Post by: janderson on April 26, 2005, 09:23:43 AM
Format: 3-games per week (Sunday through Saturday) for 10 weeks starting mid-May or early June. Each bowler would post scores from 1 specific sport/pba/nationals/challenge league. Bowlers earn points as follows: 5 points for each week of participation (non-blind), 1 point for each bowler beaten per game, 1 point for each bowler beaten per 3-game series, 3 bonus points for 1st place any single game, 5 bonus points for 1st place any 3-game series. No points earned for taking a blind and blinds do not count as a bowler "beaten".
My goal is to get bowlers to take on some tougher conditions over the summer and give those BR members who are taking on the challenge of tougher conditions a place to "congregate" and share their stories as well as some friendly competition. If formed, I propose calling the tournament the "HNTHS (Hooray, no typical house shot) Singles"
Questions and feedback are welcome. Let me know what you think. If you'd like to join/see this happen, please post the beginning and ending date of the league you would be using.
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Post by: ThongPrincess on April 26, 2005, 06:35:54 PM
I will probably make everyone feel good about their scores. My average over this past winter was a 159 with a high game of 216 and high series of 743 for 4 games.
On edit: We start June 6th and probably end just before Labor Day. If this starts sooner, we have a few weeks still left of the winter season.
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for sooooo LONGEdited on 4/26/2005 6:30 PM
Post by: hotwire13 on April 26, 2005, 06:39:09 PM
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Post by: JOE FALCO on April 26, 2005, 06:58:56 PM
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Post by: Re-Evolution on April 26, 2005, 07:32:23 PM
For users that do not have a sport league average they could use the THS to Sport conversion chart for the first 9 games until they have established an average.
You could still use the bonus points other than they would be based on pins over average instead of pin fall.
I think that there would be more interest if using this format, myself included since my sport average is only 182 and I would not be able to compete with some of the better bowlers on here. I am up 12 from last years aport average though.
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Post by: Glen Hershberger on April 26, 2005, 11:40:41 PM
I am bowling in a sanctioned sport league on tuesday night starting May 3rd.
Two summers ago when i bowled in it i finished with a 202 average.
Last year i did not bowl in it do to an ankle injury.
The league is called Tuesday Sport Doubles.
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Post by: Rick Wunder on April 27, 2005, 08:45:44 AM
I'll be bowling in a PBA pattern league at Hawthorn Lanes in Vernon Hills, IL. We are supposed to bowl on each of the five basic PBA patterns during the course of the league, with the pattern changing every two to three weeks.
We bowl on Wednesdays, starting on May 18 and going into August, probably either Aug. 10 or 17.
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Post by: janderson on April 27, 2005, 10:42:13 AM
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Would you object to making it an over average setup to keep it more competitive?
Well, we could run two divisions, one for scratch and one for over average if that would bring more bowlers. Would that suffice?
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Post by: janderson on April 28, 2005, 12:09:16 PM
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Post by: Volksbeetle28 on April 28, 2005, 10:38:06 PM
Edited on 4/28/2005 10:32 PM
Post by: janderson on April 29, 2005, 12:26:10 PM
Where are all the people that complain about bowling's lack of integrity?
Volksbeetle - I averaged 177 in the PBA league last summer. Oh yeah, "humbled" is a good word to describe it. However, it did prepare me for my first PBA event which was successful
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Post by: janderson on April 30, 2005, 09:49:37 AM
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Post by: janderson on May 02, 2005, 04:59:23 PM
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Post by: T Brockette on May 02, 2005, 05:04:22 PM
Explain how it would work if not bowling on a sport shot. Thanks
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Post by: janderson on May 02, 2005, 05:16:57 PM
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J,
Explain how it would work if not bowling on a sport shot. Thanks
You'd need to be participating in a non-official sport league (there are leagues out there who can get the house to put down the tough shot, but not pull tape), a PBA-Condition league, an ABC-nationals pattern league, or something similar.
Regardless, you should be involved in some sort of league that is dedicated to putting down tougher lane conditions. Most of the time you can tell because the name of the league or the league advertisement will specifically state the lane condition(s) you'll be using. If it doesn't, the league is likely a normal league participating on the house shot.
While I don't automatically condemn bowlers participating in a normal league, using scores from a house shot against bowlers out there working their butts off to score on some sort of sport, pba, nationals, flat, etc pattern isn't fair. One could also make the argument that pitting bowlers on PBA patterns versus bowlers on completely flat patterns is also not completely fair and I wouldn't argue with you. As stated in the original post, the goal is to bring bowlers together who are out there demanding more of themselves.
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Post by: T Brockette on May 02, 2005, 05:26:17 PM
summer, but it has a average cap of 585, so I doubt they will change the shot.
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Post by: janderson on May 06, 2005, 10:52:20 AM
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Post by: stanski on May 11, 2005, 02:49:20 PM
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Post by: JOE FALCO on May 11, 2005, 05:50:26 PM
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Post by: janderson on May 11, 2005, 06:51:22 PM
Bowled my first week last night on regionals pattern #1. I'll reserve judgment until next week on the overall difficulty, but they did transition quickly.
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Post by: Hex017 on May 11, 2005, 06:55:01 PM
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Post by: JOE FALCO on May 11, 2005, 07:34:32 PM
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Post by: Hex017 on May 11, 2005, 08:22:05 PM
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-If you're not willing to change, you're not willing to improve.
-Life is like a coin, you can spend it any way you want, but you can only spend it once.
-I will forever love this great game, I love the people and the competition, I only wish the best would get the recognition of an ATHLETE that they deserve.
Post by: stanski on May 11, 2005, 09:43:44 PM
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Post by: Rick Wunder on May 12, 2005, 08:17:48 AM
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Post by: janderson on May 13, 2005, 06:31:27 PM
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Post by: Hex017 on May 13, 2005, 06:47:18 PM
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The last of us starts on May 30th, so our first week would be the 29th of May through June 4th.
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J.J. "Waterola Kid" Anderson, the bLowling King : Kill the back row
Is this the official starting date? Let us know. My league is already underway so I can post scores as soon as this thing gets started.
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-If you're not willing to change, you're not willing to improve.
-Life is like a coin, you can spend it any way you want, but you can only spend it once.
-I will forever love this great game, I love the people and the competition, I only wish the best would get the recognition of an ATHLETE that they deserve.
Post by: JOE FALCO on May 18, 2005, 08:48:08 PM
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Post by: janderson on May 19, 2005, 11:53:21 AM
Had major success Tuesday, went 30 clean on PBA regional/senior pattern #1. What a great feeling.
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Post by: janderson on May 19, 2005, 11:54:31 AM
quote:quote:
The last of us starts on May 30th, so our first week would be the 29th of May through June 4th.
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J.J. "Waterola Kid" Anderson, the bLowling King : Kill the back row
Is this the official starting date? Let us know. My league is already underway so I can post scores as soon as this thing gets started.
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-If you're not willing to change, you're not willing to improve.
-Life is like a coin, you can spend it any way you want, but you can only spend it once.
-I will forever love this great game, I love the people and the competition, I only wish the best would get the recognition of an ATHLETE that they deserve.
Yes, look for posts in the BR Tournaments forum titled "HNTHS week # | post results here" and "HNTHS week # results".
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Post by: MI 2 AZ on May 24, 2005, 01:38:51 AM
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Post by: MI 2 AZ on May 25, 2005, 07:55:18 PM
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