For the bowlers who braved the cold temperatures and snowy roads, today was a story of “the good, the bad, and the ugly”. That there were 14 of us is a testimony to what we’ve put together as a group.
Let’s start with the good. Once again, Frank D was on fire, rolling many strikes all day, having two games of 211, and ending with another 600 series that was even better than last week – 617 vs. 602. He is scheduled to return to Florida later in the week, though there is speculation he may cancel his flight reservation in order to bowl again next week 
. What should worry us all is that the pattern of recent times is that whenever Frank takes a break from bowling, he comes back and bowls even better than when he left – so watch out. Tom had a rough start, struggling with the oily lane conditions. In game two, he began to find a better line, and by game three, he managed the day’s high game of 214 for a 552 series. John also got off to a rough start, including six splits in game one (see 
photo) but finished with two strong games and his season high series of 360 (+57). Also, Dave Smith had a nice series of +16.
. What should worry us all is that the pattern of recent times is that whenever Frank takes a break from bowling, he comes back and bowls even better than when he left – so watch out. Tom had a rough start, struggling with the oily lane conditions. In game two, he began to find a better line, and by game three, he managed the day’s high game of 214 for a 552 series. John also got off to a rough start, including six splits in game one (see photo) but finished with two strong games and his season high series of 360 (+57). Also, Dave Smith had a nice series of +16.Next, there was Alex. Two weeks ago, he had a five-year low series of 376. Last week wasn’t much better, leaving him despondent about the state of his game. But with his usual smile and “never say die” attitude, he reeled off three consistently good games for a 518 series, which was +77. That deserves a “Yeah, baby!” and BoD honors for sure. Let’s hope the turnaround continues.
For several others who shall remain nameless, there was some below average bowling that was “bad,” but for the four guys on lanes 11/12 (the “Graveyard”?), their bowling could only be called “uggggly”! Here were four guys who each were averaging 150+, and not a single one bowled a 400 series. The good news is that across the four bowlers and 12 games they each managed to break 100 in all three games (though not without some effort, as three of the 12 games were 101 ). Their bowling was so ugly that their first poker hand turned out to be a game of “four card stud” (see photo 
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). Their bowling was so ugly that their first poker hand turned out to be a game of “four card stud” (see photo )! What was not ugly was the great photo of these four chaps smiling like they all just won the lottery…isn’t that what our group is all about.
