Donald Durland
Bob Cady with the Lane # 1 Buzzsaw XXL urethane bowling ball. Durland 300 & He Competes In
His First Professional PBA Event
Cady 300 Goes Into Lane # 1 Record Book
Twenty-year-old Wurtsboro bowler Donald Durland and 61-year old Livingston Manor bowler Bob Cady are years apart in age but each of their bowling prowess has resulted in recent 300 perfect game scores.
Durland is on a roll and his bowling skills has resulted in him scoring his 8th career 300 game at Kiamesha Lanes and he competed very well this past weekend in his first ever Professional Bowling Association (PBA) East Regional tournament.
Donald took his bowling talents to the PBA East Region Parker Bohn/Blue Valley Lanes Open held last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Wind Gap, Pa.
Practice rounds took place Friday and the PBA Viper lane condition created early scoring problems for many of the bowlers.
Saturday morning Durland went into his first PBA Regional competition in the 8 a.m. "A" squad and his eight game qualifying round consisted of 199, 203, 201, 233, 210, 276, 211, 211 which gave him a total of 1744, a 218 average and put him into fourth place for his shift.
After the 2 p.m. "B" shift completed play Durland was in fifth place. The 8 p.m. "C" shift would determine if this young Wurtsboro amateur would be one of the 16 bowlers to bowl Sunday in the 9:30 a.m. Round of 16.
Some pretty good scoring took place by the "C" squad bowlers but Donald's 1744 score was good enough to place him in 11th place and the right to compete in the Round of 16 Sunday morning.
The Round of 16 featured single-elimination match play with a best of five format. Durland was matched up against the number 6 seed Bob Caruso of Dayton, NJ. Caruso won the match 3-0 but for his first time in PBA Regional competition Donald did very well in qualifications and this overall great learning experience will certainly advance his bowling skills because now he knows what to look forward to in future Regional PBA competition.
Kudos to you Donald and a job well done.......his efforts resulted in a $600 payday.
Cady is heading for the record books at the Syracuse based Lane # 1 Bowling Company as a spokeswoman at the company headquarters last week confirmed that Cady will become only the 8th bowler to score a 300 with the company's Buzzsaw XXL urethane bowling ball which was put out on the market some 5 to 6 years ago. A spokesman for the Syracuse bowling ball company has asked that a picture of Bob with the ball be sent to Lane # 1 so that they could put him into their record books.
Young Durland scored his 8th career perfect game on November 19 in the Wednesday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
He was bowling on lanes 7 & 8 and used a Vibe bowling ball. The night started with a 300 (all 12 strikes were in the pocket) and he then added a 216 and a 192 for a 708 series. Donald bowls with the Auto Zone team consisting of team members Shane Conner, Matthew Fallon, Richard Bradford and Jon Wilheim.
Durland started his 300 career when he bowled his first 300 during the 2005-2006 season as a youth bowler in the Saturday Morning Youth leagues at Kiamesha Lanes.
His 7th 300 was bowled on October 24 while subbing in the October 24 Friday Mixed Doubles league and Don's 6th career 300 came on July 30 in the Wednesday Mixed Summer League at Colonial Lanes in Chester.
Durland's high series of 796 off single games of 268, 249, 279 was bowled earlier this year in the Monday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
He has been bowling since the age of 5 and averages 222 in the Wednesday league and 219 in the Monday Men's league both at Kiamesha Lanes.
The Lane # 1 Buzzsaw XXL urethane bowling ball that Bob Cady used to score his most recent 300 game in the October 26 Sunday Mixed league at Liberty Lanes was once owned by this writer who acquired the ball from Lane # 1 about five years ago.
After having the ball drilled I bowled with the ball several months but never got comfortable and the ball never did much for my scoring ability. Since Bob and I bowled on the same team we were talking about the ball one night and he indicated he wished he had a urethane ball and I told him I would be more than happy to give him the ball which I did.
Bob had Mike Luongo re-drill the ball which Bob used from time to time but just last week he informed me that this was the ball he was using now and was the one he recorded his 2ed career 300 with.
Lane # 1 describes the ball as a pearl urethane which gives bowlers "Xtra Xtra length when the lanes dry out." Lane # 1's suggestion to bowlers is "when your resin ball is hooking too much and your plastic ball doesn't hook enough, the Buzzsaw XXL will strike and strike," which it certainly did for Cady.
Cady bowled his first career 300 on March 14, 2004 in the Sunday Mixed league at Kiamesha Lanes. Bob on October 26 bowled the perfect game on lanes 5&6 and it was during his second game. He finished with a 645 series and presently maintains a 197 average. He noted that all 12 strikes were in the pocket.
