Update on the standings in my leagues after Week 2; as I was absent last week, this will include the result for my team in Brunswick Mixed:

• Brunswick Mixed: Let’s Mix ‘Em Up won one point from Stuck With Us, and now stand tied with three other teams for 12th, four points behind the leading Dawg Pound and Ebony & Ivories (the latter who we bowl against tomorrow night). Party of Five is a point behind in 3rd, and Last Empire and Knock Em Down are tied for 4th, two points behind.
• Sunday Niters: After winning eight forfeit points, The 3 Stooges are tied for 3rd with We Don’t Give a Split, four points behind Here For Beer, with Ten Is Enough in 2nd, two points behind. Broads With Balls are our opponents Sunday night.

My Week 2 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I probably should have scored better, as most of my missed spares were chops of multi-pin makeables. I still had my 600 alive in the last frame, by missed a 10 pin, the first for me this season. Bright spot: I had at least a turkey in every game, with a four-bagger in each of the last two games.

Result: 172-206-214=592
Average (6 games): 181
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 548

Composite average (9 games): 171

The league contracted to eight teams, so we bowled a different team than I posted, and that team forfeited. We won all eight, with my 214 picking up Peter in the third game.

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.

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.

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.

The Coke league’s new lane condition committee has determined that the pattern for the first quarter of the new season will be Kegel’s Middle Road. If I did it right, the image of the graph will appear below instead of having to link the PDF:

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.

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.