualify today was to be about 2 or 3 pins above your average for either squad. Our cashers for today were: 1st place John Rivera, 2nd place Justin Surat, 3rd place Kyle Ponzo, and 4th place Mike Kennedy. We were able to hold a drawing for a free Bowlifi Jersey from www.bowlifi.com, and a free pair of Hollmark bowling shoes today. The winner of the free Bowlifi jersey was Josh Chandler, and the free pair of shoes went to Mike Kennedy.
We held an additional 3 games for the cashers to determine our winner. For the final 3 games pins carried over from the bowlers' highest qualifying score. John Rivera continued his success while coming into the final round as the 2nd seed. Justin Surat climbed the ladder from 4th seed to finish in 2nd. Kyle Ponzo bowled well all day, but ran into a bit of trouble in the final round to finish 3rd overall. Mike Kennedy moved from last place after the 1st squad by re-entering and bowled very well to qualify as the 3rd seed. His final 3 games were a bit rough and he finished in 4th overall. (Welcome back to bowling Mike). Only three of the four cashers entered into the PFI (Progressive) Pot.
Today's event saw nearly double digit new folks to E&BC Tournaments (Kyle Ponzo, John Rivera, Mike Kennedy, Ryan Woodall, Chandler Risley, Matt Woodall, Matt Villegas, Edward Polansky, and Josh Chandler). As a reminder, to be eligible to bowl the year end event you will need to bowl at least 2 events prior. Our year end event looks to be in November. For all the collegiate bowlers out there who'd like to join us for any upcoming event, if you show us your college ID you will receive a discounted entry fee. You can contact us at ebc_tournaments@yahoo.com for any information. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in support of this event. Our next event will be June 17, 2023 at AMF Union Hills. Entries Prize fund dispersed $495.00. PFI (Progressive) fund dispersed $320. Side Action prizes dispersed $408. Prize Fund Rollover for year end event: $417.00 through 7 events and Prize Fund PFI (Progressive) Rollover: $164.00 through 7 events.
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MESA METROPOLITAN USBC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING
DATE: Sunday June 11, 2023
TIME: 1:00 PM
Mesa - - - LOCATION: Mesa East Bowl Conference Room
ALL MMA Bowlers are invited and encouraged to attend. Some of the things to be discussed/presented are (but not limited to), Current Status of the Association, Presentation of Hall of Fame Inductees, Presentation of Youth Bowlers of the Year, Election of new Board Members and other business that may be brought before the membership.
Applications for the board can be found at www.bowlmesa.com, under Forms.
Positions to be elected are (1) Vice-President and (6) Directors. Any person wishing to be considered for one of these positions MUST turn in an application before, or on, May 11th (30 day notice) to be interviewed and considered for the ballot.
Mesa East Bowl is located at 9260 East Broadway Road in Mesa. Phone number is: 480-984-1158.
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Bowlero Bakers Doubles - Courtesy Of Kristi Smith - Thompson.
Mesa - - - Next Saturday is Bowlero Mesa Bakers Doubles - May 27th @ 1pm
Walk in or if you'd like to reserve a spot send me a DM, comment or email. We offer a prepay option through Venmo. No check in lines to wait in, if you prepay.
Strike pot has $500 and our 300 game is at $826.
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'Bowling Boot Camp' Courtesy Of Kristi Smith-Thompson.
Mesa - - - Looking for a summer youth league. Mesa Strikers will begin their "Bowling Boot Camp" June 3rd. This will be our 4th summer where we devote our summer to building our skills. Each week our coaches will be working with the kids to build consistency and confidence in their bowling. We will offer sports patterns as well as regular house, for those who'd like to challenge themselves further.
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Summer League Looking For Bowlers - Coutesy Of January Mondlak
Phoenix - - - Calling all bowlers!!! Looking for new bowlers to join Pins, Pints, and Playbooks on Friday nights at 6:15pm, Bowlero on 59th Avenue and Bell Rd. New season will start June 9th!
Come join this fun, unique, social league!! Structured like a fantasy football league, no teams! Individual! 9 weeks pool play, 3 weeks for the playoffs! Huge payouts! $21 a week - $16 to lineage and $5 to prize fund.
We cap at 30 bowlers. DM me if interested or have any questions! Thank you!
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King of the Hill. Courtesy Of Phil Hanna.
Chandler - - - Check In @ 7pm Bowl @ 8pm.
This is a scratch event.
$50 entry fee (includes high game pots during qualifying).
3 games of qualifying.
Lanes are oiled before bowling starts (house shot).
There will be $3 brackets.
Every Monday Starting May 15, at Bowlero Kyrene in Chandler.
For More Information Contact Phil Hanna @ 602-526-4845.
Or by email @ hannabowl1@gmailcom.
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