WEEK 4 -- THE POST AFA BLUES (OR BLAHS)
Our Tuesday league happened right on the heels of the AFA Championship weekend in Grand Rapids so everyone was moving a bit slower. Congrats to Bonkshank Redemption from Cincinnati on winning the 2024 AFA Championship. To check on the Ypsi Ann Arbor team results, just page down to the previous post.
Here in Tuesday Night Doubles Land, we are exactly halfway through with a tightly packed field. We played only four matches tonight to keep the game count even after each round robin.
Our Tuesday league happened right on the heels of the AFA Championship weekend in Grand Rapids so everyone was moving a bit slower. Congrats to Bonkshank Redemption from Cincinnati on winning the 2024 AFA Championship. To check on the Ypsi Ann Arbor team results, just page down to the previous post.
Here in Tuesday Night Doubles Land, we are exactly halfway through with a tightly packed field. We played only four matches tonight to keep the game count even after each round robin.
MATCH 1
3 Here for the Golden Tee featured a sub, Dan Wurster in for Laura Willoughby and Dan made a pretty good pairing with Skipper Brenna Tavidian. They ended up sweeping 2 Bonk Mates 4-0 in Match 1. Carolyn Billetdeaux and Austin Brown of 7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit could not find the same magic that propelled them to 5-0 last week, losing all three to 10 Touch My Bonk. Not a sweep. 1-Fowl:20, 5 Jabronis and 6 Discarded Partners also picked up a win |
MATCH 2
7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit and 6 Discarded Partners took 20 minutes to complete two games ... that had to be frustrating!! WAGBWGTS won both games and took the win. No other teams won or lost them all. Other winners included 3 Here for the Golden Tee (again), 4 Bonk Shells, 8 Fowled Folks Home and 10 Touch My Bonk. |
MATCH 3
9 Jack Daniels, with Lisa Johnson playing the part of Jeff Stewart, got a 4-0 sweep. 3 Here for the Golden Tee and 8 Fowled Folks Home both got 4-1 wins. 4 Bonk Shells won their first three games but dropped the final against 6 Discarded Partners for a 3-1 win. 10 Touch My Bonk only managed 3 complete games against 5 The Jabronis dropping the first but winning the final two |
MATCH 4
A 4-0 sweep for Bella and Terry Ferstle of 1 Fowl:20 evened up their night. Brenna Tavidian sub Dan Wurster of 3 Here for the Golden Tee completed their 4-0 sweep of the evening winning 3-2 over 10 Touch My Bonk. In a tiring display of Fowling, 8 Fowled Folks Home and 7 WAGBWGTS took 15 minutes to complete game one of their match and could not complete a second game with the match going to 8 Fowled Folks Home 1-0. |
WEEK 4 STANDINGS
10 Touch My Bonk held on to the league lead at 13-5 and expanded it by a game over 9 Jack Daniels 11-7 who fell into a tie for second with 8 Fowled Folks Home 11-7. 3 Here for the Golden Tee used their 4-0 performance to leapfrog into a tie for fourth place with 1 Fowl:20 at 10-8. 5 The Jabronis are alone in sixth place at 9-9, as are 4 Bonk Shells in seventh at 8-10, 7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit in eighth at 7-11, 2 Bonk Mates in ninth at 6-12 and 6 Discarded Partners in tenth at 5-13. Next week we have 5 match to set the table for the final week of the regular season. See ya then!! |
WEEK 3 -- HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND THE UNEXPECTED SWEEP
We all had a great time celebrating the 2nd anniversary on Friday April 12th. It also felt like the teams that were in attendance were all lagging a little bit on Tuesday night as we reconvened for league play. We do have throw out a big congratulations to leaguers Alicia Curley and Danielle Hixson who knocked off some really good teams including Danielle’s husband Clint and Fowling Founder Chris Hutt. They won the final 3-0 against Kirby Clifton and Steve Ney who have both competed in the AFA championships.
Also, this is the first time we had all the league present simultaneously (why didn’t I take the league photo ... dammit). All Bourbon Brothers were present and accounted for.
We all had a great time celebrating the 2nd anniversary on Friday April 12th. It also felt like the teams that were in attendance were all lagging a little bit on Tuesday night as we reconvened for league play. We do have throw out a big congratulations to leaguers Alicia Curley and Danielle Hixson who knocked off some really good teams including Danielle’s husband Clint and Fowling Founder Chris Hutt. They won the final 3-0 against Kirby Clifton and Steve Ney who have both competed in the AFA championships.
