Vinnie Collura
Chris Barnes 
Paul & Debbie Durland Collura & Hoffmann Score Tournament & League 300's
Vinnie Collura is a pure gentleman and a bona fide bowling technician and this talented right hander proved it on the lanes last Sunday morning as he blasted the maples for a perfect 300 game in the Tri-County NY United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Association tournament at Pin Street Lanes in Warwick.
Bowling in the 9 a.m. Doubles & singles event, he recorded the 12-strikes in a row in the first game of the doubles competition on lanes 13 & 14.
Vinnie noted that he struggled somewhat after the first game and finished the event with a 661 series.
This 300 was his sixth career perfect game and comes a little more than two months after he scored his fifth career 300 on December 26, 2007 with a 300, 246, 234, 780 in the Wednesday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
Collura, 39, noted that he was only bowling in one league this year, the Wednesday Men's league at Kiamesha lanes, and that presently he holds down a 212 average.
He used a Hammer Black Widow bowling ball to record last Sunday's 300 game.
Vinnie's highest series is an 809.
All strikes were in the pocket for Sunday's perfect game.
Vinnie serves as Sergeant At Arms for the Tri-County NY USBC Association.
Association President David Kinney Sr., who is also manager of the Pin Street Lanes (formerly called Frontier Lanes) pointed out that the 300 game was scored on the regular house shot..
Vinnie and his wife Carena live in Monticello and Vinnie is employed as a Rehab Technician for the Center For Discovery in Harris.
John "Little Lefty" Hoffmann is also known as one of the great technical bowlers in the Tri-State area and he added to an already illustrious bowling career Tuesday night (March 4) when he recorded his 21st career 300 in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league at Kiamesha Lanes.
Bowling on lanes 11 & 12 Hoffmann smashed the maples for a 258, 300, 259 for his highest ever series of 817.
At one point of the 300 game and the third game of the night he rolled 19 strikes in a row with 12 coming in the perfect game and 7 more strikes in the first seven frames of the third game.
The "Little Lefty" bowled the 300 and 817 series using a new Roto Grip Quest bowling ball recently drilled for him by Mike Luongo who noted to this columnist when fitting and drilling out the new ball for Hoffmann that "John has a real nice game."
All 19 strikes were in the 1-2 pocket Hoffmann noted.
Hoffmann's Tuesday night team IAPOTH (I Ain't Paying On That Hit) consists of Bob Yakin Sr., Kevin Stackhouse and Roberta Yakin.
John won the high average bowler honors with a 229 in the Tri-County NY United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Association for 2006-2007 season. The 66-year-old bowled professionally from 1990 through 1993 in the Northeast Regional Professional Bowlers Association where he got his "Little Lefty" nickname from PBA Tour Bowler Tommy Delutz Jr. He is also the 2007 Tri-County NY USBC Men's Senior Champion and a New Jersey State Senior champion.
He presently maintains a 220 average and in addition to this league bowls in the Monday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes, the Wednesday Mixed Businessmen's league at Callicoon Lanes and the Sunday Thunder 102 Mixed league at Kiamesha Lanes.
Last fall he also became a certified USBC instructor.
Hoffmann has been bowling for some 51 years, is retired and lives in the South Woods Road area of the Town of Thompson.
Durland's Win
Elks Tourney
Paul and Debbie Durland of Wurtsboro are the 2008 champions of the annual Monticello Elks Scotch Doubles Tournament. They shot the winning score of 662.
The event took place Saturday, March 1 at Kiamesha Lanes under the direction of Dean Shattuck.
The event returned with the popular chicken bar-b-q which was held at the lodge following bowling.
Some 51 two-person teams competed in this popular annual Scotch Doubles tournament.
Second place in the competition went to Linda Luongo and George Martin of Middletown while third place was captured by Tom Skiff Jr. and Joan Reddington from White Sulphur Springs.
Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo
This tip is for all bowlers regardless of age of level of play.
So very often today bowlers find themselves off balance at the foul line.
While there are many reasons for this, what you may not realize is that most bad finishes are a result of a bad start..
The tip: Check your first step and see if it's too long. This will cause you to push the ball away too far and then your feet will have to play "catch up" to keep you from falling down.
Try a smaller first step next time......it may help.
