Well, it has been i think almost three weeks since my last posting. At that time i was previewing JWTC. That has come and gone along with another tournament as well. I would usually put a tournament preview in here but seeing as i havent yet updated anyone about JWTC, ill just make a mish-mash post including JWTC, Las Vegas Open, and Junior Gold.
Ill start with a quick recap of what went down during JWTC. As i am sure everyone has read Perry's tournament recap, we all know he and his team finished up in third place. A very well bowled tournament for the whole team. They all worked well together and it was fun to watch. A third place showing against the best teams is not a bad thing at all.
My weekend did not go as well. I think Perry did mention something about me going more in depth aboout the sweepers, so ill do that. The sweepers were the first event for the tournament. We bowled on i think it was Route 66, which is a looong pattern. I ended up slow hooking my 715t for the first 2 games and had good success. Unfortunately, i finished poorly and missed cash by about 20-30 pins. Although my good friend Tanner Spacey did end up winning that squad so a big congrats to him.
I bowled the survivor doubles with Jared McNeal, and we had a good time. However the results just werent there as we ended up missing cut. not much more to say about that. It was on short, but i couldnt get a good luck anywhere i played. I ended up throwing that seismic aftermath pearl and it worked ok. Not overly impressed with that ball but thats another entry for another time.
My team event was a blast. Got to bowl with my homies Tyler and Marshall, as well as Jordan Yoke and Kyle Berry. We all bowled decent, but never really got into a rhythm. It was an adventure as well were the last team into the cut to semis. And it just got worse from there. I took us 2 matches before we finally won a game and i think we only won about 3 sets total during semis. Like i said, we didnt bowl bad, just never found a rhythm and never strung anything.
All in all, it was another very fun and nonetheless interesting weekend on and off the lanes. I look forward to going back next year.
The Las Vegas Open recently wrapped up here yesterday (friday). This tournament is run by the folks who run the east coast JBT tournaments. This year was actually only my second time bowling it. We bowled two 6-game qualifying blocks, then a cut, then 8 games of super matchplay, then a modified bracket-stepladder. Super matchplay is where you bowl everyone else in the field every game. You get 10 pins bonus for every person that you beat. So since there was 30 bowlers, there was a max of 290 per game. This lead to insane +numbers.
I had a curious qualifying. Scores were very high. We bowled on a pattern that, well, was pretty easy. you had hold to the left. Almost unlimited. There wasnt too much recovery to the right, but you just had to keep it in the middle somewhere and it hit pocket. Anyway, I ended up throwing a 300 game 11, which then put me +430 for the 11 games so far. Of course, i go on and shoot a 149 my final game to pretty much ruin a very well bowled 12 games. But, still ended up 6th with some buffer room. During the match play i think i average right around 240 for the 8 games. That, along with the crazy bonus, put my into the lead going into the finals.
I received a bye through the first round. to move on, the higher seed only needed one win but the lower seed needed to win twice. I was able to get through Jake Peters in one game and then snuck by Marshall in 2 games. Now i was only 1 win away from the title and $4000 on top. Was i nervous? of course i was. I think this was the most money ive bowled for before in a title match. I know i bowled Zach Hattori in the TPC afew years back for 2k on top. He was like 15 at the time. Now in this title match i was bowling Kamron Doyle, who himself is only like 13.
Anyway, he crushed me the first game, and it looked to be a blowout in the second. With nothing to lose, as all i was doing was leaving spares, i made the call and switched to my HyRoad and strung the next four strikes after two spares. Doyle ends up sparing twice and i all of a sudden had the chance to take the lead and put a lot of pressure on. The next shot was probably the most important of my entire career so far, and i got fast. The ball went too far down the lane and i left a flat 10. I again had a chance to actually lock it up this time, needing to double in the tenth. My first shot i pulled a lot. It pushed but not enough, leaving the 4-pin. Spared, struck. Doyle went up and buried two shots for the win.
That ten pin that i left will probably be in my mind for a while. Not because i didnt carry or anything, but because i didnt make the best shot for that situation. I dont really care about that 4-pin, cause that ten pin was such a pivotal part of the match. I had my chances to put the match away and didnt do it. Whatever, i have a couple days to rest my mind and then get right back into the grind for JG. (ive lost a total of $3000 to a combined age of 28.)
I threw my Outburst and 505t first 6 qualifying. AZO Area for the next 6 and the 8 of matchplay (300 ball.) Threw Area and HyRoad in finals.
Just a quick note, i bowled this scholarship shootout thing at sams town last night and went +70 on the 3 patterns from last years JG. I wont know final results until monday sometime.
Ill Talk about Junior Gold another time. Until then, thanks for reading and have a nice afternoon....i know i will.
-Cameron
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