Fri 25 May 2007
Hi,
Arrived in Aalborg yesterday morning. We had a very early flight taking off from Standsted at 7:30am so went to the hotel when we arrived to sleep for a little while then were planning on bowling at 5pm. I am sharing with Kirsten Penny and Toby Stride. We had a bit of a mix up with the times and slept until we received a phone call from the tournament manager at 4:55pm asking where we were for the squad... Ooops! Luckily we managed to get into the 9pm squad. I bowled OK but could tell I hadn't practised at all this week. It took me a few games to settle in, I finished on 1283. Not enough to qualify so I will have to have another go tomorrow at midday. I used my FURY most of the squad only using the Scorchin for the first game as this has an earlier rolling drilling. I started outside with the Scorchin then when the lanes burned up I was forced to drop in and then change to the FURY to get a bit more length. Lets hope I have a bit more success tomorrow! Full Results! Click HERE
Sat 26 May 2007
Bowled 2 squads today. Felt good but didn't score that great, I was around the pocket most of the time. I found big differences from pair to pair, so took 5 frames to line up by that point it was hard to keep up with the high scoring pace!
First block I shot a few bad games of 170 & 175 but finished on 1263, 2nd block I played the lanes a little differently staying inside of 10 all the way through. I had a much more consistent reaction but still didn't score too highly. My high game was 214 and low game 195.... A pretty boring block. I used my Scorchin & Vapor through out this block.
I'm looking forward to having a few weeks off, just playing tournaments in the UK during June and practising a bit more.
This weekend in Aalborg is a huge carnival, it's crazy half of the town is blocked off and there are huge parades and people dressed up everywhere... Lots of fun! So I will probably have a look at that tomorrow while the finals are on. Kirsten made the finals easily so fingers crossed she keeps the UK flag flying tomorrow!!!
FULL RESULTS
Z x-x-x
World Ranking Masters 2007 - Kegel Training Centre V
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Thu 03 May 2007
Official practise took place today.
The men bowled first this morning for an hour and then we bowled at 12:30pm. They had oiled the lanes alternately with the long and short patterns.
I have brought 10 balls with me but will only be allowed to register 6 after practise. The short played very short, there was a lot of friction off the back so I had trouble getting the ball to the breakpoint. Ric Bernoit (Brunswick's rep on the PBA) is here and he talked to me about trying some different hand positions and that worked really well, I was able to get the ball down the lane a lot easier. For the short I have decided to keep the BVP Ambush drilled with the pin above my fingers and close to my track this ball is very stable and even. It smooths out the severe reaction found on patterns this short. I have also kept my BVP Mammoth, this is drilled pin below my fingers but still close to my track so just rolling earlier than the Ambush. I intend to start off with the Ambush then change to the Mammoth when the carrydown occurs. I was standing arround board 8 with my shoulders very open aiming at board 5 until the oil carried down, then I squared up and moved right.
The long played pretty much as I expected, I actually found this pattern to hook quite a lot so didn't keep in my strongest equipment. I have decided to keep in my Vapor Zone drilled pin above my ring finger, Total Inferno drilled pretty similar and my Strike Zone drilled pin below my ring finger and stacked. I was standing between 20 and 15 deending on which ball I was throwing and aiming at 13-16. All three balls are shiney however I intend to take the surface off my Total in the morning to even out the reaction a little.
I am feeling very confident, looking forward to seeing all the CATS from every ball thrown. It's not often you get to accumulate this much information on your bowling during an event and is ugley helpful in seeing ways to improve during an event. We are all very grateful Kegel qo quickly took up the challenge to host this event as without them we would have been stuck for a venue. So keep everything crossed for tomorrow, I play the long 8 games in the morning so I'm off to bed now!!!
Fri 04 May 2007
Hi just finished bowling. I bowled really well, was throwing the ball really clean. Opened up with 278 playing with my Total Inferno, the carry I had in this centre was ridiculous I had pins flying everywhere. The lanes broke down pretty quick I just kept moving left following the oil. When I got in to aiming around 18/19 the Total was too smooth and didn't carry so I switched to the Vapor and moved back right. After 2 more games the middle of the lane had burnt up, and I lost reaction, I was moving all over trying different balls, but shot 2 low games and lost the lead to Caroline Lagrange from Canada. The last game I changed to the BVP Mammoth and moved in and had a much better reaction.
