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I do, although I'm pretty hopeless at it but I usually like it simply for it being a fun night out. Whether this is practical or not, I don't know but I was thinking that in the future, if a meet-up was being organised then maybe we'd could try something different for a change like bowling. Reckon it would be a laugh, just depends how many would be interested. :-)

Never been.x

GREAT IDEA andy!!! I love ten pin bowling! I'm either brilliant or rubbish and I find the more I drink the better I get :-) YAY YAY YAY!! becx

Me!! I don't mind making a fool of myself. Jacky :-)

Yeah I've found that too, Bec. We had a company night out about a fortnight ago and whilst sober (was driving), I stood a better chance if I had been playing blindfold. The only time I played under the influence, I was on target, lol.

Lol Andy!!! Let's go bowling!!! I used to organise a weekly trip to our local alley and we had so much fun :-) Becx

Yes, I love bowling wish I was oop north. Sometimes great at it, sometimes rubbish but a couple of beers helps either way. LOL Jan

I like 10 pin. There's a gang of us going next month (we have the whole place) for an evening of 5 PIN - though I think that this is just a Canadian sport? Deb

I've been to Arbroath once to do it, but I'm rubbish! lol :-)

OMG!!!! Last first and ONLY time I tried 10-pin bowling I ended up flat on me face skidding towards the pins. Well how was I to know your supposed to let go of the bliddy thing??? Arms, legs, knees and other bits everywhere!!! No way am I going bowling again!! Unless, of course, there's a cheap bar involved ....

because of the shape i find it difficult to bowl them pins straight

I can visualise the bowling technique in my minds eye but when it comes to releasing the bowling ball, that's when it sometimes goes wrong and without knowing it, I'm swinging the thing and pulling it in the direction of the gutter. My mate plays for a local team every Tuesday, but narrowly avoided being beaten at it by my boss recently, which is just as well as we would never have heard the last of it from my boss, lol.

sound like great fun! am c**p at it though, but its such a laugh!!

We take the kids every couple of months, which is great because when you play with kids you can use the bumpers to stop the ball rolling off the lane. The kids love it because they usually win! Liz x

A bunch of us are going tenpin Bowling this evening.

ME ME ME - I love bowling - and I'm a bit of a shark too when we g oing? I'm free after April 9th for the rest of my life.

Great fun! Used to go every week in my teens and got pretty good at it, but not been for years. What's Whitley Bay got to offer? CB >|<

I thought Whitley bay was all Ice Rink and wind (as in sea gusts not pprrrrrtp)

Does Whitley Bay still have Spanish City? I know that's a funfair rather than 10 pin bowling, but just curious.

Whwn I saw the title of your thread I thought 'that would be a good idea for a meet'. I'm hopless but get better the more alcohol I consume lol. Jack x