| Velo-city_Conferences A premier international cycling planning conference series. Includes aims and objectives, benefits of hosting the conference, locations and events history, and contacts. |
| Velo-city_1999 The 11th International Bicycle Planning Conference. Includes words from the president, proceedings, history, future events, organizers and contact information. (December 31, 1999) |
| CNY_Harness_Racing_Enthusiasts Dedicated to the real harness racing enthusiast to share in the great horsemen, horses and races of the past and present. |
| Galley_Racing Group for enthusiasts to discuss racing in Victoria, Australia. |
| Harness_Handicapping_Central_Forum A threaded message board by Harness Handicapping Central. |
| The_Harness_List Virtual community for harness racing enthusiasts of all types. |
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| TrotWorld_Mailing_List The official mailing list (discussion group) of Trot World, a comprehensive harness racing resource. |
| UK_Harness_Racing_Chat Forum dedicated to all issues relating to UK harness racing. |
| Wolverine_Harness Discussion list for Standardbred racing in Michigan. |
| Yahoo!_Harness_Racing_Groups A list of all harness racing groups at Yahoo! featuring message boards, chat, photos, news, calendars, links and contacts. Clubs include Harness Racing I and II, harness racing forum, Harness Racing U |
| British_Minigolf_Association Official site of the UK's governing body for mini golf sport including adventure golf and crazy golf. Includes free advice on crazy golf and minigolf course design and construction. |
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| Miniature_Golf_Course_Reviews_for_Connecticut_-_MiniGolf_CT Offers ratings and reviews of miniature golf courses throughout Connecticut. Suggests good courses to visit. |
| Professional_Miniature_Golf_Association The PMGA is for miniature golf lovers-both on a professional and an intimate level. Tournaments, profiles, and a directory of courses around the U.S.A. |
| The_Serious_Business_Of_Miniature_Golf Handbook on designing miniature golf courses. |
| U_S__ProMiniGolf_Association Recognizes and sanctions the Masters National ProMiniGolf Championship. |
| European_Cricket_Council Official site offers news plus information about tournaments, coaching, umpiring, Young Cricketers and resources. |
| International_Cricket_Council_(ICC) The official site of cricket's world governing body. Includes ICC members, rules and regulations, press releases and development programmes. |
| Lord\'s ICC and ECB home of cricket at Marylebone Cricket Club, founded in 1787. Includes news, virtual tour of the Long Room, history and official laws of cricket, online shopping and ticket sales. |
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| Belgian_Boomerang_Association Sport history and introduction, local tournaments listing, and a photo gallery. |
| Boomerang_Association_of_Australia_(BAA) The club publishes magazines, runs tournaments, and in general promotes the sport and history of boomerangs. |
| British_Boomerang_Society Event listing with results, rules and the basics of constructing a boomerang from this club in England. |
| BTA_NSW Official site of the Boomerang Throwing Association of New South Wales. Includes contact information, photos, competitions, and grounds locations. |
| Danish_Boomerang_Club Member listings, event listing, and national championship results; in Danish and English. |
| HITHG_Boomerangs Includes instructions and tips on throwing and catching boomerangs. Also provides profiles, rankings, and photos of members of the Hole in the Head Gang club of Seattle, Washington and a catalog of bo |
| United_States_Boomerang_Association Features FAQ, events calendar, regional contacts, vendor database, and crafting and history resources from this official administrative organization. |
| Washington_Boomerang_Club Seattle based. Includes throw schedule and contact information. Hosting the 2008 World Boomerang Cup and provides schedule, photos, and local lodging, transportation, and tourist information. |
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In 1900, summer bowlers at the Diamond Alleys in Baltimore suggested it might be interesting to trim down the standard pins to match the size of the ball. Manager John Van Sant liked the idea. He had a wood turner do the job and many of his customers enjoyed the new bowling game.
At first, the rules of ten-pin bowling were used. But, because it's much harder to get strikes and spares, one small rule change was made: A bowler is allowed to use three bowls on each turn. If all ten pins are knocked down with three balls, it simply counts a score of ten.
Van Sant demonstrated the new sport to the owners of the alley, John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson. Though they're much better known as baseball managers, McGraw and Robinson were also avid duck hunters. When they saw the way the small pins flew wildly around the alley, one of them remarked that it looked liked a "flock of flying ducks."
That was the beginning of duckpin bowling. Originally a summer sport, it became so popular in the area that winter leagues were organized in Baltimore in 1903 and in Washington, DC, in 1904.
During the 1920s, duckpin bowling spread along the east coast, from New England to Georgia. While the rules were basically the same everywhere, balls, pins, and lane sizes weren't standardized. The National Duckpin Bowling Congress (NDBC), founded in the fall of 1927, worked with member organizations and manufacturers to bring about standardization.
The NDBC held its first national tournament, patterned after the American Bowling Congress's ten-pin tournament, in the spring of 1928. There were 126 five-person teams, 162 doubles teams, and 201 singles entries.
Duckpin bowling grew rapidly during the 1930s. By 1938, an estimated 200,000 bowlers were participating in sanctioned league play. Growth continued more slowly after World War II, reaching a peak of 300,000 sanctioned bowlers in 1967. The sport's popularity has declined greatly since then, but it's still strong in a narrow geographical region from Washington and Baltimore to Connecticut and Rhode Island.
A variation, rubberband duckpin bowling, developed during the late 1930s. The pins are circled with bands of hard rubber that increase pin action and scores. In 1946, the NDBC created an affiliate, the American Rubberband Duckpin Bowling Congress, to sanction leagues and conduct a national tournament. The rubberband version of the sport never spread very far beyond the Baltimore-Washington area.
As in ten-pin bowling, 300 is the highest possible score in duckpins, but no one has ever achieved that perfect game. The highest sanctioned scores on record are 279 for a man, by Pete Signore Jr., and 265 for a woman, by Carole Gittings.
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