I was pretty close to Caroline so a good game would keep it close, I left a 2 pin first frame then moved right and started striking. I left a 4 pin in the middle and struck out for 269. But I lost pins, Caroline nailed every single shot and had a huge 289 game to win the day and the $1000 daily winner prize. Tomorrow morning we play on the short pattern. Click on this link to go to live scoring. CATS readings for each game are available by clicking each individual game score.
Sat 05 May 2007
Bowled the short today. I didn't have as good a reaction on the short, I started off with my BVP Ambush standing board 10 aiming at 7 with a really weak hand position. For the first game and a half they are really snappy, then the carry down and open up a bit. I stayed with the Ambush just gradually moving right. Once the Ambush started going too long I changed to my BVP Mammoth and dropped in. Standing around 12 aiming 9. I was around the pocket most of the time, but didn't get as many breaks as yesterday. I still finished 95 over but with the scoring pace how it is I was quite far down the field in 11th position. Diandra bowled brill today, scoring 300 over!!! She is just behind me in the overall, Caroline is still leading, increasing her lead today!
Sun 06 May 2007
Hi just finished qualification! Today we played the mixed patterns, one lane with the short oil, one lane with the long oil. It takes a bit more concentration and focus to play this squad. i found it pretty hard as I am playing totally different hand positions on the 2 patterns. On the short I am trying to be a lot more around the side of the ball to get more length.
On the long I am trying to be soft and up the back of the ball to get it to roll earlier, so having the switch every frame makes it a lot easier to make mistakes! I had a good look on the long again, starting off with the Total Inferno then after 2 games changing to the Vapor Zone. In the last game I changed to the BVP Mammoth as the lanes were pretty burnt this ball is a very slow reacting ball so smooths out the reaction. On the short I started off again with the BVP Ambush, then after 3 games switched to BVP Mammoth and dropped in again, the same as yesterday. I had 2 low games where I lost the short, but other than that was pretty solid. I finished off in 4th place so I get to choose the condition I would like to start on in the best of three game match. I am to play Zandra Aziela from Malaysia who had the front 10 in the last game to qualify! Pretty impressive stuff!!!
Mon 07 May 2007
Hi
I have just finished the TV show, bowled pretty good in total.
The long was playing a lot tighter down lane, I squared up a little and looked pretty good in practise. Diandra was the top seed so she got to pick which pattern we started on and whether she or I would start. She chose the long and for her to start. I opened up with a good shot so I thought but left a pocket 7-10 split. The match carried on like that really. Diandra bowled excellent as she had done all week, and I struggled to find any ball reaction. I find it really hard to execute good shots when I know I don't have the right reaction. I struck then went light for a 2-10 split. I moved right and went straight through the nose. Not good! I finished on 140 not very nice to see on TV. We moved to the short for the 2nd game and I was to start.
The short had been the weaker of the 2 patterns for me in qualifying so I knew I needed to make good shots. I was very pleased with how I bowled for this game. I missed in one frame and split and missed out another frame and went past the head pin but other than that I nailed every shot. Unfortunately the pins decided it wasn't my day I needed a strike to push D in the 10th and I threw a really good shot, the 10 pin stood, I threw 2 messengers in that direction but neither hit! So that was my tournament over!
I am really proud of my performance all week, after the past year of struggling my way through bad form, I really feel I am back making good shots and have learnt a lot from the past year. I have a much better understanding of the oiling patterns and ball reaction so am looking forward to bowling tournaments now. If I can keep throwing the ball good again and know much more about the technical side the world will be my oyster!!!
My next tournament will be the Aalborg International in Denmark on May bank holiday.
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World Tenpin Masters
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I just got off the lanes from playing the first round of the World Tenpin Masters in Barnsley Metrodome. For the past four years I have gone out in the first round, this year I had an even harder draw than previous years drawing defending champion and PBA star Chris Barnes. I have hit some form recently so felt prety good I was going to bowl well, so it was just a matter of how wel Chris was going to bowl on the day.
