Go Alberta Go!

This weekend was the Canadian Youth Championships in Calgary. This was the one tournament that I really wanted to go to and represent Alberta. Unfortunately for me, the provincial qualifier came at a time where I was struggling with health issues. Somehow though, until the second last game, I was winning. Then my friend shot a huge game to all but secure first place and from there I had all but given up, as well as I was drained of what little energy/drive/ambition I had for the day, and I slid to 3rd place.

So for awhile I was frustrated that it went down like that, because had I been totally healthy, I think I would have walked away quite easily with the title.

None the less, I accepted what happened (I still shake my head at the whole thing and have a pang of yearning, but there are no hard feelings), and congratulated the winner.

One of the reasons I had wanted to win so bad was because Nationals were being held in my home town, so I could have full home field advantage. But the next best thing to not competing was to cheer on team Alberta, half of them my friends.

In the end, my friend who had beat me ended up on top as singles and all events champion, so I'm very happy for her, and the province. Who knows, had I been there, would I have made such an impact? Realistically I'd like to think yes, and maybe I would have done better, since I had a great showing at CNCs two weeks ago. But I can hardly be sound in saying that because who knows how I would have reacted to the pressure and to the patterns they put down (though I feel the patterns would have been in my favor).

All in all, I still had a wonderful time this weekend, cheering on Alberta and other friends from other provinces. I got to hang out with all my bowling friends for an entire weekend and talk bowling. These people are honestly a great group of people are really fun to be around, which makes me sad that we don't have more out of town tournaments to bond like this.

This also makes me want to hit the lanes again. More so I almost want it to be league again, I want to prove my worth in the adult league, start doing tournaments and see how I really stack up. CNCs gave me a huge confidence boost, but I want to put it to the test and see if it wasn't just a fluke. I doubt it, because it was a great learning experience (like always) and feel like it all culminated in the last day when I tore it up. As long as I keep those things in mind, I think I'm set for the upcoming season.

This being said, I might even actually go practice with a friend on Tuesday since we have nothing better to do. June might be regular for me if I can get out there, since I'm not really working, but July/August I'm doing soccer camp and might be too pooped; hopefully I could get out there on a weekend, but risk getting annoyed by public bowlers..

#happy