How about a contest? Sure..why not...a Bowling contest no less!
BobaFett72
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I did one of these a few months ago for Sh!ts and Giggles... the scores were only practice then, but this time it's for all the glory.
This Saturday in Hartford Ct I will be at Highland Lanes bowling in a DPBA (Duckpin Professional Bowlers Associaiton) Pro-Tour. I rejoined last month after a NINE year abscence.
I was going to do this for the last event, but I didnt want to completely embarass myself. Fortunately I did OK and finished 95th out of 200 entries, nothing to write home about, but I was pleased with my overall experience.
The format of the tournament is such that you bowl 8 games on Saturday, then they take the top 24. If you qualify they do head to head match play then up the ladder finals.
For the sake of the contest the easiest thing to do is to have folks guess what place I'll finish in & what my total pinfall will be. I would expect about 110 to 125 entries for this stop. YOU GET ONE GUESS. Closest without going over wins....total pinfall will be the tiebreaker if folks guess the same place, so make sure you guess a different pinfall total!
Remember, this is duckpins, small ball, short pins and much lower scoring. The cut score SHOULD be close to or just below 1200 (150 per game) depending on scoring conditions etc. I have no idea how the lanes will score as this is the first pro-event ever held there.
so whadya win??
1st Prize: (4) 1991 Score Wax boxes series 1.
2nd Prize: (1) 1990 Fleer Facory Set & 1990 UD Extended set
Bonus prize if the winner is a Cleveland Indians fan
some hints...... my best 8 game score is 1248 and my worst is 998.
the highest I have ever placed is 4th, the lowest....well, we wont go there.
This Saturday in Hartford Ct I will be at Highland Lanes bowling in a DPBA (Duckpin Professional Bowlers Associaiton) Pro-Tour. I rejoined last month after a NINE year abscence.
I was going to do this for the last event, but I didnt want to completely embarass myself. Fortunately I did OK and finished 95th out of 200 entries, nothing to write home about, but I was pleased with my overall experience.
The format of the tournament is such that you bowl 8 games on Saturday, then they take the top 24. If you qualify they do head to head match play then up the ladder finals.
For the sake of the contest the easiest thing to do is to have folks guess what place I'll finish in & what my total pinfall will be. I would expect about 110 to 125 entries for this stop. YOU GET ONE GUESS. Closest without going over wins....total pinfall will be the tiebreaker if folks guess the same place, so make sure you guess a different pinfall total!
Remember, this is duckpins, small ball, short pins and much lower scoring. The cut score SHOULD be close to or just below 1200 (150 per game) depending on scoring conditions etc. I have no idea how the lanes will score as this is the first pro-event ever held there.
so whadya win??
1st Prize: (4) 1991 Score Wax boxes series 1.
2nd Prize: (1) 1990 Fleer Facory Set & 1990 UD Extended set
Bonus prize if the winner is a Cleveland Indians fan
some hints...... my best 8 game score is 1248 and my worst is 998.
the highest I have ever placed is 4th, the lowest....well, we wont go there.
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edit to add pinfall: 1003
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The wronglegged big ball bowler will guess (if this was just PBA I could guess easier)
1080 56th place.
Hope I'm way short and you win. Good luck.
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Or, is it total pinfall, including H2H games?
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and the 8 game total pinfall from the qualifying round.
im departing for Hartford shortly; wont be online till sunday night.
keep those guesses coming
ciao for now!
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BTW- 3rd place! 1237 points!
1189 pins
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I practiced there yesterday and conditions are tough; dry lanes, no oil, old pins, wood lanes and ball curves like a mofo! should be fun for a lot of the southern bowlers who are used to oil and faster scoring houses.
cheers from "delightful" Hartford (when did CT become such a ghetto??)
Leo
hopefully some Tribe karma will help you better this guess
<< <i>I found it and it isn't good. 124th out of 125 and totla pinfall of 912
Lou >>
That is not him nor the correct list, unless Leo did not enter as there are no Leo's on the list.
Edit: You have to scroll down to the 3rd page
results havent posted yet; they probably wont update till Tuesday i hear. my total pins were 980, which is well below my average. I dont know what place i finished as I left town before the last shift bowled. I'm guessing i will be anywhere from 75th to 90th place. Conditions were pretty tough and it was hot as hell at the lanes (80 degrees+ with NO a.c.) made the approaches sticky as hell. I missed too many spare breaks, but even if i picked up every single one I still would have missed the cut by about 50 pins lol.
I did meet a whole group of canucks who ventured down from the great white north...they bowl a 5 pin game and another group bowls rubber band duckpin (giant rubber bands around the pins) some were from Montreal and the others from Ontario. They were all super nice and they invited us to go to Canada and try out their tournaments.
When i have the final numbers and such ill post the winners! Thanks for playing.... we'll do this again next month when I go to Maryland!
Leo
Alright, i'll ask. What's the purpose of the rubber bands?
<< <i>i will be anywhere from 75th to 90th place. >>
You suck! I had big money on you
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If you never bowled duckpins, and stepped onto the lanes; if you went 100, folks would be impressed
There has never been a 300 game thrown, the highest is 279.
Throwing a 200 game and a 500 set (3 games) are a pretty big deal.