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

I finally had a decent game in the second game, which had so often been my undoing this season, and I thought I could build on that. A couple of missed single pins and a missed ball change (to my Marvel Pearl) later, however, I only had a night just over average.

Result: 170-203-157=530
Average (75 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 176
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 547

Carl and Berta were also both over average on the night, but it wasn’t enough, as we lost all four points.

After winning all four from “Bowling Stones,” “Spare Parts” moved up into a four-way tie for 6th place with “The 5 G’s,” “The Doables,” and “There’s 3 and 2” (listed in pinfall order, with my team being last in pinfall among those teams), seven points behind “Dee’s Boys III,” who are a point ahead of “The Incredibowls” and two ahead of “Split Happens” (my team’s opposition tonight).

My team happened to have the high handicap game of the week, and I had the third high scratch game in my division.

“The Four Stooges” won all seven points from “Don’t Look Ethel,” and are now in the league lead by a point over “X-Rated” and two over “Team 3.” We also had the high team game of the week with a 913 in the third game.

Two honor scores were submitted last week, an 803 series from “Dave800” and a 300 game from “Chuck.”

My Week 24 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I was suffering through one of those 24-hour bugs during my Coke league visit on Monday, but to look at my bowling in the first two games, you’d think I was still weak from it. I did manage to get things figured out for the third game, however, and a 218 saved my 500 night. I left more “garbage” than usual, including five splits, so my overall spare game suffered, but I was once again around 80% on my single pins, and it should be said that the 7 pin is no longer spooking me.

Result: 156-150-218=524
Average (72 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 174
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 552

Team won all four points again, including a third game in which we were over 1,100 with handicap. The second game got interesting at the end, but I told my teammates we’d be OK if I got the first strike in the 10th…and proceeded to get that strike.

After winning all four points from “The Mustangs,” “Spare Parts” moved up to 10th place, eight points behind “Dee’s Boys III,” who lead by a point over “The Incredibowls” and “Split Happens.” We will be bowling against “Bowling Stones” tomorrow night.

“The Four Stooges” won a lion’s share five of seven points from “License To Strike,” and my virtual team is now in third place, sitting just four points behind “X-Rated” and a point behind Team 3.

“Joe Bowler” submitted just the fifth 800 series in history, an 804, which was the league’s first 800 series since “B Fury” (then my teammate) threw the league record of 824 just less than two years ago.

My Week 23 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I was largely happy with tonight, despite a couple of bad shots and a couple of bad breaks with the 7-9. I didn’t have many strikes, but I missed nothing really easy until a couple of single pins close to the end of the third game. However, I did make the single pin that counted most, the 10 in the 30th frame, for without that mark, my team would have lost the game; as it was, my team won by a single pin.

Result: 199-164-172=535
Average (69 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 173
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 551

We were pretty much assured the lion’s share by the time I got up for the last time in the night, but the clutch spare turned the night into a sweep for us. 😀

“The Four Stooges” won all seven points from “The Fifth Element” and moved up to third place in the standings, six points behind Team 3 and four points behind “X-Rated.” “Norm3v,” a member of Team 8, submitted a perfect game last week; he has had two career 300 games, and both have counted for the virtual league.

After winning three of four points from “The Girly Man,” “Spare Parts” stand in 14th place, eight points behind a tie for first between “Dee’s Boys III” and “The Incredibowls.” The tie for first is a point ahead of “Split Happens.” “The Mustangs,” who are immediately ahead of us, are this week’s opposition.

After failing to win a point against “Deadwood,” “Spare Parts” now stand in 14th place, eight points behind “The Incredibowls,” who lead by a point over “Dee’s Boys III,” “Angry Birds,” and “Split Happens.” “The Girly Man” provides our opposition tonight.

“The Four Stooges” won five of seven from Team 8, creating a tie with that team for 7th, 6 points behind a three-way tie between “Jocks Rolling Rocks,” Team 3, and “X-Rated,” with “The Fifth Element” sitting three points back of the lead.

After winning a single point from “The Doables,” “Spare Parts” are now in a tie for 13th with “Deadwood” (our opponents tomorrow night), five points behind “Sweet Rolls,” who lead “Angry Birds” and “The Incredibowls” by a point two weeks into the second half.

“The Four Stooges” lost all seven points to Team 3, and was the only real team to lose all of the points, which puts us in 9th place. “Front 9” won all seven against the vacant this week, so they’re tied with Team 3 atop the standings after one week.

My Week 20 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

It was a difficult night for adjustment tonight, as I wasn’t making much sense of my ball reaction, making it tough to decide what to do. The cause was likely an inconsistent release, as it showed in my spare game with my ball backing up on a number of my left side spares.

Result: 162-150-157=469
Average (60 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 165
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 533

Team won one point against our actual opponents, “The Doables.” Pat was the bright spot of the night, with two games in the 150s to go 82 over-average.

I felt it worthy to note here that Eileen, my former teammate, had both her first 200 game (213) and first 500 series (515) tonight. WTG! 😀

As noted earlier, “Spare Parts” took one point to start the second half, and “The Girly Man,” “Deadwood,” and “Heavy Metal” also won a single point, with my team having the pinfall edge (the tie is for 10th). “Split Happens,” “The Mustangs,” and “Kickin Ass” were the teams that won all four this week. “The Incredibowls” provide our opposition tonight.

The winter virtual league session has begun, and I find myself again on the team numbered 4. My teammates this time are “dgordon0408,” “mmalsed,” and “slowdown.” The team took my suggestion of the name, “The Four Stooges,” a nod to a team name from one of my first leagues. It’ll be a sprint, as I only announced a ten-week schedule for the league.

My Week 19 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

As noted in the BowlSK comment, I made an adjustment outside of my comfort zone that helped: Moving out a bit and throwing the ball with less axis rotation. It was a good spare game night, too, as most of the spares I missed were tougher ones.

Result: 176-191-182=549
Average (57 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 175
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 537

I had the last four strikes in the second game to win the point for my team, our only one of the night.

Because only one game was forfeited last week, I wasn’t sure how the points would work out, but I can say now that “Spare Parts” won the point for series total despite losing the forfeited game and two actual games. The result was that we ended in 10th place, 14 points behind “Dee’s Boys III,” the winners of the first half. The second half starts for us tonight against “Angry Birds.”