Pictured Third From The Left, Is TPE.Com's Michael Chip Begg.
Ten Pin Express. Com Managing Editor Earns Accomplishment.
Tucson - - - This past Saturday May 25, I bowled in my second Arizona State Open at Golden Pin Lanes in Tucson. I always have a blast bowling with my doubles partner, Scott, and the rest of the bowlers we were paired with. Even though Scott and I did not do as well in doubles as we did last year, I was able to get two accomplishments added to my bowling resume. I bowled my first 200 game in 30 years in a tournament, and rolled my first 500 series as well, a 512, after the doubles event was concluded. I celebrated the occasion by downing a Dos Ekis after I was done bowling. Keep the ball rolling my friends. Your tenpinexpress.com editor. Ps# I am currently in 17th place in singles in my division, and 26th in doubles.
Still Time To Register For 'Bowl With The Pros.
Tucson - - -There is still time to sign up for the PWBA Tucson Open "Bowl with the Pros" on June 6th 2019. You can register online at www.goldenpinbowl.comor in person at Golden Pin Lanes. Tickets are also available to watch the ladies bowl. Cost is $20 for both days of competition. These tickets are also available online or in person. If there are any questions, please give us a call at 520-888-4272. Thanks Hope to see you there!
Summer Leagues Now Forming At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - -The Tuesday Summer Classic Bowling League gets started on June 4th, 2019 at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street. This league will bowl for 12 weeks, practice will start at 6:20 PM, with league bowling starting at 6:30 PM. This will be USBC Sanctioned League, handicapped, featuring 4 person mixed teams. For additional information contact Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
The Tuesday Summer Breakers Women's League.
Tucson - - - The Tuesday Summer Breakers Women's League at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street gets started for the summer of 2019 on May 28th. We will have a meeting on Tuesday May 28th at 9:00 AM. Each week practice will start at 9:20 AM, and league bowling at 9:30 AM. Stop on by, or give us a call, 520-747-1363 to get signed up. This is a Women's Morning League, offering a great casual atmosphere.
The Oz Bowling League.
Tucson - - - The Welcome to Oz Bowling League gets started for the summer, on May 30th, 2019 at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street. This league will bowl for 12 weeks, practice will start at 6:20 PM, with league bowling starting at 6:30 PM. This will be USBC Sanctioned League, handicapped, featuring 3 person mixed teams. For additional information contact Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
Lucky Strike Bowl Memorial Day Tournament.
Tucson - - - Lucky Strike Bowl'sMemorial Day Weekend Tournament Final Results.
Congrats to Tyler Starr (Regular Division) & Howard Strause (Super Senior Division) for winning our tournament. Finishing in second place in the Reg Div was Matt Holmes and Larry Thompson in the Super Senior Div. Thanks to all the bowlers that participated in our Memorial Day Weekend tournament.
4th Of July 6 Game Sweeper At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - -Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be running a 4th of July 2019, 6 Game Sweeper. Check-in begins at 9:30 AM, bowling starts at 10:00 AM. Entry fee is $60.00, the oil pattern will be the Kegel Bourbon Street. There will be two divisions, "Scratch" (open to all bowlers, bowlers with averages of 200 and above must bowl in this division) and "Handicap" (averages of 199 and below, 90% of 200). You may enter 1 division only. For additional information contact Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
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Get Instructions From The PBA's Josh Blanchard.
Mesa - - - The Mesa Strikers Youth League At Brunswick Zone Mesa, has teamed up with the PBA's Josh Blanchard, to offer an amazing opportunity for youth bowlers. Come out and get some advise and on lane instruction from Josh on Saturday June 15, from 8 am to 10 am. Cost is $20 per bowler.
For more information contact youth coordinator Kristi Smith Thompson at mesastrikers@q.com.
Summer Youth Leagues Now Forming At Brunswick Zone Mesa.
Mesa - - - The Mesa Strikers will be offering three new youth leagues for this summer at Brunswick Zone Mesa. The league starts on Saturday June 8th, at 9:30 am.
Here is a list of the new leagues:
Strikers Sport - scratch league
All-Star Strikers - handicap league on house pattern.
Strikers Bumpers - for the ones who are just getting started.
Cost is $12 per week. For more information please contact Kristi Smith Thompson @ 480-967-6911.
900 Global Ball Demo At Brunswick Zone Mesa.
Mesa - - - Virtue Bowling Supply will be hosting a 900 Global ball demo at Brunswick Zone Mesa on Tuesday June 4th, from 6 pm - 8 pm. PWBA Rookie of the Year, Daria Pajak, will be appearing at this event for a meet and greet.
New Summer Bowling League In Mesa Still Look For Bowlers To Join.
Mesa - - - Hot Mess Tuesday Bowling League starts tonight 5-28 at Bowlero Gilbert for a concentrated 14 week Summer schedule. It is a mixed league of 4 member teams, and the meeting gets going at 6pm tomorrow at Bowlero (we bowl week #1 right after the meeting). We're trending towards 12-14 teams, and we have 16 lanes so we should be able to accommodate more teams if you wanna bowl c'mon out!!
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Youth League Forming At Cerbat Lanes.
A Youth Summer League is now forming at Cerbat Lanes. The league will bowl on Monday Nights for 10 weeks starting on June 3. The league will comprise of two man teams. The meeting is at 6 pm, and the league will follow at 6:30 pm. There is still time for bowlers to sign up. PM Renee Guenther on Facebook if you are interested in joining the league.
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Pony League 2019-20 Late Spring Update.
