First, I'd like to congratulate Tom on his 214 personal best second game game today. As it turns out, today was a little about personal improvement for a few of our bowlers.
I explained last week about our modified format where we are all getting 100% of the difference between our averages and the standard score of 200 pins. What that should mean is that all of our handicaps are going up. Maurice is the perfect example. Last season, his average was 105 and his handicap was 85 (90% of 200-105=95*.90=85 (rounded to the nearest whole number)). So far this season, Maurice's average is 105, but his handicap is 10 pins higher at 95 (100% of 200-105=95*1=95). So if your handicap has gone up between 5 and 10 pins you are on track to do as well this season as last.
But hold on...
We've had a few scores last week and this week that may prove to be outliers, or may be indicators of some significant improvement. In order for handicaps to stay the same or end up less than last seasons, the bowler would have to bowl well enough to cover the built-in increase and then some. A couple of examples:
- Tom's 148 average from last year would have seen his handicap increase six points from 46 to 52. But his 214 game today and 166 average for this week robbed him of 4 of those points and as of now he will be going into team play with a 48 handicap.
- Last season Doug, aka DOG, aka Bam-Bam, rolled 27 games with us, almost half of which were under 100 pins. His overall 102 average would have translated into a 98 handicap this season. However, since we began anew, Doug has yet to roll a game under 104 and he only has two efforts under 118. His current average of 118 pins leaves him with a handicap of 82, -16 pins he might have had.
This week my new bowling balls came through for me. My 233 first game was my personal best Accidental Bowlers' League score, and ties my sixth best score ever. And my 189 average for the set was good for this week's top honors. Tom's personal best 214 and 166 average took second place, and Cary with a 132 average for the day rounding out the top three.
Alluding to my title for this week's posting, I suggested that not much has changed since last season. This week's great play had a significant impact on the season's standings largely due to the minimal number of games posted so far in the new year. So with our higher averages and lower handicaps, once team play begins, some of us are going to struggle to help our teams score the big "W"!
NOTE: Since only half our bowlers have had an opportunity to establish this season's average/handicap, we may go another couple weeks before we try to start team play.
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