He also bowls in the Tuesday Delaware Valley Men's league at Callicoon Lanes.
Bob has been bowling for some 35-years and is retired from the Sullivan County Department of Public Works. He lives with his wife Barbara in Livingston Manor.
Local Scores
Callicoon Lanes
Recent highlight scores in the Monday Hortonville Ladies league includes a 186 by Maureen Schlott, Debbie Schick 181, Jane Benson 231 and Amber Benson 183.
In the Tuesday Delaware Valley Men's league Wally Warren scored a 211, Randy Berrian 208, Ed LeRoy 202, 212, 610, Mark Herbert 210, 200, Scott Herbert 224, 214, 213, 651, Joel Turner 205, Jon Wayne 229, 235, 654, Dennis Brockner 214, 212, Jeremy Gulley 216, 201, Mark Hawley 234 and John Fink 211.
In the Wednesday Mixed Businessmen league Paul Minton scored a 234, Ed Blume 202, Dwayne Cabrera 208, Shirley Townsend 211, Roger Widmann 236, 207, 632 and Alan Rutledge 208.
Gravity Alley
Recent highlight scores in the Wednesday Mixed Fun league include a 727 off single games of 225, 279, 223 by Scott Ropke and Jerry Kammeier 204.
This completes league play for this 10-week league which will srart up again on January 14. League champions are the Alley Cats with a 28-12 record. Team members include Diane Rutledge, Dawn Skinner, Darlene Burnett, D. J. Daniels and Calvin Skinner.
Kiamesha Lanes
Recent highlights scores in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league included a 99 by Cara Nicholson, Jenannine Croft 182, Neil Bell Jr. 238, Brayan Baocock 224, Ed Guthrie 259, 215, 671, Cecil Walters 237, Mary Lee Williams 213, 550, Dorian Jennings 234,204, 195, 633, Joan Lake 208, 189, 190, 587, Peter Scannell 202, Jack Rustic 212, 232, 629, Jim Gerrard 202, Tom Hickman 213, Andrea Grossman 201, 503, Larry Berens 242, 202, 602, Roy Karpp 211, Tom Cooney 204, Debbie Durland 198, 182, 213, 593, John Fischer 231, 205, 629, John Hoffmann 228, 232, 211, 671, Charles Blackburn 221, Dale Sonnenschein 213, 248, 631 and Linda Schaefer 200.
In the Wednesday Men's league Shane Conner scored a 204, Donald Durland 255, 202, 632, Matthew Fallon 217, Jon Wilheim 234, Gregory Fallon 205, 254, 615, Frank Scuderi 205, Dale Sonnenschein 211, Russ Keesler 238, Tim McIntyre 215, 207, 613, Josh Strang 216, 258, 276, 750, Charles McAllister 243, 609, George Battle Jr. 214, 254, 202, 670, Frank Muller Jr. 214, 212, 203, 629, Allan Jones 200, 225, 279, 704, Larry Berens 256, 628, Dean Shattuck 206, 224, 612, Art Eggleton 214, 600, John Hoffmann 216, 247, 239, 702, Tom Belgiovene 213, 203, 612, Vinnie Collura 244, Richard Hendricks 222, Dan Ricco 221, 203, 621, Al Caycho 224, 244, 224, 602, Mike Weiner 218, 211, 614, Kenny Atkins 208, Shaun Lyons 216, Tim Minton 204, Eddie Lake 214, 214, 611, David Porter Jr. 232, William Danchak 236, 600, Frank DiCostanzo 264, 257, 669 and Chris Magie 259.
In the Saturday Morning Youth leagues, in the Pee Wee division A. Jones scored a 77. In the Bantams division S. Patel 122 and N. Edwards 132. In the Preps division M. DeGraw 145, N. Scudari 81 and S. Rustic 150. In the Jr./Mjrs. division Shawn Sinistorie 186, James Durland 224, Steven Sinistorie 160, K. Patel 174, S. Driever 143, M. Scuderi 182, 172, P. Agapito III a 200, S. Deitchman 208, 171, J. Friedman 140, T. Foxwell 136, 132, T. McCormack 136, M. Brown 127 and I. Rosado 128.
Fox Bowling Center
Recent highlight scores in the Tuesday Ladies Early Birds league includes a 213, 184, 213, 610 by Kathleen Stanton, Kathleen Maltese 187, 540, Anne Couse 203, 514, Laura Stiles 508, Carol Dailey 200 and Jennifer Raymond 191.
