This was a big weekend for me because it was my chance to win my forth ABT title and it would had been the second time I sucessfully defended a title.

The weekend started off great in practice I had a great reaction. We were playing on old AMF wooden lanes with the scorpion pattern laid on it. The scorpion the longest pba pattern I played on it before on syntheics and the carry down was heavy best finish was 4th. But anyway since it was a wooden surface carry down wasnt a big issue. In practice i started out with my Brunswick Scorchin Inferno playing around 10 and 12 with a great reaction. I started out my first game with a 265 (313 handicap 7 more pins I would had got the $100 300 pot ) the next lanes were played pretty much the same had a little carry down in my line but nothing heavy stayed clean but a wash out in the 7th and 10th I ended up with a 191. The next pair the guy before me was throwning a ball with a lot of grit around my area my carry went a way the Scorchin started to burn up so I pulled out my twisted which was to snapp so a late switch after a 9th frame out I finised out with a lousy 152 kept me even tho by the 3rd game of qualifying I was +153 fourth game went back to the twisted shot 181. Ended qualifying 1st +181 shooting a 981 handicap 789 scratch.

The next day same line same ball Scorchin Inferno.  Semi Finals shot 191-209-180 580 724 handicap +124 quaulified second for match play.

This is where the problem began. The week before I got  a cut in the joint of my index finger from a previous tournament  it had healed nicely and was fine all weekend. I picked up my vapor zone on the match play lanes because they had drilled out a little and that ball is polished with a rolly drilling. My second to last shot I throw a good shot line figured out and my cut reopend. This stopped me from getting any type of revs on the ball. With this pattern I had to get the ball started earlier in the front part of the lane (which I worked on this week with some help from my man lot) so I went back to the scorchin so the ball would basically turn for me. I started out the gaame chopping a 4-7 came back left a 7 pin picked it up. My carry was no good it was about spares missed the 6th frame. Game was close still only down by the the lefty I was playin was struggling to. I came back the 7th flush strike next shot I put my all behind it shot came in  light left the 10 pin head pin flew across and took it out. The lead was mune but the finger had opened up more my me forcing the issue that was all i had. 9th and 10th maeks would had shut him out left a 4 pin threw my zone at it whiffed it. 10th frame I left double wood threw the scorchin hit the 1st pin not enough on the ball to take out the back pin. Done deal not title defense on a weekend where I worked hard. ended up with $127 including pot and high game money. Everybody was in disbelief because I was bowling hard this weekend. Well thats the breaks can win them all. We will see what happens next week hopefully I can heal up by then and get a title. I let you know next week.