Pictured Is The Historic Sign In Front Of Golden Pin Lanes.
Bowlers Day At The Ballpark Is On Aug 4th.
Phoenix - - - Bowlers Day at the Ballpark is just around the corner. Get your tickets now @ https://groupmatics.events/event/bowl. When you come to the ballgame, come see us in the 1st Base Lounge on the Suite Level for a chance to win a bowling ball, bag, or other items. The Dback's play the Washington Nationals. Game time on August 4, is 1:10 pm.
Complete Bowling Events News - Courtesy Of The CBE.
Prescott - - - Today’s CBE was event #6 (July 21), of the 2019 season and Prescott proved to be a grind. Lots of frustrations on the lanes, but Jim Pratt was able to figure them out and come out with his first CBE title after defeating Matt Jones in an exciting title 245-244. Congrats Jim on your win.
Top 5:
1: Jim Pratt $500 + $100 Bonus Pot
2. Matt Jones $350 + $80 Bonus Pot
3. Derek Acuff $250 + $60 Bonus Pot
4. Andrew Cain $200
5. Troy Blickenstaff $200
We had 34 players make trip north of Phoenix today.
Full results and updated points coming soon.
Thank you as always to all of our great sponsors.
AVTECH (Kevin Jenkins)
Mark Burright Realty
If you have the opportunity to support our sponsors, please do so. Whether it’s you, or just sharing with a friend. Without our sponsors we don’t get to have such incredible events.
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Gone, But Will Never Be Forgotten.
Tucson - - - Its hard to believe, but its been over a month now since Golden Pin Lanes in Tucson has closed its doors for good. We had only bowled in the center twice, but have had success there the two times we bowled in it. Having placed second in the AZ State Open Division B hdcp doubles event in 2018, with my doubles partner Scott Washburn. And rolling my first 500 series and 200 game there in the AZ State Open in May ( it has been 29 years since I rolled a 200 game and 500 series). We also wrote one of the last stories about the bowling center in June. After Shannon O' Keffe won the Tucson Open. The Tucson Open was held there on June 6-8. Its going to be really weird driving past the old bowling center site for the first time, after Pinal County converts the property into office space. The Tucson Open will return next April, and will be held at Lucky Strike Bowl. We only hope that those of you who had worked there, were able to find employment elsewhere. And find employment in the game of bowling. We would like to thank all of you for the great customer service that you provided for the bowlers in Arizona the last 59 years.
King Of The Hill At Tucson Bowl.
Tucson - - -Tucson Bowl, 7020 E 21st Street, will be hosting a King of the Hill Tournament on Sunday, July 28th, 2019. Check in starts at 9:30 AM, bowling begins at 10:00 AM. The entry fee is $50.00, the oil pattern will be the Kegel Statue of Liberty. The format is 6 games of qualifying, with a 5 person stepladder final. For additional information call Tucson Bowl, 520-747-1363.
Junior Gold Classic Scratch Youth League News
Tucson - - - Congratulations Juan
All Events, Junior Boys 12-14, Handicapped
Arizona State USBC
Final Prize Listing
54th Annual Youth Championship
Sorted By Event, Division
Final Prize Listing Jun 20, 2019 09:34 PM Page 5 of 7
Place Team name Entry Score Prize From
1 Schmidt, Harper J 17 2,346 $95.00 Scottsdale, AZ
1 Ross, Shane M 32 2,346 $95.00 Yuma, AZ
3 Ramirez, Luis A 10 2,305 $65.00 Hereford, AZ
4 Umstead, Joshua M 24 2,290 $40.00 Mesa, AZ
5 Heath, Ethan 45 2,271 $28.00 Glendale, AZ
6 Robles, Ramzee X 42 2,266 $23.00 Eloy, AZ
7 Lister, Troy A 100 2,257 $20.00 Kingman, AZ
8 Munson, Kyle 23 2,228 $18.00 Mesa, AZ
9 Canez, Juan Esteban 6 2,219 $16.00 Casa Grande, AZ
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Ross Lyons gets 1st title at Bowlero Via Linda! SFT News - Courtesy Of SFT.
Scottsdale - - - This weekends event was at Bowlero Via Linda lanes and we had another solid turn out with 93 total entries (63 qualifying and 30 economy parlay). The players bowled on a very demanding 38ft Atlanta oil pattern that had extremely low scores. We had one of our all time lowest parlay winning scores in the B division, with -22 winning a free entry with progressive! The players played the lanes in a variety of angles, with some playing outside and some playing the deeper inside angles. It did seem that most of the players that did the best didn't have extreme left to right angles or extreme right to left angles. The average cut scores for the day were around +10 which meant the players didn't even need to bowl their average to win prizes at this event! Pretty crazy!
We had some new bowlers join us for this event! Let's welcome Jordan Potts, Zach Nesius, Dakota Templeton, and Richard Templeton to the SFT family! Thanks to each of you for giving the events a try and we hope you had a good time bowling in your first event. We also want to congratulate Jordan Potts, Thomas Darnell, Zach Masius and Harley Sweigart on making their first ever SFT AHT quarter finals! We also want to congratulate Nick Behorst on being today's Parlay Power Player. It's always cool to see players at every single event that are new, making their first quarters and/or having success through the economy parlay.
