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Title: Your most memorable night
Post by: TWOHAND834 on August 10, 2003, 05:38:39 PM

Last year, I had the opportunity to bowl against someone who had been a friend of mine until he decided to take my wife (now ex wife) away from me while I was overseas.  I was in the military years ago and while I was in Korea serving my country, I learned that she had moved in with this person who I used to bowl youth leagues with, and eventually married him.  Anyway, he always mumbles crap under his breath to me while walking passed me just about every league night.  Well, on October 31 of last year, I had the opportunity to bowl against him as our teams went head to head.  In front of his family, I shoot 300 the first game on my way to 836.  After I was finished, he literally cussed me out under his breath and walked out like a 5 year old who was just told he could not have any milk and cookies.  Has anyone had a moment like this?
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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: The Hose on August 11, 2003, 09:59:34 AM

A couple of stories come to mind when I read the topic.  Last year, I was at my office and received a phone call that my Dad, Sawbones, was on a string and could shoot 800.  I'm only about 3 minutes from the bowl and drove up and watched him throw the last 5 balls for an amazing 812.  It was by far the neatest thing I've seen in bowling.

The other would have been shooting a 300 against him using one of his old balls.

Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: Psychoballtester on August 12, 2003, 04:22:12 PM

Ok,
Mines was 3 weeks ago at night,around 10pm!Well I
picked up my FIRST ever "Big Four" split!The
6,4,7,10 hoo hoo.Heck! At first I was thinking and seeing
that last pin fall in disbelief,like"wow the was weird".

It was a sliding,like the famous out across the "I'm gonna go 10 pin hit".
Then it hit the 6,10 semi lightly.The 6 pin spins,then deflects knocking over 7 first then the 4.
       
I was numb in shock,this happened in the 4th frame and the rest
of game went down the toilet.I couldn't even walk straight.
The games was a 97!!! I'm sure it was the shock,BIG TIME!!

I had about 4 or 5 witness.Where the rest of the bowling alley when something cool happens,IJKALOLTA!!!!!!!

I picked this split up with a Yellow/Black Power Groove on a MED oil night!
Just ta let every one know,just in case they wanna try it too!

Now,they're are too more splits I haven't picked up (aka at least ONCE).

One is the BIG 7-10(I'my dreams),and the BIG ""3"" 7-5-10(almost got it 4 times,I know yayayaya it dont count!)!!

Thats my MOST RECENT memerable night to date.

What's yours? Next!


Psycho.B.T

Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: charlest on August 12, 2003, 05:29:16 PM

I have 2 big moments:
1. The day I beat Marshall Holman, one of my TV idols, in brackets at the ABC Nationals.
2. The day I converted the 8-10 the right way, sliding the 8 into the 10 pin (balancing off the shame of leaving it in the first place.)
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Edited on 8/12/2003 5:38 PM

Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: Goof1073 on August 13, 2003, 07:40:22 AM

A few things stick out:

1. Bowling with Amleto Monacelli when I was a kid and beating him at a pro am.
2. Bowling against my former Pro Shop Boss and shooting the first 300 and 800 he ever had thrown against him.

I've had others but these always come to my mind first...

Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: JOE FALCO on August 13, 2003, 08:50:31 AM

STEVEO .. Hope they HAPPENED in the reverse order (hahaha). In bowling I think back a few years when I left and made the 7-9-10 .. also made the 7-10 one time .. but somehow the 7-9-10 was more memorable!
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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: TWOHAND834 on August 13, 2003, 09:30:54 AM

Speaking of 7-10s...I have made that one 3 separate times.  The most memorable was not the first one, either.  I was practicing one night next to a group of college chicks (loving life).  I left a 7-10.  I looked at one of the girls and asked if she would not mind that I used one of their 10 pound house balls.  Her response, "Go ahead.  I think you will make it."  I just kind of laughed.  I threw the ball at the 10 pin somewhere near 28-30 mph.  The 10 went into the back corner, then ricocheted across the deck and took out the 7.  I turned around and looked at that girl.  She just shrugged her shoulders and said, "Told you so."
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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: Leftyhi-trak on August 13, 2003, 12:39:51 PM

Bowled a fun league right after a regional just finished at the house, they ran late and asked if we wanted to be even later because they needed to oil. We said we'll just bowl on what was left of the regional pattern. It was bone dry and everyone in our league shot in the 400's except for one. I pulled out a 5" axis drilled Dynothane Concept XTC-Tour and went 782 playing right down 3-4 board. It was just the night when all mechanics and timing were perfect except for one shot. I missed a lone 6 pin that cost me my 800 in the last game 7th frame.

Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: Game In a BoxLC on August 13, 2003, 03:22:25 PM

bowling one of my best bowling friends and the best bowler in the area to win a tournament. i needed to punch the 9th, first two in the tenth and a 9 count to lock him out on a tough condition for me to string on (i had one 3 bagged in 15 games). and i locked down and put up what i needed to win my first tournament.
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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: HamPster on August 13, 2003, 04:57:21 PM

I don't know yet.  I had a good morning when I bowled my first 300, and a night I shot 802 potbowling against my boss, lol.  I suppose it would have to be last year's Top Ten city tournament.  Me and my buddy absolutely leveled everybody.  We both qualified higher than any of the adults (we were on the youth side, I was at 236 for the 5 games, he was at 239, next qualifier was at 202) and he ended up beating me in the championship by 1 pin.  Most fun I've ever had in a tournament.
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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: srlunatic on August 13, 2003, 05:56:26 PM

well there was the night with me and Denise Richards......

oh wait.......talking a bowling night....;-))))
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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: LuvThatWhiteDot on August 13, 2003, 07:09:20 PM

Oct. 2, 1995.

I was six weeks into my league after taking lessons for two summers and I proceeded to shoot 207-300-154 / 661.  My average at the time was 151.

The coolest part is one of my teammates' birthday is Oct. 2, and the manager of the house was so excited that a woman finally shot 300 in her building she brought out 5 bottles of champagne for me and my teammates.

Oh, and I haven't averaged less than 170 since
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White Dot
Not another 10 pin!

Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: Michael DeSantis on August 13, 2003, 08:32:06 PM

In bowling,probably last year, because I have a short memory.  Friday night league I finally shot my first and only so far 700 - 244, 244 and.. no triplicate patch.. 255 for a 743. It only took me 20 years or so, but that made it feel a little more special to me.

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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: CB on August 14, 2003, 01:09:08 AM

with 25 years of bowling, there are many memorable moments.  The most memorable for me has got to be that 1st 600.  It was also the first night I bowled wearing contacts rather than glasses.  A friend told me after bowling she wanted to know why I was bowling without the glasses, but since I was doing so well she didn't want to jinx it for me.  It was a 626.

Other memorable moments were my oldest daughter shooting her 1st 600 after she was convinced it would never happen.  Then there was my younger daughter shooting 179 with a 100 something average.  

I'm still waiting for the best memory, that 1st 700
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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
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Title: Re: Your most memorable night
Post by: Reality Check on August 14, 2003, 07:41:54 AM

A few come to mind......

1) Bowling my first 700. I went 234, 236 then 235 for a 705 series. Best part of it was, I miscalculated and thought I had blown it in the 8th frame of the last game, so felt no pressure in the 9th and 10th till my dad (who was my bowling partner) told me I had made my 700!

2) I played a big tournament here in a England about 4 years ago called the London International. Around that time, they had just started showing an invitational one lane tournament called World Tenpin Masters on satellite TV. 16 Bowlers from around the world playing 2 game matches. My favourite was Tim Mack from New Jersey. Anyway, I turned up to play the International for the first time, and he was bowling on my lanes! I bowled with him for the whole 9 games of qualifying, and got an autograph and some advice from him afterwards. It was great to meet and bowl with my hero.

3)Every New years Day, my home centre holds a tournament inviting the highest average players from all of its leagues. One year, I managed to make the stepladder in 4th, and made it through to the final against the centre manager, who was a former international player and amf world cup finalist. Although he beat me, I only lost by 2 pins, and it was the greatest thing I have ever played in.
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