Welcome
to the 6th Annual New Mexico Open at Tenpins & More!
When: August 13-16th, 2009
Where: Tenpins & More Bowling Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico
VIEW THE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
PACKET HERE (PDF)!
NEW MEXICO OPEN - STATE'S BIGGEST AND RICHEST BOWLING TOURNEY
Worth $29,000 this
year Rio Rancho, New Mexico!
The 6th New Mexico Open, presented by the New Mexico Sports
Authority, to be held at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho August 15-16, will be the
state's biggest and richest bowling tournament with cash prizes and awards totaling
more than $29,000.
"Our sponsors have continued to support us well, in spite
of the economy, and we're gearing up for 120 bowlers again, same as last year",
said tournament director, Steve Mackie. "We paid just over $30,000 in 2008
and given any late sponsor agreements may yet exceed that pay-out this year",
said Mackie.
The field will include defending champion, Mark French of Ventura, CA,
a former Youth Team USA member, who rode a 26-year-old urethane ball to victory over
former Team USA member, Mark Van Meter of Albuquerque for $6,000 first prize, the
same guaranteed first prize as offered this year.
Kurtis Lee, of Capitan, NM, now
serving from a US Naval Base in Sasebo, Japan, will be flying here for the tournament.
Lee finished fifth in the 2005 event and is a previous scratch series winner at Tenpins & More.
Others already signed include Anthony Delahanty of Phoenix, AZ, Tom Patton of Olathe,
KS, Tyler Jensen of Fort Worth, TX and two-time New Mexico Open winner, John Young
of Edgewood, NM who recently bowled his 25th career 300 game in summer league at
Tenpins & More.
The tournament features a traditional format consisting of two
rounds of qualifying, a matchplay round over 12 games and a five-person step-ladder
final. The eventual winner could bowl as many as 29 games in two days.
The main event
is preceded by a Storm bowling ball event, sweepers, a practice session and Pro-Am
squads the two days prior and a new Consolation tournament for non-cashers on the
final day. It will also feature brackets at each squad that have paid out more than
$5,000 each of the last two years.
Be sure to visit the
Central New Mexico USBC Bowling Association site for more local and
national bowling information!
This year's prizemoney situation:
- 1st Place is $6,000
- Total Prizemoney of $28,500
- Prizemoney paid down to the 48th place
Entry Fee: $195
NEW this year: We will have a Sunday Consolation Tournament for at
least $500 in cash prizes!
Win-a-Spot Sweeper events will be held here at Tenpins & More on these dates (click
the Sweepers tab above for details):
- May 3
- May 17
- June 28
- July 12
- July 26
- August 2
Tournament Directors: Steve Mackie and
Mike Miller
Enter now and get into the Big Bowling Action. Over 120 bowlers are expected from
New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Texas.
DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US
FOR "BOWLING WITH THE STARS" August 13-14th
9-Pin No-Tap PRO-AM Tournament! Details.... (pdf)
NM Open Sweepers
Sweepers are small paid-entry tournaments, the winner of which gains a paid
entry into the NM Open in August!
SIGN UP BY CALLING: 892-7117
Dates
(always on Sunday):
- May 3
- May 17
- June 28
- July 12
- July 26
- August 2
Details:
- Check-in time is 9am; practice starts at 9:30am
- Entry fee is $40
- Bowl 6 games across 3 pairs
- Top 3 advance to step-ladder
- Qualifying leader has to lose twice
- Winner of each Sweeper gets paid entry (worth $195) in to the 6th Annual New Mexico
Open; other paid entries or prizemoney paid based on entries at each separate event
Bowlers!
Get ramped up for this year's New Mexico Open ($1,000 guaranteed first place regardless
of entries):
- Bowl each of these for scratch tournament experience
- Five events leading up to next year's BIG ONE!
- Save these dates in your planner:
- September 2008 (Gaucin beat Yoder 237-236)
- January 2009 (Nance beat Dillman 242-203)
- April 2009 (Carper beat Medina 194-189)
- May 23, 2009 (Nance beat Torrez 242-236)
- July 3-5, 2009 (Templeton beat Young 244-228)
- August 13-16, 2008 (NMO week)
Bowling these tournaments will help you prepare for the high-quality competition we're
seeing at the NM Open! Make your plans now to participate!
Be sure to visit the Central
New Mexico USBC Bowling Association site for more local and national bowling
information!
XXXX Package - $1,000