Just a quick update on the status of the Spring 2017 season:
- There's some confusion as to the start date, as back in December the starting date was posted incorrectly. We begin bowling on January 24. If you show up at the bowling alley earlier than that you will be sad.
- As of the writing of this post (January 16) we would like to add 5 more bowlers. We can guarantee placement for one of those five, but we always have a few people drop at the last minute and we want to have replacements lined up and ready!
- We are trading places with the league to our left in the hopes it will mean fewer lane breakdowns for us. (Our longevity at the same bowling center has its perks!) Unfortunately this also puts us next to the wall, but the options for lane changes are limited in the winter break. Unless the deal falls through, we will be on lanes 1-8 this season.
- Freda will have some competition! As of this writing there are 5 females in the league this season. Still pretty unbalanced but the highest number we've seen since the Split Sisters era.
- VML employees have been in the minority in the league for a few years, but now for the first time ever they are also in the minority among the two companies that subsidize bowling in our league. At of this writing, there are only 3 VML employees in the league this season! Sad.
- A couple of you have asked about pre-bowling for the first week. This is OK as long as you let Scoot know in advance. Unless you have no other options, try not to schedule pre-bowling for any earlier than this Saturday (Jan 21).
More details to come later this week. Since we have a few teams that need to be assembled from a large pool of rookies and pairs of people who want to bowl together, Scoot will post team assignments on Wednesday of this week. We will then need your team name, bowling order, and team captains by 5:00pm this Friday.
More to come later this week!
