Just got back from the no tap. Same place as last weeks tournament. Completely different results. I talked to the guy today and he said today was more of their THS but last week was closer to a sport shot. He didn't say what it was but that it was much higher volume. So today we bowled 4 games all on the same pair. I drew 19-20. The end pair. This week I took the Ember from 4000-3000 and tried it a few shots in warmups. Not great. Grabbed the Eternity Pi knowing I only needed 9 counts. Struggled a little in game 1 then tried the Ember again near the end of game 1. Game 2 went back to the Pi and changed my release and stuck with that the rest of the day. Made a couple of very minor adjustments. This was a scratch no-tap tournament.
Game 1 only had a few natural strikes and ended with a 193. Left 3 splits. After game 1 I was out of the top 12. Game 2 had maybe 6 or 7 natural strikes and had a 300. After game 2 I was tied for 10th. Game 3 I had 264. Left a split in the 3rd frame and in the fill frame. After game 3 I was in 7th. Game 4 I had the front 11 then got wide and threw a 7 for a 297. Series was 1054 (263.50 average).
There was a guy on our pair that was ahead of me. Top 12 cashed and I figured I was around 5th or so. They announced 12th, then 11th, then 10th, and so on. They got to 5th and were at about 980. They called 3rd and I think it was around 1020. Yep....2nd place. And the other guy on my pair won. He had about 1105 or so so he beat me by about 50.
Overall I spent about $90 on entry and tickets but won $120 so walked out a little ahead.
I had a 9.70 first ball average and 86% strike rate (40/46) with 4 splits. I'm aware it was no-tap so not overly excited about those stats but at least I was on the right side of the game tonight...lol. Now let's see if any of that carries over to Tuesday. I'm happy that about 95% of my shots were in the pocket today.