We came as early as 6 pm with lots of food to share, in typical Pinoy fashion. Busog sa sarap! May pila pa sa kutsinta! The generosity of the Philly Pinoy community and of the Downingtown Palace bowling crowd was heart-warmingly apparent, as Philly Pinoy accepted monetary donations for the Philippine Super Typhoon Haiyun/Yolanda victims. Donors received native Filipino bracelets. Most of the leaguers came decked in Filipino shirts: what an excellent display of solidarity!
The lanes assignments for tonight were as follows:
| Lane Assignment | ||||||
| Week | Date | 11 and 12 | 13 and 14 | 15 and 16 | 17 and 18 | 19 and 20 |
| Finals | 17-Nov-2013 | FINALS / POSITION ROUND | ||||
| 2 vs 6 BALUT vs GOTO | 4 vs 5 TAPSILOG vs MONAY | 7 vs 3 DAING vs KROPEK | 9 vs 8 PISBOL vs ADOBO | 1 vs 10 LAPU-LAPU vs SISIG | ||
| 9th vs 10th | 5th vs 6th | 1st vs 2nd | 3rd vs 4th | 7th vs 8th | ||
| Team # | Team Name | Team Members | ||||
| 1 | LAPU-LAPU | Mitchie, Dennis, Ed | ||||
| 2 | BALUT | Jing, Edmer, Lowen | ||||
| 3 | KROPEK | Alice, Roy, JP | ||||
| 4 | TAPSILOG | Angie, Desi, Ivan | ||||
| 5 | MONAY | Chelo, Art, Edwin | ||||
| 6 | GOTO | Eden, Joel C, Ryan | ||||
| 7 | DAING | Lanie, Joel D, Jay | ||||
| 8 | ADOBO | Grace, Blue, Lino | ||||
| 9 | PISBOL | Sansu, Paolo, Atit | ||||
| 10 | SISIG | Lolet, Romy, James | ||||
Since we were having so much fun eating the delicious food, we started late after 7 pm.
Team BALUT with Lowen, Edmer and me were up against Team GOTO with Eden, Ryan and my GoPapa Joel on lanes 11 and 12. Edmer and I came out with all guns firing in Game 1, getting a win for Team BALUT as Lowen, Eden, Ryan and Joel all played below their averages. Go BALUT!
Joel and I both struggled the rest of the night, which allowed our team mates to step up and show their mettle. Game 2 had all our team mates playing above their averages, but with Edmer continuing to have a hot hand and scoring a 211, and Lowen scoring a whopping 143 (I Love You, daw!), Team BALUT wins another game, even with Eden scoring a 140 and Ryan returning the greeting with his own 143 score (can you feel the love?).
I was stuck in Splitsville throughout the second and third game, and could not even convert my spares. Thank goodness Edmer and Lowen continued to play well, with Edmer scoring three strikes in the 10th frame, getting a 179 average for the night! But with Eden and Ryan bowling up a storm and scoring 143 and 142 respectively, it came down to Joel and me to settle the score. Pinagbigyan ko daw si Joel (hindi, ah...), nakuha daw ako sa kindat, as my spare ball went straight to the gutter and Joel kept throwing strikes! Game 3 goes to Team GOTO, naka-isa! So with Team BALUT winning 3-1, our team rankings in the bottom stand as they were, with Team BALUT in 9th place and Team GOTO in 10th place. Great match!
Most other teams kept their pre-finals standings with the exception of 7th and 8th teams, which switched standings, with Team SISIG sweeping Team LAPU-LAPU and taking over the 7th place slot.
The ADOBO vs PISBOL 3rd vs 4th place match ended last, so exciting! Team ADOBO had already won Games 1 and 2, so every pin counted as they battled for the 3rd place slot in the last game. It came down to the last frame with Blue and Paolo facing off against each other. In the end, the teams split points as Paolo dug in and threw strike after strike, allowing Team PISBOL to take Game 3 and total pins, and hold on to the #3 slot! Wow!
Just like Teams PISBOL and ADOBO, Teams TAPSILOG and MONAY (ranked 5th and 6th), split points and kept their pre-finals rankings. This was a nail biting match-up in its own right, with Games 1 and 3 decided by a mere 4 pins! Hanep!
Team DAING left no doubt with respect to who is #1, yebah! Our Super Bowl league champions showed their mettle by sweeping their opponents, Team KROPEK/KILAWIN. No mercy! What a performance!
