It
was WEAR PINK day on this brisk October day in the Philly Pinoy Mixed Fall
League (MFL), and our leaguers were decked in all shades of lovely pink, in
honor of Breast Cancer month. Of course, we had a few outliers.... James had
blue on, coz “my ball is pink”. Gabriel had peach, “it is kind of pink.” String
(a.k.a. Chona) wore gray, nasa loob daw yung pink. July’s ball is a light red, equivalent daw to pink. Viva la diversity, we'll take ALL shades and permutations of pink!
After
having a comeback kind of week with the Philly Pins at our Wednesday night USBC
league, and having a good practice session at the Palace on Sunday morning, I
was feeling good about playing well. I
had strikes at practice, and so did Gabriel and while it took a while for James
to get one at practice, he continued to strike during the game and all night
long, super galing galing! Truly our pasimuno
secret anchor, James played consistently well for all three games: way to go!
And
Gabriel was amazing: he scored 144 in the first game! I was pitiful and could only muster a 138…. At one point in that first game, Gabriel made
a bad shot and I said “Don’t worry, you are still playing better than me” to
which he said, with no hesitation, “I know!”
So proud of this kid!
Here
is a photo of Team Papaya from Week 4, courtesy of May Libo-on.
AS
you can tell from the title of the blog, it was not a Go Papa-Yah kind of
night: Team Durian was truly matinik,
matindi at mabangis! Sinapak kami ng Pakwan, at dinurog naman ng Durian. O mababangis na prutas!
It was
a stellar night for July, who shined and courageously took away our chances for
more than one win. What a strike
master! We tried but collectively could
not keep up. Amazing, amazing, what a
sight to see!
It
was a banner night for Giovie, getting more amazing spares than I have seen her
do, like hitting a 4,5-spare in the third game by grazing the LEFT side of the
4-pin, wow! Looking good, my Philly Pin
teammate!
Alas,
my good feeling starting off did not last, and instead, it was a super long and
ultra painful night of splits and ugly leaves and weird missed spares. So sorry, my teammates, I could not help out
and even dragged you down. So
encouraging and so kind were July and Giovie, for cheering every good shot I
made (there was not a lot of them), to which I would sing/say “Thank you, thank
you, ang babait ninyo, thank you!”
(too kind, too kind, I am undeserving). I am pusong
sawi (brokenhearted), so tired of bad nights at the lanes, which is supposed
to be a place of joy for me! I said I
would be driven to sing pusong sawi
songs again in the blog, so here is my lament, in the tune of Basil Valdez’s Paano ba ang Mangarap:
Paano bang
mag blog and BowlStar na sawi
Laman ng puso’t
isip ko’y pagsisisisi
Kaya ko bang
magkuwento nang merong sigla
Kapag
namumugto ang aking mata?
Dalangin ko
sa susunod na mga linggo
Ang kapalaran
ko sana ay magbago
Nang di naman
nakakahiya sa pamilyang Que
Nadaig ni
Gabriel, kanyang maipagmamalake
‘Di ‘ko na
alam kung paano magboling
Ang bola ko’y
naging lasing
Panay naman
ang praktis
Sa liga ba’t
napanis?
Tira’y puro
mintis
Kaya’t dusa
ko’y labis
Kahit ‘di ko
ma-feel ang pagka BowlStar ko
Dahil Papaya’y
natalo (at ang sama ng laro ko!)
Kailangan ay
bumangon
At sa
pagkabigo’y umahon
Lumaban sa
Linggo
Go Team Papaya! Go!
I commiserate
with those among us that struggled this past Sunday, and other Sundays: bad
nights are hard to shake off, but shake them off we must!
The MFL
Week 5 League Standing Sheet has been posted on the Limerick Bowl website. Here is the summary of Week 5 team standings.
It truly was an exciting night at the lanes! Team Duhat suffered a sweep in the hands of the rampaging Team Guyabano, which has increased its lead even more as the top team in the league. Team Pakwan swept Team Chico to leapfrog into second place. My Philly Pin teammate Angie bowled up a storm for Team Langka, which only allowed Team Rambutan one win. Team Bayabas meted a loss to Team Mangga, while Team Atis prevailed over Team Suha.