In the Wednesday Men's Independent league Donald Marino scored a 238, 228, 645, Pat Kille 231, 213, 622, Andrew Bullis 200, 202, 217, 619, Paul Ignatovich 269, Bill Gleim 202, 208, Jeremy Gulley 215, , 205, Brian Drumm 212, Craig Gehrig 221, Shawn Tracy 201, Mitch Persbacker 225, Jerry Kulakosky 220, Jim Merwin 222, Ed Milk Jr. 213 and Josh Rice 217.
In the Thursday Men's Deposit National league Andrew Bullis scored a 226, 246, 234, 706, Neil Mosher 238, 244, 650, Jeff Curtis 223, 247, 649, Ray Cornwell 223, 220, 621, Robert Johnson 205, 265, 621, Rich Lenio 210, 218, 612, Jim Valentine 225, 214, 612, Howard Couse Sr. 266, 606, Carl Davis 223, 606, John Gurnick 234, 602, Paul Ignatovich 256, Al Bullis Jr. 235, Al Bullis Sr. 225, 204, Bill Gleim 221, Gino Jones 212, Norm Ellis 205, Don Ferris 237, John Lanner 241 and Paul Fritz 223.
In the Friday Mixed Couples league Gino Jones scored a 235, 209, 213, 657, Bill Gleim 234, 204, 620, Scott Ellis 221, 212, 610, Brian Tiffany 243, 606, Daniel Wormuth 204, 201, 601, Howard Couse 226, Brian Robinson 258, James Dibble 215, 202, Hope Jones 203, 208, 562, Rick Mills 205, Mike Horton 224, Sandy Winans 189 and Krisina Couse 183.
In the Sunday Afternoon Mixed Fun league Don Marino scored a 216, 237, 203, 656, Ray Cornwell 223, 213, Norm Ellis 208, Fred Shakelton 201, Crystal Ellis 221, 555 and Jean Mills 193, 509.
This column is written by Ed Townsend, who is a consultant to the professional sport of bowling. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Tri-County NY United States Bowling Congress (USBC) where he serves as Publicity Director. If you have a topic that you believe would make good reading or have league scores or tournament information, Ed can be reached at 845-439-8177 or by sending an e-mail to bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com For a much more expanded version of our bowling column visit our Web site at http://bght.blogspot.com/
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His First Professional PBA Event
Cady 300 Goes Into Lane # 1 Record Book
Twenty-year-old Wurtsboro bowler Donald Durland and 61-year old Livingston Manor bowler Bob Cady are years apart in age but each of their bowling prowess has resulted in recent 300 perfect game scores.
Durland is on a roll and his bowling skills has resulted in him scoring his 8th career 300 game at Kiamesha Lanes and he competed very well this past weekend in his first ever Professional Bowling Association (PBA) East Regional tournament.
Donald took his bowling talents to the PBA East Region Parker Bohn/Blue Valley Lanes Open held last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Wind Gap, Pa.
Practice rounds took place Friday and the PBA Viper lane condition created early scoring problems for many of the bowlers.
Saturday morning Durland went into his first PBA Regional competition in the 8 a.m. "A" squad and his eight game qualifying round consisted of 199, 203, 201, 233, 210, 276, 211, 211 which gave him a total of 1744, a 218 average and put him into fourth place for his shift.
After the 2 p.m. "B" shift completed play Durland was in fifth place. The 8 p.m. "C" shift would determine if this young Wurtsboro amateur would be one of the 16 bowlers to bowl Sunday in the 9:30 a.m. Round of 16.
Some pretty good scoring took place by the "C" squad bowlers but Donald's 1744 score was good enough to place him in 11th place and the right to compete in the Round of 16 Sunday morning.
The Round of 16 featured single-elimination match play with a best of five format. Durland was matched up against the number 6 seed Bob Caruso of Dayton, NJ. Caruso won the match 3-0 but for his first time in PBA Regional competition Donald did very well in qualifications and this overall great learning experience will certainly advance his bowling skills because now he knows what to look forward to in future Regional PBA competition.
Kudos to you Donald and a job well done.......his efforts resulted in a $600 payday.
Cady is heading for the record books at the Syracuse based Lane # 1 Bowling Company as a spokeswoman at the company headquarters last week confirmed that Cady will become only the 8th bowler to score a 300 with the company's Buzzsaw XXL urethane bowling ball which was put out on the market some 5 to 6 years ago. A spokesman for the Syracuse bowling ball company has asked that a picture of Bob with the ball be sent to Lane # 1 so that they could put him into their record books.
