The Book Club Invitational World Championship

Gentlemen, I think we can all agree that the first Book Club Invitational World Championship was a success. While Willy the 'Whale' only got one prediction right (TLR 6th) there were certainly a few cats thrown among the pigeons with the man from Del Monte raising a few eye brows with 6 spares or strikes in a row. Magical stuff.

The sponsors have brought something to the attention of the BCIWC committee- the strike dancing. Some of the dances were quite lacklustre to say the least. This is something we need to be working on as this is something that draws the fans. More fans means more sponsorship and as we are ambassadors of the fine game, ultimately it is our responsibility.

The CEO of the bowling alley will apparently be made aware of our competition. Rumour has it that the CEO will be choppered in to present the trophy to the champion.

There was a stewards inquiry into the fans standing on the runway of lane #7 for parts of the 2nd and 3rd game. While the stewards concluded that it may have had an impact on the run up of the bowlers it is an unavoidable fact that the competition is going to draw interest from other punters and we are not in a position to control their actions.

Finally, to flash or not to flash. It would have come as no surprise to anyone lucky (?) enough to know schmertie and Midfield Maestro that there was an argument between the two of them (several, actually). Issue was taken with the flash of schmerties camera and then his reluctance to allow photos to be taken of him. While Schmertie will claim to have the moral compass for life I think we need to make sure that what is good for one is good for all. After all, the pressure of the flash does funny things to a man.