In practice I had a pretty good ball reaction with my Vapor Zone playing from about 12 at the arrows out to 7. I was striking a lot and throwing the ball really well. In the four balls practice before the match started I struck with boh my Vapor and Total Inferno but went with the Vapor as it had looked better in the practice session. For two frames it looked good, then the lane got a lot tighter as the oil carried down a little. I moved to the right and the ball hooked even less so changed to the Total in the 9th frame and it looked much better. All this time Chris had been striking most of he time and I was 50 pins down at the hal way point. So was going to need a huge game to make up the defecit. I opened up nine spare then strung some strikes together, unfortunately Chris was also stringing them together and I had no chance of catching him up. He finished up shooting 279 so even if I'd shot 300 I would have been behind!
Over all I was pretty happy with how I bowled, I threw 2 bad shots in two games and enjoyed being on the one lane format. I felt a lot more relaxed than I have over the past years, just a shame I don't get to bowl anymore games.....
For more info on the tournament including Podcasts from all the players minutes before they make their way to the lane and live scoring visit TALK TENPIN and go to the forum section.
Husqvarna International Jönköping Sweden - part II
by zaraglover.com on Mon 09 Apr 2007 09:52 BST
It was an early start having to start bowling at 8am. After a short walk to the bowl to wake up we were on the lanes. I didn't find the condition any different to qualifying, I was still playing the gutter. After using my Scorchin Inferno all through qualifying, I dulled my Red Zone slightly just to give me some more options. I decided to start off with my Red Zone and opened up with 230. I didn't have to make any big moves until the last pair in games 5 and 6. After 2 games I changed to the Scorchin again then in game 5 I had to move in as the outside of board 7 had burnt up as so many people were playing out there. I got lined up again after shooting 191 5th game and shot another 230 to secure my place in the top 8.
CLICK HERE TO SEE MY 6 GAME BLOCK FRAME BY FRAME
By making the top 8 I got one bye so had a long lunch while the first round of best of 5 game matches took place. I was to play Tony Fransson, one of the best left handers in Sweden. Neither of us had a really great look on the pair we drew, while people around us are shooting 250+ games we were fighting it out with 200 games. I won the first three games all going down to the 10th frame. I was really happy I made some great shots in the clutch to win the games.
Then I was to play Magnus Andersson another lefty from Sweden. We moved pairs and I didn't get lined up at all on the right lane. Every ball I threw I got an under - over reaction, as both matches played on the pair previously had gone to 5 matches they were burned up pretty bad. I lost in 4 games, managing to sneak the 3rd game stringing 3 strikes together 7th, 8th & 9th.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL MATCHPLAY RESULTS
I finished up in 6th position and the top lady for the tournament.
Next weekend I am playing the UK championships at Maldon in Essex.
Husqvarna International Jönköping Sweden
by zaraglover.com on Fri 06 Apr 2007 21:40 BST
Hi,
My trip to Sweden started on Thursday morning with a drive to an extremely busy Standsted airport. We checked in with no hassles and the flight went fast, landing a two hour drive from the bowling centre. I had a car booked and the drive was a pleasant one taking in the beautiful Swedish country side. I watched the bowling a little on Thursday night then called it a night.
Friday I stayed in the hotel to catch up on some work then walked to the bowl for my squad at 4pm. Before I came I had looked at the pattern published on the net and had an idea of where to play. The graph showed the pattern was totally flat inside of board 10 which indicated to me that I was going to play somewhere outside of board 10 depending on the lane surface. In practice I got lined up with my Scorchin Inferno as far right as I could get with my feet targeting board 5. I had trouble keeping my ball speed slow enough the first game and had a few nasty splits, but towards the end of the game I got it under control and struck out for a 183 game. From there I bowled games of 222 - 202 - 272 - 227 - 232 for 1338, using the same ball the whole squad. I started leaving some weak 10 pins when the lane burned up a bit, but counteracted that by increasing my ball speed to finish strongly. I was really happy as this was the best I have bowled in months...
The finals are on Sunday starting at 8am, 6 games where the scores go back to zero the it cuts to matchplay.
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Brunswick Euro Challenge
by zaraglover.com on Sun 18 Mar 2007 09:39 GMT
Not such a good trip yet again.....
I have been practicing a lot harder the last few weeks and feel like I am getting back to throwing the ball well again, but the pins didn't agree this weekend!!! :o(
I bowled first squad on Friday morning and opened up using my BVP Mammoth I opened up with 234 the lanes were very slick. This centre always plays very oiling there is not a lot of friction on the backs. I was playing as far right as I could get and with as slow ball speed as I could. Then the Mammoth started leaving weak 10 pins when the lanes carried down so I changed to some of the other balls I brought with me but none matched up that good on this pattern. They all seemed to be reading the heads too early. When I moved inside the volume of oil was much higher and I had trouble hooking the ball at all. I was pretty happy overall with how I bowled physically, but I didn't play the lanes as well as I could. I made the wrong ball selections to bring with me on this trip, always a lottery when you can only bring 4 balls on the flight. My highest block was about 1260 and the cut to the 2nd round was 1304. There are still a few Brits left in so fingers crossed they do well!!!
