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Bowling Tragic
Today I took my little girl bowling for her very first time. We walked into Bendigo Bowl this afternoon and sat down to watch some other families enjoying a game or two. I should mention here that my little girl is not yet two years of age so this was to be a HUGE event in her life.... ( ok..in MY life! lol) All morning long she'd been asking me to take her "pin bowl"
After watching other little kids bowl using the ramp and bumpers I figured it was time for Carly to have a turn on the lanes. After checking the ball racks for 6lb balls and not finding any, I proceded to the control counter and asked our friendliest customer service attendant Barb, if I could have a six pounder for my daughter to roll to me on the concourse for a few minutes before taking to the lanes....Imagine my shock, horror, and disgust when she told me that the manager, Norm Lindrea had removed all the six pound bowling balls because they "caused too much machine trouble"
Now this is a centre owned by one of our National Coaches, Kevin Brawn. How do we expect the sport of tenpin bowling to grow without allowing the very youngest participants to experience the thrill of knocking down their first pins. Yes, we could have used an 8 pounder on the ramp, but I wanted my little girl Carly to be able to pick up the ball by herself..(can't have daddy doing everything!)
I wonder how many other families were put off upon finding no six pounders available for their child's use...
I could have posted this anonymously, but I'm not afraid to speak the truth..in the hope that someone gets the message and does the right thing.
After watching other little kids bowl using the ramp and bumpers I figured it was time for Carly to have a turn on the lanes. After checking the ball racks for 6lb balls and not finding any, I proceded to the control counter and asked our friendliest customer service attendant Barb, if I could have a six pounder for my daughter to roll to me on the concourse for a few minutes before taking to the lanes....Imagine my shock, horror, and disgust when she told me that the manager, Norm Lindrea had removed all the six pound bowling balls because they "caused too much machine trouble"
Now this is a centre owned by one of our National Coaches, Kevin Brawn. How do we expect the sport of tenpin bowling to grow without allowing the very youngest participants to experience the thrill of knocking down their first pins. Yes, we could have used an 8 pounder on the ramp, but I wanted my little girl Carly to be able to pick up the ball by herself..(can't have daddy doing everything!)
I wonder how many other families were put off upon finding no six pounders available for their child's use...
I could have posted this anonymously, but I'm not afraid to speak the truth..in the hope that someone gets the message and does the right thing.