But that's exactly what came of the mother-son brainstorming session and now, there's over 30 teams registered to play in what Marissa is touting as a 'first-of-its-kind concept.'.

While it might sound complex, the rules are pretty simple. All teams will need to play is a plastic bowling set with ten pins and a ball. Entrants without an official bowling set at home may use a soccer or tennis ball, along with empty bottles.

The last thing you'll need is a makeshift lane that's four metres long and one metre wide.

This lane can be in your lounge room, kitchen, backyard, or pretty much anywhere you'd like it to be. As long as teams enter their scores honestly and adhere to the equipment requirements, they're good to go.

The competition will run for a month and teams will play their two weekly games within the time slots allocated and are required to upload their scores every Sunday night so the Orange City Tenpin Bowls team can receive it and add it to the ongoing tally.

As for prizes, there won't be any money, trophies or chocolates but the payoff for the winning team might be better than any of those... bragging rights.

While the majority of teams have some sort of involvement with Orange City Tenpin Bowls, Marissa Belmonte would love to see citizens from outside the bowling community sign up for the competition.

"This isn't something that's strictly attached to the club," Belmonte said.

"We'd love to see all sorts of people join and we don't mind if they wait until the last night to do it. We're pretty flexible with most of the rules.

"The only thing we ask is that teams enter their scores honestly and submit them before 9pm every Sunday."

As for communication throughout the tournament goes, Belmonte's stoked with the list of channels that have already been set up and says there's stacks of ways people can stay in contact throughout the four weeks and keep up to date with the results.

"We've got WhatsApp, Zoom and Facebook all options," she said.

"Anyone who would like to join only needs to visit the Orange City Tenpin Bowl Facebook page and if you're not confident on your ability to score the match, there's a link to a website on our page that will do it for you."

If you take a look around the field, 'Belmo Boys' might open as favourites as the paring of Hugo and Jason Belmonte have a dangerous blend of youth and experience.

However, 'The Royals' might have something to say about that as Kimberley, Sylvie and Aria make up an-girls Belmonte team, also set to challenge for the House Shot title.

The concept has acted as a nice break for the Belmonte group as their family-owned centre has been doing it tough during the COVID-19 crisis.

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"It just feels like an extremely bad dream... it's Groundhog Day," she said.

"However, we're very mindful of ourselves and our community and we understand it's something that had to be done.

"The government has had to continually step in and make hard decisions and even though it's devastating from a business standpoint, from a personal point of view, it had to happen."

The inaugural House Shot competition will commence on Monday April 20.