Interesting night tonight in league. Heres the story leading up to the main event:
We should start at 6.30pm. But looks like they had open players on before & they were still dressing the lanes. So we wait another 15 mins before they are ready & start our practice.
So i step up to bowl my nice & easy warm up shot. Played my usual line (down 2nd arrow) & the next thing i know, the ball breaks early & i just manage to hit the 7 pin. So i thought 'Its a little dry' & play a more diagonal shot. But still it breaks too early & hits the 2 pin. I noticed it was happening all over & the best team in our league packs their stuff & asks everyone "Are you playing on these tonight because we wont." Some straight bowlers weren't too bothered about it but more than half of the teams said that the conditions were ridiculous.
The manager & 2 technicians look on from the back & agree to re-dress the lanes as long as we accept to wait the extra 15-20 mins to do this. By this time its almost 7.00pm. So they do their stuff while we wait around.
Now its 7.15pm & we are told we can start, but with no practice. We would have complained but it was so late, we carried on. I had mixed results each frame, eg too high, too light, & end up with a 154, 186 & 176. Mixed scores from other bowlers too, with some getting a high 500 series & some struggling with only a mid 450 series.
Let me tell you how bad it was. Right handed with my skid/snap Paradigm at 15mph with medium revs. Start as far to the left as poss & play the ball over 4th arrow. As soon as it touched the lane it was screeching to move left. Unplayable even with a polyester (i tried & it moved 15 boards).
Has this happened at your house? What was the outcome & did you agree with the resulting action?
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Phil
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