This weekend in my hometown area of York, PA there was a tournament where there was 2 days of 6 games at 2 different bowling alleys to qualify for the 12 person final which follows next week as match play.  There were 48 bowlers in the tournament.  After 6 games on day 1, I was sitting in 8th place at +221.  And after 6 games on day 2, I finished in 7th place at +216 for the day, and +437 for the tournament.  Next weekend is match play with 6 games each on the 2 days with a bonus of 30 for winning the game.  This has been a continuation of good bowling this calendar year.  In January, I qualified 3rd with a +224 score for 6 games at a local tournament and I was only 11 out of the lead.  There were 17 people in the tournament.  Then, I beat the 4th place person in stepladder finals, but lost the next game to finish 3rd (241-237).  Then, 2 weeks ago I qualified 1st with a +343 for 6 games, but lost the title match after tying with a 259 game and losing in a roll-off (59-39).  There were 27 people in the tournament.  I currently have a 229 average in a travel league where we bowl at 5 different houses.  I am the 5th bowler on the team, and I have lost all 3 games only 1 time so far this year out of 28 weeks with 4 more weeks to go.  I will post an update next week with my scores from the York County Match Game Tournament.

There is a new PBA Pattern Sweeper Series staring on Suday 11-18-07 and will run through march.  Check in starts at 12:30 pm, and the start time is 1:00 pm.  This will be the same oil conditions that are used each week on the PBA Tour including the major patterns.  There is a 1 in 5 cash ratio and it only costs $25 for a 4 game tournament.  The tournament is in York, PA at the Colony Park Lanes North on Pensylvania Ave. off Route 30.  Come out and support the PBA Experience in the York area.