With what might have turned out to be the wrong oil pattern being put down in the morning last week, I figured I just wanted an easy practice today, so I bowled all 3 games for score again. Today was a total opposite, as the lanes were hooking out the box, and even a stand-21-target-6 shot, which worked for me for the back end of league play on Wednesday, was missing the pocket high, and I ended up standing around 26 and getting the ball around 9 or 10 at the arrows, letting the oil hold the ball until the break point. I had a mix of good and bad shots, and it turned out I needed 9 pins filling a spare in the 10th frame of the last game for a 183 triplicate (three games with the same score); I left the 4-10 split, however, and missed the triplicate by a pin. Ouch!
Bowler of the Year tournament note: Derick Thibeault was the winner of the Brockton USBC Bowling Association’s “Bowler of the Year” invitational tournament at Westgate Lanes yesterday, defeating his father, Harry Thibeault, Jr., in the final match.
The Tenth Board 