*UPDATE* I have not been able to get pictures yet, as the wife broke our digital camera. Anyway, I bowled a 558 series on Sunday in the Team Competition, but we just weren’t good enough to do anything. It also took us almost 5 hours to do the 3 hour trip, due to multiple T’Storms and Tornadoes in the areas of Virginia in which we were driving.
I am participating in a Knights of Columbus bowling tournament in Norfolk, VA. I should have pictures up by the end of the weekend. The place the wife and I are staying is nice, complete with a picturesque view of the waterfront where the James River meets with the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean.
I bowled six games Saturday afternoon – three in doubles competition (with my father) and three in singles competition. Overall, between the six games, I had a combined score of 1122, which corresponds to a 187 average. That doesn’t tell the whole story. The lanes in Norfolk are made of pure wood, rather than the synthetic lane surface we are used to in Maryland (and most bowling alleys). It took most of us into the third game to adjust and I was no exception.
Take away the first two games, and the composite score for the remaining four games is 804, a 201 average. This makes a huge difference. Thus, you can see how badly I had bowled in the first two games – 150 and 167. Now that I know how the lanes work, tomorrow’s team competition should be good from the get-go. Updates and pictures tomorrow!
Tags: Bowling, Knights of Columbus, Norfolk
April 29, 2008 at 4:41 pm
So sue me. The pictures taken on the digital camera have been on the computer for a week now. Well, some of them. When I get the others from the disposables, they will be posted.