This weekend we had a 2-squad tournament at AMF McRay.  We had a great turnout with 86 total entries (61 qualifying entries and 25 economy parlays entries).  We had 24 cashers, a 1 in 3.58 cash ratio and paid out over $5,200.00 in main event and side event prize funds.  The players bowled on the 48ft PBA Shark oil pattern that is a longer pattern in length but does not have a lot of volume in the middle.  This creates a bit of an odd transition as the lanes start to “dry out” in the front and middle parts of the lane which forces bowlers to move deeper quickly.  However, with most patterns you can still get the ball out towards to outside part of the lane and hook it back but with this pattern if you get it too far outside too early it would hit the out of bounds and not come back. This would result in some lower scores to start with scores increasing in the second squad.

Our event this weekend was at Bowlero Christown, and we would see a great turnout considering all the other events going on. We had 87 total entries (63 qualifying and 24 economy parlays) for this 2-squad event, with a cash ratio of 1 in 3.1 and paying out over $5,000.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on the 37ft PBA Bat pattern, that is a new PBA pattern and we’ve never bowled on. This pattern is a bit different in the fact that it is short and looked to play like the old PBA Cheetah pattern. This center usually has a lot of friction on the lanes which causes the ball to hook early, so you have to move left but keep it right and play the ditch. Pair to pair would see a lot of transition depending on who you were following. The average cut to make it to the quarterfinals was just a bit over even, which meant that you just had to maintain your average to move on. The key this weekend was definitely to leave something makeable and pick up your spares!

Our event this weekend would be at Bowlero Via Linda. With all the other events going on throughout the Valley, we would have a nice turnout for our 2-squad event! We would see 82 total entries (54 qualifying and 28 parlays), 24 cashers, 1 in 3.5 cash ratio and paid out over $4,100.00 in main and side event prize funds! The players bowled on a very tricky 39ft PBA Chameleon oil pattern. Many bowlers would think that since there was more oil volume that it would play similar to a modified house shot, but with all the oil in the front and outside portion of the lanes it made it very hard to swing the ball. Because the pattern was not very long or very short, it allowed players to attack it from a variety of angles. The cut scores were pretty low with bowlers only needing to bowl a few pins over their average to advance to the quarterfinal round. The main key for the day was to leave a makeable spares and pick them up.

Our event this weekend was at AMF Mesa Lanes and with all the other events going on throughout the Valley, we would have a good turnout for our 2-squad tournament!  We would have 87 total entries (61 qualifying and 27 parlays), 25 prize winners, 1 in 3.48 cash ratio which would pay out over $5,100.00 in main and side event prize funds!  The players bowled on the very tricky 45ft PBA Dragon oil pattern. We would see scores remain fairly low through both squads as it looked like you needed to shoot just above your average to make the cut to advance to the Quarterfinals. The key for the day was leaving makeable spares and picking them up.