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President: Doug Blackler, Manager of Fairlanes
Where: Halifax Fairlanes, at the Halifax Shopping Center
When: Tuesdays, 7:30pm to about 10:15pm
Cost: $15 per night (spares are welcome)
League Size: 14 teams
League Structure: 3 sections of 13 weeks, with a REDRAFT for each
section.

Team Structure: 5 men per team

May 3/05: Final night! League as a whole was -132 vs draft.

Brad Given's team managed to hold on, for a 2 point win over Gerry Dunn's
team.  Team Given went 30/2 over the final 4 rounds, to sneak into top spot.
Gerry's team bowled on the lanes next to Given's on this night, and we
REALLY wish that Todd Harrison's wobbly pin would have fell for the triple
strike - Todd managed a 167 vs Team given, but he lost out by 11 pins
the last string.  In the last 4 rounds, Brad's team had the team high triple 
in 3 of them.

Third belonged to Jim Slaunwhite's team (Jim's on vacation). They split 4/4
against Chris Hollett's team - which finished 4th.

Chris Hollett finished with top average at 131.5, Gerry at 128.6, and
Sean O'Flaherty at 127.8 (Sean bowled Gerry the last night - Gerry had a
140-166-123 against him….but he DID happen to get an up the hill strike,
 and a few REALLY good breaks off the side…but damn it - he throws with
SPIN, and he's left-handed too! ).

Singles: 167 Todd Harrison, 166 Gerry Dunn,152 Paul Jolimore, 
148 Pat Birchill, 148 Chris Hollett
Triples: 429 Gerry Dunn, 414 Todd Harrison, 396 Steve Harnett,
390 Brad Given, 389 Chris Hollett




May 1/05: 
We bowled a triple session on Sunday.  Overall, people got tired and got 
worse as the day progressed.
Overall, for the 3 rounds, the league was -546 vs ACTUAL (not draft) avg.
Stars: Darrell Jollimore 109.55, Gordon Langille 98.29, 
Brad Given 91.74, Phillip West 81.81, Matt Harnett 74.68
Fallen Stars: Allie Ross -72.75, David Cooper -76.00, 
Cory McIsaac -76.58, Gerry Dunn -93.71

After the 2nd round, the two top teams that have been fighting it out for
several weeks, Dunn & Slaunwhite, were tied with Brad Given's for first.
Dunn and Slaunwhite split 4-4, and Given got 6 to take the lead by 2.



Week #36  Todd Harrison (1650,6) vs Sean O'Flaherty (1627,2)
Matt Harnett (1790,8) vs Allie Ross (1655,0)
Chris Hollett (1706,6) vs Eric Banfield (1610,2)
Pat Birchill (1676,0) vs Brad Given (1814,8)
Doug Blackler (1661,2) vs Jim Slaunwhite (1704,6)
John Marriott (1536,2) vs Gerry Dunn (1655,6)
Barry Soward (1687,2) vs Russell Shannon (1766,6)
Singles: 166 Chris Hollett, 157 Matt Harnett, 154 Paul Jolimore, 
152 Bert Hudson, 152 Ken McVeigh
Triples: 440 Brad Given, 421 Chris Hollett, 407 Matt Harnett,
394 Bert Hudson, 391 Pat Birchill

Week #37  Gerry Dunn (1693,6) vs Barry Soward (1686,2)
Jim Slaunwhite (1710,2) vs Russell Shannon (1714,6)
John Marriott (1661,8) vs Sean O'Flaherty (1567,0)
Allie Ross (1648,2) vs Doug Blackler (1747,6)
Pat Birchill (1685,2) vs Chris Hollett (1715,6)
Brad Given (1788,8) vs Matt Harnett (1639,0)
Todd Harrison (1602,6) vs Eric Banfield (1601,2)
Singles: 158 Gerry Dunn, 145 Matt Harnett, 143 Steve Harnett, 
142 Paul Hector, 141 Glen Thorne
Triples: 399 Steve Harnett, 388 Ian Niven, 377 Robert Slaunwhite,
374 Glenn Leblanc, 371 Brad Given

Oland's Commercial Men's Pro League 2004 / 2005
Week #38  Chris Hollett (1624,4) vs Allie Ross (1713,4)
Eric Banfield (1629,0) vs Pat Birchill (1728,8)
Matt Harnett (1692,6) vs Todd Harrison (1563,2)
Barry Soward (1631,2) vs Sean O'Flaherty (1635,6)
John Marriott (1614,2) vs Brad Given (1663,6)
Russell Shannon (1624,2) vs Doug Blackler (1649,6)
Gerry Dunn (1663,4) vs Jim Slaunwhite (1704,4)
Singles: 162 Barry Soward, 161 Matt Harnett, 154 Greg MacCallum, 
146 Pat Birchill, 145 Gordon Langille
Triples: 416 Pat Birchill, 411 Matt Harnett, 400 Doug Blackler, 
396 Barry Soward, 383 Darrell Jollimore



April 26/05:
Weird night - league as a whole was + 231 above draft.
However, some lanes were TERRIBLE, while others were loose as #$)(@*.
Allie Ross (1623,6) vs Pat Birchill (1619,2)
John Marriott (1686,2) vs Doug Blackler (1766,6)
Barry Soward (1579,2) vs Jim Slaunwhite (1714,6)
Sean O'Flaherty (1557,2) vs Russell Shannon (1579,6)
Brad Given (1719,6) vs Eric Banfield (1643,2)
Todd Harrison (1696,0) vs Chris Hollett (1794,8)
Matt Harnett (1896,8) vs Gerry Dunn (1726,0)

Note that Harnett had an 1896!  They had 2 400's, and a 399. They had
the two "brightest stars" against my team - took all 8 from us by 170 pins,
and we had 1726!

