Your blogger is getting quite tardy: shame, shame, shame… We already played Week 3 this September 27 and here comes the
blog for….WEEK 2! I say better late than
never, but I have to break this trend. How
else can we keep track of all the great performances and unforgettable moments
of each exciting week of play? How else
are we going to remember who is in which team?
And how else can I continue pestering you about what is happening from
week to week? So, predictably, poetry
ensues (is karaoke far behind?):
It seems that being late
Is constantly my fate
Try hard as I may
Life just gets in the way
Just in the nick of time
Week 1 blog went online
Week 2 (overdue!) just got done
Week 3 , I have just begun
Since I’m not really that crazy
About doing two blogs in a few days
(eeeh)
I should strive to stay on the ball
And blog quickly about all y’all
Week 1 seems AGES ago! On September 20, MFL 2015 Week 2,
we finally had all our players establish averages, with Michael Nicolas of Singkamas
and Paul Ficcara of Mustasa present, and playing quite well too! Of course, since their averages and handicaps
were not set, there was a flurry of confusing calculations going on after their
respective matches (yebah, Romy!). Hmmm, I prefer not
doing ANY calculations in public (too much pressure!). I actually prefer not doing any calculations
AT ALL, since the Limerick Bowl computers do the trick, BUT JC Squared did perform
a few ad hoc calculations that were
later validated by the Limerick Bowl League Standing Sheets, which means that
we may actually KNOW what we are doing!
Good to know, right?
Shout out to our official MFL auditor of scores and guardian of the
League Standing Sheets, Romy Liboon of Patani.
Of the three copies of the score sheets we record/write our scores on
every week, Limerick Bowl gets the white copy, while Romy and I split the rest
(I usually take the pink sheet and Romy takes the yellow sheet). I use the sheets to write the blog, while
Romy checks the scores and standings on the Limerick website. Romy diligently watches the website for
updates, so he was the first to note that the Week 1 scores were posted, and lo
and behold, Nonoy Rocero of Luya was logged as a female player (Nonoy became Nena! Correction
needed ASAP!). Romy also noted that the
early version of Week 2 results had major issues: no scores were recorded, so
it looked like we all LOST! These errors
were brought to Limerick’s attention and were quickly corrected. Thank you to Limerick Bowl for their timely
response! Thank you to Romy for checking
the scores on the website!
Here is a rundown of the match-ups and outcomes for MFL Week 2:
On lanes 33-34, the score sheets were quite misleading and the
calculations confusing, as it was the first week for Paul to play for Team
Mustasa, with Grace and Blue. But in the
end, the outcome was that Paul’s stellar play could not prevent a sweep by Team
Bawang, with the inimitable “seeing stars JQ” James, who was bolstered by a BowlStar
turned pro, Chelo and the consistent play of Jojo S.
On lanes 31- 32, Team Luya (with Nonoy, Gigi and Atit) takes one point in
the first game while Team Upo, with Jun, Edmer and wife Angie (subbing for
Mitchie who was injured), takes the rest of the games and total pins for the
win.
On lanes 29-30, Team Patani with Romy, Chona and Rolly, started slow
but eventually got into their groove to take three from ghost team Linga.
On lanes 27-28, GoPapa Joel’s Team Singkamas, with promising prodigies
of the Ball Whisperer Mila and Michael, did well and swept Team Sitaw with Roy,
Alice and Jon.
On lanes 25-26, Team Talong, with a noteworthy team performance from
Rico, Eden, and Marlon, leaps and sweeps over Team Kamatis, with Giovie, Raul
and Paolo. Rico had his own cheering
squad: cheers of “pogi points” effectively brought about strikes and spare
conversions!
On lanes 23-24, my dear Team Kalabasa (Desi, Gabe and me) was squashed
and brought to (onion) tears by Team Sibuyas (Lino, Lolet and Joel D). We took game 1, but were killed by Lolet’s
prebowl prowess, Lino’s third game ascendance and Joel’s showers of strikes. Ayayay! Shout out to Desi whose scores
increased exponentially throughout the night!
Kala-Booyah in the face of team SeeBooYahs!
And last but not least, on lanes 21 and 22 was the nail biter of the
night, two teams so evenly matched, with players so focused on winning, it was
a thrill to observe Team Labanos (July, Rosie and Ed) vs. Team Patola (Dennis,
Lanie and Edwin). Could have gone
either way but it was a tie, points split between the teams. With stellar play from July of Labanos and
strong performances from Rosie and Ed, Patola’s Dennis and Edwin fought to keep
it close but it was the MVP, Most Valuable Patola, Lanie, who brought home the
split and prevented the loss. Well-done,
well-played, well-deserved! Bravo on
such a gutsy and unbowlieavable performance, Lanie! Here is my ode to our MVP:
Demure she may seem
She bowls like a dream
Works hard on her game
Such a classy dame
Female bowler ascendant
Her play is consistent
It is not surprising
Her average is rising
She cannot be stopped
She does not give up
She deserves to be
This week’s MVP!
