Author Topic: Tournament oiling (Read 470 times)

Ragnar · « **on:** June 06, 2005, 03:45:40 AM »

I bowled a tournament this weekend that had what I would consider a peculiar notion about oiling. There were squads of doubles and singles with team, men and women at the same time (i.e., men's teams and women's teams bowled at the same time as did mens and womens D/S), but as far as I could tell D/S did NOT necessarily alternate with team - you might have two D/S squads back to back. Mixed doubles on Friday nights, the rest on Saturday and Sunday. They oiled every 12 games, regardless of what event was to follow, so you might get fresh oil for every event or for none depending on squad times and oiling rotation. I would have thought oiling before every team (or D/S) squad would have made more sense and been more fair. Just wondering what your thoughts are on this.

One result of this was that I caught a pair unlike anything I've ever seen before. One squad of ladies, with mostly plastic equipment, going between 10 and 30, followed by a qroup of big handed guys with resin or particles torching from 10 to the ditch. So, no real pattern when I caught the pair. You might find an oil spot somewhere, but you would burn it out quickly and have to look somewhere else. To quote an old expression, I had air.
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janderson · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2005, 04:21:46 PM »

Rags, out of curiosity, what was the entry fee and prize fund breakdown?

Over the last 5/6 years, it seems like there are more and more tournaments cropping up similar to the one you describe. The event organizers don't seem to worry about (dare I say even care?) even the pretense of everyone bowling on a similar lane condition. What you get is what you get.

In some ways, it can be unfair, especially when you have house bowlers that know the lane guy and can get a schedule of when the lanes will be dressed, how they will be dressed, and who is bowling when and on what pair. They can pretty much pick and choose what pattern they want to play on. Add handicaps and the situation gets even worse pretty quickly.

In other ways, it is simply hit or miss. Just like any other situation, it can be random luck that determines whether or not the conditions will play into any bowler's "A" game or not. Even if they do, there's always the chance that the bowler will have an off day.

I feel your pain in catching a poorly or oddly developed pair. It happened to me at both state and nationals this year. All you can do is shrug it off and do the best you can with the conditions you've got. Anything else is so much crying over spilled milk.

By the way, how did you end up?
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Author Topic: Tournament oiling (Read 470 times)

Ragnar

Tournament oiling

janderson

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