Bowling Wed 28 Dec 2011

Fourteen bowlers turned up for some festive fun at Lanna this week. So 2 teams of 3 and 2 of 4 making an even split. And a very close game it was between lanes 21, 23 and 24. At least they were the lanes to start with. But then the mechanical problems set in. They broke lanes 21 and 22, so they were designated down the road a bit, only to break those lanes after not too long. Meantime, they fixed 21 and 22, so back they came to resume the game. Then.......we broke 23 and 24, so off we went to some other lanes, where we managed to finish the game. But, for the sake of simplicity, Lane 23 were the eventual winners with 2,512 pins. Lane 21 came in second with 2,485 ( no prize this week ) and lane 24 not that far behind, with 2,474. After game 1, lane 21 were winning. Game 2 it was lane 24 and lane 23 eventually coming out on top! So it really was a close call. Stewart +81, Steve J -23, Les +3 and Michael +51 made up the winning team. High score winners.......H, game 1 and 233. Stewart took 2nd and 3rd games with 251 and 246. Other over-handicappers..........John V, +47. Tip, +27. H, +30. Ben, +46 and RJ, +30. So some good bowling going down this week. And top gross bowler was Stewart with a very good 537. Sorry, no photo this week. But an eventfull and fun time at Lanna. Well played everyone.......Hope to see you all again soon......Happy New Year!

Bowling Wed 21 Dec 2011

Legs eleven bowlers again, making 2 teams of 4 and 1 of 3. Apparently, a team of 3, has a very slight advantage over a foursome. Not much we can do about that and not sure exactly why, but this week, as last week, the threesome took first prize, and by a slender 17 pin margin over lane 19 with a 2,451 pin total. Lennart -32, Ta -4 and anchorman David L with +75 made up the winning team. Hi score winners, game 1, Stewart with 251 and B60. Games 2 and 3, David L with 225 and 250, B80 and B60 respectively. Other over-averagers were Les +42, Stewart +62, John V +28 and JJ with +19. Top bowl without handicap this week was David L with 516. Garry has added a 'comments' feature to the page so if anyone has any input, just go ahead. Well played everyone........ Join us next week for more fun at Lanna bowl.........and Merry Christmas!!

Bowling Wed 14 Dec 2011

Eleven lonely bowlers attended the weekly shootout.
Welcome back JJ who immediately bowled 39 over her old average and won High-score in Game 1.
RJ took the honors in game 2 +23 and Lennart woke from his bowling slumber in game 3 with +56.
The team of 3 won on lane 23 Steve J+30, Ta -8 and Garry +34.
David L improved from a month ago with +11, No-one else stood out over average.
Sorry no photo this week..
We hope to see more next week. Cheers.

Bowling Wed 7 Dec 2011



A round dozen bowlers this week at Lanna and a decision on 4 teams of 3 was made with 'winner takes all'. And no need for "freddie the phantom 4th" so 1,800 pin total was the target. 2 teams managed this with lane 21 crossing the finish line first with 1,878, 20 pins ahead of lane 24. The winning team consisting of Garry W +59, John V -19 and Ta +38. High score game winners were, David S, game 1 and 244. Game 2 was Garry W, 229 ( 1 pin more than a slightly peeved Tip! ) and John V with 227 in game 3. Other high rollers this week, in no particular order, were John X +7, David S +29, RJ +39 and Tip with +27. Top bowler without handicap was John X with a very good 557.

 

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 Included, is a snapshot of Les, psyching himself up for the game. Seemed to work too as he turned in a very respectable +41. Well done Les! And after my performance this week i might just try that too. So......good fun as usual.........well played everyone.......... see you next time.

Bowling Wed 30 Nov 2011

Good turn out this week of 20 bowlers, making a nicely rounded, 5 teams of 4 with second prize money! Welcome to new faces, Naomi and Kazu, brought along with Ben and Corky. And welcome back to Jo. Always good to see old faces return. Some good scoring this week with lane 20 taking number 1 spot, and B600 prize money, with an excellent pin total of 2,671. Team members were Ta +47, Lennart +40, Phil W +51 and RJ with an amazing +123! Well done Richard (RJ) and a really good team effort. Crossing the line a distant second, was lane 23 with a very good 2,563 pins and taking the B200 prize. Craig +59, Tip -28, Les +69 and Surachot +63 making up that team. That score would usually have been good enough to take first prize..........but not this week! High score winners......Game 1, RJ 243 and B80. Game 2, Michael 237, B100. And game 3, RJ ( that man again ) 255 and B80. Other high rollers over handicap were John V +37, Ron +21, John X +11 and John Q with a scraper +1!

