Tough Shots offers bowling Competition for adult and youth bowlers.  The Tough Shots Bowling Tour is an innovator in bowling competition, providing events for all levels and skills in fun and competitive events.
Congratulations to Tough Shots Tour bowlers for their national recognition and achievements! Junior Team USA Members Kayla Bandy - 7th Place, National Selection Chris Bolosan - 1st Place, Male National Champion! National Youth Leader 2005-2006 Valerie Pittser
The Tough Shots Youth Bowling Tour was created to provide youth bowlers the opportunity to learn to bowl on Sport Bowling conditions. This is a traveling tournament series and is open to all YABA sanctioned bowlers. We offer Gold (Open Scratch), Silver (Scratch 199 and under) and Bronze (Open Handicap) divisions.
Our 287 members have bowled 9967 games and earned over $18,400 in schoarships and prizes.
Congratulations to our Youth/Adult tournament winners from Carolina Lanes on December 19th, 2004 Amy Tarbell and Alex Davis.  All the qualifying results can be viewed here.  The Final Match Play scores can be viewed here. Thank you to Hammer Bowling for sponsoring our November tournament.  Their generous contribution helped us raise $375 for our scholarship fund!
Attention NC and SC Bowlers!!!!!! Download the new tournament locator schedule in PDF Format here.  If you want to bowl, this is the place to find a tournament.  Send in your local association tournament schedules and we can create the most comprehensive youth tournament schedule around.  Download the Schedule
Points Champions for the 2004-2005 season, Michael McDonald (Gold), Chris Arcaro (Silver) and Alexis Fitzgerald (Bronze).  Read News Winners of the Tough Shots Tour Event at AMFAll Star Lanes in Greensboro, NC, Brian Sargent (Gold), Jeffrey Smith (Silver) and AJ Campbell (Bronze). Read News Winners from the Tough Shots Youth Tour at AMF East Carolina Lanes, Greenvile, NC.  Thomas Wall (Bronze), Chris Boloson (Gold), John Hailey (Silver).  Read News Winners of the Tough Shots Tour Event at Lafayette Lanes in Fayetteville, NC, Chris Bolosan (Gold), John Hailey (Silver) and William Stoudt (Bronze). Read News Winners from the Tough Shots Youth Tour at AMF Carolina Lanes, Matthews, NC.  Chris Boloson (Gold), Steven Chapman (Silver) and Jessie Totherow (Bronze).  Read News Winners of the Tough Shots Tour Event at AMF Major League Lanes in Winston-Salem, NC, Chris Bolosan (Gold), John Hailey (Silver) and Alex Pedersen (Bronze).  Alex Pedersen and Krystal Harris pictured (1st and 2nd Place Bronze Division). Read News Winners from the Tough Shots Youth Tour at George Pappas Liberty Lanes in Gastonia, NC.  George Stilen (Gold), Roger Petrin (Silver) and Anna Oakley (Bronze).  Read News Winners of the Tough Shots Tour Event at AMF South Hills in Cary, NC, Michael McDonald (Gold), Jerry Knowles (Silver) and Chris Gustafson (Bronze). Read News Winners from the Tough Shots Youth Tour at AMF Westview Lanes in Wilson, NC.  BJ Moore (Gold), Drew Duggins (Silver) and Margaret Campbell (Bronze).  Read News Winner of the Youth Division at AMF Westview Lanes in Wilson, NC Brianna Jacobs. Read News Winners from the 1st Tough Shots Youth Tour of 2004-2005 at Ten Pin Alley in Wilmington, NC.  Chris Boloson (Gold) Pictured with Michael McDonald (2nd place). Other winners Mike LeViner (Silver), Eric Donovan (Bronze) Not Pictured  Read News Winner of the Youth Division at Ten Pin Alley in Wilmington, NC Brianna Jacobs. Read News
The Tough Shots Tour would like to congratulate our very own Kayla Bandy for earning a spot on Junior Team USA 2004-2005.  Kayla, a regular bowler on the Tough Shots Tour, finished 5th at Junior Gold Nationals to earn a spot on the team.  We're all very excited to have Kayla on the team and wish her and the rest of Junior Team USA the best of luck for the coming year.
The 2004-2005 Tough Shots Youth Series is here!  Our first event is August 1st, 2004 at Ten Pin Alley in Wilmington, NC.  Our series will consist of 9 tournaments around the state of North Carolina between August and April of 2005. New for this year - we will have 3 Divisions, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Gold is an OPEN scratch division for all bowlers.  Silver is a scratch division for bowlers with averages of 199 and under.  Bronze is an OPEN handicapped division (200-80% of current avg). We also are offering Jr. Gold Qualifiers at each event.  A minimum of 8 bowlers must participate in each event to offer this qualifier.
*$12,000 in prizes projected based on 300 entries in the tournament.