The traditional Performance vs Powder Extreme bowling competition ends in controversy…
So every year we have a bowling competition against Powder Extreme. It’s fast becoming a tradition between the two schools, and last season the series finished one all – we won the first match and the narrowly lost the second at the end of the season (a result which has left the Performance team feeling like we let ourselves, our fans and the sport itself down).
As such we went to Martigny last night with high hopes and a team of psychologically prepared athletes. The first set (as usual) went to Powder Extreme, but the second set was won at a canter by Performance. Six months of hurt was about to be ended.
But as we went into the third set and there was a little confusion over the scoring system – do we take the total for the top eight scores for each team (we had nine and PE just had eight) or take the average individual score ?
Well, amid the confusion, jugs of beer and slices of pizza we seem to have plumped for the latter – a decision which is still difficult to explain even when you talk to Felix – and this morning the trophy is a long way from Performance HQ…
That’s because despite winning on the top eight system (which would allow for the fact Karolina has only ever seen bowling on television…), we were beaten on the player average system by the tiniest of fractions.
As well as sending shock waves through Martigny’s bowling community it also means that Powder Extreme have the bragging rights and we’ll now never hear the end of it. So we’re already preparing for the next round and to get our trophy back – as well as getting everyone to sign up to a formal and leglly binding scoring system before we start…
