ANOTHER SINGLE BALL 8-GAMER AT DIABLO VALLEY BOWL

I didn't bowl well in the last one but it was still a lot of fun. To secure a spot, call or send an email to Pete Hagin at the address on the flier. Don't expect to show up at the tournamant and enter without an advance reservation. The last one was full in advance and had nine people on the waiting list.

A BOOK RECOMMENDATION

 

Change is good!



Have you heard of a book called The Game Changer? The author is Mark Baker, a four-time PBA tournament champion and now a highly regarded instructor. I bought his book recently for my Nook and I have to say it has already helped me to correct some mistakes I was making.

This book is different from the others I've read in that it doesn't focus on acheiving a certain correct way to bowl. Baker's method isn't to rebuild your game from the ground up. Instead, he offers a method of achieving consistency so that you roll your best shot more often rather than continually try to make your best shot better. The methods Baker describes are logical and easy to follow.

I can't recommend this book highly enough. If you click the title link above, it will take you to the Barnes & Noble website where you can see reviews and order a copy if you like what you see.

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PBA EXPERIENCE - WEEK 13 (FINAL) RESULTS

Blockheads:20
Vacant Team: 0

There appeared to be a mix-up in our league schedule. Somehow, our 13th week of the season was determined to be our final position round and our season ending sweeper combined into one event. Olivia and I bowled on the Earl Anthony pattern against the vacant team and won the full twenty points. We ended the season with a record of 124-136. It was certainly a feast-or-famine finish.for us with scores of 20-0, 0-20, and 20-0 in the final three weeks.

We failed to win any money in the sweeper but Olivia cashed in with a league honor for women's high handicap series.

WEEK 13 01  02  03  04  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG HSER 200 700 800
Olivia 106 135 119 164  524  32  4186 130.8 198  606   0   0   0
Mark   214 152 167 164  697  40  6975 174.4 218  771   9   5   0
Sharon                        4   598 149.5 185  598   0   0   0
Gary                         12  1671 139.3 165  586   0   0   0
Total  320 287 286 328 1221  88 13430 152.6 387 1329   9   5   0

We were much more competitive this year than we were in last summer's Sport Doubles 23. Our record then was 106-163.This is where we stood at the end of last summer's Sport Doubles 23:

WEEK 14 01  02  03  04  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG HSER 200 700 800
Olivia 140 138  96 176  550  32  4267 133.3 186  606   0   0   0
Mark   155 149 157 157  618  44  7231 164.3 212  720   3   1   0
Sharon                       12  1651 137.6 177  620   0   0   0
Gary                         16  2099 131.2 165  540   0   0   0
Total  295 287 253 333 1168 104 15248 146.6 377 1308   3   1   0

Our summer PBA Experience season is over. Now we wait to see where we stand with our diminishing fall/winter league.

THE SINGLES CHALLENGE LEAGUE

Here's another option for us in the event Over The Wall folds up. As the name suggests, it's not team bowling. We'd bowl as individuals just like in a singles tournament. I think it looks like fun and I'd rather do this than settle for a trios league in which one of us would have to sit out each week.

With Diablo Valley Bowl bringing back Penny Pinchers while also launching a trios league, a PBA Experience doubles league, and now this singles league on Monday nights, it sure seems that the plug is being pulled on Over The Wall. If they're going to struggle to raise ten teams of four bowlers, maybe the plug should be pulled.

PBA EXPERIENCE - WEEK 12 RESULTS

Blockheads: 0 - Team 9: 20

We came close in the first two games but Ray and Jim schooled us on the Earl Anthony pattern after that. We were swept 0-20 but we learned a few things so it wasn't all bad. We'll be out to practice on the Earl Anthony pattern Sunday morning to prepare ourselves for Round #2. 

This is the last week of the season before the sweeper. I need to find out which oil pattern the league will be using for the sweeper. Week 13 is supposed to be the last one on the Earl Anthony pattern.

WEEK 12 01  02  03  04  SER  G PINS    AVG  HG HSER 200 700 800
Olivia 121 123 111  97  452 28  3662 130.8 198  606   0   0   0
Mark   171 178 169 159  677 36  6278 174.4 218  771   8   5   0
Sharon                       4   598 149.5 185  598   0   0   0
Gary                        12  1671 139.3 165  586   0   0   0
Total  292 301 280 256 1129 80 12209 152.6 387 1329   8   5   0