Glendale- - -Pony League 2019-2020 late spring update: We are currently at 38 teams for the upcoming season with a 40 team maximum. At last count, four teams are not returning but seven new teams have signed up for the 2019-2020 season. Looking forward to getting together with league officers, team captains and other interested bowlers to discuss the league, rules, competition, etc. over pizza and beverages sometime in July. Not looking forward to fixing what isn't broken but would like to improve competitive aspects of the league and address issues that resulted in losing a few teams and individuals over the past few seasons that I would have liked see continue in the league. Your input and perceptions matter and discussing this in an environment in which we are not pressed for time and the desire to get out onto the lanes should be beneficial for all. Looking forward to your input on this page, in messages and in the upcoming meeting.
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Greg Thompson Jr. wins 1st title at our Memorial Day Major at AMF Union Hills! SFT News Courtesy Of SFT
Union Hills - - - Our event this weekend was a big one! Such a big one that we almost broke just about every single event record we had. We had an entry just short of our record with 255 entries (175 qualifying & 80 economy parlay), 68 cashers, a 1 in 3.75 cash ratio and paid out just over $9,700 in our tournament main event prize fund and a new high of $7,800 in side event payouts for a grand total of just over $17,500 in total payout. The players bowled on a customize 43ft Freedom oil pattern that was created just for this major event. It had higher scores the entire weekend, with players having to average 20 pins over their average to make the cut. It was a longer oil pattern, but the lane surface itself had enough friction that it allowed them to not play too long. The players that seemed to match up the best seemed to hook it a little bit in the middle of the lane, but there were still some straighter players who were able to figure it out and make a run.
There were a few new bowlers that joined us for their first ever event this weekend. It's great to experience this event as your first event, but it's a tough environment to get used to if you haven't bowled many tournaments. Our Majors usually have tougher lane conditions, a lot of bowlers, and an atmosphere that is very competitive and exciting. It's a tough scenario for your first event, but these bowlers weren't scared. Let's welcome Ryan Harwell, Jason Pate, Jon Mayer, Doug Stuewe, William Fagiola, Asron Meier, Norman Kampelman, Jay Jones, Blake Cockerham, Clinton Dessenberger, John Conaway and Robert Maldonado. We only had two bowlers, Clinton Dessenberger and John Conaway, out of that group who were able to make it to the quarterfinals in their first event.
We only had a few parlay power players in Azusena Munoz, Ernie Mendoza, Doug Stuewe and Jon Mayer, who all had a chance to turn their $25 investment into $1,600. Ernie made it the furthest, but fell short in the 2nd Semi-Final round. We did have a lot of players make it to their first quarterfinals in quite some time, or their first quarterfinals ever! Congrats to Brian Jackson, Tim Hafkey, Doug Stuewe, Asuzena Munoz, Sean Brackett, Eddie Thompson, Terrence Smythe, Anthony Cady, John Conaway, Jon Mayer, Mike Barcus, Ernie Mendoza and Taylor Massey on their accomplishments.
Also congrats to the nearly 20 cashers in our 3 day mega sweeper and to Ernie Mendoza on taking hom the $300 and the title! Here are the final sweeper standings and payouts .
The quarterfinals was a big one! 48 bowlers, shooting for 15 spots (5 per division). There were a lot of nail biting moments, but it ended up being Charlie Price, Ron Schloss, Dylan Taylor, Ernie Mendoza and Greg Thompson Jr. moving on to the A Division Semi-Finals. In the B Division it was between Eric Carroll, Daniel Austin, Andre Murillo, Armando Viramontes and James Roethle. The C division came down to Terrence Smythe, Tim Satomba, Clint Dessenberger, Brian Gustafson and Taylor Massey.
The semi-finals had all 5 players bowl on one pair of lanes in a one game match with the top 2 bowlers moving on to the 2nd round Division Finals. In the A division, Greg Thompson Jr and Ernie Mendoza immerged as the A Division Finalists. The B Division Finalists were Armando Viramotnes and Eric Carroll. The C Division came down to Taylor Massey and Terrence Smythe.
The A Division Final match started off in a bit of a back and forth but an open in the middle of the game from Ernie, and a 3-bagger by Greg, allowed Greg to make up the difference in handicap and take a good size lead in the match which Ernie was never able to bounce back from. In The B Division Finals, it was about the same, with Armando getting off to an early lead due to some open frames from Eric. Armando was able to cruise to an easy victory as well. The C Division however, was a bit more exciting. Taylor Massey, finished the match first and opened in the 10th frame allowing Terrence to only need a mark to win. Terrence had his shot go high, leaving a split in the tenth frame giving Taylor the win by a small margin.
The Final matches in the majors are always a little different. For the Memorial Day events, we use an eliminator format. This means all three players bowl the first game, with the lowest score being eliminated, and then the two remaining players bowl a one game match to determine the champion. The first match had all three players bowling and it was clear that the moment was a lot to handle for Armando and Taylor, but Greg's experience, as well as just coming back from nationals, and being pretty sharp allowed him to be more confident, that and a little bit of liquid courage. Taylor had a string of opens to start the match and it was hard for him to recover to get back into it. He ended up being the first player eliminated, and then it came down to Armando and Greg. The 2nd game started off fairly close, but then like in previous matches, a string of opens allowed Greg to get comfortable and not have to worry too much. Greg ended up maintaining the lead for the rest of the game and was able to win his first title, major and $1,600.00 with a score of 202!
Thank you to the 255 entries that came out to make this event so awesome! We look forward to seeing some of you at our next event at Brunswick Mesa Lanes.