Brunswick Mixed update, Mar. 2

Starting with my own bowling, of course:

Last week’s bowling, frame-by-frame

Back to pretty much my form, but if I could have made more of those multi-pin corner spares, I might have been happier that night.

Result: 185-184-190=559
Average (72 games): 179
Average for last 9 games: 179
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 602

The team only won the second game and are now in a tie for 9th with Strike Machine, 11 points behind Sweet Rolls; their lead is one point over Canton in 2nd, two over We Got This in 3rd, and three over BBOB in 4th. We bowl against the leaders tonight.

Brunswick Mixed update, Feb. 23

Last week’s bowling, frame-by-frame

There was nothing too special about last week, as I could string any more than two strikes together, and it was my spare game that was barely keeping me in it. I had to shoot at some splits, however, although it did convert the 5-10 “Woolworth” that is tougher for a right-hander than the mirror 5-7 would be.

Result: 170-178-170=518
Average (69 games): 178
Average for last 9 games: 174
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 549

Move To Strike won only the first game and stand in a tie for 8th place with Strike Machine and 4 On 9 Man (tonight’s opponents), 11 points behind the leading Sweet Rolls. The leaders are two points ahead of BBOB in 2nd, three ahead of Canton in 3rd, and four ahead of We Got This in 4th.

Bobby had not only the high scratch game in his division (258), but in the league overall last week.

Personal league update, Feb. 16

As always, starting with my own bowling:

Last week’s bowling, frame-by-frame

I looked really good through two games, but then the proverbial house of cards fell down and I was left with a night that was only over average after having only one open frame through the first two games. It was my first “yuck!” ending to a night in a long time, as well, with the three splits out of the last four frames to close it.

Result: 205-197-137=539
Average (66 games): 179
Average for last 9 games: 175
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 599

The team only won the first game and now stand in a tie for 8th place with 4 On 9 Man, eight points behind the leaders, Sweet Rolls. Their lead is two points to a tie for 2nd between Canton and BBOB, and three to a tie between We Got This and Lundin Fog for 4th. Something Fishy, currently in 7th, will be tonight’s opponents.

Last week, Shawn Coles (the secretary) posted a 279 game in the league. Nice game! 🎳🤩

Personal league update, Feb. 16

I mostly have felt either unmotivated or too distracted to write a personal bowling update in a few weeks, so all I really have to do is to get my best bowling in a couple of years on the website record:

My bowling on Jan. 19, frame-by-frame

After a few weeks this season of flirting with it, I finally got my first 600 series since the end of the 2018-19 season just after what would have been my father’s 80th birthday. It wasn’t a clean series, by any means, but I strung enough strikes in the third game to get me over the top for a 617. The set brought me briefly back to a 180 average, but the nights that followed only saw me sitting in the lower 500s and so have brought my average down a bit.

Average (63 games): 179
Average for last 9 games: 173
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 598

The team is off to a better start to the second half, going .500 (8-8) in points and sitting in 7th, six points behind Sweet Rolls, who have a two-point lead on BBOB in 2nd, and three points over three teams in 3rd. We bowl against one of the teams tied for 3rd, Lundin Fog, tonight.

I did have the high scratch game (215) in my division last week, per the standing sheet.

Westgate league round-up, Week of Feb. 1

I should be considered more or less back from “bereavement leave” with this post. It was kind of a slow week overall, but here are the notable scores from the past week, which will include the most recently posted Boston Rhythm & Bowling league scores, which are a week lagged:

Thursday Night Patriots: Aaron Major, Ralph Dahlgren 279
Boston Rhythm & Bowling: Daquan Holley 277
Pepsi-Cola Classic: David Chin 266

Nice bowling guys! 🎳😎

“Ka$h” rolls 300/812, Stephen Dale Jr. 802, Kyle Egan 300 in Patriots league

I don’t ever remember “Ka$h” (Sean Richard, for the uninitiated here) going more than a full calendar year without a perfecto in his home house, but as seen above, he tacked one on the end of an 812 set a couple of weeks ago to highlight a big week in the Patriots league that also saw Stephen Dale Jr. shoot an 802 series and Kyle Egan (who was home from the Wichita St. varsity team) also post a 300 game.