Also, this is the first time we had all the league present simultaneously (why didn’t I take the league photo ... dammit). All Bourbon Brothers were present and accounted for.
MATCH 1
Everything started off normally, no bonks, no spares, no strikes. We did have two 4-0 sweeps from Dominic Bazzano and Noah Helton of 5 The Jabronis and Jeff Stewart and Bruce Caskey of 9 Jack Daniels (which was a placeholder name for the team, but it looks like it’s going to stick). Also, a rare win from 7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit (WAGBWGTS as other teams have been referring to them on their scorecard. Carolyn Billetdeaux and Austin Brown were feeling quite humble when they named their team. They were blanked in week 1 and got 1 win in week 2. So the name was prophetic. They doubled their season win total in Match 1 tonight. |
MATCH 2
The top two teams in the standings and a clash of brothers as 9 Jack Daniels featuring Bourbon Brother Stu vs 10 Touch My Bonk with Bourbon Brother Randy Stewart. The match did not disappoint as they split games 1 and 2. But Jeff (Stu) Stewart and Bruce Caskey pulled away winning games 3 and 4 to take the match 3-1, putting them in first by 2 games. Also, in Match 2 we go to see a first as Laura Willoughby of 3 Here for the Golden Tee got her first BONK ever in game 3 ... of course it was against her husband Ed Willoughby of 6 Discarded Partners. Bella Ferstle of 1 Fowl:20 picked off the kill pin as time ran out to get a a 5-1 mercy. Meanwhile WAGBWGTS won a second match, losing the first game but winning the final three. |
MATCH 3
It’s always exciting with the 4 Bonk Shells are playing. With her recent tournament championship adding to her confidence, Alicia Curley and Brandon Tuttle were tied 2-2 against 10 Touch My Bonk. One throw for Randy Stewart ... he got 5. Up stepped Alicia and knocked down 8 for the 3-2 victory. No sweeps, mercies, Bonks or Strikes, but WAGBWGTS won a THIRD match! |
MATCH 5
... win EVERY MATCH tonight, is there? The last time WAGBWGTS played this same sequence of teams back in week 1, they went 0-5. Not to keep you in suspense ... they DID win their fifth match in a row losing game 1 but picking up games 2 and 3 for the 2-1 victory. Brenna Tavidian of 3 Here For The Golden Tee, managed to get a personal spare in game 4 against 9 Jack Daniels. Unfortunately, they were already down by 3 games at that point and ended up dropping the match 3-2. |
WEEK 3 RESULTS
So everyone congratulate Carolyn Billetdeaux and Austin Brown on their first ever 5-0 week. 8 Fowled Folks Home went 4-1, losing only when 1 Fowl:20 Mercied them 5-1 in Match 2. To counteract the 5-0 record by WAGBWGTS, our league leaders went 3-2 (9 Jack Daniels) and 2-3 (10 Touch My Bonk). 1 Fowl:20, 3 Here for the Golden Tee and 5 The Jabronis all escaped the week with a winning 3-2 record. |
WEEK 3 STANDINGS
Not much changed in the standings for 9 of the teams. Our top two teams switched spots with 10 Touch My Bonk up by one game 10-4 over 9 Jack Daniels who dropped into second at 9-5. Three teams are at 8-6 ... 1 Fowl:20, 5 The Jabronis and 8 Fowled Folks Home and three more are at 3 Here for the Golden Tee, 2 Bonk Mates and 7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit (who are suddenly GOOD and still have THE SPIRIT!) are all 6-8. Close behind is 4 Bonk Shells at 5-9 and 6 Discarded Partners at 4-10 to round out the league. |
This weekend is the AFA Championships. If you can make it up to the Grand Rapids Fowling Warehouse on Saturday 4/20. Cheer on Danielle Hixson and Clint Hixson of Wine Some, Booze Some, Randy Stewart and Jeff Stewart of The Bourbon Brothers, Tommy Andre and Josh Daley of Chewbonkka’s and Kevin Ney and Steve Bitel of Pin Ticklers trying to bring a AFA Championship back to Ypsi Ann Arbor.