The quarter finals looked alot like the morning squad, which meant the scores were very low and spare shooting was a must. In the A division it only took +21 to advance to the semi finals, in B it took +13 and in C it took +54. In the A division, it was #1 seed Ross Lyons vs #2 seed Ron Gonzales. In B, it was #1 seed Michael Killgore vs #2 seed Larry Fairfield and in C it was #1 seed Nick Berhorst vs #2 seed Chuck Lucas.
The semi-final matches weren't that exciting in the B and C divisions with Killgore and Berhorst getting out to a quick lead and maintaining it. In the A division it was much more exciting finish with Ross Lyons getting up in the 10th frame with a chance to win the match, but needed the first two strikes in the 10th frame. He threw a great shot on the first one and struck and made some noise afterwards. He was pretty amped up and it was hard to tell if that was going to help or hurt him on his 2nd shot, but his 2nd ball was just as good which allowed him to move on to his first ever title match to win his first ever SFT AHT titile.
The final match started rocky for all 3 players with everyone having an open by the 2nd frame which is normally a good sign for the C division bowler. However, that was only the start of the game. However, by the middle to end of the game Killgore was ablet to stay clean, which was the key today. This gave him the lead going into the 8th, 9th and 10th frame. Sure enough, as he got the lead, he slowly let Ross back into the match. An open in the 8th and 9th from Mike and a double in the 8th and 9th from Ross allowed Ross to get back into the match. Ross finished first and had the chance to double in the 10th to shut Mike out, his first shot wasn't very good, but crossed over for a brooklyn strike. The second was still important to lock up the win and he over compensated missing to the right and and missing the head pin. This meant Killgore still had a chance at the win, he needed a double in the 10th! His first shot was a lot like Ross's, very much left off of his hand and heading to the brooklyn side. Mike's left the 6 pin but had a late messenger roller over, knudge the 6 pin and rock it a little bit..... but not knock it over. This gave Ross his first SFT AHT title and $800!
Thanks to everyone for coming out to the event today! We look forward to seeing you all at Glenfair lanes next Sunday!
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Strike Force Tour Updates Point Standings - Courtesy Of SFT.
Mesa - - - Sorry for the delay, but congrats to our AHT SFT 2019 Spring Circuit (April - June) winners!!! There were a few bowlers that just came up a bit short of getting into the Top 4 with 2nd & 3rd place being decided by only 10 points.
1st Place - Gregory Thompson Jr. - 1490 pts
2nd Place - Dishawn Byrd - 940 pts
3rd Place - Dylan Taylor - 930 pts
4th Place - Ron Lena Riley - 815 pts
Here are the prizes for the quarterly circuit:
1st Place - 3 Free Main Entries, 2 Free Economy Parlays, a Special Circuit Winner Polo, 20 raffle tickets and a Free Track High Performance ball of choice.
2nd Place - 2 Free Main Entries, 1 Free Economy Parlay, 10 raffle tickets and a Free Plastic Ball with an option to upgrade to any Track High Performance ball for $85.00.
3rd Place - 1 Free Main Entry, 1 Free Economy Parlay, 10 raffle tickets and free one year membership ($30 value).
4th Place - 1 Free Main Entry and 1 Free Economy Parlay.
Who will be in the Top 4 for our 2019 Summer Circuit (July - September)??? It could be you!
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Tempo Mixed League Courtesy Of Gary Roff.
Mesa - - - Mondays got you down in the drag after the weekend? Come on out to BrunswickZone Mesa and join fun bowling league to relieve some of that back to work stress.
Tempo Mixed league at BrunswickZone Mesa is looking for full teams and individuals to join us for 36 weeks of fun and exciting bowling. Come on out to our league meeting and join some great bowlers out to have fun.
Where: BrunswickZone Mesa
When: Monday, August 26, 2019 @ 6PM
Teams: 5-person mixed (Men and Women)
Weekly Dues: $18/week (per 2018-19 season)
# of Teams: Capped at 24 max
Officers: Amy Brown-Tanner (President), Myself (VP), Bobbi Fredrikson (Secretary), James Knox (Sgt At Arms)
Wednesday Night Mixed League At AMF Chandler.
Chandler - - - Do you want to join a fun bowling league? The Midweek Madness Fall 2019 league at AMF Chandler lanes is now forming. We have need for teams, doubles and singles. This is a mixed sanctioned league with teams of 4 and will run for 18 weeks starting on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 6:30pm. Cost is $20 a night. If you need additional information, or want to sign up, please contact Dan Kittrell at 480-334-6096 or on the Midweek Madness Facebook page. (Current members please share this notice on your Facebook page).
Midweek Madness
Day of the week - Wednesday
Time of the League - 6:30PM
League Meeting - 08-07-2019 @ 6pm
Start Date - 08-14-19 @ 6:30pm
USBC Sanctioned League
18 weeks ending December 18, 2019
Join a league for amazing Rewards!
1.99 practice games,
20% off food and non-alcoholic beverages
2 free games each week!!
Mesa Strikers Youth League.
Mesa - - - Summer is coming to an end and we are gearing up to start our fall league. Beginning August 17th - May 2020. We are a competitive league for bowlers of all ages and skill levels.
Saturday mornings starting August 17th.
League meeting @ 9: am, bowl at 9:30 am.
Cost is $14 a week.
For more information contact Mesa Strikers @ q.com.