Patton Floats Away To Second Major and Fourth SMBT Title

Barnhart, MO January, 21 2013 After another solid event for the Southern Missouri Bowlers Tour and our 3^rd major of the year it might be time to add the title of Major Tom as for the 2^nd time Tom Patton proved that when the money and tougher shots are on the line the ageless veteran will be there one way or another. With Steelville Bowling Center hosting its first major in the Float City Classic bowlers new they would be facing the house shot with a slight bump only thing is Steelville can truly be a test of any bowler’s patience.
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Matson Climbs Atop Claims Fourth Tittle

Barnhart, MO December 10, 2012   After starting the 2012/2013 Southern Mo bowlers Tour Presented By Brunswick season off on a high note with an opening day win and his second in a row at Farmington, MO Family Fun Center back in September things have been up and down for young Derrick Matson. After that opening stop win Matson seemed to be off his usual confident stroke with not a cut or cash and near misses in the tours next 7 events Matson the 2011/2012 tour runner up seemed stuck on that one game that kept him from moving on.
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Menini Conquers West County Earns First Tour Title

Barnhart, MO November 12, 2012.   After entering just his third tour stop Brookfield, MO Brian Menini served notice that he is a force to be reckoned with.   After injury kept Menini from competing in events throughout the 2011/2012 season, newly signed staffer member to Brunswick’s sister company DV8, Menini has come out firing on all cylinders with a top 5 in his first event @ Sikeston Bowling Center as well as a top 10 in our first major @ the Bootheel Classic Menini has continued his run to the top.  Click Here For Full Story

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Bradshaw Bags First Title Miller Wins Bootheel Classic  

Barnhart, MO October, 28 2012 Southern Missouri Bowlers Tour Presented by Brunswick rolled into the southern tier of Missouri with our second double header of the year it all began on Saturday with the first leg of the weekend held at Bill Cashmeres Sikeston Bowling Center in Sikeston, Mo before finishing up the weekend with our first major of the year with the first annual Bootheel Classic held at West Park Lanes Cape Girardeau, Mo

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It’s Murphy’s Law As Casey Takes First SMBT Tour Tittle  

Barnhart, MO October, 15 2012 As the Southern Missouri Bowlers Tour Presented by Brunswick rolled in to Concord Lanes , a solid field of 71 bowlers turned out for what would be stop # 4 on this year’s tour .  After competing in the opening 2 events Springfield, Mo Casey Murphy just might have been wondering if he was bitten by Murphy’s Law as Murphy who sports a resume any bowler would be proud to call his own seemed to be below his competitive standards. With dismal finishes in the opening two events Murphy as he described needed to evaluate his attack for the areas lane conditions and attack is just what he did.

 
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Kidd Conquers Record Field

Barnhart, MO October, 2 2012 The Southern Missouri Bowlers Tour Presented by Brunswick rolled into Lightfoots St Charles Lanes for our third stop of the year after great turnouts for our opening weekend events 87 bowlers turned out to what would be the biggest turnout in SMBT history. Bowlers were faced with a modified shot created by former pba tour titlist Randy Lightfoot. After it it was all settled Rick Kidd of Elpaso, IL stood on top for his first ever SMBT tittle also earning the first victory of the year for tour title sponsor Brunswick

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 Matson And Williams Score Big On Opening Weekend    

  Barnhart, MO September, 16 2012 After a three month summer break the Southern Missouri Bowlers Tour kicked off our second season in big way with great turnouts ushering in a new beginning with not only a new title sponsor in Brunswick Bowling but a new chase for the championship. As 125 bowlers came out to kick off our opening weekend it was 2011/2012 series runner up Derrick Matson and up and coming two handed prodigy Keven Williams kicking the year off with a bang.

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 SMBT Announces New Sponsors and Events   

Barnhart, MO Southern Mo Bowlers Tour is proud to announce the partnership with the long time king of bowling Brunswick Bowling. After a successful first season SMBT has set out to continue to grow our tour and bring some of the best events to our region and today with the announcement of Brunswick joining our growing list of sponsors we take another step in that direction.

