Jan. 22 league night recap

My Week 19 bowling, frame-by-frame (Linked to BowlSK sheet)

Just not enough good shots tonight. The splits in the second game were pretty much my undoing, because if two of them were makeable spares, I probably had a chance to go over average again.

Result: 182-156-173=511
Average (57 games): 174
Average for last 9 games: 180
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 530

Team lost all four, but an extra spare by us in the first and/or third games might have been the difference for the points, because each of those games was lost by ten or fewer pins.

Shawn refunded me $1 again, so there were only four brackets, one of which I won by beating Jo-Ann (who knocked me out of two of them in the second game) for a $1 profit.

Jan. 21 league standings update

Eight teams won only one point in the first week of the second half, but “Snakes on a Lane” stood on top of all of those by having the best pinfall, so, for the moment, we sit in 10th place. “Bowling Stones” was the only team that won all of their points to start the second half, so their lead is a point over eight teams.

“3 Plus 2” are tomorrow night’s opponents.

Winter 2014 Week 2 virtual league results

“Tripped 4s” took the lion’s share (five of seven) from “Live2Bowl”, and now stand in a tie for the lead with “Good Luck Bad Luck” (more on them later), a point ahead of both “Live2Bowl” and “6-Pack Abs”.

“Good Luck Bad Luck” had a league-history top three game (1,201, good for third all-time) and series (3,344, good for second all-time), but, surprisingly, the game was not helped by an honor score, even though “BOSStull” of that team shot a 299; the honor game for “BOSStull” came in the first game (the big team game was the third).

“King of the Hill” to return to Westgate Lanes Feb. 1

Ray has been telling me he’s been planning this, and now that plans are formally in place, I can report that the “King of the Hill” tournament is set to return to Westgate Lanes beginning on Feb. 1 and running for five Saturdays, with no tournament on the weekend of the People’s Tournament (Feb. 22), at 4 PM. If you’re not familiar with how one of these tournaments is set up, the main thing is that the “king” is automatically seeded into the championship match if he/she enters. Bowlers will bowl two games of qualifying, with the top four advancing to the championship round (which I believe is stepladder format). Entry fee will be $20 for each tournament, and it is handicapped (I believe 85% of 200, but I’ll double-check). More details, including a prize list breakdown by number of entries, are posted on the pro shop window, and Ray can answer any other questions.

The tournaments, of course, will be added to the calendar.

Jan. 15 league night recap

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

I want more nights like tonight. I made a parallel 1-1 move inside to start the second game after coming in light late in the first game, and it not only got me more in the pocket, but also improved my carry. I didn’t have to make another move the rest of the night.

Result: 178-214-213=605
Average (54 games): 175
Average for last 9 games: 181
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 573

We did make a team name change for the second half (to “Snakes On A Lane”). My teammates thought it might improve our luck, but we still only took one point tonight (second game), with Pat putting up a 410 (80 pins over average).

Last week, I made it through three brackets, but lost to Shawn in the third game in all three; it was still a $1 profit.

Nov. 2013 NEBA title matches at Westgate Lanes

I finally saw the videos for the championship matches of the two NEBA events (the regular one and the senior event, courtesy of NEBA) at Westgate Lanes last November posted. I’ll present the senior event (Tony Reynaud v. John Camara) first:

And the regular event (Steve Wagoner v. Rich Fulton):

Both videos have been edited to remove the “dead space” and are about eight minutes each in length.

Winter 2014 Week 1 virtual league results

“Tripped 4s” dodged a huge early bullet when we had “sk8shorty01” of Team 3 (not yet named) throw an 823 series against us, which was just a pin shy of the league record, but we still won five of seven points. This places us in an early tie with “Good Luck Bad Luck” for third, as “Live2Bowl” and “6-Pack Abs” were the teams that won all seven points in the first week.

“sk8shorty01’s” 823 series also had a 290 game in it, good for another VL honor score.

Winter 2014 virtual league ramp-up

The winter virtual league started with this week’s bowling (Jan. 6-12), and my team, “Tripped 4s” (arrived at in part because of our team number) consists also of “AmpleSound”, “Dave800”, “TheBigCat”, and “vdubtx”. Everyone except for “TheBigCat” has been in the virtual league before. I should have the first week’s results tomorrow.

BTW, the league consists again of eight five-man teams, but will only run for 15 weeks, going twice through the round robin cycle before a single position round.

Jan. 8 league night recap

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

Well, I can’t really blame “rust” for breaking my streak of over-average league nights because I was actually over average in the first two games. I did miss a couple of single pins in the third game, a 7 and a 10, but I was missing more of the former than the latter (two 7s vs. the lone 10).

Result: 182-179-148=509
Average (51 games): 173
Average for last 9 games: 174
Next week’s AVG+1 score: 542

I got over-average nights from my first three bowlers (Carl, Brian, and Berta) for all four points against the vacant. I didn’t find out what happened in the match to our left, so I won’t know if we moved up until I see the final first half standings.

