With my winter league winding down, I checked with my brother a couple of weeks ago about my financial status, and he indicated that I would be able to bowl summer league again this year. Having obtained the green light, the question then shifted to which league it would be in. When I talked to my cousin Debbie around the winter holidays, there was some doubt about whether she and the rest of her crew would be bowling in the Wednesday Summer Mixed League again. However, calling her again this week, she indicated they would be bowling in that league, as usual, so my mind about the league was made up at that point.
My team is less set in stone, however. I had hoped to hook up with Brian Shea and Ralph Marple again, but they informed me last night that both would like to bowl with their sons, and, as the four-man teams in that league don’t necessarily have to include a female member, that would likely constitute their full team. Wanting to bowl with people I know, and knowing she bowled in the Wednesday Summer Mixed League last year, I asked Bonnie MacDonald of the “MT Bed” team in the Brunswick Mixed League what her plans were. She told me she was trying to get a team together with Grace Heath and Rob Dickens of “The Handicaps.” I was also informed that Grace wanted one of her friends on the team as the fourth person, but, as I was told that that person wasn’t definite, I left the option open with them for me to join the team if the friend backed out. Given my in-limbo status, though, I am on the sign-up board for the league for now as having no team.
As a final aside, I was hoping for a good break between seasons (the summer league didn’t start until after Memorial Day last year), but, checking the Westgate Lanes site, I was informed that the league starts on May 13, giving me only a one-week break.
The Tenth Board 