Bowling survey

[WAC4504]

Here's something I found on another forum.



THE BOWLING SURVEY:

The rules, copy and paste this to your notes, change the answers to reflect yours, tag a bunch of other people that bowl, and have fun...you get to find out more about your bowling friends!

How old were you when you started bowling?: 47

Righty or lefty? righty

What's your average?: 191

Do you own your own ball?: Rouge Cell, Ultra Zone, Mars, and plastic spare ball
Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Walter Ray Williams Jr.

Do you bowl in a league? Which one(s)Sat, and Sun. nights
What's your favorite bowling alley? Billy Hardwicks All Star Lanes Memphis TN.
How about your LEAST favorite?:Cotton Bowl, Southaven MS
Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? No

How about with music playing?: Depends on the music

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Yes, I love the home potato chips

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? No

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: No

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Yes my son

Have you ever won a tournament?:no

Do you watch bowling on TV?:some times, but I take lessons on Sunday

Have you ever bowled on TV?: No

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?:Im married

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: Stuck at the foul line and fell face first with top half of body in the oil

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 268? cant remember for sure.

The lowest?: 93 with a 202 average

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?:600+

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: No

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: no face book

Who won?:

Can you hook the ball?: Yes very well
Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes

Ever left without paying?: no
Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: no

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: Yes, with a plastic ball

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: I always wanna go bowling.
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[Troyza]

THE BOWLING SURVEY:

The rules, copy and paste this to your notes, change the answers to reflect yours, tag a bunch of other people that bowl, and have fun...you get to find out more about your bowling friends!

How old were you when you started bowling?: 15

Righty or lefty? righty

What's your average?: was 198 when I left

Do you own your own ball?: Big-R-Bang, Big-Bang, Buzz Attack, Sure Strike, Dangerzone Ice

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Michael Schmidt

Do you bowl in a league? Not at the moment

What's your favorite bowling alley? Grafton Tenpin

How about your LEAST favorite? Lismore Tenpin Bowl

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? Sometimes, good to practice 'feel'

How about with music playing?: sure

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Just OJ or a chocolate bar

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? yes

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: yes

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Yes, a few: Ashley Clark twice, Michael Little, Keryn Delaney

Have you ever won a tournament?: yes, Topgun! ugh

Do you watch bowling on TV?:Just youtube

Have you ever bowled on TV?: no

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?: My partner

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: not really

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 300 in practice, & several sanctioned 289's

The lowest?: 92 a few months ago lol?

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?:753 sanctioned, 760 practice

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: no

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: Quite a few

Who won?: I dunno, lots of them?

Can you hook the ball?: ya
Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: yes

Ever left without paying?: no
Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: no

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: ya if I havent had a huge break like I have atm

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: might go later this arvy

 

[Easy Tiger]

THE BOWLING SURVEY:


How old were you when you started bowling?: 14 or so
Righty or lefty? righty - two hands

What's your average?: was 193 before I took a break in 2008. First week back in 2010 - 132 :surrender:

Do you own your own ball?: Yes a few, most out of date these days

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Norm Duke

Do you bowl in a league? Which one(s) Yes - Tuesday nights

What's your favorite bowling alley? Favourite - Caboolture
How about your LEAST favorite?:Probably Aspley to be honest, odd that I continue to bowl there based on that.. Hate the approaches.

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? No

How about with music playing?: Depends on the music

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Very rarely

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? Yes

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: No - 298 and 295

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Yes many times

Have you ever won a tournament?: Yes once - Twin Tour - at Caboolture in 2006

Do you watch bowling on TV?: Sometimes

Have you ever bowled on TV?: No

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?: I'm married - but usually me

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: Slipped on oil on the approach a couple of times, thanks to idiots that walked on the lane as well as oil that dripped from the oiling machine another time.

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 298

The lowest?: 81

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 787 at Aspley

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: When I was a kid

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: a lot of them are bowlers, so many of them I guess.

Who won?: I'm sure we have all beaten each other at some point over the years.

Can you hook the ball?: Yes

Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes

Ever left without paying?: no

Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: no

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: No - seem to have always struggled sparing the 10.

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: I guess so, I would love to if the price per game wasn't so expensive.

