A look back at the season. How did you do?

[Blomer]

Well season is over for me. Initially was planning on bowling in one league, but bowled in 3.

Monday Nights:
This was my one initial league I only landed to bowl in, this was my 3rd season. Started with a 170 average and ended with a 188. I say that's a good improvement, goal for next time will be 190's. Biggest accomplishment was my first 300! And my first 700 series. My 10 pin shooting has improved but i still need to work on it. I also wanted to get more 600 series, last year only had 3 and had 7 this season. Several 580's and 590's.

Tuesday Night League
I was asked to join this league late December as someone got hurt. Bowled a total of 19 weeks with 8 600 series and 7 570's or 590's. I averaged 195. I think I did better in this league overall as it was a better team I was on.

Sunday Night
I was asked to bowl every other week in this league. Bowled 15 weeks with 5 600 series and several high 500 series. We won the league as well. This was also a better league which I will be bowling full time next fall.

Overall I feel pretty good how I bowled. More ups than downs. Feeling more confident and had a ton of fun. Learned more about the lanes, when to change balls, etc.

[Timmyb]

Considering this was my first league back in 12 years, not bad, but I'm my own worst critic. I wanted a hell of a lot more out of this. I finished at 202. This is the first year of league since I was a teenager that I didn't pop a 700. Also found out the hard way that I'm not a kid anymore, and I can't do things like I used to. I will be spending this summer revamping my game. It started last week with losing the wrist brace. I've also got to find a way to get my speed back up without using as much of my upper body. I turn 50 in June, and I just don't have the gun I used to have. I think I have the equipment in place to bring my game back to what it used to be. Need to make less mistakes! All in all, it was nice to be back on the lanes.

[jab5325]

Ah, it was so-so.

When It became apparent I wasn't going to get to 200 after a mid-season slump, I just wanted to get to 190. I wasn't going to get there, either, but on the last night of Wednesday league, I had 759 and got to 190.01, on the dot. It was nice, and we won our Wednesday league.

Also won our Thursday league, but that's the league I use as practice. I'm not bowling in this one again after the shenanigans--I don't know what my official final average was, but it was somewhere in the low 180s.

But, I did increase my single pin spare percentage to 75% overall, and over 80% since the end of January. Not where I need to be, but I'm getting there.

Looking forward to a summer filled with golf, and I don't plan on setting foot inside a bowling alley until September.

[mc_runner]

I had a tale of 2 seasons. One I struggled in a bit and didn't meet any of my goals going in, the other I was 10+ pins higher in average and met (almost) all my goals.

I know where to focus on for improvements over the summer and next year, though! Although it's tough to be indoors when the weather is so nice...

[Amyers]

In a lot of ways this has been a very frustrating year for me. I ended last fall with a 196 average which was lower than I carried most of the year 200+ but I ended the last 7 or 8 weeks of the season in a terrible slump which lasted through most of the summer. I got off to a good start the first 5-6 weeks of the season and the slump came right back. The home center where I did most of my bowling also closed an honestly the oil pattern they used was very suited to my game. The center manager was also a lower speed player who liked to really swing the ball so he kept the patterns where they suited him and me. I had bowled at the other centers in my area quite a bit but usually at tournaments where they tended to put down higher volume and longer patters that suit me better. To say the house patterns I have bowled on this winter has been eye opening would be an understatement.

I bowled in 4 leagues this fall and subbed in 2 others some:

Monday night mixed Galaxy Lanes I subbed in this league bowled 15 games for them and averaged 186 team finished in the middle of the pack

Tuesday night youth/adult Galaxy Lanes I bowed this with my youngest daughter we came in first I averaged 174 my lowest average of the season on older wood lanes with unpredictable oil Honestly I ended up throwing plastic half the time on this league and would have averaged higher if that's just all I used I believe.

Wednesday night men's Galaxy Lanes I subbed on this league bowled 39 games and averaged 203 for my best average of the season. This was also on wood lanes but is a 45 ft. higher volume shot. Team is in first with 2 weeks remaining.

