Editing Five-pin bowling (section)

== Facts and figures ==
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* At first, bowling pins used in five-pin were made of plastic-coated maple. Today's pins are made of a hard plastic and often feature UV-glow capability for black light glow bowling operations. The pin makes a "clack" sound when hit by the ball. The base of the plastic pin can be separated from the rest of the pin. The neck stripes on plastic pins are actually a red plastic tape that wears off with use and can be replaced. In 2011, the C5PBA approved a new pin base. The new base adds 1/8 inch of height to the pin, raises the pin's center of gravity, and lowers the contact area with the lane. This new base has a dark color, so pins with the new base may appear to the bowler as floating above the lane.
* In 1990, the Canadian 5 Pin Bowlers Association sanctioned the use of personalized bowling balls.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Official Rules and Regulations Governing the Sport of 5 Pin Bowling|publisher=Canadian 5 Pin Bowler's Association|year=2009|location=Halifax, NS|pages=15, 17, 20, 21, 48}}</ref> Before then, only bowling balls supplied by the bowling centre were allowed to be used.
* Many five pin tournaments scored by handicap usually use a scoring basis of "pins over average", which is the difference between the outcome of a game and the bowler's established average. It accumulates over the number of games bowled. This statistic can be negative.
* Modern automatic scoring systems (including Steltronic, Brunswick Sync and [[QubicaAMF]] BES X) are certified for five-pin. On most string type pinsetters, automatic scoring equipment is connected directly to the pinsetter circuitry. Scoring cameras can be used on both types of pinsetting installations. Most systems mount the camera between lanes as in tenpin; however the ProScore system—when installed on free-fall—reads scores using a set of five electronic eyes mounted above the pindeck.
* Bowling centres with convertible pinsetters usually will set specific hours as to when their convertible lanes will support five-pin or ten-pin. Convertible machines may support [[duckpin bowling]] instead of ten-pin when in ten-pin mode. Only certain models of string pinsetters have been sanctioned by the USBC for ten-pin play.
* Some five-pin centres{{examples|date=April 2017}} have installed lane protection devices. The device is a sheet of plexiglas mounted vertically about six inches (15&nbsp;cm) above the lane and is located just past the target arrows on the lane.<ref name=":3" /> This device discourages bowlers from lofting the ball and damaging the lane—which is more prevalent in small ball bowling. A ball that knocks the plexiglas loose or flies over the plexiglas guard is worth zero points under C5PBA rules.
* A foul line violation in five-pin results in a 15-point penalty. Pins knocked over during a violating delivery count. The penalty is assessed at the end of the game.<ref name=":3" /> This compares to a zero score for the ball in other bowling disciplines.
* Some believe{{who|date=April 2017}} that the [[ice hockey|hockey]] term "[[five-hole]]" (the space between the goaltender's legs) is taken from five-pin bowling.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} Knocking out the headpin (worth 5 points) by itself leaves a large hole through which it is easy to put the next one or two balls without hitting anything.
* Five-pin bowling is played in all Canadian provinces and territories. However, in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, unlike in the rest of the country, five-pin is not the dominant form of bowling. In Quebec, five-pin is known as "cinq quilles" (five pins) in French, while "Petites Quilles" refers to the duckpin game. There is only one five-pin bowling alley in all of New Brunswick{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}, whereas in Nova Scotia, the [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]–originated sport of [[candlepin bowling]] is more popular given that five-pin bowling alleys are located primarily on army bases. Nunavut has only one five-pin bowling alley. It is a two-lane facility located at [[CFS Alert]] and also happens to be the world's most northerly bowling lanes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jproc.ca/rrp/alert.html|title=CFS Alert|last=Proc|first=Jerry|website=www.jproc.ca|access-date=2016-08-24}}</ref> As a result, this alley is only accessible to military personnel and visitors to the base.
* Five-pin bowling was one of four sports featured on the ''Canadian Inventions: Sports'' series issued by [[Canada Post stamp releases (2005-2009)|Canada Post stamps]] on August 10, 2009.<ref>Canada Post Stamp Details, July to September 2009, Volume XVIII, No. 3, p. 10</ref>
* As of summer 2024 there are only 26 remaining active free fall five-pin bowling lanes.
* In 2007, five-pin bowling was ranked #4 during the [[CBC Television|CBC]] miniseries ''[[The Greatest Canadian Invention]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/inventions/inventions.html?inventionID=18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018130403/http://www.cbc.ca/inventions/inventions.html?inventionID=18 |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |title=The Greatest Canadian Invention | work=CBC News }}</ref>