Category: Leagues

League recaps

Apr. 16 Sunday Niters recap

My Week 28 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Tonight kind of went according to form: First game was the high game, second game the low one, and the third in the middle. I had problems with my 10 pin, but I also missed a couple of easier 3 pins.

Result: 193-151-161=505
Average (84 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 172
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 548

Composite average (177 games): 174

Team lost the first game, but, with Ed’s 624 with a 245 third game, we won the other two and total.

Apr. 12 Brunswick Mixed recap

My Week 32 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I was only a bit better than perfectly average tonight. There was at least a double in every game, but also either a split or a washout, two splits in the third game. A couple of missed 10s were thrown in, but I did make more than I missed.

Result: 165-188-168=521
Average (93 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 180
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 569

Composite average (174 games): 174

Team didn’t have a good night, as we lost all three games by at least 50 pins.

Gino Beniamino shoots 300/805 in Coke league

It’s likely Gino Beniamino will remember this Coke league season, as he not only had his first 300 earlier in it, but now his first 800, as he had 279-300-226 for an 805 last night. This is the first 800 in the league since Rich Fulton’s 800 over three years ago (March 2014), and it was my thought that he’s the first with two 300 games in the league in the same season since Matt Yandek had two in the same night in his 801 series.

Because it’s probably better quality than the first one, I’ll share Tom Hedding’s video of Gino’s 300 game last night below:

Good bowling Gino! 🙂

2016-17 Week 31 league standings update

Updating my leagues (including virtual) after Week 31:

  • Brunswick Mixed: After failing to win points from Has Beens, Lane Ducks are in 13th place, 15.5 points behind Eileen On Me, who are four points ahead of Creeden’s Mustangs, five ahead of Sweet Rolls, and seven ahead of Livin’ on a Spare. Spear the 10 Pin will be Wednesday night’s opponents.
  • Sunday Niters: After winning all eight from Avengers, The 3 Stooges are in 3rd place, 13 points behind Here For Beer, who are 10 points ahead of We Found “B”; Suzy’s Crew is 18 points behind the lead in 4th. Ten Is Enough will be Sunday night’s opponents.
  • Virtual league: Lane Rangers won three points (3rd game & total) from Dream Team. With Splits & Washouts winning five, we are now six points ahead of them with two weeks left, with three teams tied for 3rd, 13 points behind. We won total despite sk8shorty01 of Dream Team putting up a 290 second game.

Apr. 9 Sunday Niters recap

My Week 27 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

The reader’s attention should be drawn to the third game, as it was one of my rare clean games. I had to convert the 4-7-9 in the 10th that game to keep it clean, and, considering how often I ruin clean games in the 10th, I told people I’d take that every day and twice on Sunday. 🙂

Result: 180-193-190=563
Average (81 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 171
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 528

Composite average: 174

Peter came back to the team after his winter vacation tonight. I was high man on the pair, and the team took all eight.

Apr. 5 Brunswick Mixed recap

My Week 31 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I only put strikes together twice tonight, and most of my spare misses were the 10 pin, including twice in the 10th. 50/50 on splits, the one I converted being the 2-7.

Result: 196-168-171=535
Average (90 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 181
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 568

Composite average (168 games): 173

Our opponents were all over average, including a 756 by their anchor, and the team lost all four.

2016-17 Week 30 league standings update

Updating my leagues after Week 30 of the season (including, as always, the virtual league):

  • Brunswick Mixed: After winning four points from Minds in the Gutter (my post of Spare Us as last week’s opponents was in error), Lane Ducks are in 10th place, 12.5 points behind Eileen On Me, who are four ahead of Creeden’s Mustangs, six ahead of Sweet Rolls, and seven ahead of Livin’ on a Spare. Has Beens will be tomorrow night’s opponents. I was just a pin short of tying for the high handicap game of the week in the men’s “B” division (Michael Simmons was high with a 270 handicap game).
  • Sunday Niters: After winning six points from OSIMAS, The 3 Stooges are in 3rd place, 13 points behind Here For Beer, who lead We Found “B” by eight points, and Adam & Steve are in 4th, 14 points behind the lead. Avengers will be Sunday night’s opponents.
  • Virtual league: Lane Rangers won all seven from High Flush; with Splits & Washouts winning five, our lead over them increased by eight points, with The Unbowlieveables and Big Guns 2.0 tied for 3rd, 12 points behind.