 

[Kezz]

How old were you when you started bowling?: 8

Righty or lefty? righty

What's your average?: 215

Do you own your own ball?: Storm VG, Storm VE, Momentum, spare ball
Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Jason Belmonte

Do you bowl in a league? Tuesday nights, Wednesday nights and Friday nights.
What's your favorite bowling alley? Oz Tenpin Epping, VIC.
How about your LEAST favorite? not sure.
Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? No

How about with music playing? If its good music.

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Yeah most of the time.

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? No

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: yeah, 9 times

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Seen lots of people do it.

Have you ever won a tournament?: Yes. 2009 Australian Junior Masters and NSW Junior Country Cup.

Do you watch bowling on TV?: when it is on yes.

Have you ever bowled on TV?: No

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?: never been on a bowling date.

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: Stuck on the approach and fell face first onto the lane lol.

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 300

The lowest?: 112... i think

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 836 (279, 279, 278)

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: sure have. when i was like 11 i think.

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: alot

Who won?:

Can you hook the ball?: Yes
Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes

Ever left without paying?: i forget to pay for league alot of the time lol.
Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: no

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: Yeah.

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: if someone came with me yeah why not

 

[phaggy]

How old were you when you started bowling?: 6

Righty or lefty? righty

What's your average?: 217 at end of last year

Do you own your own ball?: Mutant Cell, Nomad Pearl, Bedlam, Freeze, White Dot, Power Drive plus a few more that i dont really use at the moment.
Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Amletto Monacelli, and Chris Barnes

Do you bowl in a league? Wednesday nights
What's your favorite bowling alley? For scoring on, Caboolture; to work on my game probably Garden City Lanes.
How about your LEAST favorite? Sunset Superbowl, too sticky; and Greenslopes, just plain crap.
Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? Yer its good to work on getting the same feel each shot...
How about with music playing? If its good music.

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Yeah drinks mostly, but food if i havent eaten.

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? Yes

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: 4

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: A few.

Have you ever won a tournament?: Just some local masters tournaments, nothing big yet.

Do you watch bowling on TV?: Only if i want to watch someone good, who can help me out.

Have you ever bowled on TV?: No

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?: Never been bowling on a date, but I usually won when my partner and I both bowled.

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: Stick on heel coming off during Presidents Shield in 2002 at Bankstown.

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 300

The lowest?: Cant remember, probs in the 20's or 30's

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 806 at kedron, one of my least fave centres.

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: My 10th birthday.

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: alot

Who won?: split

Can you hook the ball?: You could say that I hook the ball
Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes

Ever left without paying?: Not really.
Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: never.

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: Most of the time.

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: Yeah i wouldnt mind going right about now...

 

[kitkat23]

How old were you when you started bowling?: 10

Righty or lefty? righty

What's your average?: 172 end of last year

Do you own your own ball?: white dot, psycho, perfect rival, scout reactive

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? to many to name

Do you bowl in a league? only as a sub

What's your favorite bowling alley? any centre other than my home centre LOL

How about your LEAST favorite? my home centre LOL

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? nope

How about with music playing? only if the music is coming from my ipod.

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? just drinks

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? no

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: no

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: yep.

Have you ever won a tournament?: just some home centre tournaments

Do you watch bowling on TV?: no, but i do online

Have you ever bowled on TV?: does the local news count?

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?: i usually beat hubby

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: too many to name

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 253

The lowest?: prob in the 90's when i was younger

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 632

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: nope, used to run them though

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: heaps

Who won?: depends on what we r bowling in

Can you hook the ball?: i suppose

Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes

Ever left without paying?: nope

Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: only my own

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: Most of the time.

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: just come back from league

 

[jonesy911]

THE BOWLING SURVEY:

The rules, copy and paste this to your notes, change the answers to reflect yours, tag a bunch of other people that bowl, and have fun...you get to find out more about your bowling friends!