And in the most exciting match of the night, Team Santol swept Team Lansones in an epic Giyera de Patani: Alice Deo of Santol against Joel Deo of Lansones, where Alice logged the first female 200 game in the league with a whopping 225 score in Game 1 (natalo ang 219 ni Joel). But it was the consistent stellar play by our very own Commish Jay Lizardo, which included a nail biting 10th frame finish, which allowed Team Santol to triumph in most dramatic fashion! That takes the cake as “most exciting clutch play by an anchor!” These are the matches of the MFL: who needs ESPN on nights like this?
Here is the rundown of fabowlous performances from the 2014 MFL Week 5.
Top Male Players: My GoPapa Joel, unbowlievably continues to increase his 200+ average. My Team Papaya secret anchor Jamesalso increased his average and is now in second place, with Paolo close behind.
Top Female Players: Philly Pins, my Philly Pins continue to be the top three gals in the MFL. Ang galing-galing ng teammates ko! I am lucky to hang on….
200-Clubbers: We have nine (9) this week, including, for the first time, just as I requested, our first female 200-clubber: go Alice!
Breakthrough PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: These players logged an average for the night that was more than 10 pins:
PLAYER OF THE WEEK is Romy (Guyabano) for logging scores of 214, 222 and 228 for a 664 series and 221 average for the night, against a previous average of 175, an unbelievable 46 pins above average. O dominating Bowlinator! Those marathon practice sessions are paying off!
SHINING STARS that had amazing single games were Olee (198!), Roy (183!), Mitchie (181!), Chelo (180!), Jojo (177!), Lino (174!), Lolet (160!), Brenda (151, galing!), Mila (147!), Gabriel (thank you for playing better than me: 144!), Giovie (go Philly Pin! 142!) and Victor (122!). Bravo!
LUCKY STRIKE RAFFLE (50/50): Our Raffle Queen, Alice M, was back! We extend to you our heartfelt gratitude for taking care of the raffle ticket sales week after week. Our winner was Edwin of Team Suha, with a $40 prize. Congratulations! Our pot of additional prize money from the raffles is now $205: our limpak limpak na salapi continues to grow! Keep buying those tickets, folks!
There is no theme this coming week, but you MUST prepare for Philly Team week on October 19 and Howloween/Bowloween on November 2.
The lanes are calling coz I absolutely must play better. We play Team Santol next week: they are coming hot off a sweep this week and we are eager to win, exciting!
See you at the lanes: bowl, baby, bowl!
| Team # | TEAM | RANK | CURRENT | Wk 5 | |||
| win | loss | win | loss | ||||
| 6 | Guyabano | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 11 | Pakwan | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | Chico | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 10 | Papaya | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | Atis | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
| 9 | Mangga | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Durian | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2 | Bayabas | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
| 13 | Santol | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | Duhat | 10 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Langka | 11 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 14 | Suha | 12 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 | Rambutan | 13 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Lansones | 14 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4 | |
It truly was an exciting night at the lanes! Team Duhat suffered a sweep in the hands of the rampaging Team Guyabano, which has increased its lead even more as the top team in the league. Team Pakwan swept Team Chico to leapfrog into second place. My Philly Pin teammate Angie bowled up a storm for Team Langka, which only allowed Team Rambutan one win. Team Bayabas meted a loss to Team Mangga, while Team Atis prevailed over Team Suha.
And in the most exciting match of the night, Team Santol swept Team Lansones in an epic Giyera de Patani: Alice Deo of Santol against Joel Deo of Lansones, where Alice logged the first female 200 game in the league with a whopping 225 score in Game 1 (natalo ang 219 ni Joel). But it was the consistent stellar play by our very own Commish Jay Lizardo, which included a nail biting 10th frame finish, which allowed Team Santol to triumph in most dramatic fashion! That takes the cake as “most exciting clutch play by an anchor!” These are the matches of the MFL: who needs ESPN on nights like this?
Here is the rundown of fabowlous performances from the 2014 MFL Week 5.
Top Male Players: My GoPapa Joel, unbowlievably continues to increase his 200+ average. My Team Papaya secret anchor Jamesalso increased his average and is now in second place, with Paolo close behind.
