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Great question Roysa - and I WILL be a smart arse [note correct spelling] - so OTT I give you 3 examples of lefties who's timing is in the toilet Steve Bell, John Lilley [the Victorian ex Squash Bowl one], Ian Bradford [remember when] ....oh make it 4 ..add Lovell....who at the line looks like a...

Roughly 7-10% of the population is left handed - so if TBA has 18,000 members [which is around the number I believe] about 1600 or so are lefties. On this basis it's been my long held personal view that people like Lovell should never be allowed to win more than 7-10% of any prize pool and...

Hooligan - you said it - as too did the final line in the report. Utterly idiotic - almost every aspect of life can be considered dangerous if someone engages a lobby or interest group to evaluate and report accordingly - particularly where there are large sums of money available to underwrite...

I find this all so amusing - people indicating that they will/have taken legal action over a "bowling" event [or in this case a bowling "non" event]. Let me just say to you - if you haven't been involved in any sort of litigation process or even minor legality before here are the...

Welcome back Wayne.....nicely striking [sorry] at the heart of the matter as always. Steve

.....how much Won did you collect George......my usual 20% tippers fee in small notes please!

..and Choi is where exactly George? And whilst your comment about Williams is of course numerically accurate I'm not so sure I didn't hear Earl turn a little!

hhmm interesting predictions George....yet the Korean I note is averaging 235 with a high game of 249 - methinks he is locked in - yet he is off your radar! So unless they decide to oil with whale fat across 3 boards at 20' tomorrow I suggest he might be worth dropping a few Won on the nose...

It has not always been the case of course - the APBA [Victoria] was established and run for years by top level players - Doug Baker, Ray Carter, Barry Wallace, Derek Bates, Ray Cooper and many more were the reason the organisation ran so well for so long - the ATBA was tackled by Alan Burge and...

What an extraordinary thing this is. In a time when economies are still under enormous pressure and business is not sure how many more turns against the tide there might be - we see the most significant sponsorship given to any single bowling event in the sports history in this country. The mens...

........so Rob we shouldn't comment or discuss the status of - in this case Rachuig? Everyone who passes comment is just a two bob expert - put up or shut up...correct. Well Rob I've put up more than once - but I'll let others judge if I've made any worthwhile contributions to this sport in...

Brenton you may be correct - you're a good deal closer to the game at this level than I am - but surely if Rachuig is declining because of vast alternatives this is an even stronger reason to implement a change that may assist to improve it's own participation numbers...and taking the moral high...

So what we have as our premier, Open annual Teams tournament is an event that....... 1. Is impossible to pronounce unless you are from within the clique 2. Has a complex points system to determine the overall champion 3. Probably fails to encourage participation because if you do win a...

....aaahhh seniors - thx Tony for setting me right. As for bowling in seniors events - well when I thought I COULD bowl the reality was I couldn't - now I KNOW I can't, so I don't! Back on topic - transposing the "minimum" game count per player across to Rachuig could be a good thing...

For some reason [memory slipping I'd guess] I was of the view that each bowler had to play a minimum number of games in Rachuig [it's been years so I'm not surprised I don't recall the specifics]. Clearly I'm wrong based on what I read here - so then would it not be something to consider - and...

1. Correct - you do pretty overall - better than most as you say. 2. You're argument takes a different turn and overall I'm not sure we are now on the same page...in the context of the locally self absorbed over inflated ego player - well I don't disagree with you - but I don't know if this...

I'm tempted - but will avoid correcting your grammatical usage Brenton - and will simply make a few points for your consideration. 1. By "2nd largest competitive bowling market in the world" do you mean that because for a time Australia had the second largest membership organisation "on...

Whilst I accept Wayne this is not what you are saying - well I don't think it is - this reminds of a comment made by Bill Taylor on one of his visits to Australia many years ago - where he stated [perhaps it was at an SPC finals presentation if I recall correctly] something like "these bowlers...

On the basis that the Nobel Peace prize just went to someone who had been in his job for just 12 whole days before nominations for the award closed - I'd say Ott's 30 years qualifies him well and truly....and I do NOT mean for for the Sportsman's Award! I'd give OTT the Nobel Peace Prize - I...

Fitzy - just for the record - the "ATBC" way [at least during my time there] of collecting fees was usually via centre delegates of the local area Association. Now of course, just as you say, there were some centres who undertook the process for and on behalf of the local Association/ATBC -...

George you have quoted a publicity piece for this product that has been around for years - and has been extremely slow to make any sort of impact - anywhere. There is one very good reason why this is so - and you don't need me to tell you what it is.

Break a leg Steve - will have a quiet red for you and toast your good health. Cheers Steve

Interesting notes Hamish thank you for them. Can you, or can someone, state clearly that the notation for those sports, as per your submission in the above thread, of "In-Competition" designates either "elite" In-Competition or "ALL" In-Competition as authorised, endorsed and sanctioned by...

I've never been much good at plowing through bulky legislation of any sort Rob so I'll leave the heavy reading to others who's brains work better than my own in such matters. However, if as [I think] you say, the requirement and the application of the process is limited to elite competition...

So let me see, I fear I am unable to come to grips with this right away - someone help me please. Here are but a few examples [yes, yes there are hundreds of "what ifs" but I'm a simple fellow so I need to keep this simple]..... 1. If I'm bowling for Australia in an FIQ tournament there is...