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Firstly, congrats to Jim, that's a terrific effort! Umm, I bowled Sponsors League at Moonah every season (two seasons per year) for 18 years I think it was, but did have some weeks off, yes and my aunt actually bowled 25 years in a row in that league before she quit the game altogether. I know...

21? Already? :eek: Christ I must be getting old! Hope you had a great birthday Jen Jen! ;) :drunk:

I've never met the guy or seen him bowl, but from what they tell me I'd go with that statement.

211-122-277 last weekend - 155 pin difference. Had a whole bunch of splits, I left them everywhere, I think there were six oh and I whiffed a 10-pin as well. Changed balls, went tighter and moved 5 boards deeper next game - 11 out of 12 ;) Seven days later, I shot 300 with the same ball (188...

I'm old - I remember when we only had 1! Here's another - when the highest game in Tassie bowling history was the 299 by Alan Coleman at Moonah, shot about two days after the '67 Bushfires. Took 21 years for that to finally get broken. Now's it's been broken about 27 times (at Moonah)...

..when it was televised on the old Tas-TV! Never forget the '86 Cup and walking into the centre with all the hot TV lights strung up everywhere, black canvas sheets hanging from the ceiling between Lane 8 and 9 with the cameras down the lane (championship pair was 5 & 6), the big crowd filing...

I remember bowling the final 32 of the Australian Masters one year at Cannon Hill which finished at about 3 or 4am. Eyes were hanging outta my head by the time I got off the lanes.

Yeah Adam Carr did it in Sponsors League down here in the mid/late 90's. Left it, copped the biggest raspberry from everyone in the centre for leaving it, casually gets up, slings it at the 5-pin which clips the back of the 7-pin, bounces up out of the pit and takes the 10-pin! Whole place...

There used to be one - a lady by the name of Jan Morton had a website with a lot of very good information in regard to this. She got a bit fed up with a perceived lack of help (from the general bowling community) in trying to gather it all together and pulled the pin on the site. I still had...

Some good stuff on this thread! :) Some others: When Geoff Vince was centre manager at Moonah and he used hire out PBA tapes (on Beta) for $1 to league bowlers back in the 80's. I've still got most of them stored away back at my place. We were all trying to be Pete Weber, Holman, Roth...

Leagues used to take up the entire centre and a large crowd would turn up to watch it! Tournament crowds would outnumber the participants by a great number. Joe & Joan Bowler complete with robe and sceptor plus thread the needle to open the city championships. You shot 600 and people...

Trouble is though Mickyd, everytime the Aussies get stuck into the opposition a bit and give 'em a bit of 'what for', the opposition (usually Sub-Continental teams) pull out the race card and whine like the diff on a '79 Commodore! In regard to the current situation, I'm old enough to remember...

Been through a hurricane here once, now that was scary stuff. :surrender:

... you get busted for cheating in No-Tap events. ... you ask a bowler who hooks the ball "are you a professional cos you spin the ball heaps". ... you complain that lanes are too oily because that plastic ball you bought in 1978 is hooking too much, or the lanes are too dry because the same...

Centre: Mornington Tenpin Address: 400 Cambridge Road, Mornington TAS 7018. Telephone: (002) 445244 No. Lanes: 24 (1984-1990), 16 (1990-1992). Opened: December 23rd 1984. Closed: August 31st 1992. Other Names: Eastern Shore Family Bowl, Mornington Bowl. Now used as City Gate Christian...

The old Schweppes Red Creaming Soda! Yummo! I used to love all the old Schweppes products in the glass bottles. Lemonade, Plantation Pine, Lime, Orange, Red Creaming Soda etc - it lost a bit of the flavor and freshness for me when they started bunging them out in plastic bottles. Used to be...

I remember stopping with family friends of ours up in Violet Town about 26/27 years ago, and seeing this huntsman the size of dinner plate on the hallway wall. Speaking of huntsman, one of my besties' girlfriend about 10 years ago used to live up New Norfolk, and she'd come down to town to...

Excellent job fellas! Congratulations :)

I'll raise you a James Squire then Scott! Brewed up in NSW. Worst. Beer. Ever :wtf1: Tastes just like it was dredged straight out of the local **** farm (Sewerage Treatment Plant). Drank it Xmas day, I still whince at it.

Nah, give me Pure Blonde any day of the week!! :snack: Still, at least Boags is better than West End :p ;)

LOL I've got the video here in front of me Ralph ;)

Correct - your turn Droo!

Tom Kury. Got stitched up by John Sullivan in the final. Was a moderate-low scoring 2-game title decider, Sullivan had averaged 223 for the week with his tidy looking full-roller and shot a pair of low 180's on the telecast which was still good enough for the win. Ok - the next question: What...

Edit: Oh sh*t! He's got it already!! Yes Del Da-Re. A very fine player for the Sandgropers across 3 decades. Represented WA in Rachuig 17 times from 1966-1987 and was an All-Star 7 times (TBA site says 6). Beat Doreen Dockery by a pin in the semi final to meet Jeanette Baker in the final...

Thanks Wayne! Ok - Which bowler finished runner-up to Jeanette Baker in the 1983 South Pacific Classic?