Friday, January 17, 2020

CLUBWAKA Winter Bowling - Week 1 Recap and Team Intros

Week 1 is in the books! To see the full scores, check out the spreadsheet.

Let's take a look at the 22 teams that will be rolling with CLUBWAKA this winter:


The Bowling Stones - 802
Image may contain: 7 people, including Abigail Marie, people smiling, people standing, basketball court and indoor
Anthony, Lauren, Sam, Taylar, Jon, Abigail, Summer
"My team is made up of two of my brothers, a best friend from high school her boyfriend, my roommate and our good friend we met while living in Virginia Beach. We’re new to this, so we were very thankful for other teams’ help tonight! We’re looking forward to an excellent and exciting season!" - Abigail

IBS (Irritable Bowl Syndrome) - 807
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Troy, Kristen, John, Amber, Linda, David
"John and myself (good friends/old coworkers since 2007) are returning players from Tuckin’ Fenpin! This season we welcome new players: John’s wife Amber, his mom Linda, his dad David and then our free agent Troy! We are excited to play and continue to improve as well as have fun with all of you lovely people!" - Kristen

Pin Bowl Wizards - 891
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Tony, Sheila, John, Kimmie, Kathy, Chris
"We are Pin Bowl Wizards, formerly know as Bully Balls from the summer league. We are three married couples who have been friends forever and have Poquoson roots. Chris Brauer and I are former police officers...I retired back in 2015 after 25 years, John Harrison (my hubby) is still a police officer with Hampton (in his 28th year) and Sheila Firth Logan, Tony Logan and Kathy Evans Brauer are our trouble makers! Just kidding! We may not be the best bowlers but we have the best time together and love bowling teams that like to have fun...like the Gutter Sluts and Bye Polar Bowlers! We hope everyone has a fantastic Winter bowling season!" - Kimmie

No Hoppers - 911
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Brad, Erica, Megan, Joey, Courtney, Henry
"No Hoppers! Four of us met playing cornhole and the other two have done Waka kickball before. We are looking forward to getting better every week and having fun!" - Courtney

Gutter Sluts (JEDKH) - 944
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Erik, Lindsay, DavidSarahWhitney, Rey
"Erik and I are married. Whitney joined us last season and teaches my son. David and Sarah are married and were introduced to us by TC. Rey and I bowled together first season as Orange Crushin' Dem Pins. Already we're having such a great time together and we love bowling with Pin Bowl Wizards." - Lindsay

Slightly Above Average - 956
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Andrew, Chrissy, Phil, Jenn, Adam (not pictured: Lauren)
"Slightly Above Average! FKA Livin' on a Spare. We changed our name because we always seem to fall riiiight above the middle team at playoff time. Two of us are married, two of us are dating, two of us are siblings, two of us know each other from William & Mary's MBA program, four of us worked together at Ferguson Enterprises, and four of us went to CNU. All of us are friends. And of course, we have the good luck charm of Player 7!" - Jenn

Off In The Gutter - 979
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Tiffany, David, Loni, Curtis, Andrew, Katie
"We are Off in the Gutter! We’ve played cornhole for a few seasons and heard so many great things about bowling from our cornhole friends that we had to give it a try." - Loni

Tuckin' Fenpin! - 992
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Chris, Heather, Stephanie, TC, KAP, Randall
"Tuckin' Fenpin! is back for another great season of Club Waka bowling. Featuring five veterans (TC, KAP, Chris, Heather, & Randall) and one newbie (Stephanie Olsen). We aim to have fun, drink a few beers, and hopefully win a few games! And I can’t forget to mention our lane mates “win or lose, we still booze!"" - TC

Bowlhemian Rhapsody - 1035
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Deanna, Rhonda, Karen G, Glenn, Karen P, Russell
"Second season for Bowlhemian Rhapsody has begun and we moved up substantially from last place in 2019!" - Russell

Bye Polar Bowlers - 1042
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Perry, Teressa, Denver, Marie, Scott, Allan
"Texas Orange this go around! Perry Curenton, Marie Curenton and Allan Wiskowski were on the team last season in gold! We have welcomed Teressa Penland, Scott Moore and Denver Farley to the team! We had a great time, thrilled to be back, getting to know our great team" - Marie

Split Happens - 1053
Katie, Steven, Susan, Tonya, Buddy (not pictured: Mark)

Returning are the reigning Cup Trophy winners from Fall 2019! They start the Winter 2020 season where they ended - at the top of the bottom half of teams. Will they be able to hold that spot and reclaim the trophy for back-to-back victories or are they looking to upgrade their hardware?