Mike Luongo is technically certified through IBPSIA as a Pro Shop Operator and Teacher. He is also a Silver Level Coach with the USBC and is also the Northeast Technical Advisor for the Morich Bowling Ball Company (Morich Enterprises, Inc.). Mike is also a member of the Brunswick Pro Shop Staff. If you have a question or subject you would like covered, he can be reached at 341-1694 or via e-mail at mikespro@warwick.net
Local Scores
Callicoon Lanes
In the Wednesday Mixed Businessmen's league Shirley Townsend scored a 189, 191, 558, Peter Flanagan 214, Don Hill 201, Mike Hubbard 199, Mike Beseth 197, Alan Rutledge 201, 204, Kory Kessler 233, Bruce Rutledge 225, 195, 208, 628, Walter Ziser 195, Scott Austin 209, 223, 610, Brian Marino 217, Tom Russell 206, Damien Vanleuven 201, 244, 628, Rich Winters 209, 212, Ed Townsend 208, 199, Tom Skiff Jr. 213, 231 and John Hoffmann 200, 234, 626.
Fox Bowling Center
Recent highlight scores in the Wednesday Men's Independent league include a 235, 220, 235, 690 by Glenn Bowker, Tony Wright 224, 356, 204, 684, Allen Bullis Sr. 256, 200, 222, 678, Andrew S. Bullis 246, 223, 197, 666, Norm Ellis 212, 246, 205, 663, Charlie DeCristofaro 226, 216, 214, 656, William Gleim 245, 197, 202, 644, James Dibble 226, 216, 194, 636, John Stanton 235, 225, 635, Paul Ignatovich 220, 222, 633, Cecil Spencer 222, 217, 632, Sam Rowe 268, 215, 625, Robert McNaught 234, 225, 621, Josh Rice 211, 227, 620, Steven Jacobi 204, 204, 210, 618, Neil Mosher 245, 618, Daniel Wormuth 201, 215, 201, 617, Brandon Drumm 267, 610, Hank Whitmore 224, 610, Arthur Gately 231, 603, Jonathon Wayne 246, 213, Carl Davis 228, Donald Marino 236, Frank Couse 207, Mitch Persbacker 205, Jack Hazen 218, Brian Drumm 258 and David Thomason 224.
In the Thursday Men's Deposit National league Robert Johnson scored237, 213, 245, 695, Al Bullis Jr. 227, 213, 237, 677, Paul Fritz 214, 254, 202, 670, Bill Gleim 269, 205, 666, Jim Valentine 258, 233, 663, Steve Hopkins 202, 210, 225, 637, Norm Ellis 247, 215, 630, Marc Cetta 199, 245, 629, Carl Davis 238, 199, 628, Jeff Curtis 249, 625, Daniel Koch 232, 225, 616, Cody Conway 214, 196, 201, 611, Andrew Bullis 210, 213, 610, Robert Ropert 268, Lee Stanton 212, Shane Merwin 224, Al Bullis Sr. 225, Brad Tracy 206, Neil Mosher 235, Len Terrell 244, Dale Conklin 211, Steve Aitken 224, Rod Pudney 247, Don Ferris 209, Harold Morgan 225, Sterling Murphy 213, Paul Ignatovich 205 and Howard Couse Sr. 226.
Kiamesha Lanes
Recent highlight scores in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league include a 191, 534 by Carol MacAdam, John Cascone 256, 654, Debbie Durland 202, 580, Ed Guthrie 654, John Hoffmann 677, Roberta Yakin 188, 552, Larry Berens 279, 679 and Charles Blackburn 257.
In the Saturday Morning Youth leagues, in the Pee Wees division Tulsi Patel scored an 82.
In the Bantams division Thomas Nola scored a 92 and a 102.
In the Preps division Taylor Bruderman scored a 96, Rup Patel 135, Mikayla DeGraw 114, Jared Friedman 139, 138, Kristy Gessman 114, Trevor Scott 132, 126, Chase Israel 144, Meghan McCormack 128, Taylor McCormack 109, Shelby Cooper 97, Francis Henderson 157 and Kishan Patel 150.
In the Jr./Mjrs division Scott Bock scored a 208, Shawn Sinistorie 183, Nick Price 187, Kristy Zeininger 135, Jennifer Zeninger 130, James Durland 191 and Petro Agapito III a 160 and 170.
BOWLING CALENDAR
March 29-April 27, Fox Bowling Center 56th Annual Handicap Tournament. Teams, doubles, singles. For information call Bill Gleim at 607-637-4401.
April 19-20--1st Annual Callicoon Lanes Budweiser Men's & Women's Scratch Tournament. For information call tournament director Tom Russell at 845-887-5750.
