J Anderson’s Summer 2020

[J Anderson]

I don’t usually post my scores, but with this short summer season I figure I might follow through.

Last week Mixed Nuts: 174, 197, 191

This week Mixed Nuts: 188, 199, 196

For reference Mixed nuts is a non sanctioned, fun league that is actually finishing out the 2019-2020 season. We only have three more weeks. I will be bowling Buddies Summer Doubles with my friend Tom. This league will start next week and run for nine weeks.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Summer Doubles 6/30/20
Set A: 193, 210
Set B: 166, 162

First set was on lanes 6&5, second was on 2&1. Didn’t have to move once I got lined up the first two games. Had I been making all my easy spares the total would have been about 40 pins higher. Expected a lot more hook on lane one when we moved but was surprised at how much I had to move on lane two compared to the other pair.
As a team we took most of the first set points and we didn’t get swept the second so we should start off in the middle of the pack.

[J Anderson]

Mixed Nuts 7/2/20
170, 190, 212
The team we were suppose to bowl against did not bowl. I know their leadoff bowler has said that he is out for the season. His teammates bowled last week but called to say they would not be there today. We did well enough to win all three games.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Doubles 7/7/20

Set A: 161, 156
Set B: 166, 224

Wrong ball choice the first set, plus lousy spare shooting.

Spares were still off in game three. Took four strikes in the ninth and tenth to reach 166. Everything finally clicked the last game.

[J Anderson]

Mixed Nuts 7/9/20

193, 133, 187

This is the problem with bowling in a social league, when your concentration goes on vacation it can take most of a game to get it to come back.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Doubles 7/14/20

Set A: 191, 135
Set B: 181, 179

Another slightly embarrassing set of scores to post.The first game was one of our better efforts, with both of us making our averages. The other team shot 513 scratch that game. My opponent shot 523 for the two game set. Second set the right side of the lane was squirrelly. didn't help that I was still missing easy spares. At least my partner had three decent games, including a 268.

[J Anderson]

Mixed Nuts 7/16/20 week 30 of 30

225, 235, 184, 644 series

Played the same team as last because of this being a position round. We needed to not lose by more than 75 pins total or win at least one game to make next week’s roll off against the first half winners. I was a bit worried after we lost the first game by 12. My teammates got it in gear the second game and we won by 48. With the pressure off we lost some of our focus and got beaten by 48.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Summer Doubles 7/21/20

Set 1: 166, 138
Set 2: 179, 199

Only took four games but I finally hit my average tonight. Fortunately my teammate was at least 30 pins over average each game.

[J Anderson]

Mixed Nuts 7/23/20
Roll Off

167, 183

Any guesses as to whose team won the championship?

[J Anderson]

Buddies Doubles. 7/28/20

Set 1: 160, 211

Set 2: 138, 183

Despite the low score first game I took all my individual points the first set. As a team we lost both games. Second set was against the vacant team. my partner atoned for his mediocre first set by averaging 247 the second. all in all we shouldn't drop too much in the standings.

[J Anderson]

8/6/20

No scores to report this week. The alley lost power during the storm Tuesday so Buddies Summer Doubles was cancelled. I was supposed to sub for a friend who took his son to VA for the Teen Masters, in Buddies Summer Challenge league tonight. The alley still doesn’t have power.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Summer Doubles. 8/11/2020

Set 1: 147, 170

Set 2:?, ?

Set 3:203, 198

You may be wondering why there is a third set. The league had a captains meeting between the 1st and 2nd sets to decide how to make up for last weeks cancellation due to the storm. The manager of the league suggested bowling an additional two sets next week. After some spirited discussion it was decided to split the make up games between this week and next. The question marks for set two - I didn't grab a copy of the recap sheet when we finished. Take my word for it, it was similar to set 1, lots of splits and stupid misses. You would have thought I had missed a couple months of bowling instead just a week watching my first two sets.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Summer Challenge 8/13/2020

Set 1: 141, 154

Set 2: 168, 165

Set 3: 170, 166

Subbed for a friend who had taken his son to VA for the Teen Masters Tournament last week. My first time back on a sport shot since March. Like the Tuesday doubles league, this one is making up last week’s cancellation by bowling an extra set this week and next. Over all I felt much sharper tonight than I did Tuesday. Made two out of two washouts and two out of three 3-10 splits.

[J Anderson]

NEBA Tournament. 6 p.m. Saturday squad 8/15/2020
Game 1: 160
Game 2: 182
Game 3. 194
Game 4. 187
Game 5. 197

The New England Bowlers Association has been running scratch bowling tournaments for over fifty years. The normal format is four bowlers to a pair with players moving to a new pair after each game. Because of Covid-19, bowlers were assigned four to a pair with an empty pair in-between each group. Three games were bowled on the initial lanes and then every one moved to the fresh pair to the right for the last two. When I've done these before the cut is usually between +5 and +20. After four games it was -18. I suspect that for tomorrow's squads the cut will be much higher.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Summer Doubles 8/18/2020

Set 1: 189, 203

Set 2: 171, 170

Set 3: 169, 203

First two sets would have been our best night of the summer, 34 out of a possible 39 points. Third set we got steamrollered the first game, won the second but lost wood as individuals and as a team.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Summer Doubles 8/25/20. Last Night, Double Position Round

Set 1: 164, 175

Set 2: 201, 183

First set we lucked out, bowling a team with a missing bowler. Despite my low scores I was shocked to find I had taken wood from my opponent by a pin, and we took a total of 17 points out of a possible 19. Second set my teammate's opponent's having a very rough night, so Tom completed his second sweep of the night. I bowled just well enough so we got all of our team points. All in all pretty good way to finish the season.

[Aslan]

Heck...at least you HAD a 2020 summer season. For 2020...thats a win in and of itself.

[J Anderson]

Heck...at least you HAD a 2020 summer season. For 2020...thats a win in and of itself.

Not only that but one of my two 2019-2020 leagues actually got to come back and finish the season in July.