Sorry, haven't been able to get on here for long in the last 2 weeks with school holidays in full swing!
Wayne: The 2012 VSS is not accredited. With the loss of our major sponsor this year and the decision not to increase memberships/entry fees while still maintaining last years levels of payouts, the funds were extremely tight. Next year there will be a change in fees and accreditation will be factored in. The TBA card requirement was a carry over from previous years, however with all Victorian bowlers now supposed to be registered I saw no need to change the requirement. There shouldn't be an unregistered bowler in the state.
Regarding the pattern, it was unmodified Paris. The pattern was taken from the WTBA site and entered into the machine. Variations to other centres running the pattern as printed would be due to lane surface, topography and conditioning machine. As mentioned above, the pattern itself is reasonably light considering the length. At 21.55ml total volume, that's not far off many house shots. Compare that to WTBA Stockholm (34ft) at 26.05ml for example and you see a pattern that has 5ml less oil but is 13ft longer.