TQI tournament

Only one junior tournament was played this month.  It was the girl's under 21 intercentre match played at their home centre. Only four centres from Capalaba, Caboolture, Toowoomba and Logan played on 16 lanes. My girls home centre came 3rd.  The winning team was Capalaba but the strangest part was this centre only had one team played.  It's obvious this centre has excellent team players. My girls bowled three games out of four over average. Unfortunately neither girls won a medal for individual placings.

Did I ever mentioned about a 15 yo junior bowled a 300 game during a tournament in Toowoomba?  Apparently I heard last week the same kid done it again during league this time. I was told once you bowl one 300, it is easy to do it again, But I was more blown away to hear a teenager bowled it twice in less then a month.  I only dream of bowling that perfect game (of 12 strikes in a row).  The highest game I have ever bowled was a 232 game which happened in a league in the early 21st century. I must be due to bowl another 200 game soon.  The highest game so far for this year is a 191 game.  And I have about another 25 weeks to go and do a 200 game.  Must beat 210 game (for me to win an individual prize) as one of the league female bowlers has bowled three 200 games already.

New teams come and go

Going back to my records it seems I joined an adult league in 1991.  I can't believe I have been playing in leagues for over two decades already.  I don't know where the bowling gene came from as neither my parents or grandparents walked into any bowling alley in their lifetime.  But going by my toddler photos I always had a ball in my hand.  Guess then, bowling was going to be my favourite sport to grow up with. But I didn't start to play socially until I was in primary school. It was my school sport activity to do each week on Friday afternoons. The bowling alley used to be only across the road from the school. This bowling alley now no longer exits.  Their doors were closed and the building was knocked down in 2008.

It's now 14 weeks of of new season play in my Sunday night league at the centre I play at each week. I have been in this league for 4 years now and I have made some great friends from here.

A couple of new teams have been introduced and one team has already left us.  Because of new teams coming in we had four draws of lane re-schedules which happens some teams we have competed twice already. 

At the present time my team seems to be casually standing in the same position.  Some weeks we win or lose some points.  Only a couple of times we won all points.  My average is slowly increasing and currently I am in first position for a high series scratch.  My highest game is 191 which happened last week.  And yes I was the star of the week recipient.  This is my second certificate so far this year.