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Week 13 December 9, 2009 END OF 1st HALF
1st Half Winner - Congrats to
Triple "S"!!
Prize Fund Approved, Posted
This season's prize fund
has been posted for your reference. A link is also on the home page,
over on the right side of the page.
Holiday $Cash$ Winners
The $5 per team went to the following bowlers:
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Alley Oops. KurtB,
+46.
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Beer Nuts.
Greg, +52.
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Comeback Kids. Ray,
+78.
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Here For The
Beer. Kevin, +80.
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No Pin Left Behind.
Stacey, +29.
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Pin Action. John,
+145. (!!!! Nice finish there, John !!!)
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Triple "S".
June, -7.
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Trouble. Bill, +77.
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Ultra Outlaws.
Renιe, +11.
Lucky Strike Jackpot Runout
Since it's the end of year holidays, next week (Dec 16) we'll be cleaning
out the jackpot!! If the first ticket doesn't get a strike, we'll
pull another, and then another, until someone does roll the strike or
until the money is gone. Then in January we'll start the jackpot over.
Holiday Potluck Buffet on Week 14 (Dec 16)
Again, it's our food fest night. Please feel free to bring a dish to share
(appetizer or other finger food); appropriate serving utensils, bowls,
plates; and any other things you would need to wrap up leftovers ... if
there are any!!! Please allow extra time both before and after we
bowl to help set up and clean up what you've brought. Thank you in
advance!
Dec 23, 30: No Bowling (Time off for Holidays)
We are not bowling on Christmas Eve-Eve and New Years Eve-Eve. Bowling
picks up again on January 6.
Splits
Denise D made the 5-8-10.
Guyla made the 5-6-10.
USBC Achievement Award
John earns a 250-Game award (magnet) for rolling a 255 in Game 3.
December Birthday Wishes
Mary is our only birthday celebrant this month. Hope you have a great day!
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Week 12 December 2, 2009
End of Half and Position Round on Week 13 (Dec 9)
We're halfway done already!! Subs
are welcome to bowl, but they must be scored as Pacers only. Also, $5 holiday cash
will be given out tonight to the one bowler on each team whose series is highest over average.
Cash gift is courtesy of Plaza Lanes.
Holiday Potluck Buffet on Week 14 (Dec 16)
Please bring a light snack or hors d'oeuvre to share. Be sure to
watch the clock so our socializing does not impact the time we get off
the lanes for the league behind us. New Years' Eve Event at
Plaza Lanes
If you hadn't noticed the banner hanging over the lanes the last couple of
weeks, Plaza is hosting a 9-pin Tournament for New Years Eve. This is a
closed party and participants must be 21 or older. Flyers with
complete details are available at the counter. Here are the highlights:
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3 games of 9-pin
no-tap cosmic bowling
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2 mystery games,
optional jackpots, party favors
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Dinner buffet and
champagne at midnight
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Prizes include: flat
screen tv, electronics, bowling supplies, gift certificates
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Grand door
prize: 1 week accommodations at a Gold Crown resort location of
your choice
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$90 per couple. $25
deposit reserve your spot; balance due by Dec 30.
Splits!!
June made the 3-10.
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November 25: Happy Thanksgiving
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Week 11 November 18, 2009
Splits!!
Chris made the 5-7.
USBC Achievement Awards
Finally, we got more!!
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Congrats to Stacey on
her first-ever 200 game!! For her score of 201 in Game 2, she
earns a USBC 200-game award magnet.
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Denise G earns a
175-game magnet for her score of 189 in Game 3.
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Santo earns a
250-game magnet for his score of 255 in Game 1.
Special End-of-Half Dates to Remember
Because people were asking......
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December 9 / Week 13: Position Round and end of 2nd half.
(Subs
are welcome to bowl, but they must be scored as Pacers only.) Also, $5 holiday cash
will be given out tonight to the one bowler on each team whose series is highest over average.
Cash gift is courtesy of Plaza Lanes.
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December 16 / Week 14: Holiday Potluck Buffet
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Week 10 November 11, 2009
Splits!!
John made the 4-7-9. ("Once", they wrote.)
End of First Half Approaching
The end of the first half of the season is Week 13, December 9. As always,
that will be a position round. The team in first place at the end of that
night will be winner of the first half. And of course don't forget about
the $5 holiday cash that night, too.
