The final tournament of the 2012 calendar year took place at North Hill Bowl in Minot, ND this afternoon. 58 bowlers made the trip to the magic city for the 37th Annual 10 Game Marathon. This tournament is normally used by many as a final tune up before the biggest tournaments of the season. With…
The FM Bowling Tour made a stop at The Bowler this month for the FM Masters Tournament. The winner of this event would be awarded a spot in the USBC Masters being held in North Brunswick, NJ February 18-24. This event also marks the third event in the Travels’ Pro Shop Challenge. The event was…
Teams from around the state of North Dakota traveled to Jamestown for the annual NDBPA State Scratch Team event. The weather once again tried to play spoiler as many bowlers encountered poor travel conditions, and one team in particular was not able to make the trip. The bowlers who were able to attend would soon…
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North Hill Bowl played host to the 7th Annual King of The Hill Tournament on Sunday Afternoon. A field of 30 bowlers from around the region entered for a chance at winning a free entry to the Morris Anderson Memorial Shootout in January. The event started with a 6 game qualifying round. The top 16…
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Central City Lanes played host to the annual 8 Game Singles event in Carrington, ND today. The central North Dakota location allowed bowlers from all over the state to attend this event on a weekend where the weather seemed to cooperate. With 4 people to a lane, a challenging oil pattern, and a wood lane…
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Bowlers from around the area gathered at The Bowler in Fargo, ND this weekend to bowl the NDPBA Scratch Doubles. The oil pattern of choice for the event was Kegels’ Dead Mans Curve. Travis Hersrud and Eric Kempel navigated the pattern to a convincing victory amidst a field of 24 doubles teams. Kempel, fresh of…
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The FM Bowling Tour made a stop at Spare Time Lanes in Casselton, ND yesterday (11-3-2012). 26 bowlers signed up to compete in the tours’ 3rd event of the year. Qualifiers from the morning shifts were entered into a ‘best of 3’ double elimination bracket. When the dust settled, Travis Hersrud and Jeff Smith matched…
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Many bowlers in the North Dakota/South Dakota region congregated on Rapid City, SD this past weekend. On Saturday, Matt Smallin of Minot, ND led qualifying with a ten game total of 2416. On Sunday, Eric Kempel won in convincing fashion grabbing the lead early. The win marks the first title for Kempel this season.