And now, on my honor, I swear that when I came around one night to
Jim Slaunwhite's team, someone had written "50+.com" on their sheet, 
and I thought they actually used that themselves.  Oh well - they're in 1st
place now, anyway.  So "tthbbbbbt" 

Chris Hollett was not there, and Gerry had a 395.  The top average is pretty
well settled - needs to make up about 300 pins. Barring a hernia and a miracle,
Chris will finish as the top average again.

Congratulations on Doug Blackler's 3rd 400 in a row.  Helluva finish.
He'd only had 2 in the previous 32 weeks.

We're doing a triple session on Sunday at 8:30 am, which is going to be a
critical matchup - no big leads in this section.

Fallen Stars: -63.7 Barry Soward (296), -45.2 Russell Shannon (310),
-38.6 Sean O'Flaherty (346), -35.7 Robert Boggs (291), 
-30.7 Allie Ross (329), -28.7 Eric Banfield (325)
Stars: 37.5 Todd Harrison (399), 37.8 Matt Harnett (402), 
50.6 Doug Blackler (404), 60.5 Rob Murphy (389), 74 Steve O'Laughlin (374),
76.8 Travis Slaunwhite (399), 86.4 Ken McVeigh (420)

Singles: 169 Rob Murphy, 158 Matt Harnett, 156 Todd Harrison, 
154 Doug Blackler, 149 Travis Slaunwhite
Triples: 420 Ken McVeigh, 404 Doug Blackler, 402 Matt Harnett,
399 Travis Slaunwhite, 399 Todd Harrison


April 19/05: 
Pinfall was +156 vs draft.

Doug Blackler had his 2nd 400 in 2 weeks. But…he got no points from
my team (Gerry Dunn) - we had the nightly high triple at 1805. Brad Given's
team had a 628 single.  Gerry's team now has a 2 point lead over the
50+.com team - the OLD guys (Jim, Art, Randy, Peter, and Gordon).

Remember, this coming Sunday, at 8:30ish, we'll be bowling a triple
session.  It has been decided that we'll give the money away later in
the week.  $15 is owed for the final Tuesday.

Ed Mahar had a 169 single to start the night, which earned his team
their only 2 points of the night.

Fallen Stars: -58.7 Allie Ross (301), -51 Gordon Langille (282), 
-45.3 Jim Slaunwhite (315), -41.8 Art Rudge (299)
Stars: 51.5 Todd Harrison (413), 52.6 Doug Blackler (406), 
53.5 Ian Niven (403), 62.8 Matt Harnett (427), 62.9 Ed Mahar (389), 
71.7 Robert Slaunwhite (426) 

Singles: 169 Ed Mahar, 166 Robert Slaunwhite, 162 Matt Harnett,
157 Gerry Dunn, 150 Todd Harrison
Triples: 427 Matt Harnett, 426 Robert Slaunwhite, 413 Todd Harrison,
411 Gerry Dunn, 406 Doug Blackler


April 12/05: 
League as a whole was  194 pins under draft average.

The top two teams (Dunn & Jim Slaunwhite's 50+ Crew) both took 8, 
to give a little separation in the standings. 

Fallen Stars: -53.9 John Marriott (310), -48.6 Ken McVeigh (285),
-48.5 Todd Harrison (313), -43.9 Darrell Jollimore (281), 
-42.5 Tom Webster (298)
Stars: 31.1 Steve Harnett (380), 35.3 Barry Soward (395), 
39.2 Randy Slaunwhite (377), 42 Bert Hudson (387), 
48.6 Doug Blackler (402), 63.8 Mark Crookshanks (395),
77.2 Todd Sisco (427)

Singles: 160 Barry Soward, 159 Todd Sisco, 158 Mark Crookshanks,
154 Chris Currie, 152 Robert Boggs
Triples: 427 Todd Sisco, 411 Sean O'Flaherty, 402 Doug Blackler,
395 Mark Crookshanks, 395 Barry Soward


April 5/05: Pins were loose!  League + 262 pins vs draft.

The logjam at the top of the standings is almost funny. 
Two teams with 30 pts, 4 with 28 pts, and then 4 with 22 pts.
No one is running away with it.

David Cooper had his first 400 of the year (he rejoined for this draft) to
carry Chris Hollett's team to 8 pts (Chris only managed a 397…okay, maybe
that helped).
Trevor Zinck had a 379, after starting with a 92! (92-149-138).
Pat Birchill had a 428, but only got 2 pts, due to some consistent bowling
by Jim Slaunwhite's team (Jim wasn't there, but everyone else was pretty
good - no one under 325, and no one over 363).

Matt Harnett had a 393…to take a commanding lead on his father (before this
week, both Matt and his father Steve had bowled 125 since the last redraft,
with Matt holding a 1 pin advantage….until this week when Steve chucked a
319).  I'm sure Matt is crying on the inside.

Singles: 158 Gerry Dunn, 152 Pat Birchill, 149 Trevor Zinck, 
147 Doug McDonald, 145 Matt Harnett
Triples: 428 Pat Birchill, 410 David Cooper, 402 Gerry Dunn, 397 Chris Hollett,
393 Matt Harnett

Fallen Stars: -59.2 Russell Shannon (296), -58.7 Chris Currie (289),
-41.3 Robert Slaunwhite (313), -30.7 Allie Ross (329), 
-29.9 Steve Harnett (319)
Stars: 47.8 Trevor Zinck (379), 48.4 Mike Venedam (382), 
59.6 Pat Birchill (428), 62.9 David Cooper (410), 63 James Hingly (336)

Mar 29/05: The league was +97, but it was a toss-up between those
who bowled great, and those who did Baaaaad.