Kevin Thibeault bowls 300, Rob Young 276 in Coke league

There were a couple of games of note last night in the Coke league, one of them by Kevin Thibeault with a 300 in the third game. I have the video below:

The other was an unusual 11 in a row 276 game bowled by association Hall of Famer Rob Young, in which he left the Greek Church (4-6-7-9-10) in the first frame, picked only a pin out of it, and then had the last 11. Rob actually had 21 in a row, as he followed the 276 up with a 289, but the 800 bid fell short in the last frame of the night. Note: 21 in a row without a 300 game is hard to do.

Good bowling guys! 🙂

Apr. 2 Sunday Niters recap

My Week 26 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

My third game was definitely better than my first two, particularly because I couldn’t seem to buy a spare in those two. A bright side is that I did better on my splits than usual, converting one (the 4-9) and picking four out of another (Greek church).

Result: 154-146-181=481
Average (78 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 161
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 566

Composite average (165 games): 173

After losing the first game, we won the other two and today, with the third game win coming on Harry’s double in the 10th. Harry had a one-open (a 7-10) 761.

More about tonight in the league to come.

Mar. 29 Brunswick Mixed recap

My Week 30 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

It was looking like a more or less ordinary night for me after two games, but, after a spare to start, everything just “clicked” and I started carrying, going five in a row, single-pin spare, big-ish split, and then two Brooklyn strikes, which loosened me up enough (particularly knowing the game was in hand) to throw the last two flush. The 244 was my highest game in over three years, the last time I had a game that good coming on Sept. 18, 2013, in which I had both a 259 and a 244 in bowling 665.

Result: 161-162-244=567
Average (87 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 173
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 581

Composite average (162 games): 174

My spare in the 10th first game was important, because we won by a pin on the fill. The second game was not as close, and, as I mentioned, the first strike in the 10th meant the third game win, for all four points.

2016-17 Week 29 league standings update

Updating my leagues after Week 29 of the season (with the virtual league result):

  • Brunswick Mixed: After winning two points from Striking Gentlemen, Lane Ducks are tied for 11th with Knock Em Down, and trailing the leading Eileen On Me by 14.5 points. The leaders are ahead of Creeden’s Mustangs by five points, Sweet Rolls by seven points, and Livin’ on a Spare and Has Beens by nine points. Spare Us will be the opposition tomorrow night.
  • Sunday Niters: After winning two points from Bowling Stones, The 3 Stooges are in 4th place, 15 points behind Here For Beer, who lead We Found “B” by 10 points and Adam & Steve by 14 points. OSIMAS are Sunday night’s opponents.
  • Virtual league: Lane Rangers won two of seven from Big Guns 2.0, and Splits & Washouts also only won two, so we maintained our six point lead, with Big Guns 2.0 seven points behind in 3rd and The Unbowlieveables nine back in 4th. The two points from Big Guns 2.0 came despite Fin09 of that team bowling 268-300-258 for an 826 series. BowlerBill, a member of High Flush, had a 300 game himself, and it was only the second time in the league’s history that two different bowlers posted a 300 game in the same week.

Mar. 26 Sunday Niters recap

My Week 25 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

My match had to be moved to the end pair (61-62) because of a breakdown, and the lanes were playing very differently, as I was well left of where I’ve been playing the last couple of weeks. I had a decent first game, but I was mostly done in by splits in the other two, with three in the second game and two in the third game.

Result: 182-158-155=495
Average (75 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 173
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 600

Composite average (159 games): 173

Harry and Ed both had a 200 game (Harry first & second, Ed third), and with a bowler averaging in (he joined the team that lost Curt Layton), I think we only won the first game.