In The Photo At The Left. Bob Dault Receives His Hall Of Fame Plaque From MMA Vice President Bob Schreiber.
Dault And Gilitiuk Elected Into MMA Hall Of Fame.
Gilbert - - - Congratulations is in order to the newest members of the Mesa Metro Hall Of Fame. Those being Barry Gilitiuk and Bob Dault. Barry was elected to the hall for Bowling Superiority, and Bob for Meritorious Service. The annual meeting and induction was held on Sunday May 19th at Bowlero Gilbert. Stories on the two of them, and their careers in bowling will follow shortly.
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.
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Shawn Whitelaw Wins KOTH Tournament At Tucson Bowl.
Congratulations to Shawn Whitelaw for winning the KOTH Tournament at Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, on Sunday May 19th, 2019. This event was bowled on the Kegel High Street oil pattern, which proved to be high scoring. Two 300 games were posted by Tyler Vitelli and Steven Cayia. Due to the AZ State Tournament and Nationals during the month of June, we will move our 6th event of the Winter/Spring session to Sunday July 14th, 2019. For further information contact Tucson Bowl at 520-747-1363.
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!
Memorial Day Tournament At Lucky Strike Bowl.
Tucson - - - Lucky Strike Bowl in Tucson will be hosting a Memorial Day weekend tournament May 25th thru May 27th. There will be two divisions: Division A, 59 years and younger; and Division B, Super Seniors 60 and over. There will be two squads of qualifying, on Saturday and Sunday, at 10 am and 1 pm. Qualifying consists of four games across eight lanes. The winner of each squad plus the top eight scores from each division will qualify for the finals. Entry fee is $60, and re-entry fee is $50. Sign up before May 24th @ 9 pm, and the cost will be $50. For more information, please contact Lucky Strike Bowl @ 520-327-4926.
Wilson Rolls A 300 Game At AZ State Open.
Congratulations is being sent to Steve Wilson who shoots a 300 game, during game one of singles at the AZ State USBC Open tournament in Tucson on May 18.
Men's Championship Team Crowned At Fiesta Lanes.
Tucson - - - Congratulations to Mike Wade, Shane Everett, Brian Centers, Billy Bundza, and Nick Farrell for winning the Men’s Championship at Fiesta Lanes. It was an exciting one game roll-off between the league champion of the Happy Golden Men and the PAJ/Miller Lite Men.
Suarez Wins The Vantage Vegas Bound Tournament.
Congratulations to Cesar Suarez on bowling a 860 and winning the Vantage Vegas Bound Tournament at the Orleans Hotel & Casino. We paid 24 places low to cash was 755. We paid out $11,625.00 this year and we hope to pay out more next year!
Theis And Dommer Get Call To Tucson Metro HOF.
Tucson - - -Tucson Metro is proud and honored to welcome Jill Theis and Keith Dommer as our selections for the Tucson Metro USBC 2019 Hall of Fame. Their induction ceremony and luncheon took place on Sunday, February 17th at Golden Pin Lanes at the Annual Open Tournament. Jill was selected in the Meritorious Service category and Keith was selected in the Superior Performance category. Both Jill and Keith are very deserving to earn a spot in the Tucson Metro Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Jill Theis and Keith Dommer.
Thank you to the Tucson Metro Hall of Fame Committee for their time and work involved in this process. Thanks to Caryn Bustos and her staff at Golden Pin Lanes for providing the use of their center and for providing the luncheon for the Hall of Fame Induction ceremony.
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Carlos Vejar wins 2nd title at AMF Chandler! SFT News Courtesy Of SFT.
This weekend's event was at AMF Chandler Lanes and had a nice turnout with all the other events going on around the Valley. We had a total of 74 entries (45 qualifying and 29 economy parlays), had 26 cashers, a 1 in 3.4 cash ratio and paid out over $3,600.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a 35ft boardwalk oil pattern. This pattern can tend to be high scoring, because it allows players to get some free hook and some miss room to the right if the player is able to get far their ball far enough towards the right. The average cut scores for the weekend were high, around +90. We even saw Josh Molloy almost shoot an 800-scratch series, but he came up just a bit short shooting 840 with handicap.
We want to welcome Jim Montgomery to the SFT AHT Family! We hope you had a good experience and look forward to seeing you again. We had some parlay power players in Josh Molloy and Preston Massey, who both turned their $25 parlay investment into a spot in the quarterfinals and a chance at the $700.00 first place prize. We also want to congratulate Dan Lanious, Eric Pick and Robert Smith, Jr. who all made it to their first quarterfinals or their first quarterfinals in quite a while. Congrats to Michael Taylor who won Momma's Mystery Pot, with a score of 190, for $500.00!!! Also, congrats to Dave Nelson, who was your winner of the free plastic ball drawing with an option to upgrade to any Track high performance ball for $85.00!
The quarterfinalists bowled on the fresh Boardwalk oil pattern and the scores were a little lower. Those that were able to find their line were able to post some high scores. Since there were only 5 bowlers per Division, we would cut down to the top bowler in each Division and move straight into the Final match. Your leaders were Carlos Vejar (+147) in the A Division, Dave Nelson (+64) in the B Division and Ron Riley (+123) in the C Division.
Going into the Final match Ron Riley was riding the recent hot streak that he's been on. Ron had won our previous tournament at AMF McRay and was looking for his 2nd straight title in only his 2nd title match. Carlos Vejar was also looking to get a win as he also was looking to take home his 2nd title as well. Dave Nelson had been steady all day and was looking for his first title in his first title match. Carlos was the #1 seed overall and determined the pair and order of the Final match. Carlos would receive 20-pins of handicap with Dave getting 25-pins and Ron getting 56-pins.
Dave would start off the match with a strike as would Carlos. Ron would throw a good-looking ball but get stuck with the big four (4-6-7-10 split). Carlos and Dave would trade strikes with both not wanting to give an inch until Dave went a little high in the 3rd frame leaving the 1-3-6-10. He would pick this up, but Carlos would get a small lead. Ron finally settled down and made a spare in the 2nd and struck in the 3rd to catch back up, but an open in the 5th would let Carlos take the lead. Carlos would continue to strike in the fifth and sixth frames but whiffed the 6-10 spare in the seventh to let Ron and Dave back in the match.
Dave would try to keep pace but couldn't keep up with the lane transition and would miss key spares in the eighth and ninth frames. Ron would continue to spare and mark forcing some pressure on Carlos. Carlos was able to double in the eighth and ninth to force Ron to continue to make his spares. Carlos would finish the tenth first going a little high on his first shot leaving the 3-6-10. He would need to make this spare in order to force Ron to double in the tenth. Carlos would pick up the spare and strike on the fill to finish the match at 240 and giving him his 2nd AHT SFT title and $700.00! Congrats to Ron Riley for 2nd place and back to back final matches. Also, congrats to Dave Nelson for 3rd place!
Thank you to everyone that came out this weekend to support the event. We hope to see you all this upcoming Memorial Day weekend for our 3-day Major Event at AMF Union Hills!! Check out our website at aht.strikeforcetour.com for more information about our Major Event!
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Enttry Applications Available For TNBA Western Regional In Tucson.
Phoenix- - - Entry Applications for 2019 Western Regional Tournament in Tucson, AZ are now posted on the TNBA National website at tnbainc.org Hotel information is included.