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Week 9 November 4, 2009
Splits!!
Kathy made the 5-10.
Dan made the 4-10.
Jill made the 3-10.
Reminder: End of Year Dates to Remember
Add these dates to remember to your calendar.
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November 25: OFF for Thanksgiving
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December 9 / Week 13: Position Round and end of 2nd half.
(Subs
are welcome to bowl, but they must be scored as Pacers only.) Also, $5 holiday cash
will be given out tonight to the one bowler on each team whose series is highest over average.
Cash gift is courtesy of Plaza Lanes.
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December 16 / Week 14: Holiday Potluck Buffet
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December 23, 30: OFF for Christmas and New Years Eve
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Week 8 October 28, 2009
Position Round on Week 9 (Nov 4)
Our mid-season position round is already here! Remember that subs
are welcome to bowl, but they must be scored as Pacers only. A Pacer's
score counts towards their own average but not for the team.
Splits!!
Santo made the 2-7-8.
Greg made the 5-10.
John made the 6-7-10.
Early Heads-Up: No Bowling November 25
We have off that week for Thanksgiving.
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Week 7 October 21, 2009
Splits!!
Steve made the 4-7-10.
Chris made the 5-10.
Nancy made the 3-7.
Jill made the 3-10.
Dennis made a 5-7 and a 5-6-10.
Bill made the 2-5-7.
USBC Achievement Awards
Kurt B earned a 200-game award magnet for his Game 2 score of 200 even. (The new
award magnets are all pictured
here (click).) Photos from 2008-09 Banquet
Photos that Chris V was snapping at our banquet last April are now
posted (click). Enjoy!!
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Week 6 October 14, 2009
Splitsville!
Santo made the 2-4-8-10 and a 2-7-8.
Dennis took out the 5-7, twice!
October Birthdays
Sending out belated birthday wishes to Denise G (Oct 1), Dennis (Oct 4),
and Greg (Oct 8). Kurt C's is coming up on the 30th!
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Week 5 October 7, 2009
Splitsville!!
(None reported.)
USBC Achievement Awards
Steve Brookins earned the first USBC award under this season's revised
awards criteria. He earned the 250 Game award (for average of 180 or less)
for his Game 2 score of 269. The new magnet awards are all pictured
here (click).
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Week 4 September 30, 2009
Position Round on Week 5!
It's our first position round of the season, and the team matchups will be
as follows:
| Lanes |
17-18 |
19-20 |
21-22 |
23-24 |
25-26 |
| Teams |
Comeback Kids
vs
Alley Oops
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Pin Action
vs
Here for the Beer
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Triple S
vs
UItra Outlaws
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No Pin Left Behind
vs
Beer Nuts |
Trouble
vs
(Blind) |
Splitsville!!
DeniseD got the 4-7-10.
Tony made a 4-6 and a 4-7.
June got the 3-10.
USBC Awards
None.
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Week 3 September 23, 2009
Splitsville!
KurtB made the 5-8-10.
Ray made the 6-7-10.
Steve picked up the 2-7.
Chris picked up the 1-5-7 washout.
Kathy made the 3-6-7-10.
Lucky Strike Game
Ticket handler for this game is now Greg instead of DeniseG.
USBC Achievement Awards
None. The awards program dropped a few awards and changed other
thresholds. Changes are explained below under Week 2 news.
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Week 2 September 16, 2009
Splitsville!
Santo made the 2-7-8, twice.
Tip! If you made a split or a washout and want to see it reported here, write
it somewhere on your score sheet, front or back!
Lucky Strike News
Our first installment of Lucky Strike was played on Week 2. Just a
reminder that this game is "progressive" style again this season. Tickets not drawn on any given day will remain in the pot instead of being discarded each week. This means the more you play, the better your chances are of getting your ticket pulled!! When someone rolls the Lucky Strike, only then will all tickets be discarded. ~~ The Lucky Strike ball will be thrown on a different lane than your own!! Be prepared to bring your ball to the designated lane. ~~ Also, remember to write your name on the tickets you drop in the pot. This way you don't have to save your ticket stubs from week to week.
