Nine-pin bowling
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Ninepin bowling is a game played in Europe. European championships are held each year. Over 90,000 members are on teams in Germany, while there are 120,000 in Europe overall. Austria, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Liechtenstein are other common places to find Ninepin bowling lanes.

Ninepin bowling pins and ball

The Game

This sport is one in which a player brings a plastic ball that is rolled down an alley to nine pins. The "bowling ball" is smaller and lighter than US bowling, the ball may have two or no finger holes. The lanes are shorter than US bowling. The nine pins (cones) are placed in a diamond shape on the alley. In most lanes systems the pins have a rope on top, to pick up the pins and replace then back in to the diamond shape for the next roll. In Germany there are four kinds of lanes systems.

The game is played in 120 throws of four lanes. On each lane 30 throws. On one lane there are fifteen throws on all nine pins (full) and fifteen throws so on till no pins are left (cleaning).

In Switzerland the bowling balls are bigger and heavier than US bowling balls. There are two holes, one for the thumb and one for the other fingers.

Points

Pin points are added up for each throw. Professional players get up to 600 points and more (120 throws - see above).

Controversy

In the 1930s several cities in the US banned nine pin bowling because workers were slacking off to play it rather than turning up for work. This was one of the main reasons ten pin bowling became so popular in the US, as opposed to Europe where nine pin bowling is more popular.

See also

• World Ninepin Bowling Association

References

wikipedia Ninepin bowling in German

Pin (cones) Layout Yahoo Translation of cones

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