{"id":2015,"date":"2011-07-06T08:13:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T12:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2021-04-07T15:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T19:01:09","slug":"bowling-icon-ph-d-university-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?p=2015","title":{"rendered":"My bowling icon and his Ph.D. from The University of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I grew up watching my parents tear it up at the alley.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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A scoreboard from spring 2011, our final season bowling together. 150 is extraordinary for me (shouldn’t have blown the 9th frame). 183 is “slummin” for a former 200-average bowler like Dad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mom and Dad won tournaments under the team name VAL Vending<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Both he and Mom were in the 250 Club and won many trophies.<\/p>\n

We went bowling as a family a few times a month, at Mid-State Bowl in East Brunswick, the famous 112-lane Edison Lanes and Federal Lanes in Elizabeth, NJ.<\/p>\n

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Dad picks up the spare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dad bowled pots for years, dominated the sweeps and cleaned up on the cash. A veteran on the lanes, he knew the game inside and out.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate enough to bowl with him in recent years,<\/strong> and though I could hold my own on a good night, his skill and experience outshone me easily.<\/p>\n

We’d gone to the US Open when it came to North Brunswick to see the pros in match play.<\/p>\n

A short video from our final night in the “Just For Fun” League
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