Paul,
I have always agreed with your posts, I believe in looking after the majority.
I have also come across to those as being arrogant or whatever to most......
but I joined the seniors to probably just starting traveling and trying to have fun again.
I didn't set the patterns in QLD, Canberra, Sydney Melb or for that matter here SA for next week end. I just suggested , hey , lets suggest in another post we use the Broadway pattern since there going to use it later in Canberra.......only to be set on upon by the selected few that obviously cant bowl on it!.....
What I'm trying to say, I don't make the decisions ever , period!
I agree seniors like to walk away from a tournament feeling good if they shoot well.
Tell me we have bowled on some of those conditions this year, there are still quite a few that still didn't bowl that well even on those.........I dont see any of them commenting on here ?????
Wonder what they think, but I suppose your looking at the big picture!!!
To me, like I have always maintain don't care what pattern is put down, because they don't bother me, if I bowl crap after spending my money to travel, I don't care, I just put it down down to "oh Well" and move on.
The whole gist of this Tony and whoever may have an interest in this, is not what you or I or Suzzane cares about but we speak up and care for the silent majority who don't speak up, the senior community as a whole, some things we say is said with tongue in cheek, the same as you, however the real concern, and this always should be, is for the Mr & Mrs average who always turns up to try, compete and enjoy the sport, not simply to become frustrated and be a donator to prize funds.
It still puzzles me in this comment about Mr. and Mrs Average ??
About them becoming frustrated, your saying if they shoot good games they won't be? There still going to finish miles behind the front runners (even more on easier conditions) but if they shoot good games it's ok, correct me if I'm not reading it right??
I don't have a problem with that, at all. And I'm sure they won't either.
From what I have seen it's just one big get together, bowl, catch up with interstate people's and throw a bit of bowling in between.
Because with the exception of a small minority not matter what condition you put down, with a few changes, the outcome will be the same.
I'm starting to think what a bowler made a comment in a earlier post is maybe it's best not to post the pattern to be used, because and here it is again....."You will not please everyone" .. Just make it a surprise.
A attended a couple of meetings that involved the selection or criteria of making the Mmmm "National Team" and these are the tournaments you want to expect the conditions or patterns to be enjoyable to bowl............Gee Will you get that same consideration to the teams that go away. ????
And we even get rating points and be called a national seniors ranked tournament ????
You see where I'm going here.............................
I don't understand
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Oh well, I'm just going to turn up and enjoy the bowling, because that's what I intended to do this year plus many more to come hopefully ????, because I think it's fun to catch up with bowlers like yourself 'Terry' plus others...........
Cheers
Tony
