Ball prices are ridiculous over here as is almost all other equiptment.
You really have to find a great driller who knows his stuff too or buying the wrong ball and thats your lot for a season.
Second hand stuff is real hard to get. My driller knows I'll buy preety much anything decent when its going and that, together with blems, is the only way I can keep up with the competition.
At present in my main bag I have 2 second hand balls and 1 blem.
I do have another new one on order only because I won my local sratch league and thats given me some money free to spend on a ball.
As for balls, we dont really see that much soup so best balls are in the medium to dry class. Occassionally we do see a bit of carrydown and are pushed towards a med/heavy. Its great to see me who doesnt have great hand hooking my Thing Returns across the lane where others are moaning they cant get their Raging Infernos back to the pocket.
You still see a lot of people with the strongest ball that they can get and then wondering why it doesnt work after 4 games on a light oil shot. Nothing much different to the USA.
Thats where getting the right driller comes into the equation. Its even more important than in the USA due to the cost. I myself was so lucky to drop , by accident, onto a young driller who I think in the next few years will be in the top 2-3 in the UK, if he isnt already.
Scores wise. Where Im from 700's are rare with only 1-2 shot each season. The 2 lanes I bowl at have both only had 1 300 shot in each. One of them is 14 years old and the other has been open on and off for about 10 years.
I have seen 1 800 and that was at a special event where one of our top guys shot 804.
There are quite a few places where scoring is much better like in the main town/cities wher bowling has been around a lot longer. Like Nottingham, London and the like. There are some great bowlers in the UK who could hold their own on the Regional side in the USA. Some of the top players went over and bowled in your Nationals last year and finished quite high up. I think they were the RollRite gang from Nottingham. Mario Joseph is their coach and he is one of the best in the UK. You may have seen his site.
I hope that has given you a little bit of info about where I bowl and bowling in the UK. Most of us are just hacks who love the game and we are more than happy just to play the game like most of you.
We still think we can find the secret to bowling great and if we ever get hold of that magic ball you can bet we'll be out on the PBA showing you how it should be done.
Well we can all dream cant we.............
and write lonnnngggg posts.
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Happy go lucky bowler from the UK
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