Vinnie Collura is a pure gentleman and a bona fide bowling technician and this talented right hander proved it on the lanes last Sunday morning as he blasted the maples for a perfect 300 game in the Tri-County NY United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Association tournament at Pin Street Lanes in Warwick.
Bowling in the 9 a.m. Doubles & singles event, he recorded the 12-strikes in a row in the first game of the doubles competition on lanes 13 & 14.
Vinnie noted that he struggled somewhat after the first game and finished the event with a 661 series.
This 300 was his sixth career perfect game and comes a little more than two months after he scored his fifth career 300 on December 26, 2007 with a 300, 246, 234, 780 in the Wednesday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
Collura, 39, noted that he was only bowling in one league this year, the Wednesday Men's league at Kiamesha lanes, and that presently he holds down a 212 average.
He used a Hammer Black Widow bowling ball to record last Sunday's 300 game.
Vinnie's highest series is an 809.
All strikes were in the pocket for Sunday's perfect game.
Vinnie serves as Sergeant At Arms for the Tri-County NY USBC Association.
Association President David Kinney Sr., who is also manager of the Pin Street Lanes (formerly called Frontier Lanes) pointed out that the 300 game was scored on the regular house shot..
Vinnie and his wife Carena live in Monticello and Vinnie is employed as a Rehab Technician for the Center For Discovery in Harris.
John "Little Lefty" Hoffmann is also known as one of the great technical bowlers in the Tri-State area and he added to an already illustrious bowling career Tuesday night (March 4) when he recorded his 21st career 300 in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league at Kiamesha Lanes.
Bowling on lanes 11 & 12 Hoffmann smashed the maples for a 258, 300, 259 for his highest ever series of 817.
At one point of the 300 game and the third game of the night he rolled 19 strikes in a row with 12 coming in the perfect game and 7 more strikes in the first seven frames of the third game.
The "Little Lefty" bowled the 300 and 817 series using a new Roto Grip Quest bowling ball recently drilled for him by Mike Luongo who noted to this columnist when fitting and drilling out the new ball for Hoffmann that "John has a real nice game."
All 19 strikes were in the 1-2 pocket Hoffmann noted.
Hoffmann's Tuesday night team IAPOTH (I Ain't Paying On That Hit) consists of Bob Yakin Sr., Kevin Stackhouse and Roberta Yakin.
John won the high average bowler honors with a 229 in the Tri-County NY United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Association for 2006-2007 season. The 66-year-old bowled professionally from 1990 through 1993 in the Northeast Regional Professional Bowlers Association where he got his "Little Lefty" nickname from PBA Tour Bowler Tommy Delutz Jr. He is also the 2007 Tri-County NY USBC Men's Senior Champion and a New Jersey State Senior champion.
He presently maintains a 220 average and in addition to this league bowls in the Monday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes, the Wednesday Mixed Businessmen's league at Callicoon Lanes and the Sunday Thunder 102 Mixed league at Kiamesha Lanes.
Last fall he also became a certified USBC instructor.
Hoffmann has been bowling for some 51 years, is retired and lives in the South Woods Road area of the Town of Thompson.
Durland's Win
Elks Tourney
Paul and Debbie Durland of Wurtsboro are the 2008 champions of the annual Monticello Elks Scotch Doubles Tournament. They shot the winning score of 662.
The event took place Saturday, March 1 at Kiamesha Lanes under the direction of Dean Shattuck.
The event returned with the popular chicken bar-b-q which was held at the lodge following bowling.
Some 51 two-person teams competed in this popular annual Scotch Doubles tournament.
Second place in the competition went to Linda Luongo and George Martin of Middletown while third place was captured by Tom Skiff Jr. and Joan Reddington from White Sulphur Springs.
Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo
This tip is for all bowlers regardless of age of level of play.
So very often today bowlers find themselves off balance at the foul line.
While there are many reasons for this, what you may not realize is that most bad finishes are a result of a bad start..
The tip: Check your first step and see if it's too long. This will cause you to push the ball away too far and then your feet will have to play "catch up" to keep you from falling down.
Try a smaller first step next time......it may help.
