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40 Boards is thinking about your request for a cheaper tournament.
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Baker...Why doesn't my ball hk?
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What would "the man" tell you? Nothing is free! LMAO
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Baker...Why doesn't my ball hk?
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No offense taken.  I try promoting tournaments that I am going to participate in to hopefully get more entries.  Its sad that more tournament directors themselves (exclude jeff and tony) won't come on here and promote their own tournaments but I try and do it for them, but thats really for my own benefit.  For example I bowled at Nellie Fox this week and the first few times I bowled they had 18 total brackets and probably 30 guys.  I posted it on here and they had 40 brackets and 52 players and most of the guys saw it on here so this is a great chance for tournaments to get around the area because very few actually promote them anymore which is why alot of them are struggling with entries.
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"Typical House Bowler"

To add to Durst's post...

Yesterday, we had 34 entries for the 8 gamer and quite a few were first timers which is encouraging as we go forward. Latise & I just want to thank everyone who came out and played.

To help folks better understand Kegel's Rt.66 pattern, it's a 45ft pattern that dictates that all bowlers stay closer to the pocket. The groove of the pattern is between the 3rd and 2nd arrow. Ft Meade has the down the lane locaters, so the idea was to not throw the ball right of 11 at the breakpoint which was the outside locater. And because the pattern is flat, when you play outside of the 2nd arrow, it becomes tougher to score.

At one point, the right handers were looking worried as 3 left hander out of 4 were all in the top 6. I’ll give the lefties credit, they weren’t hell bent on playing up 5 and I could see why they were sitting 1, 2 & 4 in the standings at the halfway point. Once enough right handers figured out to move in between 10 & 15 the pattern started to get a groove and that’s when we saw the scoring pace jump up.

40 Boards is going to try and continue to offer a variety of patterns as we have had down house shots, modified patterns, PBAx patterns and a Kegel pattern so far in the ’08-’09 season We’ll announce February’s location shortly!

34 entries – paid out $5,130 in prize money, pots, survivals & 67 brackets
1. 1,818 - 227.25 - Joe Tremper
2. 1,806 - 225.75 - Chhoeun To
3. 1,786 - 223.25 - Terry Wiley
4. 1,778 - 222.25 - Billy Asbury
5. 1,770 - 221.25 - Don Slebodnik
6. 1,738 - 217.25 - Keni Lowe Jr.

Honors
299 Joe Tremper – Roto Grip Cell Pearl
290 Don Slebodnik – Storm Virtual Gravity
289 Chhoeun To – Storm Dimension
279 Terry Wiley – Storm Gravity Shift

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Edited on 1/11/2009 10:36 AM

Stephen, thanks for the compliment on the pattern. Announcing the pattern on the spot accomplished exactly what you commented on. It left the majority of the field guessing except those that bowled Venus & Mars Mixed Doubles in Jersey this past summer. It was interesting watching how folks were attacking the pattern. It placed some serious emphasis on the 10 minutes of warm-up as folks had to use the time to "read the lanes". It reminded me that I need to pay better attention to what my ball(s) are seeing on the lane too.

You could tell folks were lining up as each game passed as the scoring pace jumped up! Kegel Challenge series patterns are very playable and more importantly score-able which was demonstrated by the 299 (lefty) and 290 (righty) we are submitting to USBC.
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Baker...Why doesn't my ball hk?
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