I wanted to mention the outstanding individual performances for tonight based on the league sheets:
- Our 200 clubbers are Edmer-BALUT (211), Desi-TAPSILOG (202), Paolo-PISBOL (211), Lino-ADOBO (201), James-SISIG (201) and Romy-SISIG (210).
- We have a handful of outstanding super star players who turned pro with all three games above their averages tonight. First is Grace of Team ADOBO, with scores of 166, 143 and 146 for average of 151 tonight (came in with 128 average, hanep!). Next is Edwin of Team MONAY, with scores of 145, 193 and 153 for 153 average for tonight against 142 average coming in. Also from Team MONAY is BowlStar Chelo Babe, with scores of 155, 169 and 138 for an average tonight of 154 (had 132 average coming in). And topping this list is Desi of Team TAPSILOG, with scores of 202, 182 and 171, all scores 20+ pins above his 150 average coming in, with an average tonight of 185 and a 555 series. Way to go, our Super Stars, galing galing!
- Our shining stars with games 20 or more pins above their averages are Lolet-SISIG (143 AND 125!!!), James-SISIG (176, in addition to his 203) Lowen-BALUT (143), Lanie-DAING (152), Sansu-PISBOL (136), Atit-PISBOL (170), Mitchie-LAPULAPU (181) and (hahabol pa) Jing-BALUT (188).
CONGRATULATIONS to all our players! The final league standings and the cash prizes awarded tonight are listed below. All the players received a participant medal. The players in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams received corresponding gold, silver and bronze medals. We also awarded special "You Make A Difference" medals to our 50/50 raffle queen Alice Mercado, our raffle helper String/Chona Aquino, and our official photographer May Libo-on.
| FIRST PRIZE | 300 | DAING | |
| SECOND PRIZE | 150 | KROPEK | |
| THIRD PRIZE | 90 | PISBOL | |
| 4th | 60 | ADOBO | |
| 5th | 60 | TAPSILOG | |
| 6th | 60 | MONAY | |
| 7th | 60 | SISIG | |
| 8th | 60 | LAPU-LAPU | |
| 9th | 60 | BALUT | |
| 10th | 60 | GOTO | |
| TOTAL TEAM $$$ | 960 | ||
| male high average | 25 | Romy 193 | |
| male high average | 25 | Paolo 190 | |
| female high average | 25 | Jing 154 | |
| male handicap series | 20 | Joel D 727 | |
| male handicap series | 20 | Art 713 | |
| female handicap series | 20 | Lanie 680 | |
| male handicap game | 20 | Desi 284 | |
| male handicap game | 20 | Roy 266 | |
| female handicap game | 20 | Alice 259 | |
| male scratch series | 20 | Joel C 600 | |
| male scratch series | 20 | Blue 566 | |
| female scratch series | 20 | Mitchie 508 | |
| male scratch game | 20 | Dennis 223 | |
| male scratch game | 20 | Francis 214 | |
| female scratch game | 20 | Angie 189 | |
| TOTAL IND $$$ | 315 |
All 30 of our MFL players got a special surprise treat c/o Eden Medical Spa and Philly Pinoy President Mitchie when we were all given $100 gift certificates, which can be used for spa services = wow, pampaganda! THANK YOU very much!
We also raffled off two additional $100 gift certificates from Eden Medical Spa for our non-player attendees. Our two winners were Joy Quimbo and Lito Lizardo. CONGRATULATIONS! Talagang inyong inyo ang mga premyo na ito!
So as our beloved Mixed Fall League 2013 fades into memory, let me acknowledge all our MFL participants, the Philly Pinoy Bowling Committee (Romy, Angie, Blue, Edmer, Dennis, Desi, Jay and Mitchie), the Philly Pinoy Officers, and the folks at the Bowling Palace (League Coordinator Bob, League Scoring Contact Jane, and Mary who ably helped us from the front desk every league night) who made it all possible. Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat!
We were so happy to see how happy all our players were tonight: success! My GoPapa Joel and I, your MFL 2013 co-chairs, put up a good show: we make an awful good pair/team, naks! JC Squared is already dreaming and scheming about the 2014 MFL. Maybe next year, we will not be battling for the bottom spot...sana nga....
So till next year, see yah all at the lanes: Bowl, Baby, BOWL!!!
Magandang gabi sa inyong lahat!
Medals awarded to MFL Participants and Winners
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