A week has past since I last bowled. On Sunday night we didn't play because I was out at John Farnham's concert having a time of my life. I had a look online to see this week's results and it turns out we only won one of the games. I guess it happened in the second game because we bowled better then. We have only two weeks to go and this league will be finished for the year. We will then have a six week break and resume back in mid January.
I didn't go to play socially last week because of my car issue but today I had my social games with only one person because the other social members were either sick or had some other commitment on. I don't know why I even bothered playing because I bowled lousy and didn't even win one point. This social league will end in the same week as school finishes for the year in December. It was my first year to have a social play with these four ladies and I have form a good bond of friendship with them. Also they have a good sense of humour. Even if I had a bad morning at home, I always come home happier after I have socially bowled with them.
We all had dinner together for the first time on Sunday night before we went in to see the concert. It just happened they booked the same concert on the same night afew months ago too. Today I show the ladies what I got from the concert shop as I didn't see them after the concert performance. They sitted at the balony below us. They are happy to have me back next year when the person at the reception asked if we all were coming back to play next year. I decided to give another year of social play as I don't have anything new on the agenda.
I will miss my bowling mates during the six week break but at the same time it will be nice to have a break after playing two seasons straight. I didn't have a break from the sport over last summer because I was involved in a phantom league. A phantom league is where you bowl at anytime of the week with a mysterious player. You don't know who the player you bowled against as they didn't play the same time as you. This league would suit shift workers because their hours changed all the time and they wouldn't be able to play in a standard league. The only way you know how you progress is to check the standing sheet online or at the centre you played at each week. It was a 12 week league involving afew regional centres in SE QLD. We all bowled four games per week. For the first couple of weeks it was quite tiring to bowl four games in one hour but after time my body got used to it. During the summer school holidays I had the kids bowling socially besides me while I bowled my phantom league.
By the time this mini league ended I came 72nd out of 183 players. The highest game I bowled from that league was a 209 game. I haven't bowled anymore 200 games since but I had a couple of close calls of a 200 game in both leagues.
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