UPDATED LVT SQUAD TIMES

These are the times that were open as of last weekend. I suspect the morning and noon squads on Sunday the 27th have closed by now. Anyone who wants to bowl this Sunday may have no choice but to do so at 3:00. In that circumstance, be prepared for VERY dry lanes. The lanes are not resurfaced after each Singles-Doubles squad.

January  26 Saturday  1:00 PM
January  26 Saturday  5:00 PM
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January  27 Sunday    9:00 AM (only 1 spot open)
January  27 Sunday   12:00 PM (only 1 spot open)
January  27 Sunday    3:00 PM

February  2 Saturday  1:00 PM
February  2 Saturday  5:00 PM
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February  3 Sunday    9:00 AM
February  3 Sunday   12:00 PM
February  3 Sunday    3:00 PM

Olivia is the only one of us who hasn't bowled a Singles-Doubles event yet and she will be looking to make up for that in the last two weekends. I have bowled Singles-Doubles with everyone except Olivia and I'm free to bowl in any of the squads listed except Saturday at 1:00.

At this point, we need to know when Olivia wants to bowl. I'm sure Olivia and Sharon are planning to enter in women's doubles. I'd like to bowl in the mixed doubles with Olivia. The Coach and Peter still haven't bowled in a mixed doubles event so far.

These are the scores we have posted to date:

TEAM     01  02  03  SER   AVG HDCP  HDCP
                                      SER
Sharon  206 174 176  556 185.3  156   712
Olivia  179 148 117  444 148.0  226   670
Peter   149 225 138  512 170.7  180   692
Mark    156 199 240  595 198.3   97   692
Gary    156 168 166  490 163.3  178   668
Total   846 914 837 2597 173.1  839  3436
(Score to cash is 3413)

MEN'S    01  02  03 SER   AVG HDCP HDCP
SINGLES                             SER
Peter   226 139 159 524 174.7  180  704
Mark    182 172 192 546 182.0   97  643
Mark    184 213 216 613 204.3   97  710
Mark    217 201 230 648 216.0   97  745
Gary    166 124 135 425 141.7  178  603
(Score to cash is 730)

WOMEN'S  01  02  03 SER   AVG HDCP HDCP
SINGLES                             SER
Sharon  156 160 156 472 157.3  156  628
(Score to cash is 715)

MIXED    01  02  03  SER   AVG HDCP HDCP
DOUBLES                              SER
Sharon  155 167 256  578 192.7  156  734
Mark    191 211 155  557 185.7   97  654
Total   346 378 411 1135 189.2  253 1388
(Score to cash is 1423)

MEN'S    01  02  03  SER   AVG HDCP HDCP
DOUBLES                              SER
Mark    202 185 235  622 207.3   97  719
Gary    144 113 211  468 156.0  178  646
Total   346 298 446 1090 181.7  275 1365

Peter   180 193 204  577 192.3 180   757
Mark    234 247 234  715 238.3  97   812
Total   414 440 438 1292 215.3 277  1569
(Score to cash is 1431)

ALL    TEAM SING DOUB TOUR   AVG HDCP HDCP
EVENTS  SER  SER  SER  SER             SER
Sharon  556  472  578 1606 178.4  468 2074
Olivia  444            444 148.0  678 1122
Peter   512  524  577 1613 179.2  540 2153
Mark    595  546  557 1698 188.7  291 1989
Gary    490  425  468 1383 153.7  534 1917
(Score to cash: Men-2124, Women: 2085)

SUNDAY ACTION IN THE LVT

Peter Vanderbout and I entered in the 9:00 AM squad at the Livermore Valley Tournament (LVT) this morning and it would turn out to be an excellent day for us. Since it was the first squad, we had fresh oil. This was Peter's first Singles-Doubles event in the LVT so his scores would count in the "All Events" competition.

We started on lanes 15-16 for the singles competition. We shared the lanes with Claire and Todd who bowl at Homestead Lanes in Cupertino. Peter and I had fun bowling with them. We would shift to lanes 13-14 for the doubles. All of us had very good scores but Peter and I got extremely hot in the doubles set. We had a shot at taking over first place but we fell a little short and settled for third. Peter also reached the leader board in the "All Events" competition. Unfortunately for me, my "All Events" score had already been established so my scores counted only for singles and doubles.

