JUST A COMMENT:
I've been bowling the NATIONALS for as long as I can remember. I usually pay the fee for the following year when I bowl! Last year (2009) there was question whether the two teams would come together .. a lot to do with bowlers losing their jobs. Fees for 2010 were NOT collected.
Some time this month I started to think about booking. After talking to Team members it looked like there was NO WAY we were going this year! At first I was thinking where do I go to join another group? Now I'm sort of settled with the idea that I will miss this year!
I usually take my wife and stay 3 nights .. when I think of the cost related to the trip .. flight/hotel/meals/pleasure I honestly don't think it's worth it. Thinking about putting the money towards a cruise and having a great time of it. I'll enter a neighborhood tournament and have some fun!
Maybe some day they'll get to run the Nationals some place on the East coast and give the other half of the country a break!
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J O E - F A L C O
RIP Thong Princess/Sawbones