Bowling: Week 3

I should've started this weeks ago. But Funlovers has resumed. Russ is the president, Barbara the secretary and Karen took over treasury duties from my mother.

My team: The Patriots (yay!)
1. Judy Royal (133 avg)
2. Kathy Healey (141 avg)
3. Joe M. Fish (167 avg)
4. Bob Marois (169 avg)

We started off a weak 6-10. Only netting two points in the first week, before handicaps came out. And a hard fought split last week. Saturday, we were up against Oh Yeah Right. We were giving up 50 pins each game (38 in handicap and 10 because Judy wasn't there). So it was going to be an uphill battle.

My results: 169/158/189

I opened in the 10th all 3 games. We lost the first two by a combined 31 and won the 3rd by 14. Bob blows his load in the 2nd game, throwing a 136 (this after a 205 performance in game 1 just to knock the deficit down to 17). Kathy helped in game 2 with a 176, but struggled in the other two games. So we only took 2 again, bringing our season total to 8-16. Neither I or Bob will be there next week so it's up to Kathy and Judy to get us on the right track. My average was established after this week at 172. Which is the highest it's ever been, besting last year's 167. That will actually lower our handicap, depending on what everyone else's establishes to. Kathy's might drop, and I'm not sure about Bob. Judy hasn't bowled 9 games so her's won't be established until next week.

I'm bitter because all 3 of those games could've been won by us if I marked in the 10th. We had to fight and claw in all 3 games, so I guess 2 points are all right. We need to start taking 6 and 8 if we want to climb in the standings.