JBT Online Update 8-19-09
Hi Everyone!
Let's have some tournaments already!!! Here's a close look at
what's going on in JBT land the next few weeks as we wrap up season 13 and dive
right into season 14!
This weekend: Desert
Open - Tour Trials Marathon: 4 girls min. qualify!
Coming up this weekend is one of the best scratch events of the year- the
Desert Open - Tour Trials Marathon, August 21-23 at Glenfair Lanes in Glendale
AZ. The scratch only event starts at 6 PM on Friday and features a
20-game qualifier on 4 different patterns. The top 32 bowlers then
advance to single elimination matchplay. One special twist is that the
highest seed remaining in the round of 16 gets to choose the lane condition
used for the rest of the event- wow! Plus, look at this list of goodies
to the winner:
-
$1,000 first place scholarship
-
the beautiful glass cactus trophy
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25 free raffle tickets at EVERY 09-10 JBT event
-
qualification for all 2010 JBT Invitationals
-
exemption into day 2 of the TPC
Also,
please note that a minimum of 4 girls are guaranteed to qualify for the round
of 32, so, ladies, be sure to make your plans to be there as well!
Wow,
what a great event! All scratch bowlers should really consider bowling
this event. But pay by credit card online, send in a check, or arrive
very early on Friday to secure a spot- space is limited. See you there!
August 29-30: Pac NW
Season-Openers
Season 14 of JBT action kicks off in the great Northwest, and it all begins
Saturday August 29 with a stop at AMF Imperial Lanes in Seattle. The
event starts at 1 PM, but be sure to check in early- check-in takes longer the
first event of a season, and we'll start on time even if there's a line- don't
be stuck on line when I start babbling the announcements! Also, Imperial
will have the first JBT Women's Series event of the season- so higher
average females, make sure you mark your calendars. For more info on the
Women's Series, simply visit the 'statistics' page of the website.
Sunday
August 30 we'll visit the swanky Acme Bowling in Tukwila, 9 AM starting
time. This is one of the most modern centers in the northwest,
and has been well-attended every time we're there. We have more
lanes booked, so we can fit 90 bowlers, but no more, so again, prepay on the
website, prepay Saturday at Imperial, or arrive very early!
September 5-6: Cliff
Castle Casino AZ Season-Openers
Our
always-packed visit to Cliff Castle is just a few weeks away! Because
it's a small center, each day of the separate doubleheader has TWO qualifying
squads, 9 AM and 1 PM. You can choose to bowl either qualifying round,
with the semifinals and finals to follow the 1 PM squad. If you
bowl the 9 AM squad, you do have the option to re-bowl at 1 PM (space
permitting, first-time bowlers have priority) to try and improve your score, so
that's a pretty good incentive to wake up early for the 9 AM squad.
Get
your rooms booked now at Cliff Castle! Use code JBT945, and do it soon-
this hotel usually sells out, and is the only lodging at the exit Cliff Castle
is on. More hotels are a few miles down the road- try www.jbttravel.com for good deals on those
and any other travel you might be doing!
September 12-13: Oregon,
So Cal, and New Mexico all in action!
We'll
talk more about this busy weekend as it approaches, but there will be JBT
action for everyone this weekend, with doubleheaders at 20th Century Lanes in
Portland, Holiday Bowl in Albuquerque, and Del Rosa Lanes in San
Bernardino. Check out the schedule page for more details on all those
events.
September 19-20: Red
Rock Lanes, Las Vegas NV
Again,
more detail to come, but in a city where most bowling centers make you go
'whoa', this place makes you go "WHOA!!" It's been a long time
in the works to get JBT a weekend at Red Rock, so show your appreciation to the
center by making plans to bowl this weekend- there's no other conflicting JBT
events so no excuses, folks!!!
Plan out the rest of the
schedule too!
Now is the time to make plans for Main Event, Best in the West, the Doubles and
Team events, and all the other great regular season action on our fall
schedule. Make sure to make www.jbttravel.com
your one-stop destination for all your hotel, car, and flight needs.
We'll
see you this Friday for the Desert Open. Spread the word, folks, it's the
only way we exist!