Before the start of bowling tonight, Bonnie brought in team t-shirts for everyone, including Grace, as she’ll be rooting for us each week through the summer season. The t-shirts have the team name with a ball and pins on the front, and the person’s name on the back. I’ll have to try to get a photo with the team in the shirts sometime during the summer.
A decent 566 tonight, but it could’ve been better, as I had a couple of open frames in each game. I got over average in the first and last games, but my inability to get lined up in the middle game held that game down to a 170. I also could’ve had a gem in the last game, but a 6-7-10 in the 10th frame bit me when I was working on a four-bagger; the way I was going, it probably should’ve been in the 240s (this supposes I make the two left-corner spares in the middle of the game).
Result: 196-170-200=566
Average (9 games): 192
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 583
As a team, it was our best performance so far this season, as we gained a split against Team 15 by taking the first and last game; it was the middle game that was the big letdown, as we won the first game by 53 pins and the last game was a nail-biter. Star of the night for my team went to Rob, as he was well over his average in every game and only missed tying my scratch series by 3 pins.
The Tenth Board 