Just an added feature...............Top bowler this week, WITHOUT handicap for the 3 games this week was Craig with a very good 569 gross total. Alas, no prize money for that. Good fun again this week.........the more the merrier....... so hope to see you all soon.

Bowling Wed 23 Nov 2011

"Legs eleven" bowlers this week, making 2 teams of 4 and 1 of 3. Welcome back to 2 faces from the past, H and Craig. And both bowling well on their comebacks. H with +27 and Craig with +11. But the winning team this week was lane 22, team of 4, with a very good 2,578 pin total taking B400 prize money. Garry W +39, John X +93, Michael +103 and Steve J -57 making up that team. Second place with 2,419 ( with phantom 4th ), but alas, no 2nd prize money, was lane 21 with H and Craig, accompanied by Tip with -23. High score winners this week were John X, 1st game, and B60 and Michael taking 2nd, and 3rd games with B80 and B60 respectively. Good to have Les around, helping with the scoring etc. and hopefully, back bowling again in the not too distant future. No other high rollers this week. A good time was had by all. Well played everyone........see you next time.

Bowling Wed 16 Nov 2011

14 bowlers this week making 2 teams of 3 and 2 of 4. Unfortunately we were split up into lanes15 and 16, and lanes 21 and 23, which made it not so cosy as when we're all together. Oh well.........Lane 15 done the business with a pin total (including phantom 4th) of 2,512. Team of Steve J +6, David S +6 and John X +72! Well done. Lane 16 came in 2nd ( no 2nd prize money this week ) with 2,418. Stewart ( +33 ) was head coach in that team with new and first time bowler Nui, making a very respectable +24 and Tip with -41. Last week we had a team of 3 that all made handicap in every game. This week we had a team of 4 where nobody made handicap in any game at all! No names mentioned but i guess thats bowling........ High score games winners were Stewart, 234. John X, 250 and Ron 234. Apart from the aforementioned, no other outstanding scores. Good fun. Always nice to see new faces at Lanna........and old ones too!........see you next time.

Bowling Wed 9 Nov 2011

Cosy group of 9 bowlers this week, making an easy 3 teams of 3.

Lane 23 taking first position again this week with another huge score of 2,055. Adding the phantom

4th bowler would have made a total of 2,740 pins.  Now thats good bowling!

Lennart was in there again with +76. Tip with +73 and RJ with +79. It doesn't happen very often but

all 3 players were over handicap in all 3 games!  Really well done.

With lane 23 performing so well last week too, will next week be the the same?? We shall see..........

A long way behind in 2nd were lane 22 with a total of 1,781. John X -29, John V -25 and Stewart

+35 making up that team.

High score games went to RJ, 239 and first game.  Steve with 248, second game and Lennart (that man again!) 233, third game. All in all, a memorable week at Lanna Bowl.

Well played everyone.......see you next time.

Bowling Wed 2 Nov 2011

A different 13 bowlers this week with 3 teams of 3 and one of 4.

Lane 23 was the clear winner with a massive 2,568 total. ( Including the phantom 4th bowler! )

Lennart coming good again this week with an impressive +96.

Stewart, +15 and Steve J, +25 made up the team and took the

first prize money.

A distant second (no prize money this week) was the team of 4

on lane 19. Les +46, Ta -30, Michael -25 and RJ +2 made

up the 2,423 pin total bowlers.

Hi scores winners this week were Lennart, game 1 and +21.

Lennart again! game 2 with +61.

And Stewart in game 3 with +30.

Other, above handicap, high rollers this week included,

Jack +16. Phil W +11. John P +3 and Ron + 26.

Not so many mechanical problems this week.

Maybe the approaching 'cool season' will be a good thing

all round. Well played everyone and see you next time.

Bowling - Wed 26 Oct 2011

13 bowlers turned out this week, making 3 teams of 3 and a 4some.

Lane 20 pretty much walked it this week with a really good 2,641 total

(including the phantom 4th bowler) with Tip +62, Michael +48 and Steve J +71.

A good team effort with all players well over handicap taking the first, and only

prize of B480.

A long way behind in second place but with some decent bowling and a 2,398 total

was lane 22. John V +7, Lennart -40 and John X +32.

High scores prizes of B60 were, game 1, RJ with 256. Game 2 was Steve J with 244 and game 3,

John V with 228.

Other high rollers this week were Surachot +30 and John P +5.

