WEEK #8 RESULTS

ELM Trio 0 - Thermy Trio 7

Our opponents, the THERMY Trio (Team 14), pre-bowled so it was just the three of us on lanes 11-12 tonight. Once we were finished our opponents' scores were revealed and we learned that we were swept.

        AVG   1   2   3  SER          AVG   1   2   3  SER
NICK     90 110 111 126  347  ELI     182 161 169 215  545
CATHY   121 128 109 130  367  LARRY   147  95 134 144  373
BOB     197 255 195 223  673  MARK    196 171 214 201  586
SCRATCH     493 415 479 1387  SCRATCH     427 517 560 1504
HDCP        105 105 105  315  HDCP          0   0   0    0
TOTAL   408 598 520 584 1702  TOTAL   525 427 517 560 1504

 WEEK 8  01  02  03  SER   AVG  G  PINS   AVG  HG   HS 200 500 600
ELI     161 169 215  533 181.7 24  4384 182.7 235  603   4   6   1
LARRY    95 134 144  373 124.3 24  3464 144.3 199  496   0   0   0
MARK    171 214 201  586 195.3 24  4721 196.7 253  660  12   3   4
TOTAL   427 517 560 1504 167.1 72 12569 174.6 623 1720  16   9   5

WEEK #7 RESULTS

We're still waiting on the league to correct the numerous errors on our league stat sheets. We won seven points the third week of the season but the standings show us losing seven points that night. Also, our scores from that night have not been included in our stats. As a result of these errors, the handicapping has been incorrect every week since. The third week was a good one for us and because of our high scores, our averages are higher than the averages used by the league since then. Thus, the handicap we surrender is also higher than the handicap used by the league. This affected the outcome of one game -- the third game of the sixth week appeared to be a game we won by three pins but with the correction of the handicap, it turns out we lost it by five pins. Once the corrections are made, we will have seven more points for the third week and two fewer points for the sixth week.

According to my calculations, our record is 29-20. These are the scores from last night and our updated stats for the season:

WEEK 7  01  02  03  SER   AVG  G  PINS   AVG  HG  HS  200 500 600

ELI    183 182 168  533 177.7 21  3839 182.8 235  603   3   5   1

LARRY  119 118 125  362 120.7 21  3091 147.2 199  496   0   0   0

MARK   181 229 190  600 200.0 21  4135 196.9 253  660  10   2   4

TOTAL  483 529 483 1495 166.1 63 11065 175.6 623 1720  13   7   5

FINALLY! A LEAGUE BOWLER DISCOUNT

I stopped by Castro Village Bowl yesterday after dropping off my daughter at Aran's Art Studio nearby. I learned that they will soon be giving a discount on open play to their league bowlers. They will give a card to each league bowler. Show your card when you come in to practice and you'll get a rate of $2.00 per game.

It's about time. It was ridiculous that league bowlers had to pay $5.00 per game to practice. I pay $1.00 per game to practice at Diablo Valley Bowl in Concord because I bowl in two leagues there. It would be $2.00 per game if I bowled in one league and free if I bowled in three or more. All of Diablo Valley Bowl's league bowlers can bowl for free on Sunday mornings from 9:00-11:00. Though Diablo Valley Bowl offers more price breaks to their league bowlers, I'm satisfied with Castro Village Bowl's $2.00 rate. I will practice more often at Castro Village once I get my card.

WEEK #6 RESULTS

We had another strong week as we scored our high series for the season. On the surface it appears we earned a three-game sweep and seven points but we can't be certain at this point. Since the league still hasn't included our statistics from the third week of the season (a very good week for us), the handicapping may be off. Last night we won the first two games handily but won the third one by only three pins. It's possible that once our stats from week #3 are included, we could be giving up more pins in handicap and that three-point win could be a loss. I will send a written request to the league secretary asking that the ongoing discrepancies and omissions in our weekly stat sheets be corrected.

Here are our scores and averages including this week's games:

WEEK 6 01  02  03  SER   AVG  G PINS   AVG  HG   HS
ELI   211 162 197  570 190.0 18 3306 183.7 235  603
LARRY 159 183 148  490 163.3 18 2729 151.6 199  496
MARK  253 215 192  660 220.0 18 3535 196.4 253  660
TOTAL 623 560 537 1720 191.1 54 9570 177.2 623 1720

STATS FOR WEEKS #1-#5

Here are our statistics for the first five weeks of the season. The league stat sheet still hasn't been updated to include our stats for week #3 when our opponents were absent. I spoke to the league officials and learned that Team 4 is not going to make up the games they missed. This means it's a forfeit and we earn a win for each game we bowled within 45 pins of our team average. Our team average was 500 on the nose so we had to score at least 455 to avoid a loss. Since our scores were 595-579-488 we earned three wins (2 points each) and claimed the point for total pinfall. This gave us a 7-point sweep for the night. Next week's stat sheet should finally have our games from the second week included.

WEEK 1 01  02  03  SER   AVG  G PINS   AVG  HG   HS
ELI   219 169 193  581 193.7  3  581 193.7 219  581
LARRY 199 148 136  483 161.0  3  483 161.0 199  483
MARK  142 157 167  466 155.3  3  466 155.3 167  466
TOTAL 560 474 496 1530 170.0  9 1530 170.0 560 1530
         
WEEK 2 01  02  03  SER   AVG  G PINS   AVG  HG   HS
ELI   169 199 235  603 201.0  6 1184 197.3 235  603
LARRY 125 136 176  437 145.7  6  920 153.3 199  483
MARK  156 213 207  576 192.0  6 1042 173.7 213  576
TOTAL 450 548 618 1616 179.6 18 3146 174.8 618 1616
    
WEEK 3 01  02  03  SER   AVG  G PINS   AVG  HG   HS
ELI   188 195 147  530 176.7  9 1714 190.4 235  603
LARRY 188 151 157  496 165.3  9 1416 157.3 199  496
MARK  216 233 184  633 211.0  9 1675 186.1 233  633
TOTAL 592 579 488 1659 184.3 27 4805 178.0 618 1659
    
WEEK 4 01  02  03  SER   AVG  G PINS   AVG  HG   HS
ELI   176 180 185  541 180.3 12 2255 187.9 235  603
LARRY 134 140 134  408 136.0 12 1824 152.0 199  496
MARK  223 245 177  645 215.0 12 2320 193.3 245  645
TOTAL 533 565 496 1594 177.1 36 6399 177.8 618 1659
    
WEEK 5 01  02  03  SER   AVG  G PINS   AVG  HG   HS
ELI   147 164 170  481 160.3 15 2736 182.4 235  603
LARRY 151 144 120  415 138.3 15 2239 149.3 199  496
MARK  189 165 201  555 185.0 15 2875 191.7 245  645
TOTAL 487 473 491 1451 161.2 45 7850 174.4 618 1659