It sure was great to get out of town for a weekend...AND get to bowl in a tournament.....bitter sweet on the scores......team event was excellent...only 3 open frames in the entire series....and they all came in my 2nd game...still shot a 201...first game was 224....last was 242...a 667 series....my singles wasnt bad...not great by any strech....557....just could'nt string many together....and my doubles totally sucked....510 series...all in all i bowled at a 194 average for the weekend.....i'll take that....not bad for my 2nd state tourney....even made about 100 bucks in the side pots...lol  Well anyways as far as handicap division goes...i scored over 2000 in my 2nd state tourney (including handicap) in the all events category.  And i did buy a ball there....a Columbia Action Packed...i like it alot....man it rolls nice...tons of backend.....i can see some good scores coming off that ball...Anyways.....barring any rogue tournaments...this will be about it till later in the year...and i still didnt get my first 700.....i guess thats what next year is for...lol

Well...the last halfof this season sure hasnt turned out like i had hoped...consistancy was non exsistant...it was a blur of missed spares and missed opportunity.the highest of highs....the lowest of lows. All  in all it was fun...i guess im way to competitive for my own good. The one lesson i did learn from this year was...pick your teams carefully...and don't jump on a losing team thinking you can turn it around....no man can do that, virtually impossible. The one bright spot is the mixed league my wife and I bowl on....in that league im 12 pins over last years average....175-187...baring a total melt down in the last week of that. And the other positive is that we met Ken and Amy....and their partners Josh and Becky....really fun to bowl with and around....i only wish that more teams on that leage were like that...but there are a couple others like them...we are grateful for that.  Also to see Josh and Ken bowl like they have been gives me inspiration to do better....My average may be higher than Josh's....but he's finishing like a mad man...im happy for him....hope he nails a 700 this last week....oh ok.....hope Ken gets one too!...lol  I'm sure i'll update with the results of this Sunday....hope it's HAPPY results for us all!  We may not be back next year at the Parkway league...but i'm sure we'll see you guys somewhere down the road!