Our event this weekend was the first of the 2018 season. We had a big turnout for the season opener and saw 111 entries (80 qualifying and 31 economy parlay). We had 28 cashers, a 1 in 4 cash ratio and paid out over $5,000.00 in main and side event prize fund. The players bowled on the 38ft Alcatraz oil pattern that saw higher scores. It was a medium pattern where bowlers were able to play a variety of angles on the pattern. Our cut scores were all above the +50 mark, which meant you had to bowl a little above your average to qualify.
We had some new bowlers join us for their first event at Brunswick Mesa. We want to welcome Keith Ryan, Douglas Smith, Jonathan Jillson, Joshua Hancock, Cara Hamm, Andy Morin and Jerry Dasti who all bowled in their first event this weekend. We hope you all had a good time and look forward to seeing you at our next event.
The semi-finals were decided fairly early in the match. The bowler that was able to find their shot quickly were able to easily advance to the finals. Michael Fitzgerald was able to defeat James Roethle, 251 to 178, for the A division. Ernie Mendoza was able to get around Derek Hamm, 249 to 198, in the B division. Jerry Dasti, who was bowling in his first event, was able to outlast Mike Stockinger, 248 to 190, in the C division.
The final match was pretty exciting! All three players were bowling good and were pretty much neck and neck through 9 frames. Jerry was able to fill his 10th frame, which shut out Michael Fitzgerald from 1st place. This forced Ernie to have to double in the 10th in order to beat him. Ernie missed to a bit to the right, leaving a 2 pin, and he was able to make his spare to secure 2nd place and give Jerry his first Strikeforce Tour Title in his first ever event.
Thanks to everyone for coming out today! We look forward to seeing you all at our next event at Glenfair Lanes on Sunday, January 14th.
****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Kyle K Kyle wins at Glenfair!
Our event this weekend was at Glenfair Lanes and we had another good turn out with 88 total entries (56 qualifying and 32 economy parlay), 26 total cashers, a 1 in 3.4 cash ratio and paid out just over $4,000.00 in main and side event prize funds. We were also excited to pay out $650.00 for first place since there were enough qualifying entries! The players bowled on a pattern, that I don't think we have bowled on too much, the 41ft Kegel Turnpike. This pattern is a bit different in the fact that it is medium pattern and also Glenfair Lanes had replaced the lanes earlier in the year. It challenged bowlers to be make shots consistently and pick up spares.
As always, we want to welcome our first-time bowlers to the SFT AHT family! Welcome Adrian Luna & Michael Frenak, to our little bowling family! We hope you had a good time at your first event and we look forward to seeing you at the next one! Also, congrats to Rene Sandoval and Eric Flick on advancing to the quarter finals through the economy parlay! We almost always have 1 bowler that advances by winning the parlay and bowling well again, but it's not often that we see three different people do it! Congrats! Nice bowling to everyone!
The quarter finals, like the rest of the event, was medium scoring with the standings pretty tight and being determined the final game of the quarters. In the A division, with only 7 players, we advanced to the top 2 which were Kyle Abbas and Sean Ashley. Kyle was the #1 seed and both players were looking for their 2nd title. In the B division, we had #1 seed Ben Spencer taking on up and comer Andy Morin. Lastly, in the C division we had #1 seed Bryton Bobbitt and Rene Sandoval. The A division match was decided fairly early with Kyle staying clean to move past Sean. The B division match was also decided early with Andy Morin starting off hot with a 4 bagger in the 2nd frame to jump past Ben. The C division was fairly close between Bryton and Rene, but Bryton was able to string together a 6 bagger to run away with the win!
The final match was a bit of back and forth between Andy and Kyle, with Bryton struggling midway through the match. Andy was staying clean and throwing a string of strikes to stay with Kyle. Kyle was able to strike in the 10th frame to put pressure on Andy. Andy needed to double in the 10th in order to win. Andy's 1st ball in the tenth hung just a little and wasn't able to strike, giving Kyle his 2nd SFT AHT title and a nice $650.00 first place prize! Congrats to Andy Morin for 2nd place and Bryton Bobbitt on 3rd! Thanks to everyone that came out this weekend to make this event a success! We look forward to our next standard event on Saturday, January 20th at Via Linda Lanes!
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