SINGLES   01  02  03 SER   AVG HDCP HDCP

                                     SER

Peter    226 139 159 512 170.7  180  704

Mark     217 201 230 648 216.0   97  745

MEN'S     01  02  03  SER   AVG HDCP HDCP

DOUBLES                               SER

Peter    180 193 204  577 192.3  180  757

Mark     234 247 234  715 238.3   97  812

Total    414 440 438 1292 215.3  277 1569

ALL     TEAM SING DOUB  ALL   AVG HDCP HDCP

EVENTS   SER  SER  SER  SER             SER

Peter    512  524  577 1613 179.2  540 2153

I bowled better this day than ever before and I achieved my first 700 series. Including the games I bowled with The Coach on Saturday, my twelve games in the tournament this weekend were 184, 213, 216, 202, 185, 235, 217, 201, 230, 234, 247, 234. I hope I have something left for our league bowling tomorrow night. On the other hand, it's perfectly fine if Peter left everything in Livermore. ;-)

MORE LVT NEWS

Granada Bowl

The Coach and I returned to Granada Bowl Saturday night for the Singles-Doubles competition in the Livermore Valley Tournament (LVT). We bowled with Jeff and Stella of South San Francisco who are league patrons of Classic Bowling Center in Daly City. 

We didn't have fresh oil but only one squad bowled on the lanes before our arrival. They weren't totally burnt up like the lanes Sharon and I bowled on last weekend. If only we had bowled all night the way we did in the last game. I think they threw Coach off a bit by putting us out of order. Doesn't the universe know that I always set the table for The Coach? 

SINGLES   01  02  03 SER   AVG HDCP HDCP
                                     SER
Coach    166 124 135 425 141.7  178  603
Mark     184 213 216 613 204.3   97  710

MEN'S     01  02  03  SER   AVG HDCP HDCP
DOUBLES                               SER
Coach    144 113 211  468 156.0  178  646
Mark     202 185 235  622 207.3   97  719
Total    346 298 446 1090 181.7  275 1365

Each bowler's first Singles-Doubles event games count for the "All Events" score. Since this was The Coach's first Singles-Doubles event and my second, tonight's games counted for him but not for me.

ALL     TEAM SING DOUB  ALL   AVG HDCP HDCP
EVENTS   SER  SER  SER  SER             SER
Coach    490  425  468 1383 153.7  534 1917

None of our scores were high enough to cash but Coach and I had a lot of fun bowling. I will be back tomorrow morning for another Singles-Doubles event with Peter Vanderbout.

OVER THE WALL II - WEEK 2 RESULTS

2 Wins, 2 Losses

Olivia was out with the flu this week so we bowled as a trio. That's How We Roll were in the same boat with Jon absent. We won the first and third games by a small margin. We lost the second game by a large margin and the point for total pinfall along with it. Thus it was a 2-2 split that left us with a record of 5-3.






WEEK 2  01  02  03  SER   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600
Sharon 145 151 173  469 156.3 173  469   0   0   0
Olivia ABS ABS ABS      166.7 224  500   1   1   0
Mark   169 212 203  584 187.7 212  584   2   2   0
Gary   198 139 127  464 145.5 198  464   0   0   0
TEAM   657 647 648 1952 160.2 678 1893   3   3   0

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LVT UPDATE

Sharon and I bowled the singles and doubles events in the Livermore Valley Tournament (LVT) at Granada Bowl this afternoon.  One important thing we learned today is that the lanes are not resurfaced between squads for the singles-doubles events as they are for the team events. Since we were bowling in the third squad of the day, the lanes were bone dry by the time it was our turn. Luckily, we brought balls for light oil so we weren't completely crushed by the conditions.

