There is always something happening at Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin.  See one of our friendly staff if you would like to arrange an event to suit your company or charity.  Check here regularly for all the latest news, either on events or just important occurrences at the centre. 

Ben Allen Bowls Perfect Game

16th November 2008

Today Ben Allen has realised the dream of virtually every bowler to pick up a ball, by bowling a perfect game of 300.  

After several close calls, including a 298 game, he achieved this milestone in probably the most satisfying manner.  In one of the year's biggest tournaments at Tweed, the Christmas Classic.  See the story below for full results and more information.

Ben has been coming to Coolangatta Tweed virtually since he was born and has been Bowling since he was about five or six.  Ben also works in the bowling industry as a valuable member of Computer Score, where he offers software and systems support to almost the entire country's bowling centre population.  Ben has not only become an accomplished bowler, but also a prominent name in the Tenpin Bowling industry in Australia.

Congratulations Ben from Paul, Vanessa, Olivia, David, Beth, Bob and the entire staff of Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin.

2008 Christmas Classic Results

16th November 2008

(Reprinted with permission from TotalBowling.com.au)

Congratulations to Ben Allen who won the Christmas Classic today defeating 8 year old Jeremy Godden by 25 pins.

Ben finished 7th after qualifying with 1375 with Handicap (& Scratch) and went through the final rounds defeating Paul Sultana (Top 16), Jazna Kent (Top 8), Alan Adams (Top 4) and then Jeremy Godden.

During the Top 16 Ben finally cracked the elusive 300 in the 1st game of the 2 game match. He averaged 233 for the day.

Special mention to Mitchell Bird and Ben Fairbank who scratch averaged 248 and 237.5 respectively after 6 games qualifying.

Some other High Games were:

• Mitchell Bird - 269 

• Charles Huff - 268 

• Naomi Allen - 259

Out of the 56 entrants there were 38 entries that qualified over their entering average, to make the Top 16 you would have had to averaged 220.2 with handicap.

We thank everyone for bowling and look forward to your participation next year in the 2009 Christmas Classic.

Attached is the qualifying results and head to head scores.

2008 Junior Topgun Results

26th October 2008

Congratulations to all participants of the 2008 Junior Topgun.  

For the first time in a long time, no bowler from Tweed was placed in a position of winning any money.  The first six places were all taken by visitors to the centre.

The tournament was taken out by Troy Latimer from Lismore with 1394 pins.  Second place went to Ashley Easley with 1328 pins and third going to Andrew Clark with 1324.

The top tweed bowler was Naomi Allen who placed seventh with 1291 pins.

We hope all bowlers enjoyed themselves and just wait for next year when our tweed bowlers will show all comers who is boss!

Click on the link below to view the full results

2008 Junior Masters Results

31st August 2008

Congratulations to all participants of the 2008 Junior Masters.  

The final winners of the step ladder were:

Boys Division:
    1st Ben Pearce
    2nd Jeremy Godden
    3rd Brian Adam
    4th Blake Lam

Girls Division:
    1st Naomi Allen
    2nd Michelle Hardie
    3rd Emily Lowe
    4th Alice Dwyer

Click on the link below to view the full results

Be an Early Bird and bowl for next to nix ! ! !

24th August 2008

Every Sunday morning starting at 8:30 and ending at 10:30 you will now be able to bowl as many games as you would like for only $10.  

So why not come down and bring three of your friends and have a two hour lock-in with unlimited bowling for only 10 bucks!

You must have at least four people bowling per lane and be sure to book 'cause this is sure to be popular and limited vacancies exist.

2008 Hungry Jacks Handicap results

17th August 2008

The annual Hungry Jacks Handicap tournament has be run and won for 2008.  All bowlers had a great time, but there were a few interesting scores . . . 

Congratulations to the winners:

• 1st Dylan Tapp - 2377 pins Hcp

• 2nd Josh Nicolla - 2287 pins Hcp

• 3rd Alan Crammond - 2247 pins Hcp

Click on the link below to view the full results

2008 Regional Championship for Bowlers with a Disability 

27th July 2008

Once again, the RCBD has been held at Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin.  I think it is safe to say that all involved, from the Staff, to the Bowlers, to the carers, all had a great time.

• Strathpine

• Chermside

• Hornsby

• Mt Warren

• Logan City

• Mt Gravatt

• Redcliffe

• Lismore

• Ballina

• Ashmore

• Toowoomba

• Kedron

• ... and Coolangatta Tweed of course.

