#King pin schedule pro

I bowled mostly on the East Coast in weekend regional tournaments since then, cashing with regularity. But the constant travel and nonguaranteed income never interested me. I cashed in my first PBA national tournament in Syracuse that year. Q: What about the PBA Tour? It’s tough, right?Ī: I have been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association since 1981. This is why I encourage all high schools to have a varsity bowling program so that kids that can’t play basketball or football or track can find their niche in school sports. I wasn’t very good at catching a ball or running, but I could roll a bowling ball and knock down pins better than any of the jocks in school.

Q: When did you realize you were pretty good?Ī: I was kind of tall and thin and clumsy (geeky) as a kid. Q: Who influenced you the most as a younger bowler?Ī: Watching the local great players: Brent Tuttle, Frank Asselta, Mel Allen and Ron Williams, to name just a few, bowling in classic leagues at Pin-O-Rama and Sunset Lanes in the ’60s and ’70s. Fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a proprietor, buying King Pin Lanes in 1996 with my wife and brother-in-law.

#King pin schedule pro

Opening my own Bowlers Pro Shop in 1990 in Rome, having no clue what I was doing at the time. The Utica newspapers covered the feat in a two-page article on March 19 of that year, then my father passed away that night of a massive heart attack. Rolling a Utica city record 877 three-game series (300-279-298) on March 14, 1996, at Pin-O-Rama, a record that still stands today.