I’ve seen separate Facebook reports of a 300 game, his 11th, by “Mr. 900” Hakim Emmanuel, and a 299 game by Matt Richard, who has yet to break through with his first. Good bowling guys! 🙂
Month: November 2018
Nov. 28 Brunswick Mixed recap
My Week 13 bowling, frame-by-frame
I looked OK in Game 1, but a breakdown on 33 forced us to move, and I was never quite comfortable on the breakdown pair, where my old Hy-Road gave me my best look, but would sometimes over-react to the dry. Ball speed might have been the answer, but I was weak from getting over the flu that I had over the weekend.
Result: 171-145-161=477
Average (39 games): 167
Average for last 9 games: 157
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 539
Composite average (45 games): 171
Si is bowling better than me now, with a 513 last night, which helped us win three of four. My conversion of the 1-3-10 in the 10th third game was important, as we might have lost total if I didn’t.
2018-19 Week 12 league standings update
After winning four forfeit points against 10th Frame Magic, Let’s MixEm Up is in 10th place, 6.5 points behind Party of Six, who lead Last Empire by a half-point, Spare Us by 1.5 points, and Stacked by two points. Tuckin’ Fenpin will be tonight’s opponents.
Ruthie Graham claims state senior title
As the Bristol-Plymouth Bowling Association posted above, Westgate bowler Ruthie Graham was one of the women’s champions at the state senior tournament, held last month at AMF Auburn Lanes. For those without Facebook access, the final women’s prize list can be found here. This was the first year the open and women’s senior tournaments were conducted concurrently at the same site.
Congrats Ruthie! 🙂
Alex Aguiar takes home NEBA Tournament of Champions title
As noted in the Facebook post above, Alex Aguiar claimed his 4th NEBA title of 2018 and 23rd overall by defeating Steve Dale Jr. 434-316 in a two-game match to win the Brunswick Tournament of Champions at Callahan’s Bowl-O-Rama in Newington, CT.
For those who may have missed the live streams, I’ll include the videos of the final match and NEBA’s interview with Alex below:
Congrats Alex! 🙂
Nov. 21 Brunswick Mixed recap
My Week 12 bowling, frame-by-frame
There seemed to be more oil downlane than usual last night, which meant I didn’t have to move much, but also made left-side spares tricky, as I missed a lot of them. The two washouts were likely a product of the lane condition, as well.
Result: 163-148-178=489
Average (36 games): 167
Average for last 9 games: 158
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 512
Composite average (42 games): 172
Our opponents didn’t have a legal lineup, so we were bowling for forfeit points, all four of which we won. Steve had one of his better games, a 135, in the second game to help us.
Something happened last night on one of the adjoining pairs that I’ll mention here: Jim Blyth, our league president, converted the 7-10 split for his first time. Nice going!
2018-19 Week 11 league standings update
After winning one point from Spare Us, Let’s MixEm Up is in 12th place, 9.5 points behind Party of Six, who lead Last Empire by 1.5 points, Stacked by four points, and Spare Us by 6.5 points. 10th Frame Magic will be tomorrow night’s opponents.
Nov. 18 Sunday Niters sub recap
Last night’s bowling, frame-by-frame
Moe Morrison suggested that I should’ve stayed in Sunday Niters and left my other league. She may have had a point, because I had, by far, my best night of the season subbing for Peter last night. I struggled a bit early, but was clean after the 4th frame first game, and had at least one strike in the 10th in each, punching out with six in the second game. As I said in the BowlSK comment, “I need more of these on Wednesday night!”
Result: 169-234-232=635
Average (6 games): 198
AVG+1 score for next time: 602
Composite average (39 games): 172
Eric covered my under-average first game with a 252 to win the only two points that were mildly contested in our sweep.
Sean Richard posts 300/824 in Malden; team shoots 1071 game, 3038 series
Sean Richard posted on Facebook that he had 234-300-290 for an 824 set last night in Malden. I’m tempted to say he has high average in that league right now. Nice bowling! 🙂
UPDATE: Brian Gaskill provided me the recap photo below, which shows the team, Rick O’Shea, had a 1,071 second game and a 3,038 series, both reportable to USBC headquarters. Fantastic! 🙂
Nov. 14 Brunswick Mixed recap
My Week 11 bowling, frame-by-frame
My execution was clearly better in the second game, though I thought I threw good shots to leave the 10s I missed in the third game. The missed 10s were stranger because I made the first two 10s that I left.
