Kennedy Bowl

Our church group tried a new bowling alley this past Sunday, Kennedy Bowl. It's located in the mall on the northwest corner of Lawrence Avenue East and Kennedy Road. The previous four or five times we had gone to Club 300 on Old Kennedy Road, north of Steeles.

Sid discovered this place while shopping for bowling shoes and a ball. When Willy and I went to buy shoes there we noticed a sign promoting $2.00 games (tax included) on Sunday afternoons after 4:30 p.m.. This was a lot cheaper than the $39.00 per 1-1/2 hours at Club 300.

Kam and Ray and his son, Steven came this time. As well, Willy drove Glenda and I. Sid came on his own. Hilkka was supposed to come, but we didn't see her. Ray bought $60 (plus tax) shoes. So now four of us have the exact same shoes.

The new alley is fine. It's not as big and open as Club 300. Instead of 50-60 lanes there are only 32. I don't think there are as many balls to choose from either. But, since we're not rushing to get as many games in in 1-1/2 hours we take our time and wait for our chosen balls to return after each shot.

As well, the automatic scoreboard wasn't always accurate. On a number of occasions people got spares, but the computer didn't register it. So we had to manually correct the error. Oh well. After awhile we were pretty adept at making the change. For only $2.00 a game it was something we were willing to deal with.

Even though we've gone a few times already no one is anywhere near consistent. Sometimes we might get a few spares or a couple of strikes in a row only to toss the ball into the gutter or only knock 2 or 3 pins down the next couple of shots. Not sure why. I guess we just need more practice. It'll come.