Old Country Club Bowl. Turns Into Arizona Coyotes Community Ice Hockey Arena.
Mesa - - - It's hard to believe, but at one time this sign at 140 North Country Club Blvd. in Mesa. Was part of the most iconic, and most respected bowling centers in the Valley of the Sun. That being Country Club Bowl. Ever since its closure, it has housed other businesses. Most recently a Paint Ball Arena, and now it is an Arizona Coyotes Community Ice Hockey Arena. It will be home to women's hockey teams in the valley. I didn't get a chance to see the inside of the newly refurbished building. I am glad the building itself was saved, to make sure the history of the building lived on.
While it was opened, Country Club Bowl was where our present day Hall Of Famers. Began to get good in the game, and achieved most of their accomplishments in the beginning of their careers. The center through out its 30 plus year history, hosted many: city, state, and PBA regional tournaments.
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Lyons Wins Second SFT Title - SFT News Courtesy Of SFT.
Chandler - - - Our event this weekend was at AMF McRay and wow…what a turnout. We drew 126 total entries (87 qualifying and 39 economy parlay), had 33 cashers, a 1 in 3.81 cash ratio and paid out over $6,500.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a 35ft Boardwalk oil pattern that played a bit harder than usual on the fresh. This pattern can tend to be high scoring because it allows some miss room to the right if the bowler is able to get far enough to the right. Well, that did exist on some of the pairs, but other pairs didn’t have the same look. The scores on the fresh pattern were a bit low but scoring exploded in the later squads with most bowlers shooting close to +70 to make the cut.
We want to welcome our new bowlers that joined us for this weekend’s event! Aaron Stein, Gilbert Archibeque, Justin Phillips, Craig Newcomb, Adam Orlopp and Danny Scott joined us this weekend for their first event. Adam narrowly made the quarterfinals on his first try, getting the last insurance spot in his Division. We didn’t see any Parlay Power Players this weekend, which shows how difficult the lanes were from pair to pair. We had a few bowlers make it to their first quarterfinals or their first quarterfinals in quite a while in Adam Orlopp, Ross Lyons, John Masterson, Jon Mayer and John Verbil. We also had not one, but two Momma’s Mystery Pot winners. Chris Berryman won $500.00 with a score of 192 while Ken W. Davis would win $380.00 with a score of 165. Congrats guys! Your winner of the free plastic ball raffle, with an upgrade to any Track high performance ball for $85.00, was John Masterson.
The quarterfinalists bowled on the fresh Boardwalk oil pattern and scores were higher scoring with the semi-final spots being determined in game 3. It seemed that every Division Semi-finalist was able to minimize mistakes and string strikes together. In the A Division, your #1 seed was Jon Mayer (+101) and he would take on Josh Williams (+94). The B Division leader was Shawna Strause (+125) and she would face off with SFT veteran and Senior Player of the Year Ron Gonzales (+98). Meanwhile in the C Division birthday boy Ross Lyons (+95) would have to bowl against newcomer William Standefer (+39).
The A Division semi-final match would go back and forth with Jon struggling with carry down and transition on the pair. Josh Williams would string a few strikes together to defeat Jon, 202 to 164. The C Division would see Ross Lyons catch fire and shoot 250 scratch to hand William his first semi-final match loss, 298 to 193.
The B Division semi-final match would be a nail biter with both competitors going back and forth throughout the match. Going into the ninth frame Shawna would have a narrow lead, but an untimely split would let Ron catch up and tie the match. In the tenth frame Ron would strike on his first shot and his second shot would go a bit high leaving him a 7-pin, which he was able to pick up. This would mean that Shawna would need a double to win, but also left the possibility of a tie if she had a strike and nine-spare. Shawna would get up and nail her first shot putting all ten pins down. On her second shot, she would leave a ringing ten pin. Her spare attempt would get a little wide to the right and fell into the gutter just before hitting the ten pin giving Ron the win, 193 to 192.
This would leave us with all three Finalist looking for another AHT SFT title and a chance at the $1,350 first place prize. Ross Lyon would be the #1 seed overall and he was looking at capturing his 2nd title. His previous title was when he was a right handed bowler, but due to some injuries he has taught himself to bowl left handed. Ron Gonzales was looking on trying to improve on his SFT title total. Ron already has seven titles and was looking to try to catch up to the total titles of the late, great Lynn Arthur, who holds the SFT record with ten titles. Josh Williams was also looking to add to his SFT title number as he won his first title last month at Bowlero Kyrene.
