Saw my first 300 game

[Aslan]

Last night a guy finally threw a sanctioned 300. I knew it would happen eventually with those lanes being so easy…it ALMOST happens nearly every week.

But, in 2 years of bowling…I've seen 270-280 games, 11-in-a-row, a guy threw a triplicate on my Tuesday league the night before, I think there was an all spare game once a season or so ago…seen more than one 299…but never seen a 300 or 800 in any of the leagues I've played in. So, last night…I didn't get to SEE it myself…the guy was on the other end of the center…but at least I can finally say I was there in person when one was rolled.

[Amyers]

I have seen a few 300's close enough that I could watch haven't seen a 800 yet in person. Seen some 770-780's

[John Anderson]

I was in a center when somebody threw a sanctioned 300 once, but it wasn't my league and I was just there for open bowling. Still pretty cool to here the announcement though. It's also reassurance that it's possible to do at the center.

[manke]

A team mate of mine threw a 300 and 800 the same night it was fum being there!!!

[dougb]

I've seen a few in my time, but never sanctioned and never one of my own. Closest I got was 299... $/:@#|^^+* seven pin!!!

[Tony]

I think the winter league I'm in had something like 17 300 games last year, so I have seen dozens of them over the past few years and have had them thrown against my team 2 or 3 times this past season. One young man had several of them and bowled a 846 on the next set of lanes this year while one of his teammates also had a 300 and finished with a 799, it was quite a treat to see that especially when they are both nice guys.

[foreverincamo]

Cool to see them. More fun to throw them!

[Kells]

My league this year had 9 300s and a couple 800s to go with it.

Two years ago, this guy on the lane next to me shot 299 (ringing 10), then shot 300 the next game. He ended up with something in the 820s

[jlwonderley]

I've watched a 299.
I heard a 300 called out during a league when I was open bowling...then I heard a guy at the counter informing them that it was a glitch and he had a couple pins standing!

[NotesOfC]

I believe there has been 8 in my business men's league. It's been going since August and is usually good for about 10 a year. I've seen about 20 in person, and saw my first 800 3 weeks ago when it was bowled against my team. I haven't hit either mark yet, but I'm only 22 and I know I will hit them at some point

[Aslan]

Our Wednesday league (same league, same center, Winter season) had 8 perfect games.

My old Tuesday and Thursday leagues and Friday league...spanning 4 seasons...never saw one. None in my Monday league thus far.

Wednesday league I averaged 190 and 191. Those other leagues I averaged 165-174. Whomever thinks centers aren't different...I beg to differ.

[Mike White]

Our Wednesday league (same league, same center, Winter season) had 8 perfect games.

My old Tuesday and Thursday leagues and Friday league...spanning 4 seasons...never saw one. None in my Monday league thus far.

Wednesday league I averaged 190 and 191. Those other leagues I averaged 165-174. Whomever thinks centers aren't different...I beg to differ.

This is why USBC opted for the rule were you get one 300 award per lifetime.

A lot of the 300's come from the same bowlers over and over, while those who have no 300s tend to never get a 300.

[Hot_pocket]

This is why USBC opted for the rule were you get one 300 award per lifetime.

A lot of the 300's come from the same bowlers over and over, while those who have no 300s tend to never get a 300.

They could have left it at once a year. Plus if a bowler is paying anything towards it, why limit their cash flow? What about the new generation? growing up my dad had rings for 298 & up, lined up on his dresser and I use to want them all. It gives kids another aspect of motivation for the sport vs. bowling good and having nothing to show for it but searching for your name on bowl.com or a plaque.

[Mike White]

They could have left it at once a year. Plus if a bowler is paying anything towards it, why limit their cash flow? What about the new generation? growing up my dad had rings for 298 & up, lined up on his dresser and I use to want them all. It gives kids another aspect of motivation for the sport vs. bowling good and having nothing to show for it but searching for your name on bowl.com or a plaque.

They tried to leave it at once a year, but financially to do that, they had to make the ring so cheap it wasn't worth getting.

In 2014, I opted for the crystal laser etched trophy rather than a cheap ring, plus the fact that I already had a gold ring from back in 1990.

Where the USBC financially made a mistake was when the BPAA threatened to self sanction if the lanes weren't made easier is they should have stood up to the BPAA and said fine, if you want easier lanes, then you fund the honor score awards program.

That way the proprietors have to weigh the consequences of their choices, make lanes hard, get less business, but pay less for awards vs make lanes easy, get more business, but pay more for awards.

[vdubtx]

I stopped doing the rings with my last 2 300's. I did the Plaques that can be ordered and are actually pretty nice I think.

Color is really washed out in this pic, but the background is like a blue marbled effect.

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[SAbowler]

In my Tuesday league, 300's are so common, most people don't even clap when they are announced. I've personally never shot one, but I've seen many. Heck, my son has two in this league from last year. Last year in a 48 week league, we had (67) 300's and (30) 800's. Granted, this is more or less the premiere league in San Antonio and most of the best bowlers in town(not me :( ) are members, and this is a 44 team league with 4 man rosters. So there are a lot of opportunities to shoot 300, but an average of 1.4 per week and almost one 800 a week seems pretty high.

During the break between seasons this year, the bowling center changed to synthetic lanes and made the shot a bit more difficult. At around the 3/4 mark of the season, only (21) 300's and (5) 800's have been shot so far.