Numerous local bowlers captured city titles on their “home lanes” at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho in last week’s Senior City tournament there.

Bowler Wednesday, April 24, 2024 No Comment

BOWLING UPDATEFrom Tenpins & More * Numerous local bowlers captured city titles on their “home lanes” at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho in last week’s Senior City tournament there. Carl Chavez, Gary Hadley, Joe Merrick and Dana Miller-Mackie combined for a 2,845 pin-fall to win division 1 teams by 109 pins from a Bernalillo quartet. Division 2 teams went to Maria Lujan, Chuck Jones, Sandra and Ken Huff with 2,709, 39 pins higher than an Albuquerque foursome. Kimble Platz and Pat Tuitele won division 2 doubles with 1,399, 25 pins in front of second, while Greg Allen, who bowls three times a week, won singles class A in the 70-74 age category with 732, by a 40-pin margin. Other Rio Rancho bowlers to win their respective age singles included Linda Herrera 733, Carl Chavez 728, Becky Fisher 734 and Eddie Dowd 724. Platz, Fisher and Dowd also won in all-events standings, amongst 554 entries in the tournament. * Bowlers ranging in age from twelve to 25 years of age are busy fund-raising over $ 80,000 in the Australian city of Brisbane to visit New Mexico this September. While here, they’ll be sight-seeing around the state and metro area before taking to the lanes at Tenpins & More for an international “friendly” against local teams, many of whom will try to win representation through a series of tournaments starting next month through August. The first two qualifiers are scheduled Saturday May 11 then Sunday May 19, with both commencing at 1pm. Age-eligible visitors will also bowl in the Youth New Mexico Open at Tenpins & More on September 21-22. The concept for another “down-under” visit came from Joshua Kemp who was a member of the Australian squad that bowled here in 2012. * Nine of the nineteen leagues on this summer’s roster at Tenpins & More are for four and three-person teams. Every day of the week has at least one offering, set to suit every bowler’s work and life commitments. As well, summer teams can be all-female, all-male or any mix. Doubles are always popular too with a youth/adult league Thursdays at 6.30pm starting May 16. Pre-league sign-ups are encouraged as often unknown walk-in teams find the available lanes are already full. * Calendar:April 26-28: Native American TournamentMay 2-5: Spring 9-pin No-Tap finalsMay 11: Australian challenge qualifier at 1pmMay 12: Moms bowl free ALL DAY! Happy Mother’s Day!

a new “King of the Hill” crowned when Eric Vanderlip survived qualifying rounds then walked through four more rounds untouched

Bowler Tuesday, April 9, 2024 No Comment

—-BOWLING UPDATE From Tenpins & More * Lot of bowling action in the past weeks at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho, including a new “King of the Hill” crowned when Eric Vanderlip survived qualifying rounds then walked through four more rounds untouched. The left-hander made the cut from 35 to 18 players in 15th place with 817/4 on the 50 foot long sport lane pattern, then added 279, 258, 223 and a closing 202-193 win over Sam Pinge to notch his first win in the series from six attempts. * This weekend, April 13 & 14, is the second and final chance for men and women senior bowlers to try and win a city title in the tournament being held at Tenpins & More. More than three hundred bowlers are signed for the conclusion in teams of four, doubles and singles events. * DeeRonn Booker, who won the United States Masters major championship last week in Las Vegas, is in Detroit, Michigan for the “World Series of Bowling” the next two weeks. Booker, who manages the Pro-Shop inside Starlight Bowling, Bar & Grill, averaged a consistent 223.4 over 19 games, the highlight being his 279/300 back-to-back to beat reigning PBA Player-of-the-Year, E.J. Tackett in an earlier round. * Carson Opela came within pins of breaking the eight-game house record in last Sunday’s Doubles Marathon at Tenpins & More. The former Rio Rancho Rams anchor-man put together a rare series with 300, 220, 243, 300, 290, 244, 223 and 243 for 2,063 total pinfall, at an average of 257.8 pins per game. His output enabled him and partner, Jon Arevalo to win with an 8-0 match-play result, assisted by Arevalo’s stout 213 average. Tom Thornhill and Peter Silva won a roll-off 382-357 over Socorro’s Will Hall and Joseph Paterson for second and third place ahead of five other duos who cashed in the full-house tournament. Thhornhill’s 228.1 average was a personal best, while Robin Prioleau 227.8, Charles Vigil 220.1 and Billy Grant 219.7 weren’t far off Opela’s blistering pace.

Jeanne and Andrew Carver won the recent Valentine’s Doubles bowling tournament with an inspired performance on the lanes at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho.

Bowler Monday, February 26, 2024 No Comment

BOWLING UPDATEFrom Tenpins & More * Jeanne and Andrew Carver won the recent Valentine’s Doubles bowling tournament with an inspired performance on the lanes at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho. Wife, Jeanne had above-average games of 179, 180, 170 while husband, Andrew continued his current good form that has seen him with both 300 and 299 scores in leagues this month. He shot 233, 249, 245 and 200 (927) to overtake early leaders, Andy Weston and Charles Tully by 23 pins in final standings. Weston had a 265 and Tully, a left-hander, fired 224, 219, 232 and 213 for 888. Third went to Jason Schindwolf and Andy Byer nineteen pins behind, with Schindwolf’s 244, 204, 278, 225 (951), the best series of 62 bowlers. Other prize-winners included the duos of Anne Vallejos/Becky Luco, Teri and Joseph Paterson, Josie Herson/Kyle Belnap and Alyssa and Tyler Grier. * Tenpins & More pro-shop operator, Paul Yoder won Sunday’s King of the Hill tournament in a high-scoring finish over Espanola’s Kenneth Friedrich 244-212. This contest is bowled on a testing “sport” lane condition – this one 38′ long and almost flat oil, from gutter-to-gutter. Yoder chose to line up far right of center and send the ball down the first arrow (five board). He chose wisely, as it turned out, averaging 219 over eight games, and missing a strike or spare in only five frames. Friedrich, who bowls two-handed, found his way to the final match around the third arrow with a tense tenth frame two strikes in a row to deny Eric Carriage of a championship spot, 226-223. It took 733/4, a meagre 183 average to survive the first cur from thirty to fifteen, then, in succeeding games, 197 to the top eight and 200 to the top four. Next King & Queen of the Hill is set for Sunday March 24 at 9.30am.