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Ringing10

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Ca. State Tournament
« on: June 16, 2010, 08:16:23 AM »
Has anyone been to Bakersfield? I'm going the end of next week, 6/26&27. I'd like some feedback on the conditions if you have.
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Re: Ca. State Tournament
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2010, 04:29:35 PM »
I'm going this weekend (19th and 20th), so I will give you a report next week.

I have spoken with a few people who have already been and get different responses of course. Some say the Team house is flooded and Doubles/Singles house is desert dry. As I understand it, the Team house is synthetics and the D/S house is wood.

One thing I have noticed from the CA USBC website standings page, the scoring pace is pretty low so far.
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Re: Ca. State Tournament
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2010, 04:31:52 PM »
Regency Lanes dries up really quick. Depending on which pair you're on they may start off dry especially on the back end.

Southwest was a longer version of a house shot. It was very playable but the shot will change quickly if you are bowling with people that turn the ball a lot or use a lot of surface.
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Re: Ca. State Tournament
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2010, 03:33:21 PM »
Thanks guys,
Milo, please let me know how you did.
Also what equip did you see being used?
Thanks again
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Re: Ca. State Tournament
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2010, 10:42:22 AM »
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Thanks guys,
Milo, please let me know how you did.
Also what equip did you see being used?
Thanks again
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AMF Southwest has a 44ft pattern. It plays as a heavy oil shot. I had good success using my Cell(Original) at a 1000 Abralon surface, then went to a Mutant Cell Pearl(box finish) for the third game. I played the 4th arrow out to about 13 or 14 and you will have a decent shot. I shot a 227, 215, 235 for a 677 series. Out of our group(two teams), I had the only 600+ series and there were only two other 200+ games. Our other bowlers were using some pretty aggressive stuff (Bounty Hunter, BigBang, etc), but everyone had a problem with getting the ball to react.

Regency is a completely different story. It's an older house with wood lanes that are in reasonable shape. The pattern is about 36ft. The locals mentioned that it plays as a reverse block, but didn't seem that way to us. We all shot decent numbers in D/S in this house, however, I didn't score as well as I did in team. I used a Lane#1 Gemstone and a LaneMasters BuzzAttack, both with some success. From how I see it, you have a couple of options on how to play the shot. There is a really nice shot straight up the outside on the 4 board if you can play there. If not, move inside and play the 4th arrow out to about the 7 board using a ball with some surface. From my experience, there isn't a shot in the track like a house shot would have in this house.
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