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Struggle This Week

Well this week I bowled on Friday morning and Friday night as a sub. I really struggled for what I have been bowling I am in a slump plus the shots tougher. I had a 615 Friday morning with 4 opens 2 of which were 7, 10 splits in the pocket. Then I only had a 566 in the evening I was pretty much lost in this house, I just don‘t match up well at this center. It is a scratch league and other team members tell me they are 20 pins down in this league from last year and from there other nights. Well… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on October 24, 2009 at 3:29pm — 2 Comments

Friday Morning Bowling Scores

Well this week I only bowled on Friday morning. I did pretty well having a 692 with two open frames, both were 8, 10 pocket splits. My games were 222+214+256 to the 692 series. I used my ebonite magic on the left lane and my Brunswick siege on the right. The magic had 2000 abralon and my siege had 1000 abralon pad surface. I am a firm believer in these pads and feel they are a key to pin carry and a constant bowling… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on October 17, 2009 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Ebonite Magic and Brunswick Siege This Week

Well I have been busy and having trouble keeping up with posting my bowling scores. I have 3 outings to post. First I got called to sub last Friday night I had a 646 with 3 open frames, I must note this is a 5 on a team scratch league. In addition, the pattern changes every week and is tough at times. I used my ebonite magic which gave me the best reaction the last game and had a 236 game. My scores were… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on October 11, 2009 at 3:54pm — No Comments

723 With The Ebonite magic

Well I have been bowling more lately last Sunday I bowled in a scratch sweeper and averaged 235.2 for the 5 gamer. The field was very tough so it took a 238 average to cash. I had 4 open frames that day 2 spits and 2 10 pins. Today I bowled in my normal Friday league and had a 723 series with 3 open frames. I used my ebonite magic on the left lane and the Brunswick twisted fury solid on the right. I used 2000… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on October 2, 2009 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Better With A 704 This Week

Well after having a bad week last week I did better with a 704 series today. I had games of 245+221+238 for the 704 series. I used my ebonite magic on the left lane and my Brunswick twisted fury solid on the right. I only had 2 open frames today, both were brain dead shots. Well I had a better mental outlook today. I used 2000 abralon on… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on September 25, 2009 at 8:33pm — 2 Comments

Bad Week

Well after having a great week last week I struggled with a 558 series today, this was one of my worst outings in over a year. I had a 156 my second game and 7 open frames over all. I realize I was not rolling the ball well and trying to look positively at it. You have to take he good with the bad and old friend once told me. I have only had 1 game under 200 in the last 6, but it killed me. The h*** league was down though and a few average in the 215 range. Well PMA a new start, and I h*** am… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on September 18, 2009 at 2:01pm — No Comments

First Week Of Fall Bowling For 2009

Good Start For My First Week Of Fall Bowling 2009



Well I am back to fall bowling after the summer I was only able to bowl the 5 weeks of the 8 week summer bowling. Then I went on vacation. I averaged 205 in the summer pba league for those 5 weeks and did get to bowl on all the 5 patterns once. Then I did practice, but I did slow way down over the summer. Now our league started today and I started with a bang having a 762 series today and had 2 open frames. I missed a 10 pin in the… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on September 11, 2009 at 9:53pm — No Comments

5th Week of Summer League

5th Week of Summer Sport Doubles League



This week in our Summer Sport Doubles League which is suppose to be like a PBX league, but it is not sanctioned and we bowl 4 games. Well last night was our 5th week we were suppose to be bowling on the PBA Shark pattern. I must note this is a wood bowling center; well I had games of 192+215+193+205 for an 805 series. This shot was a little tougher than the others, but I had to make sure that I kept the ball insider and did not swing the ball… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on June 6, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments

4th Week of Summer Bowling League

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 4th Week of Summer Sport Doubles League.

Last night in our Summer Sport Doubles League which is suppose to be like a PBX league, but it is not sanctioned and we bowl 4 games. Well last night was our 4th week we were suppose to be bowling on the PBA Viper pattern. I must note this is a wood bowling center; well I had games of 182+245+193+235 for an 855 series.
This shot was not bad really, but I had to… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on May 29, 2009 at 11:57pm — No Comments

3rd Week of Summer Bowling League

3rd Week of Summer Sport Doubles League



Last night in our Summer Sport Doubles League which is suppose to be like a PBX league, but it is not sanctioned and we bowl 4 games. Well last night was our 3rd week we were suppose to be bowling on the PBA Cheetah pattern. I must note this is a wood bowling center; well I had games of 184+189+243+202 for an 818 series. This shot was not bad really, but I had to make sure that I swung the ball because there was no hold; the pattern is suppose… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on May 22, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

