Week 1 of 10 for my New concept league – Drop in Singles. I wasn’t really sure what to expect in terms of people turning up… Initially I was hoping that I would get about 10, then after some great feed back, I got a panic on in case too many people turned up. But in the end the number was somewhere in the middle at 18 (8 In the championship 185 average) It was especially nice to see a couple of new faces to Dunstable Casper Mcleod and Phil Ganewski as well as welcoming back to bowling some who haven’t picked up a ball in 18+ months… James Wheeler, The Hat Jason O’Dell and Sexy J Jackie Wyatt In this league you don’t play against an opponent, you get points per game based on the other scores in your division. I know, I know only I can turn a simple game of tenpin bowling in something where you need a degree in maths to follow. As well as the league money that will be paid out at the end of season there are also weekly high game and high series pots in both divisions. In the Championship – Gerry Wrathalls 235 game and Sexy J’s 792 series won the pots. And in the Premiership Paul Loberman fresh from his coaching session with Andy started the league with a great set that saw him win the high game pot with a 279 and high series pot with a 924. Your best 6 weeks out of the 10 will count towards your end of season position. So, for some week 1 will be a definite counter and for others they may have the luxury of dropping this week if they play enough weeks. If you want to come and try this league then it’s on every Monday at Dunstable – 7.30 registration for a 8.00pm start. View the latest drop in standings 
About the Dunstable Drop in Singles By Daniel BonfieldI’ve had a dream… ok I’m being a bit dramatic. But I did wake up one night, couldn’t get back to sleep and starting thinking, how can I rejuvenate league bowling? Why does it need rejuvenating…? Well I was really looking at the leagues at my home centre Dunstable, which once had a thriving league program with leagues having waiting lists to join. Slowly leagues have folded and vanished or many of the remaining leagues only have half the teams or have gone from 4’s to trios then to doubles. I’m sure there are probably similar stories from centres all round the country. The “model” most leagues use hasn’t changed in decades. You play all the teams in the league 3 or 4 times and you my play Peterson points or play team points for the game or series. The league is handicap or occasionally a scratch league. And what I heard from going to league AGM’s and listening to bowlers over the years was it was getting harder and harder for team captains to find players who could bowl every week or could commit to playing in a league for 40 weeks of the year. And half the teams in the league had got bored because they had become the whipping boys of the league and once you’re at the bottom of a league getting players to bowl becomes even harder. It’s getting harder to get people out in the evening to bowl league. There’s more competition for our leisure and recreational time then ever. We don’t even need to leave the house to be entertained anymore – we all have the t’internet and with netflix’s, prime, Disney + and catch up tv there’s always something to watch. Not like the old days – when it was a choice between coronation street or tomorrow’s world (perhaps I’m showing my age there). So I wanted a league that was flexible, where you don’t have to turn up every week and something that doesn’t have handicaps but still offers something for everyone. And this is what I’m doing
Dunstable Divisional Drop in Singles…4 games – cost £20 / Week or £17.50 / week – depending on what division you’re in.
This is going to be a brand new way of looking at league bowling.. and I will explain it best I can.. .
So there are two divisions – a Premiership for the 185+ bowlers and a Championship
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