Spare Wars: A New Rack - 1058
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Nancy, Brian, Brad, Tabitha, Theo (not pictured: Dwight)
"This photo is brought to you by Spare Wars: A New Rack (we’re not really new; we keep coming back!). No matter how the pins fall, we’re friends through it all (Dwight J Polka completes our bowling family, but he was out of town this week. Missed you, Dwight!)" - Theo

Win or Lose, We Still Booze - 1104
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Philip, Will, James, Ryan, Tabetha, Kristi
"This is Win or Lose, We Still Booze's third session playing together. (Minus Jennifer Neal, but with the welcome addition of William Matthews.) Couldn't ask for a better group of folks to play with every week!" - Kristi

Spare Me - 1105
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BJ, Joey, Pat, Carolyn, Karen, John
"Spare Me is back for a third season! We are coworkers and family coming together for some Spare Me fun on the weekends! John SavellPatJoey MabenBJ Maben, Carolyn Green, and myself. We enjoy knocking a few pins down while we drink and socialize." - Karen

8 Ballz and 2 Splitz - 1119*
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Mike, Dave, Dan, Stacy, George, Dana (not pictured: Cindy and Jason)
Dave, Stacy, George, Cindy, Mike, Jason

" We Have... oops I mean... We Are.... 8 Ballz & 2 Splitz! All 6 of us go back well over a decade. Going on 14 yrs with Dan, the rest of us go back 25+ yrs!!" - Stacy

Jive A$$ Turkeys - 1138
Rebecca, Blake, Jason, Chris, Jose (not bowling winter), Vikki (not pictured: CJ)

Reigning Domestic Beer Trophy winners from Fall 2019 (pictured) are back and looking for a repeat. They are even throwing out a little trash talk to start the season: "Jive ass turkeys = gold medal! Y'all can accept silver if you'd like... sorry for your loss hahahahaha. #wewin #youlose" - Blake... those are some big words for a team currently in seventh place! Though they are also looking for some additional fun... and possible funds: "Anyone that wants to gamble with us is welcome. We draw cards per strikes. $5 per game" - Jason

Mine's In The Gutter - 1139
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Zach, Teddy, Brian, Gma, Jeff, Trish, Shelley
"Mine's in the Gutter! 2 are married and produced a third member. One is known as Gma to many. Our newest member has played waka with us for years and two have become like family to us. We love our team and are so happy to have Brian Neal joining us this season!!!!!" - Trish

Obviously Not Golfers - 1172
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DottieBrent JrBrent SrKristenJoseph, Julian.
"Dottie and I formed this team in the summer of 2017 as way to get out of the house a spend a few hours away from our kid. I actually hated bowling kind of because it went against one of my core principals, (Anything you’re not immediately good at is stupid and not worth your time). Despite my inability to knock all of the pins down, I had so much fun with the people and have fallen in love with the atmosphere. Now, I look forward to “date night” on Sundays at the bowling alley.
Kristen has been with us since the first season. I first started the team with a post on Facebook asking for bowlers to fill our roster. I was very surprised that arguably the best women’s bowler in the league immediately threw her hand up. We didn’t know her that well at the time but she’s become a very close friend. Plus she’s carried us to two championships.
Joe joined the team later when we picked up a free agent. He’s one of funniest characters in the league and an excellent dancer. Dislikes include the damn 5 pin.
In 2018, we added Brent Wentworth, Sr to help add some veteran leadership and experience to the squad. At the time he was a CLUBWAKA rookie but I had known him for about 38 years before that. We go way back.
Julian is the newest member of the Non-Golfers, coming on as a free agent last season. When he’s not educating the youth of Hampton High, he’s beating the blind on Sundays. (Wait, that doesn’t sound right)." - Brent Jr.


Framed - 1177
Taryn (not bowling winter), Josue, Dale, Amy, Matthias (not pictured: Brandon, Julie)
Dale, Amy, and Matthias have been bowling together since Spring 2019. Brandon joined in Summer 2019, then Josue in Fall 2019. This season, they add Julie who is returning to CLUBWAKA Bowling after talking a few seasons off.

Flame Throwers - 1218
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Mike, Chris G, Danielle, Carole, Chris T, Ange
"Flamethrowers bring the heat this season with our same team from the fall. Chris Granados and Carole Sterling are the OG flamethrowers, later came Chris Tucker and Danielle Smith. Last season we welcomed a fun couple Michael and Angela Anderson to complete our team. We’re looking to make a comeback and win back the trophy while having fun and chilling with all our favorite CLUBWAKA friends." - Danielle

Eye Candy - 1220
Image may contain: 6 people, including Ed Aaron and Melissa Agnone Aaron, people smiling
Robin (not bowling winter), Ed, Eric (not bowling winter), Kim, Gary (not bowling winter), Missy
(not pictured: Jeremy, Kaige, Mike) 
Image may contain: 6 people, including Ed Aaron, Melissa Agnone Aaron and Jeremy Chappell, people smiling, people standing and indoor
Kaige, Ed, Kim, Mike, Missy, Jeremy (Winter 2020)

Eye Candy has had some changes to their roster since Fall 2018 (pictured), however what hasn't changed is their presence near the top of the score board. They remain one of the more dominant and consistent teams in the league. They have struggled to reclaim the trophy since this picture was taken - will this be the season to change that?

Scared Splitless - 1223
Aaron, Louise, Heather, Nathan, Ray, David
After enjoying the Summer 2019 season, Nathan convinced his wife, Heather, to return for Fall 2019 and brought along work buddies, Ray and David. After losing two players, he reached out to his brother and sister-in-law, Aaron and Louise, who bowled Summer 2019 to come back and join them. One of the break-out teams that Fall 2019 season, they start this season in the top spot! Can they hold on and claim the trophy?

Good luck to everyone this season!

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