We are running a contest from now until August 31/2011 and the winners will be chosen from the lists of Companies and Individuals that either like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.  Rules are an entry is considered received for each Facebook like and each Twitter follow, so a Company or Individual could have 2 entries in the contest draw by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.  When following on Twitter, one has to retweet the contest.

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Company prize – free exclusive rental for 1 hour for up to 91 people, value of $339.00 including shoe rental and tax.

Individual prize – free lane rental of 2 lanes for 2 hours for up to 14 people, value up to $144.00 including rental and tax.

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Most bowling alleys would prefer a reservation be made by bowlers, however there is one bowling alley that is almost impossible to get a reservation and that is at the White House.  That’s right, you need to know the president or his family to bowl at the White House.

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White House bowling action dates back to the Truman administration in 1947, when a two-lane alley was installed in the basement as a birthday present for the president.  These were moved to the Old Executive Office Building in 1955 to make way for a mimeograph room.  In 1969, President and Mrs. Nixon, both avid bowlers, had a new one-lane alley built (paid for by friends) in an underground workspace area below the driveway leading to the North Portico.   Nixon was a very good bowler, often donning classic 60s and 70s bowling shirts for his games.

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Back in Canada some time later, I went bowling with friends only to find out it was only 5-pin bowling.  I was shocked as I did not realize that bowling was also 5-pin but I was happy the balls were light compared to 10-pin.

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The Canadian inventor of 5-pin bowling is Thomas Ryan who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1971.  Here is a great web link on how to be a better 5-pin bowler: http://members.shaw.ca/unbowlievable/.

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Did you know that 5-pin bowling is a Canadian invention?

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