Shawn was only able to run four brackets on Dec. 11, so I received a $1 refund. I did well in three of the four brackets, finishing second to Jim Anderson in two of them and second to Shawn in the third for what turned out to be a $2 profit in the brackets that were contested.

Dec. 2013 People’s Tournament results

The People’s Tournament reported Paul Loberman (Westgate Lanes, 189 avg.) as the winner of the event held on Dec. 14 & 15 at Westgate Lanes. Loberman defeated Alton Voisine (Westgate Lanes, 167 avg.) by a score (with handicap) of 235-220 in the final match. The title was worth $20K for Loberman. Other high finishers from Westgate Lanes were Jose Garcia (162 avg.) and Paris Cook (203 avg.), who made the semifinals, and Eric Derochers (194 avg.), who was in the top eight.

The event had a People’s Tournament record 371 entries.

Jan. 5 league standings update

(Note: Since there was no bowling the last two weeks, this update is based on my league standings after the bowling on Dec. 18)

After failing to win points from “Nuckin Futs”, “Crazy Eights” fell back down to 17th and are stuck bowling against the vacant in the coming position week. We are a point and a half behind a tie between “WTF Over” and “SR Spares”. At the top, Team 16 lead “The Doables” by three points, so the latter team would need at least three and a half points out of the match to force a one-game roll-off for the first half and a sweep to win outright.

Calendar functions added to blog

Seeing a need for it, I was looking for a way to put Westgate Lanes’ tournament and event calendar on my blog, and a solution was found in both an iCalendar widget and Google Calendar. I have implemented this idea two ways, as the iCalendar widget taking a feed from a Google Calendar and by linking the full calendar in the “Local/New England” links list. I’m hoping this not only publicizes our upcoming events, but can also serve as a tool for everyone looking for an open date to book Westgate Lanes (which is why I linked the full calendar).

Enjoy! 😀

2014 BBIS marathon tournament results

Before I get to the results, I’d like to state that I was happy to help John Hayes Jr. and Eric Lam of the BBIS league with the tabulation of the scoring in today’s 10 game marathon tournament. The tournament was a success, with 24 entries, so, with four places being paid, the prize ratio was one in six.

Here are the top four (scores are with handicap):

  1. Dennis Ng 2,538
  2. Alex Yuen 2,525
  3. David Chin 2,516
  4. Hy Bao 2,455

Dennis Ng also had the high game of the tournament with a 279 in Game 2.

Congrats to our winners! 😀

2013-14 mid-season round-up

With the New Year, I devote the usual post to the high scores for both the men and women at Westgate Lanes during the season in-progress at the unofficial halfway point of the winter season. It will be based on the league standings sheets I have available at press time. High average will be for a minimum of 36 games, and youth bowlers will be included with the adult bowlers if they otherwise qualified.

Men

Average: 229.9; Dan Esdale (Thursday Night Patriots, 48 games)
Series: 790; Ed Alfieri (Westgate Mixed)
Game: 300; Dan Robinson (Coke Classic), Brian White, Jim Alfieri, Bob Hamilton, Rob Dickens, Harry Thibeault (Westgate Mixed), Jewell Wilson, Dan Esdale (TNBA)

Women

Average: 207.2; Chris Major (His & Hers, 42 games)
Series: 744; Tina Gannon (Coke Classic)
Game: 290; Chris Major (His & Hers)

Readers interested in a particular league can check the standings sheets on BowlerExpress at http://www.bowlerexpress.com/4westgate except for the Tuesday Scratch Sportsmen League, which posts only on LeagueSecretary.com

Note: I usually don’t file these posts under Honor Scores, but this is the first time I am aware of Tina Gannon’s 744 series, which I apparently missed when she threw it. Congrats Tina! 😀

2013 Christmas Day outing

In recent years, as I’ve mentioned here, my brother and I have gone bowling on Christmas Day because my little sister’s job situation moves her Christmas gathering to the day after. However, that was not the case last year: I was actually mostly in bed with the flu on Christmas Day and wasn’t up to bowling.

We did return to the annual Christmas outing this year; I mentioned on Facebook that I might put my bowling on BowlSK, but decided in the end not to, mostly with me wanting not to disrupt things to start by setting up the sheet and not keep my Dad waiting until we got to his place for dinner too long.

As I usually do with these outings, I will summarize my performance: I did have three games over my league average. I actually started off with the first four, but I missed a 4 in the 5th and left a 4-6-7-9 split in the 10th to only post a game in the 190s. My second game was also in the 190s, but my only open frame in that game was a whiffed 10. We were on a pair that wasn’t used Christmas Eve, but the oil had settled enough to require me to move in during the session, eventually standing 37 looking 14 with my Marvel Pearl in the third game, in which I actually lost my carry for a bit. I had a “Big 4” for my only open of the third game, but strung no strikes together for a 177. I did also make the 10 in back-to-back frames, and I wanted to mention to my brother that I was really improving on that pin, but didn’t.

My brother, for his part, had a game in the 130s first game thanks to a double, and he had another double in the third game, but that scored lower because of open frames.