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Page 22 | Thursday, November 1, 2012 | THE BOWLING NEWS<br />
After reading Tony Franklin’s<br />
column and other postings<br />
about whether bowling is a<br />
By Don Wright<br />
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sport, or not, I thought I would<br />
weigh in with my two cents.<br />
Is bowling a sport, or<br />
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recreation? Are sports and<br />
recreation the same, or are we<br />
just arguing semantics.<br />
I looked in my old Webster<br />
dictionary and there is very<br />
little difference in the definition<br />
of the two. Sport – any<br />
activity or experience that<br />
gives enjoyment, or recreation;<br />
pastime; diversion. Recreation<br />
– any form of play, amusement,<br />
relaxation, used for this<br />
purpose, as games, sports,<br />
hobbies…<br />
Many of us don’t see a big<br />
difference in the two. In fact<br />
many see bowling as more<br />
recreation than a sport. Many<br />
of the new “entertainment<br />
centers,” are built strictly as<br />
recreation catering to parties<br />
over league bowling.<br />
I believe the only reason the<br />
integers want it to be considered<br />
a sport over recreation<br />
is to get it in to the Olympics,<br />
which I don’t believe will<br />
happen anyway. <strong>The</strong> United<br />
States would send the best<br />
professional bowlers to what<br />
should be an amateur environment<br />
and come away with all<br />
the gold. We don’t like to lose,<br />
that’s why we have professional<br />
basketball players beating up<br />
on mostly amateur players from<br />
foreign countries. It would be<br />
the same with bowling.<br />
At Hallmark<br />
Payne crushes 762,<br />
Ciesiolka nails 723<br />
Kirshner 300(2)<br />
KILLEEN – Regis Payne<br />
earned high-series honors for<br />
the month at Hallmark Lanes<br />
with a sizeable 246-278-238 =<br />
762 Friday’s Best league showing.<br />
Karin Ciesiolka, Payne’s<br />
league mate, was red hot for the<br />
ladies with a rip-roaring 234-247-<br />
242 = 723 set.<br />
Andrew Kirshner earned highgame<br />
honors as he registered 2<br />
award-winning 12-baggers<br />
during the month.<br />
At Killeen Bowlerama<br />
Brown blasts 300/778,<br />
Greenlaw chucks 675<br />
KILLEEN – Russell Brown<br />
was the top bowler last month<br />
at Killeen Bowlerama with a<br />
booming strike-filled 300/778<br />
Saturday Rollers series.<br />
Amanda Greenlaw led the<br />
ladies with a blue-ribbon 258/675<br />
Rebels set.<br />
HONOR ROLL<br />
Harley Deckert 246-640, Lesha<br />
Smith 236-566, Bill Miller 258-658,<br />
Norma Rios 501, Sally Weatherly 187,<br />
Many countries have<br />
bowling and have competitive<br />
competition, but they don’t<br />
have the training or ability<br />
to compete on the same level<br />
as our professionals. That’s<br />
why we see American bowlers<br />
capturing titles all over<br />
the world. We have won gold<br />
in the Dominican Republic<br />
in 1997; in 2011 PABCON<br />
Championships in Guadalajara,<br />
Mexico; between 1995 and<br />
2010 the United States won 8<br />
of 16 (50%) men’s AMF World<br />
Cup championships. For the<br />
talented, amateur and professional<br />
bowler it is definitely a<br />
sport.<br />
However, league bowlers<br />
like me find it more of a<br />
recreation. It’s not as competitive,<br />
there are very few scratch<br />
leagues anymore and travel<br />
leagues are getting smaller.<br />
I bowl only three senior<br />
leagues and although we have<br />
high average bowlers most<br />
realize it’s all based on lane<br />
conditions. Seniors, the vast<br />
majority, see bowling as a<br />
recreation, a means to see old<br />
friends, converse, and have a<br />
good time.<br />
So let’s talk about the fix<br />
and go with semantics and say<br />