The top 2 teams (Banfield and Dunn) both lost. We (Dunn) got 2,
at least.  There is now a big logjam. 28, 26,24,24,22, adnd 22.
Now that it is April, remember!  May 1, we start at 8:30am (yes, for some
of you who have never seen one, Sundays do come with an 8:30 in the
morning).

Brad Given's team lost the first 2 games by 25 pins, then won by 157 
(670 vs 513). Nasty.  Brad's team also ended up with both the team
single and triple.

Mike Powell threw 3 big marks going out to steal 4 points away from my team.


Stars: 45.8 Russell Shannon (401), 46.8 Matt Harnett (411), 
53 Chris Porter (374), 53.3 Barry Soward (413), 69.1 Steve Harnett (418),
70.6 Darrell Martin (412)
Fallen Stars: -59.1 Glen Thorne (291), -55.7 Eric Banfield (298),
-49.7 Joe S Slaunwhite (283), -45.5 Glenn Leblanc (304), 
-41.2 Ross Townsend (272)

Singles: 169 Matt Harnett, 162 Darrell Martin, 150 Pat Birchill,
150 Chris Porter, 149 Russell Shannon
Triples: 418 Steve Harnett, 413 Barry Soward, 412 Darrell Martin,
411 Matt Harnett, 409 Chris Hollett, 401 Russell Shannon

Mar 22/05: 
The league as a whole was +50 pins vs draft.

It has been decided that the league is going to bowl a triple session on
a weekend, and that there will NOT be a banquet.  We're going to try to
give out the money on the final night of bowling (we'll start at 7:00).

Steve O'Laughlin has rejoined the league, to take the one remaining
spot (Chris H's team) and he threw a 359 to impress them.  Doug McDonald
had a 166 to finish, and wound up with a 406. Chris H lead with 409, 
and John Marriott had a 403.  Mark O'Laughlin came in to spare, and threw
a 362 (beat his father by a couple of pins…but not that many!). 
John McTavish was also in, and threw a 319.

Singles: 166 Doug McDonald, 152 Chris Hollett, 148 John Marriott,
146 Bob Snair, 144 Chris Hollett
Triples: 409 Chris Hollett, 406 Doug McDonald, 403 John Marriott,
383 Jim Slaunwhite, 379 Gerry Dunn

Fallen Stars: -36.3 Mark Reesor (309), -34.4 Darrell Martin (307), 
-33.1 David Cooper (314), -32.4 Pat Birchill (336), -31.2 Art Vassos (306)
Stars: 34.7 Bob Snair (362), 5.6 Matt Legacy (359), 
36.4 Joe Slaunwhite (349), 39.1 John Marriott (403), 59 Steve O'Laughlin
(359), 70.6 Doug McDonald (406), 75 James Hingly (348)

Mar 15/05: League was -252 vs draft.

So far, Gerry's team leads with 22/2 record - avg of 573…but next is
Chris Hollett and Sean O'F's teams with 570 avgs….but they are 6/18 and
10/14 respectively. However, every one of those 3 teams have now bowled
each other.

Weekly team high single was only 592 for Doug B's team, and Eric's B's team
was 1767 (carried by Trevor F's 430). Steve Harnett had a nice 374…but
Matt H only had a 341. Ian Niven had a 356 while Chris N only had 314. Some 
Dads had better start giving additional lessons!

Stars:30.8 Trevor Zinck (362), 31 Chris Porter (352), 38.3 Phillip West (356),
40.6 Matt Legacy (364), 75.4 Trevor Feltmate (430)

Singles: 160 Trevor Feltmate, 159 John Marriott, 155 Chris Hollett,
151 Chris Currie, 151 Chris Porter
Triples: 430 Trevor Feltmate, 390 Chris Hollett, 384 Doug Blackler, 
380 Gerry Dunn, 374 Steve Harnett

Fallen Stars: -48.3 Jim Slaunwhite (312), -42.5 Greg MacCallum (301),
-42.1 Glen Thorne (308), -38 Gordon Langille (295), 
-35.9 Darrell Jollimore (289)

Mar 8/05: League as a whole was + 154 pins.  Sean O'F's team had the high
single (621) and tirple (1827)…bowling against Chris H's team (who also had
the high single and triple thrown against him LAST week).

After throwing 2 400's in 2 weeks, Eric Banfield fallen back to normal - 297
(ok, maybe that isn't "normal", but it sure as heck is noticeable).
Sean O'F threw a 459 vs Chris H, for the 3rd highest triple of the year.

The captains were presented with a few options, including bowling a triple
session on a Sunday, so that we can finish the league at a "normal" time.
There is also a discussion of having 6 men on a team again (low man sits).

Stars: 39.9 David Cooper (387), 40.1 Adam Jenkins (356),41.7 Bob Snair
(369), 49.7 Robert Slaunwhite (404), 74.4 Sean O'Flaherty (459)

Fallen Stars: -56.7 Eric Banfield (297), -56.4 Doug Blackler (297),
-53.4 Brad Given (303), -45.3 Mark Reesor (300), -44.4 Darrell Martin (297)

Singles: 174 Sean O'Flaherty, 154 Pat Birchill, 153 Sean O'Flaherty,
153 Robert Slaunwhite, 150 Cory McIsaac
Triples: 459 Sean O'Flaherty, 404 Robert Slaunwhite, 403 Pat Birchill,
388 Matt Harnett, 387 David Cooper

And FINALLY….congragulations to Monday Madness Ellen for throwing
a strike in the 24th box on Monday night (I promised to mention her a
few weeks ago when she threw a spare and a strike to win a game, but I
forgot!  So now, I hope you appreciate your 15 minutes (seconds) of fame.

