This is late being posted…
“5 Blind Squirrels” only managed to take two points from “Cell 6” last week, meaning my virtual team fell further in back of the pack, sitting 7 points in back of the latter team for 7th place. The good news is we get an immediate rematch, as this week is the first position week for the virtual league. At the top of the standings, “Five Fingers of Death” lead “AAA” by 7 points.
Congrats to Rich Walker, who recorded the first perfect game of the season in the Westgate Mixed league tonight, which is the fifth overall (I missed one in count in my post about Kevin Sheehy’s perfecto) at Westgate Lanes this season (unless there was one last night). 😀
My Week 8 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)
I felt more “out of it” than I usually do tonight. It showed not only in my bowling, but in my entry of the data for BowlSK, as I made a few errors in the initial entry of frames that I could only reconcile by checking the scores with what was on the recap at the end of the night and going back over the games based on my memory. The highlights were 5 in a row bridging the second and third games, and a conversion of the 2-4-10 in the last frame of the night.
Result: 170-146-173=489
Average (24 games): 188
Average for last 9 games: 182
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 583
It wasn’t a good night for the team, either. Eileen was battling a volleyball injury all night, and only John and Patrick had at least one game over average (Carl matched his average last game.) The team lost all four points, which I’ll chalk up as a team loss.
Last week’s failure to take points forced “Babe and Balls” further toward the middle of the pack, and are now 5 points behind the leaders, “Vacanczz,” in a tie in points for 6th with “Pairs and Spares” (Shawn’s team this year). “The Mustangs,” who figure to be more dangerous this year with my buddy Eric in the fold, provide my team’s opposition tomorrow night.
Congrats to Kevin Sheehy, who threw the first perfect game of the year in the Coke Classic League (and the third overall this year) last night. A source in the league told me that the 300 game was Kevin’s first in more than 40 years of bowling, so this had to be special. Congrats again, Kevin! 😀
I had originally thought that entries for the Tri-City Women’s Bowling Association championship tournament next weekend would be taken on site. However, I got a look at the entry form today and noted that entries will actually close on Friday, so please get your entries in if you wish to bowl in the tournament.
A Chicago sports blog notes that fans of the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks will have the opportunity to bowl with defenseman Brent Seabrook and some of his teammates when he hosts his third annual Celebrity ICE Bowl Sunday at the 10pin Bowling Lounge on N. State St. The event benefits the Inner City Education (ICE) Program, which provides educational opportunities for low-income youth hockey players.
My Week 7 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)
All of the members of “The 5 G’s” can hook it, and the lanes broke down quicker than I’m used to. As a result, I couldn’t stay off the nose for a good deal of the night. I migrated in as much as I felt comfortable with and eventually found some success when I started trying to loft it a little. However, that is not really my game, and I eventually lost the left lane. I could take something away from tonight, however: I beat the younger Ed Godino scratch in the last game.
Result: 183-145-203=531
Average (21 games): 191
Average for last 9 games: 182
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 577
John had a steady night, and Carl got better than he’s been later in the night, but the other team didn’t make many big mistakes tonight and took all four points, with my team losing total by more than 300 pins.
“5 Blind Squirrels” only took two points from Team 4 last week, so my virtual team continues to be the bottom of the barrel, trailing “Cell 6” by four points. “Five Fingers of Death” continues to be the league leaders, by a five-point margin over “Furious Five.”
I was informed today that there had been a death in the family over the weekend, and, since the wake may be Wednesday night, I may not be bowling. I’ll still update my league’s standings when they’re posted (as well as the virtual league results next Monday), but please don’t expect a post about my bowling night this week.
After taking July and August off, the People’s Tournament returned to AMF Silver Lanes on September 25 and 26, and Reynard Epps (Westgate Lanes, 156 avg.) won the title, defeating Malcom Marius (AMF Silver Lanes, 181 average) by a score of 234-215 (with handicaps) in the championship match. Rosemarie Daniels (165 avg.), Gary Mahame (176 avg.), and Linwood Cowen, Jr. (190 avg.) were the other Westgate Lanes cashers, while North Bowl was represented in the roll-offs by Craig Glatky (178 avg.)
The Tri-City Women’s Bowling Association will hold their annual championship tournament at Westgate Lanes on November 6 and 7, with singles and doubles events being contested. Entries will be accepted on-site.
With “Babe and Balls” taking only one point against “Warren’s Girls,” my team slipped out of first place, but we’re still only two points out, with “Vacanczz” the new leaders, my team tied in points with “The 5 G’s” (the core members of the team being the former core members of “The Dynasty”) and “Fire In The Hole,” and my team in third position due to pinfall. Next week could be important for position, as we are up against the aforementioned “The 5 G’s.”
