Winter 2014 Week 10 virtual league results

“Tripped 4s” again only won two points, this time against “Fab 5”, and are now tied for 6th with “Live2Bowl”, four points in front of 8th place and 20 points behind the leaders, “6-Pack Abs”. The leaders became the first five-man team in this league’s history to break the 3,400 barrier for a series (posting a 3,429), and “The Ocho” also had a top three all-time five-man series last week. “6-Pack Abs” have a four point lead on “The Ocho”.

Mar. 12 league night recap

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

I threw too many bad first shots, particularly in the first game, but my other two games were enough to get me over my +1. My spare game was strong tonight, as well (80% on makeables, with one split conversion on top of it).

Result: 167-200-186=553
Average (75 games): 176
Average for last 9 games: 178
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 583

We split the first two games, with my team having the advantage for total, but two of our opponents, none of whom carried a 150+ average, threw games in the 220s (one as a pre-bowl) in the third game, and that was just too much for us to overcome.

Last week, I won two brackets, against Shawn and Jim Andersen; with a dollar refunded, it was $6 profit on the night.

Mar. 11 league standings update

After failing to win points from “Spear Me” (One of the members of that team told me the spelling variation was intentional.), “Snakes On A Lane” now stand in 15th place, nine points behind the pace set by “Sweet Rolls”, who lead “Bowling Stones” by a point and “The Dynasty Is Back” by 2.5 points. “The 9 Guys”, the new team that joined in the second half of the season, is up next for us.

Sunday morning pot games to begin Mar. 16

If you’re interested in seeing how you match up with the best in the area on a challenging lane condition, you need do nothing more than to start showing up on Sunday mornings at 10 beginning this Sunday (Mar. 16), as there will be an open scratch pot game running. $25 allows you to bowl five games against others on the Coke league condition (currently the USBC Open team event condition). $15 of the $25 will go toward prizes, with one in three being paid each game. Note: The pot games will run if there are available lanes, and keep in mind that the People’s Tournament is also running this Sunday.

Eric Durden, Chuck Gerlach, Steve Dale Jr. throw 300s in NEBA at Wonder Bowl

Congrats to Eric Durden, Chuck Gerlach, and Steve Dale Jr., all Westgate Lanes league bowlers who posted 300 games yesterday in the NEBA event at Wonder Bowl in New Bedford. The posted results showed Greg Flamand defeating Anthony Pepe by a score of 276-196 in the final match for his 4th title, and Sean Richard and Jason Sherwood, along w/ Steve Dale Jr., the Westgate Lanes league bowlers who cashed.

Winter 2014 Week 9 virtual league results

“Tripped 4s” only won two points in the rematch with “Live2Bowl”, and we now stand tied with them for 5th, 17 points behind “6-Pack Abs”, who, after leading by 14 points at one time, now lead “The Ocho” and Team 1 by six points. “Good Luck Bad Luck”, who had the third highest five-man series in league history, improved on that by posting a 3,363 total (which is still third all-time).

Mar. 2 NAT results

In the current newsletter, the Northeast Amateur Tournament reported Corey Hanson as the winner of the tournament on Mar. 2 at Westgate Lanes. Corey defeated Shawn Hagan (a bowler in the Coke league) by a score of 284-211 (with handicap) in the final match. Also representing Westgate Lanes in the top 16 were Steve Travers, Eric Durden, Matt Richard, Dennis Ng, Jim Ferguson, and Danny Khuu.

Note: This blog’s author was an entrant in this tournament.

Mar. 8 King of the Hill results

The results of today’s King of the Hill tournament:

Match #1: Bob Hamilton def. Ralph Marple 212-155
Semifinal: Hamilton def. Keith Kaestner 227-213
Final: Hamilton def. Jewell Wilson 217-201
King: Hamilton def. Brian Egan 248-214

Note: All of the above were bowling scratch

There were 15 entries, with the cut to the stepladder of 458. Keith Kaestner had a 290 game in the first game of qualifying.

If King of the Hill resumes in this calendar year, Bob Hamilton will remain as king.

Mar. 2014 Adult/Junior doubles results (with note)

Here are the results of today’s Adult/Junior doubles tournament:

Senior Division (10 entries)

  1. Brandon Ward & Tom Hedding 1,499
  2. Kerrigan Mulvey & Jen Plausse 1,491

Junior Division (11 entries)

  1. Angelica Wilson & Charles Paige 1,428
  2. Joshua Wilson & Paris Cook 1,413

Bantam/Prep Division (5 entries)

  1. Corey & Christine Major 1,397

Westgate Lanes Scholarship Tournament set for Apr. 12: The annual Westgate Lanes scholarship tournament, open to bowlers in grades 6-12 and with boys and girls divisions, will be conducted on Apr. 12 starting at 12:30 PM. Parents wishing to enter their children may see Marcia, Rose, or a junior coach for more information. Scores with handicap will determine the prize winners.

Mar. 5 league night recap

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

I had a pretty decent night tonight, with the second game only single digits under my average. I probably could have had two deuce games in this set, but a ringer robbed me filling the last frame.

Result: 202-170-192=564
Average (72 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 181
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 530

Most of our opponents were around their average most of the night, but the third bowler in their order (the anchor was absent) nearly put up a 700, and we lost all four points.

Shawn again only ran four brackets last week, and I came in second to Jim Andersen in one of them to get half of my money back.

Mar. 5 league standings update

After winning all four points from “We Split 4 No 1”, “Snakes On A Lane” stand tied for 10th with “Nuckin Futs” and “The Doables”, seven points behind the pace set by “Bowling Stones”; that team leads “Sweet Rolls” by a point.

