Durland &
Morris Score 300's
Troy Morris
The Donald Durland 300 express is rolling in high gear at
Kiamesha Lanes (KL) as the 25-year-old Wurtsboro bowler recorded his 17th and
18th perfect games during a one week span in the month of
December.
Adding to the KL 300 spotlight was a perfect game bowled
December 21 by 40-year-old Woodbourne bowler Troy C. Morris in the Saturday
Mixed league.
Durland during the last game bowled on December 16 recorded
his 17th 300 and within a weeks time span bagged out his 18th 300 during the
first game on December 23, both at KL in the same Monday Night Men's
league.
Donald on December 16 scored a 778 series off single games
of 245, 233, 300.
On December 23 he recorded a 725 series off single games of
300, 214, 211 on lanes 3 & 4 using an IG Tour Solid bowling
ball.
In the Monday Men's league he bowls under the sponsorship of
the Monticello Greenhouse with team mates Joe Fallon, his father Paul Durland
and Vinnie Collura.
Durland bowls in two other leagues including the Wednesday
Men's league at the Hoe Bowl Lanes in Walden and switches to bowling left handed
in the Thursday Men's league at Tarsio Lanes in Newburgh.
His current league average in the KL Monday league is
236.
Donald had the honor of starting the KL 300 bowling
club off to a fast start on the opening night and the first game of the Monday
Men's league September 9 with his his 16th career perfect game. In the December 23 300 game he noted all 12 strikes
were in the pocket.
During the 2012-13 season Donald
maintained a 220 plus average both in Kingston and Newburgh. His 15th career 300
was recorded January 7, 2013 in the Monday Men's league at Kiamesha
Lanes.
Over the past several years he has
shown steady league growth and at one point in time competed in the Professional
Bowl Tour regional tournaments.
Considered by bowling experts to be
one of the premier men bowlers in the Tri-State area, Donald recorded his
first-ever 300 game during the 2005-06 season as a youth bowler in the Saturday
Morning Youth leagues at Kiamesha Lanes.
Donald's mother Debbie is one of the
premier women bowlers in the Tri-County area and his father Paul and younger
brother James maintain the high Durland family bowling
standards.
Bowling since the age of 5, Durland
is single and is employed by the Monticello
Greenhouse.
Troy Morris recorded his 300 game on
lanes 13 & 14 using a RotoGrip bowling ball.
Morris bowl for the Hell Raisers team
with team members Michelle Morris, George VanAken and Jim
VanAken.
The Saturday Mixed league is the only
league Troy bowls in and presently maintains a 193 average.
He has been bowling for some 16 years
and noted "all strikes were in the pocket."
This is Troy's first career 300. He
has no 800 series.
Married with no children he is
employed by CES.
Ed's Outlook
Our congratulations go out this week to Newark, NY's Doug
Kent who has been elected to the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Hall of
Fame in the Superior Performance category.
Professional Bowlers Association tour bowler Doug, his wife
Chrissie, and Doug's parents have become good friends over the years that we
covered the Professional Bowlers Association when they had tour stops at Latham,
Cheektowaga, North Brunswick, NJ and Norwich, Conn.
Doug retired from full time tour competition last year and
he is also the brother-in-law of PBA Hall of Famer Parker Bohn III.
Kent had a career year on the PBA tour during the 2006-07
season when he earned his second USBC Masters Title and took home the PBA Player
of the Year award.
The 46-year-old right-hander owns 10 PBA titles including
four majors. His success helped him to the No. 43 spot among the 50 greatest
players in PBA history and into the PBA Hall of Fame in 2013.
Kent is a member of the Canandaigua, NY and Lake Ontario, NY
Hall of Fame and the Rochester, NY Walk of Fame.
The induction ceremony will take place April 24 at the 2014
USBC Convention in Reno, Nev.
Ed Townsend, a PR consultant to the sport of bowling ,
writes and compiles the information for this column. If you have league scores,
tournament information, score a 300 game or 800 series or even bowl your age,
call
Ed at 845-439-8177, email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com or fax at 845-205-4474. View this column and all of Ed's pictures at http://bght.blogspot.com We are also on Facebook and Twitter.
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The Bowling
Tip
By Mike
Luongo
How to best use the dots and arrows on the approach is this
week's tip and hopefully this will assist you on how to best use the dots and
arrows as target aids.
When preparing to execute a bowling shot, whether it is a
strike or spare, you must be prepared to understand the path down the lane you
intend your bowling ball to take.
