Everything Candlepin

Here at everything candlepin we love hearing about big games – even if they aren’t recent like Nick Norcross or Josh Lowell.  I got an email this morning from Canadian bowler Adam Melanson.  He sent along some images of his house record breaking string from January 30th, 2009.

Adam busted out with a five bagger, and followed by sparing four of the final five boxes with some great fills on the spares.  The five bagger was important to the string no doubt, but the 35 pins of fills on the spares where just as important.  Big games take a little luck, a lot of skill, and capitalizing whenever possible.  It’s clear that Adam had it all working on this day.

Here is a clearer shot of the scoresheet from Adam’s historic day.  Adam accomplished the feat at Fairlanes in Montcon, New Brunswick.

I think my favorite part is knowing that he played hooky in order to go to the bowling alley.  He is an email from Adam proving the crime of skipping school!

I was sixteen when I threw the it and I left my class early that day to get to the three day tournament earlier.  The tournament was a 560 team cap tournament.  The previous house record [was established in 1992].  I will remember that string ball by ball for the rest of my life.

I think one thing to note on top of Adam’s huge day is the bowling by the rest of team.  Not to be out done, the other four members of his team went 499.  Throwing scores of 95, 149, 132, and 123 they certainly chipped in toward their total of 722.  That’s a hell of a total for a five man team.  Hopefully that total was enough for you to win the tournament outright.

Here are two more photos depicting Adam’s big day.  I think the pin is fantastic.  Congratulations Adam on your achievement and thanks for sharing – we appreciate it.

Keep those big games coming folks!