Last but not least, take some time to sign up for the Summer Thursday Night Leagues when you get a chance. Ladies League is every other week starting May 2. Sign up here: https://fowlingwarehouse.com/ypsiannarbor/ladies-league-sign-up/ The “Beer League” is every other Thursday and starts on May 9th. You can sign up here: https://fowlingwarehouse.com/ypsiannarbor/beer-league-sign-up/
Last but not least, take some time to sign up for the Summer Thursday Night Leagues when you get a chance. Ladies League is every other week starting May 2. Sign up here: https://fowlingwarehouse.com/ypsiannarbor/ladies-league-sign-up/ The “Beer League” is every other Thursday and starts on May 9th. You can sign up here: https://fowlingwarehouse.com/ypsiannarbor/beer-league-sign-up/
WEEK 2 – THE BONK IS BACK!
A week after ending our 19 week Bonk Streak, the Spring Leaguers could not get enough of the Bonk Horn on Tuesday. We had two of them, both in very advantageous time in the match.
It is nice that the Bourbon Brothers have separate teams so you don’t look down and see an instant L on your scorecard. But with both Randy and Jeff having “Lower Body Injuries” we have only seen one week of actual Bourbon Brother Fowling so far ... and their teams are STILL 1-2 in the rankings. Must be some of that Angel’s Cut fairy dust sprinkled on their subs, huh?
Only 4 Matches this week to keep our 9 game round robin for 10 teams intact.
A week after ending our 19 week Bonk Streak, the Spring Leaguers could not get enough of the Bonk Horn on Tuesday. We had two of them, both in very advantageous time in the match.
It is nice that the Bourbon Brothers have separate teams so you don’t look down and see an instant L on your scorecard. But with both Randy and Jeff having “Lower Body Injuries” we have only seen one week of actual Bourbon Brother Fowling so far ... and their teams are STILL 1-2 in the rankings. Must be some of that Angel’s Cut fairy dust sprinkled on their subs, huh?
Only 4 Matches this week to keep our 9 game round robin for 10 teams intact.
MATCH 1
The call of the Michigan Manatee rang through the Fowling Warehouse. Scott Brown hit the timers and ran down to lane 12 in time to see his partner on 8-Fowled Folks Home Patty Brown knock down 4 pins. The ball returned and Scott got his throw ... a 6 pin spare! Second game against the Discarded Partners was more methodical and ended in a tie with 6-Discarded Partners picking up the win. In game three a pin top skipper hit Scott right in the Cooper, slightly disabling him. It’s not why he and Patty lost game three, but it did add insult to injury, a 1-2 loss to Ed Willoughby and Keith Colegrove of 6 Discarded Partners. Also match wins notched for 4 Bonk Shells, 9 Jack Daniels and 10 Touch My Bonk and a 4-0 sweep by 3 Here for the Golden Tee |
MATCH 2
4 Bonk Shells were locked in a very tight match with 9 Jack Daniels. They dropped the first two games but won games 3 and 4 to tie things up with less than a minute to go. That means each team gets one throw, and Brandon Tuttle of 4 Bonk Shells did not waste his shot throwing a BONK to end the match with a 3-2 win!! 5 Jabronis also won game 4 to tie up their match with 8 Fowled Folks Home with less than a minute to go and took the win with their single throw. We also got wins from 1 Fowl:20, 10 Touch My Bonk and (finally for Carolyn and Austin a first win for 7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit. |
MATCH 3
The match between 10 Touch My Bonk and 5 Jabronis started the way you think it would, with Kevin Ney and Randy Stewart taking the win. Then Noah Helton of 5 Jabronis unleashed a convincing BONK to win the game and tie up the match and give them some hope of a win ... which was quickly dashed as 10 Touch My Bonk reeled off 4 straight wins to get the 5-1 mercy. Joining them in the W column were the first 4 teams, 1 Fowl:20, 2 Bonk Mates, 3 Here for the Golden Tee and 4 Bonk Shells. |
MATCH 4
We’re not sure why, but Ed Willoughby and Keith Colegrove of 6 Discarded Partners played only 2 games against 10 Touch My Bonk. They lost both of them to lose the match. Over the course of the 4 matches this week, they only managed to complete 10 games or 2 ½ per match. Compare that with the 20 games those speedy Jabronis fit in during the same amount of time. Has 6 Discarded Partners figured out how to get their opponents to play slower? Something to watch isn’t it? 2 Bonk Mates,5 The Jabronis 8 Fowled Folks Home and 9 Jack Daniels also snagged wins. |
