JBT Online Update 8-13-09
Desert Open - Tour
Trials Marathon next weekend!
Coming up next 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:
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$1,000 first place scholarship
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the beautiful glass cactus trophy
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25 free raffle tickets at EVERY 09-10 JBT event
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qualification for all 5 2010 JBT Invitationals
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exemption into day 2 of the TPC
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!
2 Pac NW events
cancelled... dangit!
Again
we are saddled with two tournaments that overlapped other events in the
Northwest area. The other events can't move, and we can't move, so rather
than force bowlers to make a choice, I am forced to cancel these events.
So, unfortunately, the Sunday 9/13 event at 20th Century and the Sunday 11/1
event at Pacific are cancelled. Be sure to mark your schedule
accordingly. Please note that the Saturday events on both weekends are
very much still on. The Saturday 9/12 event will be double points and
women's series events as well.
If I sound frustrated, I am- this should never have happened this late in the
game. Please, folks--- we put out tentative schedules months in advance
for people to look through and troubleshoot- I can only do so much as one
person. When we put out our tentative winter - spring schedules this
fall, please take the time to look through them (and encourage directors of
other tournaments to do so as well) so we can avoid this nightmare (for me and
us) again.
No PBA members can bowl
JBT events
In
talking with other Tour directors nationwide, one addendum to our new
eligibility rule is necessary, for hopefully obvious reasons: no PBA members
are allowed to bowl JBT singles events, even if they are eligible
age-wise. PBA members are still welcome to be the JBT bowler's partner at
Doubles and Team events, and may still bowl the T of C, however.
Speaking of the eligibility change...
Spread the word: 21 and
under, 'adult' or 'junior' can bowl!
I'm getting dozens of emails every day from bowlers still unsure of how the age
change rule affects them. Here it is as simply as possible:
How
old are you on 8/29/09? Is your answer 21 or under? Are
you a PBA member? No? THEN YOU
CAN BOWL ALL 09-10 JBT EVENTS! It doesn't matter if
you're 'adult' or 'junior'... we are an age-based tour
now. Pleeeeease help us spread the word that JBT is for
(almost) everyone!
Ijams, Rawsthorne, King,
Helmick, Blanchard, Bidwell, Chui, highlight summer action
Many JBT regulars have been performing spectacularly in big summer tournament
action. Allie, Catherine, Kyle, and Matt all made the semifinals of the
Teen Masters event, with Allie's runner-up finish the best result. In the
east coast JBT's Las Vegas Open, Josh defeated Devin for the scratch
title, while Kirk was runner-up in the handicap division. Congrats to
everyone on their fine performances, whether I just mentioned them or not!
See you soon!
We'll see you next week for the Desert Open-- get excited!!! Season
openers in all five conferences aren't far behind either!
Spread the word about what we do here at JBT that you won't get anywhere else,
and we'll see you soon!