Unfortunately, some contestants fell at the first obstacle: acquiring shoes. Of course, you can't borrow those silly shoes that you have to wear for bowling unless you are already wearing socks! Fortunately, the bowling alley rents socks just in case of such emergencies.
World class athletes require high energy food to maintain muscles and replace energy burned during intense athletic pursuits. And so do lazy, 'couch potato' students. So our first stop was the snack counter, where we were shocked to be told, after ordering our nacho cheese Doritos, that we would have to wait half an hour to collect them. To kill time, we decided to start bowling.
Various interesting techniques were on display. Some of them were controversial, such as Dmitri Zharkov's 'rolling thunder' approach, whereby the ball is hurled as hard as possible in order to ensure maximum kinetic energy upon impact. Another unconventional technique was Amy Wan's 'dribble bowl', in which the ball is actually bounced down the alley, causing the maximum possible damage to the expensive, polished wooden floor.
Ultimately, 'rolling thunder' proved the most effective approach, as Dmitri won the highest score of the evening – a total of 97 points. Well done, Dima! Coming in second was Sai Chananithitham, with 82 points. Congratulations to Sai for attaining the highest score for a girl on the night.
Unfortunately, there are still some members of the team still in need of further training, as Yuyang Zhang only managed to attain 27 points. Punishment for Yuyang was being forced to wear those silly bowling shoes to school for the rest of the week! Dima, can you teach her 'rolling thunder' next time?
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