WEEK 2 RESULTS
The big winners this week were Randy Stewart and Kevin Ney who was filling in for Paul Konkal of 10 Touch My Bonk. They won all 4 games. 4 Bonk Shells with 3-1. 1 Fowl:20, 2 Bonk Mates, 3 Here for the Golden Tee, 5 The Jabronis and 9 Jack Daniels all split at 2-2. 6 Discarded Partners, 7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit and 8 Fowled Folks Home all only managed 1 win. No one was skunked this week. |
WEEK 2 STANDINGS
10 Touch My Bonk sits on top of the Standings at 8-1. Second at 6-3 is the other half of the Bourbon Brothers 9 Jack Daniels, even though Stewie hasn’t actually played for his own team yet due to injury. 1 Fowl:20, 5 The Jabronis and 2 Bonk Mates are 3-4-5 all at 5-4. 8 Fowled Folks Home, 6 Discarded Partners and 4 Bonk Shells are 6-7-8, all at 4-5. 3 Here for the Golden Tee holds 9th place at 3-6 and 7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit are in the caboose at 1-8. |
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Second Anniversary Party. Alicia and Danielle won the tournament over Kevin Ney and Kirby Clifton, knocking out the game’s inventor Chris Hutt in the Quarterfinal and a team of Jeff Stewart and Danielle’s husband Clint in the Semi Final. Some pretty decent competition.
Don’t forget to sign up for our summer fun leagues on alternating Thursday Nights. The Ladies League kicks off on May 2 and the Beer League starts on May 9. Sign up on our website. Plus, the AFA championship is at 4PM on Saturday 4/20 in Grand Rapids. Come cheer on our 4 teams. Maybe one of them will bring home the trophy?!
Don’t forget to sign up for our summer fun leagues on alternating Thursday Nights. The Ladies League kicks off on May 2 and the Beer League starts on May 9. Sign up on our website. Plus, the AFA championship is at 4PM on Saturday 4/20 in Grand Rapids. Come cheer on our 4 teams. Maybe one of them will bring home the trophy?!
WEEK ONE -- LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
The lead up to week one went as all league startups go. A lot of last minute entries, trying to reach an even number of teams and finally landing on a great group of Fowlers representing all skill levels and history. Then finding subs for week 1. Just as planned!
It was great to see some of the historic teams splitting up and creating new partnerships. The Bourbon Brothers, coming off their dramatic playoff win in the AFA Qualifying league broke into two teams with Paul Konkal recruiting Randy for team 10 which have given the placeholder team name Jim Beam, and Jeff joining up with Bruce Kaskey for team 9, which we will call Jack Daniels. Of course, Jeff and Bruce were both out of town for the opener and they sent subs Eric “E” Smith and Dan “2 Bears” Wurster.
Brenna Tavidian and Laura Willoughby discarded their partners and teamed up to create Team 3 We’re Here for the Golden Tee. Jilted Ed Willoughby found jilted Keith Colegrove and made lemonade out of lemons to create the aptly named Team 6 Discarded Partners.
We have the rookies Jevit Tith and Sequoyah King joining us at Team 2 Bonk Mates. We also have some long-time pairs who have appeared in almost every FWYA2 league thus far; Bella and Terry Ferstle of the abbreviated Team 1 Fowl:20, Alicia Curley and Brandon Tuttle of Team 4 Bonk Shells, Dominic Bazzano and Noah Helton of Team 5 The Jabronis and Scott and Patty Brown of Team 8 Fowled Folks Home.
Great group of folks. This is gonna be a great season!!
The lead up to week one went as all league startups go. A lot of last minute entries, trying to reach an even number of teams and finally landing on a great group of Fowlers representing all skill levels and history. Then finding subs for week 1. Just as planned!
It was great to see some of the historic teams splitting up and creating new partnerships. The Bourbon Brothers, coming off their dramatic playoff win in the AFA Qualifying league broke into two teams with Paul Konkal recruiting Randy for team 10 which have given the placeholder team name Jim Beam, and Jeff joining up with Bruce Kaskey for team 9, which we will call Jack Daniels. Of course, Jeff and Bruce were both out of town for the opener and they sent subs Eric “E” Smith and Dan “2 Bears” Wurster.
