Brian Gaskill bowls 300 in NEBA qualifying

Congrats to Brian Gaskill, who I’m sure most of you know bowls in the Coke league Monday night, on a 300 game tonight during qualifying for the NEBA event. The last strike of his game (sans audio, for some reason) is shown below.

I have additional content from the senior NEBA event today, but I wish to wait for NEBA to post their recap on their website before proceeding.

Mike Botelho throws 827 set in Westgate Mixed

Mike Botelho may not be a name familiar to the Westgate bowlers yet (although the Coke league bowlers may know him), but they may want to become more familiar with him, as he had the first 800 set of the season here tonight in the Westgate Mixed league, with games of 270, 278, and 279 for an 827. Here’s a fact I’ll throw out for the regular readers: He had the last 800 series ever in Taunton.

Congrats Mike! 😀

Vin D’Aleo throws 300 with son at Lanes & Games

I think everyone knows I’ll post about stuff Westgate bowlers do away from Westgate, and an instance of when I’ll do it happened last night, when Coke league bowler Vin D’Aleo threw a 300 game in the third game of his Thursday league at Lanes & Games in Cambridge. It was actually made even more memorable for him with his son, Michael, having bowled a perfect game earlier that night. Congrats to both! 😀

Jeff Carter opens 2014-15 Westgate Lanes season with 300

I’m not usually at Westgate on Tuesday nights, let alone the first Tuesday night of the season, but I was tonight, and had the fortune of seeing Jeff Carter open the His & Hers season with a 300 game. Congrats Jeff! 😀

As I know many of you heard that the USBC is no longer giving awards at the national level for 11 in a row and have been wondering, yes, I will continue to mention 11 in a row games here. 🙂

Brian Egan ties Westgate house record in NAT; Sean Richard perfect

I was at the Northeast Amateur Tournament for the second squad and the head-to-head finals today, but I missed a big performance in the first squad, as Brian Egan posted games of 299, 268, and 289 for an 856 series, tying the Westgate Lanes house record originally held by Bryan Cahill.

I’ll make a separate post with the final results, but I’d also like to note here that Sean Richard also threw his 49th career 300 game today in the semifinals. I suggested afterward that we rename him from “Seany Kash” to “Curt Hennig” (wrestling’s “Mr. Perfect” 😉 ).

Congrats and great bowling today, Brian and Sean! 😀

Ferguson, Travers post 800 series in 2014 state tournament

The state tournament at Brunswick Zone Lowell wrapped up this weekend with a couple of 800 series by Westgate Lanes legends. Yesterday, Jim Ferguson put up games of 289, 279, and 235 for an 803 series, bowling with Sean Richard in the doubles event. Then, today, Steve Travers followed suit with games of 258, 299, and 257 for an 814 set in his singles event.

Congrats to both! 😀