I wanted to show off the bowling t-shirt I received for Christmas to the management at the lanes, so I took it with me, and Junior and Bev (the control desk person when I practice) got a kick out of it (a picture of it is coming, folks…just waiting for it to be emailed to me). I did not start using my gift cards today, and I knew I would be charged the full rate today, with this being a school vacation period. My next-door neighbor did give me a free bowling coupon that was on a Banquet frozen dinner box that he bought, so one of my games was free.
As I walked toward my locker to get my equipment out, I ran into Si, and it turned out he was going to give practicing a try, so, with his OK, I had Bev move me to his pair of lanes. Before I go into my own performance, I should note that he said this was the first time he picked up a bowling ball since a year ago in May, so his performance was a bit off. He told me he thought it was more of a footwork issue, though, especially early in his outing. He did get his legs under him somewhat, though, toward the last game, and had a few nice shots in the third game to recover a 142. If he’s reading this, I’d like to say I wish I could do that well after a long layoff. 😀
I pretty much stayed around my average today, but I was missing too many easy spares for comfort. I did make a nice ball speed adjustment at the end of the last game, though, and strung together three in a row before leaving the 6-7 split with the first fill ball in the 10th frame. The turkey before that was enough to recover a 156, though.
Result: 152-169-156=477
Running average (39 games): 163 Last 9 average: 167
After we finished bowling, Si and I discussed what we may be doing for leagues in the future, and I mentioned that my cousins were thinking of bowling the Wednesday night Westgate Mixed league (which Junior told me was 4-person teams) this summer and that I wanted to join them. Si then pretty much said he’d be agreeable to joining that league too, so there may be more than two familiar faces in the league I make my return to. Si also offered a ride home, which I accepted, saving me the return bus trip.
The Tenth Board 