You guys amaze me sometimes. Last week I received my first ever bowling award. The simple 200 game coaster. Not only am I dam proud to own it, I am bringing it to league every week and using it. I don't care if everyone else has one or not, or if they threw theirs in the garbage, or in a drawer, or wherever. If, and when I get any patches, they will be sewn onto my buccaneers denim long sleeved shirt that I will again wear to every league I bowl in, summer or winter. What you take for granted, some of us would love to have.

Like selling off 300 rings. You see them all the time on ebay, someone on the site right now is selling one, and an 800 series ring. I could care less if I had one, or twenty, I would never part with it because it shows that I accomplished something special in a sport I love.

I'm probably gonna get a lot of flack about this but who cares. if you earn an award, don't b i t c h about it, wear it, display it, sew it, frame it, do something with it to show your pride in the sport. Don't toss it in a dam drawer.  Remember those of us around that would look at those with envy, and pray that one day we will have our own.

Remember that if no one cares about a sport, what happens to that sport. Awards are a big part of bowling, one of the main reasons people bother to get sanctioned.
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You can always hit em hard when you've got the balls

Lefties are the only people in their right minds.

no1bucsfan

When I was little, my mom started sewing one "important" thing on my Christmas stocking every year.
That stocking is retired with honor (and rotting fabric...), but this year, my "lifetime" 200 average award went on the stocking. Last year, the patch for my 300 game.

Also, Bob7, most of the money award for high avg, improved avg, high game/series etc.. are only in the $5-$25 range (depending on how big of a $ league you're in).  I think I've seen $50 the most given for high avg in the league.  I don't know about where you plan to attend college, but this kind of $ isn't likely to buy much more than a book or two for one semester.  You'd save more for college by quitting bowling and putting that $10-$20 a week into savings...

And for those who say be happy to get an award, I am!  I do appreciate being recognized for my performance, and agree that the awards need to be at a level where the average bowler has a chance to achieve them.  I was just questioning the patches because nobody wears them anymore.  I do like Scott33's idea about putting them on a board and displaying them, but I wonder if pins would be better for this?  Maybe a nice 2in x 3in pin with the ABC logo, the award score, your name and date on it would be nice. Then you could have an option to purchase a nice cherry wood case with a glass cover in which you could stick the pin to a backdrop, and hang the display on the wall.  This could be done with league champions as well in place of trophies (who people seem to despise these days).  You could display a lot of award pins in a relatively small cabinet.

Another thing, on edit, about the patches.  If you do sew them onto your shirt, and wear it weekly (and wash it), if the patch becomes discolored or falls apart in the wash, you lose that award you worked so hard for.  If you were to only roll one 700 in your life, how would you feel if that award were damaged?


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Edited on 1/19/2004 12:17 PM