Strokermjcomanche Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I Did something I thought I'd never do , shot 299 !! Buried the last ball and left a stone 10 pin . We were in the the roll off to win this 3rd and need to win all 3 games to take 1st place and lost the last game so we took second place , oh well . There's always next year . Anyone have a 300 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 This may seem weird, but up here, 10-pin bowling isn't very common. Everywhere is 5-pin. So the best I've done is about 200. It's tough to compare the two though. A perfect 5-pin game is 450, but supposedly it's more challenging, because there are fewer pins flying around, and no pin is in front of another. But good job. I'd be more than happy with a 299. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 AAARRRG - 10 pin tap. 299 is a hella game - the closest I ever had was 285. Used to bowl a lot but it's been years. With that 299 UB ready for the PBA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 this year i am in just one league where as in years past i was in 2-3 per week. just got too expensive. anyways, last year i threw a 298. Left a pocket 7-10 on the last ball. The nerves were getting to me but i hit my mark. Highest game and that resulted in my highest series, 772, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Gogmorgo: I've never heard of 5 pin bowling until you mentioned it , I'd like to try it one day . I'm perfectly happy with a 299 , but I would have loved a 300 . If you get a 300 you get $100 and a ring . 299 basically gets you nothing except for a patch , they use to give a ring too but now they're cheap lol. Hornbrod : my next highest game was a 286 but I'm roughly a 200 average bowler nowhere near PBA status lol. A good friend of mine ( Adam Barta ) is though . I keep watching the video over and over of my last ball wondering why the 10 pin didn't fall . 89 eliminator : that's horrible you got a 7 /10 split , I don't know what I would have done . The highest series I ever had was a 750 . I can't seem to put three good games together . Good job on the 298/ 772 , I'd love to have an 800+ series one day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 i struggle to get 3 solid games as well and also struggle to adapt to lanes breaking down. I have one bowling ball so I ride or die with it haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 i struggle to get 3 solid games as well and also struggle to adapt to lanes breaking down. I have one bowling ball so I ride or die with it haha. Lol. The lanes are not synthetic where I bowl , when they start drying out I just end up throwing the ball harder as moving left messes with my mind . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Bowled on leagues from 96-09.....get out every now and then but nothing like I used to. My average was always around 165. Best game ever I think was a 240 or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 congrats! :clapping: still mighty impressive! if I had ever broken 200 I think I'd have had a heart attack. :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 You guys ever bowl duck pins and/or candle pins? Used to do a lot of that growing up in New England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 congrats! :clapping: still mighty impressive! if I had ever broken 200 I think I'd have had a heart attack. :ack: You'd be ok Pete . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 You guys ever bowl duck pins and/or candle pins? Used to do a lot of that growing up in New England. Never heard of that , I'll have to look it up . What do you like better ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Ten pins for sure. The duck pin and candle pin ball is only about the size of a softball, so you can really hum it down the lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Five pin bowling is mostly a Canadian phenomenon I think. You've got a ball about the size of large grapefruit, and of course five pins, which are smaller than standard. Supposedly it's easier for kids, because of the smaller ball, but at the same time it can be more challenging because it's harder to hit the pins into each other. Maybe it's just Canadian weirdness. I mean, we can't play football properly either, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpdriver1 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 there is a duck pin alley near me. i have yet to go but hear its a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw star Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Here I thought I was the only one who used to bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmoore1031 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Think 160 is my highest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull4x4 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Congratulations on a 299. Best I had was around 250 and bowled for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc. Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 299 would be great, AND frustrating. To be that close and NO, denied. I haven't been bowling for years, can't remember what I ever got for scores. I just remember first couple throws not so good, then I could do some strikes and spares, then the last couple balls my wrist would usually give out and boom, crappy score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Time to update this thread , second week of this season... IMG_1224.mov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 x 100 The JEEP shirt must have been the difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroader461 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I have bowled several 300's....most recently this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, offroader461 said: I have bowled several 300's....most recently this summer Good job , I love the team name lol . I've had a lot of close to perfect games , but only really wanted to bowl 300 once . If I get more great , but I'm definitely not a pro bowler lol. Been bowling a long time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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