Next weekend I am bowling the BTBA nationals and Bradford.
Until then....
Barcelona
by zaraglover.com on Sat 03 Mar 2007 09:56 GMT
Hi,
I'm in Barcelona this weekend, playing my 3rd ETBF ranking event of the year. Last weekend I played in Essex, England and the Maldon PTBC held at Madison Heights. I bowled with my better half Matt Giles and we bowled really great in qualifying leading after the 8 games, so we received two byes. When we came in our opponents blew us away, shooting just short of 500 for one game to our 420!
So we finished in positions 5th - 8th. FOR FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE
It was the first time I have visited this centre, and I was very impressed, it is a long time since I have visited an independently run centre and the atmosphere was brilliant, there were local bowlers watching the tournament all day long and the finals were very exciting! The PTBC definitely got it right with this format, doubles and matchplay combined is so much fun, the whole tournament had a buzz about it, and entries were very high compared to other UK tournaments of late! So lets hope Alex and Andy keep up the good work in trying to rebuild the UK tournament circuit.
Anyway back to Barcelona.
We arrived Thursday night, dropped our stuff off at the bowl and then went to the hotel to rest, ready to bowl Friday. On Friday morning we hopped on the Metro and went for a walk around the city, then had some lunch on the harbour, and got to the bowl around 2:30pm. Bowled at 4pm and spent most of the time trying to get lines up, good job I was sparing everything as I wasn't getting many strikes! I shot the following games:
196 - 190 - 224 - 203 - 167 - 237 = 1217 (+48 bonus) 1265
Nothing exciting.... in the last game I changed to my Vapor Zone drilled with the pin above my ring finger and the mass bias close to my thumb so reasonably stable. There wasn't much oil on the heads so I was having to bowl with a lot of pace with a low rev rate, but this looked a lot better so this was my game plan for the next squad.
I started the next squad a lot more convincingly and the Vapor looked good on the fresh to my relief. The first 2 games I shot 230, 240 then started leaving a lot more 9 counts in the 3rd game. Due to the fact we move a pair every game and this centre has huge differences pair to pair, I was praying to accumulate some scores in the first few games as I always score much more on the left side of the house. I caught a few breaks in the last few games and finished on 1343, so I should be in the cut with that.
The format for the finals:
Whatever your highest qualification score is, you take 50% of your pin-fall through, then the top 48 play a further 4 games on Sunday morning. The next cut is the top 24 who play another 4 games then it is cut to the top 3 step ladder.
The federation here in Barcelona have backing from the Catalonian Sports Federation who are trying to promote women's sports so there is an extra prize fund for women which is guaranteed. The top lady will receive 2,500 Euro so there are a lot of women bowling here. It is great to see last night a squad where the women bowlers out number the men! Not a very common sight in bowling these days!
For full scores CLICK HERE
Tilburg
by zaraglover.com on Sun 18 Feb 2007 15:31 GMT
Hi
This weekend I have been in Tilburg Holland playing a European ranking event. It was the first ranking tournament to trial the dual patterns so therefore even though it is a minor in the ETBF calendar it has been given double point status due to the increased difficulty levels. On every pair of lanes the left lane was a 45 foot pattern and the right lane a 35 foot pattern. To see the patterns and read some info on why these patterns were designed and how to play on them click HERE.
As I understand it, the reason for these dual patterns is to try and cut down the likelihood of bowlers stumbling upon good ball reaction and just matching up and scoring well. With these patterns you really have to have a game plan before you get on the lanes. Specific balls drilled for the length of the pattern and the part of the lane you intend to play. I have played these patterns or slight variations of the basic idea a number of times over the past few years, so I have narrowed down which balls work and know where best to play on these.
