It has been two weeks since I last reported about bowling. Over the weekend we had all leagues played as normal and one tournament to be played as well. Unfortunately not many points were won in our leagues but we had a great outcome in the tournament.
On Sunday it was the under 21's tournament played at our team's home centre. My youngest child bowled four games as well as there was one player absent. Generally it is quite fast to bowl four games in a three man team. It's the waiting around afterwards for the final results takes the extra time of being there. But this time it was worth the wait as my eldest girl's team came 2nd. They were the only team from their home centre who won a medal each. All her games were over average but it wasn't high enough to receive an extra medal for individual placing again.
On Sunday night we stayed around at the bowling alley abit longer after the match to socialize with a small group of bowlers and had dinner there. It was interesting to find out the monthly tournament my daughter has played this year has broken some rules. I am glad we won't be back there to play next year, well not for the centre she has been respresenting for. Not sure if she should return to the same centre to bowl in any junior leagues because I am not happy on the way their junior coach has been handling things this year.
Under tournament rules, no prebowlers are supposely to take place and there has been two bowlers who have prebowled before the weekend of that match. When I first heard about the prebowl incident I went off my rocker at our kid's coach if that person wins a medal, I will say something about it. Apparently she did win an individual medal but I didn't do anything because I was happy to see my daughter came home with two medals that month. This weekend another prebowler did it again but this time the team he supposely represented didn't win or this kid didn't received any medals for high games. I didn't see it but my daughter said she overhead their coach having ago at the main organiser over it.
Another thing that taken place yesterday was some social bowlers show up and played beside a tournament team. I was told last night social bowlers aren't suppose to be on the lanes until the tournament is finished.
Under any league or tournament rule, you must give way to all players on the either side of you. If they approach the lane to bowl first, you must give away to them. It means you wait until they walk back down the playing area. This rule is more for safety because we all had past experience of missed judgement when to release the bowl to roll abit too early. If you release the bowl from your fingers too early, the bowl will go backwards instead of the lanes in front of you. If you approach too close to the bowler who is playing, getting hit by a bowling ball can be quite painful.
All parents were given a survey to fill out but our kid's coach told us don't bother because we won't be there next year. Really I should written something down about the rules because I feel the organiser should know what she did wrong. I will contact the main company (where you pay the bowling membership from) and ask about their terms and conditions with tournaments because I feel this is all wrong.
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