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.

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.

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.

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.

Tonight in the Coke league was quiet for high scores, but that didn’t mean I have nothing to report, as Pat Carrara converted the 7-10 split in the second game. WTG! 🙂

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.

My Week 29 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

My night was pretty much saved when I got the idea to play up the track, as I started the third game with four in a row playing that line and hung on for my deuce game. There was no blaming myself for single pin misses tonight, because I only saw four single pins on the night. Of the multi-pin spares, five were splits, one of which I converted.

Result: 189-136-207=532
Average (84 games): 172
Average for last 9 games: 166
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 539

Composite average (156 games): 174

Team got crushed in the second game, even with Barry’s 212 (and a deuce was a long time coming for him), but we did win the other two to split the points.

Updating my leagues (including virtual) after Week 28:

• Brunswick Mixed: After winning two points from Solid 10, Lane Ducks are 12th place, 14.5 points behind Eileen On Me, who are leading by seven points over Creeden’s Mustangs, eight over Minds in the Gutter, and nine over Sweet Rolls and Has Beens. Striking Gentlemen are tomorrow night’s opponents.
• Sunday Niters: After winning six points from Pinknockers, The 3 Stooges are in 4th place, 11 points behind Here For Beer, who are 10 points in front of We Found “B” and Adam & Steve. The 3 Stooges face Bowling Stones Sunday night.
• Virtual league: Lane Rangers won four points from Team Square Balls and are now leading Splits & Washouts by six points, and Dream Team and Big Guns 2.0 by 10 points. Lane Rangers also had the high team series of the week.

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

I didn’t get the start I did last week, but I was at least better in the other two, with my spare game keeping me hanging on in the third game. I had two missed single pins, but one was an unexpected 8.

Result: 125-184-166=475
Average (72 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 177
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 567

Composite average (153 games): 173

Harry’s 286 first game proved important, as it kept us close, and we won the other two games by enough for total. Harry finished with a 745.

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

Except for the end of the first game, I was never really comfortable, and there were plenty of missed spare opportunities. Corner pins, especially, were a problem, as I missed six of those.

Result: 173-140-147=460
Average (81 games): 172
Average for last 9 games: 164
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 552

Composite average (150 games): 174

We lost the first game, but I was hoping my punch-out in the 10th that game would pay off for total later, and it almost did, as we won the other two games, but lost total by four pins. Barry (514) was high on the team, and both Si and Jeff were also over average on their nights.