Bohn's III Win Has Good Memories For Tri-Valley 7th Grader

Tri-Valley Central School 7th graderTaylor Jester remembers well his visit in 2006 to Cheektowaga NY and the AMF Thruway Lanes where he met, bowled with and talked bowling and sports with Denny's PBA's tour champion Parker Bohn III.
And if that wasn't enough just to meet and bowl with Parker Bohn he had the thrill of a youngsters lifetime when he got to see how some professional bowlers travel from city to city as he visited with the Bohn family in their motor home.
This past Sunday following Bohn's capturing his 31st career Denny's PBA Tour title, defeating rookie Rhino Page, 267-247, to win the 2007 Spartanburg (South Carolina) Classic at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, Taylor said, "this is great."
Bohn became Taylor's favorite on the pro tour.
Taylor, son of Dina and Rodney Jester of Neversink is a sports enthusiasts who plays four sports and is presently a member of the Tri-Valley Central School seventh-grade boys modified basketball team and just several weeks ago completed his first year on the school modified football team.
And if anyone wonderes if Taylor participates in the game of bowling........he's been a part of the Saturday Liberty Elks Youth league at Liberty Lanes for the past six years and presently bowls in the Teenage League Saturday afternoon.
Taylor previously participated in Tri-Valley Little League, County Youth soccer and Saturday morning youth basketball.
Bohn III and some of the PBA professional bowlers travel from city to city and state to state each week using their motor homes as their homes away from home. It cuts down on motel-hotel expenses and restaurant expenses.
PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III with the win took home $25,000 and an exemption for the 2008-09 season
Parker noted recently that he travels 20,000 miles a year on tour in his motor home. He and his family make their home in Jackson, NJ when he is not on tour.
Parker, a legend on the PBA Tour throws left handed and has his own fan club, the Bohn Zone, and website, www.parkerbohn.com
The Denny's PBA Tour takes a two-week break for the holidays and returns with the 2008 ConstructionJobs.com Championship January 2-6 with the live ESPN televised finals Sunday January 1 at 1 p.m. EST.
Bowling
Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo

Bowlers: This week's tip is for bowlers using performance bowling balls. These balls are made of urethane, urethane with reactive additives, with or without particles.
All performance balls come out of the box with either some degree of matte finish, a compounded finish or polished finish.
When a manufacturer chooses a box finish for a bowling ball, many times it is for shelf appeal. All companies want you to choose their products. What you need to know as a customer is that the cover on your performance ball can be adjusted to best fit your needs.
What does this mean for a customer? To maximize your scoring ability on a given lane condition, the coverstock of your bowling ball should match the lane condition. If your ball is grabbing the lane too early, you will need some polish. If the ball is already polished, use a higher degree of polish, preferable something with a slip agent. T his will help you get the ball down the lane with less effort. The telltale sign of a ball grabbing the lane too soon is when you see the ball start to hook and then it stops hooking.
On the other hand, if your ball is skidding too far down the lane, you will need some surface friction on the ball. How much friction you need will depend on your ball speed, rev rate and the amount of oil on the lane. The degree of matte finish could be as little as 4000 or as much as 320.
Reminder, these are adjustments to fine tune you ball reaction. It is up to your Pro Shop professional to help you purchase the ball or balls with the proper core and cover to match booth your game and the lane surface on which you bowl. Depending on how serious you are about your bowling, and how many centers you bowl in, you may need more than one ball to help you match the conditions.
And always remember: your equipment should be cleaned each time it used.
Mike Luongo is technically certified through IBPSIA as a Pro Shop Operator and Teacher. He is also a Silver Level Coach wiht the USBC and is also the Northeast Technical Advisor for the Morich Bowling Ball Company (Morich Enterprises, Inc.) and a member of the Brunswick Pro Shop Staff. If you have a subject you would like covered, Mike an be reached by calling 341-1694 or by sending an e-maill to mikespro@warwick.net


Ed's Outlook

We love to talk bowling whenever we get the chance. The continued growth of this sport depends on all of us who participate in the sport.
Selling this sport is really as easy as letting others know how much we enjoy the sport.
All league officers, association members and officers and league bowlers should sell the sport and let non-bowlers know about the fun of bowling and we should all be out there recruiting new league members.
An interesting question we as bowlers should be asking each other is how often do we speak about bowling's benefits to friends outside of our regular bowling circle.
Just a little casual conversation about the game you love will do more to create positive change in attitudes about the sport.
Always use a positive approach and lets all try to bring in new bowlers because when this happens the sport grows and this is very important to our great game of bowling.
This column is written by consultant to the professional Sport of Bowling Ed Townsend. If you have a topic that you believe would make good reading or have High Honor scores or tournament information or results, please call Ed at 439-8177 or send an e-mail to him at bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com Our Web page can be read at http://bght.blogspot.com