MESA EAST BOWL

champs Josh Molloy & Mike McQuisten; Gavin Holter, Madison Holman, Chris Mayes, Darren Fletcher

            Josh Molloy and Mike McQuisten each earned their first JBT titles, in terrific JBT Arizona Conference action at Mesa East Bowl.

            After qualifying, bowlers competed in 'pick your survivor', with the low score on each pair eliminated, but the higher seeds choosing who is on each pair.  Molloy earned the top seed and chose well, picking the right opponents including Tim Hill in the semifinals, who he beat 249-211 to advance.  The other semifinals was one of the matches of the year, as Chris Mayes and Matthew Garrett each had eight strikes in nine frames, and Mayes came up with three in the tenth for a 280-266 win to advance to his first title match.  In the finale, Mayes slowed down a bit, while Josh remained on cruise control, winning the game for a long awaited first career JBT title.

            In the handicap division, sixteen survivors were carved down to four, and in those matches a resurgent Darren Fletcher beat Brockton Scotford 239-207, while McQuisten stopped red-hot Madison Holman 221-186 to set up the finale.  McQuisten rolled a six-bagger early in the title match to put away a win popular with his fellow GCU Antelopes, and his first career JBT title.

            Gavin Holter beat Payton Workman for the day's U17 win, while Priority Girls Scratch went to Holman with a win over Rachael Berg.

            Big thanks to Erika and the team for a great job hosting our Tour for the first time.  Want in on all the fun for all averages and all ages?  Just check out our schedule and come on down!

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020

Start Time: 1 PM.   Check in begins at 11 AM.  Please check in no later than 12:30 PM. 

Max bowlers: 96.  Please email director@bowljbt.com to reserve a spot.  You can prepay (not required) at the 'Sign Me Up!' section of this website.  Reservations (paid or unpaid) must check in no later than 30 minutes before start time.  At that time, all bowlers will be taken on a first come, first serve basis until the field is full.

This is a one day event.  Sunday is a separate one day event.  You can bowl only Saturday, only Sunday, or both. 

Divisions:  Scratch or handicap.  It is the bowlers' choice of division.  Also, everyone age 16 or under as of 8/1/19 is automatically entered in the U-17 side event.   Also, every female is automatically entered in the Girls Scratch side event. 

Points:  This event counts for AZ and All-Conference points.

Entry fee: $40 handicap; $50 scratch.  Scholarship brackets are available for $2 each.  Raffle tickets for Ebonite bowling balls, and our PowerBowl and 24 jackpots, are available on-site. 

Scholarships: 1:6 in each division earn scholarships, scratch and handicap.  Minimum prizes in scratch are $250, $125, $75, $50.  In handicap, $200, $100, $60, $40.  Bowlers must finish in the top 4 twice in a conference to qualify for that conference's Invitational, which features $1,000 for first place.  Bowlers who finish in the top 20 in a conference's points race, or the top 100 in all-conference points, qualify for the Touring Players Championship, featuring $2,000 for first.

Lane conditions: conditions vary from event to event, and are not posted prior to the event (unless otherwise announced).  Some events do not post the pattern until after qualifying.  Be ready for anything- it makes you a better bowler!  Check out previous patterns and corresponding cut scores at the 'lane conditions' section of this website.

RESERVED BOWLERS:

scroll down for non-alphabetized bowlers.  PLEASE do not forget to  contact us if you need to cancel your reservation.