Nicole Trudell (Left), Courtney Parenteau (Right) before today’s block.
Today players were tested with WTBA Atlanta. This 38′ pattern rewarded consistency. Getting to the pocket was not the issue, carry was. The front part of the lane played pretty slick meaning that not getting off the ball clean enhanced skid through the front part of the lane resulting in missing the break point long. This usually ended up in leaving corner pins. The back ends provided a great deal of hook so, managing the move off the breakpoint was critical. Excessive axis rotation resulted in difficulty managing the breakpoint.
Billy turned in another solid performance going just over even for the day. A big shout out for Billy earning a “30 clean” award today. Bill did all he could but fell prey to angle problems and left a great deal of single pins. Had he been able to convert those single pins into strikes he no doubt would have scored very high on this pattern.
Nicole turned in another solid performance today going plus for the second consecutive day and improving her overall rank to number 38. After a rough start to the week, Nicole has been working hard to move up the rankings.
Courtney got off to a rough start in the first two games leaving her with quite a deficit. However, in a display of maturing in her mental game, she was able to put together 4 solid games well over 200 to salvage the block. She did not make it all the way back to go plus but, did end up averaging 190 for the day and moved up to 48th place overall.
Tomorrow is the final day of the competition and it will be contested on WTBA London, the most difficult of the 5 patterns.
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