Chandler - - - Congratulations to Kyle Ponzo winner of the Agent Ong Open “Strikes Back” and the $10,000 first place prize. Pictured with Kyle is his father, Gary, and tournament host Carl Ong.
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Thompson Tournament News - From Kristi Smith - Thompson.
Chandler - - - Current roster for Bakers Doubles Saturday October 26th @ Bowlero Kyrene
TBT is teaming up with DOVES Network to raise money for families who've been affected by domestic violence. We still have 18 spots available. Reserve your spot while you still can. We will have raffles, 50/50, brackets and the Not Forgotten Christmas Tree. You can pull a Childs name and be their Secret Santa!! Come and help us raise as much as possible.
Check in will start at 11:30am, please arrive by 12:30. If you are planning on prepaying to skip the line, deadline is Wednesday at midnight.
If you would like to be added or need to be removed, please comment, dm or email.
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PBA Junior Tour Showcases Talent At Regional Event - Courtesy Of PBA .com. From PBA.com.
Gilbert - - - Bowlero Gilbert in Gilbert, AZ was the sight of this weekend’s Regional Qualifier for the PBA Jr. National Championship and some familiar faces punched their tickets to the PBA Jr. Finals to be held in early 2025.
Reigning PBA Jr. Boys Champion Ernesto Reynoso from Folsom, CA earned his fourth PBA Jr. title and will be returning to the PBA Jr. Finals to defend his title. Ernesto averaged 217 during the 15-game Qualifying Round and entered the Elimination Bracket as the #2 seed, winning his three matches to grab the U18 Boys Regional Qualifier title.
In the U18 Girls Division, Avery Domaguin from San Diego, CA captured her third PBA Jr. title and will be making her fourth consecutive appearance at the PBA Jr. Finals. Entering the Elimination Bracket as the #2 seed, Avery averaged 234 in her three matches to secure her title.
After averaging an even 200 and leading the tournament after 15 games of Qualifying in the U15 Mixed Division, #1 seed Ewan Oester from Portland, OR was victorious in all three of his Elimination Bracket matches to earn his second PBA Jr. title and his first trip to the PBA Jr. Finals.
We’d like to send a big THANK YOU to General Manager Jodi Bach and the staff at Bowlero Gilbert for hosting this event, and congratulations to our Champions and all of the bowlers who competed!
Our final two PBA Jr. Regional Qualifiers will be held on December 6 – 8, 2024 at two locations: one in the West at Bowlero Clovis (Clovis, CA), and one in the East at East Providence Lanes (East Providence, RI). These will be the final two chances to qualify for the PBA Jr. National Championship in early 2025, so don’t miss out! You can check out the remaining PBA Jr. Regional Qualifier schedule on the PBA Jr. page of PBA.com at the following link: https://www.pba.com/junior/tournament-schedule
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Tucson - - - Tucson Metro USBC Senior Open and Senior Women’s Championships Update. From Mark Kerr.
Spots are open for both tournaments, scheduled for the weekends of November 9-10, 16-17 and 23-24 at Cactus Bowl. There are only one squad time scheduled for each day and to note, Saturdays bowling will begin at 1 pm and Sundays at 10 am.
These tournament are bring conducted concurrently, giving bowlers more dates to choose from to bowl. In addition, bowlers that bowl at Fiesta Lanes, who aren't able to sanction currently for yhis season, can assistance from Tucson Metro USBC to become sanctioned. When they fill there entry form, they can add their sanction fee, most cases $29 for the standard membership or the other amounts for Life Memberships and other membership categories.
Tournament entry forms are at all Tucson bowling centers and online at tucsonmetrousbc.com. For more information email am@tucsonmetrousbc.com.
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Tucson - - - TUCSON METRO USBC TAKING UNIQUE APPROACH WITH UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS. From Mark Kerr.
On the weekends of November 9-10, 16-17 and 23-24, Tucson Metro USBC are conducting the 62nd Annual Tucson Metro USBC Senior Open Championships and the 45th Annual Tucson Metro USBC Senior Women’s Championships at Cactus Bowl concurrently.
Tucson Metro USBC are able to conduct both tournaments at the dates listed above and the same squad times respectively.
This approach gives bowlers more dates to choose from and also helps Tucson Metro USBC in its effort to conduct the tournaments. Tucson Metro USBC will also be conducting the Open Championships as well as the Women’s Championships concurrently too.
The Senior Open and Senior Women’s Championships are two separate tournaments with separate entry fees as well as their own prize funds. This will also be the case for the Open and Women’s Championship Tournaments.
With the situation with Fiesta Lanes, Tucson Metro USBC can help bowlers who have not sanctioned for the 24-25 season get sanctioned.
Bowlers that bowl at Fiesta Lanes, who aren't able to sanction currently for yhis season, can assistance from Tucson Metro USBC to become sanctioned. When they fill there entry form, they can add their sanction fee, most cases $29 for the standard membership or the other amounts for Life Memberships and other membership categories. For more information email am@tucsonmetrousbc.com on how to get sanctioned.
Tournament entry forms are also online at tucsonmetrousbc.com. If you have any questions, please email am@tucsonmetrousbc.com.
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