I brought 8 balls with me, 3 for the short oil,. 4 for the long and a polyester ball. For the short I had a Groove Urethane, BVP Wizard and a BVP Ambush. The Wizard is drilled pin 1" from my Axis and highly polished, to make the ball hook early then stop and the Ambush was drilled with the pin 1" from my track with the pin above my fingers and highly polished, this makes the ball go longer down the lane and makes the core pretty stable so elongates my break point. The Ambush gave me the best reaction until the lane burnt up a bit and I had to switch to the urethane in order to still allow myself to stay playing outside of 1st arrow. The drilling on the Wizard didn't match up very well here.
For the long I had a Strike Zone, Scorchin Inferno, Total Inferno and Fury. The Strike Zone and Scorchin Inferno were both drilled with the pin below my fingers which makes them roll earlier, which wasn't required here, so I didn't use either of these balls. I alternated between my Total and Fury which are both drilled the same pin up and reasonable stable pin approximately 1.5 " from my track.
We drove over on Friday morning leaving around 6am to get the 8am ferry from Dover to Dunkirk, then I drove the 2.5 hours through France, Belgium and Holland to arrive in Tilburg at 2pm. I didn't bowl that day as I was still suffering from Jet lagg and was tired from the drive. I got an early night and bowled at 8am on Saturday morning. I didn't really get to grips with the patterns in the morning, only shooting two 200+ games but got lined up ready for the next squad. At 4pm I bowled really well shooting 250 last game to finish on 1295. Was it enough???
I bowled again as I was boarder line for making it, but didn't bowl well, the jet lagg still taking it's toll. To my relief I was the number 55th, so made it through. We bowled again this morning at 9am. positions 21 - 55 plus 5 from desperado bowled 4 games from scratch with the highest 20 going through. I made it on 867 so went through to matchplay. This was slightly different to normal, 4 bowlers on a pair, top 2 from each pair going through. I shot 220 first game but then blew it having a low game so I went out. I was pleased with how I bowled on the whole, I have improved a lot through practicing on these patterns and also coaching a team playing on these dual patterns. This is all great preparation for future World/European Championships which will be played on the dual patterns.
Next weekend I am playing a Team England ranking event. Doubles with Matt Giles in Maldon Essex. Then off to Barcelona the weekend after for another European event.
Las Vegas - part III
by zaraglover.com on Sun 11 Feb 2007 22:36 GMT
Hi,
What a busy week, we have been bowling non-stop. There is only the TAT finals still to be bowled, which Steve & Alex have qualified for, the finals started there 10 Minutes ago, so fingers crossed they bowl well!!!
MINI ELIMINATOR
The finals of the Mini weren't very successful for any of us, I went out first round after leaving a split in the 7th frame I had no chance of making it even if I struck out. The cut was really high, in my division it took 225 to go through. Dom also made the finals and received a bye as he was daily leader in his division, so he went straight into round 2, but he didn't have the look he had when he qualified either and went out. It looked like the majority of people were finding the conditions totally different to qualifying. Paul also went out first round, so all of us were pretty much done and dusted in an hour! The tournament was won by Kari Schwager formerly a team USA member, the first time a Mega Buck event has been won by a woman! She struck out to shut the other competitors out!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO FINAL RESULTS.
HIGH ROLLER
This tournament was tough, the lane conditions favoured the high rev rate bowler. Dom qualified 1st time, he has had an excellent trip, cashing in everything he bowled! Darren, Stu and Paul had pretty good looks in this centre also, but kept hitting bad breaks not to make it through. They cashed a $1000 a few times but kept just missed the finals. Stu managed to make it through in the very last squad, shooting 3 very high games in a row, pretty impressive stuff! Once in the finals it was down to matchplay. Stu lost to Rhino Page in round 5 - cashing $2,250. Dom made it through to the 7th round cashing $3,250 but was then defeated by the eventual champion Jason Belmonte. Ann also made the finals in the 205 & under division losing in the 4th round and cashing $2,000.
CLICK HERE FOR FINAL RESULTS.
We have a day or so now, to look around the city, so I'm of to take a walk down the strip.
I will take some pictures and load them up. We have only a few so far, but take a look by clicking Las Vegas 2007 in the column on the left.
Take Care
Z x-x-x
Las Vegas - part II
by zaraglover.com on Tue 06 Feb 2007 18:37 GMT
Hi,
Sunday morning a group of us went to Texas Station, which is where thy host the True Amateur Tournament (TAT) if a bowler has ever won over $10,000 in one event they are prohibited from entering this tournament. The whole UK gang went down there to have a practice before the event started.