2nd week on the Summer Sport League

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2nd Week of Summer Sport Doubles League

Last night in our Summer Sport Doubles League it is suppose to be like a PBX league, but it is not sanctioned and is 4 games. Well last night was our 2nd week we were suppose to be bowling on the PBA Scorpion pattern. I must note this is a wood bowling center; well I had games…
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Added by Bill Marks on May 14, 2009 at 9:46pm — No Comments

First Night of Summer League

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 Last night we started our Summer Sport Doubles League it is suppose to be like a PBX league, but it is not sanctioned and is 4 games. Well last night we were suppose to be bowling on the PBA chameleon pattern. I must note this is a wood bowling center; well I had games of 167+189+200+213 for a 771 series.
This shot was tough at first as the lane conditions hooked a lot more than I expected, but after I… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on May 7, 2009 at 12:34pm — No Comments

My Monthy Sweeper Bowling Scores

My bowling scores today were 256+212+208+248+182 for an 1106 series in our local monthly scratch tournament I averaged 221 for the 5 game sweeper and only had 4 open frames. I missed 2,10 pins and had a 7 + 10 and a 8 + 10 in the pocket. I never cashed this month, but I did get money back for a high game. I just had trouble getting lined up today and was debating whether I should bowl today as my mental game was not there. I was going out with the ball to much there was a little to much wiggle… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on April 26, 2009 at 2:37pm — No Comments

862 in 9 pin With the Storm Virtual Gravty

My bowling scores this week were 262+300+300 for an 862 series in my Friday morning bowling league.

1t was our fun day so we bowled a 9 pin I only had 1 ball out of the pocket it was the big 4 in the first game I got 5th place because I had to bowl scratch. In addition, I used my virtual gravity from storm this time. Well that is it for my bowling this season, but I am bowling in our monthly scratch tournament and… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on April 18, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

This Weeks Bowling Scores Ebonite Magic = 676 and Twisted fury Solid = 681

My bowling scores today were 238+256+182 for a 676 series in my Friday morning bowling league.

1 had 3 open frames today 2 in the 1st game and 1 in the 3rd I went back to my ebonite magic today because I had a good reaction with it in practice. In addition, I substituted that evening in another center and had games of 265+237+179=681 I lost reaction the last game with 3 opens a 8+10 and a 4+9 with a missed 10 pin I had a good… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on April 11, 2009 at 11:34am — No Comments

Friday Morning Bowling Scores - Back to the Twisted Fury Solid

My bowling scores today were 188+223+223 for a 644 series in my Friday morning bowling league.

1 had 4 open frames today 2 in the 1st game 1 in the 2nd game and 1 in the 3rd I went back to my twisted fury solid today because I did not have a good had a good reaction with my other balls, but I have a cold so I don’t know if it was that or me. I only have one week left then I bowl in a summer sport shot league for 8 week. I usually aver about 195 on the sport stuff, but this stuff is… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on April 4, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

My Weekly Bowling Scores Friday Mornings - With The Ebonite Magic

My bowling scores today were 224+245+269 for a 738 series in my Friday morning bowling league. 1 only had 1 open frame today in the 1st game. I went back to my ebonite magic because I had a good reaction with it in our pre bowl practice. I did use a 2000 abralon pad on the magic I think the surface adjustment helped me. Well we have our monthly scratch tournament Sunday.
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Added by Bill Marks on March 27, 2009 at 10:13pm — No Comments

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Added by Bill Marks on March 21, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

My bowling scores today were 259+226+215 for a 700 series in my Friday morning bowling league. 1 had 2 open frames today one in the 2nd game and one in the 3rd. I missed a 10 in the 2nd game and roll…

My bowling scores today were 259+226+215 for a 700 series in my Friday morning bowling league. 1 had 2 open frames today one in the 2nd game and one in the 3rd. I missed a 10 in the 2nd game and rolled a bad shot for a 4, 6, 7 split in the 3rd. I went back to the twisted fury solid because I had carry and reaction troubles with my other equipment. I did have a 300 with my magic in a different center this past week though. In addition, I had a 2123 all events score in the city…
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Added by Bill Marks on March 20, 2009 at 8:28pm — No Comments

633 in my Morning League

My bowling scores today were 203+217+213 for a 633 series in my Friday morning bowling league.

1 had 3 open frames today one each game, I kept leaving 10 pins it got frustrating. After leaving so many I only missed 2 one in the 1st game and one in the 2nd game then I chopped the 2 off the 5 in the 3rd game. The conditions in the league have been kind of tricky the last couple weeks I used my ebonite magic again I am averaging… Continue

Added by Bill Marks on March 13, 2009 at 5:40pm — No Comments

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