DV8 Challenge 9/11/23 (Week 1)
Pattern: ??????(Short)
Scores:
140, 137, 134, 411 series
First night. The league manager didn't seem quite ready for the season to start. Normally we get a copy of the league rules which includes a list of the patterns we will be bowling on. Instead we got a verbal run down of how things would go, were told the first pattern was short and drew numbers for lane assignments. The format is weird. Position round every week plus bowling against the field. I drew #19 so I bowled against my friend Mark who had drawn #20. I won one game but lost the next two. However I also got a point for every score that I beat in the rest of the field.
They posted the standings and I'm in 22nd place out of 26. Places 21, 22, 23, 24 bowl against the vacant score of 172, while 25 and 26 bowl each other.
John
Buddies Winter Challenge 9/18/23 (Week 2)
Pattern: Junior Gold 35'
Scores: 144,157, 165, 466 series
If you noticed that the name of the league has changed since my post for the first week, the reason is last week I was going by the center's list of Fall/Winter leagues. Looking at the standing sheet last night the name was back to last year's version.
At least the scores went up instead of down this week.
John
Over 50 pins higher than last week!
Buddies Winter Challenge 9/25/23 (Week 3)
Pattern: Junior Gold 35'
Scores: 134, 146,128, 408 series
No Comment.
John
Buddies Winter Challenge 10/2/23 (Week 4)
Pattern: Junior Gold 45'
Scores: 140, 135, 188, 463 series
Strange night. First game started okay then I started missing all my spares to the right. Second game was alternating spares and opens. Third game I had the high game on the pair and the only turkey of the game. The other bowlers on the pair were in 1st 2nd and 12th place going into the competition, I was coming in at 21st. The league is set up as being a position round every week. first twenty places bowl head to head on the same pair, next four bowl on different pairs and last place always bowls the vacant team and must beat 172 to win a game.
John
I can only imagine how hard those patterns are. Makes my head hurt just thinking about it.
Every bowler, before making a comment like "I can bowl better than these guys (PBA bowlers on TV)"...should have to bowl just 3 nights in a challenge or sport shot league.
In Bag: (: .) Black Widow Hybrid 2.0; (: .) Ebonite Fireball; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Pyramid Force Pearl; (: .) C300 White Dot
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 189; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.4mph; Rev. Rate: 245rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (290); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 209
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
One night on Shark will cure about anyone from that....Originally Posted by Aslan
Old guy with power (15.5-16; 325). Current arsenal--Storm Phaze AI, Storm Phaze II, RotoGrip Attention Star, Motiv Lethal Venom, Motiv Shadow Tank, Storm Mix (spare/dry). High sanctioned game - 300 (5). High sanctioned series - 856. A.V. 300-s - 8. Longest string - 25.
2025/2026 YTD highs--High game-266; high series-707
PBA Shark was like, the first PBA pattern I ever bowled on. Here are the PBA/Challenge patterns I've bowled and the results (avert your eyes if you're squeemish):
PBA Shark: 161.00 (8 games)
PBA Wolf: 147.75 (4 games)
WTBA Beijing: 125.25 (4 games)
PBA Scorpion: 154.43 (14 games)
PBA Cheetah: 152.75 (12 games)
WTBA Mexico City: 146.75 (4 games)
PBA Dick Weber: 170.80 (10 games)
WTBA Sydney: 142.00 (1 game)
PBA Viper: 148.50 (4 games)
PBA Chamelion: 161.00 (1 game)
USBC White Pattern: 179.00 (6 games)
Brunswick Inferno: 162.33 (6 games)
Brunswick Rhino: 140.83 (6 games)
Brunswick The Deep: 139.67 (3 games)
Brunswick Black Diamond: 162.75 (8 games)
PBA Don Johnson 40: 157.00 (1 game)
All PBA/Sport/Challenge Pattern Average: 155.85 (92 games)
I remember liking PBA Dick Weber...and hating PBA Wolf and Brunswick The Deep. I remember thinking I was going to love the Wolf pattern, because it was so short, but man...that one seemed impossible!
In Bag: (: .) Black Widow Hybrid 2.0; (: .) Ebonite Fireball; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Pyramid Force Pearl; (: .) C300 White Dot
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 189; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.4mph; Rev. Rate: 245rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (290); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 209
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
I thought I would do well on the Don Carter pattern. 187 says otherwise....
Old guy with power (15.5-16; 325). Current arsenal--Storm Phaze AI, Storm Phaze II, RotoGrip Attention Star, Motiv Lethal Venom, Motiv Shadow Tank, Storm Mix (spare/dry). High sanctioned game - 300 (5). High sanctioned series - 856. A.V. 300-s - 8. Longest string - 25.
2025/2026 YTD highs--High game-266; high series-707
Buddies Winter Challenge 10/9/23 (Week 5)
Pattern: Junior Gold 45'
Scores: ???????? series
Missed grabbing a copy of the recap. As I recall it wasn't good.
Buddies Winter Challenge 10/16/23 (Week 6)
Pattern: Junior Gold 45'
Scores: 129, 140, 148, 417 series
Buddies Winter Challenge 10/23/23 (Week 7)
Pattern: Junior Gold 40'
Scores: ??????? series
Missed getting a copy of the recap again. Probably a subconscious reaction to the way I've been bowling.
Buddies Winter Challenge 10/30/23 (Week 8)
Pattern: Junior Gold 40'
Scores: 165, 161, 174, 500 series
Spare shooting was much better, not really as good as I expect to be, but getting there.
John
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