Sunday, February 20, 2011

Bowling Highlights Column 2-18-11

Eddie Lake

Gregory Fallon



Fallon And Lake Score 800 Series

Forty-four year-old Gregory Fallon of Ellenville and 47-year-old Monticello bowler Eddie Lake recorded 800 plus series recently in league play at Kiamesha Lanes.
Fallon blasted the maples for a 835 on February 2 in the Wednesday Men's league off single games of 280, 279, 276 on lanes 7 and 8 using a Storm Virtural Gravity bowling ball.
His previous high series was a 792 and his current average is 227.
Fallon has been bowling for 26 years and presently only bowls in this one league with the Goin Postal team consisting of team members Matt Fallon, Jon Wilhelm, Richard Bradford and Donald Durland.
Gregory is single and the father of four sons, Matt, Adam, Alex and Grey.
He is employed as a postal carrier with the Kingston NY Post Office.
Lake recorded an 817 series on February 7 in the Monday Men's league off single games of 269, 258, 290 using his old Hammer bowling ball.
He presently has a 233 average in the Monday Men's league and a 225 average in the Wednesday Men's league and a 220 plus average in the Friday Mixed Doubles league.
Eddie has 12 career 300 games and continues to prove the fact that some of the old bowling equipment can still do the job.
His high 856 series was bowled in 2004 in the Wednesday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
Lake is single and comes from a well known Sullivan County bowling family with brother Ricky Lake and mother Joan Lake.

The Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo

Bowlers: This week's tip is a reminder that although there are so many aggressive, high performance balls available, the main component of the sport is having a sharp game and becoming a good shot maker.
Lane conditions have become very soft and that combination with today's bowling balls has led to high scoring conditions making the majority of today's bowlers very complacent about working on their physical game. However, the sport of bowling is making a comeback as can be seen in some of the newer Sport Bowling leagues so knowing how to adjust to varying lane conditions and understanding how to use today's bowling balls is only part of the equation.
For those bowlers who want to maximize their potential in this sport, I cannot stress enough the importance of finding a qualified and certified bowling instructor. Even more preferable, you should work with an instructor who uses video technology to completely analyze your game.
The knowledge you gain from a Certified Instructor is knowledge that will be useful to you and will stay with you throughout your bowling life.
Mike Luongo is technically certified through the IBPSIA as a Pro Shop Operator and Master Instructor. He is also a Silver Level Coach with the USBC and is an Advisor along with being involved with Special Events with the Storm and Roto Grip Bowling Ball Company. If you have a question or subject you would like covered, he can be reached by telephone at 435-720-7939 or via email at mikel@stormbowling.com

PBA News

Tom Hess defeated Jack Jurek, 225-214 to win the 2011 Bayer United States Bowling Congress Masters last Sunday afternoon on ESPN.



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, via e-mail at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com and by fax at 845-230-8674. For a more expanded version of the bowling column, please visit our Web Page at http://bght.blogspot.com/ This column is also available on Facebook.

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