Not that me being in the money of any tournament is ever a question , but last night we found out the "final" results of the county tourneys we participated in.

Let me preface by saying that for several weekends, Hall of Famers, big house guys, home house guys, and major lifetime achievers were paraded out weekend after weekend (maybe 4 weekends?) on this Kegel Tournament pattern and not one 700 was shot.  699 was high, by a certain future Hall of Famer.

Now here we go into the last weekend, the last squad.  2 home house guys all of a sudden shoot over 700, taking singles and doubles titles (doubles I'm not 100% sure about, but singles I am sure) and the team scratch number goes down.  All I can say is that there were some unhappy bowlers last night.  Maybe some of it is "sour grapes", maybe some of it is coincidence, maybe some of it is the result of bowling on the pattern several times in the competitions over the weekends.

Would this sit OK with the bowlers out there?  Me personally, I think it is all on the up and up.  I know the board members and don't think any shadow of impropriety exists.  But, I can certainly see the perception.

Your thoughts?

Well we had the county handicap doubles tourney this past weekend. My partner and I were sitting in 2nd place after 4 squads with one squad to go. We had 1610 and high was 1678.

In come the two guys who won it last year. 181 & 190 average. They shoot 246/279 first game, 221/279 second, then had double, spare, strike/4 in a row when I left. 1199 after two with handicap. They needed 393 scratch the last game to win again. Considering the anchor didn't miss the pocket for 28 straight frames I think they got it.

Problem is they bowl in a crappy house and have a lower average. The tourney is in the highest scoring house in the state and they shot well over average.

Same thing with myself. I'd easily be 15 pins higher in average in that house.

It happens.