Bowling ball random when impacting a full rack of pins on the first delivery of a frame, and sometimes when hitting downed "dead wood" pins on subsequent deliveries—the candlepin bowling sport is the only major one that allows fallen pins, provided no part of any fallen pin extends more than 24 inches (61 cm) forward of the head-pin spot, to remain on the lane's pindeck to be used in knocking down more pins with the next ball delivery in the same round—up to three balls are delivered, much as in duckpins, in each round of candlepins for one bowler. Bowling ball A
Five-pin bowling counter pin had to be knocked down to score any points). The rule change went in effect in 1968 in eastern Canada, but the Western Canada 5-pin Bowling Association rejected the change, and as a result there were no national championships until 1972 after the west accepted abolishing the counter pin. (Although some leagues continued with the counter pin system for several more years.) Five-pin bowling allows for more strategy in its play than the ten-pin variant, because of the differing point values for each pin. For example: If a player fails to score a strike in 10-pin bowling, it