Sport League Scores

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 1/8/24(Week16)

Pattern: Junior Gold 38'

Scores: 136, 199, 146, 481 series

Sometimes I think I need to bowl a game before league and get my stupid misses out of the way. First game was on 41-42 which always plays a bit (some would say a lot) different than 43-50. Figured out the right lane fairly early. Openned on the left up until the tenth. Felt like I was throwing it well, just not lined up right. Most of us did better moving to 43-44. One of us had a 222, the other two bowlers both shot 198. I felt like I belonged for about 5 minutes We had relatively long waits between games. Our pair only had 4 bowlers and the pair ahead of us had five, two of whom were either giving or waiting for two lane courtesy. Started by missing an easy spare, didn't get a whole lot better.

[Aslan]

Buddies Winter Challenge 1/8/24(Week16)

Pattern: Junior Gold 38'

Scores: 136, 199, 146, 481 series

Sometimes I think I need to bowl a game before league and get my stupid misses out of the way.

I often think the same thing. Except, I'm not as good a bowler as you...so I need two games to get my stupid misses out of the way.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 1/15/24(Week17)

Pattern: Junior Gold 38'

Scores: 141, 180, 134, 455 series

Very similar to last week, just playing out on different lanes.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 1/22/24(Week18)

Pattern: Junior Gold 43'

Scores: 151, 157, 188, 496 series

First week of the second half, new pattern. Maybe there's some hope for this half, didn't lose every game in the head to head and it looked like there were a fair number of scores less then 150 each game for the 1 v field. We had two bowlers drop out for this half and I think one bowler was AWOL so three of the pairs only had 4 bowlers. Mine was one of those pairs and we had one of the three lefties in the league on it so we didn't see a lot of transition with in each game The changes were usually moving from pair to pair. Started on 47-48 and had to move parallel in on 49-50. Going to 41-42 there is always a lot more motion. Switched from a Phase II to a HyRoad and went Brooklyn for a strike the first frame. Moved my target a board right and got a pocket strike frame two and and moved my feet a bit left the next frame to start with a turkey. the rest of the game wasn't quite at that level of execution but good enough to beatify opponent.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 1/29/24(Week19)

Pattern: Junior Gold 43'

Scores: 165, 141, 145, 451 series

Another if only night. Lost game one by 5 and game two by 3 pins.Just a little better carry or another spare and those are wins instead. Only consolation was that there were a lot of low scores. Like the bowlers who followed us on lanes 47-48 didn't have a single game over 140.

[Aslan]

You're supposed to do BETTER the second week on the pattern!

Just joshin ya. I continue to give you MAD props for taking on the sport patterns. Far too few bowlers are willing to put their inflated scores/egos on the line to challenge themselves.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 2/5/24(Week20)

Pattern: Junior Gold 43'

Scores: 148, 142, 168 series

I think that everyone in the league is Glad this was the last week for this pattern.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 2/12/24(Week21)

Pattern: Junior Gold 44'

Scores: 162, 149, 151, 462 series

New pattern, same low scores.
Our scorers put the first ball count in a red oval to denote splits. With four splits in the first game and three in the first half of the second it looked like I was decorating for Valentines day. At least I was able to convert the 7-8 and one of the 4-9s that I left. The other splits were all of the nearly impossible variety. only missed one ten pin , a 1-2-8 that I tugged and a 1-2-4-10 washout that I at least covered the 1-2-4.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 2/19/24(Week22)

Pattern: Junior Gold 44'

Scores: 186, 170, 159, 515 series

I looked completely lost during warm ups. Started game one with a spare then opened with a split frame two. After that I sort of figured out the pair and had a decent game. Moving to lanes 49-50 it took a little while to get lined up again. Made a few errant shots including leaving a washout on the first ball in the tenth. Made the spare and left a stone 8 on the fill. Ran out of steam in the last game. This game was on 41-42, which most of the time requires opening up your angles and balling down. I think because of the length of the patterned possibly the number of urethane balls thrown in the first two games I was able to move left a bit and kept on throwing the Phase II. Just wasn't executing as well as I had been.

[J Anderson]

Buddies Winter Challenge 2/26/24(Week23)

Pattern: ? I think it was the same as last week.

Scores: Did not bowl

I thought I was restricted to non-strenuous activities for 5-6 days so I got a sub and sat out. The only good part was that my sub got to bowl on the same pair with his son. Missed my Wednesday league with a doctor’s appointment, where I found out the restriction was only 3 days. Today I was back for my Thursday league, won the high game pot, had two games over average and a series that was about 40 pins over, and my team won two games plus total pin fall.