Things I hate in bowling:
1) Politics - I have seen countless very good junior bowlers get totally sick of all the bitching and whingeing and crap that goes on and quit the sport.
2) Pensioners - Not all pensioners are bad, lets get that one straightened out. But, I get really sick of whingeing old pensioners who turn up to the bowl with nothing better to do with thier time other than make trouble for young bowlers. The "he swore, I'm going to complain and have him suspended" type of crap that pervades some centres. Do us a favour and have fun and enjoy yourself, if not go home.
3) Stinky Bowlers - There's no excuse for a lack of personal hygiene. I have lost count of how many bowlers I've come across who.....well...stink quite frankly. Lets get them with a high-powered K'archer before they enter the centre.
4) Pricing - Whilst I recognise that as an "Indoor Sport" thus seen as a luxury, I still think the game is way too expensive at the moment. I believe that if the prices were slashed the centres would be full most of the time as a sport like this should be. Many social bowlers I talk too say that they would love to play the game more often but, find it too expensive.
5) Drinking in Centres - This is a pet-hate of mine. I'm not against drinking but, if you want to have a drink, do it in a pub or at home.
It does the sport absolutely no credability at all to see the sight of drunken social bowlers carrying on like yahoo's, damaging equipment, and behaving in an offensive manner.
I believe the only people who should be allowed to be served alcohol in Centres are Sanctioned bowlers - as they are subject to disciplining if they misuse alcohol whereas social players can behave like absolute cock-heads and be let off generally because the Centre doesn't want to lose the customer. I have seen some pretty ordinary examples of behaviour and have almost come to blows with more than one social bowler before.
The list is endless but, these are some I can think of for the moment
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