Individually, Berta had the women’s high series with handicap in the league last week. Shawn hadn’t posted on LeagueSecretary.com at press time, so no other high score information is available.

Rich Fulton rolls 800 set in Coke league

Congrats to Rich Fulton with games of 287, 257, and 256 for an even 800 series tonight in the Coke league. It was the first 800 series in the league since Matt Yandek’s 801 on Mar. 21, 2011. I got video of the last two shots (Rich had the first strike in the last frame as I started the camera.), and it’s below, but those friends of Sean Richard (one of Rich’s teammates in the league) on Facebook can see a better quality video on his timeline.

Congrats again, Richie! 😀

Winter 2014 Week 8 virtual league results

“Tripped 4s” won only two points from Team 3 in the rematch, but “6-Pack Abs” also only won two points, so we lost no ground to the leaders last week. “6-Pack Abs” did see their lead shrink to nine points over “The Ocho”.

Individually, “Joe Bowler”, a member of the team currently leading, posted a 300 game this week. That was one of the first honor scores I got to mention on the site’s new Facebook page in the week of its launch.

February 2014 People’s Tournament results

The People’s Tournament reported Tina Gannon (Westgate Lanes, 197 avg.) as the winner of the event held on Feb. 23 at Westgate Lanes. Tina defeated Phil Spera (Westgate Lanes, 167 avg.) by a score of 246-217 (with handicap) in the final match. From Westgate Lanes, Linwood Cowen Jr. (171 avg.), Dan Esdale (229 avg.), Lisa Lach (141 avg.), and Kris Higgins (201 avg.), also cashed. There were 92 entries.

My day at Mar. 2 NAT

My bowling in 12:30 squad, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Except for maybe the second game, it was a struggle for me to stay under the ball, and it showed in my leaves. I left the 6-10 numerous times, and missed it probably every way you could, making it only twice. My leverage problems also showed on most all of my right side spares, as I failed to also pick up the single 10 a couple of times. As usual, I’ll post a “wrap-up” when I see results on the NAT site.

The day was memorable, however, in that I had my first face-to-face meeting another of my friends, a more recent one, from the bowling forums, who goes by “svengali” there. I watched him bowl the morning squad, and gave him a couple of pointers when he was done (He’s a lefty, but I can call him a “fellow traveler” because we struggle with pretty much the same things in our bowling games.). I’ll post below my first true “selfie”, which I got with my “new” friend before he bowled. I probably take bad “selfies” because my hand shakes so much, but I posted the better one of the two I tried (that’s my friend on the right).

Selfie with Bill-svengali

Shane Litchfield throws first 700 series

I thought this worthy of an honor score mention because of his age: After turning 13 and graduating to the Junior division this season, Shane Litchfield today threw games of 211, 248, and 249 for a 708 series, his first 700 series. This has prompted me to wonder who the youngest bowler to throw a 700 series at Westgate Lanes was, and this point is currently under research.

Congrats Shane! 😀

Mar. 1 King of the Hill results

The results of today’s King of the Hill tournament:

Match #1: Marcus Joe def. Ralph Marple 205-205*
Match #2: Joe def. Harry Thibeault 192-184
Semifinal: Joe def. Chuck Gerlach 255-189
Final: Brian Egan def. Joe 255-183
King: Egan def. Tom Hedding 216-195

* Marcus Joe won a ninth and tenth frame roll-off with 50 (Ralph didn’t finish the roll-off because he had been shut out.)

Marcus Joe received 22 pins handicap per game.

There were 19 entries, with a cut to the stepladder of 457. There was one extra match in the stepladder because of a tie for fourth, but only four positions paid.

The “king” match turned into a carry contest late, and Brian got the better of the carry with a four-bagger in the middle of the game. I was half hoping to be able to say TomTom had a chance to run the table next week.

2014 USBC Open Championships oil patterns

As the usual service to my readers, I will link below the two patterns (one for team, one for doubles & singles) for this year’s USBC Open Championships that were released today:

Team: 43′ length, 24.4 ml total oil, 2.65:1 ratio

Doubles & Singles: 40′ length, 26.062 ml total oil, 2.89:1 ratio

I know Junior wants to use the team event pattern next week for the Coke league, but the USBC is using the new Kegel Flex lane machine this year, so I don’t know how the pattern will be adapted for our older Ion machine.

Feb. 26 league night recap

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

I thought I was OK through two, mostly because of the way I finished the second game, but then the wheels just fell off of the proverbial wagon.

Result: 157-189-144=490
Average (69 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 181
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 566

Team won all four, with the team winning the third game because everyone else picked me up, led by Berta with a 190 game.

Last week was a good one for brackets, where, after a dollar refund, I beat Carol Andersen and Steve Corradina in two of the brackets and came in second to Shawn and Ed Godino Jr. in the other two. The two brackets I won accounted for the black number.

Bowlingfans.com joins Facebook

It should be well-known by now that Bowlingfans.com is one of my favorite bowling websites out there (other than this one, of course). Today, the site officially joined the Facebook community with a “Like” page. If you’re interested in the site, you can search “Bowlingfans.com” on Facebook to find the page, and the “About” will have links to the site, as well as the subsidiary pages, including the associated BowlingCommunity.com forums. I also have a management role on the page, and I hope to make an announcement about the virtual league there as sign-ups for next fall’s league draw near. For now, I’m told that virtual league results can now be broadcast to the Facebook page, so users should now have the Facebook option to be alerted to each week’s results.

EDIT: The page grew enough in the first day that it now has its own URL, facebook.com/bowlingfans 🙂