league options

[bdpeters]

SO i has been a real long time since I have bowled on a league but i would like to get into it again. I was at my local center last night and seen that they had a couple of interesting options. they have a couple of new leagues starting that are short (14 weeks) anyway they are 12 dollars a week and include a free Brunswick C system ball at the end if you pay for all 14 weeks. I thought that it sounded like a pretty good deal. any thought on this?

Bri

[littlelegs]

Sounds like a pretty good deal. The 'free ball' our local center gives is usually the cheapest spare/plastic ball they can find. Only real downside I can see is there's a chance they aren't USBC sanctioned leagues and if so you won't have a handicap for tournaments etc. It'd be a good way to ease back into leagues though considering most sanctioned leagues are now over half way through the season.

[TCDale]

I would love to be able to join one of these leagues, but, the locals here just dont do anything like this to drive customers into league bowlers.

I can do the "ball" league down in Indy at Woodland Bowl, (one of my FAVORITE places to bowl) and I wish I lived closer than I do now.

For those that have more than a couple of choices locally for bowling, I envy you, I truly do.

[got_a_300]

Yes sounds like a good to fantastic deal to me as it all depends on which one of the
Brunswick C system balls it is as to wither it is a good deal or a fantastic deal.

1. Brunswick C (System)2.5 = a good deal

2. Brunswick C (System)3.5 = a better deal

3. Brunswick C (System)4.5 = even a better deal

4. Brunswick C (System) ulti-max = a Fantastic deal

[littlelegs]

I was working on the theory that it'd be the 2.5. If it's any better than that...coo. Can I come bowl there too? :p

[J Anderson]

In my neck of the woods it would be a fantastic deal. Our lineage is pushing $11!

[littlelegs]

We're paying around $8 I think for lineage so I should probably stop complaining about our local lanes....

[got_a_300]

Our linage here is $9.33 per league night and we get open bowling for $1.00 per game
anytime lanes are available. Then on Saturday night Cyber bowling we can rent the lane
from 7:00 PM until closing time which is usually around 11:00 or 12:00 PM for $10.00 per
person for 4 - 5 hours of unlimited bowling and in 4 hrs. you can bowl quite a few games
so we always get our moneys worth of games.

[littlelegs]

That's where we lose out - the open play is $2.55 or so. There is 8-11 bowling on Wednesdays but being midweek and after league I rarely want to bowl that late. Silly thing is if they had cheaper open play for league bowlers I'd probably end up spending more total. Oh well.

[got_a_300]

That's where we lose out - the open play is $2.55 or so.
Ouch!!! $2.55 a game even though you are a league bowler wow that is quite high IMO.
Our regular non league bowler rate is only $1.99 per game for open bowling during the
weekdays/weeknights and until 7:00 PM on Saturday then it goes up to $2.99 per game
unless they do the Cyber bowl special. On Sunday after 5:00 PM we have what they call
Quarter Mania where you pay a $5.00 cover charge if you want to bowl and then bowl all
you want for .25¢ per game and also the hot dogs, and coffee, are just .25¢ each so I
guess living here in the south does have some advantages on the price of things.

[bdpeters]

So I gave out the wrong information. I thought it was a C system ball but in fact it is a T zone. I guess that is OK if I was in need of a spare ball. I may just join anyway to get the experience in a league. around here open bowling is generally 2.50 to 3 bucks a game so I suppose it is not too bad of a deal. sorry for the mix up.

Bri

[TCDale]

You know you could join the league and donate that ball to a deserving youth bowler that isnt able to have their own ball, something like that.. helping out the future while we enjoy today, so to speak! :)

[littlelegs]

The league experience would probably be good anyways. Certainly I find more distractions in league bowling and I know am far from unique in often scoring lower in league than in practice. Of course...the difference is really all in the head :/

[got_a_300]

So I gave out the wrong information. I thought it was a C system ball but in fact it is a T zone. I guess that is OK if I was in need of a spare ball. I may just join anyway to get the experience in a league. around here open bowling is generally 2.50 to 3 bucks a game so I suppose it is not too bad of a deal. sorry for the mix up.

Bri

I have to say well then that is not the greatest deal by far if it is a T Zone ball but as you said you would get the
experience of being in a league and you'd get a good spare ball too and that is the same ball I use for my spares.

[billf]

We pay $13 for each of my leagues with $8.50 for lineage. Non-league open bowlers is $4 a game, league $2.50. Glow-mania (yuck) is $15 a person for four hours. League bowlers can also purchase a pass during the fall and winter for $25 a month, good during any time there is an open lane during open bowling. That translates to most days before 5 pm as they have leagues every single evening.

We also had a summer league a few years ago where the participants got their choice of ball up to a certain amount. I picked a Hammer Hawg. Paid $21 a week for that.

[chad_k]

house i am at now, depending on what the pro shop can get, their ball leagues offer a variety of balls, from storm, hammer, ebonite, and so forth.
you can get an entry level, mid level, or high end depending on what you pay each week

[resstealth]

Our house lets the league bowlers come in and bowl free at any time, ive came in and bowled 4 or 5 hours some days.

[got_a_300]

Our house lets the league bowlers come in and bowl free at any time, ive came in and bowled 4 or 5 hours some days.

Wow free bowling where is your center located at I might just move there so I can get the free practice LOL!!!!

[billf]

Free bowling for league members. What are the league fees, $100 a week per league?

[got_a_300]

Yippee I get all the free practice I want and free league linage at the center now
since I became the new Pro Shop Mgr.

[swingset]

Our house lets the league bowlers come in and bowl free at any time, ive came in and bowled 4 or 5 hours some days.

Dang, that would be awesome. I only pay $2 which is fair for a league bowler but even then serious practice adds up.

[10-in-the-pit]

I think it's a pretty good deal (even not knowing which ball it is exactly). $168 total cost of bowling including the ball (probably will need to pay for drilling/inserts). It wont' be a sanctioned league, but that probably doesn't matter. Go for it and just have fun!