In addition to the regular tournament, the Bowler - Carer Challenge was run this even more gusto than last year!  Fancy dress was worn including, Sheep, Elvis (Thank you very much), Snow White, the Grim Reaper, Betty Boop, a Hula Girl (Very nice Bart), and even a VERY scary Frankenfurter.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Carers and Organisers from each centre who do such as marvellous job.  I would also like to thank each and every member of staff who pulled out all stops and made this tournament one of the most successful and memorable of the year.  I most especially would like to thank the lovely Beth Fairbank who spent many hours behind the scenes making sure that the tournament ran smoothly.
Well Done guys!

Paul Biggs

Owner, Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin

Free bowling?

What’s the catch?  I hear you say.

8th May 2008

Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin are offering free learn to bowl sessions to all children who come in and bowl a game in our centre over the next month.

The sessions will be fun, with our coach explaining the basics of team bowling while you enjoy a free game. We’ll also show you some simple bowling techniques that will help to improve your bowling scores.

At the end of the session we’ll give you some details about joining one of our kids teams and answer any questions you may have. We have teams for all ages and skill levels that play after school or on the weekends.

See one of our friendly staff for available session times.

Birdy bowls his third 300

27th March 2008

Tonight Mitchell Bird bowled his third perfect game of 300 within the space of a year.

We Got a Kegel !

18th March 2008

The sad closure of Milton Bowl in Brisbane has given us the rare opportunity of purchasing a Kegel Kustodian Lane Conditioner.  We have grabbed this opportunity with both hands and have secured its purchase from Milton's owners!  This machine was desired by multiple other centres and we were lucky enough to get it.

A lane conditioner machine has a dual purpose: 1) It cleans all the old oil off the rear of the lanes to allow reactive balls to hook into the pocket. (Between the 1 and 3 pins) and  2) It re-applies a new layer of oil onto the front of the lane so that the ball can maintain revolutions before hitting the dry back-end and start to hook.

The Kegel Lane Conditioner is universally acknowledged as the best available.  It cleans the lanes in a different method to a traditional machine, which leaves less water out on the lane, thus leaving it less "Greasy."  It also oils the lanes by computer generated pattern, which allows us to place exactly the desired amount of oil, board by board, inch by inch, on the lane in the same method as a bubble jet printer.  Traditional machines use felt wicks which dry out as the machine goes across the centre.  The Kustodian does not do this.

What does this mean for you?  The end result should be more reactive back-ends and more consistent oil conditions from lane to lane across the entire house.

Mitchell Bowls his Second Perfect Game

30th January 2008

Congratulations to Mitchell Bird who tonight bowled his 2nd 300 at Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin during the Sunshine Triples League.

All strikes were in the pocket bar the 3rd frame which was a brooklyn, nevertheless the game was still a perfect game. Mitch continued the 4th game with an additional 3 strikes. Mitch picked up $1,000 for his effort tonight, 'now claiming he doesn't have to work for a month'

This has been the 2nd 300 since Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin laid new synthetic lanes and approaches in February 2007, the first, of which was bowled by Mitch in August '07.

Once again congratulations Mitch and I'm sure there's many more to come!

Olivia Cate Biggs arrives

12th December 2007

Paul and Vanessa Biggs would like to announce the safe arrival of Olivia Cate Biggs.  Olivia was born at John Flynn Hospital on Wednesday morning, 12th December 2007 by caesarean section.

Olivia was 7lb 10oz.  Mum and bub are doing well.

We would both like to thank all of our Staff and Bowlers for their thoughts and well wishes and am am sure you will all get to see plenty of her.

Once again thank you from the bottom of our heart.

Click here to see more photos.

Why Pay Full Price ???

Join Now and Save $$$$$

$25.00 For 1 year membership

Benefits Include:

• Card holder and their guests

• $6.00 per person per game

• Including shoe hire*

• .50c off tea or coffee

• Fantastic value!

* Not valid with any other offer

Wide Bay a Great Success

The following is a re-production of a post from the TotalBowling web site:

Well what a weekend, the last tournament for the Wide Bay tour and it was a great event and fun had by all.

The first day saw A squad start bright and early and Jason Pearson was the top qualifier for A squad, with Steve Kable from tweed heads hot on his heals. B squad then hit the lanes and the bowlers that were putting out the challenge were Brad Reggars and Cameron Walsh they were showing their fine form on the lanes, with George Frilingos hot on their heels. On day one, a person that had a great day was a youth bowler Naomi Allen from tweed heads, bowling her personal best game of 268, and also went on to bowl 224, and 237 to give herself a spot in the match play.

B squad made the second appearance on the Sunday morning and out of the gates early and showing everyone that he wanted to win the points for the series was George Frilingos, with his 6 games being, 211, 215, 269, 211, 245, and 216 to be top qualifier on a 222 average.

