AMF McRay

Our event this weekend was at AMF McRay and we had a decent turnout for it being Mother’s Day. We had total 63 entries (47 qualifying and 16 economy parlays) with 20 prize winners and a 1 in 3.15 cash ratio, paying out $2,880 in prize funds. The players bowled on the PBA Shark oil pattern that provided a lower scoring pace throughout the event.

No one hit the Momma’s Mystery Score today so that money will rollover to the major at Bowlero Kyrene. Your winner of the drawing for the free plastic ball, with the option to upgrade to any high-performance Track ball for $99.00, was Jim Haines!

Our event this weekend was at AMF McRay and we had a pretty large turnout! We had 92 total entries (72 qualifying and 20 economy parlays) with 27 prize winners and a 1 in 3.41 cash ratio, paying out $4,300 in main prize funds. The players bowled on the 35ft Cheetah oil pattern that provided a lower scoring pace, but provided some decent scores later in the event.

Justin O’Donnell hit the Momma’s Mystery Pot winner worth $500 with a score of 177! Your winner of the drawing for the free plastic ball, with the option to upgrade to any high-performance Track ball for $99.00, was Marcus White!

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 AMF McRay to close out the 2024 Spring Quarterly Circuit (April – June) and we would have a great turnout.  We would draw 103 total entries (74 qualifying and 29 economy parlay), had 30 cashers, a 1 in 3.43 cash ratio and paid out over $6,200.00 in main and side event prize funds. The players bowled on a 35ft Boardwalk oil pattern that played a bit harder than usual on the fresh.  This pattern can tend to be high scoring because it allows some miss room to the right if the bowler is able to get far enough to the right. Well, that did exist on some of the pairs, but other pairs didn’t have the same look.  The scores on the fresh pattern were a bit low but scoring exploded in the later squad with most bowlers shooting close to +40 to make the cut.

This weekend we would be at AMF McRay for an early bird 2-squad event. This would be the last one of the 2024 Winter Quarterly Circuit (January to March) and we would have several bowlers vying for the top spot. Even with the earlier squad times we would see another good turnout with 118 total entries (85 qualifying and 33 economy parlays), 32 cashers and a 1 in 3.68 cash ratio, paying out over $6,800.00 in main and side event prize funds. The bowlers bowled on the 41ft PBA Bear oil pattern that had some lower scores compared to last few tournaments. The pattern allowed players to play from any angle, but the key was trying to make high quality shots and pick up your spares. The cut scores stayed around +30 for most of the day with bowlers only need to get 5-10 pins above their average each game to advance.