WEEK 3 RESULTS

Can't complain about winning 3 of 4.

After last week's struggles we needed to bounce back strong this week and we did. We bowled very well in the first two games and it was good enough to earn two wins and the point for total pinfal. Coach and I fell off a cliff in the third game so we lost that one even though Sharon and Olivia had good scores. 3 out of 4 isn't bad and we'll take it.

Sharon and Olivia set new High Game and High Series marks this week. As a team, we topped our previous High Series by 45 pins.

The stat sheet shows we won 3 of 4 points last week but I'm almost certain it's an error. I believe there will be a correction to follow that will show we won only 1 of 4 in week #2. Assuming a correction is in order, our overall record is 8-4. If we did somehow go 3-1 instead of 1-3 last week, our record is 10-2.

WEEK 3  01  02  03  SER   AVG  G PINS   AVG  HG   HS
Sharon 165 175 163  503 167.7  9 1426 158.4 175  503
Olivia 167 170 155  492 164.0  9 1346 149.6 170  492
Mark   214 214 137  565 188.3  9 1726 191.8 233  609
Gary   142 175 125  442 147.3  9 1341 149.0 197  460
TEAM   688 734 580 2002 166.8 36 5839 162.2 742 2002

WEEK 2 RESULTS

We went cold at times tonight.

We were off our game a bit last night and the One Timers took advantage to claim two of the three games plus the point for total pinfall. We should have won the second game but Coach and I missed one-pin spares in the tenth frame and we lost that game by five pins. Most of the time, we could hit those shots with our eyes closed but this time we didn't come through. All we can do is learn from it and keep working to get better. There's no point in kicking ourselves over it. If we keep practicing the way we did last weekend, I have no doubt our scores will improve. The 1-3 week puts us at 5-3 for the season.



WEEK 2  01  02  03  SER   AVG  G PINS   AVG  HG   HS
Sharon 138 169 137  444 148.0  6  923 153.8 169  479
Olivia 167 154 124  445 148.3  6  854 142.3 167  445
Mark   203 168 181  552 184.0  6 1161 193.5 233  609
Gary   135 126 178  439 146.3  6  899 149.8 197  460
TEAM   643 617 620 1880 156.7 24 3837 159.9 742 1957

MORE WORK ON THE TEN PIN

The Coach, Olivia, and I had a practice session this morning in which we targeted the ten pin much like Sharon and I did last night. We shot two full games at the ten pin and made some decent progress. Each of us found a line we were comfortable with and we were hitting the ten pin at a rate greater than 50%. When we hit our targets, we hit the ten pin. Now we need to keep at it and get some repetition so we hit our target consistently.

CONQUERING THE TEN PIN

Sharon expressed a desire to defeat her old nemisis, the dreaded ten pin. It's something I need to work on as well so we dedicated a practice session to it. We bowled after work Saturday and started with four full games doing nothing but shooting at the ten pin.

WEEK 1 RESULTS

The season is underway and we had a pretty good start. Unfortunately, we don't know how we fared in the standings because our opponents didn't show up. I'm not sure how the league is going to handle this. Since they didn't attend the league meeting, they're not aware we voted out post-bowling this season. The league may let them slide and do it just this once. If it's ruled a forfeit, we're 4-0 because we bowled over our team average in the first and third games and only nine pins below it in the second. (We have to bowl within 40 pins of our team average to earn a win when the other team forfeits.)

It looks like we might be down to six teams this season. Four of the teams that had signed up to bowl didn't turn up. I hope their absences were because of circumstances beyond their control. We should know next week if they're in or out.

Here are our scores from tonight:

WEEK 1  01  02  03  SER  G   AVG
Sharon 154 158 167  479  3 159.7
Olivia 139 125 145  409  3 136.3
Mark   191 185 233  609  3 203.0
Gary   135 128 197  460  3 153.3
Total  619 596 742 1957 12 163.1

THE NEW SEASON IS UPON US

Are The Blockheads ready for 2012-2013?

We start the new season tomorrow night. We have our league meeting at 6:00, then we bowl at 6:30. Pull your bowling shirt out of the closet and have it ready to go!

PRACTICE AT DIABLO VALLEY BOWL

Sharon follows through

Sharon, The Coach, and I met at Diablo Valley Bowl yesterday afternoon for a tune up before our season begins Monday night. We worked especially hard on our spares. In the end I think everyone felt better about their games than when we started. Sharon finished strong with a clean 206. Unfortunately, Olivia wasn't able to join us.

MONTE CARLO AT CLAYTON VALLEY BOWL

The Coach had to back out and Olivia didn't turn up so it was just Sharon and I bowling tonight.
It was a light turnout with only four lanes of Monte Carlo bowlers. The strike pots were only $25 for each game because of the low attendance.  There were still other opportunities to score some cash with some well-times strikes and spares but we didn't hit many of them.

Sharon and I bowled pretty well but we won only about $10.00 each. We weren't drawn for any of the strike pots. Sharon hit a $7.00 strike during the regular part of the game. I made my money almost entirely on $1.00 shots.

Since Sharon and I were the only ones from the team bowling, we still weren't able to discuss any of the tournaments coming up soon.