GLENFAIR LANES

Hunter Mayes, Tyler Castronova, Alex Hepp; Nathan Ryan, Matthew Garrett, Andrew Guba, Joshua Fabianek; Aileen Linares; Daniel Hong (click to enlarge)

     Over $6,000 in scholarships were awarded to all skill levels and ages in terrific JBT Southwest Conference action at Glenfair Lanes in Glendale.

     Saturday's event saw a star-studded scratch finals, with Hunter Mayes firing an 11-strike 266 game to beat 98-time champ Cortez Schenck, becoming the 47th bowler in JBT history to win 10 career JBT titles.  In handicap, Gavin Fernandez continued his fantastic run with a crazy win over Jimmy Pfaff to begin the ladder, but he was finally stopped by fellow Las Vegan Tyler Castronova.  Top seed Alex Hepp, who had been going back and forth with Tyler for the lead, then stopped him for his first handicap title.

    On Sunday, sixteen finalists played the exciting 'pick your poison' format, where higher seeds choose who they want to face in matchplay.  Andrew Guba beat Gael Egana, also a finalist Saturday, reach the title game, while reigning TPC champ Matthew Garrett stopped Tyler Morgan in the other semi.  In the final, Garrett's tenth frame spare locked up the victory and the fourth title of his JBT career.  In handicap, Castronova was on fire again, getting all the way to semis, but Nathan Ryan stopped him there, while the other semi was an all-Joshua affair, with Fabianek getting by Carlson.  The ensuing finale was close all the way, and in the end Ryan threw three perfect strikes in the tenth frame to secure the win, and his second career JBT title.

    Daniel Hong and Cesar Padilla played in both day's U17 finals, with the pair splitting the matches.  California's Avery Domaguin and New Mexico's Aileen Linares earned Girls Scratch subdivision wins.  Payton Workman and Lindsay Greim took home the week's Ebonite balls, courtesy of our amazing title sponsor.  

    Huge thanks to the team at Glenfair for always doing a great job hosting our Tour, as well as everyone for attending.    Want in on the fun for everyone?  Just check out our schedule and come on down to the next JBT event you can! 

Date: Saturday & Sunday January 23 & 24 (These are TWO separate one-day singles tournaments.  You can bowl only Saturday, only Sunday, or both.)

Start Time: Saturday qualifying is one squad only, at 1 PM   Sunday qualifying is one squad only, at 10 AM.

Re-entries?:  There's only one qualifying squad for each event, so there are no re-entries.

Reservations:  Please email director@bowljbt.com to reserve a spot.  You can prepay (not required) at the 'Prepaying' section of this website.  Reservations (paid or unpaid) must check in no later than 15 minutes before start time.  At that time, all bowlers will be taken on a first come, first serve basis until the field is full.

Format: These are two separate one day events.  Saturday: All bowlers roll 5 games in the qualifying round.  The top 40% of each division rolls three additional games.  The top 4 then do a stepladder finals.  Sunday: All bowlers roll 5 games in the qualifying round.  The top 40% of each division to a max of 16 advance to the 'pick your poison' matchplay round. 

Divisions:  Scratch or handicap.  It is the bowlers' choice of division.  Also, everyone age 16 or under as of 8/1/20 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 Southwest Conference and All-Conference points.  Points qualify you for the big money season-ending Invitationals and Touring Players Championship, so get all you can.  Visit the 'statistics' section of the website to check on your points.

Entry fee: $40 handicap; $50 scratch.  Scholarship brackets are available for $2 each.  Raffle tickets for Ebonite bowling balls, and our PowerBowl and '25' jackpots, are available on-site. 

Covid details: JBT events follow- at least- all local Covid safety protocols, which you must be prepared for.  This will likely include but not be limited to wearing masks at all times, and maintaining 6 feet of social distancing from non-family members.  Please stay posted so you're not surprised about anything required of you.

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 once this season 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.

Dress code:  Anything goes EXCEPT tank tops, hats, gym shorts, clothing promoting alcohol, drugs, or firearms, or excessively ripped or short clothing, subject solely to the director's discretion.  However, bowlers wearing slacks or dress shorts/skirts, and a 'name shirt' or PBA-style 'dye-sub' shirt, or college or high school team shirt, earn an extra 10 points on their season-long points total.  If you're not sure about dress code, check with us.  If you're new to us, about 95% of the bowlers do dress in the 'bonus' dress code, and those points become very important, so plan accordingly.

RESERVED BOWLERS:

PLEASE do not forget to contact us if you need to cancel or adjust your reservation.