Having see micheal s thread i've got a question for alot of the tournment bowlers out ther .
why do alot of you only bowl for prize money?
when we tried to start a low cost circuit at the start of the year with maybe $40 prize money for high game, series, and first second and third
nobody wanted to know about it, only the woodville bowlers turned up
then all of our supposed elitle bowlers supported youth circuit which was tripple the cost and nearly tripple the prize fund
what is wrong with bowler for the day and getting your money back and supporting something that in the long run will get people back in to tournment bowling. Most junior bowler and their parents don't want to go straight to a $60 or $100 per entry tournament they want the lower cost ones where people can get their feet wet without having to mortage the house. alot of youth bowlers are the same, If you want more elite tournament bowlers they have to start somewhere and at the moment there is no support from our elite tournament bowlers in the base of tournament bowling. you can't just expect people to turn up to sa cup without having ever bowled in a tournament
personally don't bowl the big money tournaments since i can't afford to donate to the prizefund but i can afford to bowl lower cost events but then there is no competition as the big name bowlers elite refuse to turn up
so i ask again
why do alot of you only bowl for prize money? is that all you care about or is there something else i'm not seeing
why do alot of you only bowl for prize money?
when we tried to start a low cost circuit at the start of the year with maybe $40 prize money for high game, series, and first second and third
nobody wanted to know about it, only the woodville bowlers turned up
then all of our supposed elitle bowlers supported youth circuit which was tripple the cost and nearly tripple the prize fund
what is wrong with bowler for the day and getting your money back and supporting something that in the long run will get people back in to tournment bowling. Most junior bowler and their parents don't want to go straight to a $60 or $100 per entry tournament they want the lower cost ones where people can get their feet wet without having to mortage the house. alot of youth bowlers are the same, If you want more elite tournament bowlers they have to start somewhere and at the moment there is no support from our elite tournament bowlers in the base of tournament bowling. you can't just expect people to turn up to sa cup without having ever bowled in a tournament
personally don't bowl the big money tournaments since i can't afford to donate to the prizefund but i can afford to bowl lower cost events but then there is no competition as the big name bowlers elite refuse to turn up
so i ask again
why do alot of you only bowl for prize money? is that all you care about or is there something else i'm not seeing