Urethane Game

Thanks for picking up on the quality comment.  By no means is my intent to discourage any level of bowler from bowling in a sport league.  One of the reasons that so many high averages were produced in the first season was the fact that almost the entire league played the first arrow the entire first game.  That certainly eventually opened the lanes a little giving us some swing area.  Since the first season was a trios 4 game format, high scores in the third and fourth games had a positive effect on averages.  As the league has grown and changed to 3 game format, the quality of bowler has varied and therefore the transition of condition breakdown has become more unpredictable.  Many of the 200+ house shot bowlers, who are new to sport conditions, will start at the third arrow and never help develop the pattern.  

One of the things that our sport league is proudest of is that this years ABC all events team champions are all from our sport league.  The team was carefully formed so that they could bowl together to open up the ABC pattern (very close to sport compliant).  This certinly gave them an advantage in scoring.

I couldn't agree more that it is extremely important to encourage the sport bowling program for leagues and tournaments.  It is certainly aworthwhile experience for all levels of bowlers.  I hope to see more centers in the Chicago area join Hawthorn Lanes, Beverly Lanes, and BZ Deer Park in providing bowlers the opportunity to bowl on sport conditions.

By the way, this weekend BZ Deer Park is hosting a college tournament that has used the sport condition for the past 2 years.  Those teams love the challenge and look forward to this competition every year.