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............so Jim - back to your original post - does the Lloyd Triestino or the Craven "A" fit your memory at all? Steve

Adrian - not sure if E-J has emailed you on this directly - but in answer to your question the "boys" at Switch certainly understand your situation and will of course offer you entry into the Open in 2011 as a result of your win in 2009. Keep improvong mate. Regards, Steve

Correct Fitzy and that was the whole point. The push for consideration for inclusion of bowling onto the Winter agenda came largely from countries [such as the USA and Canada] who [at the time] regarded competitive bowling as pretty much a winter past time. To these countries it was normal to...

Bring your socks Robbie -the ones for "inside" the shoes! LOL Steve

Bowling was put before the IOC as a possible inclusion to the Winter Games not long after it was a Demonstration sport in Seoul in 1988.....it was also discussed again at the Centennial IOC Congress in Paris in 1994. Here's the logic behind the 1994 discussions. It is far easier to add a...

....now Steve your list is very good - except you missed Don Carter. In my view Carter can't be left off any top 5 list, he dominated at a time when the depth of bowling talent was at it's best..pure and simple. OK there was no PBA tour for much of Carter's career but that's irrelevant because...

Great article Wayne thx Belly - what great names Dave has come up with. I remember rooming one night about 100 years ago with Udo Dusek in Sydney at [I think] the old Spanish Inn in Enfield - what a nice man he was - although world champion at snoring - Udo was surprised to find me asleep in...

Hi Rob - points well made - except that technology has improved to the degree that synthetic approaches do now go very close to actually replicating wood approaches - and given we live in a world where timber is a finite commodity the "why bother" response is cost. There will be a time soon...

Dear Mr Stephen Bell....pls refer to my post that clearly states "and I'm not suggesting these are your words Belly". 1. Is it a left handed thing that brains slowly drip out of ones ear - Lovell actually proves this to be correct..........and if he want's sledging around the #1 rated course...

Steve of course you are correct, in some cases things are not as they should be. In those instances the issues of "sticking" are likely due to approach cleaning and maintenance or perhaps the control of air temperatures and humidity levels in the centre itself...very likely a combination of the...

Bell - read my post - and get with it son! ..oh Go Hawks Jones

Jim as you know across Australia there is a massive diversity of bowling equipment installed in vastly different facilities impacted by a variety of climates and conditions - not to mention the sizable impact that the "human factor" plays as well. Not surprisingly then playing conditions vary...

You are aware that the current synthetic brands you're discussing here are supplied by and large by third party manufacturers - and that the development of the science comes from these suppliers and is not unique to this industry. Now such has not always been the case but for some time, very...

..Roysa - you're just a pup.....47 years....and I'm lucky if I can shoot my age - 300's in golf are easy though!

Tiger - there's nothing wrong with your memory - The Fast Lane video was something we did at the ATBC in the early 1990's Davis was used because of the fact he is "after all" Dave Davis - but because of his past Melbourne Cup visits he was of course familiar with Australia and the sport here...

Brenton - nicely put - you and those around do what you can with what you have - the Lyndsay Packer's of this world would have a heart attack if they were asked to present one hour of controlled, informative sports coverage - let alone week after week. Having done my [small] share of bowling TV...

.......it's not at Mentone.

Hi Eric - it's been a while - trust all is well and the cards are falling as they should. The last time I saw the trophy was, I think, at Mentone [likely 20 plus years ago however]- Warren Stewart runs Mentone these days I'll ask the question. Mind you it may well have been in amongst the ATBC...

George there are [at least] three aspects of the show [given the short clip provided and it matters almost not at all that it is generally impossible to understand what's going on in any specific sense] that are glaringly obvious and that appear to combine to make it a sure thing. Firstly...

..now Belly you see I'm confused [easy thing to happen given I'm an idiot]. Firstly as hard as I have tried I can't help Jim Cross with his 1963 Moorabbin event..and now you ask me a question that I can't reply to either. Terry Silva has some great records on hand and in one of his posts in this...

....thank you Nev. Cheers Steve

Thx Peter a great help relevant to actual records - what also was of course part of the comprehensive historical collection were items such as photographs [thousands of them] trophies, FIQ medals, a sizable collection of gifts given by countries during FIQ events, the Hall of Fame exhibition...

I have significant interest from an overseas investor wanting to purchase a bowling centre in either Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane and suburbs. The interest is for a city located bowling centre not for a regional centre. The buyer is genuine - and although the preference is for Sydney as...

Terry I respect but can't agree with your generous forgiveness of what was by all accounts little more than a blatant disregard of responsibility by some "nameless" individuals, no matter what the circumstances of the time may or may not have been. But, as you note it is timely to try and...

Jim, I understand that with the closing of the ATBC offices in Brookvale the history and records were packed up and moved into temporary storage [Kennards I believe to be the facility - where in the Sydney area I'm not sure]. Furthermore, and this of course is all second hand information...