Mar 1/05: New Draft!  New Teams! New Hope! Same Lanes!...League as
a whole was -153 under draft average - averages have been crawling
downwards ever since the first "juiced" section.

As for the draft, the top 14 average guys to show up were captains.
The league is 1 bowler short - Chris H's team will be taking the LOW SCORE
from the opposing team.

Chris H was hot - if he had been 2 pins better on his last string he would
have had the 3 highest strings bowled - 438.  However…his team got no
points - Billy Q had 372, Glenn L had 383, and my team wound up with
both the high single and triple ($25 each) for the night vs his. For anyone
curious, the first 4 headpins that Gerry hit were for 8 pin breaks - all splits
(he made 2 of them due to wood).

And…CONGRATULATIONS TO ERIC BANFIELD - happy 19th! And..
Remember that you are no longer a young offender, and you are liable for
jury duty (if you vote), and you are no longer able to be claimed as a
 dependent, and… you can legally drink  beer!

Stars: 38 James Hingly (311), 39.9 Ed Mahar (366), 41 Steve Harnett (390),
42.5 Chris Hollett (437), 47.1 Billy Quinn (372), 52.3 Eric Banfield (406)

Fallen Stars: -48.5 Todd Harrison (313), -42.4 Cliff McKay (266), 
-40.7 Gerry Dunn (349), -40.6 Cory McIsaac (272), -38.7 Allie Ross (321)

Singles: 
154 Chris Hollett, 143 Chris Hollett, 141 Billy Quinn, 140 Chris Hollett, 
140 Steve Harnett, 140 Eric Banfield, 140 Glenn LeBlanc, 
140 Sean O'Flaherty
Triples: 
437 Chris Hollett, 406 Eric Banfield, 398 Sean O'Flaherty, 390 Steve Harnett,
385 Matt Harnett

Feb 22/05: 
A weird and wild finish for the section. Redraft to be held next Tuesday
at 6:30pm.  The highest 14 averages to show up will be captains.
Plus….remember that 3 of the top guys are out of the league - 
Mark O'Laughlin, Bob Sutherland, and Steve Carpentier. This means that
Robert Slaunwhite would be the 14th captain, and have first pick.

**PLUS…as far as I know, we are still one bowler short. Call 455-5446
if you want to go into the draft (100avg and up, please).

As for how the final night went - the top teams all got knocked around.
Doug Blackler's team and Sean O'Flaherty's team both got 0, and the other
two top teams (Glen Thorne and Russell Shannon) each got 4.  
The teams that got 0 both faced off against a hot bowler - Sean took on
Chris H (425) and Doug faced Jim S (431). Ironically, both of the "hot"
teams ended up taking 8 pts…and they tied for 9th and 10th.

Singles: 174 Jim Slaunwhite, 168 Todd Harrison, 154 Chris Hollett, 
148 Gerry Dunn, 148 Joe S Slaunwhite
Triples: 431 Jim Slaunwhite, 425 Chris Hollett, 417 Eric Banfield,
404 Todd Harrison, 388 Paul Yeadon

Weekly Stars: 37 Paul Yeadon (388), 38.2 Doug McDonald (364),
50 Todd Harrison (404), 66.8 Jim Slaunwhite (431), 
67.2 Eric Banfield (417)
Fallen Stars: -53.6 Chris Niven (307), -53.5 Ed Mahar (269), 
-50.6 Bob Sutherland (316), -47.9 Cory McIsaac (280), 
-47.4 Steve Carpentier (309)


Feb 15/05: 
There is one week to go before the re-draft, and there are 4 teams in
the hunt for 1st place. They have 66, 64, 64 ,and 62 pts.  This week, NONE
of them bowl each other…so they will have to rely on the unkindness of
strangers.

IF anyone wants to add their name to the list of bowlers, please leave your
name and average at 455-5446 (or ask for Doug Blackler, Manager and 
League President).

The league as a whole bowled their average - it was PLUS 23 pins for
the 61 bowlers who were there.
Fallen Stars: -53.2 Jim Slaunwhite (311), -51.6 Chris Niven (309), 
-47 Art Vassos (298), -34.8 Steve Harnett (315), -33.4 Steve Carpentier (323), -32 Chris Currie (328), -31.3 Gerry Dunn (368), -29 Mark O'Laughlin
(352)
Stars: 34 Todd Harrison (388), 35.4 Bob Snair (357), 46 James Grant (376)
46.7 Art Rudge (386), 49.1 Gordon Langille (377)
 
And…oh my god, the high single and triple for the night went to Glen Thorne's
team…but of course, Glen was the 2nd lowest on the team. He relied on Todd
Harrison (388) and Art Rudge (386) and Randy Slaunwhite (360) to carry him.
And the funny thing is he doesn't even feel embarassed.  Oh Stella, how can
you put up with him!

Chris Hollett took a bit of a lead on Gerry Dunn for the top average.
416 vs 368

Singles: 166 Chris Hollett, 162 Brad Given, 153 Gordon Langille,
149 Gerry Dunn, 146 John Marriott
Triples: 416 Chris Hollett, 392 Brad Given, 388 Todd Harrison, 
386 Art Rudge, 382 John Marriott

Feb 8/05: League was -409 vs. draft avg. They fell a bit hard.
Fallen Stars (all captains, sorry to say): -55.7 Sean O'Flaherty (331),
-53 Chris Currie (307), -44.5 Russell Shannon (320)
Stars: 47.2 Glenn Leblanc (403), 48 James Hingly (312), 55 Mike Venedam (385)
Singles: 169 Gerry Dunn, 151 Glenn Leblanc, 146 Glenn Leblanc,
146 Mike Venedam, 140 Gerry Dunn
Triples: 436 Gerry Dunn, 403 Glenn Leblanc, 387 Paul Yeadon,
385 Mike Venedam, 378 Chris Hollett

Gerry had a chance for something big - he started with a 169, then
he had 4 strikes in the first 5 boxes of the 2nd game, but due to punching
a spread eagle, and a bit of bad luck, only had 140 (then 128).

