Bowler's thread

[AUFred]

At the 1/3 point in the season my team is in 5th place out of 24 teams. Last night was not a good night for our team we dropped 6 of 8 points. I bowled good two out of three games. 200-165-203.

 

[MoonOwl]

Kewl Beans!

Yay Fred!

 

[pjbleek]

wish there was a league around here...the nearest lanes near us is 25 miles away. although I do remember leaving them my name and number when new leagues were to be starting...maybe I'll go over today to see what happened....

 

[AUFred]

I was high total pins on my team last night. Some weeks I'm on and some weeks not so much. You might be too late to join a league but volunteering to sub might get you in.

 

[pjbleek]

sometimes its like an old boys network to get on a team...

 

[HottyToddyChick]

Wow... I"m jealous. My peak the other night was 77. My dad bowled in a league. I think it's kinda neat actually (super boring on tv tho) and it's A LOT harder than it looks!

 

[AUFred]

sometimes its like an old boys network to get on a team...

Locally there are leagues 5 nights a week plus a couple of daytime senior leagues. Some nights are mixed leagues where every team must have at least one woman on them and all leagues are handicapped except one scratch league. I assume most bowling houses are similar. My first league experience I got recruited because a guy watched me bowling with my family & approached me to join his team. That was over 20 years ago. I have only been back league bowling about 4 years now. My son and I bowled for three years in a generation gap league and placed in the top 3 all three years.

 

[AUFred]

We have been in a slump and slid to 10th place. I had a better than average night...171-232-235

 

[Kyle B]

I used to bowl in a teen league at my local bowling alley. We came in first place one year, third place another, and towards the end of the ranks the last few years. I wasn't the greatest bowler, on average I bowled a 140 or so each game. However, as a team, we were reasonably good. The handicaps killed us though, some teams would start out a few hundred points ahead of us each game.

 

[AUFred]

I used to bowl in a teen league at my local bowling alley. We came in first place one year, third place another, and towards the end of the ranks the last few years. I wasn't the greatest bowler, on average I bowled a 140 or so each game. However, as a team, we were reasonably good. The handicaps killed us though, some teams would start out a few hundred points ahead of us each game.

Nothing like giving up a huge amount of handicap pins and have someone bowl the games of their life against you. When my son and I bowled in a two member team in a Generation Gap league. We bowled against a woman whose average was like 117. She rolled her first scratch 200+ and a 170+ against us. With her handicap her pin total for the three games was over 700 pins.

 

[Kyle B]

Nothing like giving up a huge amount of handicap pins and have someone bowl the games of their life against you. When my son and I bowled in a two member team in a Generation Gap league. We bowled against a woman whose average was like 117. She rolled her first scratch 200+ and a 170+ against us. With her handicap her pin total for the three games was over 700 pins.

Yep, that would always be our luck and honestly, it was frustrating. I remember we once bowled against a team of girls who each had an average of less than 100. We started out around 200 pins behind and a few of the girls just happened to bowl their best games yet! We were a bit frustrated, but took it in stride. After all was done, one of the girls said " You guys reacted well to our win, the last team we bowled was mad at us." Oh geez, I wonder why. Honestly, I understand the purpose of handicaps, to level the playing field. However, the calculated handicap is based on averages, so it's a bit unfair when the other team bowls exceptionally well while the scales were tipped against you to begin with.

 

[AUFred]

Tuesday night's result we moved to 8th place.

 

[AUFred]

208-212-193 tonight

 

[SouthOfHeaven]

i used to bowl in highschool.. i was the handicap.. ( i was sooo bad) BUT that handicap got me to place the coca cola state tournament and i got to go to vegas for the national .. where i bombed.. but it was fun

 

[AUFred]

One of my best night's ever last night.

213-266-202
That included 8 strikes in the first game and 10 strikes in the second game.
22 strikes in three games.

 

[AUFred]

After a bad week last week a little more consistent this week:
191-215-202

 

[Kyle B]

Nice scores Fred!

 

[Burntblood]

Man, I miss bowling. Maybe I'll take my daughter sometime soon.
I know I can beat her because she sucks.
I'm a decent bowler for just your average Joe but I have no finesse. I mean I can't curve the ball or anything.
My method is simple. Grab the biggest balll possible and throw it as hard as you can straight down the middle.

 

[AUFred]

my average right now is around 188.

 

[AUFred]

I just noticed the team averages and after 16 weeks and 48 games there is 1 pin difference between me and our team anchor.