With this in mind, when stepping on the approach you should
have a focal point, simply the point from which the ball will roll off your hand
in the direction you intend it to go, picked out.
If you throw a hook ball, you will be rolling the ball
toward the intended break point.....the spot on the lane you expect your ball to
change direction. If you are rolling a straight ball....the pocket or pin/pins
will be your intended target.
The tip: Look at the intended target and bring your eyes
back to the spot on the lane that you are most comfortable looking
at.....whether it be the dots or an arrow.
To play the modern game, the sooner the ball comes off your
hand the better. If you are looking at an arrow and tend to throw or hit up on
the ball instead of rolling it off your hand, bring your eyes more toward the
dots.
If you are a bowler that tends to play more across the
boards with a lot of rotation, your focal point should be as far right (or left
if you are left handed) as in between the lanes to get the ball to the correct
break point.
If you play a straighter game with a small hook, your focal
point may be toward the 3-pin if bowling right handed.
Remember, there is no substitute for making a good shot. If
you combine good shots with good thinking, your scores will
increase.
Mike Luongo is a certified IBPSIAPro Shop Operator, Master
Instructor, USBC Silver Level Coach and an Advisor-Special Events assistant with
the Storm and Roto Grip Bowling Ball Company. Have a question, call him at
435-720-7939 or email at mikel@stormbowling.com
Local
Scores
(compiled by Ed
Townsend)
Callicoon Kristal
Bowl
Mon. Hortonville
Ladies
Sue Naughton 187, Linda Mills 165, Kelly Gombita 154, 160,
Lillian Zieres 183, 166,158, 507, Virginia Connel 156, Mary Fitzgerald 190,
Marty Bogdanowitz 155, Joyce Brooks 162, Chris Burr 176, Debbie Loughrey 160,
Judy Mohn 155, Heidi Schick 151, Denise Million 150.
Fox Bowling
Center
Thurs. Men's
Deposit Ntl.
Al Bullis Jr. 650, Howard Couse Jr. 243, 627, Frank Couse
Sr. 277, 693, Bill Gleim 233, 666, Larry Jenson 235, 630, Matt Johnson 236, 602,
Greg Keesler 234, 616, Neil Mosher 255, 673, Jim Valentine 246, 247, 681, Dan
Wormuth 608.
Friday Mixed
Couples
Arletta Akselrad 188, John Bryceland 236, Andy Bullis a nice
300 game along with a 250, 225, 775, Frank Couse Sr. 629, Shane Dirig 250, 668,
Paul Fritz 231, Nick Hazen 225, Matt Johnson 235, 637, Bonnie LaDuke 186, Dana
McGraw 181, 213, 570, Rick Mills 236, 234, 685, Sheri Oralls 181, 184, 535, Walt
Oralls 236, Tia Robinson 215, 508, Jen Smith 191, 209, 535, Dan Wormuth 613,
Jeremy Wormuth 245, 600.
Saturday
Youth
Junior league, Trisha McElroy 218, Bantam league, Billy
Gilmore 106, 110, Nathanial Hendrickson 118, Anton Leonard 110, Devin Lester
111, Nicholas Locke 101, Brenna Gleim 134, 138.
Sunday Mixed
Fun
Brenna Gleim (youth girls) 116, 133, 145, 394, Reva Jones
180, 189, 205, 574, Donnie Marino 268, 226, 698, Savanna Mills (youth girls)
182, 160, 202, 544.
Kiamesha
Lanes
Monday
Men's
Rick Lake 247, 684, Eddie Lake 253, 268, 717, Jim Piontek
620, Dan Ricco 236, 606, Mike Weiner 643, Greg Fallon 258, 232, 698, Vinnie
Collura 264, 236, 235, 735, Tom Belgiovene 233, 615, Rudy Belanchia 603, John
Fischer 226, 259, 247, 732, Jon Wilhelm 246, 246, 689, Laresko Niifa 234, 612,
John Hoffmann 623, Eddie Walsh 256, 234, 684, Pedro Agapito 257, 268, 730, Walt
Edwards 600, Mikey Travis 246, 652, Craig Wilhelm 229, Lloyd Bridges 237, 225,
643, Dan VanAken 245, 657, Kyle Stevens 288, 278, 790, Larry Berens 233, 268,
247, 748, Jim VanAken 236, 661, Josh Strang 638, Charlie Tuttle 238, 659, George
Budd 617, Brett Budd 226, 256, 675, Al Caycho 246, 236, 619, Jody Farquhar 225,
245, 644, Armen Murad 236, 633, Dave Graham 248, 672, Keith Smith 289, 258,
755,
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