bowlovercanceraz Has Another Successful Fund Raiser - From Mandy Etem Cirigliano.
Phoenix - - - Huge thank you to all who supported Bowl Over Cancer Arizona!
We've tallied things up, and we're SO close to hitting our goal of $25,000 this year! With a few more donations coming in, we’ll make it! While I had to step back a bit this year and missed seeing many of you, my heart is filled with gratitude for everyone who made this possible.
To our incredible volunteers— Debi Etem, Jolene, Shawna, Vickie, Jim, Chris, Jana, Rosine Tucker Marschke, @bandmomlynette, Heidi, Kyndle Tooke Farrell, Skip and Sue —thank you for all your hard work. And to our amazing hosts, Bowlero Kyrene and Bowlero Tucson, thank you for your support, your wonderful staff, and for keeping everything running smoothly!
A massive shoutout to our event sponsors who made this possible:
Belt Power, Bowling Dynamics , chucks.painting.3, cjspps, JD’s Automotive, lapanfoundation Sunshine Therapy Animals, oasispetgrooming, Ramsey Auto Center, Sidoti and Pawlowski Insurance, Steve Cook’s Bowling Supply, The Bottom Line Accounting & Taxes, Sincerely Supermom
And to our generous raffle donors: Jack and Sondra Wilson, Faye Stancill, KR Strikeforce, Kari Snyder, Debi Etem, Kyndle Tooke Farrell, Storm Bowling, iambowlinglv, Brunswick Bowling, Lee Fitzgerald, Precision Tools, Roadhouse Cinema, Frost, Hugh Kennedy, Arizona Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks, platinumford, Vickie Musolino, Bowling Dynamics, arizonasportschiropractic, Karin Merritt, Skip and Sue Sansone—thank you for your incredible support!
This wouldn’t have been possible without each and every one of you. Here’s to making a difference together! #bowlovercanceraz.
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4th Annual Turkey Trot To Take Place This Sunday At Bowlero Mesa
Mesa - - - The 4th Annual Turkey Trot will take place this Sunday, November 17, @ Bowlero Mesa. Check in is at 10:00 AM, and bowling starts at 11:00 AM. The Turkey Trot is a five game individual tournament, and all five games will be bowled on the same pair. Cost is $50. You can enter the event, by visiting bowlmesa.com. For more information, please contact the MMA office at: 480-969-6944.
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Thompson Tournament News - Courtesy of Kristi-Smith Thompson.
Chandler - - - Congratulations to our November No Tap winners!
We had 67 total entries
11 in our scratch and 56 in handicap
9 cashed in our handicap division and 2 in our scratch. We paid out $1995 in prize money, and $624 in side pots
The Break the Bank – was won by Mike Curran with $78 in the pot. It will restart with $62
Side Pot Payouts:
- High Games scratch paid out $20/game
- High Game Handicap paid out $64/game. 1st got $38 and $26 for 2nd
- High Series Scratch paid $50. $30 for 1st and $20 for 2nd
- High Series Handicap paid $96 for 1st and $64 for 2nd
Full results including brackets and side pots can be found on Tournament Bowl.com
Don't miss our last 2024 Bakers Doubles November 23rd, 80 teams max. Pre-registration is open.
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Van Dusen Claims TAT Title At AMF McRay.
Chandler - - - Congratulations to Zach Van Dusen for winning TATurday II, on November 9 at - AMF McRay Plaza and $2,580!
Congrats also to 2nd place Tom Panopoulos for $1,020, 3rd place Brett Wolfe for $750, and 4th place Charlie Price for $520! Great bowling, all!
A full recap of the event will be posted in the next day or two.
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TAT West Announces New Format For 2025 - From TAT.
We're VERY EXCITED to announce our next event to start the 2025 TAT Desert Southwest season. It's a brand-new tournament format that we hope will become an annual tradition. Mark your calendars now and clear the dates! You won't want to miss it!!!
Announcing the 2025 TAT Masters, coming to Lakeview Lanes in Sun City, Arizona on January 18th-19th, 2025!
● FIVE games of qualifying
● 4 qualifying squads (3 Saturday, 1 Sunday) & 3 cuts
● 1 in 5 cut
● 3 divisions (Handicap, Scratch, 50+ Senior Limited Hcp)
● Double-elimination bracket finals for top 8 each division
● Play-in brackets for up to 16 qualifiers each division
● $3,000 first place w/Progressive Pot
● $1,250 2nd place ● $800 3rd place
● $300 low-to-cash
● $800 minimum for winning your division
● $135 entry fee ● $115 re-entries
● $235 mini-marathon with $105 re-entries
● PBA members with no titles may bowl scratch
This event will also feature the debut of our brand-new POINT SYSTEM to earn prizes and discounted or even FREE entries!
Lakeview is a small 24-lane bowling center and we do expect squads to sell out, so register soon to ensure you have your spot.
Register online now to hold your spot and you can pay in January!
Online registration is NOW OPEN at https://fs19.formsite.com/UNUCTv/Masters/index
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USBC Extends 2025 Women's Open Championships. Courtesy of Bowl.com.
ARLINGTON, Texas – With spots quickly filling for the 2025 United States Women's Open Championships in Las Vegas, the tournament staff has extended the 105th edition of the event by a week to allow for more teams to compete at the South Point Bowling Plaza.
The 2025 event now will run from April 26 to July 6 at the 60-lane tournament venue inside the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa and feature competition for 72 consecutive days. The tournament originally was scheduled to conclude June 29.
The new dates will become available in the tournament’s online registration system starting Monday, Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. Eastern.
The event’s capacity currently sits at more than 80% for 2025, and the extra week will open spots for 196 teams to join in the action. More than 3,700 four-player teams already have registered for the tournament.
Squads at the 2025 USBC Women’s Championships will take place at 9 a.m. (doubles/singles), 12:30 p.m. (doubles/singles), 4 p.m. (team) and 7:30 p.m. (team on Saturday/Monday/Thursday and doubles/singles on Sunday/Tuesday/Friday).
The new week will feature available spots at 4 p.m. for team competition and 12:30 p.m. for doubles and singles. The tournament staff also recently opened additional team and doubles/singles sets for 7:30 p.m. squads in May and June.
The cost to enter the 2025 tournament will be $55 per event, plus an optional $15 for all-events ($180 per bowler). There also will be a $20 processing fee per team.
The Women’s Championships features four average-based divisions in each event and will introduce Team All-Events for the first time in 2025.
Both the 2025 and 2026 events will be held at the South Point Bowling Plaza after previous trips to the venue in 2016 and 2023.