As planned, I got an early start to my day and went to the lanes to meet with Jay Mantere, the tournament director for the Northeast Amateur Tournament. I mostly let him know about this blog’s existence and that I had the NAT’s site linked. I told him I may be bowling in the NAT in the future, but after learning that they will not accept summer averages for entry, I had to admit it would be a while before I did so.
I hung around a bit to watch the first game of the 10:30 AM qualifying squad, mostly at the pair to which Chris Mark was assigned. Before I left, Bob Hamilton alerted me that someone had shot a 289 with the first 10 in a row. I told Bob that I mostly reported the “real” honor scores (300, 299, 800 series), so I didn’t really ask for a name, but where I’m seeing Bob tomorrow at practice, I will probably relent (especially where I was in the building when it was shot) and get the name; expect an edit to this post tomorrow.
EDIT: It was Brian Gaskill who shot the 289 in the first squad.
The Tenth Board 