Tuesday, December 9
On any Tuesday morning as we drive up to Nutmeg, we feel sorry for the commuters travelling in the opposite direction in the bumper-to-bumper traffic. Today, it was our turn, as an accident between Exits 18-19 caused a significant delay. Nevertheless, 12 of us got there, and again there were some stellar performances. Attached is a photo in which Ted and Tom relive last week’s heroics, as well as a nice group photo of today’s group.
We had plus scores from George G at +5, Alex (fresh off of a lesson from Chris) at +10, Dave at +15, and Ben at +37. Frank D continued his solid streak of bowling with another 500 series. Tom finally put together back-to-back weeks of good bowling, starting game one with a clean 197 and then rolling the day’s high game of 215 in the second. He ended up with a 589 (+64). But the day really belonged to Ed Sm. A split in his last frame of the day caused him to miss a 600 series by two pins, with his 598 (including a 205 and 208) being plus 115. Bravo, Ed! 
Split conversions were highlighted by Ben’s 5-6-10, a spare often left but rarely made. Ted, Marty and George made 3-10s while Tom made a 2-7.
The team competition saw each team win one game. But the big shocker was Ben sweeping the game three quarters from Ted and GG, thanks to Ben’s high game of the day of 151.
Let’s hope next week brings easier driving and more good bowling!