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

BOWLING UPDATE
From 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 Tournament
May 2-5: Spring 9-pin No-Tap finals
May 11: Australian challenge qualifier at 1pm
May 12: Moms bowl free ALL DAY! Happy Mother’s Day!