2015 Tournament Results

Glenfair Lanes Results - 3/22/15

We had another fun and exciting event this weekend at Glenfair Lanes. There were a lot of other events going on this weekend so the turnout was a little lower than usual, but that didn’t stop us from having a great time! The event drew 65 entries (42 qualifying entries and 23 economy parlay), had 18 cashers a 1 in 3.5 cash ratio and paid out over $3,000.00 in main and side event prizes! The players bowled on a 45ft Kegel Route 66 pattern that proved to have fairly medium scoring. Most people could not play further out and the longer pattern forced people to play closer to third arrow. Straighter players could still do well, but they had to be straight at third arrow instead of first arrow. It was hard to argue that the lefties didn’t have good reaction since we had an all lefty final match!
 

Riverside Results - 3/28/15

We had an awesome weekend in Laughlin for our annual Laughlin trip to get out down and bowl some tournaments with some new friends! Both events had more entries and local support this year then last year. We are excited to have already scheduled are return to Laughlin in 2016! We will be coming back on the same weekend in March in 2016 and will be using the same type of formats that we used this year! The criss cross doubles drew 26 teams, had 7 cashing teams and paid out nearly $1,000.00 in main and side event prizes. The Riverside Championship event on Sunday, used a Minor event format, had 41 entries (31 qualifying and 10 economy parlay), 12 cashers, a 1 in 3.4 cash ratio and paid out over $2,000.00 in main and side event prizes. 

Brunswick Kyrene Results - 4/12/15

We had another great turnout at Brunswick Kyrene Lanes this weekend. The event drew 79 total entries, 55 qualifying and 24 economy parlay. It also had 19 cashers, a 1 in 4.1 cash ratio and paid out over $3,000 in main and side event prize funds. Due to the turn out we were able to increase the prize fund from the advertised guarantees from top to bottom. The low to cash was increased from $80 to $100, semi’s from $160 to $175 and the top three spots all increased $100 to $300, $400 and $700. We are excited to see the turnouts for these minor events continuing to be great.
 

Brunswick Desert Sky Results 4/19/15

Our event this weekend was at Brunswick Desert Sky, and like most times, the SFT AHT family came together and had a good time! The event drew 84 total entries (67 qualifying entries and 17 economy parlay entries), had 27 cashers, a 1 in 3.1 cash ratio and paid out over $4,000.00 in main and side event prize fund. The players bowled on the 40ft PBA Earl Anthony oil pattern that yielded fairly low scores. The pattern did seem to work better for players that could play it straighter and stay out of trouble.
 

Glenfair Results - 4/26/15

This weekend we were at Glenfair lanes for one of our 1 day events, that have become very successful. This event seemed to be event fot he 1st timers! We had a lot of success from bowlers bowling in their very first tournament this Sunday! The event this weekend drew 77 entries (55 qualifying & 22 economy parlay), had 20 cashers, a 1 in 4 cash ratio and paid out nearly $4,000.00 in maind and side event prizefunds. The event, like many of the one day events had a large enough turn out to increase the prizefund from the advertised guarantees. First was increased from $600 to $700, 2nd from $300 to $500, 3rd from $200 to $400, divisional runner ups got $170 instead of $160 and low to cash in the quarters was increased from $80 to $95. We really weren't sure how the turn outs were going to be for our one day events, especially with having events every single weekend.

Camp Verde Results - 5/3/15

Our events at Cliff Castle Casino were a bunch of fun as expected! The main event drew 44 entries, had 12 cashers had a 1 in 3.6 cash ratio and paid out over $2,000.00 in main and side event prize fund. Our criss cross doubles event drew 13 teams which was smaller than usual, but was expected due to conflicting with the Manny/Mayweather fight. We want to thank all of our great members that made the drive to support the event and we look forward to our next out of town event.

Via Linda Results - 5/9/15

We had our very first minor event on a Saturday at Brunswick Via Linda lanes. It was surprisingly a great turnout! We expected a lot of people to be working and/or have other obligations, but the turnout was still pretty good. The event drew 61 entries (40 qualifying entries & 21 economy parlay), had 13 cashers, a 1 in 4.6 cash ratio and paid out nearly $3,000.00 in main and side event prize fund! We are super excited to be able to generate these kinds of turn outs and pay outs on a weekly basis whether the event is on Saturday or Sunday. This event had a lot of other first also….

AMF Deer Valley Results - 5/25/15

The majors are always exciting! Our biggest payouts, turnouts and most anticipated events of the entire season. We currently have two majors each year, one on Memorial Day and one on Labor Day. This event was an awesome one! We had 168 entries (126 qualifying entries & 42 economy parlay entries), 44 cashers, a 1 in 3.8 cash ratio and paid out over $10,000.00 in main and side event prizefund. The pattern we used was the 42ft Stars and Stripes oil pattern that we designed specifically for this event. The pattern proved to be one of the higher scoring patterns we have ever used for any of our major events. The cut scores all weekend were typically around +110 to +130. Since the handicap system is based on 90% of 225, this means most people making the cut were bowling about 20 pins over average per game. It definitely appeared that the players that were comfortable hooking it a little bit more matched up a little bit better this weekend.

AMF Christown Results - 5/31/15

Our event this weekend was at AMF Christown lanes and we had yet again another new winner! The players bowled on the 45ft Route 66 oil pattern, which yielded much lower scores than expected. Many of the players that had success were actually bowling below average, but were still doing better than the other competitors.
 
We also want to welcome Alexendria Dixson who bowled in her first event this weekend! Also congrats to Joe Mascio who was the only player that was a parlay power player and turned $25 into a quarter finals check.
 
Our semi-final matches were all fairly close with #1 seed James Senatore defeating #2 seed Ray Besignano 234 to 221 with both of them bowling in their first ever SFT AHT semi-final match. In the B division, #1 seed Ben Spencer was defeated by #2 seed Ron Gonzales 238 to 210. In the C division, # 1 seed Zac Bryan dominated throughout and continued his reign defeating Brian Cail 242 to 220.  
 

AMF McRay Results - 6/7/15

Our event at AMF McRay lanes drew 60 entries, had 16 cashers, a 1 in 3.75 cash ratio and paid out over $3,000.00 in main and side event prizes. The players bowled on the 40ft Kegel Highway To Hell pattern that proved to be very difficult. It created some of the lowest scoring that we have seen in quite a long time. There were many players that didn’t think they made the cut, and made the cut easily because the scores were so low. Most of the cut scores throughout the tournament had players bowling below average and making the cut still. The average cut score was around +60 for all of the divisions and the quarter finals. One thing was for sure, the players that had an advantage were those that were good spare shooters. They were able to minimize the difficulty of striking.