Had more than the usual mechanical problems this week but with a bit of

frustrated patience, we all finished in one piece, in the end.

But as usual, still had a lot of fun. Well played everyone and see you next time!

Bowling 19 October 2011

A nice crew of 18 bowlers today allowed 6 teams of 3 and a second prize.
The first prize B600 went to the team on L21: Phil.W +72, David.S +77 and Tip +31 Final total calculated to 2640 when adding a phantom 4th player.
A paltry B120 second prize was shared by Lennart -45 , Ron +115 wow! and Stewart +22.
Other achievers over the 3 games this week were Phyllis +42, Michael +9 and Corky +5.
It was a family affair in the High scores with Phyllis (Game 1: 214) and Sherman (Game 3: 235). David S (Game 2: 248) Each pocketing B80.
Lane 23 had problems with ball return all day which slowed the play for everyone. We had fun and will do it again next week. Ciao.

Bowling Wednesday 12 Oct 2011

Four teams of four, one was the dream team, all the Johns. (yes, it was rigged)
It turns out they were just the dreamers, They placed 3rd.
In first on Lane 23 was Gary W +52, Lennart +26, Jack(new) +37 and Phyllis +5.
Jack played with our fledgling league back in the days before we kept records, welcome back.
High Scorers Mark 247, Gary 253 and RJ 248.
Bowling a great series outside the winning team were RJ +80, John V +54, John F +33, and Mark +38.
Gary W and John V have both been lowering their handicaps steadily over the past month, bit by bit.
That's it for this week, See you Wednesday.

Bowling 5 October, 2011

20 bowlers this week, teams of 4 all round.
The winners on lane 20 were Stewart-20, Ben+51, Sherman-11 and Noi+50, The girls did all the scoring.
On lane 23 only eight pins behind were Corky-43, Gary W+24, John V+91 (wow!) and Mark +0
No-one else was really under notice of the nasty handicapper... Steve J +11 and John X +5 just cleared par.
Lennart's newest handicap was almost into single figures at the start of the day,
this week he was so far off par it looked more like the current stock market!
On a good note the weeks high scorer moneybags were John X in Game one: 226, and John V the other two with a pair of 234's.
As usual if everyone paid to be in the high score the winners would have been slightly different...
The HS could have been ... Noi, John V and Noi again..Thanks everyone , see you next week.

Bowling Wed 28 Sept, 2011

16 bowlers this week despite the floods, making an easy 4 teams of 4. Welcome to new bowler, Mark from Canada.  Once again, some good scores recorded, with a remarkable +78 from Lennart! I wont reveal his new handicap here, but glancing through the pages of 'the book', it looks to me like the lowest ever. Unless someone knows different!

Turns out that lane 24 is not so bad after all (maybe too much oil in previous weeks?), taking number 1 spot with a really good, 2,493, and B400 prize money. Lennart was part of that team, with the rest , also bowling well. John X, +12, Steve J with +5 and Phyllis, -2.

A not too distant, lane 21, and 2,471 pins were second with Les +16, John V +32, John F +40 and Sherman -17, and picking up B200.

High score prizes went to John V, 252 (1st game, B80) Lennart 2nd game, B80 and 225 pins and Fon, 3rd game with 264 and B60. ,

Other high rollers this week included Michael +37 and Garry W +33.

Some good bowling and some good fun. See you next time.

Bowling Wed 21 Sept 2011

13 bowlers again this week, so one team of 4 and 3 of 3. We tried waiting for all lanes to finish before starting the next game to help with the timing of the total finish and it seemed to work well. All 4 lanes ended at about the same time.

Some high scoring this week with Lennart bowling a 273 in the last game with a +90 overall. With 5 strikes straight off, we were all hoping to see "the perfect game". Well done!

Winning lane, 23 this week, including Lennart, were Surachot -41, Stewart +49 and Phil W +19 and a pin total of 2,517. Second with 2,421 was lane 21, but again, winner takes all B480 and B40 tip.

High rollers this included John F +50, Ta +44, John V +41 and Phyllis +20 and taking the high score prizes were Ta, first game with 251, and Lennart taking the other two with the 273 and a 219.

Some bowlers are not too happy about lane 24 and i do agree, so next week we'll try not to use that lane. Well played everyone and see you next week.

Bowling Wed 14 Sept, 2011

'Unlucky for some' 13 bowlers this week. Maybe a tad unlucky for lane 24. Team of 4, with 3 teams of 3, they sprung a leak and had to switch lanes, then had a few mechanical problems, so a late finish this week. Never mind. We are, mostly, retired! It was suggested that teams of 4 start 15 minutes before teams of 3. We could try that.

