As part of this week’s update, I’ll “introduce” my winter virtual league team.

• Brunswick Mixed: Lane Ducks finished the first half in 9th place, 16 points behind Sweet Rolls, who finished 7.5 points ahead of Creeden’s Mustangs. We start the second half tonight vs. Spare Us.
• Sunday Niters: As previously mentioned, The 3 Stooges won all eight from Ten Is Enough, and Ball Busterz was the only other team that won all eight to begin the second half. Here For Beer will be the opposition Sunday night.
• Virtual league: Bwlnggd (a holdover from the fall team), champ, Kwik8, and Mikestormbowler91 are my teammates for the winter virtual league. The team has no name as of yet.

My Week 18 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Two decent games tonight, anyway, and if I had finished the second game better, it might have been three. Most of the spares I missed were ones I really should never have left, and my only single pin miss was a 7 (I made every 10).

Result: 185-155-188=528
Average (51 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 167
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 551

Composite average (96 games): 175

Barry was over 500, as well, but the opposing team’s woman and anchor both had good nights, with my team salvaging the third game thanks to my late string of strikes.

Updating just one league, but reminding everyone about my team’s opposition for Sunday night with that league returning from the holiday break:

• Brunswick Mixed: After winning four points from the dummy, Lane Ducks are in 8th place and will bowl against Has Beens tomorrow night in the position round ending the first half of the league. Sweet Rolls have already clinched the first half, being currently 6.5 points ahead of Creeden’s Mustangs with only four points available to the teams each week.
• Sunday Niters: As I’ve posted previously, The 3 Stooges start the second half of the season Sunday night vs. Ten Is Enough.
• Virtual league: I already know my team’s composition for the winter virtual league, which begins next week, but I will wait for next week’s update to formally post it.

As usual on New Year’s Eve, I devote a post to the high scores (average, series, and game) for the men and women in Westgate’s leagues up to this point. I note again that high average is based on a minimum of 36 games in the league, and that youth bowlers are included with their gender, where applicable.

Men

Average: 242.6, Tom Hedding (Thursday Night Patriots, 45 games)
Series: 837, Harry Thibeault (Westgate Mixed)
Game: 300, Stan Gibbs (His & Hers), Ed Godino III (Brunswick Mixed), Sean Richard (Westgate Mixed), Dan Robinson, Tom Hedding, Brian Egan, Steve Travers, Rob Young, Jim Ferguson, Tim Woodley, Sean Richard, Chuck Paige, Carl Hanson, Danny Khuu (Thursday Night Patriots), Mike Henrikson (TNBA), Stephen Major, Kyle Egan, Aaron Major (Saturday Seniors), Paris Cook (Boston Rhythm & Bowling), Mike Carter, Hakim Emmanuel (Coke Classic)

Women

Average: 193.0, Debbie Butler (Thursday Handicap Doubles, 45 games)
Series: 682, Laura Beaudet (Brunswick Mixed)
Game: 269, Sheila Barrows-Gibbs (His & Hers), Hollis Solorzano (Brunswick Mixed)

Note: Some of the men bowled 300 games twice in the same league, particularly in the Patriots league.

Those who are interested in a particular league may look for individual standing sheets on Bowler Express and LeagueSecretary.com, which are both linked in the “Local/New England” sidebar list.

My Week 17 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

I seem to be stuck in a rut right now with my bowling. You can definitely blame the first game on bad spare shooting, and I had a double in the other two games (lucking into the one in the third game), but splits and washouts to go along with those.

Result: 141-151-178=470
Average (48 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 166
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 554

Composite average (93 games): 175

The third game was really the only one I “pulled my weight” for against the vacant, but Barry and Jeff had good nights to compensate, and the team won all four.

Sweet Rolls needed just two points tonight to be sure of clinching the first half, and one of their members said they won their first two games as I was headed out, so they’ve indeed won the half.

Only one league to update, with the others on hiatus for the holidays:

In the Brunswick Mixed league, after failing to win points from Sweet Rolls, Lane Ducks are in 9th place, 15 points behind Sweet Rolls, who are seven points ahead of Spear the 10 Pin, 7.5 points ahead of Creeden’s Mustangs, and 8.5 points ahead of Eileen On Me. My team bowls the vacant tomorrow night, with Sweet Rolls vs. Team 12, Spear the 10 Pin vs. Spare Us, Creeden’s Mustangs vs. 5 Spares, and Eileen On Me vs. Has Beens.

My Week 16 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

An otherwise mediocre night in my return to this league after being absent last week was salved by three split conversions, including the 4-6-7-9 for the first time (and I probably would have converted the full Greek Church if the 10 was also standing), and better bowling overall in the third game.

Result: 147-162-202=511
Average (45 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 169
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 547

Composite average (90 games): 176

Team lost all four, the third game by approaching 200 pins when the opposing second bowler posted a 198 (averaging 135).

Updating my league standings after Week 15, with Sunday Niters, which will be final for the first half, to be added later. Standings are also final for the virtual league.

• Brunswick Mixed: After winning four forfeit points from Living on a Spare, Lane Ducks are in 7th place, 11 points behind Sweet Rolls, who are four points ahead of Spear the 10 Pin and five ahead of Artie’s Angels. The leaders are my team’s opponents tomorrow night.
• Virtual league: 5 Kingpins won all seven from the vacant team, sneaking over the 50% points won line at the end and also sneaking into 4th place in the final standings, a point ahead of three teams tied for 5th. Big Guns’ final winning margin was six points over Team 6, and a member of the winning team, Fin09, also won the average crown for the 4th consecutive edition of this league.
• Sunday Niters: After losing all eight to We Found “B”, The 3 Stooges ended the first half of the season in 4th place, with Suzy’s Crew winning the half by seven points over We Found “B”. The second half for us begins the Sunday after New Year’s Day vs. Ten Is Enough.

My Week 15 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

My left foot was a little sore from being on my feet a lot of the day with the Brockton Bowling Association Holiday Doubles tournament going on today, but I still felt OK to bowl, and I bowled so poorly that it would have been better for me to take my blind score tonight. There were four splits in the second game and plenty of missed spares in the others.

Result: 160-129-150=439
Average (45 games): 177
Average for last 9 games: 159
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 550

Composite average (87 games): 176

Team lost all eight, with the first two games being closer than the third. Peter was the bright spot for us, with a 628.

Talked to my teammate Barry Wood on Facebook today, and he informed me that our opponents were a no-show last night, and, in the forfeit situation, the team won all four. The usual standings update will come next week.