Bowling Update (3/8/06)

Well, it is hard to tell how we did because we bowled blind tonight. The other team is set to do a make-up round on its own prior to next week’s bowling.

Because of that, I will only mention some individual achievements:

• Jean bowled a season high 167 in the first game and had a mid-150s in the third.


• Arvin improved every game and was basically on-average for the day. Actually, if just a few pins fell differently, he would have had a nice night. He had some ridiculous leaves.


• Speaking of pins not falling, Tai had his “A” ball tonight, but kept having 1 pin leaves on strike balls. He managed to have a nice night.


• I managed to get two 200s (literally, I bowled exactly 200 in the first two games) and followed it with a 179 in the third. I missed two easy, easy spares to start the third game—otherwise I had a 600 series in my grasp. So, my streak of consecutive weeks with a 200 continues.

Now we wait until next week to find out how we did. By our estimation we likely won one, we most likely lost the second one, and the third game and total pins is a toss up. So we could be anywhere from 1-3 to 3-1 depending on how well the other teams bowls the make-up.

And let me tell you, bowling the make-up can be nerve wracking. The alley is supposed to allow you to bowl in “near league” conditions—that is the point of having to make an appointment with them—but this alley doesn’t do that. The last time we bowled a make-up we were surrounded by children and people who did not know lane etiquette. The team we are up against commented that they have not bowled a make-up before, so they may find it a little disconcerting.

We’ll see.