Nice bowling guys! 🎳👌😎

Westgate league update, Jan. 18

With my father’s end-of-life events distracting me the last few weeks, I decided to do an update tonight league-by-league, with all scores (except for the ones that usually get their own posts) that usually get written up since my last post done so:

Thursday Night Patriots: (Dec. 16) Corey Marvel 279, (Dec. 23) Ethan Rosenberg 279/766, Brian Gaskill 279/753, Aaron Major 289, (Dec. 30) Brian Gaskill 762, Stephen Dale Jr. 753, Brendan Litchfield 278, Stephen Major 276, (Jan. 6) Mark Zimmerman 279/764, Kevin Thibeault 279, (Jan. 13)
Boston Rhythm & Bowling: (Dec. 12) Johnie Funches 277/777, Cindy Cabral 268/701, (Dec. 19) Lewis Bennett 279
Pepsi-Cola Classic: (Dec. 27) Bill Briggs 276/744, Willie Crocker 739, (Jan. 3) Rich Fulton 266, (Jan. 17) Mike Major 266

WTG everyone! 🎳👌😎

Brunswick Mixed recap, Dec. 15

My bowling on Dec. 15, frame-by-frame

I really like how I’ve been bowling the last three weeks, and last week should have been an easy 600 series except that I butchered my spare game in Game 2, with four single-pin misses (although you could hardly blame me in the 10th frame, since I’d just found out I won the 50/50 raffle that night! 🥳). Always taking positives out of everything, I’ll take the third game out of that night, as it was completely clean after that bad of a spare game in the previous game.

Result: 203-148-224=575
Average (39 games): 180
Average for last 9 games: 192
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 560

In the standings, Sharon Turkeys are still the leaders by three over Sweet Rolls, five over Spare Us, and 5.5 over We Got This. BBOB are tonight’s opponents.

Brunswick Mixed update, Dec. 15

I keep forgetting to update my own bowling, so I’ll start by sharing two recent BowlSK sheets of note:

My bowling on Dec. 1

My bowling on Dec. 8

In the first example, I was really only a missed 6 pin away from 600, and that was my only missed single pin spare of the night. Last week was more of a struggle until the end, when I made an adjustment that found me reeling off the back seven for a 234, my second game over 230 this season. And even with the early struggles, the 234 made it a nice little 569 for the night.

Here are what my metrics look like going into tonight:

Average (36 games): 179
Average for last 9 games: 187
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 553

Interactive standings as of Week 13

Move To Strike is still last for all intents and purposes, with Sharon Turkeys leading by 2.5 points over Sweet Rolls and We Got This, and by 3.5 points over Spare Us. Walter & Joseph Strong will be tonight’s opponents.

Patriots league team records 2,290 set; Hester throws 300, AJ Voisine, Aaron Major slam 800s

Last Thursday saw some great bowling in the Patriots league, as Team 9, for whom bowling that night were Jon Hester (sub), Brian Egan, and Kevin Thibeault, recorded games of 791, 728, and 771 for a 2,290 series, with Hester setting the pace for the team with a perfect opening game and a 795 set, Egan finishing with 745 and Thibeault 750 (see recap, Lane 46).

There were also a couple of great individual series, as AJ Voisine posted 279-264-277 for an 820 series (recap, Lane 40), and Aaron Major had 279-246-278 for an 803 (Lane 44 on recap linked in previous paragraph).

Great bowling everyone! 🎳😂

Brunswick Mixed update, Nov. 17

Finally getting to my own bowling, and I’ll start with the previous Wednesday night’s bowling:

My bowling on Nov. 3, frame-by-frame

This was the better of the two efforts, and could have easily been a 600 if not for three splits in the second game. There were two missed single pins, but only one that I blamed on myself (the other was a barely missed one in a game that was a lost cause anyway because of the splits).

Last week’s bowling, frame-by-frame

This one also included a clean game (the second one), and another positive I could take out of this one was that there were no missed single-pin spares. The downer? I couldn’t make the 3-6-10 in the last game.