Mike Luongo is technically certified through IBPSIA as a Pro Shop Operator and Teacher. He is also a Silver Level Coach with the USBC and is also the Northeast Technical Advisor for the Morich Bowling Ball Company (Morich Enterprises, Inc.). Mike is also a member of the Brunswick Pro Shop Staff. If you have a question or subject you would like covered, he can be reached at 341-1694 or via e-mail at mikespro@warwick.net
Local Scores
Callicoon Lanes
In the Wednesday Mixed Businessmen's league Shirley Townsend scored a 189, 191, 558, Peter Flanagan 214, Don Hill 201, Mike Hubbard 199, Mike Beseth 197, Alan Rutledge 201, 204, Kory Kessler 233, Bruce Rutledge 225, 195, 208, 628, Walter Ziser 195, Scott Austin 209, 223, 610, Brian Marino 217, Tom Russell 206, Damien Vanleuven 201, 244, 628, Rich Winters 209, 212, Ed Townsend 208, 199, Tom Skiff Jr. 213, 231 and John Hoffmann 200, 234, 626.
Fox Bowling Center
Recent highlight scores in the Wednesday Men's Independent league include a 235, 220, 235, 690 by Glenn Bowker, Tony Wright 224, 356, 204, 684, Allen Bullis Sr. 256, 200, 222, 678, Andrew S. Bullis 246, 223, 197, 666, Norm Ellis 212, 246, 205, 663, Charlie DeCristofaro 226, 216, 214, 656, William Gleim 245, 197, 202, 644, James Dibble 226, 216, 194, 636, John Stanton 235, 225, 635, Paul Ignatovich 220, 222, 633, Cecil Spencer 222, 217, 632, Sam Rowe 268, 215, 625, Robert McNaught 234, 225, 621, Josh Rice 211, 227, 620, Steven Jacobi 204, 204, 210, 618, Neil Mosher 245, 618, Daniel Wormuth 201, 215, 201, 617, Brandon Drumm 267, 610, Hank Whitmore 224, 610, Arthur Gately 231, 603, Jonathon Wayne 246, 213, Carl Davis 228, Donald Marino 236, Frank Couse 207, Mitch Persbacker 205, Jack Hazen 218, Brian Drumm 258 and David Thomason 224.
In the Thursday Men's Deposit National league Robert Johnson scored237, 213, 245, 695, Al Bullis Jr. 227, 213, 237, 677, Paul Fritz 214, 254, 202, 670, Bill Gleim 269, 205, 666, Jim Valentine 258, 233, 663, Steve Hopkins 202, 210, 225, 637, Norm Ellis 247, 215, 630, Marc Cetta 199, 245, 629, Carl Davis 238, 199, 628, Jeff Curtis 249, 625, Daniel Koch 232, 225, 616, Cody Conway 214, 196, 201, 611, Andrew Bullis 210, 213, 610, Robert Ropert 268, Lee Stanton 212, Shane Merwin 224, Al Bullis Sr. 225, Brad Tracy 206, Neil Mosher 235, Len Terrell 244, Dale Conklin 211, Steve Aitken 224, Rod Pudney 247, Don Ferris 209, Harold Morgan 225, Sterling Murphy 213, Paul Ignatovich 205 and Howard Couse Sr. 226.
Kiamesha Lanes
Recent highlight scores in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league include a 191, 534 by Carol MacAdam, John Cascone 256, 654, Debbie Durland 202, 580, Ed Guthrie 654, John Hoffmann 677, Roberta Yakin 188, 552, Larry Berens 279, 679 and Charles Blackburn 257.
In the Saturday Morning Youth leagues, in the Pee Wees division Tulsi Patel scored an 82.
In the Bantams division Thomas Nola scored a 92 and a 102.
In the Preps division Taylor Bruderman scored a 96, Rup Patel 135, Mikayla DeGraw 114, Jared Friedman 139, 138, Kristy Gessman 114, Trevor Scott 132, 126, Chase Israel 144, Meghan McCormack 128, Taylor McCormack 109, Shelby Cooper 97, Francis Henderson 157 and Kishan Patel 150.
In the Jr./Mjrs division Scott Bock scored a 208, Shawn Sinistorie 183, Nick Price 187, Kristy Zeininger 135, Jennifer Zeninger 130, James Durland 191 and Petro Agapito III a 160 and 170.
BOWLING CALENDAR
March 29-April 27, Fox Bowling Center 56th Annual Handicap Tournament. Teams, doubles, singles. For information call Bill Gleim at 607-637-4401.
April 19-20--1st Annual Callicoon Lanes Budweiser Men's & Women's Scratch Tournament. For information call tournament director Tom Russell at 845-887-5750.
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