Friday, December 10, 2010

Bowling Highlights Column 12-10-10


Durland Scores 825 Series

Twenty-two-year-old Wurtsboro bowler Donald Durland recorded his highest career series on December 1 when he clipped the maples for a 825 off of single games of 258, 279, 288 in the Wednesday Men's League at Kiamesha Lanes.
The series was bowled on lanes 7 and 8 using two different bowling balls. He started his first game with a Hammer Vibe and as the lanes changed in the second game of the night he changed to a Hammer Trapp.
He bowls with the Goin Postal team and team members Jon Wilhelm, Richard Bradford, Gregory Fallon and Matt Fallon. His Wednesday night average is presently 234.
Durland has been battling a finger injury on his right bowling hand and when he subs in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league he is bowling left handed and hopes someday to be able to bowl as good left handed as he does right handed and some proof of that came on November 30 in the Tuesday Firefighters league when he scored a 238 and a 652.
Durland over the past several years has shown steady league growth and additional experience and exposure in the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) regional tournaments. His last regional tournament was this past spring at Catskill, NY.
He is easily considered one of the premier men bowlers in the Tri-State area.
Durland has 10 career 300 games.
Donald recorded his first-ever 300 game during the 2005-2006 season as a youth bowler in the Saturday Morning Youth leagues at Kiamesha Lanes..
Summer league experience includes bowling in a Professional style league with pro lane dressing conditions in Newburgh.
His mother, Debbie Durland is one of the premier women bowlers in the Tri-County area.
His previous high series was a 796 off single games of 268, 249 and 279 and was bowled in the Monday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
He has been bowling since the age of 5.
Donald is single and is employed by the Monticello Greenhouse.
Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo

Bowlers: One of the previous tips was designed to help you achieve the correct body position to properly execute a bowling shot and be able to repeat it.
This week, we will cover the release, information that will help bowlers of all levels.
A properly executed release is possibly one of the most misunderstood parts of a bowling shot. Most bowlers tend to muscle the ball through the release zone, either accelerating or decelerating on the downswing. The proper release for all bowlers, (whether you are a six-year-old with a conventional grip or an accomplished bowler with many years experience) can be executed by letting gravity bring the ball from the top of the swing through the release zone with no interference from your arm or shoulder muscles.
If the ball fits properly, the gravity will take it off your hand at the right time providing your body is in the proper position. Any rotation on the ball should come from your hand only, not your arm.
Using the proper technique will allow you to get as much rotation on the ball as desired.
Note, however, if your ball does not fit properly, it will require excessive grip pressure to hold on to which will make the release harder to execute.
Aside from bowling, for those of you that have played golf, you can strike the ball much better and with more accuracy if you do not pull the club down from the top of the swing with your shoulder muscles. Gravity can be your best friend or worst enemy depending on how you use it.
Mike Luongo is technically certified through IBPSIA as a Pro Shop Operator and Master Instructor. He is also a Silver Level Coach with the USBC and is also the Northeast Regional Sales Manager with the Storm and Roto Grip Bowling Ball Company. 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

PBA

Bill O'Neill made his third Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour title look easy, eliminating four competitors to capture the Pepsi Viper Championship at South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas. This championship was the second leg in the PBA World Series of Bowling and was taped in September and aired last Sunday.
The Chameleon Championship will air this Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN.
Full coverage of this story is available at http://bght.blogspot.com/

This column is written by Ed Townsend, a public relations consultant to the amateur and professional sport of bowling and to several bowling writers associations. If you have a topic that would make good reading, or have league and tournament scores and information, Ed can be reached by phone at 845-439-8177 or by e-mail at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com and by fax at 845-230-8674. For a more expanded version of this bowling column, please visit our Web Page at http://bght.blogspot.com/ This column is also available on Facebook.

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