And here are where my stats stand at this point:

Average (24 games): 180
Average for last 9 games: 181
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 561

Move To Strike is currently tied with Tucking Fen Pin for 11th place, 9.5 points behind We Got This, who are leading 4 On 9 Man by 2.5 points and Sharon Turkeys and Lundin Fog by 3 points.

In the last two weeks, Ricky Chan and Paul Dang recorded 277 and 278 games, respectively. Nice bowling. 🎳🙂

League round-up, Week of Nov. 9

This is what should have been the third weekly installment of the weekly league round-up, but I’m including scores from two weeks ago because the Tuesday and Wednesday leagues were postponed last week due to a storm-related power outage at Westgate:

Thursday Night Patriots (Oct. 28): Aaron Major 279/775, Jim Ferguson 279/761, Kevin Kelliher 289, Dimitrus Lewis 279, Stephen Dale Jr. 275

Boston Rhythm & Bowling (Oct. 24): Steve Charlot 279

Pepsi-Cola Classic (Nov. 1): Kevin Thibeault 703, Rich Fulton 267

Thursday Night Patriots (Nov. 4): Keith Kaestner 279/783, Stephen Dale Jr. 279, James Scales 278

TNBA Mixed (Nov. 5): Chris Zalewski 280

There is a score missing from that, but that’s because it’ll be treated separately. Good bowling everyone! 🎳😎

My experience at the 2021 Mass. senior tournament

If you sift through the results of the 2021 Mass. senior tournament on the BPUSBC Facebook page above, you may note that it’s self-serving for once, as I bowled in the senior tournament for the first time and finished 3rd in Open Division E (ages 55-59), which was the last cash spot in the division and the only division in the tournament to pay a third spot. It represents my best result ever in a certified tournament, as I only ever remember cashing in one other certified tournament, an ABT event that I don’t really remember the details of as I didn’t make the cut to the semifinals, and, of course, the LBT that I won wasn’t a certified tournament.

I’ll go through my day by posting the BowlSK sheets from each squad and remarking on the squad, starting with the Sunday noon squad:

Sunday 12:00 PM on Lanes 55 & 56

It was the clean first game that really set up my whole day, as it put me in a good frame of mind that I never lost, even with the let-up in the other two games of this set. I was crossing with two Hall of Famers, Bill Briggs, elected last year by my association, and Southeastern Mass. Hall of Famer John Camara. Both had noted at various points how well I was throwing the ball and wished me well in the second squad.

Sunday 2:00 PM on Lanes 53 & 54

Admittedly, I got some breaks, but, after the five-bagger that I started this squad with, I smelled blood in the water and made sure my focus was on my bowling, and there was no real let-up, with all three games over the average I entered at. I was particularly proud that I only missed one 10 pin the entire day.

I shall look upon this as one of my favorite tournament experiences now, not just because of how well I bowled, but because of the company I bowled with. As for the latter, I’d like to thank, in particular, Dave Lisowski, who was on my pair for both squads and was encouraging me throughout. 🎳👍

Oct. 20 Brunswick Mixed recap

My Week 7 bowling, frame-by-frame

Obviously, my best game was the first one, but there was some positive to take out of the other two, as well, mostly that I made the adjustment for the 10 after missing one and having my spare game save a good score when I wasn’t getting strikes.

Result: 189-168-167=524
Average (18 games): 178
Average for last 9 games: 174
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 539

Team lost all four to slip into a tie for 9th place with Walter & Joseph Strong, four points behind the lead held jointly by We Got This and BBOB, with Lundin Fog (our opponents tonight) a half-point behind in third, and 4 On 9 Man and Sharon Turkeys two points behind in a tie for 4th.

Divisionally, Bobby was high in men’s “A” for everything except handicap high game.

Westgate league round-up, week of Oct. 19

I decided rather than waste time posting separate articles about each league, I’d post one article rounding up all of the notable scores for the last week at Westgate Lanes as a trial. I’ll except my own league, as I can post about that league with the write-up about my own week’s bowling. So here goes:

Thursday Night Patriots: Aaron Major 279/779, Brian Egan 278/754, Danny Khuu 279, James Scales 278, Drew DiStefano 277

TNBA Mixed: John O’Donnell 275

Note: League names are linked to their LeagueSecretary.com dashboards.