Congrats to Richard Mines, who had the third 300 game of the young season at Westgate Lanes this past Friday night in the TNBA League, which helped him to a 678 set. 😀
My Week 6 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to series sheet on BowlSK)
Mistakes in the middle of the game made the first one a “what might have been” game, but, overall, this was a pretty good rebound night after last week. Sometimes, a subtle change makes the difference, and the chat gang made a suggestion to spread out my index finger; my carry was better tonight, so I think that suggestion did the trick. 😀
Result: 189-204-226=619
Average (18 games): 194
Average for last 9 games: 198
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 595
John gave me my main back-up tonight with a night that was only about a mark from 500, but that wasn’t enough to prevent losing two games and total to “Warren’s Girls,” who we ended up bowling against due to league contraction (two teams had dropped out of the league). Tonight was also an interesting night for Eileen, not because she scored particularly well, but because she converted two tough splits, first a 5-7 (which I had seen her make before), then the 4-7-10, which I had not seen her make.
KPHO 5 in Phoenix noted that the Arizona Cardinals would host their third annual Kingpin Challenge charity event last night (?) at the Brunswick Kyrene Lanes in Chandler, AZ, benefiting the club’s charitable foundation.
Today, one of my chat buddies pasted a link to an article on “The Bowling Tree,” a blog that appears to be about as established as this one is, but that I had never heard of until I saw the article in the chat. Giving the blog a look, it looks like it exists to pass along bowling news; however, as the blogger appears to run a pro shop, many of the articles announce new releases (including the release date) by the ball manufacturers, so this blog might be useful to the bowler who wants to be up on “the latest and greatest.” The link now appears in the blogroll on the sidebar.
“5 Blind Squirrels” lost all 7 points to Team 7, and have, thus, fallen to dead last in the standings with two weeks left on the schedule before the first of two position rounds. “Five Fingers of Death” increased their lead to six points over “Furious Five.”
Last week’s sweep at the hands of “Fire In The Hole” meant that “Babe and Balls” slipped into a three-way tie in points with the former team and “Vakanczz,” with my team and the latter team having more pins than the former team.
Individually, scoring seemed to be down league-wide, as, although Shawn Coles posted a 670 for high series of the week, Jim Blyth had the next-best series with only a 626. No woman had a series over 500, with Sue Young posting a 465 for the women’s best series.
“Dee’s Boys” provide the opposition for my team this week. My formerly online-only friend Keith is on this team, so I’m very much looking forward to this.
My Week 5 bowling, frame-by-frame (Links to series sheet on BowlSK in new window/tab)
As I also noted in the BowlSK comment, new pins came in this week, and what were strikes last week became weak and half 10s. I left 9 of those total, and it was a good thing I made them most of the night (I missed one, and one other one came filling a spare in the 10th) or this night could’ve really gotten ugly. As it was, I made other mistakes (8 frames with either splits or washouts), so not striking enough to make up for them was what did me in. I hope this was just one of those “average adjustment” nights.
Result: 188-154-154=496
Average (15 games): 192
Average for last 9 games: 208
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 593
This turned out to be a very bad night for my team, as well (losing all 4 points), as Eileen and Patrick were the only ones who really contributed anything positive. It should be said that the other team had a 95 average bowler come within a few marks of 500, as well, so this was just a “perfect storm” night for them.
Congrats to John Mayo of the Thursday Night Patriots league for stringing 11 in a row before ending up with a 297 game last week. Get ’em next time! 😀
Last week, “5 Blind Squirrels” ran up against “4 + sk8 = #1”, who had the hottest bowler in the league in the early going (“sk8shorty01,” a chat buddy, who had posted the first 800 series in the history of the virtual league two weeks ago); said bowler has cooled off considerably in the last two weeks, however, and, combined with yours truly being the hottest bowler in the virtual league at this moment (I ended up having the high series of the week again last week.), my team took 5 points and climbed back into 5th place, 7 points behind the new leaders, “Five Fingers of Death.”
I had a bad first game today, in which I didn’t break 130, but, as it turned out, I could chalk that up to feeling out the lane, as my other two games were both over 210, and I had a 231 middle game. My timing continues to feel “right,” and the ball feels great coming off my hand. I’ve seen a need to shore up my spare shooting, and I made the single 10 more than I missed it today (missed it once out of three or four tries), so I could take that out of the practice, as well.
“Babe And Balls” had the league lead going into this week, and, with all 4 points, held on to it, and we’re now actually the outright leaders in points, 2.5 ahead of “The Incredibowls.” Individually, my lead for high series on the season didn’t last long, as Ed Godino III used a 277 game to post a 710 set to take the lead. I still had the second high scratch series of the week, however, and Eileen had the second high scratch game in her division (she and John are both now in their respective B divisions).
“Fire In The Hole” will be providing the opposition this coming Wednesday night.
The Tenth Board 