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Pre-net days it'd be the old stick books and vids wouldn't it?? :p

I used to have a list of where each repeater was in Tassie and the map locations but I chucked it out years ago. VK7HGO was the fella that used to look after the main repeater in Hobart, I actually think he may have posted on here from time to time when his son still bowled. From memory, if...

Ahh yep, yep, they were really good back in the day pre-internet. :) I used to have UHF and 27mhz (CB's) but the 27mhz pretty much was a haven for bogans, alcies and crims in this part of the world and it slowly died out to almost nothing by the late 90's as people went to UHF or chatting on...

Drinking, smoking, swearing and football.

Read in the Mercury today the news that Jean Foster, a long, long time bowler and volunteer and TBT Hall of Famer has passed away in Emerald, Queensland after a long illness at the age of 76. Jean was a longtime bowler in the old Ball & Chain League down here at Moonah as well as a number of...

Vale to an old team mate of mine from the Team Hitachi days in Sponsors League. An absolutely terrific fella was old Ecca, been around the game for decades and coached a lot of the youngsters to learn a lot about the game. A gentleman finally at rest. Rest in Peace. :)

Had a few ups and down over the years. 132-289 in the State Masters about 17 years ago. 133-257 in league one night a few years ago, 262-123 in league in the late 90's. There's been a few others here and there. Copped a hideously scorched pair of lanes in league the other night and went...

Excellent job everyone. Well bowled :)

Congratulations to Paul Oakley who, after many years of having extremely bad luck on the 12th shot, finally plugged out that elusive 300 game tonight. It was his first ever 300 game and the first perfect game for the brand new Bedrock Scratch Singles League at Moonah. He'd previously had a 298...

... or when the cost of living in this country stops skyrocketting so it becomes more manageable for individuals to afford the luxury of travel to multiple tournaments.

Victory - Megadeth

Yes it was a bad day Matt, but let's face it, you wouldn't exactly be Robinson Crusoe there. I'm sure everyone one on here has had an absolute stinker of a tournament at some stage, I recently had one myself actually at the Australian Masters. I was that hacked off with how my whole week...

But don't take it on the plane ;)

When The River Runs Dry - Hunters And Collectors

The Game - Disturbed

Not sure, but I think Devonport still does too. Haven't been up there for about four years though. Brett or someone would know. The old Burnie Bowl had Odin's as well before it shut down.

If it's one of those Strike type centres then no wonder they didn't have any oil put down. Probably weren't even aware that you need to put oil down so a ball can travel down the lane properly...

:confused: What's wrong with that?? Seems perfectly reasonable.

My thoughts on the week: A very, very well run tournament - kudos to everyone involved in the whole setup, the professionalism was an absolute credit to the TBA, AMF and the centre staff :) To me that was probably the most professional Nationals that's ever been run and it was excellent to...

It's an excellent achievement :) Gives a great testament to his longevity in the sport. From memory, out of those 22 years he's qualified for all bar one of those teams as well (Tasmania has traditionally always been seven past the post, no selections), a few years back he finished 8th and...

Until the day arrives if/when bowling in this country gets back to its halcyon days of the 1970's up until the very early 90's, it would be absolute financial suicide for centre owners to increase lanes numbers in their centres when they can't fill the ones they've already got. Same with...

Congratulations Teddles, great to see you finally got there! All the best :)

I've played in two leagues where the numbers of players in teams have been altered. The first was Sponsors League, which ran as a 5-person team league from 1963-1999. This used to be the biggest league in the state with the most high credentialled players but in the final year or so it was...

Well at least 100,016 inside the stadium would care, not mention the 20,000+ outside watching on screens outside, not to mention the millions watching in pubs and houses across the country.... As an aside to the draw today, the last drawn VFL/AFL Grand Final was in 1977, ironically (and I...

I'm sick and tired of them pissing about with football generally speaking. However, in the occasion of a drawn Grand Final, due to the logistics of the day in question it probably should go to a fifth quarter, especially now that it is an interstate comp rather than solely Victorian (with the...