Two weeks left to bowl before the redraft.
O'Flaherty's team leads by 4 pts over Russell Shannon's (who managed to
get 6 pts from Chris Currie by winning 1 game and TYING on the 2nd and 3rd).
There are a total of 5 teams within 8 pts of 1st place - some big points remainging to be won.

Mark O'Laughlin is back from working in the US, as well.

Chris Hollett leads the averages by about 7 pins over Gerry Dunn. Sean
O'Flaherty had a bad night, and is now back by about 120 pins.  

***P.J. Fancy has quit the league, leaving us short a man.***


Feb 1/05:  League as a whole was -149. 
Only one 400 - Eric Banfield, 407, and one VERY close - 399 for Matt Harnett.

3 nights to go before the redraft. Top standings are VERY tight.
My team (Chris  Currie) got the high single and tirple! Yippee! Too bad
we sucked for the last 6 weeks and cost ourselves a chance at a top spot.
Tonight, it was Harnett against Harnett - Steve (320) vs Matt "the next
generation" (399).

Compared to their draft averages:
45 James Hingly (309), 45.3 Matt Harnett (399), 46 Mark Crookshanks (370), 
55.7 Randy Slaunwhite (386), 57.2 Eric Banfield (407)

Singles: 163 Randy Slaunwhite, 162 Chris Currie, 162 Eric Banfield,
157 Ian Niven, 154 Chris Hollett
Triples: 407 Eric Banfield, 399 Matt Harnett, 392 Robert Slaunwhite,
389 Jim Slaunwhite, 386 Chris Hollett


Jan 25/05: League as a whole was -162 again. 
Blame it on the last #$AW@$# snowstorm on a Sunday / Monday, I guess.
Bad backs for everyone! Except for….
Singles: 
192 Sean O'Flaherty, 162 Steve Carpentier, 152 Sean O'Flaherty,
150 Russell Shannon, 148 John Marriott
Triples: 
490 Sean O'Flaherty, 427 Steve Carpentier, 401 Glen Thorne,
387 John Marriott, 381 Chris Hollett

Yes, Sean O'F had a lousy rotten 490 against my hard-working team.
We should have won the 3rd string! 192 games are not natural.
Wrecks the karma.  He's bound to throw a gutter ball.
Thanks to that performance, Chris H is still in first, and Gerry is 2nd, but
Sean is now only 70pins away from them.

Larry Lovett and Paul Balcom dropped by to spare. So did David Cooper…
but the NASTY people on  his team forgot to write down any of his scores.

By some trick of lights, smoke, and mirrors, Glen Thorne threw a 401!
Steve Carpentier also had a 427 (but that's MUCH more believable).

Some incredibly tight matches this week:
Chris Hollett (1673,6) vs Pat Birchill (1655,2)
Gerry Dunn (1665,6) vs Allie Ross (1662,2)
Glen Thorne (1764,6) vs Bob Sutherland (1759,2)
I guess the team on the left gets the advantage - since they got 6pts each
time.

Jan 18/05: Well….not bad - the league was below draft by 138.
The stars of the week were 30 Todd Harrison (384), 31.7 Randy Slaunwhite (362), 34.5 Ken McVeigh (366), 42.4 Bob Snair (364), 43 James Hingly (307).

Singles: 
149 Barry Soward, 146 Trevor Feltmate, 145 Chris Hollett, 143 Doug Blackler,
139 Ken McVeigh
Triples: 399 Gerry Dunn, 385 Doug Blackler, 384 Todd Harrison, 
380 Bert Hudson, 379 Barry Soward

One team (team Sutherlane) lost all 8 because only 2 bowlers made it.
Phil West, Steve Carpentier, and Bob Sutherland (injured) were all missing.

Chris Hollett is still high average, by abou 13 pins over Gerry Dunn. Both are throwing 131.

The standings are lead by Russell Shannon and Brad Given with 44 pts, and Doug Blackler is 3rd with 40.

And for anyone not in Nova Scotia, please be aware that we had another
big #$@$) snowstorm on Sunday / Monday.  There should be a lot of sore
backs on Tuesday.  Remember that spares are welcome!  Only $8! See some
good bowling, and the occasional big baby.

Jan 11/05: Oh horrors! It has happened again!
The league was -658 pins, spread over 63 bowlers.
45 men were under their average, lead by:
-61.4 Adam Jenkins (268), -55.7 Peter Blackler (265), -48.6 Chris Niven (312)

Mark O'Laughlin rebounded, after having a ROTTEN night last week, he
had a 395 this week. People who had a good week included:
37 James Hingly [who broke his glasses and bowled with NONE] (301), 
44.4 Cliff McKay (348), 46.4  Bob (birthday boy) Snair (368), 
and 47.1 Gordon Langille (375).

Two former bowlers, Jim Coolen (367) and Bert Hudson (351) came back
to spare for a night.  Jim was taking Allie's place for the evening, and
helped his team earn 6pts.

Gerry's team managed to get 8 points, with strings of 548, 518 (vs 509) and
534.