The group over here is: Myself, Matt Giles, Alex Hamilton, Nikki Harvey, Matt Hamilton, Dom Barratt, Jon Zadel, Toby Stride, Ann Smith, Rhys Parfitt, Lee Burrows, Paul Moor, Stu Williams, Mark Shea and Steve Thornton is due to get in today. Paul Delaney is also bowling, a UK name from the past ... until recently he has been coaching the national team of Kuwait but is in the process of moving to Indonesia.
Nikki, Paul, Stu and myself are unable to compete in the TAT. Jon and Matt entered TAT on Sunday afternoon, Jon won some Brackets money, but neither of them made it through to the finals in that squad.
All the tournaments really kicked off on Monday after the Super Bowl madness was over!
Matt, Paul, Darren and I went over to play the High Roller, this is a 1 game shootout, where 1 in 4 make it through to the 2nd round. In other words the top quarter of the field go through in each squad. Paul played the 1st squad at 9am and breezed the cut with 235, the rest of us bowled 2nd squad at 10am, I made it through by 1 pin shooting 224, Darren shot 235 on the pair next to me and went through, and Matt just missed with 210. The 2nd round was played at 3pm. Paul and myself didn't make it through to 3rd round so didn't cash anything. Darren however bowled really good, shooting another 230+ game and cashing $1000.
While we were at the High Roller the other guys were playing a sweeper at the Mini Eliminator, basically this is just a pot game, bowl 2 games and the person with the highest game wins $1000. Matt Hamilton shot 279 and won the sweeper!!! He bowled amazing throwing his Brunswick Ultimate Inferno up the gutter (1st arrow), another bowler shot 277 so it was very close...
Monday evening Paul, Darren, Matt & I bowled a another sweeper at the Mini, this was on a different pattern to the tournament pattern, a lot flatter but shorter. I found it petty tricky, shooting 196 first game with my Total Inferno again up 1st arrow, I threw 2 bad shots and 3 taps. Then I changed lanes and totally missed getting lined up on this pair, the ball started fading so I moved in and changed to the new FURY this looked OK, but I couldn't carry, I tried a few different things and left splits in 8th & 9th frames. In the 10th, I moved as far right as I could with the Total playing outside of 1st arrow and struck out for 167 ... typical!!! None of the other English guys managed to cash either in this sweeper. The winner of the sweeper shot over 500 for 2 games!!!
Today Darren is playing the High Roller again as he has such a good look over there. Everyone is playing the Early Bird sweeper (the same format as the one MH won yesterday) right now downstairs (Mini Eliminator - Orleans Hotel) as we got free entries into that for entering the main tournament before a set date. So I'm going down now to see how they are all getting on... Fingers crossed someone in the group has won the $1000 again!!!!
I'll let you know and try and get some pictures for you to see.
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Las Vegas
by zaraglover.com on Sun 04 Feb 2007 08:20 GMT
Hi,
Not posted for a while. Been stupidly busy in my new job as a Product Specialist for Brunswick Bowling UK Ltd. I'm enjoying he challenge at work although it has been tough adjusting to a routine of working normal hours. I'm still struggling to get up in time in a morning :o)
Well I have just arrived in Vegas to play the batch of tournaments running this week. I went down to the Mini Eliminator this morning to have a practise and drill the new FURY. This ball hooks!!! I threw it a few shots on the practise range but the lanes were too burnt up, it was hooking way too much. I entered at 3pm to bowl my first block of qualifying and matched up really well. I opened up with 211, tapping a few shots towards the end of the game as I wasn't playing wide enough, then I shot 244 - 256 to finish with 711. Leading my division (36 & Under) so qualifying to the finals. A great day, the trip has been very sucessful so far, 1 for 1 qualifying from my first entry. The lanes played totally different from the practise session, I was able to play with the FURY the whole 3 games straight up board 5, the reaction was brilliant the ball seems to hook at the backend like an Asymetric ball would, but roll as evenly as a Symetrical ball. This is due to the balance between the new Torsion Core and High Octane coverstock... check out the info video by clicking the link at the bottom of the linked page - FURY.
There is nothing I can bowl tomorrow until the evening as there are limited squads running due to it being Superbowl Sunday here in the USA. So I plan to do a bit of shopping.
I'll be back when I have some more news!!!
Z x-x-x
