STRIKEZONE Raymond Terrace tenpin bowl visitors can now win prizes by using newly introduced ‘Rechargeable Game Cards’ when playing arcade games in the bowl’s enlarged games area.

Plus, the cards give players additional free games.

As an example, a Game Card purchased for $20 actually contains $25 worth of value.

The cards, which are valid for two years from the date of purchase, allow the owner to build up points when playing the arcade games.

These points can then be used to buy all manner of toys, games and novelties from the bowl’s newly installed prize den which is alongside the control counter.

StrikeZone owner Neville Marchbank said the cards are proving popular with parents and children alike.

“Parents love them because they not only represent very real value, but their children have a set limit that they can spend while learning the value of saving for a goal.

“The kids from toddlers to teens seem enamoured of the prize shop,” Neville said.

The Arcade Games area has been expanded as part of a $2 million centre redevelopment that has been ongoing since Covid-19 struck.

The area has more than doubled in size, allowing for a greater variety of machines, thus guaranteeing that there is something to appeal to all ages.

“Daily we see dads playing pool or re-living their childhood on the pinnies while their children are nearby driving anything from prize redemption cranes to car and bike racing simulators.

“There really is something for everyone and, best of all, it is not expensive.”

Keeping customer expenses down in the current climate is Neville’s number one priority, despite his monumental outlay on the 20 year old bowls expansion.

“We are a family centre, so it is vital to keep costs down.

“Many of our customers have been here since day one and, as locals ourselves, we see daily how deeply the cost of living crisis is impacting the community at all levels.”

Demonstrative of this commitment are the school holiday prices.

These include $6 games during happy hour from 9-10 each day and a package deal of two games, a drink, and a choice of either a hotdog or chips for just $17.95.

A comparison of advertised prices elsewhere reveals StrikeZone’s Happy Hour price is usually at least $4 cheaper than the next lowest.

Even in non-holiday periods, StrikeZone is easily the price leader with deals such as $6 games all day on Sundays.
Similarly, year-round Friday and Saturday nights are party nights at the bowl with three-hour, unlimited games bowling packages for just $18 per head with a minimum of three to a lane.

League bowlers are also big winners with three-game costs kept to $22 (less for Junior leagues) – a charge that includes a contribution to the league’s prize fund.

Neville has built a centre to the highest standards expected by league bowlers, adding four lanes, installing new approaches, new pins, a state of the art computer scoring system and a computerised training system that has seen national teams drawn to the centre for coaching camps.

StrikeZone is opposite the swim centre on Leisure Way, Raymond Terrace and is open seven days a week.