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If there was an Out of Bounds, than it must have been an error, you just cannot Program one in. From what I have observed, some Synthetic lanes have waves down the sides where they are screwed down, I have had the Installers tell me they cannot be measured with feeler gauges, but they are there...

My first and only in 39 years of Bowling, happened in 1999 at Mackay, I was the first Adult League Bowler, to throw one in the Centre, that opened in 1977. I only remember the 9th was a little lucky, fraction high with a late falling 9 pin, the place certainly did'nt have a ditch, I threw 18...

Having read all the Posts on this subject, I would say Robbie Buckley made the most sense. I liked his ideas and think they could work. I voted for $25, Wayne did'nt have a $20 option but $1 a week would hardly be noticeable. willey

My goodness Cindy, looks like you will get a Fail Mark on your last Post from Geoff the School Teacher(really). Now for your Real concerns, Sponsorships for the Junior Reps. Geoff alluded to his help of Ann-Maree but I know Her Mother spent many an Hour, standing in Shopping Centres with the...

Jasonguru, how would such a Campaign be monitored, this can only be done through the Centres, thus it can only be Driven by the Centres. So only AMF, Goldpin, Super Strike etc have the money and only the Centres can benefit. So how much money do you think the Association can waste on such a...

It is not up to the Associations to advertise this Sport, they cannot control any Centre in Australia, therefore they cannot gain any advantage from Advertising. When I started in the Sport, every Centre Manager was automaticly made a local representive of the ATBC, in those days we had 99.9%...

It is not needed, some of the Centres in the states fill the void with Concrete, this also aids Bounce but in my opinion the Pins do not Bounce out of the Gutter to carry, I have observed over many years that a good solid Kickback is all that is needed. willey

Shoey and others talking about keeping the Elite Juniors in the Game. Here's the Facts of Life, when they reach the Adult status and are earning thier own Money, they always find other things to spend it on, Cars, Girls, Drink, its all good when Mommy and Daddy are spending thier Precious Mullah...

Bowlrig, you are right I did try for pay rises, in 1990 I was a Backend Supervisor(now Facilities Manager, lol.) I supervised 5 Centres, with Steve Mackie as my Regional Manager, but as anyone who works for AMF will tell you things change often, my job became redundant( Roy did'nt think they...

Bowlrig, as One Industry Leader in America once said, there is "Nothing More Expensive in A Bowling Centre Than an Empty Lane". I started in the industry 40 years ago at the Bottom of the Cycle, after the 1966 Recession, when Brunswick decided to pull out of Australia. I believe the price was...

Wayne, my views exactly. Just before the GST was introduced, AMF increased the price of games twice in a matter of months, this meant that the price of games went up 3 times within 6 months, WHY? Were they trying to cash in without people noticing. Just before AMF sold a few years ago, all...

Congratulations for a very good site, without it the Sport would not have any way to convey the information needed to keep Tournaments etc; running. In the last few years that I worked in Bowling(finished in 2005), I could not even tell you when the SPC was bowled, due to the lack of Advertising...

Frank it's your pindeck, it's too low at the front, this causes the Machine to reverse because it thinks it has hit the end of the lane(Micro Switch at the front of Machine). Either lift the front of your Pindeck or adjust the Micro to allow for the Drop, I have seen this before it also...

John Fitch bowled on the Pro Tour in the late 60's early 70's and of course Carol Gionotti made the Top 100 of all time in America, we also had Cara and Maxine as well as those previously mentioned. willey

The Advertising to the game would be PRICELESS. AMF stopped nearly all forms of Advertising many years ago, even local Paper Ads, I'm sure some accountant could show me the cost savings to the Company, the unfortunate thing is we now have no News or Tidbits printed in any form about Bowling...

Hi Frank, you should find them in your Manual that came with the Machine ( a lot of patterns are programmed into the Machine already), as for a Reverse Block it is impossible to do normally the way the Machine is Designed but you will have to tamper with the wicks to get the desired result...

So none of our Big Bowling Companies could help or are they out of the loop. willey

Bec, what Brenton is saying is keep your head still and don't use the Muscles in your Arm. willey

Yes the Aircon Ducting was a bonus in it's day, easier to put out and store away, you did'nt have to continually repair holes the Blow-Up's used to get. The Idea of the Air Conditioning Ducting came from an Irish Mechanic working at Balgowlah, he said thats what they used over there in Ireland...

Gus, I know the feeling. I used to work at Mayfield when AMF owned it, I used to compare it to Dee Why which had new everything, while Mayfield still had Overlane Returns, Peeling lane finish(it had'nt been Re-Surfaced for 6 years) but still our bowlers paid as much for thier Games as Dee...

Thanks for that information Geoff, how sad, Carol was a lovely person. I watched her practice every week for many years, she was dedicated to the Sport, I have never seen any other Bowler practice as much as Her. Frank Williams

So whats Billy doing these days. willey

Well Wayne, I've seen video's of you bowling and I must say as well as being the same age we are both Balding and Overweight. As I have hardly Bowled in the last couple of years, my main warm-up is holding my Breath to Tie up my Shoelaces, I may have to seriously think about Buying a pair of New...

Brenton Davey, 224.5 I'd like to thank Quibica Amf and Totalbowling for this opportunity to win a new Ball willey

How sad, I was only thinking of her a couple of weeks ago, I remember her when I worked at Rushcutter in 1976-77 the first time, extremely nice Lady. Frank Williams