Winners this week were lane 21 with a very good 1914 total . Corky +71, Surachot +48 and Stewart -5. Joint 2nd a long way behind with 1809 pins were lanes 23 and 24. Winner takes all though with B480 ( B40 tip. These guys do a good job! )

High score winners, 1st game Phyllis 238 and B60, 2nd Lennart B60 and 3rd game goes to Les, 239 and B40. Some pretty good scores this week, with John X maintaining a low handicap. Well done!

Sorry, no photo again this week..................see you next week, when I'll try to remember my camera!

Bowling Wed 7 September, 2011

Sixteen bowlers this week, making four teams of four. Again, winner takes all B600 (B40 tip)

Only one team managed to rise above the magic 2400. Maybe the childrens birthday party affected us!

Walt again had a good day +66 (taking the first 2 HS prizes) but the winning team on lane 22 with a total of 2421 were Steve J -42, Phil W +47, John Q +43 and H -27. Well done!

Lennart was unlucky to be pipped at the post for HS in game 2 with 252 (Walt 269!) The 3rd game HS went to John X with 216.

Other standout players this week......Phil +47, John Q +43, Michael +28.

See you all next week.

Bowling Wed 31 August, 2011

Four teams of 4, winner takes all B600 (minus tip)
One player stood tall today, Walt +116 lead the way for Lane 21, team mates Steve.J +27, Garry.W +5 and John.V -104
were happy to stand at the collect window. The teams overall pin count was 2444.
There is quite a long list of standouts today, take a deep breath...
RJ +65, Stewart +58, Surachot +51, Sherman +43, Tip +31 and Michael +20.
Steve J picked up High Score in game 2 and Walt collected the other two.
Who is going to be the standout players in September? See you next week to find out.

Note: Sad News. R.I.P. One of our long time supporters and good friend to many Mike Breeze passed away today in the UK from the dreaded Cancer. A familiar face in the winners photos he will be missed by all.

Bowling 24 August, 2011

16 bowlers today, not a day of high standards but a few laughs just the same.
We welcomed back Aussie David.S after a few years away
Lane 21 was first with a measly 2418. Tip +45, RJ +13, H -11 and Stewart -29.
Les won high score in game 1 with a 238 but fell apart after that.
RJ had an up and down day as well but hit 242 in game 2 to claim his B80.
Steve J was +44 on the day and won High score in game 3 with 224.
John X was +37and Noi was +17 for the day but they walked away with no prizes.
Cheers, take care and we'll see you next week.

Bowling Wednesday 17th August, 2011

19 bowlers today, again playing together near the centre entrance again..no complaints..
Les is back from holidays and "happy man" Tony bowled his last game for 5 years.

Lane 23 won the day with 2443 pins. Phyllis +13, John X +20, Tip +25 and Tony -15.
Second on Lane 22 was Sherman -19, Jo -5 and Michael +20.
RJ bowled +44 and Len bowled a very even +46.
High Scores: Game1: John X 255, Game2: RJ 246 Game3: Les 223.
Michael's handicap has lowered by over 20 pins over the last few months, from 60 to 38, well done!
Thanks and see you next Wednesday.

Bowling Wednesday 10 August, 2011

We played on the good lanes near the entrance again, thanks to the centre.
6 teams of 3 this week, there was lots of "woo-hoo's" and hi-5's as strikes and spares just kept going off, good fun.

The winning team on lane 21 was Lennart +60, Surachot +67 and John X -20, with a combined total of 1909.
Second prize only 9 pins behind, was Pung +40, Phyllis +35 and Michael +25.
Only Sherman had a big series outside the winners with a +50.
12 players felt strong and entered the High score comp. The winners were Surachot-232, Steve J-217 and Garry W-244, winning 80 Bhat each.

That's all folks, see you next week.

Bowling 3rd August 2011

There are far too many lanes the centre just gave up on, they sit there dead and in darkness.
16 bowlers today, one more lane just gave up so we had more delays. and the score printer has also called it quits. On the positive side we had many bowlers doing well above average.
The new Aussie bowler Robbie started slowly on a 70 handicap (183,186,248).
The winners Sherman +10, Garry W +38 and RJ +38 were a combined 86 over average.
Second and third were one pin apart! ..hanging on to second was John V+56, Tip -4 and Ecker -14.
Other good scores....Phillis +56, Ta with +43 and Steve J with +46, well done.
Ta +221, Garry W +239 and RJ +232 took the 3 High score prizes.
The high score prizes would have gone to others but they declined to enter... Such is life :)
See you next week around 3:30. cheers.

