RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #29

Blockheads: 0 - Alley Cats: 4

Once again, we faced an opponent having a hot night. Cecil's 720 series for the Alley Cats sent us to our second consecutive 0-4 sweep despite fine performances by Sharon and Olivia. Sharon's 542 series boosted her average to 170.4. (It was 165.2 as we flipped the calendar over to 2014 so that's a pretty good climb.)

Our opponents' propensity for piling up their high games and high series against us the past few weeks has knocked from the fringe of contention to a sub .500 record. We'll be on lanes 31-32 against Most Hated next week. Our first meeting with them early in season was the point at which our season started spiraling downward. Perhaps we can pull everything back together in the rematch. After facing three 700 series the past two weeks, it would be nice to have a solid, competitive series.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Blockheads       Alley Cats
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  640   9   649    737   0   737
2  664   9   673    723   0   723
3  721   9   730    773   0   773
T 2025  27  2052   2233   0  2233

WEEK 29    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia    179 134 201  514  65 10266 157.9 205  573   4   6   0   0
Sharon    173 164 205  542  87 14821 170.4 233  584   8  17   0   0
Mark      157 193 172  522  84 15719 187.1 279  656  27  19   4   1
Gary      131 173 143  447  80 12384 154.8 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie                   15  1746 116.4 166  378   0   0   0   0
Total     640 664 721 2025 334 56436 169.0 757 2074  41  47   4   1

IS STORM ACQUIRING 900 GLOBAL?

Bowling News USA - February 18, 2014

ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING GLOBAL MANUFACTURING

Brigham City, Utah - Utah's Bill and Barbara Chrisman announced today that they have made an investment in Global Manufacturing, the San Antonio, Texas based bowling ball manufacturer.

Global Manufacturing, established in 2007, manufactures and distributes products featuring the 900 Global and 3G Shoes brand names, in addition to several other bowling ball brands.

The company will continue to operate as an independent business, with Mike Sellers overseeing day-to-day operations.

"Global Manufacturing and their employees have extensive experience in bowling ball production," said Bill Chrisman. "Barbara and I are happy to play a role in the company's future."

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RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #28

Tyche, Greek Goddess of Fortune

The Coach answered the call of the goddess, Tyche, so he will be in Reno for some March Madness. Stephanie is subbing for The Coach tonight as we take on BOSS (Team 15).  

BOSS is six ponts ahead of us in second place. We can narrow that gap considerably with a good night. It looks like we'll be getting a handicap of about 122 pins. Next week we have the Alley Cats on the schedule. They're in third place, four points ahead of us. If we're going to make a move, this is the time to do it.

RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #27



Blockheads: 2 - Gutter Gals: 2



We had a chaotic start with Olivia and The Coach arriving late. Olivia was ready before the end of the third frame so she was able to enter in the first game and catch up. The Coach missed the first game. Despite the distractions, we won the first two games, though just barely. We fell apart in the third game and the Gutter Gals jumped on the opportunity. Their margin of victory was enough to earn the point for total pinfall and a split series. The Gutter Gals deserve credit for hitting a string of spares and strikes in the final frames to dash our hopes of earning a second consecutive sweep.

Our record of 23-17 leaves us on the fringe of the title chase. There's enough of the season left for us to make a push to the top but we can't afford many more missed opportunities if we're to pull it off.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Blockheads       Gutter Gals
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  647   0   647    400 235   635
2  692   0   692    448 235   683
3  593   0   593    389 235   624
T 1932   0  1932   1237 705  1942

WEEK 27    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia    124 167 128  419  59  9315 157.9 205  573   3   5   0   0
Sharon    182 153 165  500  81 13736 169.6 233  584   6  15   0   0
Mark      187 180 176  543  78 14641 187.7 279  656  27  17   4   1
Gary      154 192 124  316  77 11937 155.0 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie                   15  1746 116.4 166  378   0   0   0   0
Total     647 692 593 1932 310 52546 169.5 757 2174  38  42   4   1

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NEW YORK TIMES: COLLEGIATE WOMEN'S BOWLING GAINS IN POPULARITY

Here's an interesting story from the New York Times. I've enjoyed watching the women's college bowling finals on ESPN the past few years.

Collegiate Women’s Bowling Gains in Popularity - NYTimes.com:



Kaitlynn Nardiello at practice for the St. Francis of Brooklyn bowling team, which, along with others from
the Northeast Conference, is among the top teams in the country. Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times



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RENO INVITATIONAL - WEEK #26

Blockheads: 4 - Team 26: 0

Sharon and Olivia carried us to a sweep without much help from The Coach and I. The sweep improved our record to 21-15. This puts us in ninth place but we're only four points out of third place and headed in the right direction.

LEAGUE STAT SHEET

  Blockheads       Team 26
  PINS HCP TOTAL   PINS HCP TOTAL
1  718   0   718    575  59   634
2  745   0   745    676  59   735
3  681   0   681    532  59   591
T 2144   0  2144   1783 177  1960

WEEK 26    01  02  03  SER   G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600 700
Olivia    185 188 184  557  59  8896 158.9 205  573   3   5   0   0
Sharon    201 181 202  584  78 13236 169.7 233  584   6  14   0   0
Mark      181 191 158  530  75 14098 188.0 279  656  27  16   4   1
Gary      151 185 137  473  75 11621 154.9 220  515   2   5   0   0
Stephanie                   15  1746 116.4 166  378   0   0   0   0
Total     718 745 681 2144 299 50614 169.3 757 2174  38  40   4   1

CBT HANDICAP DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

$1,000 for first place

California Bowlers Tour
Handicap Doubles Tournament
Saturday & Sunday, March 8th & 9th
Squad times - 12pm, 2pm, & 4pm both days

Diablo Valley Bowl

1500 G Monument Blvd, Concord, California 94520

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$50.00 entry fee per team.
Brackets and high game pots.
Handicap is 80% of 220.
Bowl multiple squads (cash only once with the same partner).
Crossover partners.