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Kevspins2

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Prebowling Mix-up
« on: April 19, 2009, 07:54:46 AM »
I have a question, My team and I pre-bowled today because we will be missing league this next week. The lanes were bad, and I mean BAD, I ended up throwing a straight ball at the head pin. I am not a sour grapes person so I just figured we must have been bowling on open bowling conditionn and continued to bowl. We finished the prebowl out most of us 20 pins under our average every game.

When taking our scores to the office we were informed we were bowling on the 2009 USBC Nationals Shot that had been put out on Saturday (so the shot was 48 hours old) because those were the only lanes available.

Should we be allowed to rebowl?

I don't want to be that person, but I think it's very unfair that we didn't have any prior notice that the conditions were far from league conditions. And we're in a tight race for first.
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Re: Prebowling Mix-up
« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2009, 12:19:28 PM »
The center should have told you that it was the USBC pattern.  They knew it and you didn't.  People that say you should ask are kind of right. If you want to make 100% sure then you should (I always do) byt any center worth a crap would have told you and moved you.
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luv2C10falll

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Re: Prebowling Mix-up
« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2009, 12:33:15 PM »
The same thing happened to a team yesterday after our pba exp.league,an when we were done a team did a make-up on one our pairs.We are on the shark pattern,so you know how fun that can be.We know what to expect before hand.So I went up to the desk to let them know before the team had started,an thier response was"Who cares,That's thier problem".I had stay'd to practice more on the pair. I could see they were NOT having fun.The highest game I saw was 116
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mmcfarland300

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Re: Prebowling Mix-up
« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2009, 01:06:09 PM »
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The center should have told you that it was the USBC pattern.  They knew it and you didn't.  People that say you should ask are kind of right. If you want to make 100% sure then you should (I always do) byt any center worth a crap would have told you and moved you.
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First of all any pattern that was laid out 48 hrs ago is no longer a pattern.  The center has no responsibility to tell you up front when and what has been laid out.  The person working the counter probably didnt even know when the lanes were last oiled.
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Re: Prebowling Mix-up
« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2009, 01:26:10 PM »
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I don't know any center in our area that would strip and oil for a pre bowl.  You want to pre bowl, you take your chances.  

though we did have one team that pre bowled during 100 degree weather and broken A/C in the center.  They bowled horrible and then wanted to rebowl during league.  The same league day and time they couldn't seem to make and wanted to pre bowl for.  Go figure.  Needless to say, the league voted that their scores (during the A/C outage) stood.

Erin



Bummer.  Our center always made sure that pre/post bowlers had a fresh shot laid down.  Of course you had to make arrangements on the pre/post bowl so they knew you were coming, but at least they always gave you the same preparations as the league.
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Re: Prebowling Mix-up
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2009, 01:29:59 PM »
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The center has no responsibility to tell you up front when and what has been laid out.  The person working the counter probably didnt even know when the lanes were last oiled.


I don't know if I'd go that far.  When prebowling, you can't guarantee a fresh shot, but if they know the shot is completely different than what the rest of the league will bowl on, they should at least tell you up front, or better yet, make every effort to find a "normal" pair.
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