Young Durland scored his 8th career perfect game on November 19 in the Wednesday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
He was bowling on lanes 7 & 8 and used a Vibe bowling ball. The night started with a 300 (all 12 strikes were in the pocket) and he then added a 216 and a 192 for a 708 series. Donald bowls with the Auto Zone team consisting of team members Shane Conner, Matthew Fallon, Richard Bradford and Jon Wilheim.
Durland started his 300 career when he bowled his first 300 during the 2005-2006 season as a youth bowler in the Saturday Morning Youth leagues at Kiamesha Lanes.
His 7th 300 was bowled on October 24 while subbing in the October 24 Friday Mixed Doubles league and Don's 6th career 300 came on July 30 in the Wednesday Mixed Summer League at Colonial Lanes in Chester.
Durland's high series of 796 off single games of 268, 249, 279 was bowled earlier this year in the Monday Men's league at Kiamesha Lanes.
He has been bowling since the age of 5 and averages 222 in the Wednesday league and 219 in the Monday Men's league both at Kiamesha Lanes.
The Lane # 1 Buzzsaw XXL urethane bowling ball that Bob Cady used to score his most recent 300 game in the October 26 Sunday Mixed league at Liberty Lanes was once owned by this writer who acquired the ball from Lane # 1 about five years ago.
After having the ball drilled I bowled with the ball several months but never got comfortable and the ball never did much for my scoring ability. Since Bob and I bowled on the same team we were talking about the ball one night and he indicated he wished he had a urethane ball and I told him I would be more than happy to give him the ball which I did.
Bob had Mike Luongo re-drill the ball which Bob used from time to time but just last week he informed me that this was the ball he was using now and was the one he recorded his 2ed career 300 with.
Lane # 1 describes the ball as a pearl urethane which gives bowlers "Xtra Xtra length when the lanes dry out." Lane # 1's suggestion to bowlers is "when your resin ball is hooking too much and your plastic ball doesn't hook enough, the Buzzsaw XXL will strike and strike," which it certainly did for Cady.
Cady bowled his first career 300 on March 14, 2004 in the Sunday Mixed league at Kiamesha Lanes. Bob on October 26 bowled the perfect game on lanes 5&6 and it was during his second game. He finished with a 645 series and presently maintains a 197 average. He noted that all 12 strikes were in the pocket.
He also bowls in the Tuesday Delaware Valley Men's league at Callicoon Lanes.
Bob has been bowling for some 35-years and is retired from the Sullivan County Department of Public Works. He lives with his wife Barbara in Livingston Manor.
Local Scores
Callicoon Lanes
Recent highlight scores in the Monday Hortonville Ladies league includes a 186 by Maureen Schlott, Debbie Schick 181, Jane Benson 231 and Amber Benson 183.
In the Tuesday Delaware Valley Men's league Wally Warren scored a 211, Randy Berrian 208, Ed LeRoy 202, 212, 610, Mark Herbert 210, 200, Scott Herbert 224, 214, 213, 651, Joel Turner 205, Jon Wayne 229, 235, 654, Dennis Brockner 214, 212, Jeremy Gulley 216, 201, Mark Hawley 234 and John Fink 211.
In the Wednesday Mixed Businessmen league Paul Minton scored a 234, Ed Blume 202, Dwayne Cabrera 208, Shirley Townsend 211, Roger Widmann 236, 207, 632 and Alan Rutledge 208.
Gravity Alley
Recent highlight scores in the Wednesday Mixed Fun league include a 727 off single games of 225, 279, 223 by Scott Ropke and Jerry Kammeier 204.
This completes league play for this 10-week league which will srart up again on January 14. League champions are the Alley Cats with a 28-12 record. Team members include Diane Rutledge, Dawn Skinner, Darlene Burnett, D. J. Daniels and Calvin Skinner.
Kiamesha Lanes
Recent highlights scores in the Tuesday Mixed Firefighters league included a 99 by Cara Nicholson, Jenannine Croft 182, Neil Bell Jr. 238, Brayan Baocock 224, Ed Guthrie 259, 215, 671, Cecil Walters 237, Mary Lee Williams 213, 550, Dorian Jennings 234,204, 195, 633, Joan Lake 208, 189, 190, 587, Peter Scannell 202, Jack Rustic 212, 232, 629, Jim Gerrard 202, Tom Hickman 213, Andrea Grossman 201, 503, Larry Berens 242, 202, 602, Roy Karpp 211, Tom Cooney 204, Debbie Durland 198, 182, 213, 593, John Fischer 231, 205, 629, John Hoffmann 228, 232, 211, 671, Charles Blackburn 221, Dale Sonnenschein 213, 248, 631 and Linda Schaefer 200.