Bowling 27 July 2010

Just a handful of us this week 14 in all, Christian brought new bowler Christiane along, she had mix of good and bad and enjoyed the day.
Due to illness Mike B won't be joining us any more, he has moved back home for treatment ..he will be missed and we wish him well.
The centre gave our lanes away for a big group,I suppose we should make a permanent booking to prevent this!
We wrangled 4 lanes near the centre entrance. Lane 21 won with 2513 pins, Aree+68, John X -28, Christian +22 and Michael +51.
Second on L23 with 2478 was Stewart +21, John V+73 and Tony -35.
Top score over 3 games were Aree(257), John F(233) and Les (226). See everyone next week by 3:30PM. Cheers.

Bowling Wed 20 July 2011

Only 14 players this week, we had 5 teams of three all set up but someone vanished.
For the first time we had a team of 2 and they won with 1955 pins .
Les -8 and RJ +107 won B400, RJ rushed off before collecting, Les holds the cash now.
Second on 1832 pins was Stewart -25, Walt +33 and Lennart +29, sharing B120.
High score games went to RJ, Walt and Surachot. (255, 243, 235) splitting B280
On the day we saw a good series from Surachot +30, Aree +22, Ecker +14 and Sherman +47
We were a bit of a quiet bunch this week, see you there again on Wednesday.

Bowling Wed 13 July, 2011

16 players today, Welcome to Walt who just retired in Chiang Mai from the US of A.
He says he used to have a low handicap but hasn't played for ages,so over the coming weeks expect some good handicap scores.
Lucky John X won the High score twice, Ben won the other.
Lanes 13 and 14 broke down so the 4 teams were split up. The winning team of Michael+52,  Ben +18, Jo -7 and Sherman +20 won the day.
Second was John F+27, Walt +16, Phyllis -25 and John X +48. of the other two teams only Les stood out with +51.
The centers machines played up early but ran nicely after game 1. At one stage everyone seemed to be striking and sparing at the same time, it's great to hear the cheering and clapping.
Next week we will continue the fun, see you there.

Bowling Wed 6 July 2011

Nineteen bowlers today, quite a few scores were well above average.

Lane 11 won B600, Michael -39, Christian +79,  Tony +36 and Corky +4

Second was Lane 10 Sherman +3, Lennart +2, Tip +1 and Surachot +29.

Rex was +10 continuing to lower his handicap, His other half Jo with +34 was also improving.

John V was +16 and Noi managed to be 13 pins better than usual. . 

There was major machinery problems and many bowlers are reaching the end of their tether. 

Wait and see what next week brings. see you there.

Bowling 29 June 2011

A fine turnout of 26 bowlers, some coming at 4pm, that has to stop.
A few lanes played up again making a late 6:16pm finish.
Lane 15 won the day with a stunning 2690 pins. Smiley+98, Lennart +59 and Ben +61.
Second place on a distant 2508 was Mike B+11, Rex+109, Michael+29 and Garry W-37.
Rex took game 1 High Score, Les and Lennart shared the second and Ben picked up the 3rd.
Steve J+21, H+30, Tony+55, Tip+42, Ecker+61, Rene +27 and JJ+35 all bowled above average.
A few Aussies will be missing next week for football of great importance...Origin III. Cheers.

Bowling 22 June, 2011

A big turnout of 26 bowlers, welcome back John Q, Ecker and Aree, Garry and JJ, Christian and his friend Daniel who had his first bowl today.
Today was a battle for high scores and plenty of laughs as well.
Lane 12 with 2547 pins shared a healthy B800, John V +110, Ecker +5, Steve J +3 and Rex +29.
Lane 10 on 2432 pins took B240 for second, Tip-7, John X +92, John F -31 and H -27.
A good game series from Stewart +55, JJ +45, Michael +14, Les +10
Individual single high games were many, but the 3 players who cashed in were John V, John X and Jo with 140B each.  The handicapper is going to be making a few heavy ajustments both ways before Wednesday, see you there.

Bowling 15 June, 2011

Only 12 bowlers this week but it was a very close result.
4 teams of 3 separated by only 17 pins!
on 2454 was Tony -33, Noi(AKA Ta) +64, Steve J -13 and Les +26.
on 2448 was John V +48, Tip +35, Lennart +14 and Mike B -49.
on 2437 was Michael +1, Pung -15, Rene +60 and John F -15.
Thanks and see you on Wednesday.