We started with the singles event on lanes 11-12. We bowled with Désirée and John, two friendly bowlers from Cloverleaf Bowl in Fremont.  Like us, Désirée and John found the lane conditions dramatically unlike those at their regular house. It was certainly a struggle for all of us to adapt to the dry lanes. Ultimately, it was Sharon who adapted best. I'll have more on that later.

LVT SINGLES & DOUBLES EVENTS

It's time we get serious about picking our dates to bowl in the singles and doubles events for the LVT. Some of the squad times have filled up.

Don't forget that one can't enter just one event without also entering the other. It's a six-game event. An entry in the Singles-Doubles event will require that one first bowl three games for the singles event followed by three games in the doubles event.

For instance, if The Coach and I decide to bowl Saturday morning at 9:00, the first three game series we bowl will count for us individually in the singles competition. The second three game series we bowl will count for us as a doubles team.

The scores Coach and I register in this Singles-Doubles event would also count for us in the "All Events" competition we paid the extra $6.00 to enter. This combines one's three-game series from singles, one's three-game series from doubles, plus one's three-game series from the team event for a total nine-game series score covering the entire tournament.

Keep in mind that if you bowl in multiple singles and doubles events, it's the scores in the first one you bowl that count for your "All Events" series. So if Olivia and I bowled Singles-Doubles the weekend after I bowled with The Coach, my scores bowled with Olivia would not count for the All Events series because it's not my first one. Olivia's scores would count because it's her first Singles-Doubles event.

Also keep in mind, it will cost $56.00 for each Single-Doubles event one enters. It's $28.00 for singles and $28.00 for doubles.

The squad time for Saturday is 9:00 AM. The squad times for Sunday are 9:00 AM, 12:00 PM, and 3:00 PM. Here are the dates and times still open:

DATE         DAY         TIME
January 12   Saturday    9:00 AM
January 13   Sunday      9:00 AM
January 13   Sunday      3:00 PM

January 20   Sunday      9:00 AM
January 20   Sunday     12:00 PM
January 20   Sunday      3:00 PM

January 26   Saturday    9:00 AM
January 27   Sunday      9:00 AM
January 27   Sunday     12:00 PM
January 27   Sunday      3:00 PM

February 3   Sunday      9:00 AM
February 3   Sunday     12:00 PM
February 3   Sunday      3:00 PM

OVER THE WALL II - WEEK 1 RESULTS

3 Wins - 1 Loss

We opened the second half of the season with three additional teams which brings us to a total of eight. It's certainly better than the five we had in first half but I was hoping we'd have at least ten. We have a few folks back who dropped out before and some we have yet to meet. The league meeting forced us into a late start and as a result, everyone looked tired. Let's hope there's more energy surging through the league in week #2.

As for last night's bowling, this was the tightest series we have ever bowled. Our opponents were Team 1 (not yet named). On the whole, both teams had an off night except for Olivia.

We barely won the first game 580-576. Little did we know that would be the largest margin of victory this evening. We pulled out the second game 635-632. After two games, we had outscored our opponents by a mere seven pins yet we won both of them.

Olivia nearly carried us to a sweep with her best ever score of 224 in the third game but we came up one pin short, 678-679. We earned the point for total pinfall by a score of 1893-1887. Though separated by a total of only six pins, we managed to win three of four. Our record of 3-1 puts us in a tie for second place.

WEEK 1  01  02  03  SER   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600
Sharon 144 154 144  442 147.3 154  442   0   0   0
Olivia 120 156 224  500 166.7 224  500   1   1   0
Mark   167 197 178  542 180.7 197  542   0   1   0
Gary   149 128 132  409 136.3 149  409   0   0   0
TEAM   580 635 678 1893 157.8 678 1893   1   2   0

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

OLIVIA'S HIGH GAME

I don't have the scores from last night but I have a shot of the scoreboard from Olivia's high game. Well done, Olivia!

Olivia topped her previous high game with last night's score of 224

BOWLING TRICKSHOTS 5

A SPARE NIGHT IN DANVILLE

I practiced at Danville Bowl last night. I didn't roll many strikes but it wasn't entirely bad. It gave me plenty of opportunities to work on my spare shots.