Good bowling everyone. 🎳😁

2021-22 Brunswick Mixed early-season recap

As far as my own early season is concerned, it has shown a lot of promise. I fell onto a team with the Geddes family, Bob along with his parents, Steve and Joan, and, with Bob, one of the best bowlers in the league, it’s another situation where I don’t necessarily have to carry the team, so I’m leading off in the lineup, which kept the Move To Strike name.

I’ll link some of the BowlSK sheets to give everyone a sense of how well this season has been going so far compared to recent ones:

Week 1

I got my first 200 game out of the way early, in the second game of the first week. The shot is quite different this year, with a little more oil on the front part of the lane. This means the ball has plenty on the back end for the 10 when I make a good shot.

Week 2

This may have been my most consistent week of the five that I’ve bowled (I missed one for a Brockton High School Alumni Association event), but it was a shame that I couldn’t finish it out for the 600.

Week 4

This was a week when I needed to shoot spares to keep my average, and that’s what I did. My score only went down by a pin each game (so maybe this was more consistent than Week 2?).

Week 5

And I’m only showing this one because of the big first game, which was my best in a couple of years. I think I still should have had a 600 out of it, but my slide (left) foot was just too sore by the end of the night. Averages and such follow:

Average (15 games) 179
Average for last 9 games: 176
Tonight’s AVG+1 score: 545

As far as standings are concerned, Move To Strike was in 3rd place going into last week’s bowling, two points behind We Got This and a half-point behind Lundin Fog for 2nd place. We went 1-3 last week vs. Spare Us, so we should still be somewhere in the upper half of the standings.

For high scores, Ricky Chan had a 277 game Week 2 (Sept. 15) and Shawn Coles had a 762 series last week (Oct. 13).

2021-22 Patriots league early-season recap

I finally had time to sit down and write a post about the Patriots league’s early season, with a big change being that I’m also now secretary of that league. I’m still tied to LeagueSecretary.com for links to scores, but I may not bother with links to anything for this post, given the amount of information I need to post (the reader will be directed to the league dashboard page for his/her exploration). So here go the scores, week-by-week:

Week 1 (Sept. 9): Adam Johndrow, 290-265-266=821, Danny Khuu 279-300-224=803, Aaron Major 300-257-255=812, Sean Richard 277-269-259=805, Ethan Rosenberg 279/779, Bill Briggs 277

Week 2 (Sept. 16): Aaron Major 300/755, Steve Dale Jr. 289/757, Mark Zimmerman 767, Nick Grossi 754, Brian Egan 279, Sean Richard 279, Cameron Kaestner 278

Week 3 (Sept. 23): Danny Khuu 299/769, Aaron Major 279/753, Patiparn Sukkham 289

Week 4 (Sept. 30): AJ Voisine 297-278-266=841, Mark Zimmerman 280/753, Aaron Major 278, Mike Morrisey 278

Week 5 (Oct. 7): Adam Johndrow 277/782, Brian Gaskill 750, Mike Major 278, Kevin Thibeault 277, Brendan Litchfield 276.

Week 6 (Oct. 14): Aaron Major 278/755, Brian Egan 285

Congrats and/or good bowling, however it applies! 🎳😁

Westgate Lanes 2021-22 first month round-up

For a couple of reasons, among them the lengthy outage of LeagueSecretary.com, I’ve had to play catch-up with the early Westgate season, so I’m writing three articles over three days, today’s covering leagues other than my own (Brunswick Mixed) and the Patriots league (of which I am now the secretary), putting the noteworthy scores in them, below:

Pepsi-Cola Classic: Pat Carrara, 277 (9/20)
BBIS: Aaron Major 276/722 (9/28), Ethan Rosenberg 267 (10/5)
His & Hers: Harry Berry 282 (9/14)
Westgate Mixed: Pat Dolan 278 (9/22), Steve Healy 279 (9/29)
TNBA: Clyde Matta 298 (9/17)

Good bowling to all! 🎳💪