Brenna Tavidian and Laura Willoughby discarded their partners and teamed up to create Team 3 We’re Here for the Golden Tee. Jilted Ed Willoughby found jilted Keith Colegrove and made lemonade out of lemons to create the aptly named Team 6 Discarded Partners.
We have the rookies Jevit Tith and Sequoyah King joining us at Team 2 Bonk Mates. We also have some long-time pairs who have appeared in almost every FWYA2 league thus far; Bella and Terry Ferstle of the abbreviated Team 1 Fowl:20, Alicia Curley and Brandon Tuttle of Team 4 Bonk Shells, Dominic Bazzano and Noah Helton of Team 5 The Jabronis and Scott and Patty Brown of Team 8 Fowled Folks Home.
Great group of folks. This is gonna be a great season!!
MATCH 2
This almost never happens ... all 5 matches ended in a 3-2 score. For 2 Bonk Mates it was their first league win ever. 10 Jim Beam bested 9 Jack Daniels in the battle of the Bourbon Brothers ... although we’ll put an asterisk on this one since Jeff was out of town. 5 The Jabronis had a tightly contested match, game 3 of the 3-2 match featured an overtime thriller against 2 Bonk Shells. 6 Discarded Partners and 8 Fowled Folks Home both picked up their second match win. 1 Bella and Terry Ferstle picked up a team Spare in game two of their loss to 8 Fowled Folks Home, but still no Bonks or Strikes. |
MATCH 3
Things slowed down in Match 3 with three 3 game matches and two 4 game matches. As a league we typically get almost 5 games in every match. 1 Fowl:20 got their first win of the season. 9 Jack Daniels handed 8 Fowled Folks Home their first loss as the rookies 2 Bonk Mates dished out the first L to 6 Discarded Partners. 5 The Jabronis picked up their second match win as well. Bonks/Strikes held hostage 3 matches. |
MATCH 4
The new team of Brenna Tavidian and Laura Willoughby collectively known as 3 Here for the Golden Tee picked up their first match win in a 3-0 sweep of 4 Bonk Shells. 10 Jim Beam fought off 8 Fowled Folks Home who came back from a game 1 loss to take a 2-1 lead before Paul and Randy won game 4 with less than a minute to go. In the 1 throw final game 5, Randy bested Patty knocking down 7 pins for the win. Also grabbing a W in Match 4 were 1 Fowl:20, 2 Bonk Mates and 9 Jack Daniels. Bonks/Strikes held hostage 4 matches. |
MATCH 5
4 Bonk Shells had a strange night. After winning their very first game in Match 1, they had lost ever other game 1, 2 and 3 the rest of the night going into Match 5. They broke the streak (somewhat) against 8 Fowled Folks Home by winning game 2. Unfortunately, they lost games 1 and 3 and game 4 on a buzzer beating kill shot as time expired. 1 Fowl:20, 5 The Jabronis and 9 Jack Daniels picked up wins. But most exciting was 6 Discarded Partners who were in a pincount match against 10 Jim Beam who was undefeated. Randy made his last throw with less than 10 seconds leaving just 4 pins. Keith Colgrove of 6 Discarded partners made his final throw as time ran out and left only three pins standing. But did he get the shot off in time? We had to go to the surveillance cameras for an instant replay to determine that the clock DID NOT read triple zeros when the ball left his hand, giving 10 Jim Beam their only loss and 6 Discarded partners a much needed victory. Sadly, no Bonks or Strikes. The streak is over at 19 weeks. |
WEEK 1 RESULTS
As expected, even divided The Bourbon Brothers top our scoreboard, with 9 Jack Daniels in first and 10 Jim Beam right behind featuring 4-1 records. The there is a 5 team log jam at 3-2 featuring 5 The Jabronis, 8 Fowled Folks Home, 1 Fowl:20, 6 Discarded Partners and 2 Bonk Mates. 3 Here for the Golden Tee and 4 Bonk Shells both had tough weeks going 1-4 ... these veteran teams will bounce back. In a self-fulfilling prophecy or a great deal of self-awareness, Carolyn Billetdeaux and Austin Brown of 7 We Ain't Good But We Got The Spirit did not pick up a win this week, but did come damn close losing their first three matches by only 1 game. Week 2 next week has only 4 matches so we can keep the matchups even with each team playing the other 3 matches over the course of the season. |
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