Desk printout don’t lie…
The first time anything connected to a bowling score of mine said 300. Yes, it was the Wednesday Summer Mixed League’s no-tap tournament, and yes, I had five no-tap strikes in it, but the pressure is still similar when you’re actually trying for it. The funny thing is that it happened on my birthday, with Dick Asacker, a former association director, saying he hoped I got a 300 when he gave me his birthday wishes on Facebook, and I told a couple of other people on Facebook who wished me a happy birthday in a similar manner that I might get one that way. I guess some things were meant to be. 😀
I got first in the first game side pot (for the 189 average and under males, and I just was barely at the cutoff), threw a 259 second game to take second in that side pot, but then faltered because there was only Al Cochrane from my winter league (and bowled summer league on Shawn’s team) on my pair with me, and, with the pace of bowling quicker than I might like, only shot 186 last game. The last game proved costly, as Ron Haynes threw a set somewhere in the 760s to beat my 745. I still won $20 for second for a haul of $30 total, so, with entry being $13 (including side pots), I came out ahead. And nobody in the building had the night Harry Thibeault had…a no-tap 900 series to take first in the male 190 and over division.
The Tenth Board 