The Tenth Board

I’ve already noted that my team only took one point this week, but “Double D” won all of their points, so we slipped into last place in the second half, a point and a half behind “Foxy SRS.” “The Generations” currently hold a two-point lead on “The Dynasty,” “The Mustangs,” and “Warren’s Girls” at the top of the standings. Next week won’t be easy for my team, as we’re scheduled against “Butz-N-Gutz.”

My Week 22 bowling, frame-by-frame (Link to series on BowlSK)

I took a warm-up game on the “Main Street” pattern with the newly-dulled-down Hy-Road, and, liking what I saw from my warm-up game, I decided to go with the ball tonight, and that and finally getting somewhat adjusted to the pattern got me more or less back on track, although my first two games didn’t necessarily show it. It was the last game where it finally came together, a one-open 225. If I have more games like that one on this pattern, I should be back to being dangerous.

Result: 171-181-225=577
Average (66 games): 188
Average for last 9 games: 182
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 573

Team was still only able to take a single point. I could’ve earned a split of the points in the third game with the first two in the 10th, but that was derailed by a first-ball “shaker” 7 pin. Of my teammates, Eileen and Carl gave me the most support tonight, as both had all three games over their respective averages.

“Size 11′s” got back on track last week, losing only the third game to “Drunken Masters,” a team that includes a couple of chat buddies (“MikeHL” and “lmfcoa”), for another 5/7 week. As a result, we now sit in a three-way tie in points for third place with “Fantastic Four” and the aforementioned “Drunken Masters.” “4 Marksmen” now hold a one-point lead on “Pretty Much Average” at the top of the virtual league standings. Individually, “Joe P.” of “Hambones” had a 300 game in the league he submits from…I’ve congratulated him on the forums.

If you’re wondering why I don’t announce the week’s opposition in the virtual league, it’s because I don’t really know, with the league wishing to keep the schedule unannounced so that bowlers in the league are free to post their scores publicly in the forums without giving their opposition an idea of what they need to win.

This update is a week late, but I’ve had to deal with another Internet connection outage since I last bowled and just plain forgot to look for the standings when my service was restored.

Both my team and “Double D” took a point each, so we remain a point ahead of them out of the league’s cellar. “The Dynasty” and “The Generations” are currently tied at the top, with “Butz-N-Gutz” sitting 2 points behind the pace in third. The opposition tonight will be “The Mustangs,” a team my team has done well against this season.