TRIANGLE BOWL

champs and finalists

         Danny Chalmers and Jacob Crispo wrapped up the 2024-25 regular season with exciting wins at Triangle Bowl in exciting JBT Pacific Northwest Conference action.

          Joey Hammer began the scratch division stepladder finals with a 226-201 win over red-hot All-Conference points leader Nathan Harnit.   Chalmers then stepped in and strung strikes with a 256-171 win over Hammer to advance to the title match.  Top seed Do Hoon Kwon fired a 300 game en route to a huge +404 seven game total, and he and Danny have faced off numerous times all season long as two of the best in the northwest.   This time around though, it was Chalmers with the better results, stringing again for a 252-214 win and ninth career JBT title (matching Kwon in that category). 

          Jacob Crispo opened up the handicap stepladder in a big way, beating first time finalist Deklyn Bishop 274-186.  The next match was as close as it gets, with Jacob escaping from Teagyn McMillen 197-196 in a thriller.  Top seed Tobie Holcomb had dominated the high scoring field, and did nothing wrong in the title match, blasting 240 scratch for a 257 handicap game.  The problem for him was that Crispo rode the momentum from his close win to bowl the high game of his life, needing most of it for 282 with pins to defeat Tobie and earn not only his second career title, but a bye in the next day’s Invitational.

          Nathan’s brother Nicholas Harnit has been watching Nathan’s theatrics lately, but beat him to JBT perfection, as he fired the other perfect game of the day, his first in JBT, during qualifying.  Laelah Tiquia continued an amazing month, having just won a national high school singles title, by beating Tamia Yeager for the Girls Scratch win, while Kwon was consoled with an earlier win over Nathan for the U17 title.

          Giant thanks to Beau and the team at Triangle for their  usual flawless hosting job.  The field is now set for the JBT Pac NW Invitational, with $1,000 top scholarships and season-end accolades on the line! 

This event is at or near sellout.  Please tell your friends to email reservations ASAP, and double check that the list below is accurate.

Date: Saturday June 21, 2025  (This is ONE tournament that is one day long, open to anyone age 21 & under as of 8/1/24). 

Start Time: Bowling begins at 10 AM.

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.  40% of each field bowls two additional games, with the top 4 advancing to the stepladder finals.

Divisions/ Averages:  Scratch or handicap.  It is the bowlers' choice of division.  Also, everyone age 16 or under as of 8/1/24 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.  If you don't have 15+ games in any organized competition this season, we need your finishing 23-24 average, and any 2024 summer averages.  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.  At the end of this event, the top 40 in Mountain points, plus anyone who had TWO top-5 finishes in Pac NW events this season, advance to the Pac NW Invitational.

Entry fee: $60.  Scholarship brackets are available for $2 each.  Raffle tickets for bowling balls from the brands of Brunswick, and our PowerBowl and '29' jackpots, are available on-site. 

Sponsor Incentive bonuses:  1) IAM Bowling: Bowlers making the final match of an event (scratch or handicap) wearing an IAM patch (good), any IAM shirt (better), or an IAM JBT shirt (best) earn point bonuses towards a $5,000 IAM incentive jackpot.  (The IAM patch is requested to be worn by all bowlers).   2) Virtue Bowling: Bowlers making the final match of an event (scratch or handicap, win or lose), using a Virtue Bowling shirt or patch, and a Virtue drilled ball, earn a $25 Virtue gift card.  

Scholarships: 1:6 in each division earn scholarships, scratch and handicap.  Minimum prizes are $300, $150, $100, $60.  Bowlers must finish in the top 5 twice this season in that 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 120 in all-conference points, qualify for the Touring Players Championship, featuring $2,900 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, or even at all.  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 to get a good idea of what you might expect.

Dress code:  Anything goes EXCEPT tank tops, 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:

This reservation is an expectation that you will be bowling.  PLEASE do not forget to contact us if you need to cancel or adjust your reservation.  Repeated 'no-shows' may result in you not being able to reserve a spot.  This list may not be updated after the Friday of the event as we travel, etc. 

This event is at or near sellout.  Please tell your friends to email reservations ASAP, and double check that the list below is accurate.