Five-pin Bowling is
a bowling variant which is played only in Canada where most bowling
alleys offer it.
In 1908, Thomas F. Ryan, a
Canadian, wanted a bowling game that was quicker to play and more
genteel. He felt the balls were too big and heavy, and there were
too many pins making the game too long. Ryan, developed a smaller
ball and used only 5 pins in his version of the game.
The balls in five-pin are small
enough to fit in the hand and therefore have no finger holes. The
ball used in 5-pin weighs about 3 pounds. They are about the size
of a softball. There are no holes in the ball.
At the end of the lane there are
five pins arranged in a V. In size they are midway between duckpins
and ten-pins, and they have a heavy rubber band around their
middles to make them move farther when struck. At first, bowling
pins used in five-pin were made of plastic-coated maple. Today's
pins are made of a hard plastic and often feature UV-glow
capability for black light glow bowling operations. The neck
stripes on plastic pins are actually a red plastic tape that wears
off with use. There are only 5 pins to knock down as well. Each pin
is assigned a points value. The headpin is worth 5 points, the next
two pins on each side are worth 3 points, and the outside pins are
valued at 2 points each, for a total of 15 points. Each bowler gets
3 balls per frame. Knocking all the pins down on your first ball is
a strike, worth 15 points plus the value of your next 2 balls. If
you knock all the pins down with your second shot it is called a
spare and is worth 15 points plus the value of your next ball.
Using your third shot to knock down final pins is worth only 15
points. A perfect game in 5-pin bowling is worth 450
points.
Bowling is a fun game that just
about anybody can play. It’s a great way for the family to
get together and enjoy an afternoon. It’s not difficult to
learn and today most bowling centers have machines that handle all
the scoring for you. All you have to do is throw the
ball.
This cache is
Frame 10 in our BOWLING FOR CACHE series. This is the final
frame in our series and is appropriately placed near a spot where
you may now test your newly developed skills. Please watch out for
muggles as this can be a very busy area. . Each frame is an
individual cache, in which you will find a log book, pencil and one
die.Throw the die 3 times and log the color for each throw in your
"Found Log" on geocaching .com. All scores will be kept track of on
a score sheet and for each 25 cachers that complete all ten frames
a 1st and 2nd prize, for highest BOWLING score, of an unactivated
geocoin will be awarded.
*****THE GAME
IS OVER....THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT BOWLED*****
****CONGRATULATIONS*****
AS OF AUGUST 13 THE 1ST 25 CACHERS TO COMPLETE ALL 10 FRAMES IN
ORDER OF HIGHEST SCORE ARE:
Chewys
Sol3
Glacier Ice
Pabloo
Peter and Gloria
Memomydog
jbrandt36
Bergmanfamily
MHZ
Old Billygoat
OHMIC
ertyu
3T's&aG
Team Kare-a-cache
TracyAndrew
Curtis R
Geo-Indy
Markzsalmon
MuStash
Hikhik
jleecollins
Da Bowz
tracama
Ztirnats & Zad
Thirdbase
PRIZES OF A GEO COIN WILL BE SENT OUT SHORTLY TO Chewys and
Sol3
****CONGRATULATIONS*****
IT TOOK ANOTHER YEAR FOR 15 ADDITIONAL CACHERS TO COMPLETE ALL 10
FRAMES. IN ORDER OF HIGHEST SCORE THEY ARE:
swylie
GeoPahkers
Tromelin
Jean Deniche
ernie&bert&elmo&grover
dani carriere
stingy bandits
Wally K
1queen4jokers
junglehai
happymole
JollyJones
burchil
dtex
persta
PRIZES OF A GEO COIN WILL BE SENT OUT SHORTLY TO Swylie and
GeoPakers