What centres have you bowled at?

[Pokey]

hi guyz

im doing some research about what cnetres are around australia and what surface they are. if you could list the centres you have been to and say if there wood or synthetic lanes.

this would be a great help

thanks

 

[micky_macca]

Shellharbour - Wooden Lanes
Northern Bowl - Synthetic
Warrawong - Synthetic
Bankstown - Wooden
Parramatta - Synthetic

tahts pretty much the only places ive bowled in my short time in the sport...

 

[Tiger]

Moonah Bowl, TAS - Wooden Lanes
Mornington Bowl, TAS - Wooden Lanes (Closed on 30/8/1992)
Launceston Lanes, TAS - Wooden Lanes
Devonport Bowl, TAS - Wooden Lanes
Burnie Bowl, TAS - Wooden Lanes
Kirwan Lanes, QLD - Wooden Lanes
Townsville Superbowl, QLD - Wooden Lanes
Currajong Lanes, QLD - Wooden Lanes (I think)
Melville Superbowl, WA - Wooden Lanes
Fairlanes Perth City, WA - Wooden Lanes
Clayfield Bowl, QLD - Wooden Lanes (Now Closed)
Cannon Hill Bowl, QLD - Synthetic Lanes (I think)
Gatwick Bowl, UK - Wooden Lanes

That's just off the top of my head..... :roll:

 

[Luke D]

ok i've bowled at
Fairlanes City WA -- synthetic (used to be wooden a few years ago)
Cannington WA -- synthetic (was wooden until a couple of months ago)
Melville WA -- wooden
Craigie WA -- synthetic
Morley WA -- wooden
Warwick WA -- wooden
Rockingham WA -- wooden
Mandurah WA -- wooden
Kelmscott WA -- wooden
Rosemount WA -- wooden
Bunbury WA -- guardian (like bowling on glass sometimes well from what i remember at least)
Mt Gravatt Showcase Lanes QLD -- synthetic
Bateau Bay NSW -- wooden

 

[unmarked]

Redcliffe QLD - wood
Aspley QLD - synthetic
Kedron QLD - synthetic

 

[ms]

Bankstown are wood aren't they?

I thought they were.... I was only there in July for NSW Open, but I had such a great weekend I have forgotten.. I am pretty sure that they aren't synthetic.... Are they?.. :?
Martina

 

[Miss Kat]

Heres the centres from Rockhampton upwards:

Burdekin Bowl: wood
Cairns Goldpin Lanes: wood
Innisfail Sugarbowl Lanes: wood
Mackay (BGs sports centre): wood
Mt Isa Lanes: wood
Kirwan Tenpin Bowl: synthetic
Currajong Superbowl: wood
Rockhampton Squash Bowl: wood

hope that helps

katherine

 

[Danni]

Ok, here is my list of bowling centres that I've bowled at.

Dust Bowl - Alice Springs
Planet Tenpin - Darwin
Mt Isa Goldpin
Cairns Goldpin
Kirwin Bowl
Townsville superbowl
Aspley
Clayfield
Enfield
Bankstown
Gold Coast Superbowl
Melville superbowl
Fairlanes city
Warwick superbowl
Osbourne Park (closed now)
Morley
Cannington
Kelmscott
Rockingham
Rosemount
Craigie
Mandurah
Box Hill
Ringwood
Boronia
Ed Fleming lanes
Sunshine
Footscray (closed now)
Moorabbin
Moonah

And that's all folks!! lol

 

[Miss Kat]

Townsville superbowl <~~~~ this place is extremely non existent has been for a while now, townsville now only has two centres Currajong Superbowl and Kirwan tenpin bowl

katherine
:wink:

 

[Mark Ward]

hey
Chermside synthetic
kedron synthetic
milton wood
labrador wood
greenslopes crap
strathpine

 

[superwoman]

This is a list of Victorian AMF Centres.

Keon Park: Synthetic
Sunshine Superbowl: Synthetic (recently changed)
Box Hill: Synthetic
Moorabbin: Synthetic
Forrest Hill: Synthetic
Dandenong: Synthetic
Knox: Synthetic
Boronia: Synthetic
Chadstone: Synthetic
Frankston: Synthetic
Highpoint: Synthetic
Ringwood: Wood
Northcote: Wood

These are non AMF Centres that I know of.