Singles: 149 Barry Soward, 149 Sean O'Flaherty, 144 Todd Harrison,
142 Mark O'Laughlin, 141 Gordon Langille
Triples: 395 Mark O'Laughlin, 382 Todd Harrison, 381 Chris Hollett
378 Sean O'Flaherty, 375 Gordon Langille


Jan 4/05:  TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE!  
The league as a whole was -700 pins, and 44 guys were below their
draft, while 16 were above.  The 5th high triple was a 365.
Compared to draft: -73.1 Chris Hollett (325), -72.3 Mike Powell (270)
-71 Mark O'Laughlin (310), -47.4 Adam Jenkins (282), -43.5 Russell Shannon (321)

Glen Thorne (since I was watching) threw 6 in a row during his last string…
after starting with two in the 90's. 
The high team triple went to Given, who were bowling Blackler (which had
the high team triple). They are now tied for 3rd and 4th. My team, Currie,
which had been in 1st, lost all 8, and now we are 2 points back. Russell
Shannon's team moved into first - despite his 321.

Singles: 159 Gerry Dunn, 156 Trevor Zinck, 148 Gerry Dunn, 146 Glen Thorne,
142 Sean O'Flaherty
Triples: 435 Gerry Dunn, 383 Jim Slaunwhite, 382 Ian Niven, 
373 Greg MacCallum, 365 Trevor Zinck


Dec 28/04:  14 out of 70 guys were missing - probably due to bad
backs from shovelling snow, illness, Christmas Hangovers, or intuition -
the lanes played hard, and the bowlers were a combined -200 below
draft average.  
Whatever the cause, only a few guys had good nights:
34.5 Jim Gilbert (333), 46 Paul Yeadon (397), 57.2 Doug McDonald (383),
57.9 Tom Webster (393), 74 Trevor Feltmate (431)
Pay particular attention to the fact that Paul Yeadon and Trevor Feltmate
had great nights (their best since their returns to the league).
While many had bad ones.
-65.8 Glenn Leblanc (290), -65.6 Chris Niven (295), -57.6 Glen Thorne (300)
(oh my gosh….not Glen!), -53.3 Gerry Dunn (346)

Chris Hollett was missing…but his average minus 5 still would have been the
5th high triple for the night. HARD pins.
Singles: 159 Trevor Feltmate, 157 Ed Mahar, 152 Sean O'Flaherty, 
148 Art Vassos, 147 Tom Webster
Triples: 431 Trevor Feltmate, 397 Paul Yeadon, 393 Tom Webster,
387 John Marriott

Dec 21/04:
League as a whole was +180 above draft average.
Interesting week. Fair number of guys missing - remember, spares
pay $8! Spare often, and decide if it might be a league you want to
join!

Chirs Hollett was high with a 424, but his team bowled Doug Blackler's -
so Chris bowled John Marriott - who had a 406. Doug McDonald also had a
helpful 364 (as the 2nd highest total on team). They won the last string
by 2 pins (Chris got a spare in the 9th down by 8. John went first and 
punched the spread eagle minus the 10. Chris got 7 on the spare - but left
the 2,4,10 - no wood. John took the two on the left. Chris missed - would've
hit the headpin. John took the 6 and 10. Chris picked off the 4.)

Roy Wheeler had a big 150 the 3rd game to help his team win (Sean O'F was
M.I.A.) 595 vs. 583 AND 1744 vs. 1738. Big points.

My team lost - we'd been 22-2 before the night, and won our 1st. Then
Mark Reesor decided to try to get a 400. My only moral victory is that
he had a 399 hahahahaha (I'm crying on the inside).

In the battle of returning bowlers, Trevor Feltmate 117.6, leads Paul Yeadon
116.4 by just a little bit. Both were welcomed back after a layoff of a few
years from the Men's League, while they both continued to bowl on Mondays.

And Randy Slaunwhite threw a healthy 408 to lead his team - can't wait for
Glen Thorne to do it anymore!  In one of the strings, the team started with
9 out of 10 boxes as marks - the one missing mark was Glen Thorne's, of 
course.

So, for any bowling junkies, to make up for last week's mistake (I didn't
post the scores), I hope you have enjoyed your present!

 Singles: 158 John Marriott, 154 Chris Hollett, 151 Joe S Slaunwhite,
150 Matt Harnett, 150 Roy Wheeler
Triples: 424 Chris Hollett, 408 Randy Slaunwhite, 406 John Marriott,
404 Matt Harnett, 399 Mark Reesor


Dec 14/04: 
Art Rudge did good this week - 376 - so now my tickets won't get tossed!
 Extortion!

Fallen Stars: -47.1 Chris Hollett (351), -47 Mark Reesor (304), 
-41.3 Scott Melvin (277)
Stars: 52.5 Chris Porter (366), 59 Mark Crookshanks (383),
61.2 Steve Harnett (411)

Singles: 162 Steve Harnett, 162 Doug Blackler, 152 Brad Given, 
151 Mark Crookshanks, 146 Chris Lutz
Triples: 411 Steve Harnett, 402 Sean O'Flaherty, 391 Bob Sutherland,
388 Barry Soward, 388 Doug Blackler

Dec 7/04: 
League as a whole was -245 pins. Stars were +40 Mike Venedam (370), 
+41.9 Chris Hollett (440), 43.4 Joe Slaunwhite (365), 52.9 Tom Webster
(388), and +84.3 Matt Harnett (438).
Roughest night's scores belonged to: -58.6 Glen Thorne (299), 
-48.3 Mike Powell (294), and -45 John Marriott (312).
Mike had a bad leg. What's your excuse Glen!!!!!!!
Mr. Thorne finished with a sparkling 88 his third game, too.

Chris H and Matt H both had a 400 for the second week in a row.
Hurray! Matt H is on my team!