bowling is a sport on the professional/semi-professional<br />
side<br />
HONOR ROLL<br />
Steven Krech 246-695, Mark<br />
Norman 268-705, Deborah Ellison<br />
226-571, Mike Call, Sr. 591, Kristie<br />
Duerre 497, Amy Starkovich 203, Vickie<br />
Gill 555, Pete Schirripa, Jr. 727, Sandy<br />
Monterde 595.<br />
Allen Ward 276-654, Rhonda<br />
Dunagan 209, Bonnie Atkinson 509,<br />
Lisa Blackman 256-653, Lee Ellison<br />
265-715, Jim Dittmer 278-706, Jerry<br />
Kilpatrick 192-537, Vivian Mikell<br />
165-459, Martha Joy 209-544. Christi<br />
Jackie Harris 680, Alice Frost 563, Verl<br />
Lantz 264, Linda Strickland 227, Brad<br />
Dewald 761.<br />
Esther Navarro 267-667, Billy<br />
Hargett 269, Billy Fajkus 287-633,<br />
Liz Barragan 483, JeriLynn Rich 200,<br />
Thomas Wynne 747, Sandi Charles<br />
242-642, Danny Barkley 290, Jackie<br />
Harris 706.<br />
Russell Brown 277, Stephanie<br />
Tennity 247-635, Travis Vaughan 739,<br />
Linda Preston 238-613.<br />
of this and call it a recreation<br />
for the majority of bowlers in<br />
leagues and open bowling.<br />
I am not an advocate of<br />
making lane conditions so<br />
difficult for the average league<br />
bowler that it drives him away<br />
just to satisfy the minority.<br />
At a time when we are<br />
trying to grow the sport why<br />
do you believe that everyone<br />
wants to bowl like Walter Ray.<br />
Those bowlers will seek out<br />
the training venues, find good<br />
coaches and study the game.<br />
For us old codgers we just want<br />
a good time and be reasonably<br />
competitive.<br />
Youth bowling is a grooming<br />
ground for future stars just<br />
as is any high school organized<br />
athletic program. Gary Beck<br />
has the right idea with lane<br />
conditions and bowling balls<br />
for the Teen Masters. That<br />
event is designed to get youth<br />
bowlers prepared for college<br />
bowling programs, Junior<br />
Team USA and ultimately the<br />
professional tour. That’s where<br />
competitive conditions belong.<br />
But on Saturday when the Pee<br />
Wee and Bantam kids come<br />
wanting to have fun it’s simply<br />
recreation.<br />
Do I consider it a sport? Absolutely.<br />
I have been bowling<br />
Continued on Page 23<br />
Hellon 216, Antonio Sosa 277, Bryce<br />
Ellison 759, Warren Howard 265, Keith<br />
Desmarais 259-728, Lisa Blackman<br />
238-623, Kathy Koehne 235-635, Gene<br />
Love 268, Brian Vehse 669, Rene Call<br />
174-463. Amy Starkovich 529, Suzie<br />
Wolleck 221, Mark Hough 290, Belinda<br />
Koehne 589, RJ Rudnick III 256, George<br />
Brown 685, Regis Payne 266-710, Patti<br />
Wright 220, Brenda Wiegert 591, Lewis<br />
Stansbury 256. Phyllis Love 197, Daniel<br />
Manochio 257, Kristie Duerre 158-438,<br />
Emmy Bock 223, Rex Haas 751, Chris<br />
Causey 279, Mitzi Cina 203-594, Regis<br />
Payne 738, Thomas Ochoa 267, Daniel<br />
Manochio 682.<br />
Connie Herron 234-585, Bennie<br />
Smith 214-490, Christine Goins 417,<br />
Anne-Marie Rumsis 523, Trevor<br />
Chapman 289, Dick Atkinson 678,<br />
Steven Krech 266, Ben Hogan 699.<br />
SENIORS<br />
Sako Atkins 552, Gus Garcia 629,<br />
Diane Cadwallader 208, Martha Joy<br />
524, Ray Miles 254-715, Ismael Rubio<br />
264, Bryce Ellison 684, Pat Pendleton<br />
239, Suzie Wollek 595, Harry Harrison<br />
245-654, Nancy Holstine 203-546,<br />
Christine Kuebler 515, Larry O’Keeffe<br />
248, Gigi Garrett 210, Rosie Perez 610,<br />
Robert Sanders 245-651, Jean Wilson<br />
193-498, Red Demerson 268, Ismael<br />
Rubion 694, Wanda Clark 222-610, Bob<br />
Chouinard 278, Anne-Marie Rumsis<br />
221, Robert Sanders 625, Verna Johnson<br />
181, Jean Wilson 477, Carol Senkel 208,<br />
Wanda Clark 542, Lee Ellison 254-715,<br />
JoAnn Biels 213, Barbara Person 552,<br />
Larry Darland 244-665, Martha Joy<br />
205-556, Bill Bogucki 267-711, Judy<br />
Gotcher 210, Nee Wallace 543.
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