Best of luck with the league! We have been bowling a short session summer league for the past six weeks now. It has been "okay" but not super fun. It gets us out of the house for a couple of hours each week.
The local association never comes to our meetings. It is usually the bowling center hosting the meeting, setting up the rules, helping get officers selected, etc. My bowling center said they are leaving it up to bowlers to deal with the rule changes that went in to effect on August 1st. They are not going to go out of their way to enforce them or remind people of them. At one point, the pro shop had 30 balls lined up on the work bench getting extra holes plugged, so as far as they are concerned people are aware of it. Uh, okay.
For the start of our summer league, the bowling center did the whole thing over the PA system and didn't want us gathered/huddled together. Worked out OK. The scoresheets are now printed at the desk at the end of the night and handled by the bowling center. That way there are no issues of scoresheets being handled multiple times by multiple people. The league money envelopes are still the same.
All the local pandemic guidelines have pretty much been thrown out the window at this point, unfortunately. There are only 2 hand sanitizer stations in the bowling area of the 48 lane center. People are maskless, hugging, giving five, sharing food, etc. I stay masked up, away from others, and do my best not to touch anyone else. Definitely no eating or drinking while bowling.
They came around during league last night and started getting everyone signed up for winter leagues. Sounds like it is going to be business as usual despite what the state is mandating for activities like bowling. From what we have been hearing, bowling center patronage is down drastically. People still see it is a very risky activity and do not want to set foot anywhere near a bowling center. Based on what I have witnessed the past few weeks on my league, I don't blame them one bit.
I am hanging with it for something to do. There is no telling when it will be taken away from us again so I try to enjoy my time there as much as I can.
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