Friday Night Out Bowling League

Hello Friday Night Out bowlers, I have some information in regards of the COVID 19 guidelines. You will need to use a mask at all time whilebinside the premises, you will be allow to removed it on the actual lane on your turn to bowl afterwards you will have to place it back on. You can also lower or move your mask when eating or drinking. This are the guidelines from the county and the center as well lets make sure we help the alley on following the rules if we want to stay bowling for the whole season. Also you still have time to get your equipment to the center and get it to USBC standards, this goes for weight holes and if you only bowl with 2 fingers and have a thumb hole, you will have to get thumb hole fill or use jt while bowling if thumb hole get fill it will need to have a mark in this case an X to ensure that the palm of the hand cover it before each release this are the new rule by USBC and we have to adhere to them. Please share this information with everyone that you know that bowls with us on Friday since I dont have everyone on my Facebook and want them to get the message before we start bowling. Thank you and see you guys next week on the 11th of September at 7:15 for the meeting.

Hello Friday night out league the season is about to start, and i will like to encourage to pay for your sanction thru bowl.com is easy and you can use you credit card for payments. Remember that sanctions are to be pay in cash or check at the bowling alley. This year sanction is 23.00 dollars. One last thing we start on September 11 with the meeting starting at 7:30 pm please be on time to start meeting on time and hit the lanes quick.

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NEW USBC EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

This caught a few bowlers off guard last week in at least one league, so let's cover this right now...again.

The USBC initiated a few rule changes beginning August 1st. And the biggest change regards bowling balls and extra "balance" or "weight" holes.

I'm not going to get into the exact details of describing this, so please note, this is very basic lingo.

First off, a balance or weight hole was allowed prior to August 1st, and it's basically drilled into a ball, never intended for use by your fingers. It's there to counter act the weight inside a bowling ball or to add to it...in other words, less hook or more hook...for the most part.

Here is the exact new rule, in its entirety, as take from the 2020-2021 USBC Playing Rules.

7. Drilling Requirements. All balls used in USBC certified competition must meet the following requirements:

a. Holes.

1) Holes or indentations for gripping purposes
i) Shall not exceed five and shall be limited to one for each finger and one for the thumb, all for the same hand.
ii) Shall not exceed 1-9/16” diameter and 4-1/2” deep, including holes required to install removable devices.
iii) Must be used on every delivery.

2) Any secondary hole drilled inside of a gripping hole that is not intended for gripping purpose is considered a void and not allowed.

3) No balance holes are allowed.

4) Balls without a thumb hole must have a scribed or engraved cross-hair lines (“+”) near the center of the palm to indicate the grip orientation. The ball must be delivered in the marked orientation (i.e. palm must cover the “+”).

5) One vent hole for each finger and/or thumb hole, not to exceed 1/4 inch in diameter is permitted.

6) One mill hole for inspection purposes not to exceed 5/8 inch in diameter and 1/8 inch in depth is permitted.

b. Balance. For balls weighing more than 10.00 pounds (all measurements are to be taken with respect to the center of grip):

1) No more than 3 ounces of top/bottom weight, left/right weight and finger/thumb weight.

2) A ball used without any holes or indentations may not have more than three-ounce difference between any two halves of the ball. For center of grip determination and balls weighing 10.00 pounds or less see the USBC Equipment Specifications Rule.

So, the end result is that you CAN NOT use any bowling balls in sanctioned competition with any weight or balance holes in them anymore. They are illegal. Furthermore, some tournament directors may also stipulate that such balls are illegal in their events, even if the event is not sanctioned. The tournament director creates the rules. If you are not sure, just ask.

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