Bowling 8 June 2011

A surprising turnout today, 20 bowlers. Lane 12 cleaned up with 2565 pins.
Surachot +31, John F +139, John X -30 and Stewart +25.
Second on 2396 pins was lane 10. Les -18, John V +40, Len -35 and Sherman +12.
Corky started on fire in game one.. but faded to +13, Jo finished strongly to be +37.

Les nearly talked John F out of joining the High Score side bet becase his handicap was over 100.
I think Les saw the writing on the wall. Congrats to Corky +52 game 1 and John F winning games 2,3 with +70 and +35,
The extra pot seems to be a popular addition to the teams prize.
See you next time.

Bowling Wed 1 June 2011

Bowling June 1 2011. The centre has set the practice game at 40 bhat, no loyalty discount for us anymore.
Only 14 bowlers today, the centre was quite full on arrival but emptied quickly.
Lane 13 took the honours: Rene -76 was the passenger, Stewart +65 and Len +76 were the high rollers... 2485 pins total.
Lane 11 was a distant second well below par on 2311 pins.but they earned a small payout anyway, no names mentioned.
Tony on lane 10 bowled +24 for the day. Poung was a +3, the rest were working on raising their handicaps.
There is always next week... see you there.

Bowling Wed 25 May 2011

Another small crowd today.  Where has everybody gone ?  The Aussies (including Captain Stewy) were watching Australian Rugby – Qld vs NSW.

Luckily we had Corky & Ben back after 7 weeks and Rene & Poung back after 4 months.

The fours beat the threes again this week.  Winners were Surachot, Les, Lennart and Corky.

Lennart really found form today with a +93.  His handicap dropped from 51 to 36.  Take that mate !

Hope we see a few more regulars back next week.

Bowling 18 May 2011

5 teams of 3 this week, the winners on lane 12 with 1881 pins were Tip -18, Mike B +46 and John X +53... sharing 600B.  All the other teams were between 100 - 141 pins behind.
We tried a side pot for high score which John X put his claim on in game 1 with a series of strikes again and again.  Maybe we might do it again in future but have a small prize for each of 3 games.
Stand-out players this week under notice of the handicapper,  Lennart +35, RJ +34, Les +34 and Surachot +15.
Thank you all.

Bowling Wed 11 May 2011

13 Bowlers today, 3 teams of 3 and one 4. Just to be different the big team won.
On lane 12 with 2444 pins was John V +2, Michael +20, Mike B -29 and Fon +51.
High score was Les with a 244(168). Jacob brought his friend Allen along, he seems to be experienced in the game.
There wasn't any other notable games this week, Les, Michael and Fon were the only three scaring the pins.
We did suffer from the humidity quite a bit, that's a good excuse for most of us.
See you Wednesday.

Bowling Wed 4 May 2011

20 bowlers today, Lennart returned after 2 years away and new Aussie expat bowler Len embarrased the handicapper.
After a poor warm up game of 65 Len was given a handicap of 99, he then top scored.  No prize for top score this week (hee hee)
The winners on lane 10 with 2583 pins were Len +86, Michael -1, Mike B +44 and Smiley +54. 600 bhat shared.
Second place sharing 200 Bhat on 3454 pins were lane 13: Stewart +83, David L +41, Jo -18 and John F -52.
Good games from Steve J +50, Tony +46 and John X +18
The lanes actually behaved well today and 2 orange shirted staff were quite attentive with drinks, resets and scoring.
Thats it for this week, see you again on wednesday.

Bowling 27 April 2011

Only 15 bowlers this week, welcome back Chris in his famous "man for sale" T.Shirt
We also welcomed Dan +105 who was also away over a year, he top scored with a 266, of course, his team mates on lane 10 shared the winnings, John X +27 and John V -50.They totalled 1882, The second team prize went to Lane 12 with 1846 pins: Chris +61, Jo +28 and Les -43
From the remaining bowlers, Steve J +23 and Rex +14.. he was was consistant over 3 games. Sorry no photo this week.
The centre has a price increase next week, 3 games B100, practice game +B30, shoes+B30. (it must be low season haa haa)
Still the cheapest few hours of fun around. We hope to see a lot more at Lanna bowl next week.

Bowling Wed 20 April 2011

16 bowlers, 4 teams. Welcome back Bryce and Nee. Tony brought his buddy "Smiley" along.

