Friday & Saturday

Friday & Saturday brought a fair amount of down time and also unofficial practice. Unofficial practice sessions gives us chances get used to the surroundings and familiarise ourselves with the centre. The lanes are dressed with medium & short patterns but not the official patterns. Those are chosen after unofficial practice has ended. 

Friday we practiced in the morning for 2 hours, it felt good to be able to bowl after a long day of travelling. I personally found the approaches quite tight but after an hour or so I had settled. Nicki & I went for a much needed deep tissue massage in the afternoon, deep is an understatement and although we left feeling tender, we both felt much more at ease. 

The opening ceremony was Friday evening, we all got taken to the Henderson Pavilion which is an outdoor amphitheatre, the heat was almost unbearable so we didn't stay around there long. 

Here's the girls at the opening ceremony..... 

Saturday we had practice time in the evening so we managed together some chill out time by the pool..... Which was nice. The temperature was HOT so we spent most of the afternoon in & out of the pool to keep cool. Practice went well again and we were all starting to feel more relaxed on the lanes. 

The managers meeting was held last night and the official patterns were announced. We will play on WTBA Sydney which is 33ft and WTBA Seoul which is 39ft. 

http://www.worldtenpinbowling.com/pdf/WTBASydney33-12.pdf

http://www.worldtenpinbowling.com/pdf/WTBASeoul39-12.pdf

Today we have official practice, which will be on the tournament patterns. It's a scheduled practice where you practice for 15 minutes and then move lanes so you get to bowl across the whole centre. After official practice today we have to choose which 6 balls we will keep for tournament play. 

I'll write again soon after practice!! 

J xx