1. Joel C (Atis) 212
2. James (Papaya) 194
3. Paolo (Bayabas) 193
Top Female Players: Philly Pins, my Philly Pins continue to be the top three gals in the MFL. Ang galing-galing ng teammates ko! I am lucky to hang on….
1. Mitchie (Mangga) 157.9
2. Angie (Langka) 157.6
3. Jing (Papaya) 154
200-Clubbers: We have nine (9) this week, including, for the first time, just as I requested, our first female 200-clubber: go Alice!
·
Joel C (Atis):
259 (highest scratch game to date), 234
·
James (Go
Papaya!): 235
·
Romy (Guyabano): 214,
222, 228 = hanep!
·
Alice (Santol):
225 = yeah, the ladies are on the board!
·
Joel D (Lansones):
219
·
Ivan (Pakwan): 216
= yebah!
·
July (Durian): 207
·
Paolo (Bayabas): 203, 201
·
Blue (Chico): 203
Breakthrough PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: These players logged an average for the night that was more than 10 pins:
·
Mila (Bayabas):
She got a turkey, she was so excited!
Had 104 average going in, logged 116
average for the night.
·
Paolo (Bayabas): Coming
in with a 191 average, he logged a 201 average for the night. Hanep,
way to go!
·
Jon (Mangga): Came
in with a 150 average and had a 161 average for the night. Yebah!
·
Joel C (Atis):
Go Papa had a 221 average for the night, against a previous average of 210.
·
String/Chona (Guyabano): With scores of
137, 100 and 145, her average for the night was 127 against a previous average
of 112!
·
Roy (Suha): He
had a 156 average for the night against previous 141 average. Good
play!
·
Ivan (Pakwan): 171
average this Sunday with 154 average coming in!
·
Jay (Santol): Our
Commish scored 138, 178 and 156 for a 157 average this Sunday with 140 average
coming in!
·
Angie (Langka): She had a 153 average going and
logged scores of 159, 162 and 197 for a 518 scratch series and 172 average for
the night. O Philly Pin, my Philly Pin, ang galing galing!
·
July (Durian): Super
duper play, with scores of 179, 177 and 207 against a 165 average. That’s a 187 average for the night, 22 pins
above average. Dinurog kami ng Durian,
ang tindi!
·
Alice (Santol): My idol was also the first female 200-clubber in last year’s MFL, so
she repeats that feat this year: congratulations!!! Her scores of 225, 145 and 133 against a 145
average gave her a 503 scratch series and a 167 average for the night (22 pins
above average). That’s truly amazing, bow!
PLAYER OF THE WEEK is Romy (Guyabano) for logging scores of 214, 222 and 228 for a 664 series and 221 average for the night, against a previous average of 175, an unbelievable 46 pins above average. O dominating Bowlinator! Those marathon practice sessions are paying off!
SHINING STARS that had amazing single games were Olee (198!), Roy (183!), Mitchie (181!), Chelo (180!), Jojo (177!), Lino (174!), Lolet (160!), Brenda (151, galing!), Mila (147!), Gabriel (thank you for playing better than me: 144!), Giovie (go Philly Pin! 142!) and Victor (122!). Bravo!
LUCKY STRIKE RAFFLE (50/50): Our Raffle Queen, Alice M, was back! We extend to you our heartfelt gratitude for taking care of the raffle ticket sales week after week. Our winner was Edwin of Team Suha, with a $40 prize. Congratulations! Our pot of additional prize money from the raffles is now $205: our limpak limpak na salapi continues to grow! Keep buying those tickets, folks!
There is no theme this coming week, but you MUST prepare for Philly Team week on October 19 and Howloween/Bowloween on November 2.
·
For Philly Teams,
you can wear your Eagles or Phillies gear, and if not available, your Great
Valley, Downingtown East, Villa Maria, Villanova, Penn State, etc. I even got the comment on wearing a
California team shirt, with rationale: kahit
saan, may taga-Philly doon. Look what you started, Olee!
·
Get your
bowl-ready Halloween outfits for November 2.
We timed it for after Halloween so you can get your gear on sale. Pinoy
talaga…
The lanes are calling coz I absolutely must play better. We play Team Santol next week: they are coming hot off a sweep this week and we are eager to win, exciting!
See you at the lanes: bowl, baby, bowl!
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