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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, ">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hedley:
Gerald,
I'm afraid one or other of us is missing the point AGAIN!! I think we can both agree that the Koolfoam Stage 1 Qualifying Squads are comprised of 12 games. In your post concerning Koolfoam, you comment "...... and I WASN'T on the lanes for more than 5-6 hours". Gerald, what is the relevance of this comment? Did you think I was suggesting that you (or anyone else, for that matter) were on the lanes for MORE than 6 hours to bowl 12 games? The bowlers in Squad B of the New South Wales Open were not on the lanes for MORE than 6 hours, either!!
For the record, the 59 bowlers in this year's Koolfoam Squad B at Mt Gravatt (30 lanes) were on the lanes for 5 hours and 17 minutes (2.47 pm to 8.04 pm), excluding practice. According to the Entry Form, the Squad was scheduled to start bowling at 2.30 pm ("Or earlier") and to finish at 7.00 pm!!
Gerald, all my comments about "8-hour Squads" have stemmed from BFCC's proposal (apparently serious), that Stage 1 Qualifying Squads be INCREASED to 16 games in a single appearance. Despite being asked two very simple questions on no less than three occasions, BFCC has assiduously avoided addressing the issue of how the (approximately) two hours extra time required per Qualifying Squad (4 bowlers per pair of lanes) would be fitted into the schedule.
Instead, like Dave Hardy, he has resorted to sarcasm and they have both, perhaps unwittingly, misrepresented my position. For example, in his most recent post, BFCC commented: "hedley ......., I think your (sic) right lets have nice little 8 game blocks then wash and oil ......". Where, in this Topic, have I advocated such a proposition? NO WHERE!! My principle concern has been that if someone suggests a radical change, such as increasing the number of Super 6 Stage 1 Qualifying games to 16 (present maximum, 12) in a single appearance, they should at least have given some thought to the organisational issues involved.
Having read the posts on this Forum detailing the views of the bowlers who are actually out there bowling on the National Tournament Circuit, I suspect that if any Tournament Director is "courageous" enough to take-up BFCC's proposal to introduce 16 games of Qualifying in a single appearance, he will "enjoy" a heavily-depleted field.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Another way to look at the diminishing tournament numbers.
1/ Most people cannot afford a new ball every couple of weeks,this then puts these people at a disadvantage due to the new balls carrying just about everything,2/most people (even though they put the time in for practice&coaching)realise that to average 220+ just to make the cut is bit beyond a joke.
Gerald,
I'm afraid one or other of us is missing the point AGAIN!! I think we can both agree that the Koolfoam Stage 1 Qualifying Squads are comprised of 12 games. In your post concerning Koolfoam, you comment "...... and I WASN'T on the lanes for more than 5-6 hours". Gerald, what is the relevance of this comment? Did you think I was suggesting that you (or anyone else, for that matter) were on the lanes for MORE than 6 hours to bowl 12 games? The bowlers in Squad B of the New South Wales Open were not on the lanes for MORE than 6 hours, either!!
For the record, the 59 bowlers in this year's Koolfoam Squad B at Mt Gravatt (30 lanes) were on the lanes for 5 hours and 17 minutes (2.47 pm to 8.04 pm), excluding practice. According to the Entry Form, the Squad was scheduled to start bowling at 2.30 pm ("Or earlier") and to finish at 7.00 pm!!
Gerald, all my comments about "8-hour Squads" have stemmed from BFCC's proposal (apparently serious), that Stage 1 Qualifying Squads be INCREASED to 16 games in a single appearance. Despite being asked two very simple questions on no less than three occasions, BFCC has assiduously avoided addressing the issue of how the (approximately) two hours extra time required per Qualifying Squad (4 bowlers per pair of lanes) would be fitted into the schedule.
Instead, like Dave Hardy, he has resorted to sarcasm and they have both, perhaps unwittingly, misrepresented my position. For example, in his most recent post, BFCC commented: "hedley ......., I think your (sic) right lets have nice little 8 game blocks then wash and oil ......". Where, in this Topic, have I advocated such a proposition? NO WHERE!! My principle concern has been that if someone suggests a radical change, such as increasing the number of Super 6 Stage 1 Qualifying games to 16 (present maximum, 12) in a single appearance, they should at least have given some thought to the organisational issues involved.
Having read the posts on this Forum detailing the views of the bowlers who are actually out there bowling on the National Tournament Circuit, I suspect that if any Tournament Director is "courageous" enough to take-up BFCC's proposal to introduce 16 games of Qualifying in a single appearance, he will "enjoy" a heavily-depleted field.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Another way to look at the diminishing tournament numbers.
1/ Most people cannot afford a new ball every couple of weeks,this then puts these people at a disadvantage due to the new balls carrying just about everything,2/most people (even though they put the time in for practice&coaching)realise that to average 220+ just to make the cut is bit beyond a joke.