Only one team dominated: Lane 12 and they had a standout player John F (241 250 270), he gets his own photo in the gallery. John F's handicap drops by 19 points to 70 for next week

Teammates John X +34, Jacob -15, and Les -23 cheered him on. The team total was 2557

Other standout bowlers were John V +35 and H +29.

We hope to see a big turnout next week, bye for now.

Bowling 6 April

Welcome to a new player Steve.R .he's not a regular bowler (just yet).
17 players today,
the winners on lane 14 were Sherman +32, David +22 and Chris-17...team total 2449 pins
The High score was Stewart +50 with a 257(211)
Good rounds from Phil W +32, Fon +26, Corky +23, Ben +19 and Phyllis +14.
Next week the centre is closed due to Songkran, see you in 2 weeks.

Bowling 30 March

Only 14 bowlers this week 2 teams of 4 and 2 teams of 3. Welcome back Surachot after his foot surgery, as expected he was off his game somewhat. Congratulations to lane 14 Rex +62, H -23 with John V +41. John V also made high score with a 244(205). The machines continued to cause a few headaches today and the staff were not very helpful. Les struggled to live up to his 42 handicap but RJ +66, Jo/John.F +24, Stew/Mike B +26 all improved. With a little coaching Tony found his rythm watch out for improvement over the coming weeks. Thanks everyone, see you again next week.

Bowling Wed 23 March

17 bowlers this week, 2 fours and 3 threes.
Red-Head Bill is heading back to Canada to work but will return.
Lane 10 shared the B600 first prize this week, John V +28, Tony +9 and Steve J +97.
The High Score prize B80 went to RJ (188) 253....including 5 X's in a row.
Rex +65, Fon +50, Les +24, Mike B +34 all did well this week and a couple of low handicap lads had shockers!. See you all next week for another round of ten pin.

Bowling Wed 16 March

15 bowlers this week... 5 teams of three.
The cold and rain kept the softies away this week. The tough ones dragged their aching bones in for a fun afternoon of ten-pin. Due to a cash carry over we had a very healthy prize pool.
The winners were on lucky lane 11 with 2017 pins: John V +35, Bill +113 and RJ +69. They just kept firing all afternoon. John V had a very good last game 253(209) to seal the deal.
Lane 12 took second, Les +38, Ta +48 and Mike B +6. High Score went to Phil W 263(184).
Good bowling from Sherman +37 and Steve J +59.
See you next wednesday for more surprises.

Bowling 9 March

19 Bowlers today, a few impressive scores despite most teams struggling to make Par. We welcomed back Ta after 2 years away, She previously bowled as Noi II (don't ask!) on a 80 handicap. Another new bowler, "John" dropped by.. his bowling name will be JR. He says he struggles to make 110 but he outdid himself by 41 pins, it must be the company. The winners on lane 12 on 2473 pins were Les (again!) +92, John V +11, Pogo +41 and John F -71. Two of this team took off before the payout so there's a juicy carry-over for next week. Second prize was awarded to Tip +30, Paul +4, Michael -19 and Jacob -42 with 2401 pins. Good scores from Ta +77, Steve J +56, Stewart +39 (including a natural 235), Bill +48. I have to mention our latest low handicap player hit the wall this week, a sad -125. Thanks everyone, see you next week for the bonus prize.

Bowling 2 Mar

Only 16 players today, 4 teams of 4. Winner takes all.

The lanes were playing up badly today, balls stuck, dropping pins. The centre was understaffed too. With UFO Bowl closing down on Monday we hope Lanna can remain open. There was a new player today Rob.B, he hadn't bowled for some time but seemed to enjoy the day.

Lane 14 were the winners, 2533 pins. David L +114, Rob B +53, John F -17 and Michael -17.David L grabbed the High score prize with his last game 226(268). He now has the lowest handicap: 23.Nice games from Sherman +55 and Tip +40.

See you all healthy and raring to go next week.

Bowling 23 Feb

27 bowlers, Two new faces.. Pogo the Aussie and part-time Kiwi and Paul, maybe from Singers..not sure yet. lots of good games played today,
the winners were on the first Lane ..9. Gerry +73, Mike B +12, Noi +51 and Chris +28... 2554 pins. Second on 2443 pins was Surachot +22, Steve J +15, John X +35 and Tip -25.

H took top score with a 249. John V was +65, Corky +48, Pam +35, Sherman +27, Paul and Ben both +19.We hadn't tipped the centre workers for a few weeks but this week the group put in around 300B . The orange shirts were all smiles.

Thank you and see you next week.

