DV8 Challenge League
I've gotten out of the habit of posting my sport league scores. Last winter was disappointing. I bowled the summer session, averaging 164, about 10 pins under what I normally do on sport conditions. The high game of the summer was a 232 to a regional PBA bowler, Tim Gillick. I still managed to end the summer in the top half of the league.
This fall the league lost another pair of lanes. Since I have a conflicting commitment one Monday each week I have dropped out of this league. I did have a chance to bowl as a sub in it a few weeks ago. Scores were 151, 158, 169, 197.
John
Nutmeg Sport Challenge League
10/31/16
Pattern 1C
Scores: 131, 177, 174
Subbed again on Monday. Missed out on on warm-ups and the first game. Took three frames just to get loose, fourth frame I finally got the ball to stay right of board 20. unfortunately it hit the pins at 18 1/2 and left the 4-9. Had a hard time putting strikes together, Right lanes seemed to break much harder or earlier than the left. Same line with more speed seemed to work better than moving left.
John
Today was "Try to Beat Your Coach Day" for our youth league. Depending on your attitude this either a no win or a no lose situation. You can either take the view that if a kid beats you you didn't bowl well / if you beat all the kids, you haven't coached well, or you can can say I must be one heck of a good coach if kids beat you.
The youth league bowls on the same patterns as the Nutmeg Sport Challenge league. This week's was very short. My scores were 183, 189, & 187.
John
Nutmeg Sport Challenge League
12/26/16
Was asked to sub tonight.
179, 186, 184, 183
Not sure what the pattern was. Graph looked like heavy, flat oil for the heads, and lighter oil out to about 37'.
Solid night. I would have been even happier except my two opponents only threw one game under 200.
John
Buddies Summer Challenge League
Pattern: Shark 43'
Set 1: 162, 186
Set 2: 197, 164
League format is singles, scratch, two bowlers per lane, two sets of two games with a change of lanes between sets, and two points for each game won, three points for total wood, max 7 points per set.
League meeting was set for 7:00pm, didn't start until 7:30. With 19 bowlers signing up at the last minute, we didn't start bowling till almost 9:00pm. Fifty one bowlers, six of them youth bowlers whose winnings will go to thier SMART accounts.
I was lucky that both my opponents were new to sport bowling and I was able to sweep both sets.
John
Buddies Summer Challenge League
Pattern: Shark 43'
set 1: 150, 176
Set 2: 152, 195
Good luck continues as the second games were just good enough to take total pin fall in each set.
John
1st time bowling in sport league. 195 avg on house shot, down to 180 on for the first six weeks. Played the "Dead Man's Curve" and shot 215, 158, 257, 279. The 279 is the league high. Looking forward to two more weeks on this pattern :-)
Good bowling! Don't be surprized if it doesn't play exactly the same next week. A lot depends on lane topography and also on how the bowlerson a particular pair of lanesattack the pattern.Originally Posted by steverwrx
John
Buddies Summer Challenge League
Pattern: USBC Masters
set 1: 155, 133
Set 2: 147, 129
Rough pattern to bowl on after 2 1/2 weeks with out picking up a ball. Kept alternating between missing 1 or 2 boards right at the arrows and over compensating and missing a board left.
John
Buddies Summer Challenge League
Pattern: Chameleon 43'
Set 1: 166, 187
Set 2: 195, 212
I think I have recovered from my trip to Alaska.
First set each game was just good enough to beat my opponent. Second set I decided to play about 5 boards further inside, where two of the other bowlers on the pair were playing. My opponent was completely lost until the 10th frame of the first game. He then opened the 2nd game with 6 in a row. He probably would have taken wood except for missing a single pin spare in the 7th frame.
John
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