With our averages already established, I shall again be heralding the
super fabowlous and pintastic performances from our MFL participants each
week.
200 CLUBBERS.
We have six (6)! James of Bawang
(207, 225), Joel C of Singkamas (216), Paolo of Kamatis (212), Rico of Talong
(211, 206), Romy of Patani (208) and Joel D of Sibuyas (206). Congratulations and keep those 200 games
coming!
PROS.
Wow, these folks decided to turn pro last week, logging three games
that averaged at least 15 pins over their previous averages:
·
Most Valuable Patola Lanie Santos: Scored 170,
165 and 157 against previous average of 139.
That’s a Week 2 series of 472 and 164 average, which is a whopping 31
pins above previous average! Wow, wow
and super WOW!
·
Not far behind is my GoPapa Joel C of Singkamas.
Previous average was 164, Week 2 average was 191 (27 pins above average) with
scores of 179, 216 and 179. Makalaglag salum-pepe ni Jing…haaay!
·
My amazing Kalabasa teammate Desi the Desimator
blinded the competition (and entertained us with his dancing!) with a 23-pins
over previous average performance, logging in games of 131, 169 and 180 for a
160 Week 2 average with a 137 average coming in. Sayaw,
Desi!
·
The IncrediBowl BowlStar Chelo Babe of Bawang
amazed with a Week 2 average of 132 with a 114 average coming in (18 pins above
average). Her scores were 114, 136 and
148: yeah!
·
July of Labanos had scores of 168, 166 and 138
against a previous average of 139. His
Week 2 average was 157 = 18 pins over.
Over na over, over!
·
Chona of Patani bowled games of 130, 109 and 88
against a 93 average: that’s what I’m talking about!
·
Mila of Singkamas had scores on 131, 118 and 85
against a previous average of 111.
GoPapa Joel likes this upward trend!
We have an entire team that turned pro, which means they are our TEAM
OF THE WEEK! Congratulations to Team
TALONG! Pogi points, baby!
·
Anchor Rico Suave-Mambo scored 211, 163 and 206. Previous average was 175, Week 2 average was
193. Mega pogi points!
·
Muse Eden had inspired and inspiring prebowl scores of
131, 160 and 117 against her previous 120 average. Whoo hoo!
·
Super happy carpool buddy Marlon logged scores
of 125, 133 and 179 against his previous 129 average. Yebah-ebah-ebah!
SHINING STARS.
These 14 players logged at least one game that was way above their
average: JoelD-Sibuyas (206), Roy-Sitaw
(193), Edmer-Upo (190), Jing-Kalabasa (189), Paul-Mustasa (176),
Lino-Sibuyas (175), Angie-Upo SUB (172), Lolet-Sibuyas (164), Jun-Upo (159),
Rolly-Patani (155), Edwin-Patola (155), Ed-Labanos (151), Francis-Luya (149),
and last but not least, Gigi-Luya (148).
Hmm, Jing-Kalabasa has a nice ring to it, but Rolly-Patani takes the
cake…. Maskipops, just to help remember who is in what team, right?
As of MFL Week 2, here are our top male and female players. I should mention that the ability of my MFL
2014 Papaya teammate James of Bawang to maintain a 200+ average and 600+ series
for two straight weeks is AH-MAY-ZING!!!
I asked him why he could not play like this for our team last year. The answer: Coz I was his teammate…ngiih!
TOP MALE PLAYERS:
1.
James Que of Bawang 213
2.
Romy Liboon of Patani 199
3.
Paolo Quimbo of Kamatis 192
4.
Rico Lontoc of Talong 184
5.
Joel Capucao of Singkamas 177
TOP FEMALE PLAYERS:
1.
Jing Capucao of Kalabasa 156
2.
Mitchie Masanga of Upo 149
3.
Lanie Santos of Patola 148
4.
Alice Deo of Sitaw 144
5.
Lolet Pike of Sibuyas 130
Our MFL Team Standings as of Week 2 are as follows:
| Team # | TEAM | TEAM Members | Current | Total | Wk 2 | |||
| RANK | win | loss | win | loss | ||||
| 2 | Talong | Rico, Eden, Marlon | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 12 | Bawang | James, Chelo, Jojo | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6 | Upo | Edmer, Mitchie, Jun | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1 | Singkamas | JoelC, Mila, Michael | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 13 | Luya | Nonoy, Gigi, Francis | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sibuyas | JoelD, Lolet, Lino | 6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Patani | Romy, Chona, Rolly | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 8 | Labanos | July, Rosie, Ed | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sitaw | JonC, Alice, Roy | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Kalabasa | Desi, Jing, Gabriel | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Patola | Edwin, Lanie Dennis | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | Mustasa | Blue, Grace, Paul | 12 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | Kamatis | Paolo, Giovie, Raul | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
I am determined to post the Week 3 blog before week’s end, so watch out
for it! In the meantime, keep on
practicing so I can blog about your accomplishments each week. So proud of all y’all MFL bowlers!
Till next: bowl, baby, bowl!
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