The Final match would be a great as all three bowlers would duke it out to the final frame. Ross would have the initial advantage with 48 pins of handicap while Josh (10 pins) and Ron (20 pins) would look to make up the difference. Midway through the match it looked like Josh would have the upper hand as he was able to string a few strikes together while Ross would have a couple of open frames. Ron would keep pace by picking up all his spares and trying to adjust to carry a couple of shots.
It would all come down to the tenth frame with everyone neck and neck. Josh would finish first striking on his first shot and his second shot would hang a little outside leaving the 2-4-10 split. Josh would get one pin on his spare attempt putting him at 220. Ron would get up next and drill the pocket on his first shot. Now he would need to double to get pass Josh, but his 2nd shot attempt would look good off his hand and hit the pocket leaving a pocket 7-10 split. Ron would pick up one pin and finish at 214. Ross would be up next and would need a mark and good count to win. His shot in the tenth looked good off his hand and would rattle the pins down for a strike. Now he would need just 5 pins and his next shot would get six and his spare would get one pin to finish at 222, to narrowly get by Josh. This would give Ross his 2nd SFT AHT title and $1,350 first place prize. Congrats to Josh Williams on 2nd place and also to Ron Gonzales for 3rd place.
Thank you to everyone that came out to support our event and make it a success. We hope to see you all next Sunday at Bowlero Mesa. Hope you all have a great week!
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*25TH Annual Valley Of The Sun Unnofficial Results AMF Tempe Village Lanes October 17 And 18.
*Team Handicap Leaders.
1. Horses With No Names, Scottsdale. 2746.
2. Friends From Cali, Maricopa. 2,713.
3. Grobmeier Nation, Phoenix. 2,688.
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1. Uncle Bucks Pork Chops, Tucson. 2,516.
2. Horses With No Names, Scottsdale. 2,515.
3. Grobmeier Nation, Phoenix. 2,488.
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*Handicap Doubles.
1. Martin Purnell/Sonja Frazier - Dumas, Phoenix. 1,490.
2. Joe M. Deluca Jr./Gregory D. Witt, Phoenix. 1,487.
3. Brian Richardson/Tracy Dumas, ElMirage. 1,448.
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1. Dewaine West/Mike Watt, Buckeye. 1,355.
2. Jerry Sikora/Charles Price, Buckeye. 1,341.
3. Randy Norton/John Jefferies, Peoria. 1,335.
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1. Brian Richardson, Elmirage. 765.
2. Gregory Witt, Phoenix. 743.
3. Greg LaPointe, Phoenix. 742.
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1. Greg LaPointe, Phoenix. 726.
2. John Bouwens, Buckeye. 717.
3. Price McElroy, Glendale. 686.
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1. Brian Richardson, Elmirage. 2,300.
2. Gregory Witt, Phoenix. 2,199.
3. Sonja Frazier-Dumas, Elmirage. 2,191.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************All Events Scratch.
1. Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix. 2,076.
2. Dewaine West, Buckeye. 2,020.
3. Jerry Sikora, Buckeye. 2,013.
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MMA Tournaments! 2020 - 2021
September 22, 2020 Leslie Marsh
Here are all the tournaments for this year!
October 17-18 VALLEY OF THE SUN @ AMF Tempe
26th Valley of the Sun EntryDownload
November 7-8 16th ANNUAL YOUTH @ AMF Chandler
16th Youth ChampionshipDownload
December 5th SENIOR MASTERS/SENIOR QUEENS @ Bowlero Gilbert
2020-21 senior masters or Sr Queens.docxDownload
January 9-10 SENIOR OPEN @ Mesa East Bowl
30th Annual Senior Open ChampionshipDownload
Jan. 30-31, Feb. 6-7, 13-14 65TH ANNUAL WOMEN’S @ Bowlero Mesa
65th Annual Women ChampionshipsDownload
Jan. 30-31, Feb. 6-7, 13-14 65TH ANNUAL OPEN @ Bowlero Mesa
64th Annual Open ChampionshipDownload
March 6-7 MASTER’S / QUEENS @ Bowlero Kyrene
2020-21 Master or QueensDownload
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Honor Scores Rolled At Lucky Strike Bowl.
Tucson - - - Congratulations to Jarrod Davenport who bowled 278, 235 and 289 for an 802 Series on the Vegas or Bust League on October 18th. Great bowling Jarrod!
