....is finally off my back!  Bowled my first 300 at age 55(turn 56 in a couple weeks) after being close SOOOOO many times.  What the really cool part about this was that my teammate in the #4 spot bowled a 300 immediately preceding my 300 in the #5 spot.... back-to-back first game 300''''s!!   Don''''t see that everyday.... in fact, I have been bowling and working in this same house since 1991 and I have NEVER seen it!  Had to let the commotion from his 300 subside a bit before I could even get up and try to get mine.  All of his and my strikes were flush-pocket, though my last strike crowded the headpin enough that the 4-pin was last to fall.  Yes... my knees were pretty wobbly AGAIN, even after a few deep breaths and trying to focus.  Followed up with a 212 and 268, for a 780.  Used the same ball(Jigsaw) all three games.  Last week... after starting with a 279... left a flat-10 in first and second frame, so I decided the SMART thing to do would be to change balls.  Shot 183 while searching for the shot again.  Went back to the original ball and finished with a 245.... so much for my best thinking!  I decided before practice tonight if I had a good look in the first game, that I would STAY WITH THE SAME BALL FOR ALL THREE GAMES! Best decision I''''ve made in bowling in a long time.... not to over-think and outsmart the shot.  Our house does not see all that many 300''''s (because we put out a fair and legal shot all the time...no bumper bowling here!), though we do have a lot of really good bowlers bowling here.  My teammate finished with a 207-201 for 708, and averages 225 here(and almost everywhere else in Atlanta).  Almost everybody that came by for high-fives were FLOORED! when they found it was my first.... even two of my teammates didn''''t know until tonight that I had never before done it. Needless to say, I feel like a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders!  And, believe it or not, I got a LOT of really good information from this forum!  Thanks Ballreviews!!!  r.k. wolfe
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Congrats!

Jess

Congratulations, especially after the long wait.  That's something many younger bowlers just won't appreciate.  Back to back on the same team is pretty cool too.  Definitely had to make yours a little more nerve racking as well.
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Way to go, vile!  Real nice.  That had to be hard watching your team mate go through all of that & then going up for yours in the 10th.  Congrats.
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Fantastic accomplishment, especially since you've bowled for so long without one, and even more to follow the one ahead of you. That people didn't know you hadn't ever shot 300 is a credit to you in several ways. Congrats!

Congratulations, vilecanards, on your first 300 game and nice series.


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Like other things in life, there may be more in your future, but you never forget your first time .

 Congratulations on shooting your first three, AND on hanging in there until it finally came around for you.
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The other three teammates might have been victims of distraction as they put up scores of 169,177, and 211 for a total of 1157 scratch.  We only carry 30 pins of handicap, and 27 of those are by one bowler.  We finished the night with 3216 scratch.  Our season-high scratch game is 1161(with no 300's!) and our high scratch series is 3382, so we can be very dangerous if we all show up on the same night!  But the back-to-back 300's was something very special....
Thanks again, ballreviews.com for all the valuable information you have offered up for free, and thanks for all your comments!
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