I made it to Doha, Qatar on Monday evening about 6 PM local time after traveling all day with teammate Tom Hess. When we arrived here, Tom was missing all 3 bowling bags and I was missing 1. Lucky we were able to go to the bowl that night and drill Tom 2 balls so he would have something for our 1st squad the next day. I was happy with the 3 balls I had that made it.
The format this week was bowling 2 five game blocks on 2 days with the top 28, 4 Qatar players and 4 desperado players moving on. We knew before we started scores were going to be high.
I got off to a good start the 1st day with plus 191. The 2nd day I shot plus 216 and advanced easily into the next round missing the top 6 bye by 31 pins. I used the Mastermind Genius and the Lt-48 1 game the 2nd day.
The next round consisted of 30 players bowling 5 games with only the top 10 moving on to join the 6 who got a bye. I got off to a good start again with 730 my 1st three games. The 4th game, I had 9 strikes for 200, with 3 splits on the left lane. With 1 game to go, I was 15 pins from the top 10 and knew I needed a big game. I decided to try a new ball to give me a better look, unfortunately, it turned out to be the wrong decision and I started slow. I made a ball change to throw the last 7 for 224 to miss the cut by 17 pins.
Scores were high but that is what it is. Good news is I felt better this eek than last week at the USBC Masters. I am excited to go home for a few days to see my wife Sara and baby Kaylee and get re-energized for Kuwait and Germany in a few weeks.
Thanks for all the support and positive thoughts.
The format this week was bowling 2 five game blocks on 2 days with the top 28, 4 Qatar players and 4 desperado players moving on. We knew before we started scores were going to be high.
I got off to a good start the 1st day with plus 191. The 2nd day I shot plus 216 and advanced easily into the next round missing the top 6 bye by 31 pins. I used the Mastermind Genius and the Lt-48 1 game the 2nd day.
The next round consisted of 30 players bowling 5 games with only the top 10 moving on to join the 6 who got a bye. I got off to a good start again with 730 my 1st three games. The 4th game, I had 9 strikes for 200, with 3 splits on the left lane. With 1 game to go, I was 15 pins from the top 10 and knew I needed a big game. I decided to try a new ball to give me a better look, unfortunately, it turned out to be the wrong decision and I started slow. I made a ball change to throw the last 7 for 224 to miss the cut by 17 pins.
Scores were high but that is what it is. Good news is I felt better this eek than last week at the USBC Masters. I am excited to go home for a few days to see my wife Sara and baby Kaylee and get re-energized for Kuwait and Germany in a few weeks.
Thanks for all the support and positive thoughts.
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