Classic Challenge 2 Feb 2003~

HanZzZzZ SG

Now let's all chant to the tune of "Glory Glory"....(any man utd fans here???) Very Happy

airgrinder SG

Wah!! tdy so happening ah, should had went down. Congrads to all who won and those who tried their best. Deamon got 5th eh.... Well, be ready folks, I'm tunning up should be ready in a month's time. Let's just say, it won't be that easy for deamon to win again...hahaha Twisted Evil

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Deamon SG

Had a not too bad day today. As compared to the last mth classic tourny, well, my position improve by 2 places and my avg also improve by another 2 pins. So basically was satisfied despite the small improvemments.

Today amost everything new for me. "new" 2nd hand bolwing balls(had them drilled on fri only, so only today get to try out); tried a new concept bwling shoes which my frd got for me in the States, and of course using my favourite cleaner which now cannot find in singapore (neo tac renew it). So was able to get a 177avg, i more than happy alrdy.

Frankly, to get into 5th place came more as a suprise,esp when the counter announced after the end of 6 games, i was hovering at 6th. 2 games of 180+ and 190+ and 4 games of 160+ and i still have a chance to get into top. Really a susprise. I think among the top few, i may be the only bowler who played all 8 games without any games hitting beyond 200 Mr. Green

I always like to reflect the goods and bads after a tourny. Perhaps the good thing is i managed to improve on my avg. 2nd good will be that i have kept the difference bet my high and low games to less than 30pinfalls. 3rd good will be still able to bowl some decent games after all.

The bad? much more. my sparing really bad. 4 games of 160++ shows how much spares i have missed and the other 4 games of 180++ also shows missed spares, which would have otherwise lead to some 200 games. Lesson leant.

2nd bad...unable to adjust as quickly as i could. Till only the end then i decide not to roll the ball and loft the ball and playing "area" bowling. Should have done that by the 3rd game when my orange ball starts to over-hook at the 11th board. Experience learnt

3rd bad, unable to read the breaking down of the oil as fast as i can. only after 5th game then i realise i can't release the ball on the dots cos there wasn't any oil to allow my ball to skid.

having learn all these, hopefully next time got chance to do better. Wink

harmzuay SG

Deamon

I did not ask you then because you were playing and had made a decision on how to play. But now that you mention it...

Remember that time (either 3rd or 6th game) when I was behind you and you left a 1-4-5 standing? You were lofting by then. But you played a smooth, strong shot to the 1-3 high and converted. Wasn't that a good line? It would have been more repeatable than lofting, surely.

I did notice your shoes. But I thought it was only the shoe (slide) cover that was different. Twisted Evil

chee35 SG

Man Utd fan here... Evil or Very Mad red devils go!

Ding SG

Go where Question Mr. Green

Ding SG

Really, the last game was so enjoyable Very Happy Really wish it didn't end Wink

But then it's still not worth the seriously sprained neck/shoulder injury I'm having now. Can't move my head much Mad

Hope for the best Neutral

Ian SG

the lanes this time around looked different from the last time. i only looked at deamon and tom's lanes so i might be wrong.

patchy at the ends, oil on the outside and bonedry from 5th to 15board. the centre had abit of oil but not really enuff to make a difference to hook ball bowlers. the spinners should have had a good day.

pins as usual was light (duh) making splits galore for higher speed and forceful players wif heavy balls.

ding had alot of problems, forcing more and more each time he made a pocket shot and didnt get a strike. only the last games he got a better score as he tired himself out and slowed down the speed, enabling a better reaction at the back.

ever wondered y the lady bowler (forgot her name) was always top bowler? (after 1st 4 games anyway) her style is simple and relaxed, allowing for pin reaction. since the pins were light, it suited her perfectly. put her on cathay lanes and the result would be very different. try looking at the top bowlers bowl in the competition and get an idea of wat they do right, it would improve ur chances if u try to follow them or adjust from wat u learn.

just my 2 cents.

[email protected] SG

Just for your info, the lady who scored quite well is Rosalyn. She played straight ball with moderate speed. just enough to create some pin reactions.

Deamon SG

Not forgetting, if we want to play like the lady mentioned above, we shld also use a much lighter ball
Pins light, so use lighter ball; as heavy ball will tend to push the pins back or make the pins "fly" upwards.

Deamon SG

hehe...i got 2 classic tourny experience while u have only 1. so, i shall welcome yr challenge

Deamon SG

Well, its definitely different if u compare the oil conditions on sunday and the monday league. The league on mon, maybe, employ a so-call "house" conditions, and it makes scoring seems higher. This is becos the amt of oil is more, and enough to last thru the 3 games

For the classic tourny, the lanes become unplayable after the 2nd game. The 10th board which got me a 388 after 2 games suddenly cross 4 boards across 1-3 pocket, and that's the extent of how much the lane has dried up.

U are right to say 5-15th board has dried up. interestingly, 0-5th board is patchy, so playing the outside line does not allow the ball to snap back with energy to the pocket.

But after 2 classic tournaments, i have a clearer idea how to tackle the lanes. The 1st tourny, i was using power surge and pearl power. The recent one i was using piranha and rage(which is a 16lb ball). My educated guess is to use 3 balls and exclude the power surge. Piranha for 1st two games when lanes still got oil. 3rd-5th/6th game, use storm pearl power to generate more skid to skid thru the front end which, by then, has alrdy broken down.Last 2 game or last game use the 16 lbs rage and whack straight into pocket and hoping for high pin counts and sparing.The 16th lab shall be used with a slower speed to purposely take out the pin5.

But they are just my educated guess. won't know if they work or not. anyway, they are just my thots

Deamon SG

Hehe 1 shot wrote so many posts.I like to explain why that shot is not used for my strike line.
Basically i was spinning the ball in and it went into the pocket just nice, slicing the pin5 and knocking the pin 4. But, if there were the full 10pins, i will be leaving a 6-8-10 split. Firstly, as u said the 1-3 pocket is high, so pin3 is not likely to knock out pin6 and pin10. Secondly, the ball only slice the pin5, meaning it wil not take out pin8. I was observing the reaction as the ball went for the spare and it indicate to me such a pocket shot is not worth to utilize as a strike line.

Also, becos of the dryness of the lanes, there is only less than a inch of error if i want to play the outside line. In this competition, i was playing catch up, so i have to find an area where i can afford at least 1-2 boards of error and hopefully high pincounts if i can't strike( a 9spare is always better than a 7spare). As a result i have to use the lofting to skip the front and snap at the break-point to take out pin5. In my lane, the common pin being left behind is pin5, and this indicate abt the carry down condition of the lanes. With that in mind, so i just went for the simpler shot. Wink

Ding SG

Very true, had quite a number of splits when I had a pocket ball. 1 reason, the pins are light. The other was due to my release. I stretched my neck-shoulder tissue and it had an effect on me in the next 2-3 games. After that kinda get used to it and able to adjust my play. Had better follow-thru(which was missing from my earlier games)

Lesson learnt, try not to over sleep hence avoiding injury as I would had a better warmup and gotten warmup throws Wink

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