I am excited to have Brunswick on board as our title sponsor and look forward to the marketing partnership ahead with Brunswick. With the resources and help from this partnership I look forward to taking our tour to the next level. With the announcement coming of our new title sponsor I would also like to welcome KR Strike Force on board as an associate sponsor joining Score More Pro Shop, Custom Keepsake Jewelry, Indiana Decal Company, Drury Hotels, and Inside Bowling.com.

Thanks to these great sponsors as we are poised and ready to set out on our most aggressive and lucrative schedule as we cross the “ The Show- Me State” with 26 stops as  bowlers will be competing for over $100,000 in prize money, With no less than 8 dates offering more than $1000 to win. With over $15,000 set aside for the point fund with our champion possibly earning over $5,000 along with a payout that will see the top 20 in overall points receive a check as well as the top 8 in regional points.

Joining this year’s tour as a full points event will be our third annual Twin City Shootout Jan 26^th, 27^th the two day event will follow our traditional format that is run as two separate events combined into one with singles and doubles champions being crowned each day with $1,800 to win each day for singles and $750 for doubles as well as combined payout for bowlers who participate in both days action. I promised bowlers a bigger and better Twin City and we have lined up some great sponsors allowing us the opportunity to pay out over $21,000 for the weekend with a weekend sweep worth over $5,000 to one lucky bowler.

The event drawing the most attention to our schedule will be our first ever Team Shootout March 24^th to be held @ St Charles Lanes with $4000 to win for this four person team event. Bowlers have asked for it and we hope to make this a traditional event and grow it into a true crown jewel event

Other highlights on this year’s tour include our first ever visit to Sikeston, Mo as Sikeston Bowling Center will join West Park Lanes in Cape Girardeau on Oct 27, 28 for our southern tier weekend with a $1,500 top prize highlighting the weekend on Sunday at West Park lanes also joining the tour as a points event will be our 2nd annual Turkey Shootout with $1,200 guaranteed for top prize on Saturday Nov 24, 2012, Steelville Bowling Center takes center stage on Jan 20 2013 with 1,000 to win. Also joining our growing list of majors will be our first ever Doubles event to be held on Pepsi Shootout weekend May 18,19 @ Town & Country Lanes with $1,500 up top on Sunday the 19^th and rounding out our season will be our traditional season ending event @ Quonset Lanes on June 2 with a min $1,000 for singles.

With the addition of some great new sponsors as well as our continued relationships we are proud to offer such an exciting season to come with these great events along with the addition of a northern region and southern region for bowlers that do not like to travel outside there region this concept will offer them a chance to compete in some great events as well as earn points towards a regional point fund offering cash to the top bowlers in each region as well as a tour exemption for both the northern and southern region. All along bowlers will earn points for every event they compete in regardless of region towards the overall point fund to be distributed to the top 20 bowlers over all come our season finale in June. Bowlers will also earn bonus points for their finishing positions within each region.

With our fantastic inaugural season behind us SMBT has made a few changes to enhance bowlers experiences at our events in an effort to continue to grow our events we will still be using 6 games of qualifying for our regular events but qualifying will now be followed by a cut and then three rounds of match play with bonus pins to determine our step ladder finals. Also in an effort to keep things exciting our points format has been changed with bowlers now also earning bonus points for match play wins to go along with our traditional honor score bonus as well as squad leader along with season high average along with high series. Our points distribution has also been modified with a deeper distribution throughout the field to allow bowlers an equal chance to earn points even on a tuff day and entice bowlers to grind it out as every spot matter’s.

For more information on these events or for information on any of our tour events as well as full up to date standings please turn your browsers to southernmobowlerstour.com for all the latest information as well as to pre-register for any of our upcoming tournaments.

As always we would like to thank our great sponsors starting with Brunswick Bowling as well as Score More Pro Shop.KR Strike Force,  Indiana Decal Company, Drury Hotels, Inside Bowling.com and Custom Keepsake Jewelry without these great sponsors we would not be able to bring to you this great tour and we encourage each and every one to visit our great sponsors on the World Wide Web @ Brunswickbowling.com, scoremoreproshop300.com  Inside Bowling.com as well as southernmobowlerstour.com