Art Rudge's son Alan also pointed out my little note last week - now
my 50/50 tickets are getting thrown out! #$#@

Doug Blackler's team also went from having an 1811 last week, to a
1574.  Should've had Thorne on that team - would have fit right in.

Singles: 172 Chris Hollett, 153 Joe Slaunwhite, 152 Matt Harnett,
145 Tom Webster, 145 Mark O'Laughlin
Triples: 440 Chris Hollett, 438 Matt Harnett, 398 Mark O'Laughlin,
388 Tom Webster, 382 Sean O'Flaherty

Nov 30/04: 
Interesting night - finished redraft at 7:10 and bowl at 7:30.
League as a whole was +80 above draft. A few interesting games -
John Marriott threw a mark in the 10th to win the 3rd string, and get
the team high triple (1811).  My team (bowling someone else) had 1806.
Marriott (bowling for Doug Blackler's team) threw a 442 against Todd
Harrison (bowling for Glen Thorne's team).

Chris Hollett had a 410 against Gerry Dunn's 385 to edge past him
for high average.  And….Art Rudge had a 301 after having a 424 last
week.  Sorry Art - you have to admit it was a significant change.

Singles: 166 John Marriott, 157 Matt Harnett, 156 Chris Currie, 
154 Ken McVeigh, 153 Mark O'Laughlin

Triples: 442 John Marriott, 410 Chris Hollett, 408 Matt Harnett,
405 Todd Harrison, 389 Steve Carpentier, Mark O'Laughlin 386,
Gerry Dunn 385

Stars! John Marriott had a massive 442, and Matt Harnett had 408, each
having been captains the last section (but not this one).
32.6 Steve Carpentier (389), 33 Barry Soward (384),
33.5 Ed Mahar (356), 38.2 Doug McDonald (364), 40.5 Chris Porter (354)
51 Todd Harrison (405), 52.7 Randy Slaunwhite (383), 
54.3 Matt Harnett (408), 85 John Marriott (442)


Nov 23/04: 
End of section!  O'Flaherty wins the section by 3 pts (they had a 1 pt
lead before the night).  
All of McLaughlin's T&T arrived for a video shoot for TV - congratulations
again. Also, Mark O'Laughlin was on the runner-up team, but he had the
high triple for tonight, with a 431.

The draft will be held on Tuesday night at 6:30 before bowling. Welcome
back Trevor Feltmate, Paul Yeadon, Phil West, and Barry Soward
(who had a 397 as a spare).

League was +191 above draft.

Some odd scores - Art Rudge had the high single, and the 2nd
high triple!  Sorry Art, but even you had to admit it was a bit weird.
Unfortunately, he bowled with Chris Hollett, and they had their
166 and 165 in the 3rd game - giving them a 674 single against
my team (we had a respectable 606).

Singles: 175 Russell Shannon, 166 Art Rudge, 165 Chris Hollett,
163 Mark O'Laughlin, 152 Glenn Leblanc
Triples: 431 Mark O'Laughlin, 424 Art Rudge, 419 Russell Shannon,
406 Chris Hollett, 402 John Marriott


Nov 16/04: 
World Championships took a lot of people!  Only 44 people bowled out of
70.  The league was +272 for the guys who showed up. Oh well.
And…MacLaughlin's wins! MacLaughlin's wins! MacLaughlin's wins!
Stars:52 Chris Niven (388), 56.9 Joe Slaunwhite (368), 69.9 Chris Lutz (396)
Fallen Stars:-82.1 Mark Reesor (283), -50 Mark Crookshanks (280),
-34.7 Steve Hobson (280)

Singles: 162 Allie Ross, 159 Joe Slaunwhite, 153 Chris Niven, 
152 Ross Townsend, 148 Roy Wheeler
Triples: 397 Russell Shannon, 396 Chris Lutz, 389 Allie Ross,
388 Chris Niven

Nov 9/04: League was almost exactly at the draft - 15 pins up.
Captains decided that they WOULD bowl this week, despite the
bulk of the captains being away at the World Championships in
Bangor.  

Go Canada!

Singles: 152 Eric Banfield, 148 Doug Blackler, 148 Bill Downey, 
148 Todd Harrison, 145 Ian Niven
Triples: 411 Doug Blackler, 404 Todd Harrison, 391 Brad Given, 
389 John Marriott, 388 Eric Banfield


Nov 2/04:  League was actually DOWN 94 below draft. Hurray!
However, my team was "off", and we got flattened by 155 pins.
Darn you Peter Blackler, why did you have to beat your brother!
Gerry edged out Chris H by 2 pins. Top spot belongs to Gerry.

Singles:  164 Jim Slaunwhite, 157 Bobby Kyte, 151 Sean O'Flaherty,
149 Brad Given, 143 Darrell Jollimore
Triples: 421 Jim Slaunwhite, 411 Bobby Kyte, 407 Brad Given, 
406 Davey Somerton, 397 Gerry Dunn


Oct 26/04: 
Pins weren't QUITE as loose - +327.
To put it bluntly - Doug Blackler - you were COMPLETELY distracted by
*Boston winning the World Series*. A 310???!!! Lucky we carried you - took
6 points from first place team, including pinfall by 1 pin, on the strength of
Bobby Kyte only managing a 9 pin drop on his spare in the 10th. Nervous?
Nooooo, we weren't nervous at all.

Steve Carpentier had a 177 (430 triple), and he now posesses the top 2
strings thrown this year (had a 185 earlier). Chris Hollett had 168 to take
over 3rd place tonight.  No money for it, but there is some pride..

And Chris Hollett had another 400…after starting with a 92 (92-168-147).
And Gerry Dunn had another 400.   In fact, of the 35 400's thrown so far,
Chris (7) and Gerry (5) have 12.