How old were you when you started bowling?: 47

Righty or lefty? righty

What's your average?: 199

Do you own your own ball?: Rouge Cell, magic touch , lanebreaker , powerswing , ntense levrg , black widow clear , troppo n twisted fury

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Norm duke

Do you bowl in a league? Which one(s)two thursday nights , two friday arvo/night n one sunday

What's your favorite bowling alley? Campbelltown city bowl.
How about your LEAST favorite?: Tuggers or windsor

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? not fussed but prefer normal light

How about with music playing?: Depends on the music

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Yes, I love the chicken chips or bacon n egg roll

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? No

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: No

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Yes

Have you ever won a tournament?: nothing besides little in house jnr tournements

Do you watch bowling on TV?:yes n i record it

Have you ever bowled on TV?: Ive video'd myself but not on tv show no

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?:she does i change hands though

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: slipped on the approach fell on my ass n went 1/4 way down the lane

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: league 280 practice 298

The lowest?: 112 i think

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 724

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: No

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: lol alot of em

Who won?: win some n lose some

Can you hook the ball?: Yes but not much

Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes

Ever left without paying?: no

Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: no

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: Yes, with a plastic ball

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: I always wanna go bowling

 

[androooo]

How old were you when you started bowling?: 5 or something

Righty or lefty? righty

What's your average?: Can't remember... 225 or something

Do you own your own ball?: Numerous

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Scott Devers or Ron Williams

Do you bowl in a league? nope

What's your favorite bowling alley? none

How about your LEAST favorite? all of them

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? No... that's not bowling

How about with music playing?: if it's something decent like Metallica or Pantera

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? No

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? 11 times

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: 5 times

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Yes, way too many

Have you ever won a tournament?: yes AMF Xmas 8 no tap

Do you watch bowling on TV?: Do they still show it?

Have you ever bowled on TV?: Only on my TV

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?:Who's go bowling on a date??

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: left a 5 pin

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 300

The lowest?: who cares

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 813... carry sucked

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: unfortunately... yes... I think my 10th

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: some

Who won?: who cares

Can you hook the ball?: who can't these days

Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: no... semi finger

Ever left without paying?: yes... free games

Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: yes I bowl in sneakers

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: yes

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: **** no

 

[bigman]

How old were you when you started bowling?: 18 im 19 now

Righty or lefty? lefty

What's your average?: 214.over 3 leagues.

Do you own your own ball?: Vemon, jigsaw, wrath, blue dot

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Walter Ray Williams Jr.

Do you bowl in a league? Which one(s)tues, wed, friday
What's your favorite bowling alley? mt warren AU QLD.

How about your LEAST favorite?:none

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? No

How about with music playing?: sometimes

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? No only drinks

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? yes

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: No

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: a guy in my wednesday league last week.

Have you ever won a tournament?:no

Do you watch bowling on TV?:when ever its on if i feel like it

Have you ever bowled on TV?: No

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?:haven't tryed it yet.

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: being a dick and thought i might try bowling with no shoes on only my socks and almost done a back flip i think when my fingers got stuck in my ball.

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 276

The lowest?: in league 130 something i think with a 190+ avg

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?:700+

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: No

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: quite a few.

Who won?:me

Can you hook the ball?: yes alot
Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes

Ever left without paying?: yes

Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: once

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: yes with plastic and reactive balls.

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: yeh why not.

 

[aphelion]

How old were you when you started bowling?: 10 I think

Righty or lefty? Righty

What's your average?: 207 on a sport pattern

Do you own your own ball?: Mid-2000s Track gear ist krieg.

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Chris Barnes

Do you bowl in a league? Elite Singles @ Logan on Wednesday

What's your favorite bowling alley? Campbelltown City. Lots of memories in that place

How about your LEAST favorite? Greenslopes. Pick any Brisbane area AMF centre really

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? No. Teenybopper sh*t

How about with music playing?: Only if someone is able to slip an industrial/metal playlist in

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Drinks only

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? No

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: No

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Too many times to remember

Have you ever won a tournament?: Yep

Do you watch bowling on TV?: No. I don't have Foxtel and I can never remember when the Bowling Show is on

Have you ever bowled on TV?: Yep

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?: This is obviously an American survey

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: Left my shoe covers on once. Say no more

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 299

The lowest?: 76

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 834 (278, 279, 277)

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: I think I was in 6th grade or something

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: Quite a few

Who won?: Everyone

Can you hook the ball?: Who doesn't?

Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: See above

Ever left without paying?: No

Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: No

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: Yes

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: No. It's past my bedtime

 

[~Mrs STORM~]

THE BOWLING SURVEY:

The rules, copy and paste this to your notes, change the answers to reflect yours, tag a bunch of other people that bowl, and have fun...you get to find out more about your bowling friends!

How old were you when you started bowling?: 13.

Righty or lefty? Right.

What's your average?: 200.

Do you own your own ball?: Invasion, Power Charge Pearl, X-Factor Deuce, X-Factor Ace, Bronze Centaur, G3, Ogre Pearl, Clear Diamond.
(Plus at least another 10 balls that I have lying around).

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Patrick Allen, Norm Duke, Jason Belmonte.

Do you bowl in a league? Thursday nights in C'Town.

What's your favorite bowling alley? Jefferson Valley Lanes, NY and AMF Bankstown, NSW (May it RIP).

How about your LEAST favorite?: Shoalhaven City Lanes, NSW.

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? No.

How about with music playing?: Depends on the music and how loud it is.

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Generally not.

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? Off a full rack, yes.

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: Four times.

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Ive seen lots of people do it.

Have you ever won a tournament?: Yeah, won a few things here and there.

Do you watch bowling on TV?: When its on. Missing PBA live on ESPN.

Have you ever bowled on TV?: Yes.

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?: I dont do bowling on a date.

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: Sticking really bad at the foul line and rather than falling, I kept walking.

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 300.

The lowest?: I think my first ever game when I first started was like 82.

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 801 (245, 256, 300).

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: Me personally, no. Only attended them.

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: The ones that bowl...

Who won?: Various friends have won various events.

Can you hook the ball?: Yes.

Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes.

Ever left without paying?: No.

Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: Ive managed to walk out still wearing mine...

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: Yes.

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: Only if I had people to go with.

 

[Jasonguru]

THE BOWLING SURVEY:

The rules, copy and paste this to your notes, change the answers to reflect yours, tag a bunch of other people that bowl, and have fun...you get to find out more about your bowling friends!

How old were you when you started bowling?: 13.

Righty or lefty? Right.

What's your average?: around 200

Do you own your own ball?: I have a rattler, swarm, avalanche, absolute inferno, strike zone, screamer, mammoth, virtual gravity and a plastic

Who's your favorite professional bowler of all time? Definately WRW. Special mention though for Parker Bohn III

Do you bowl in a league? Yes of course!!!!

What's your favorite bowling alley? Gosford City Bowl NSW

How about your LEAST favorite?: Ashmore QLD

Do you like bowling with the "cosmic" lights? No.

How about with music playing?: Not really. Most it is crap!

Do you like to order food from the snack bar while you bowl? Occasionally

Have you ever made the 7-10 split? Yes. Once in december last year. FINALLY!

Have you ever bowled a 300 game?: yes. 4.

If not, have you seen someone else do it?: Yes lots.

Have you ever won a tournament?: Yes. But it has been a long time between drinks let me say.

Do you watch bowling on TV?: Yes when its on!

Have you ever bowled on TV?: No.

When you go bowling on a date, who usually wins?: Pffff. Much better things to do on a date than go bowling!! Please!!!!

Any embarrassing moments happen while you were bowling?: Haha. When i was bowling for about a year, i tried a golf glove as i had a sore thumb and left the thumb covered and didnt cut it out. Anyways, ball comes off hand and hits roof. Comes down and hits edge of gutter and ball cracks in half!

What's the highest game you've ever bowled?: 300.

The lowest?: Dont know. Probably 50 or somethin when really young.

What is the highest three game set you ever bowled?: 798. Sooo want an 800.

Ever had a birthday party at a bowling alley?: No, see the date answer hehe.

Which of your Facebook friends have you went bowling with?: None. Don't do anti-social stuff like that.

Who won?: Not applicable is it?

Can you hook the ball?: Yes. If you call it that. More like a fudge! lol

Do you use a ball with a fingertip grip?: Yes.

Ever left without paying?: No.

Ever walk out while still wearing the bowling shoes?: Mine. Yes.

Do you think it's easy to make the 10-pin (7-pin if you're lefthanded)?: Yes.

Lastly, wanna go bowling right now?: Will be tonite.