Our final event of 2024 brought us to Bowlero Gilbert for a non-points tournament designed to test the new technology systems and rule changes we’re implementing for the 2025 season. With 66 entries (53 qualifying and 13 Economy Parlay), the event paid out a total of $3,160 in prizes with a 1 in 3.14 cash ratio. This special event did not impact season points or averages, giving participants a low-pressure environment to compete and enjoy.

Oil Pattern

Competitors faced the challenging 40-foot Kegel Sphinx oil pattern. Scores were notably low in the early rounds due to the difficulty of the pattern, but as more games were bowled, the pattern opened up, rewarding accurate execution. Players who advanced to the quarterfinals adapted well and took advantage of the more playable conditions.

Tournament Highlights

We would wrap up the 2024 season and the Fall Quarterly Circuit with a 2-Squad tournament at Bowlero Gilbert We would see 91 total entries (68 qualifying & 23 parlays), with a cash ratio of 1 in 3.25, paying out over $6,200 in main and side event prize funds. The bowlers played on a higher scoring 41ft PBA Bear oil pattern. We would see scores increase throughout the day as the oil pattern broke down. Since this was a flatter pattern, bowlers were able to play a variety of angles to get to the pocket.  Bowlers would need to get to around +60 to advance to the Quarterfinals.

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.