My question is that if we are going to have a an oiling pattern, that has a ratio of 3:1 / 4:1, then why not also add a minimum amount of units as well.
As l have bolwed in both Adelaide & Perth, and found that the lanes reacted very differently to each other. I am happy to put this down to other factors, not just dodgy lane conditioning.
I found that the Perth pattern seemed to be shorter, giving a larger area to play in, which would obviously have given a higher scorer condition, as the lanes where a lot more open than Adelaide.
Everybody seems to be spending a great deal of time worrying about the patterns & conditions that have been laid. Perhaps it is time that we all stopped worrying about the patterns and concentrated on bowling, and ensuring that we do our best on what is put down in each centre, for each event.
It will not matter if the TBA buys a Kegal, and sends it to all national events, as all centres are different. Heat, humidity, air-conditioning, placement of doors, counters, roof height. All these things make a differance to the way the lanes play, meaning that you could lay exactly the same pattern in every centre, and gt totally different result, each and everytime.
I am all for a national tournament policy, to ensure that we bring bowling back to the bowlers, and take away the pie conditions. Lets make bowling a game of skill once again, where we need to be accurate, consistent, and all that stuff.
Not like we have been getting in some events lately, where all you need to do is just bowl in an area, and you will hit the pocket, and if your luckly you carry. This has resulted in a number of events posting huge scores, and taking away a bit of the skill from our great sport.
I for one have benifitted from this practise, and has ensured that a number of other people have also, but they one thing that l can honestly say, is that with the current policy of area bowling in place, in a number of centres & events, it has meant that l have not had to spend anywhere as much time tunning my game, as l know that as long as l am around my target l will score.
Lets allow the TBA to try and set some standards, and yes teething problems will occur as they do with anything.
Just my say.
