Quick trip back to reality

Sad to report that we're not doing so great guys - myself included!!! I had a horrible night, absolutely disgraceful!!! It was that sad night where none of us could get a good game going and our mediocre games didn't stand a chance against the other teams beating their averages by 30-60 pins each game!!

Anyway, we WERE in 3rd a few short weeks ago and now we're probably around 10th. However, the good news is that we should still finish in the top half if we can win a few games in the last 2 weeks (practice practice practice!). Which, in reality, is where we should be. We were living the high life for a little bit, and now we're back to reality!!!

The schedule for the last 2 weeks is below, let me know if there are issues.

Also, I was required to pre-pay the last 2 weeks. Ethel (Maria) has kindly offered to collect the monies next week and will give them to me the 14th, so please pay her.

Good luck and good bowling-someone please text me and let me know how we do!!!

December Schedule

Here's the schedule for December-let me know asap if there are any issues....its the last of this half of the season, so let me know if you want to bowl again next season. (January through April, another 16 weeks!

Somewhere in the top.....

We're doing good team......we're in the 6th and above range. (we were tied for 3rd, but only won one game last week, so probably dropped a spot or two.....but still, doing just fine-especially considering we finished LAST earlier this year!)

Not sure if I gave props to everyone for their high games!!!
Agnes with a 165!
Gus with a 253!
Abe with a 198!
Esme's 152!
Ethel's 154!
Mable's 140!
Thaddius's 170!

Good job, keep it up!!!

Schedule should be posted tomorrow!!

November Schedule

Here's November's schedule....let me know asap if there are issues!

Updates and standings.....

Sorry for the lack of update last week-I had an incredibly busy week ......some updates....
Last week-I had my highest game ever, a 170 (woo hoo!!!)

This week, Ethel rocked the house last night with her 154, excellent job!!! (I think this is also her highest game ever – woo hoo!!)

This week was a “position round”, where we play for our standing. We were in a 4 way tie for 6th place, that’s right, SIXTH. Not Sixteenth. Sixth! We were last out of those tied, with total pins putting us 9th in ranking order. (this is why we have the position round) We managed to win all 3 games-one by just ONE PIN!! Esme did some recon work and found out 2 of the other teams who were tied with us each lost a game, so we should end up in 6th, if not better, as they slide to 7th - 9th place. :)

I hope to put the November schedule up soon in the next day or two….keep on practicing guys, you’re doing great!!

We have good games, we have bad games, but beer is always there for us

Good news, we did indeed win all 7 points against the vacancy team last week, and we were up to 9th place!! However, we only won one game Tuesday, so we’ll probably drop down to the teens. Hey, if we can finish in the middle, that’s fine with me!!


When you get discouraged, remember this-most of us are bowling two or three times a month. If a professional athlete only played two or three times a month, they probably wouldn’t be good, so give yourself a break. (Or, go practice!)


And if you’re STILL discouraged, remember this…. Beer loves you the same if you get a gutter ball or a strike.

Kudos and standings!

Allright, time for Kudos…..

(High games (more than 20 pins above your average) so far)

Esme with a 152

Agnes with a 157

Mabel Smith with a 132

Gus with a 224 (How great of him to get his highest game on the first night!!)

And…..I had one of my best games ever last night, a 166! YAY! Of course, my game after that I stunk up the place with 5 pins below my average, but finished the 3^rd game beating my average by nearly 20 pins.

Standings-before last night we were in 17^th place. In the middle, totally respectable!! Last night we played the “vacancy team”. Now, here’s the rules with the vacancy team – you’re essentially playing yourself. As a team, you have to be no less than 40 pins below your team (those who are playing) average, each game. You can beat your averages by however much you want, but you can’t lose to your team average by more than 40 pins. So, we all need to be no less than 10 pins below our own average, and if so, someone else on the team needs to make it up.

You’ll notice when you look at the scoresheet, that the Vacancy Team has a record of 0 - 28, but the truth is, they just don’t win any. People DO lose to them. The team next to us last night, the Sons of Dick Trickle, (they wear the racing shirts, are currently in 6^th place) said they only won one game against the Vacancy Team. Indeed, checking the scoresheet, that team only won 2 points. Wow, so we really CAN lose against the team that doesn’t exist! Crap!

Throw in a complication…its Abe’s first night bowling. So, pretty much, he needs to bowl the same all 3 games. No high game/low game for him, because he’s establishing his average. So, if he bowled a 110, 150, and a 120, that puts his average at 127. That means the game he bowled a 110 we’d be screwed because he is 17 pins below his average on that first game.

Man, can this get ANY harder?

Well, I think we pulled it off. Abe did an excellent job of bowling close together, and I helped out on the first game with my 166. Hoping I can really do arithmetic, I think we were within our team average by less than 40 pins and we won all 3 games. Which, has the potential to drive our standing up a couple spots! But, there is the chance I don’t fully understand the rules of the vacancy as they were explained to me, and we could’ve only won 1 or 2 games, so don’t hate me if that’s the case. ;)

Next up is Pearl, Thaddius, Agnes and Ethel!

Good luck and good bowling!