The Tenth Board

My Week 23 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I had a better night tonight, but another mixed bag. I had yet another first game where I started out throwing decent shots, but then seemed to lose it in the middle of the game. I am happy that my other games were relatively clean, with just a split in the second game and just a chop in the third.

Result: 150-181-201=532
Average (69 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 170
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 543

Everyone was fairly steady, but we could only win one point, some of it due to the lead bowler on the other team having one of his better nights.

“Diamond Flush” had our first winning week of the season, taking the lion’s share (five points) from “Dark Side 2.0,” moving into an 8th place tie with “Kingpins.” The deficit is eight points to “Ordinary Average Guys,” who lead “2-bit Bandits” and “Got Wood?” by a point.

A net win against “Bowling Stones” moved “Pinfall Wizards” into a second-place tie in points with “Bottoms Up!”, just a point behind “Dee’s Boys II.” My team’s opponents will be “The 5 G’s” this week.

My Week 22 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I’ve had some bad starts this year, and my BowlingTracker.com sheet will bear that out: I’m averaging 2 pins lower than my overall average in the first game. The second game was more promising for a good finish, but I was reduced to grinding out my spares in the last game. I did, however, make another clutch spare in the 10th frame third game to save the net win. I was really hoping for more after yesterday’s practice, though.

Result: 146-185-155=486
Average (66 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 171
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 553

I mentioned the net win, and both Berta and Brian were solid tonight, particularly in the two games we won.

“Diamond Flush” won just the first game against “Mooseknuckles,” but, again, the win turned out to be enough to win total as well, as the other two games were very close. My virtual team remains at the bottom of the standings, but is now tied with “Dark Side 2.0″ in points, nine points behind “Ordinary Average Guys,” who lead “2-bit Bandits” by a point.

“Pinfall Wizards” fell out of a tie for first place after last week, but are a only a point behind in third place, tied with “The Mustangs.” Our opponents last week, “Dee’s Boys II,” now share the lead in points with “Deadwood.” “Bowling Stones” are this week’s opponents.

Individually, Berta had the high series with handicap for the women last week.

My Week 21 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I’m thinking now that if I can just get everything together, I could make a run, but I’m still too inconsistent. The game I bowled well (except for the missed 7) was the third game. It’s fortunate I’m due back in tomorrow for another lesson.

Result: 148-164-201=513
Average (63 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 173
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 583

If Berta didn’t have an under-average second game, she may have been able to make another run at 500 tonight. Team only won one point, mostly thanks to Jim, our league president, throwing a 729 at us, which is as well as I’ve ever seen him bowl.

“Diamond Flush” had a one-point net loss to “Got Wood?” in Week 2, and the match could’ve easily been tilted one way or another…my team only won total by 20, and handicap was a factor in the first two games, with my team losing the first game by only two pins. We remain in last place, with “2-bit Bandits” the top team after Week 2, two points ahead of Team 10 and “Ordinary Average Guys.”

Splitting the points against “Outta Da Guttah” didn’t turn out to be that harmful for my team, “Pinfall Wizards,” because there is now a three-way tie in points at the top between us, “Deadwood,” and “The Mustangs,” with “Deadwood” having the pinfall advantage over my team and the latter team with less pinfall than us.

“Dee’s Boys II” provides the opposition for my team this week.

My Week 20 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I usually don’t get off to good starts, and I was clean through 12 frames tonight, but with the spare misses after that point, I definitely left some pins on the deck.

Result: 216-154-177=547
Average (60 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 178
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 571

It was a good night for Brian, who was over 400 for the first time in my memory, but the team only managed to split the points after our opponents ran away with the second game.

“Diamond Flush” lost all seven points to “Presto” in Week 1. Since my team was the only team to lose all of the points last week, we are dead last and the latter team leads the league. “Mooseknuckles,” “Ordinary Average Guys,” and Team 2 were the other teams to win at least five points on the week.

“Pinfall Wizards” won four points last week, as did “The Mustangs.” My team has the pinfall advantage, so my team is technically in first place for the moment. The round robin cycle starts again this week with “Outta Da Guttah.”