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Exceptional work Sean. It appears to me from what I can gather having had conversations with others who are [much] closer to the facts of the matter than I am, given the dire membership numbers that will be simply frightful for 2020 as a result of the Chinese Virus - which of course will be a...

I have no idea about the more modern forms of communication like Face Book etc - I don't use them and frankly see that they are just invasive nonsense. A site like this is my limit of understanding. So if the commentary about the TBA on this site indicates the numbers of bowling people...

..............and as they say Sean......................the hits just keep on comin' Nothing wrong with bringing in new ideas and someone with outside experience - in fact as you know Sean it's an essential move to ensure a balance and flow of new ideas. But when a sporting organisations BofD...

Sean the simple fact is - and you understand this only too well I'm sure - string machines are with us and won't go away. Greig's comments are fundamentally correct - so certain commercial realities are in play and will remain in play. For traditionalists this is a hard thing to accept - and so...

Sean this is from your post above.................................. I make that 15 Board resignations since 27 May 2017. 15 in 42 months - One every 2.8 months. Let us see if the Chairman slows this rate of turnover down. Revolving door comes to mind. No-one remaining from 2017 is frightening...

Hello Strop hope all is well - as always you are a well meaning and fast thinking individual - yet I am - as they say, well past it and have become even more of an "expert" than I once was now that I am sitting on the sidelines. :) Oh and I'm very sorry to have learned of the two recent loses...

So long as it's the right bowler who get's the job. Having bowling experience in both the industry and sport is preferred in my view - yet that individual still needs other qualities and qualifications. That goes without saying of course. So we shall see.

Excuse the typing errors Sean typing is not something I do well not having to do much of it myself until more recently..and they are right when they say "you can't teach an old dog new tricks".

Interesting, so the Chairman and Deputy Chairman [they look like men to me, at least by their pictures so don't give that PC rubbish about "Chair"] the two most influential positions on any board, at least that's the theory and an Appointed Director have zero bowling experience. I assume that...

Thx Sean the 120,000 membership still applied at the ATBC in the very early 90's when I worked there - just for the sake of accuracy - in fact I'm sure [but memory is not as good as yours Sean and it's much older too] 125,000 was the number during the years I was there before I left to live and...

Sean how long have Board members been paid - do you know mate? What is the logic - there isn't any at all but nevertheless someone can try and convince me although they are wasting their time? How much are they paid? Who instigated this processes? The ATBC Board was never paid even when we had...

Sean I'm about done here - it's been good to catch up with you and George as well...I'd just like to close with this observation. I lived through the golden years of bowling in Australia [from 1962 onward] - you did too mostly Sean - 125,000 members at the ATBC, massive world class performances...

Sean - not a bad idea and yes if the individual I have been told is in the running get's up it will be of zero advantage to the TBA. Yes George still in WA the land of peace and contentment and as yet we are not socialists unlike some other Australian states [well at least 2, one you live in, so...

..I have picked up some info about the name of the possible bowling type replacement for Cara - if my info is correct I am not entirely surprised given the inability of most sports administrators to be a decent judge of character. I met this person one time, shook hands and had to double check...

George if this missive from you is "code" for you being the applicant - then that would be no bad thing. Cara will be a hard act to follow but maybe an assertive, aggressive marketing type front man is what is needed - I know [as Sean has indicated correctly -g'day back Sean by the way] well...

The administration of the sport in Australia was started on Jack Walton's kitchen table and that's how it will finish on someone's kitchen table. I see the international side of the sport is also about to step off a cliff - some arrogant clown who thinks a name change will solve all the problems...

Hello Kathy - great to hear from you - however are you saying every bowler on the lists received a 300 ring ["of all the Gold rings achieved from 1963"]? How many types of rings were given out - I know of at least 3 styles that were available? Did any of these bowlers receive a watch either as...

OK that's interesting ST because one of those I had information from thought he may have the answer - and he was around then and involved in the awards program, remembered [he thought he did] the adjustable element - still as I say, memories are now playing tricks on most of us from that time...

ST, Certainly in the early years the honour score rings were only available to someone who earned them by bowling the score - but I couldn't say what happened after the ATBC was folded and it's name changed and records destroyed sometime in the late 90's I think this was, but don't quote me as I...

Interesting ST the reflection of the Castle King Pins was a trip down memory lane I remember seeing them at Mentone way back whenever - as for the ring, not sure yours is the gold with onyx - can you advise if there is an onyx stone anywhere or at least a sign that it may have been there? I...

One more thing - there will be a lot of "one more things" I should imagine as we dig further - watches were an ATBC gift for honour scores like a 300 game - I spoke to the man that used to buy them. But his memory - like many from that time [mine included] is fading - and he can't recall if the...

One thing to add - generally speaking score award rings were purchasable - they were not a "gift" - so that would narrow the field a little if we still had historical records to refer to. Sadly however at one time in the past much of the history of the sport was dumped - I have no idea what went...

ST - assuming it was a local there were just 9 x 300's bowled in Melbourne centres [1 at Colac too] between 1964 Bob Hinton and the last 1978 [the last of the 70's] Jamie Eastwood at Squash Bowl. I'll do some digging - however of the 9 I know of 2 who have passed away and 3 I would struggle to...

Very interesting - thank you for the information - some questions if I may please. 1. A 300 ring - from the 70's - is a rare thing indeed. Can you advise why you think it came from that period of time? My recollection [and I may be wrong, memory fading - and fast] is that there were never any...

AJD - Ardent Leisure own the sizable US chain Main Event - they own/operate US based centres not Time Zone. Time Zone has significant wins on the board in their development over decades - substantial growth in Australia and overseas has been the core of their success. It seems illogical that...