Tucson - - - Congratulations to Chris Amadori for bowling a 299 game. (It should have been a 300). He bowled 298, 225 and 199 for a 723 series. I remember when I was teaching you to bowl! Great game.
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Tucson Bowl Voted Best Bowling Center in Tucson.
4015 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson - - - With its neon lights catching the eyes of Speedway passersby, Lucky Strike perfectly fits the bill of the beloved hometown bowling alley: fresh pizza, arcade games, a full-service bar and plenty of zany carpet. Combine this with a helpful and friendly staff and you’re bound to have a pleasant outing, even if you need to use the bumpers.
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- Tucson Metro USBC Tournament Schedule 2020-2021.
- 58th Seniors City Tournament (2020)
- 41st Annual Senior Women's Tournament (2020)
- 27th Annual Senior Masters Tournament (2020)
- 72nd Annual Women's Tournament (2021)
- 77th Annual Open Tournament (2021)
- 43rd Annual Open Masters Tournament (2021)
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Upcoming Events - YUMA USBC.
- Inca Lanes (Fall/Winter Leagues started, bowlers needed to fill leagues) Contact Inca Lanes for Info
- Youth Fall Leagues started October 3rd. Bumpers, Outlaws, and Pinrustlers (See the Fall Schedule) Youth can join at anytime
- Youth Halloween 3-6-9 Tournament 31 October 10am at Inca Lanes
- Youth Mom's Pie Fundraiser (orders taken until 7 Nov), Pies delivered to Inca Lanes Nov 25th
- Yuma USBC Food Drive to support the Yuma Community Food Bank Nov 9th - 21st
- Yuma USBC Turkey-Shoot Tournament 21 November 1pm at Inca Lanes
- Yuma USBC Toys-for-Tots Scotch Doubles Tournament 5 Dec 1pm at Inca Lanes - ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
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Complete Bowling Events News.
Current roster for the CBE on November 8th at Bowlero Mesa. Please DM me ( Theo Douthit) if you would like to bowl
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November 8th CBE Bowlero Mesa Rosters:
Open Roster:
1. Michael Dragon pd
2. Keith Fung
3. Michael Haugen Jr
4. Chris Tucker
5. Bryan Van Sickle
6. Ryan Riley
7. Joshua Brown
8. Cortez Schenck
9. Mike Calderon
10. Jay Jay Newell
11. Ernie Mendoza
12. Kevin Robertson
13. Chris Brunick pd
14. Bryanna Coté pd
15. Derek Acuff
16. Dylan Taylor
17. Brett Wolfe
18. Reid Sykes
19. Shawn Whitelaw pd
20. Mark Large pd
21. Nick Koch
22. Dwight Burns pd
23. Dan Quilt pd
24. Kenneth 'kenny' Lange
25. Mathew Adragna
26. Matt Jones
27. Robbie Patterson
28. Justin Song pd
29. Jason Tunay pd
30. Joe Ashley
31. Matthew Holmes
32. Chad Summers pd
33. Mike Pyeatt
34. Cameron Smith
35. Kevin Jenkins
36. Wendy Orth pd
37. Andrew Cain
38. Max Premeau
39. Timothy Jacob
40. Justin Espinosa
41. Reggie Prince Elliott
42. Shawn R Wood
43. Marcus von Tobel
44.
Kyle King46. Jeremy Casey
47.
Justin Casey48.
Troy Blickenstaff
pd50.
Brandon Johnsonkroman
pd51. David Andrick
54. Ben Wacks
55. Labriel Leach
57. Warren Eales
58.
Grant Keller
pd60.
Women’s Roster:
1.
2. Stacey Pollard pd
3. Sarah Elizabeth
4. Annie Hurley
5. Brandi Calderon
6. Rosine Marschke
7. Rachael Berg pd
8. Koryn Marquez pd
9. Gretch Geerdes pd
10. Renee Feeney
11. Correen Lieber
12. Bryanna Caldwell Coté pd
13. Chelsea Zemelka
14. Amanda Traverso pd
15. Nicole Armstrong
16. Maddie Holman
17. Shawna Strause
18. Shelley Zarick pd
19. Kimberly Binkley
20. Wendy Orth pd
21. Sandi Hacker
22.
Nicole Smyth23. June Hatfield
24.
Mary A. Smith
pd25. Jessica Nosbusch pd
26. Briana Maddy pd
27.
Tracie Ball28.
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