James VanAken Rolls 3rd 300 Game
Forty-two year-old Woodbourne bowler James VanAken recorded his third career 300 game on November 7 in the Monday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
This 300 game along with a 235 and a 187 gave James a 722 series and was rolled on lanes 11 and 12 using a Hammer Black Widow Sting bowling ball.
VanAken has been bowling for some 23 years and his two previous 300 games were also bowled at Kiamesha Lanes.
He presently maintains a 201 average in the Monday league and a 206 in the Wednesday Men's league, also at Kiamesha Lanes.
James serves as the secretary of both the Monday and Wednesday Men's leagues.
Bowlers on Jim's Monday night team consist of John Hoffmann, Josh Strang and Tom Belgiovene.
James is married 14 years to Loretta and their family consists of daughters Kristy, Megan, Stephanie and Jennifer.
He is employed at Clearwater Dist. as a service technician.
The Bowling Tip
By Mike Luongo
Bowlers: This week's tip is for bowlers using high performance 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 and 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 cover stock of your bowling ball must match the lane condition. If your ball is grabbing too early, you will need some polish. If the ball is already polished, use a higher degree of polish, preferably something with a slip agent. This will help you get the ball down the lane with less effort.
The tell tale sign of a ball grabbing the lane too soon is when you see the ball hook and then it stops hooking.
On the other hand, if your ball is skidding too far down the lane, you will need surface friction on the ball. How much friction you will 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 4,000 or as much as 320.
Reminder.....these are adjustments to fine tune your ball reaction. It is up to the Pro Shop professional to help you purchase the ball or balls with the proper core and cover to match both 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 is used.
Mike Luongo is technically certified through IBPSIA as Pro Shop Operator and Master Instructor. He is also a Silver Level Coach with the USBC and is also 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
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, by email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com and by fax at 845-205-4474. For a more expanded version of this column go to our Web Page at http://bght.blogspot.com/ We are also available on Facebook.
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