We have all bowled the first half of our doubles event now. The doubles is a 12 game event consisting of 6 games short oil and 6 games long oil. Jenny and Nicki started first, then Jemma and JoJo with Lisa and I (the old ladies!!!) playing in the last squad.
We all brought 8 balls with us, but were only allowed to register 6.
I decided on the following equipment:
Short Oil
Ultra Zone - pin below my middle finger so the ball is drilled with negative weight to reduce the reaction.
Twisted Fury - 6 1/2 " pin up.
Long Oil
Thunder Zone - pin below my ring finger
Blast Zone - 4 " pin below
Vapor Zone - pin above my ring finger and the mass bias kicked out 45 degrees
Lisa and I bowled on the short today and we played really well! It was funny as we were starting Lisa had been striking the whole of practise and had an amazing reaction, I had been struggling. I found an OK reaction playing with my Ultra Zone up board 5 at the arrows towards the end of practise, but not great. After 3 frames it switched and Lisa's ball started doing wierd things and mine started striking! After Lisa got lined up again we didn't look back finishing 293 over for the 6 games. This put us in second place so far, first place is Helen Johnsson and Nina Flack (my X-Calibur team mate!) Helen had an enormous 1546! The pairing set a new European record for 6 games of 2897 (241 Ave).
Jenny and Nicki have finished their doubles now as they had their second block on the long oil this afternoon. They both struggled with carry and a few splits, but bowled well on the whole.
JoJo and Jemma have gone to bed now as they have a very early wakeup call in the morning to get down the bowl at 8am. Lisa and I bowl the long oil in the afternoon then their is matchplay finals for the top four teams to decide what colour medals they will all receive.
Cross all your finers and toes!!!
I will let you know how it goes.
ZG
