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cenastyle

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Super Fun!
« on: October 28, 2009, 04:12:55 PM »
Recently, I had to travel to Chicago for work.  We stayed at the Eaglewood Resort in Itasca, just outside of Chicago.  It was a 3 day meeting and on the 2nd night I noticed there was an advertisment for a bowling alley at the hotel.  So, I got 3 of my co-workers to go with me.  We finally found it after about 20 minutes of walking around the hotel (it is in the sports center in the parking lot...I know we should have just asked someone).  We walk in and there is 1 guy working at the bar/counter with no one else in the place.  It's a 6 lane alley that costs $20/hr/lane including shoes (although, he said we didn't have to wear shoes if we didn't want to).  It was still pretty modern with electronic scoring that showed speed (my local alley doesn't even do that).  Here's where the fun comes in:
I have, what I'd say, are pretty average stats...speed around 17 mph, roughly 300-350 revs and usually play an 18-5 line.  My first shot hooked right into the left gutter, about 5 feet short of the pins!  Here is what I had to throw that night.  I had to basically stand in the left gutter, throw it cross-lane to about the 4-5 board and throw it over 21 mph (according to their system) just to keep it from hooking back too far!  This was with a house ball!  I still had several shots that would come into the 1-2 or 2-4 after overhooking the pocket!  I literally couldn't move any further left or I would have been on the next lane and I couldn't throw it any faster as my shoulder felt like it was going to fall off.  I ended up shooting 181, 189, 206 in the 3 games I got in.  The best part was, it was probably the most fun I've had bowling in a long time!  It was just for fun and there was no pressure!  Has anyone else ever discovered a "recreational alley" like this before?

 

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Re: Super Fun!
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2009, 12:53:19 AM »
Yes. The new leauge my dad started on Saturday night's is like this but completely on the other end of the oil problem. Heavy oil reverse block oiled to about 50'. My 600 grit no polished Storm Diablo will not hook once the ball get's outside of the 10 board. I can roll the ball at 10 mph max rev's that I can do which is probably 275 consistantly, down 5 board and the ball will move maybe 5 board's just before the pin deck. I found a line to play in the 10th frame of the 3rd game, deep inside line playing 30-15, kinda like a shark pattern. It's kinda fun because I have to play a line that I'm not readily comfortable with and haven't played since I was 17 y/o. Sometime's going to the off the wall place's can be a blast to bowl at.
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