Thank You All! Very Much For A Successful 2021-22 Season.
In Arizona, And Across The Nation. Your Support Of Bowling,
Is The Reason Why We Have Been Able To Come Together
Again. Looking Forward To Seeing What The 2022-23 Season
Has In Store For All Of Us.
Mesa Metro Annual Meeting Takes Place This Sunday June 12, 2022.
Gilbert - - - The Mesa Metro Association (MMA) will be holding its annual meeting this Sunday June 12, 2022 @ 1PM.
The meeting will take place at Bowlero Gilbert. 1160 South Gilbert Road in Gilbert.
Elections will be held for the following: President, 1 Vice-President, and 4 Directors to the MMA board.
Elections of delegates to the 2023 National Convention next April in Las Vegas. As well as the state meeting this upcoming August, will also take place. The state meeting will be held in Mesa this year.
For more information conatact the MMA at: 480-969-6944.
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SFT Breaks Another Memorial Day Major Record - Courtesy Of SFT.
Mesa - - - Well that wraps up our record breaking Memorial Day Major. We had 361 total entries (267 qualifying and 94 parlays) surpassing our previous record was 317 total entries (226 qualifying and 91 parlays).
Congrats to Brandon Loss for climbing the mountain today to win his 1st SFT title and first Major of the season. Also congrats to Melissa King on 2nd place and also Mark Large on 3rd place.
Thank you to everyone that came out this weekend to bowl. Huge thank you to Jodi Bach and Tiffani Werden for hosting our event and the great staff at Bowlero Mesa! Also big thank you to Tawna Jean, Michael Dragon and Skye Lynne for working this 3-day weekend!
We’ll be back in two weeks at Bowlero Christown.
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Tucson Metro Holds Annual Meeting On June 5 - Courtesy Of Mark Kerr.
Tucson - - -The 2022 Tucson Metro USBC Annual Meeting took place today. First I want to thank Louie Valenzuela and the KayCee Club for letting Tucson Metro use the hall to conduct the meeting.
I want to thank the bowlers who took the time to come out and take part in the annual meeting.
The proposed revisions to the bylaws were approved with one amendment that dealt with quorum size, increasing it from 5 to 6. I am looking forward to Tucson Metro USBC being able to move forward with these new bylaws, which will benefit the bowlers.
Congratulations to Juan Canez, who was the recipient of this year's student scholarship. Juan was present and Tucson Metro USBC are grateful to help Juan with this education at Grand Canyon University. Go Lopes!
I also want to congratulate Donna Hicks, James Hamilton, Lyn Peterson, Stacey Pollard and Kari Snyder in being reelected to the Board and look forward to working with them in our upcoming season.
I want to congratulate Stuart Duncan, Lino Nava Jr., Belinda Hiscox, Gloria Harris, Stacey Pollard and Steve Harris on their election as State Delegates.
I also want to thanK Steve Harris, Gloria Harris, Lino Nava Jr., Belinda Hiscox, Stuart Duncan, Kari Snyder and Stacey Pollard on their election as National Delegates.
With today's meeting, Tucson Metro can move forward in the planning of the tournaments for the 2022-23 season, as well as bowling events and next year, the Tucson Metro USBC Queens Tournament.
Thank you for your support of your Tucson Metro USBC Board and we are looking forward to it! — at KayCee Club Ballroom.
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Two Lopes Collect 1st Team CTBCA All-American Honors - Courtesy Of GCU.
Phoenix - - - Lopes' senior Mathew Adragna and freshman Nick Barrieault led an impressive list of bowlers from the GCU Bowling team to earn postseason honors from both Club Team Bowling and the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association for the 2021-22 season. Adragna and Barrieault both earned 1st Team Club Team Bowling Coaches Association All-American honors, which meant that not only were they among the top 30 bowlers in the nation (to be eligible for a CTBCA All-American award), they were among the top five to earn 1st team honors.
"Out of the personal awards, I'd say that Club First Team All-American means the most to me," said Adragna. "Going into this year, I worked as hard as I could to give myself the best shot to help the team win."
Adragna also received a West Coast All-Star award for being one of the top five bowlers based off west coast-only events.
"I focused on my mindset and set goals that were obtainable but extremely difficult to achieve," said Adragna. "I couldn't have done any of it without my teammates and coaches, who continued to push me to be the best I could be."
The Lopes also received 12 National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete awards (3.5 cumulative grade point average or higher), which was one shy of last year's record high.
"It is great for our program that we had 12 of our athletes receive this award," said Lopes' Head Coach Ben Canfield. "It is not an easy accomplishment, which is why I think it is something that should be celebrated."
With all their success in the 2021-22 season, the Lopes look to continue to build a culture of success.
"7 team wins, 2 first team club all-Americans, multiple individual tournament winners - let alone several all-tournament teams - represents what GCU has been building towards for a while," said Adragna. "We, as a team, built a foundation for success that will outlast any one person this year, and it means a lot to me to contribute to something bigger than just my bowling career."
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Metro Phoenix Announces Newest HOF Members For 2020-2021 - Courtsey Of MPUSBC.
Phoenix - - - Metro Phoenix USBC would like to Congratulate 2020-2021 Hall of Fame newest members! Matt Jones, Ron Schloss and Shawn Kozak for your Superior Performance! Well done gentlemen and well deserved!
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AZ State News - Courtesy Of AZ State USBC.
Chandler - - - With the Open Championships coming to a close this weekend, we would like to share some numbers with everyone! We had 300 teams, 571 doubles and 1142 singles sign up to bowl the Open this year! The Doubles and Singles were sold out!!!!! Over $60,000 in Prize Fund! Thank you to all that have come out to bowl! Arizona State Board thanks you all for making the 2022 event such a success!! And we Thank Jody and her staff at Bowlero Kyrene for all their hard work!
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