USBC Achievement Awards
The Fall 2009 issue of US Bowler magazine described the
change to this season's awards program. Most notable is that patches
(emblems) have been replaced by magnets. Apparently bowlers are not sewing
them on their clothing, so USBC feels that magnets that can be slapped
onto any metal surface will be more likely to be displayed. Second most
notable change is that awards for "pins over average", split
conversions, Dutch 200, triplicate, and all-spare game have been
eliminated. High game awards are still around, but the pin increments
have changed.
You can see all of this season's available achievement awards on the Awards page at
bowl.com, on the award
application form. Go to http://www.bowl.com/awards/index.jsp
and click on "Special Achievement" in the Award Applications
section at the bottom of the page. For your reference, I'm including the info
here:
| Game Awards
(Magnets) |
Maximum Average |
| 125 Game |
90 or less |
| 150 Game |
110 or less |
| 175 Game |
130 or less |
| 200 Game |
145 or less |
| 225 Game |
160 or less |
| 250 Game |
180 or less |
| 275 Game |
200 or less |
| Series Awards
(Magnets) |
Maximum Average |
| 300 Series |
80 or less |
| 400 Series |
105 or less |
| 500 Series |
130 or less |
| 600 Series |
160 or less |
| 700 Series |
190 or less |
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Week 1 September 9, 2009
Week 1 Results. Weekly results are posted
here. (Link from the home page is in the 2nd column.)
League Rules. The league rules document is updated as we agreed
at the pre-season meeting on Sept 2. View
it here. Plus the home page has a link in the right-most column.
Splitsville!
KurtB made the 6-7.
Tip! If you made a split and want to see it reported here, write
it somewhere on your score sheet!
USBC Achievement Awards. None this week.
Other News and Information:
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Bowl.com has been
redesigned. The navigation menu that used to be along the left side is
now all at the bottom. (yeah right, first place I'd look.... NOT.)
Friend them on social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, and
Twitter. Also find them on YouTube (videos), Flickr (photos), and Digg
(news feed).
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Don't forget - at the
pre-season meeting, we voted to change how we calculate our
handicaps. It's still individual, but now it's 90% from 220
instead of 100% from 220. For an explanation and example, refer to our
Handicaps page.
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Watch the clock!!
Lanes open for practice at 5pm, or should be open. If not, ask the
counter to turn them on. Practice time is 15 minutes, and the lanes
should switch over to game play at 5:15. Our contract with Plaza says
we should be off the lanes (at least done with Game 3) by 7:15pm. The
league behind us has the lanes per their contract at 7:30. Please pace
yourselves so that we are not in their way and delaying their
contracted start time. Thank you for understanding!!
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If you bring in new
bowler (sub or replacement), please please PLEASE give
your secretary advance notice. It takes time to look up their average,
get their handicap, enter them in the scoring system, and go over the
certification card with them. I'd much rather do that in advance,
instead of taking up your team's time and mine (and our opponents) and
delaying us all from bowling. Thanks for your cooperation.
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Pre-Season Meeting September 2, 2009
Agenda:
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League officer final
nominations and election
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Team roster check
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House rule reminders
for 2009-10
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League rule changes;
discuss and vote.
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Anything else? (open
discussion)
Officer Elections: No new nominations (challengers) were
received over the summer or brought up at the meeting. None of the current
officers expressed interest in stepping down. Therefore, this year's
officers will be the same as last year's.
Team roster check: Discussed who was leaving, and how many open
spots we have. Looks like we have 9 active teams and one Bye/Blind team.
Still have one Vacant spot that can be filled. The Bye team can also be
filled. Please ask friends, neighbors, your kids' friends' parents, etc to
see if anyone you know would be interested in joining us.
House rule reminders: Distributed copy of Plaza Lanes' house
rules, which had been supplied to all league officers at their pre-season
training in August.
League Rules: Discussed the three issues that were proposed
last year. Click here
for the issues and the resolutions. Changes will be incorporated into this
year's league rules document, which is accessible from this web site's
home page.
Anything else? Questions?
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Santo suggested
adding a new game, in addition to Lucky Strike and Mystery. This is a
weekly over-average jackpot, based on highest scratch score over
average. We discussed how the game would operate ($1 per game, Game 1
and/or Game 2), and voted. Accepted. See Santo each week to
participate. Rules and results will be posted on the Games
page here.
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Reminder: USBC will
no longer accept credit cards as a payment method on the certification
application card. You may still use this payment method if you pay for
your USBC membership online at bowl.com.
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