Well this is going to be a long event summary! There were a lot of exciting matches, some great background stories as well as some very exciting achievements reached by the club this weekend. The event drew 125 entries, 32 cashers, a 1 in 3.9 cash ratio and paid out over $5,000.00 in main side event prizes. The players bowled on the 40ft singles & doubles national's pattern this weekend which played very difficult on the fresh, but really opened up nicely as the day went on. The outside part of the lane was fairly off limits though. The inside part of the lane was very touchy on the fresh but, as the day went on some styles could really move left and open up the inside part of the lane. Most bowlers still couldn't throw it further right then 10 or 11 or it would stay right and never come back.

We had another fun and exciting event at AMF Union Hills this weekend. As always the SFT AHT family found a way to set another record. It wasn't the entry count this time, but instead the number of new bowlers. The event drew 111 entries, 30 cashers, a 1 in 3.7 cash ratio and paid out over $4,100.00 for the entire event! The record was the 17 BRAND NEW bowlers that came out this weekend. I can't say that it has never been done because our first event ever was all new SFT AHT members since it was a new club. However, as we have grown our events have normally drawn 4-6 new members at each event. The fact that we had 17 at this one was absolutely incredible. It was due in large part to Bo Copeland doing promotions at the host center, and the rest of the SFT AHT members bringing in new people.

We had another great weekend of bowling at AMF Tempe Village this weekend. We got to experience the same great results that are making us so excited about the 2014 season. Another huge turn out, more new bowlers and fresh faces making the final match. I told this story often this weekend, and I have to tell it again. Our first ever SFT AHT event was at this same center nearly 2 years ago. We had a total of 60 entries for the entire event that weekend. Nearly two years later we had 143 entries, 35 cashers, a 1 in 4 cash ratio and paid out over $5,000.00! Through 4 events this season we are averaging over 130 entries per event! It wasn't long ago that that kind of turn out would be a record high! I can't thank the members enough for coming up with some great rule changes for this season, supporting the event no matter where we are at, and spreading the word for each and every event. You guys and gals are incredible! Now let's get to this event's results.