AMF FIREBIRD LANES

champs and finalists; Girls winner Piper; '26' winner Kyle

        Duncan Whitaker and Braidyn Bishop overcame demanding conditions to persevere and claim JBT titles in terrific Pacific Northwest Conference action at Salem's AMF Firebird Lanes.

        After five qualifying games on the tricky 'Dragon' lane pattern, survivors moved on to head to head matchplay.  The top 4 seeds all advanced to the scratch semifinals, with #1 Bud Sicard beating #4 Mac Kaurin in a rematch of yesterday's title game, while #3 Duncan Whitaker beat #2 Do Hoon Kwon, closing in on a scratch win at just 12 years old.

        Duncan and Bud both bowled well in the final on the extremely tough conditions, but a brilliant late turkey from Whitaker proved to be the difference, and he claimed the sixth title of his JBT career with the win. 

        In handicap, the top two seeds made it to the semifinals, but both fell to upsets in that round, as JBT rookie Alexis Clarke ousted top seed Kobe Cabanting, and #6 Bishop stopped #2 Alena McDugle.  In the final, Bishop got off to a good start, while Alexis' great run started to run out of gas, and Braidyn was able to take advantage for the win and his first career JBT title.

        In the day's subdivision finals, Piper Chalmers slammed down a two pin girls scratch win over Jessica Holbrook, while Bud regrouped to take U17 over Do Hoon.  Giant thanks as always to Erik and his team for a great hosting job as always.  Want in on the fun for all skill levels and ages?  Just check out our website and come on down!   

Date: Sunday February 6, 2022  (This is ONE tournament that is one day long. Saturday is a separate one day event.  You can bowl only Sunday, only Saturday, or both).  

Start Time: Sunday qualifying squad at 10 AM, one squad only.

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

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: Qualifying round is 5 games.  The top 40% move on to matchplay.  Scratch bowlers will use our 'mulligan' format as well.

Divisions/ Averages:  Scratch or handicap.  It is the bowlers' choice of division.  Also, everyone age 16 or under as of 8/1/21 is automatically entered in the U-17 side event.   Also, every female is automatically entered in the Girls Scratch side event.   If this is your first JBT event this season, we will be asking for average info.  In most cases, your highest average from any current form of organized competition of at least 15 games is what we need.  If you bowl in multiple leagues / clubs, bring everything and we'll sort it out for you.  After your first JBT event, your average is re-rated before every JBT event according to JBT rules.  Please see JBT Rule 13 for complete details.

Points:  This event counts for Pac NW 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.  As the end of the season, the top 32 in Pac NW points, plus anyone who had a top-4 finish in a Pac NW event this season, advance to their respective Invitationals.

Entry fee: $50 handicap; $60 scratch.  Scholarship brackets are available for $2 each.  Raffle tickets for Ebonite bowling balls, and our PowerBowl and '26' jackpots, are available on-site. 

Covid details: JBT events follow- at least- all local Covid safety protocols, which you must be prepared for.   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 $300, $150, $100, $60.  In handicap, $250, $125, $75, $50.  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, the vast majority 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.  This list may not be updated after the Friday of the event as we travel, etc.  However, walk-ins / late entries are still gladly accepted as space permits.  There is generally plenty of room for walk-ins / late entries, and we'll  post here clearly if an event is nearing sellout or sold out.