INTERCOLLEGIATE BOWLING
CHAMPIONSHIPS SECTIONAL

Parkway Lanes, Allentown, PN

By: Adam Easter

Doing the IBC sectional again this year was a privilege for me. I always look forward to doing the lanes for the IBC sectional. This year the IBC sectional was in a different location, which made my trip more interesting. After making sure everything was prepared to go, I was ready to embark on my journey.

I started off my trip late Wednesday night by driving to the airport. I left at this time, as I am not accustomed to waking up at 4 a.m. and did not want to miss my flight. I arrived in Allentown and got settled in. After eating lunch, I drove around the town a little bit to get comfortable in my surroundings. I was on my way to the bowling center to check out the lanes and meet the personnel, when I found out my machine wasn't there. I did everything I could do by phone to make sure it was there as early as possible on Friday. Everything checked out and the machine would arrive first thing Friday morning. After dealing with the machine arrival, I checked in with the center personnel and made arrangements to get in the next morning.

The machine arrived on time Friday morning and everything ran perfect out of the box. I then prepared the lanes for the singles championship. The shot was not super easy, however the bowlers made it look easy. There was one 300, one 299, and a couple 275 + games. The leading average for the men was a 243. Ryan Ciminelli of Erie Community College had a total pin fall of 1459 (259 over) for 6 games. The top average for the women was 220. Teresa Perkins of Western New England College had a total pin fall of 1320 (120 over) for 6 games. I would like to congratulate the top four finishers for the men and women who will go on to compete at the national tournament.

The team events started on Saturday at 8 a.m. I needed to get into the bowling center at 1 a.m. to get the lanes done in time. I had to allot myself extra time because I had to read the tapes to make sure the team pattern was Sport compliant. The tapes were fine, so I did not have to make any adjustments and the rest of my job was easy. After finishing the lanes, I watched a little bit of bowling. The shot was different than the singles event, with the team shot being more challenging. This was evident after watching one game and seeing the margin of error was much less on the team event.

Everything seemed all right, so I went back to my room to get some rest. After resting I went back to pull tapes and watch the rest of the matches. I went out to eat and get a little more rest before I had to return Sunday morning. I returned to the bowl around 1 a.m. to do the lanes again. Everything went fine and I loaded the machine up to be shipped back to Kegel. I watched some bowling and the lanes seemed fine. I had a plane to catch so I was unable to finish watching the rest of the tournament but I would like to congratulate the winners.

I would like to thank all of the staff at Parkway Lanes for their help. I would also like to thank the tournament director, Pat Polash, for everything. This was a great experience for me and I can't wait to do it again next year.