Stars: 40.1 Gerry Dunn (419), 43.1 Rob Murphy (353), 49.6 Art Vassos (376),
88 Steve Carpentier (430)
Singles: 177 Steve Carpentier, 168 Chris Hollett, 154 Art Vassos, 
153 Davey Somerton, 150 Gerry Dunn
Triples: 430 Steve Carpentier, 419 Gerry Dunn, 407 Chris Hollett, 
389 Bobby Kyte, 386 Jim Slaunwhite


Oct 19/04: EXTREMELY LOOSE lanes +508 above draft!
Some teams couldn't hit the side of a barn, while others kept them
falling.  Gerry Dunn took over top average with 474.  Chris only had his
6th 400+ in 8 nights.

Speaking of 8's….of the 7 matches, 4 of them were 8 point wins.
Team Ross had an 1845, and Team Harnett had a 642 - despite
Matt Harnett being low that game with a 113 (333 total)!
Team Ross was lead by Allie Ross's 410, and Ross Townsend's 390
(no joke Gerry!  The one bloody time you don't draft him).
Gerry's team wound up with a 637 single and an 1812 triple. Oh
so close to the $50 in nightly prizes…just a few more pins.

Stars: +79 Chris Niven (415), +82.1 Rob Murphy (392), 
+82.8 Ross Townsend (390), and +95.1 Gerry Dunn (474)

Singles: 167 Gerry Dunn, 155 Allie Ross, 154 Trevor Zinck, 154 Gerry Dunn,
153 Darrell Martin
Triples: 474 Gerry Dunn, 418 Chris Hollett, 415 Chris Niven, 410 Allie Ross,
396 Pat Birchill

Oct 12/04: Loose lanes - +411 pins above avg!

Triples: 428 Todd Sisco, 426 Steve Carpentier, 408 Chris Hollett,
406 Pat Birchill, 404 Russell Shannon, 402 Bob Sutherland.

Singles: 185 Steve Carpentier, 168 Todd Sisco, 153 Bob Sutherland,
150 Eric Banfield, 149 Russell Shannon

Steve Carpentier lead the way with a 184 game, making him +84
above draft.  Mike Bennett kept hitting them (but punching) and
was -60.  Matt Harnett had a good night with 398, and Jim Slaunwhite
had a 397.  Mark Reesor almost made it with a 394 - better than he
had when he threw his 2 160+ games. Consistency!  Consistency!
Consistency!

Not to make a big deal out of it, but Chris Hollett took over the top avg
this week. Gerry Dunn 131, Sean O'Flaherty 131, and Chris H 132
are cluttering up the top spot.

Oct 5/04: Lanes were a bit dry, league was down 212.
I'm in a hurry, so:
Singles: 
153 Glen Thorne, 152 Peter Blackler, 151 Gerry Dunn, 150 Gerry Dunn,
147 Chris Hollett
Triples: 410 Gerry Dunn, 404 Chris Hollett, 386 Greg MacCallum,
375 Glenn Leblanc, 375 Russell Shannon



Sept 28/04: The league as a whole was +254 over draft.
Scott Melvin +58 and Adam Jenkins +57 lead the way.

In the battle of the Nivens, Chris was missing this week, so
Ian gained a few pins on him by throwing a 373. Steve Harnett was
also missing this week, but his son Matt was unable to make up any
ground when he threw a 339. Matt - you must be like Samson -
let the hair grow back, and your strength shall return!

Highs: 404 John Marriott, 403 Bobby Kyte, and 403 Brad Given.
166 Chris Lutz, 164 Bobby Kyte, 158 Todd Sisco, and 144 Travis Slaunwhite
(yet another Slaunwhite who can bowl - it must be genetics!).

Sept 21/04: The league as a whole was +374 over draft - pins are
still quite loose. I found the lanes to be a touch drier than last week.
Stars of the week were Paul Jolimore 354 (+47) and Gordon Langille 375 
(+45).

423 Gerry Dunn, 411 Chris Hollett and 407 Sean O'Flaherty made 400.
The top 3 bowlers had the only 400's - and Chris is in 3rd place! Might
be a bit more interesting this year - if the others can keep it going.

Glen Thorne (123) and Art Vassos (122)  continue to do well - both 
averaging big after 4 weeks. 

Welcome back to the league Cliff McKay! He has replaced Foster Sheffield.

Sept 14/04: Lester Milton was the only person who came for his team,
and he threw a fantastic 408.  Congratulations Lester!
The league as a whole was +174 for the week.

Mark Reesor threw his second 160+ game in as many weeks.

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Sept 7/04: Second night. Scores were not posted, as my father passed
away suddenly.  Please don't smoke.
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Aug 31/04: First Night. MANY people were missing. Some illness, some
unknown. Fallen stars - my worst night!  I, Matthew Cleveland, had a
272 (-51). Oh, it was baaaad (2 spares). Hurray for Billy Quinn (401,
+84) and Glenn LeBlanc (421, +67). 
Pinfall was WAY up - overall, +524 above draft average. Fairly heavy
oi (in my opinion)l.  

400s: Doug Blackler 430, Chris Hollett 429,Sean O'Flaherty 422, 
Glenn LeBlanc 421, Mark O'Laughlin 413, Billy Quinn 401, Chris Niven 400,
and Bobby Kyte 400.

Special congratulations to Chris Niven - maybe you could give your
Dad some lessons (hmmmm…..only had a 342  - guess we know who
has bragging rights now!)

And…my apologies to Tom O'Laughlin, for not having changed the draft
date on my site. It was moved to Sunday night! 
League change as well - it is intended that the HIGHEST avg person to
show up for a draft, will be a captain. No more "dumb" teams - someone
has to pick them, from now on.