Recent content by Graeme Rose

All squads full!! Another 135 entries for next year's tournament is another fantastic result. Many thanks to the bowling community for their continuing support of the Kegel QLD Open. See you all in March. Graeme Rose Kegel Australia

......and asymmetric cores while we are at it.

OK, enough with the 'patterns being modified' rumours. If ANY bowler feels that the pattern being laid isn't what has been shown on the program sheet, approach the tournament director. The tournament director can then ask for a step-through of the pattern on the lane machine or witness an...

OK, here we go.... Small anomalies in topography can be ignored. Less than 20 thou cross-tilts and the like will only contribute about a 1/4 inch difference in ball path. Outside of this, gravity wins every time. A lane can be 'legal' as far as sanctioning goes but the combination of crowns...

Total budget for tech committee = $5k. That wouldn't last very long if we were to send someone to every event! I have no idea of what the budgets are for the other committees. At present... Kegel QLD Open is in its 4th year and for the first 3 years our limit was 108 entries. We were full or...

Morning all, No, Schmicko. The QAMF World Cup pattern is not a renamed WTBA pattern. Hi Greg! One pattern for all events would work as well or better than the 'pick 1 of 12'. It wasn't a serious suggestion, it was meant to counter the system (or, lack of) that we have now. We had also had...

I don't think that we will see many patterns 'matching up' as we are juggling too many variables. Not least the panel degradation outside of 10 board that is prevalent at most centres. As long as 10:1 patterns are the norm this will only get worse. The lower the ratio of the pattern that you try...

The original process was that a centre had to choose 3 out of the 12 patterns, after testing, and list the patterns in order of preference. Patterns were then allocated based on those preferences. We also tried to get a even mix of short, medium and long patterns throughout the year. If the...

Michael's point regarding the tech committee is completely wrong. All centres hosting ranked events were asked to choose one of the 12 WTBA patterns. They were also asked to test patterns before they made their choice to allow a reasonable match up between pattern, surface, oil etc. The tech...

Quick answer, but hard to implement...... 8:1 or less patterns & 100% of 300 handicap

All the centres willing to offer cheap practice rates have realized the truth in this statement.... "The most expensive piece of equipment in any bowling centre is an empty lane."

Hi All, Follow the link at the end of the pdf or click on it here KEGEL - Bowling Solutions / White Papers & Articles / Tournaments & Case Studies / Tech Tips & Tricks: Chris Chartrand, John Davis, Len Nicholson, Lane Conditions, Patterns, Tournaments, Lane Play, Biography for all of Ted's...

A question for those of you who were at the event. How soon after oiling were the lanes used? If they were bowled on almost straight away then at least 8 lanes of Juniors were bowling on a pattern that was seriously compromised. Running dual patterns only becomes a problem if you want to run...

And here is the 'after'. This was 15 games.

Hi All, I hope this works..... before & after graphs of typical house pattern.