Friday night mixed Venture Lanes Bowled this with my wife and this team has been a disaster most of the season. I've either been good or terrible here I shoot 630 or barley break 500 each week it seems like the wife has struggled with this alley and one of my teammates is an older man who is coming off some back surgery and has been very inconsistent since his come back. The team captain has a friend who comes every week and tries to tell every one how to bowl after every shot. It's like He** only colder. I averaged 179 so far here with 3 weeks remaining the team is in last.

Saturday night mixed Colonial Lanes Bowled this one with my wife also. This has been my funest league to date. Like my teammates and the team has done well. Averaging 187 team is 1 game out of first with 2 weeks to go.

Sunday Scratch Travel League This is a traveling scratch league that I bowled for the first time this year. I was really nervous as most of the top bowlers in the state bowl on this league. This league features two 3 game sets bowled on challenge patterns. I have held my own and done pretty well considering the competition in this league. I won over half of my points as this league is bowled head to head each game counts as a point. I averaged 191 on this league which honestly puts me in the lower 30% but I seem to have fared pretty well. The team did well the first half finishing 3rd but the second half has been a challenge finishing 8th out of 11 teams. I think I'm actually 2nd on the team in points won this half. Bowling a five person team where everyone is throwing high end equipment has been a learning expierence in transition. I've never expierenced lanes changing the way they do in this league.

I guess I'm going to count this season as a success. I've been taking lessons for about 3 months now and I have increased my ball speed from 10-10.5 to 11.5 to 12 mph. average now. I still very much question if a bowler can throw the ball in the high 11 low 12 mph range and compete at the higher levels of the game with modern bowling balls. Honestly a few times this year I've been ready to throw my roller bag in the river and just throw my plastic ball and drink beer.

[foreverincamo]

It was an up and down and back up season. First three weeks I wa averaging around 188, then popped a huge series to get me to 200. Average climbed all the way to 209, then hit a slump that dropped my average to 203. Pushed it back up to 204, and popped another 700+ series to end the year. Had a 300 but it was at another house.
And I am a firm believer in the fact that the better the bowlers you are with or competing against, the better you play. They make you push yourself to their level, sometimes unconsciously.

[epiepenburg]

Monday night league, bowled 27 of 30 weeks. Averaged 220.53, high game 278, high series 748, threw 3 700's, 21 600's. I had 41 of 81 games between 225-299. Team finished in 6th for the season

Wednesday night league, bowled 28 of 30 weeks. Averaged 205.23, high game 279, high series 721, thre 3 700's, 14 600's. I had 25 games between 225-299. My team bowled in the league championship, where I threw a 300. We won the championship.

Friday night league, we still haven't had our banquet, so no stat sheet. But we finished the league in first. I finished with a 212.x average. High series was a 744, high game was 278.

[mc_runner]

Congrats on the 300... heck of a time to throw it!

[epiepenburg]

Congrats on the 300... heck of a time to throw it!

Thanks, we had won the first game in the series by about 30 pins, the 300 helped increase that lead to over 200 goin into the last game. It was good for a few $ in bonus money at the banquet, along with a nice pullover jacket from the bowling center.

[Hot_pocket]

Ah, it was so-so.

When It became apparent I wasn't going to get to 200 after a mid-season slump, I just wanted to get to 190. I wasn't going to get there, either, but on the last night of Wednesday league, I had 759 and got to 190.01, on the dot. It was nice, and we won our Wednesday league.

Also won our Thursday league, but that's the league I use as practice. I'm not bowling in this one again after the shenanigans--I don't know what my official final average was, but it was somewhere in the low 180s.

But, I did increase my single pin spare percentage to 75% overall, and over 80% since the end of January. Not where I need to be, but I'm getting there.

Looking forward to a summer filled with golf, and I don't plan on setting foot inside a bowling alley until September.

this guy has the right idea. i just finished up my season with a true avg of 188 ( my league avg was 192 after a 10 drop rule). im happy its over we came in 6th .... i will be on the range real soon