Well this Saturday is finals of State Games of Oregon. Kind of a fun tournament where there are levels of qualifying needed to get to the finals. I wasn't real sure if I would make finals this year as regional qualifying came just 10 days after surgery for me. I had a doctor appt a couple of days before the qualifying and asked him if I could bowl. He said go ahead and try it. As luck would have it I walked into a pretty dry condition which forced me to throw a little harder than I think I was ready for. Shot a consistant 200-202-200 for a 602 which ended up being enough! Now I am fully recovered walking into the finals so I do expect better results even though bowling in the summer is a lot less than in the fall. We will see on Saturday and anything less than a medal will be a disappointment but it will just force me to practice more.

In other news our Nationals team is now confirmed to bowl in Vegas! in 2009. July 10th wow it is gonna be hot! Oh well can't let the Florida boys get cold. Two teams going this year so it should be a great time. Now the hunt for Hotels and after the first of the year Flights.

Anyway Just thought I would post a quick update to all. Later days

Strikes to all

Wow just got back from Nationals this past week and it was as tough as usual to score down there. This is the first time I had been to Nationals when it was set up in a convention center as I had only been to Reno before and wow it was different. USBC does a great job in setting up lanes and all lane issues were addressed quickly and efficiently by the lane monitors which was great.

The best part of the trip this year was getting to see a friend whom I haven't seen in about four years or so. We used to bowl together here in Oregon alot and since he moved to Florida I haven't gotten the chance to bowl with him again. Well enter Nationals 2008 and we again got to bowl in doubles together, Hillsboro Oregon partners with Zephyrhills Florida and it was a blast. Didn't score great at all but it was about bowling with a great friend and making more friends as he came with a team from Florida. All the guys were cool and I had a great time. So if you guys read this Thanks! The best part is we get to do it again in VEGAS next year! Wow I am not sure I will ever sleep there.

Well as you can tell we will not talk about the scores or anything as it was an adventure to say the least. I am not even going to talk about the 200+ avg bowler who shot 448 in team as he was relentlessly picked on in ALBUQUERQUE. Oops I guess I did mention that sorry Chris. I know I know it could have easily been me too but wow free beer is good beer.

Well anyway time to sign off for this issue of Bowling blog and we will try to update through the summer on how the ball rolls.