Bowling 16 Feb

19 bowlers this week, two new bowlers Nong and John F. It was only Nong's second game ever and she has earned a 126 handicap for next week, John.F is an expat englishman who came with a 90 handicap, already the stewards have him penalised to a 72.

Les +46 made a spectacular return along with Michael +52, RJ +59 and Mike B -36 on lane 10.The Total 2521 was only 3 pins ahead of David.L +54, Darryll +38 , John F +53 and Tip -27.

Les declared his team the winners after the first game but it turned out to be a lot tighter than he was thinking.

Thanks to all, see you again next week.

Bowling 9 Feb 11

Welcome to 3 new bowlers this week: Jenny, Tony and Julia. Their numbers helped us get 24 bowlers, 6 teams of four.

Brian was the vandal today, his ball hit a decending gate and smashed the light fitting above lane 11, so the team were moved to lane 15. The gate came down on it's own, no-one was at the controls! Lucky lane 11 was out of the running for the day.

The big winners were on Lane 12, Corky +53, Jo +27, Randy +9 and H -19... 2468 pins.

Second on 2433 pins Lane 13: Jenny +11, Steve J -15, Tony +18 and Patrick +19.

Noi top scored with a 265(174) in game 1, which was 29 pins better than her best ever.

From the losing teams we saw good bowling from Yui +15, Stewart +83 and Michael +20.

Thanks to all, see you next Wednesday.

BOWLING 2nd FEBRUARY

Today one of the teams of 4 overcame one of teams of 3 for a change.

Randy (Dan’s brother), David, Surachot and H came in with 2514 to claim the prize money and edge out the fast finishing Bill, Steve J and John V by 22 points.

No prize but high score was Phyllis who bowled consistantly in all games with 249 in her first game.

We have a few on the injured list at the moment, Les, Chris and John B were all there but unable to bowl, this getting old aint easy. Fon also struggled with a sprained right wrist.

Posted by Les – Stewart off at party yesterday.

Bowling 26 Jan (Australia Day)

4 teams of 3 this week. Winner takes all was the theme and lane 14 did just that.
Shane +72 (the good luck charm) figured in the prize for the 3rd week in a row. He teamed up with Fon +22 and Stewart -3.
Good bowling from Bill +79, Tip +32 and Phil W +33 completed a quick afternoons action.
Happy Australia day to those party animals who didn't show up.
See you next week.

Bowling 19 Jan 2011

A noisy group of 21 bowlers this week, a few of us were scoring big.
3 or 4 strikes in a row can get the gallery excited.

First place was a group of 3 (yes...again!) Lane 11: John V +118, Shane -13 and Phyllis +44 were first with 2589 pins.

Second on L12 with 2504 pins was Yui the newie +22, Mike B -40, Corky +18 and the high score(267) winner Jacob +104.

Doing well without winning were Stewart +39, RJ +36 and John Q +18.
Thanks to all for a fun afternoon, see you again Wednesday.

Bowling 12th Jan

18 Bowlers, 2 teams of 3. 3 teams of 4. As usual a team of 3 won, this time on Lane 10.Shane -37 (not so good mate) David L -32 (what went wrong?)Steve P +67 (the team talent) .Total pins 2396.This means the winning team didn't make par. Is that a first?

A close second was RJ +38, John Q -52, Brock -22 and Surachot +26 Totalling 2390.Most of us were strugglers, apart from Corky +58 and Ray +44.Steve P from the winners also picked up the high score with a 243.

See you again Wednesday afternoon.

Bowling 5th Jan

23 Bowlers this week, Welcome back Shane, Jeff C, Fon and Chris (injured). Rene scored a 250 to pick up high score. Lane 12 won the day Michael +28, Fon +40, Sherman -22 and Mike B +76 achieved 2522 pins for first place.

Second prize went to Lane 14 (2510 pins) Phyllis -28, Rene +56, Dennis H +52 and John V +22. Great games from Wandee +76, David L +52 and H +32.

It was great to see some old faces again, see you all next week.

Bowling 29th December

Eighteen players, 6 teams of three. Lucky lane 13 was playing up so It didnt feature in the win this week for a change. The winners on lane 9 with 1991 pins were Tip +78, Surachot +80 and Stewart +33.

Second place on neighbouring lane 10 with 1907 pins were John Q +28, John V -36 and Phyllis +115. Phyllis bowled a natural 204 in game 2 which nailed her the highscore prize 268. Sherman +44, Noi +36, Wandee +25 and Phil.W +18 were also standout bowlers overall.

We will see your smiling faces in 2011. Cheery bye.