Where have all the bowlers gone!!!

[leigh]

Hey all just wondering whats happened to bowling in W.A i havent been bowling in about 6 years and I cant believe the changes to the State teams and Juniors. wheres harty, muir, ladlow, fraggs, mrs fraggs, ball, kury, skups, Phelps,lewis, and the rest. Just looked up the scores for rachuig and i thought it was the juniors team apart from seeing Ian jones's name! LOL thats some funny stuff. Take care all

Leigh chalmers

 

[SCOOPS]

I HEAR YA

BEEN LIKE THAT FOR AWHILE LEIGH

Harty hasnt bowled since 2002 at all n ot just rachuig
Which Lewis are u meaning not Luiz i trust cause he couldnt bowl before, but if u mean Mark Lewis well he bowled gold cup few years back and still could throw the ball but married and more important things in his life i wood say
Muir, GG Ladlow & Ballmeister are all too busy building homes
Matt Fraggs has a new family and getting busy wit dat
Hows it wit u

 

[Tazzie Devil]

hiya Leigh

most of the people our still around i know phelps is under the real deal on totalbowling.

If its anything like when i made rachuig, if people in the team didn't like you you got the blame for everything that went busy, in the end I had to leave the state to get away from everyone.

from a old friend
Karen Taylor

 

[starbowler]

Hello leigh

Heard that Harty just got married recently 1st October and doing the family life thing

 

[leigh]

hey scoops

im a mum now of two 2 boys aged 5 & 2 there are my life
i havent bowled as i said before for years now but imiss it.
iv been living back with my dad for a year or so helping him
as mum passed away, but i was living down in waikiki rockingham.
i just couldnt believe the change in bowlers, when i looked up the
scores for rachuig the only guy i knew was Jonesy and the
only woman i knew was brenda kirkwood. Hope your still going strong
and mayby catch up some day
leigh

oh yeah nathan smithy said if i ever spoke to ya to say howdy.
take care

 

[leigh]

who is harty married to and best of luck to him he deserves it he was a top bloke???

 

[leigh]

hiya karen
long time no see, ur in tassie i guess! still bowling?
sam in perth? hows you mum? best of luck. Married yet?
shame you had to leave because no one liked you, i left bowling
because of the politics there crappa but thats life in sport!!!
leigh

 

[Tazzie Devil]

hiya Leigh

Sam is still in Perth, Mums living in Mandurah and they are good.

Yeh Married for 3 years now living in Queensland, Tazzie is just a nickname that has stuck with me. just bowling, I am hurt my arm again thinking of bowling left handed but still not sure what to do.

Harty Married Liz Neil a few weeks ago.
Karen

 

[leigh]

Hi Karen
tell me you didnt marry a bowler did you???
or is that a stupid question.

Liz neil as in mark neils wife (gathering ex)
oh she was a nice chick as well
oh well hope your happy harty and liz and
best of luck to ya both.

I still remember babysitting joshy when he was a baby!!!
long time ago back in he blachut days!!!! LOL

 

[aok1]

Hey Leigh

Yes alot of us have walked away, its a shame but there is nothing to bowl for now and bowling centres dont really care about the people who do bowl for a purpose now anyway. It might be a little tempting when the Midland bowl gets built, if ever.
Good to hear your doing ok

Andrew

 

[leigh]

hey andrew
long time no see!!
how r u doing? still keep in touch with anyone apart from
wazza i know ya still chat to him cos i keep in touch every now
and then. Its sad to see everyone has left or not so much left but
not interested in bowling for state teams and big comps. Oh well you
get that I suppose. married? kids? whats the go with you?
everyone else is married or has kids its weird how things change in such little time.
Anyways take care and well catch up one day for sure
leigh

 

[SCOOPS]

YES Liz Neil as in Marks ex, he and Shelley are now together

as always WA bowling keeping its interbred qualities strong lol

Andrew nice to see u still at least get on here and keep some interest in the sport yet another good bowler who could have been something more

i'm afraid to say thou Leigh as Fairlanes closes you'll find alot more will probably retire from our great sport

not that it'll be any great loss but my boots have almost starting collecting dust, bowled 1 event over here and probably will bowl in NZ's last Super 7 tourney but if & when i come home i wont be bowling in WA anymore, wood like to bowl perhaps SPC each year to keep in touch wit some old mates but that'll be it

Give my best to ur dad, Kenny T did tell me of ur Mum's p[assing and im sorry to hear that, hope ur all doing well

[email protected] email me if you need to know where anyone else is

Nathan Coiuntry Smith and I caught up last year for drinks, he's a great bloke and im sure we'll catch up again if & when i get back to Perth

 

[aok1]

Hey Leigh

Yes it has been a long while!! I catch up with Matt and Lewis and Waz every week, though Matt has been transfered to melbourne with work.
I loved bowling for my state and bowling Gold cup even if i hadnt picked up a ball in 12 months and now that the system has gone back to seven past the post who knows as Rachuig is the holy grail.

No not married or have kids, as ive gone into partnership in a business and that takes most of me time.

Sorry to hear about your Mum!! Apart from that how is everything your end?
Definitely all of us will have to catch up

Andrew

 

[aok1]

Hey Scoops

i still love the sport and still have the aspirations to bowl and win rachuig. Who knows hopefully someone can fill the void left by fairlanes.

You will be a huge loss if you walked away, especially helping people improve to the point of getting to that level of bowling tournaments and getting the numbers up and also socialising with everyone no matter their status in bowling

Ill never forget my first rachuig trials when i was a nobody and still am mind you but you and Tom Kury were the main reasons why i made it as you both helped me even though you were both trying to make it and concentrate on your own game.

Andrew

 

[WAZ333]

Hey aok1 , " nothing to bowl for " ??? have a great new league starting soon where ya get a ball at the end of it - maybe not such a good idea for you as from wot I hear ya only chuck your gear in the bin if ya bowl bad anyway lol seeya wed night when I kick ya butt at poker AGAIN !!!
Wazza

 

[aok1]

(As he takes the claws out of his back) lol

i guess you can stir me up as your me mate, yeah only the crap balls you all give out! lol The thing is other people dont really know why i threw me gear out, but hey im sure everyones already made their own stories up! anyway long time ago, id almost forgotten bout it. Bring it on ill have great enjoyment taking your money!!!

Andrew

 

[SCOOPS]

ANDREW

If i gave u half of what u say, it was my pleasure. ur a terrific fella and had the chance of being a good player

That year u top qualified in Rosemount Cup certainly made everyone stop and rethink, well those that didnt know, FUBAR always knew thats why we probably sledged ya toooo

Pretty easy to sledge someone who barracks for a PORT TEAM
What is their record against the ROOS

Can anyone get in on this game of poker

 

[Ososober]

Hay Leigh, Jess here (ex NT rep). Still living here, got married Nov 05, no kids yet, no time as my partner works away.(6wks away, 10days hme). Well just getting back into bowling -a painful journey as i broke 5 bones in my right hand 18mths ago. I'm going to give state a go this year, so should be a laugh.Sorry to hear about your mum, ****. So kids ah well done hope you're lovin it. Well take care,. Jess Nahas (Jakeway) NT.