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Michael, as someone who did work on lanes in the 60's I can tell you, that Lacquer did track-up in about a month after Re-Coating, it was necessary to Coat every 3 Months. It did not Groove, this was associated with Shellac. The end result of the Tracked up area was that it did not hold oil for...

Jim, Big Daz has your answers, todays game, because of the high volumes of Oil in the middle of the Lanes, requires you to bowl a Straight Ball, at All Spares, for consistancy. Therefore if you can hit 80% accuracy, with a Straight Ball, than you will give Walter Ray a run for his Money...

Mrs P , if you have more than 1 Computer hooked up to the site, at the same time, with the same log-in you will get this situation. willey

What did they do to the rest of the Lanes, they used to have 30. Did it Flood recently. willey

Jim, the WAHSAM's are not necessary, they don't do much, most pins fly off the Kickbacks rarely out of the Gutters. Centres in America have been for many many years, trying things like concrete under thier Flat Gutters or Concrete behind the Double Kickbacks ( which will get a better result...

john, AMF Australia is the same in name only, AMF rarely made Balls themselves, they used to have Ebonite or Columbia make them with their designs. willey

Ed Lubanski, threw back to back in the 60's on TV, Scotch Doubles Tournament willey

Troysa and Terry, the lanes do not wear-out in the Backends it is always the Heads that wear first, it's the sliding motion that will create the most wear. Even with Urethane or Laquer Coatings you could get away without Re-Coating the Backend in the past. willey

Terry, your talking about a "Catch 22" scenario, the More Oil you put on a Lane the Rougher the Surface of the Ball has to be, which Tears up the Surface of the Lane. It's obvious that Less Oil is the only solution, than we have Polished Balls or even Plastic, what a thought. willey

Roysa, don't get upset about the Negative people on this site, they grew up in Bowling, in a hard to score period, with Lacquer lanes, it was actually easier to Bowl in the 40's and 50's than the 60's and 70's, because of the surface they Bowled on. All the records that were set in the 40's and...

Now let's see, I will start with the Pins; Make them heavier? in my 36 years of working in the Centre's, Pins increased in weight from 2 pound 10ounces to 3 pound 8, so that hasn't decreased the scoring, if you keep increasing the weight this will hurt Juniors Ladies and Seniors. Also most Top...

Gee Wizz, I thought it was a JOKE, obviously some people don't get it. willey

Fitzy, everyone, except the Dragon supporters, knows the Tigers were the better side in the Finals, they should of had a Penalty in the Final minutes but the Refs would not blow the whistle. willey

I've done that Mate, Assistant Manager at the Old Cambelltown and Liverpool Centre's. willey

You would make a Fantastic Manager, Casual Observer "My way or the Highway". willey

John, you didn't mention the synthetics the 100 metre runners are USING, their is only 1 runner in the last 10-15 years who has held the World Record who hasn't been caught using performance enhansing Drugs and that is the Current Champion, maybe they won't catch him. willey

CT, I hate to disappoint you but they have been limiting Friction and Core Dynamics. The Friction was not allowed to be more than the old Blue Hammer Urethane, which it isn't, unfortunately Reactives were able to bypass that Friction with a bigger Footprint, thus more Bite. willey

John, the Pins, contrary to popular belief, havn't changed in 50 years, the are subject to tests for scorability in the same way they were 50 years ago. If they score too high they do not pass, if they score too low they do not pass. The biggest change is Angle of Entry, which the Reactives...

Glenn it has Never been compulsory to join and it Never should, you have to go out there and Sell. How would you like compulsory Unionism in the Workplace? This is Socialism. The first 300 shot at the old Fairfield Bowl was bowled in an unsanctioned League about 1964, it wasn't till 1990...

Those wishing to Force things on Bowlers Should find out the Story on Mackay Bowl, The owner of the Centre wanted to Force all League Bowlers to pay even if they could not Bowl, the Bowlers went on Strike for 6 weeks and when it was resolved, the Centre lost 500 Junior Bowlers and hundreds of...

Wal is right 100%, the League Bowlers have to be Sold, not Forced. Information, Information, Information. When I started Bowling in the 60's there was a leaflet on the Counter extolling the virtues of joining the association. In the last couple of years I worked in Bowling Centre's, I couldn't...

In the past Leagues always had the right to become Sanctioned or not, I do not believe that Bowling Centre's of today can Force anybody to Join, especially the low linage most Centre's have. willey

I used to be in a Social Golf club for years, we had probably 60 members, travelled all over Sydney, to play on a Sunday, unfortunately some Golf Courses had restrictions on Women playing on Sundays, so obviously we never played at those courses, but we paid No Registration Fee. willey

Roysa, what I wrote about an AD was because his Avatar has Denver Bowling on it and his sign off has "Proud supporter of Denver bowling". Than he posts back to George thanks for the information I just pop in there sometime, like it's across the road from Townsville. This guys a uni student and...

Geoff 300, in the 1980's first prize in a Grand Prix event was about $1200.00, in the late 90's first prize in a Grand Prix was about $1200.00, and the entry fee was higher. willey