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Striking Out
Penthesilea:
Do you pay per game or per hour?
This wekend, I went bowling for the first time since 1995. :o
For some years, we used to go regularly with friends, but it all stopped when I got pregnant the first time. Anyway, when we were bowling I was always the only female and always the one with the lowest scores. But it didn't keep me from having fun. I stared with scores around 60 and through practise, I went up to an average of - I don't know, but I remember that I considered everything under 100 a bad game and everything close to or even over 120 as a victory.
Last Saturday, my oldest had her birthday party at the bowling lane. My first game was 69, the second 90. Then I left the teens to enjoy themselves without mom. :laugh:
Now I'm hooked again and really want to get back into bowling. The bad thing is, at our bowling place you pay per lane per hour. This is good when you're a group (like last Saturday), but bad when you're alone or only two people. For three hours, I paid almost 90 $ for lane and shoe rental (without drinks and food, they were extra of course). I don't see me paying that kind of money on a regular base.
Maybe I should look into Kegeln, which is the German version. It's nine-pin bowling with smaller balls which have no holes. Always drove me crazy, I never could get the ball right when there are no holes to grab it.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on March 27, 2011, 06:47:37 pm ---I've been searching online to price new equipment. I found this ball....do you think it's appropriate?
:laugh:
--- End quote ---
Love it! I'd buy it in a second, it's really beautiful.
CellarDweller:
Hiya Chrissi,
The way the alley I go to works, from 8:00am to 11:00am on Sundays, you can bowl for up to 6 games, for $11.00, and that includes the cost of the shoes.
CellarDweller:
I came here today to update, and I realized I never put last week's scores up!
:o
Maybe because I was so pissed at the scores! :laugh: Remember, I didn't bowl two weeks ago because it was Easter, so by the time I got back to the alley, it was two weeks without practice, and I was sure the scores would reflect that.
And did they ever!!!!
112 - 122 - 90 - 109 - 92 - 138
As you can see, I had two games where I scored under 100, and two games where I barely crossed the 100 mark. I was not happy! I did take comfort in the fact that I was able to rebound in my last game and have my best game of the day.
3/12/11 3/20/11 3/27/11 4/3/11 4/10/11 4/17/11 5/1/11
Game 1 109 96 89 125 127 113 112
Game 2 121 115 113 134 93 142 122
Game 3 146 110 125 103 133 140 90
Game 4 115 132 101 124 88 109
Game 5 112 117 121 116 100 92
Game 6 129 118 125 132 147 138
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average: 128 112 115 118 121 121 110
CellarDweller:
And now, here I am with today's scores.
122 - 122 - 112 - 117 - 110 - 126
While not happy with the socres over all (especially since a few weeks ago I was getting as high as a 147) I was happy to see that I was able to get back to having no games under 100. I consider game #5 (score of 110) a personal victory. The game started off horribly, and I got far into the game (8th frame) without any marks. I had no strikes or spares at all. I walked off the lane after the 7th frame, took a few breaths, and did my best to focus. I was able to strike and spare in frames 8, 9, & 10. Which made me break the 100 mark. It was my lowest score, but I fought for it, and was very determined to have no games below 100 after last weekend's scores.
3/12/11 3/20/11 3/27/11 4/3/11 4/10/11 4/17/11 5/1/11
Game 1 109 96 89 125 127 113 112
Game 2 121 115 113 134 93 142 122
Game 3 146 110 125 103 133 140 90
Game 4 115 132 101 124 88 109
Game 5 112 117 121 116 100 92
Game 6 129 118 125 132 147 138
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Average: 128 112 115 118 121 121 110
5/8/11
Game 1 122
Game 2 122
Game 3 112
Game 4 117
Game 5 110
Game 6 126
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Average: 118
After last week's average of 110, I'm glad to see it going back up to 118 again. ;D I also sent an email to the bowling league, and got a very nice reply. They are remodeling their website, but they're very excited to have me as a new member, and invited me to see them bowling next Tuesday. I believe I'll go and see what everyone is doing, and see what the competition is up to.
lol
Next weekend, I'll be going to a pro shop to see about ordering the ball, bag and new shoes. ;D
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