Mooroolbark (Ed Fleming): Synthetic
Mentone: Wood
Melton: Wood
Essendon: Wood
Werribee Superbowl: Wood
Greensborough: Synthetic
Naree Warren: Synthetic
Epping: Synthetic (Opening Soon)

These are Country Victorian Centres

Bendigo: Wood
Ballarat: Wood
Geelong: Wood (?)
Shepparton: Wood
Bairnsdale: Wood
Shepparton: Wood
Echuca: Wood
Mildura: Wood
Sale: Wood
Colac: Wood
Rosebud: Synthetic
Warrnambool: Wood
Squash Bowl: Wood

I think these are correct, if anyone knows for sure, please reply to this message and let me know.

I have not bowled at all of these centres, but from what I can remember, These are all still wooden lanes. (apart from Rosebud which is specified).

 

[Pedro]

Rosebud & Squah Bowl are classified as city centres and Cranbourne is to open soon

Bendigo is Synthetic
Morwell: Wood
Wodonga: Synthetic
Warragul: Wood

Albury is also classified as a Vic Centre with it's 10 wood lanes.

Add in the entertainment centres at the Casino and Prahran.

40 Centres in Victoria (when the 2 new ones open) and 812 lanes.

 

[AdrianS]

Mt Gambier-wood
Norwood-wood
Woodville-wood/ now plastic
Village-wood
Noarlunga-wood
Cross Road-wood
Elizabeth-wood
Salisbury/Bhrama Lodge(when i was last there in 91)-wood
Barossa-wood
Melton-wood
Mooroolbark-plastic
Sunshine-wood-havent tried the plastics yet
Ringwood-wood
Knox-wood
Dandenong-plastic
Moorabbin-wood/plastic
Warnambool-wood
Geelong-wood
Ballarat-wood
Hopefully more to come....(Epping?)

 

[da_cowman]

Bankstown have wooden lanes.
All the other places ive bowled at have been noted and the surface so this post will end

 

[Jay_212]

Lanes That I Have Bowled On...

Hey, havent been bowling that long but have bowled on a few lanes

Salamander Super Strike - Timber
Newcastle Super Strike - Synthetic
Terrace Tenpin (Raymond Terrace) - Synthetic
AMF Benetts Green - Synthetic
AMF Maitland - Timber
AMF Mayfield - Timber
AMF Enfield - Timber
AMF Bankstown - Timber
Astro Lanes Bateau Bay - Timber
Port City Bowl (Port Macquarie) - Timber
Central Park Lanes (Forresters Beach) - Timber
Holiday Lanes (Coffs Harbour) - Timber
Gosford City Bowl - Timber
Sunset Superbowl (QLD) - Timber

And thats about all i can think of at the moment, soon going to be travelling up to Taree and Foster bowls, theyre both timber. If you want a good list of centres, go to http://www.ozbowl.com

Cheers

Jay

 

[BrenH]

I've bowled at the following centres.

VIC
Forest Hill - Synthetic
Frankston - Wood back when i bowled on em but Synth now (i think)
Highpoint - Synthetic
Keon Park - Synthetic
Knox - Synthetic
Moorabbin - Synthetic
Northcote - Wood
Mooroolbark (Ed Fleming Lanes) - Synthetic
Melton - ??
Mentone - ??
Morwell - ??
Bairnsdale - Wood??
Werribee - Wood

NSW
Penrith ??

SA
Norwood ??
Port Pirie ??

QLD
Cannon Hill ??
Caboolture ??
Mt. Gravatt ??

When you think about where you've bowled i reckon it ends up being more than you thought it would.

 

[all_star_mel]

QLD
Strathpine
Caboolture
Cairns
Milton
Greenslopes
Cannon Hill
Logan City
Capalaba
Kedron
Chermside
Labrador
Browns Plains
Toowoomba
Mt Gravatt
Richlands
Redcliffe

NSW
Penrith

VIC
Northcote
Keon Park

 

[BT]

Hello

I have bowled in SA:
AMF Cross Road
AMF Norwood
AMF Noarlunga
AMF Woodville
Salisbury
Elizabeth
Village
Murray Bridge
Bayside (RIP)
Mt Gambier

In Vic..
AMF Sunshine
Footscray

In ACT
Tuggeranong

In NSW
AMF Bankstown

In QLD
Clayfield
Gold Coast
Aspley
Mt Gravatt

there ya go, all wood except Mt Gravatt, Woodville, Norwood, Tuggeranong

Bye now