JOEinSD

Any SLers bowl? Like, actually bowl in leagues, tournaments, etc..

After about a 7 year break, I took bowling last semester just to kill time and to have as a GPA booster. Now, I'm just starting to really get back into it .

I made it to junior nationals and bowled in Vegas in 2000. Made a few scholarship bucks in those days.. Also bowled in the Junior Bowlers Tour for a couple of years.

So, bowlers.. Where you at?!

NYNCTC

iTrader: (2)

hahaha very cool. i didnt do bowling but i did fencing, and still do (pays me now haha).

how does bowling work? like do you have a team or is it individual or did you have a coach?

JOEinSD

There's both team and individual events. Sometimes in doubles or team events you bowl one game all together, alternating turns. So you get like 2-3 shots each. Lol. My gf used to fence in HS. I never got to see her do it though because she stopped just the year before we started going out. There are coaches out there, but I never had one presonally. Just pretty much learned on my own and from the others that I bowled with.

So are you getting scholarships from fencing, or straight cash prizes? I'm over 21 now so I could actually bowl for money now. Before, if I bowled in any even that gave out cash vs scholarships I would've lost all my previous earnings.

NYNCTC

iTrader: (2)

in fencing, the money is in world cups, USA doesnt give out crap. colleges and universities have scholarships, but only if you are in the top 50 or so and know the coach.

i coach fencing now, and still do the occasional NAC (north american cup) but my students are getting good and i like to be there to coach them, not fence them haha.

RedneckwithanxB

we have a team starting up here at work. mainly an excuse to get drunk on tuesday nights, but fun none the less... and by far one of my favorite sports, because it requires nearly no physical activity

JOEinSD

JOEinSD

That's pretty awesome.

RedneckwithanxB

I was speaking ironically

Stevemg

iTrader: (2)

yup, ive bowled for like, 8 years. I am in a league right now.

JOEinSD

Steve - Did you ever bowl YABA or in JBT?

Khans

The lovely boyfriend was on a league that ended in April. He recruited me for next year. I'm pretty much worthless after 2 games... my fingers start to hurt!

JOEinSD

Last week I bowled 15 straight games in one session. And probably a total of 25 - 30 for the week. Lol. My hands were fine..

Subcompact Culture

Just finished my USBC league. I'd been in a couple of non-sanctioned leagues, but this was the first. Not sure if I'll start back up again in September, though.

JOEinSD

Haha. I just started my first USBC league last week. It's my first adult league, too. At the end of the season we get to go to Laughlin for a weekend about $50 each. But I'm not sure if I'm going..

pickledchang

used to bowl for my high school team back in like '02. yeah, we went to state, lol. i think we took like 17th place or something, but man was it fun. id like to get back into it, i had like a 175 avg back then, but havent bowled sober since.