I think it is sometimes easier for all of us to sit on our butts and slag the s*!t out of TBA, easier for some to sit behind a computer too and do it, or even get on the phone to some people and slag them off but then when they want something from TBA they are as nice as pie, when really they are too gutless to post it, or speak up on the matter. I have to say I have never really had much to do with TBA, Ian I have had many dealings with, and can’t complain there at all, but when it comes to asking questions, I needed to ask one, and got an answer in 24 hours, and also got a direction to go with the question I was asking. Yes we pay our money and yes I would like to see us receive a little more than we do, but I am like Robbie, a simple discount with an airline or a motel would do me fine. I think what the TBA need to do is post a little more on TB, and what I mean by that is on there site atm they are asking for 2008 dates for tournaments and you have a cut off date to when they need these by, but if you didn’t go to the TBA site you wouldn’t know, I think things like that, where you have managers of centres, and a lot of bowlers that run tournaments on this site over here, they should help the sport and post them here as well. I think TBA doesn’t post over here because of the personal attacks they have received in the past, I mean we set the TBA forum up and asked you the members to ask TBA your questions, and then TBA would answer them, but it was too hard to control because we had forum members that went and tried to answer the questions for TBA, and that wasn’t what that part of the forum was set up for. Alex tried his best and people may hate this next comment but I do hope he stays on the TBA board. I would have loved to have seen memberships go up, and be put into groups, like some people have mentioned. I think too the managers should encourage all bowlers to sanction, it is the only way we will ever find out how many bowlers we do actually do have in this country. They might not get anything from TBA but managers can give away a free cup of tea to the male and female with the highest game.
As for Rachuig and De Veer, I think the cost to bowl these events is becoming a little high for the people that have families, plus a week off week, all of those things add up. I know it is the pride to bowl for your state and all the rest, but at the end of the day you are away for a week from your family and when you come home, sometimes you have nothing to show for the $1000 - $2000 that you have paid out, I know we should do it for the love of the game, but people change, they want to start a family, they want to buy there first house, so that’s when bowling state is lower on there list. I personally don’t think you can have just two groups for the Nationals, I think then you will have even less people bowl, as I know some people in Qld bowl in the country centres and hold a average that is only true in there home centre, but when they go away they are bowling in heaven and bowl the house apart. Then you go back to the did he or she cheat to be in that grade, the average they entered on was that there true average, all of those things come into it all over again.
I could go on for hours I think we all could, but sorry I am over all the personal attacks on TBA and everyone saying they can do better, well I hope you all put in for Alex’s job and you show us you can do it better. I know I am going to be ripped apart for this post, but these are my thought’s I never asked anyone to agree with me.
Wayne I seen you put this line into your post “Candidate for TBA Chairperson”
So what would you do different to how things have been done. (It’s just a question not a personal attack.)