In second saw Cameron Walsh with a 215 average, in third was Brad Reggars with a 213 average, 4th was an injured Carl Bottomley with a 211 average and to round out the top 5 was another youth bowlers from Tweed Heads Ben Fairbank with a nice 211 average also.

The top 30 had to pair up for the doubles, the bowlers from 16th-30 had to pull the number of there partner out and there were some great match ups indeed. In that top 30 saw 4 females also.

Steve Hampson, was still grieving as Jason couldn’t make it to tweed so Steve tried hard to pull Cameron out and he got his wish, but he paid the price and took everyone’s flack but showed them all he and his partner meant business.

The doubles format which was something leading into the event everyone was not too sure on, was from my point of view, a fun time had by all, everyone gave each other the trash talk, and some games coming down to the 10th frame.

Brendan Meads had to strike for the win, and showed that he could get the ball to the pocket, but paid the price for bowling such a great shot, he rode the shot all the way to the pocket to see a nice 8-10 looking right back at him, worst part was he was the last bowler to finish and the crowd were all watching.

George Frilingos and Paul Chambers were hot on the heels of the 1st place team Cameron and Steve and it came down to the last game, George needed to punch out in the 10th frame for the win, but managed a 9 count on his first ball to give Steve and Cameron the win.

In third place were Brad Reggars and Henry De Kaste.

The points for the Wide Bay came down to this tournament, with the top 3 bowlers being only points apart. Well done to George Frilingos for being the Wide Bay Champion and Leesa Bartlem for being the ladies Champion.

The top 3 points winners were George Frilingos with 355, Carl Bottomley with 350 and Brando with 341. 1st in the ladies was Leesa with 160 points.

A special thank you to Ben Allen, you helped so much throughout this tournament and you put in so much hard work, thanks also to Andrew Christopher for doing the live scores, thanks to all the staff at Tweed Coolangatta Bowl, thank you David for topping up the prize fund, and thank you Bob for all the great lane prizes, there were weekends for two in a resort, a fishing trip, and a show and dinner at the casino just to name a few, but last of all thanks to all the bowlers. I would also like to thank Lawrie Hill from Animals Pro Shop for donating a ball also.

On behalf of Jason and myself we would like to thank you the bowlers for supporting the Wide Bay for 2007, we look forward to seeing you all again next year for what will be a bigger and better year.

Click here for Qualifying Standing Sheet

Click here for Match Play Standing Sheet

Junior  / Youth Topgun 2007 Results

Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin would like to thank all bowlers who participated in the 2007 Junior/Youth Topgun, especially those who travelled from Lismore, Grafton and Toowoomba.

Congratulations to Dean Wrobel who won the tournament today by 1 pin, closely followed by Sean Bowling of which the Topgun was his first tournament to compete in.

Dean also bowled the highest game today with a 266, Ben Allen had a 246, and Mitchell Bird finished off the day with a 237. Out of the 29 bowlers who entered the tournament, 22 bowlers finished the day over their entering average.

This is the 2nd time that Dean Wrobel has won the Junior/Youth Topgun, Dean won the Topgun back in 2002. 

Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin looks forwards to seeing entrants compete in the 2008 Topgun on the 26th October.

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'300' Drought broken at Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin

5th August 2007

A huge congratulations to Mitchell Bird who on the 5th of August 2007 bowled his first 300.

Bowling on Lanes 3 & 4 in the 4 man Superleague, Mitchell started his 4 game series off with a 256, he continued his fine bowling with a 300 game followed by a 210 and 236 for a massive 1002 series. Mitchell bowled his 300 game with his Hammer Big Blue. Mitchell Bird improved on his personal best only 3 weeks ago where he bowled a 285 starting the game with 10 strikes in a row.

With a continued run of 270's, 280's and 290 games by various bowlers since the new synthetic lanes had been installed in February, a 300 game was bound to happen. The last 300 game bowled at Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin was back in March 2001.

For his efforts today, Mitchell earnt himself $2000 by bowling a 300 game in a 4 man league. All of Mitchell's shots in the 300 game, including the last, were consistently in the pocket. After the last ball was bowled and all 10 pins hit the deck, Mitchell raised his arms in excitement and then fell to the ground.

Once again, nice bowling Mitch!

Synthetic Lanes are here.

Coolangatta Tweed Tenpin is proud to announce that we now have full synthetic lanes and approaches.  Early indications are that they will indeed offer better scoring conditions.

It appears that the lane surface holds the oil much better than the timber surface, which means that the lane does not produce as much "carry down" of oil, nor does it create a dry track as easily.

Although bowlers need to get used to the new surface, every indication is that it has produced a great improvement in the scoreability of the lanes.