Category: Leagues

League recaps

Jon Hester bowls 299/805 to open Patriots league season

I didn’t get the scores until today, but Jon “Hoss” Hester opened the Patriots league season last week with 279-299-227 for an 805 set. WTG! 🙂

As an aside, the Patriots league, which had been a doubles league, has had to go to trios this season as preparation for the coming Westgate renovation.

2017-18 Week 1 league standings update

Updating the standings in my leagues after the first week:

  • Brunswick Mixed: Let’s Mix ‘Em Up took two points (four-point league) from Creeden’s Mustangs, and we sorted into 10th in the standings. Striking Gentlemen, Dawg Pound, Spare Change, and Knock ‘Em Down were the teams that won all four points in the first week. Let’s Mix ‘Em Up is scheduled to bowl against Stuck With Us tonight, but I will have to miss it, as I have to attend a wake.
  • Sunday Niters: After winning two points (eight-point league) from Here For Beer, The 3 Stooges sorted into 8th place by pinfall. OSIMAS, bowling against the vacant, was the only team that won all eight in the first week.  We bowl against the early leaders Sunday night.

Sept. 10 Sunday Niters recap

My Week 1 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Two better games tonight than any of them Wednesday night, but I certainly hope missing spares on the left side doesn’t become a recurring theme this year. I’m still perfect on the year on my right side makeables.

Result: 166-158-174=498
Average (3 games): 166
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 504

Composite average (6 games): 159

The points for total pins might have been interesting if I’d been able to max out my 10th frame third game, but, as it was, we only won the first game.

Sept. 6 Brunswick Mixed recap

I have three new teammates in Brunswick Mixed: Kathy Valerio, whom some of you may remember was associate tournament director of the People’s Tournament, and two bowlers from the summer, Brian Barksdale and Thomas Smith. Our team name is Let’s Mix ‘Em Up, and I let Kathy be the team captain.

My Week 1 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I was sort of getting a feel for these lanes, noticing that the backend reaction was a bit more than I’m used to. The weird part of my spare game tonight was that I only made the one 7 pin on the left side, but every makeable spare on the right side.

Result: 145-150-161=456
Average (3 games): 152
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 462

Brian bowled the best of us tonight, but we won’t know about points at least until the weekend.

2017-18 season ramp-up

I’m about to get back into the bowling grind, but the only part about my involvement in leagues this season that’s remaining stable is Sunday Niters, where I will be returning with the same team. In Brunswick Mixed, however, the Woods and Jeff have decided to go off on their own, and Si is likely not returning, so I’m likely on a new team in that league, the composition of which will not really be known until the league starts Wednesday night.

There is bad news in the virtual league, as well, as I made the difficult decision to not run a fall virtual league, as I felt I didn’t have enough bowlers. I let everyone on the BowlingCommunity forums know, however, that I’d revisit a winter virtual league as Thanksgiving approaches.

2017 Coke league preseason notes

I sat in on the Coke league meeting last week, and, first off, the league voted to be a Challenge league, by the new USBC lane condition designation (patterns with ratios between 8:1 and 4:1). Related to this, the league also voted that any new league member with only a Standard average will have it rerated in reverse according to the Challenge average conversion chart. Finally, a committee was created to assist in determining the lane condition for each segment of the league.

Khuu posts 811, Hester, Egan 300, Hamilton 299 in Monday doubles

I usually don’t hang around the Monday Summer Doubles league all night unless the Red Sox are idle, and I was happy they were tonight, because there was plenty of scoring. Danny Khuu had the biggest “number”, by way of posting 278-277-256 for an 811 set, but there were also a couple of 300 games, one by Jon “Hoss” Hester, and the other by Brian Egan. I’ll share Hester’s video first, as I “owe him one” for not sharing his UBA scores:

And now Egan’s:

Finally, association Hall of Famer Bob Hamilton stuck a 10 pin in one of his games for a 299.

Nice bowling tonight! 🙂