well i will get the ball rolling with a couple of personal moments i endured during my country cups and i'm sure many more will be added from myself and everyone else
WARRNAMBOOL 1991
we were playing sale and their scorer had been instructed to call a foul on me whenever he felt i fouled from behind, at the start of the game i struggled, then in about the 5th frame i got called, the scorer was on the opposite side of the lane and for those that know warrnambool know there is no way in the world he could have seen from there
anyhow play was stopped for 30 minutes, we ended up taking the foul which was spared, i struck out, and the team virtually did too, sale was defeated 6/1 and to this day we cost them that country cup, because they had it in the bag
MILDURA 1990
all civilised people had been bowling on urethane for a good 8 years, and we turned up at mildura to bowl on lacquer oiled to 30 feet
the scores went thru the floor a couple that come to mind
me 147 for 9 games
andrew craig 144
so many in the field shot sub 160
mildura cleaned up, the tournament and the all stars, in what i would have to say was the most rigged and one sided condition i have ever bowled on
SHEPPARTON 1992
arrived friday morning, checked in to the motel, went down for a practise, shot 764/3, later on that evening we had a team practise, one of the team mates thought he'd play a practical joke on me and grab my ball in my backswing, during this activity, he accidentally crushed my fingers against the scorpion he was wearing severing the tendons in my bowling fingers, spent the hole weekend on the PINE, fun times them
GEELONG 1995
first year with sunraysia, knew we had a red hot chance, and the mongrel to carry out the task, that much mongrel at times that i think at times we didnt realise how bad we really were
i remember one of our guys (mick kellow) yelling out support to one of our guys, a sale opponent (ross morton) had started with the first 5, and thought mick was sledging him on the approach, he stood off the approach and glared, we were so shocked, we weren't even trying to put this guy off, anyhow ross threw a greek church and totally lost the plot after that, a free point, always a bonus
chris carmody and his lil master shane griffiths sledged and bowled like champions and in the process led the warrnambool men to victory
BENDIGO 1996
country cups synthetic debut, oil is there to protect wood, so why use it on synthetic was the strategy for the year, i think colac won easily
KETUT SIDANG trying to say "PARMAGINA" at the pub was the funniest thing i had ever heard
leaving on monday was the best moment
SALE 1997
theres nothing worse than listening to the locals bag their own centre, probably the last time the greats of sale bowled country cup
leaving on monday was the best moment
MORWELL 2004
????
WARRNAMBOOL 1991
we were playing sale and their scorer had been instructed to call a foul on me whenever he felt i fouled from behind, at the start of the game i struggled, then in about the 5th frame i got called, the scorer was on the opposite side of the lane and for those that know warrnambool know there is no way in the world he could have seen from there
anyhow play was stopped for 30 minutes, we ended up taking the foul which was spared, i struck out, and the team virtually did too, sale was defeated 6/1 and to this day we cost them that country cup, because they had it in the bag
MILDURA 1990
all civilised people had been bowling on urethane for a good 8 years, and we turned up at mildura to bowl on lacquer oiled to 30 feet
the scores went thru the floor a couple that come to mind
me 147 for 9 games
andrew craig 144
so many in the field shot sub 160
mildura cleaned up, the tournament and the all stars, in what i would have to say was the most rigged and one sided condition i have ever bowled on
SHEPPARTON 1992
arrived friday morning, checked in to the motel, went down for a practise, shot 764/3, later on that evening we had a team practise, one of the team mates thought he'd play a practical joke on me and grab my ball in my backswing, during this activity, he accidentally crushed my fingers against the scorpion he was wearing severing the tendons in my bowling fingers, spent the hole weekend on the PINE, fun times them
GEELONG 1995
first year with sunraysia, knew we had a red hot chance, and the mongrel to carry out the task, that much mongrel at times that i think at times we didnt realise how bad we really were
i remember one of our guys (mick kellow) yelling out support to one of our guys, a sale opponent (ross morton) had started with the first 5, and thought mick was sledging him on the approach, he stood off the approach and glared, we were so shocked, we weren't even trying to put this guy off, anyhow ross threw a greek church and totally lost the plot after that, a free point, always a bonus
chris carmody and his lil master shane griffiths sledged and bowled like champions and in the process led the warrnambool men to victory
BENDIGO 1996
country cups synthetic debut, oil is there to protect wood, so why use it on synthetic was the strategy for the year, i think colac won easily
KETUT SIDANG trying to say "PARMAGINA" at the pub was the funniest thing i had ever heard
leaving on monday was the best moment
SALE 1997
theres nothing worse than listening to the locals bag their own centre, probably the last time the greats of sale bowled country cup
leaving on monday was the best moment
MORWELL 2004
????
Unfortunately it's not really relevant to me as yet, but it's great for a laugh! :wink: 
