Week #14 Resuls

I walked out without a copy of the scoresheet so I won't have the stats until next week. I doubt anyone will be disappointed since we didn't bowl very well and our opponents did really well. It was an 0-4 pasting at the hands of One Pin Standing that knocked us out of first place.

One Pin Standing is now in first place for the second half with a record of 12.5 and 3.5. We're 3.5 points behind at 9-7. A couple of the other teams may have jumped ahead of us also. I'll add more once I obtain the scores.

Week #13 Results

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Our rematch with The Sleeperzzz didn't work out as well as we hoped. Sharon and Olivia bowled well but The Coach and I slumped on a night we couldn't afford it. The Sleeperzzz were on fire the first two games before cooling off in the third. The result was a 1-3 night.

We gave up 76 pins per game in handicap so we had to at least make our averages to have a chance. All four of us were off target in the first game while The Sleeperzzz were hot and they beat us by 56 pins scratch. With the 76 pin handicap, it was a 132 pin pounding.

Olivia and Sharon stepped up in the second game but The Coach and I couldn't get it in gear. The Sleeperzzz put up another big score which was enough for a 25 pin victory. With a 157 pin edge in total pinfall, The Sleeperzzz had just about locked up three points for the night and they were on the verge of sweeping up a second time.

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Luckily, The Sleeperzzz came back to earth in the third game while Olivia put up her high game of the season (179). This carried us to our lone victory of the night by 39 pins. We held on to first place as I Can't Believe It's Not Gutter, also suffered a 1-3 defeat. One Pin Standing went 3-1 and moved past them into second place. Here are the stats:

        01  02  03  SER AVG

Sharon 146 175 176  497 166
Olivia 107 142 179  428 143
Mark   151 173 152  476 159
Gary   123 133 141  397 132
Total  527 623 648 1798 150

And our stats for the season:

       GMS  PINS AVG
Sharon  36  5864 163
Olivia  27  3559 132
Mark    39  7004 180
Gary    33  5170 157
Total  135 21597 160

Next week we have One Pin Standing (the card players) on lanes 13-14. We'll need to do well to hold onto first place because they're only a half point behind us. Here are the updated standings:

                  2ND HALF   1ST HALF  TOTAL
                   W   L      W   L    W    L
BLOCKHEADS         9   3     24  16   33   19
ONE PIN STANDING   8.5 3.5   17  23   25.5 26.5
I CAN'T BELIEVE..  8   4     19  21   27   25
TEAM 10            6   6     22  18   28   24
TEAM 3             5   7     15  25   20   32
SLEEPERZZZ*        4   8     25  15   29   23
DR. NASHMOYKI      4   8     24  16   28   24
G.O.B.             3.5 8.5   21  19   24.5 27.5

*1st half champions

Christmas Monte Carlo at Diablo Lanes

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Diablo Lanes in Concord is hosting a Christmas Monte Carlo bowling night on December 23rd. I'm trying to assemble a group to participate in this event. We have plenty of bowlers at the office and I thought it would be pretty cool to get together for an evening of bowling for dollars just before we're off for the Christmas holiday.

So far we have commitments from nine bowlers. I'm shooting for sixteen so we can have four lanes of four bowlers together. We've participated in these Monte Carlo games at Paddock Bowl in Pacheco and Clayton Valley Bowl in Concord and it has always been a lot of fun. The highlight was earlier this year when Cleo Robles nailed a strike worth $231.00 at Paddock Bowl.

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This will be our first time for Monte Carlo at Diablo Lanes. Our league bowling experience there has been very good -- much better than it was at Pinole Valley Lanes. The flier says Diablo Lanes may make it a regular event if there's enough interest. I'd like to see that happen. We can probably help by getting a good turnout for this one.