Wednesday 16th July 2008
I was fairly happy with the first unofficial practice session. I got to use the majority of the equipment I brought with me. The patterns we played on were a long & short, apparently the official tournament patterns but we'll see.
I've been on holiday recently so I havent bowled much in the past 3 weeks, I used today to loosen up and get used to the surroundings in the bowl. The concourse area of the bowl is quite dark with the main lighting in the seating and approach area. The seating area is also a little different to the centres at home, more tables but much more space too. I'll add a photo tomorrow!
We went to City Walk @ Universal Studios. It's just a village of shops, restaurants & bars with a relaxed but enjoyable atmosphere! The girls went for a meal at Hard Rock Cafe, which was lovely as always, walked around the shops, had matching air brush tattoos then headed back to the hotel for some more sleep!
Thursday 17th July 2008
As the tournament doesn't start officialy until tomorrow we had today to do as we pleased. We had a late morning and spent an hour fooling around in the pool before heading to the bowl for more unofficial practice!
In practice today I spent more time watching the ball reactions and seeing how the patterns broke down. I was happy with the reactions of the majority of my equipment just making slight changes.
The equipment I have with me are -
Roto Grip Cell
Hammer Black Widow
Brunswick Ultra Zone
Ebonite Complete NV
Storm T Road Pearl
Brunswick Blast Zone
Lane Masetrs Hornet
I didn't have great reactions with the Hornet or the Black Widow so at the moment they are the 2 which I will be leaving out when I select 6 for tournament use.
The Boardwalk Bowl is an 80 lane centre split into 48 & 32. Official practice ( tomorrow morning at 11.30 ) gives us the opportunity to play across the whole centre which we haven't had during unofficial practice.
We're gonna settle down now and watch some Lee Evans! I'll write again tomorrow hopefully with some photos!!
JoJo xox
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