Twilight Bowling Tournament every friday at the Bowling Club in Piha. I decided to try my hand at this very strange sport. Like I stated very early on bowling is similar to bocchi ball except the balls have flat sides on them and you roll them instead of hurling them. The other end of the field plays similar as you have the Jack (small white ball) and you try to get as close as you can with your ball. We had a 4 on 4 game. I of course had to bowl first as you want the best players to bowl last in order. You face away from field and put the mat down (homeplate) turn back around and roll the Jack. Then you line the Jack up with the marker and the mat. So now I had to roll the ball. An important thing to note is the ball having 2 flat sides, one side is a large flat spot and will curve/bend the roll that direction. I give the ball a roll..... you really dont need much force behind these balls as they roll very fast, my first 5 or 6 rolls all ended up in the ditch at the end of the field but I started getting used to it towards the end. The important thing about this game was getting to interact and have fun with everyone. Age wasnt really an issue, although the younger folks didnt seem quite interested in the game.
I got to talk to and interact with people I probably wouldnt have really talked to and was nice to see the community all getting together for a event such as this. At the end my team had the best score and I won a golden chocolate bar, Geoff says its beginners luck and tried stealing it from me. He was jealous which makes the chocolate taste that much sweeter =)
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