Howdy,

The 2005 Storm Las Vegas Main Event begins December 26 at Texas Statiuon, Las Vegas NV.

If you still haven't entered, there is still time.  You can mail your entry by December 17, and walk-in spots are available as space permits (mornings, likely).

First place is guaranteed at $3000 in scratch, $2000 in handicap, and $1500 in girls scratch.  In addition, we guarantee that 24 spots in scratch, 18 in handicap, and 10 in girls scratch will receive at least $100, so it's not too top-heavy a prize fund.   I don't know any other event that guarantees these prizes, especially on a $80 entry fee (I know its not cheap to get and stay there, too).  Sorry if I'm wrong about that.

All the info you need to know, and a complete entry list, is at www.jbtsw.com.

We hope to see you there.

Thanks,
Jeff

spinitmopper, aren't you og, because I have one of his screen names and spinitmopper is it...

anyways congrats to nathan and ellie, buth tore it up and bryanna bowled great as well but I don't think you can consider it heartbreaking for the 4 6...she had gone high on that lane almost every shot and was kind of lost all that game and the game before...Ellie flagged the spare but she also had 4 or 5 pocket 9 counts that game, but anyways great bowling to everyone...I went plus 89 in qualy but then thanks to my hand being destroyed I could barely hold my ball in mp and that resulted in very bad results, lol

SEND IT!
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I left another 10 pin

yes congrats to the winners, wish i had had more money to re enter. the shot was not hard but it was truly demanding. best to next years bowlers this was my first and last. im agging out.

as for wipeout. never bowl this unless you get in on one of the morning squads. its a house shot but after that you get no oil and the lanes are s-h-i you know the rest. by the 2 o clock squad all you had to do was lay the ball down and watch it pick the oil right off the lane. you could see the line drawn as the ball rolled it. never have i seen a house go to s-h-i, the rest, like this. very poor and very disappointed by it.

now lets talk about bryanna. whats her status anyone know?
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"Strikes show them you know the game. Spares show them you can play the game."

When you bowl a 300, then you have a little sense of what it is like to be Jesus Christ.

A wise man knows when he is beat, it's time you RECOGNIZE Talent!!!

Hello all,

I'll start a new topic as soon as I get through the paperwork and get something on the website, but just a quick note to thank each and every one of you who participated, helped, and were otherwise involved in an incredibly successful and exciting event.  Over 800 bowlers shared in approximately $37,000 in scholarships. Nathan Panaligan, N. Las Vegas NV, took home the scratch division $3,500 top prize, Danielle Schilling, Littelrock CA captured Girls Scratch for $1,500, and Micah Kamiyama, Honolulu HI won handicap's $2,000 top prize.

Total complete results on the website soon- I hope it was remotely as fun for you to bowl in as it was for us to run it.

Thanks,
Jeff

d pat,

i didnt talk it up at least i dont remember it that way.

in my terms i did okay, but should have done better. went minus -180 i just bombed my last two games, so i got up at 6 in the mornin to go at it again, opened up three cuts in my the crease of my middle finger, but managed a painful - 80. so it is what it is, but i still say the shoot was not hard just demanding.
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"Strikes show them you know the game. Spares show them you can play the game."

When you bowl a 300, then you have a little sense of what it is like to be Jesus Christ.

A wise man knows when he is beat, it's time you RECOGNIZE Talent!!!

Also Congrats to kevin Valmonte and BJ Baker for shooting 298, the young 14 year old Andrew Koff for shooting 299 and to Brandon Mcginnes and Matt O'Grady for shooting 300 each
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I left another 10 pin

my first squad i go -96 ... with 2 240's i had a very slow start and was playing the lanes way wrong .... bowl the squad directly after... (16 games for the day)... and went +140 for the second 8....  

honestly if you were playing the lanes wrong you were toast from the get go, but once you figured em out you just had to get transition down and grind a couple of games other than that your shot was there all day
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"2 Hours Sleep + A Couple Beers = Good Bowling"
Sherman

I like this tournament. But, I think this tournament you should only be allowed to bowl once.  That's what made the Original Las Vegas Invitational so Great!!  I bowled in it only in the 14 and under division.  It folded when I was able to bowl with the open boys. If there were re-entries in that one, I would never have made the cut.  

I saw where many re-entered and made the cut.  At least 15-20 re-entries made the cut. The first timers passing me didn't bother me as much as the re-entries.  Some bowled 4 times to make the cut.  It was expensive enough.  I was in the cut as of Tuesday 1pm.  After that squad was through, I dropped way past the cut.  I didn't have $60 and I didn't want to bowl 8 more games at 6am, and if I made the cut bowl 6 more.

I'll have to reconsider bowling this tournament again if there are unlimited re-entries.  The Wipe-Out is the same thing.  I wouldn't mind the 4 re-entries on the last day.  The other 60 are locked in.  Just my opinion.  I know the ones that made the cut by re-entering will disagree with me.