In the Wednesday Men's league Shane Conner scored a 204, Donald Durland 255, 202, 632, Matthew Fallon 217, Jon Wilheim 234, Gregory Fallon 205, 254, 615, Frank Scuderi 205, Dale Sonnenschein 211, Russ Keesler 238, Tim McIntyre 215, 207, 613, Josh Strang 216, 258, 276, 750, Charles McAllister 243, 609, George Battle Jr. 214, 254, 202, 670, Frank Muller Jr. 214, 212, 203, 629, Allan Jones 200, 225, 279, 704, Larry Berens 256, 628, Dean Shattuck 206, 224, 612, Art Eggleton 214, 600, John Hoffmann 216, 247, 239, 702, Tom Belgiovene 213, 203, 612, Vinnie Collura 244, Richard Hendricks 222, Dan Ricco 221, 203, 621, Al Caycho 224, 244, 224, 602, Mike Weiner 218, 211, 614, Kenny Atkins 208, Shaun Lyons 216, Tim Minton 204, Eddie Lake 214, 214, 611, David Porter Jr. 232, William Danchak 236, 600, Frank DiCostanzo 264, 257, 669 and Chris Magie 259.
In the Saturday Morning Youth leagues, in the Pee Wee division A. Jones scored a 77. In the Bantams division S. Patel 122 and N. Edwards 132. In the Preps division M. DeGraw 145, N. Scudari 81 and S. Rustic 150. In the Jr./Mjrs. division Shawn Sinistorie 186, James Durland 224, Steven Sinistorie 160, K. Patel 174, S. Driever 143, M. Scuderi 182, 172, P. Agapito III a 200, S. Deitchman 208, 171, J. Friedman 140, T. Foxwell 136, 132, T. McCormack 136, M. Brown 127 and I. Rosado 128.
Fox Bowling Center
Recent highlight scores in the Tuesday Ladies Early Birds league includes a 213, 184, 213, 610 by Kathleen Stanton, Kathleen Maltese 187, 540, Anne Couse 203, 514, Laura Stiles 508, Carol Dailey 200 and Jennifer Raymond 191.
In the Wednesday Men's Independent league Donald Marino scored a 238, 228, 645, Pat Kille 231, 213, 622, Andrew Bullis 200, 202, 217, 619, Paul Ignatovich 269, Bill Gleim 202, 208, Jeremy Gulley 215, , 205, Brian Drumm 212, Craig Gehrig 221, Shawn Tracy 201, Mitch Persbacker 225, Jerry Kulakosky 220, Jim Merwin 222, Ed Milk Jr. 213 and Josh Rice 217.
In the Thursday Men's Deposit National league Andrew Bullis scored a 226, 246, 234, 706, Neil Mosher 238, 244, 650, Jeff Curtis 223, 247, 649, Ray Cornwell 223, 220, 621, Robert Johnson 205, 265, 621, Rich Lenio 210, 218, 612, Jim Valentine 225, 214, 612, Howard Couse Sr. 266, 606, Carl Davis 223, 606, John Gurnick 234, 602, Paul Ignatovich 256, Al Bullis Jr. 235, Al Bullis Sr. 225, 204, Bill Gleim 221, Gino Jones 212, Norm Ellis 205, Don Ferris 237, John Lanner 241 and Paul Fritz 223.
In the Friday Mixed Couples league Gino Jones scored a 235, 209, 213, 657, Bill Gleim 234, 204, 620, Scott Ellis 221, 212, 610, Brian Tiffany 243, 606, Daniel Wormuth 204, 201, 601, Howard Couse 226, Brian Robinson 258, James Dibble 215, 202, Hope Jones 203, 208, 562, Rick Mills 205, Mike Horton 224, Sandy Winans 189 and Krisina Couse 183.
In the Sunday Afternoon Mixed Fun league Don Marino scored a 216, 237, 203, 656, Ray Cornwell 223, 213, Norm Ellis 208, Fred Shakelton 201, Crystal Ellis 221, 555 and Jean Mills 193, 509.
This column is written by Ed Townsend, who is a consultant to the professional sport of bowling. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Tri-County NY United States Bowling Congress (USBC) where he serves as Publicity Director. If you have a topic that you believe would make good reading or have league scores or tournament information, Ed can be reached at 845-439-8177 or by sending an e-mail to bowlgolfect1@yahoo.com For a much more expanded version of our bowling column visit our Web site at http://bght.blogspot.com/
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