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looseleftie

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What does your centre do to promote and encourage league bowling?
« on: January 21, 2009, 10:10:11 PM »
I walked into my centre tonight, and couldn't really see how league bowling is encouraged for the most part.. They do have a fliers board (as u enter the centre)with pamphlets containing info re leagues,but I'm guessing most walk in bowlers simply walk by it without so much of a thought, bowl their games, walk right past it, and go home, then come back in another 6 months or so....

How can a centre really promote leagues?? Is it display boards, or enthusiastic staff, or both needed to make people aware that leagues even exist.. I feel that most people are not even aware of what a league is..
Is it commiting time into a weekly social activity, or the cost, or the length of the season, do not know!!!

What does your cente do?

Can u think of any good ideas, as I would love to suggest/offer something to my centre, as I am very fond of it, and want all the leagues to continue, and prosper. I have been bowling since 2000, and since then most leagues have dropped from 4 to 3 man teams. The number of teams has also dropped, some leagues are now down to 2's... My very first adult league use to have 64 bowlers in it, it is now down to 16, u do the math.. Sad!!

Why is it not considered unusual when picking up golf for instance to take a few lessons, and newbies to golf establishing a handicap...

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9andaWiggle

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Re: What does your centre do to promote and encourage league bowling?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 06:27:42 AM »
The biggest detriment I see is that dreaded 30+ week schedule (dreaded for the 90% of people who don't take bowling as serious as most on this site do).  Unless you're in the UP, most people don't feel like bowling the first or last 6 weeks due to nice weather outside.

Unfortunately, around here they don't like to start the short leagues until mid January and summer.  I don't want to start a league in January because by March I'm ready to get outside.  Why can't they run short leagues from Nov. 1 into Feb, when people are looking for "inside" things to do?

There is one local center that sends out a pamphlet to all current league bowlers, plus I think he gets some addys to put them randomly in the mail to non-league bowlers.  It lists the different leagues, a description of each, and when they start/end and the cost.  This one is the exception.  Most places seem to just unlock the door and wait for someone to bring a league in begging for a place to play.

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Re: What does your centre do to promote and encourage league bowling?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 02:10:26 PM »
your last sentence is what my center does........ sits on his jack and does nothing........ AT ALL.
He stated when he bought the place he was there to see how the machines worked and to tinker... he was not a people person at all.. but he is too cheap to hire a MANAGER.....
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FAILURE IS FEEDBACK. AND FEEDBACK IS THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS THAT GOT DIGESTED!

Ten pin?????? Where?? I throw a BUZZSAW there is NUTTIN left on the deck...

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Member of the FOS, if there happens to be a 9 pin standing just toss a saw and cut it down~~!
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