Fri League (26 Aug 2011)

My bowling improved this week. Started out the 1st game with a 195, and things were going well. (Had a couple of strikes and I was picking up my spares.) Things went south at the beginning of the second game, and I had 4 opens in the 1st 5 frames. I had a 55 going into the 6th frame, but I ended up salvaging a 193 by rolling a 5 bagger starting in the 6th frame. I rolled a 157 the last game (strikes were harder to come by, and I had a few splits). I was happy with my bowling for this week, and I brought my average up 20 pins from last week.

Fri League (19 Aug 2011)

My scores were no where close to what I expected the 1st night of bowling.  A couple of days prior, I rolled a 234 and a 185 in practice, but that didn't seem to carry over to Friday night.  The lanes were rather dry on the outside, and there didn't seem to be a lot of strikes from anybody.  With that being said, I was not upset with my bowling overall.  My spare shooting has continued to improve, and the majority of my opens were due to splits (except for a stretch in the 2nd game where I had 4 opens in a row).  I ended up with a 141 average after the 1st night of bowling (154, 122, 148).  I finished up last season with a 159 average, so if you throw out that 2nd game, my night wasn't too awful.  Guess I will have a little bit of handicap next week.  My goal for this season is to carry at least a 175 average, and I believe that is a realistic goal.

Wendy Macpherson named BWAA July Bowler of the Month | bowlingdigital.com

Macpherson continued her success on the Japan Professional Bowlers Association (JPBA) Tour with back-to-back wins in July, her ninth and tenth career JPBA titles. This pair of victories gives her 30 professional titles overall, in addition to her 20 PWBA titles won through 2003.