Result: 134-180-134=448
Average (33 games): 168
Average for last 9 games: 157
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 533
Composite average (36 games): 169
Si was absent first game again, but did help us win second game for our lone point.
2018-19 Week 10 league standings update
After splitting 2-2 with Striking Gentlemen, Let’s MixEm Up is in 10th place, 6.5 points behind Party of Six, who lead Last Empire by 1.5 points, Creeden’s Mustangs by 2.5 points, and Stacked by three points. Spare Us will be tomorrow night’s opposition.
Zach Thompson rolls 297 in Pepsi league
There still hasn’t been a 300 in the Pepsi league this season, but Zach Thompson provided the latest close approach last night, leaving a big split for a 297 game. It should be noted that two of his three teammates had big games, as well, in that game.
Nice bowling! 🙂
Shawn Hagan fires 300/817 in Malden
Shout-out to the Pepsi league’s Shawn Hagan with 240-300-277 for an 817 set in the Mixed Doubles +1 league in Malden the other night. 🙂
Sean Richard throws 299 in Westport
Not done posting yet today, as Seany told me he had a 299 game Monday night in the Westport Trios league. WTG! 🙂
Mike Dupuis bowls 300, team 854 game in Patriots
Jim Ferguson called to my attention that Mike Dupuis not only shot a 300 game last week in the Patriots league, but his Strike F/X teammates, John Camara (276) and Alex Aguiar (278) combined for an 854 game, which is over the USBC reporting threshold. Nice going! 🙂
Sean Richard blasts 300/835 in Malden
I didn’t have a sure memory of “$eany Ka$h” throwing award scores in Malden, but, after he posted 277-258-300 for an 835 last night, I now do. WTG! 🙂
Aaron Major slams 300/813 in His & Hers
Congrats to Aaron Major, who posted 268-300-245 for an 813 set the other night in the His & Hers league. 🙂
Nov. 7 Brunswick Mixed recap
There wasn’t a standings update because Shawn was late getting to them and scores needed to be corrected for BowlerExpress.
My Week 10 bowling, frame-by-frame
My first game was promising, but then my spare game largely escaped me, though, strangely, I didn’t miss a 10 pin until the very end.
Result: 191-150-146=487
Average (30 games): 170
Average for last 9 games: 168
Next week’s AVG+1 score 540
Composite average (33 games): 171
Si was absent first game, but had a strong third game to help us win third game and steal total. It turned out I needed the second hit in the 10th first game, but didn’t get it.
2018-19 Pepsi league 2nd quarter lane condition
The lane condition schedule for the Pepsi league has actually been included with the lane schedule, and it appears that it’s the reverse of last year, as Broadway will be the pattern for the 2nd quarter, which starts tomorrow night. As always, the top graph is linked on the pattern name.
Trey Coy fires 300 in TNBA league
Kris Higgins alerted me that Trey Coy, a former member of the BBIS league, shot a 300 game in the TNBA league last night. Kris provided the video below, as well.
Congrats Trey! 🙂
Ed Ashbaugh acquires Trade Center Bowl
As announced in the Facebook post linked here, Ed Ashbaugh, familiar to Westgate as one of the Pepsi league bowlers, is now the owner of Falmouth’s Trade Center Bowl. Congratulations, and I wish you well with this new venture. 🙂
“Mr. 900” shoots 299 in TNBA league
You wouldn’t expect “Mr. 900” Hakim Emmanuel to not finish a 300 game off, but he did leave a pin for a 299 last week in the TNBA league. Still, good bowling! 🙂
Link to MAUSBCYA.org reinstated
I recently learned that the state association actually retained mausbcya.org for use by the association’s youth committee, so I have reinstated the link to that website in the “Local/New England” sidebar list.
Gary Warner scores first 300 in Westgate Mixed
Congrats to Gary Warner, a bowler I knew from softball before I knew he was a bowler, for his first 300 game last night in the Westgate Mixed league. His father-in-law, Bill Condon, got the video I present below:
Fine bowling! 🙂
Oct. 31 Brunswick Mixed recap
My Week 9 bowling, frame-by-frame
Some sloppy execution cost me a decent first game, and I was only able to get over average in the other two. An issue might have been pacing, as Steve was the only other bowler on the pair, with our opponents forfeiting.
Result: 135-173-178=486
Average (27 games): 170
Average for last 9 games: 173
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 514
Composite average (30 games): 172
Team won all four forfeit points, with the team just getting our forfeit score in the first game.

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