The Liberty Elks Lodge #1545 will hold their annual Scotch Doubles No-Tap bowling tournament on Saturday March 7 at 1 p.m. at Kiamesha Lanes.

The entry fee is $20 per person and includes four games, shoes and a roast beef dinner at the Liberty Elks lodge located at 21 John Street, Liberty, following the completion of bowling.

The format of this tournament is that the teams (comprised of one male and one female) will bowl four games scotch doubles style (the lady rolls the first ball and the male attempts to pick up the spare.)

The no-tap format provides any bowler that knocks down nine pins with a strike.

The scoring method is exactly the same as standard bowling scoring.

That is, if you're participating in a 9-pin no tap game and you get nine pins on your first ball you are given a strike and your turn is over and that frame is then added to your score as a strike.

First place prize money is $160, second place $80 and third place $40.

Tournament chairman is David Graham who can be reached for additional information at 914-799-4233 or email at davidgraham1968@yahoo.com.

Bowlers can also sign up for the tournament at Kiamesha Lanes, 845-794-5561.

Ed's Outlook

Professional bowler Tommy Jones became the new Bowlero Elite Series Champion last Sunday afternoon at Bowlero Jupiter in south Florida as he defeated amateur Denver pro shop attendant Garrett Shovan 266-200 to win the $100,000 top prize ... one of the largest winnings in the sport.

Jones was recently elected to the PBA Hall of Fame.

The event was televised live on NBC.

“Bowling for $100K in our sport is rare and I'm grateful to have participated in the Bowlero Elite Series,” said Jones. Shovan received a second-place prize of $25,000.

The Bowlero Elite Series is a groundbreaking sports property that brings together Bowlero Corp league bowlers and professional bowlers from across the sport to compete for cash prizes in excess of $1 million.

This bowling tournament is sponsored by Bowlero Corp, the new home of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and the world's largest owner and operator of bowling centers.

Bowling Tip

By Mike Luongo

Posture and balance are proper techniques for establishing good bowling scores.

So it is that one of the main things to be taken into account in order to help your bowing game is posture.

It must be strongly stressed that maintaining proper posture includes a position that implies conditioning strong muscles, keeping your head up and shoulders kept in a straight position according to the body.

When you take the ball in your hands, it is recommended to have it form a 90-degree angle with the legs and the rest of the body. This will give your more strength in the hip and more dexterity in what concerns the fingers as they should be kept straight in the holes of the ball.

Furthermore, I want to take a moment to talk about balance.

Balance is one of the basics when it comes to bowling. Even is you feel your body tension-ed, your body must balance from one point to another in order to be able to focus your energy upon a certain point.

When you release the ball, all your energy has to focus on your left or right foot and if your body is not balancing properly you may risk sharing only half of the required energy which will lead to a lower release level and, consequently to a slow ball which will not be able to hit the targets.

Work is important on posture and balance.

Mike Luongo is a Certified IBPSIA Pro Shop Operator, Master Instructor, USBC Silver Level Coach and an Advisor-Special Events Assistant with the Storm and Roto Grip Bowling Ball Company. Have a question, email him at mike.luongo@stormbowling.com.

BOWLING SCORES

BEECHWOODS LANES

Monday Villa Roma Ladies

Lindsey Bauer 182, Beth Schumacher 160, Tracy Puerschner 193, 177, Pam Wayne 166, Lillian Zieres 158, Barbara Cady 162, Diane Staves 156, Tara Meyer 160, Autumn Nash 166.

PORT JERVIS BOWL

Thursday Night Ladies

Erin McDonagh 171, 186, 222, 579, Josephine Zych 171, 167, 167, 505, Darlene Amarilla 167, 153, 148, 468, Sherri Laird 141, 157, 137, 435, Kim Witkowski 143, 144, 136, 423, Sis Leeper 168, Paige Marsala 159.

FOX BOWLING CENTER

Wed. Men's Independent

Rob Johnson 224, 235, 267, 726, Bill Gleim 296, 214, 216, 726, Shane Dirig 236, 223, 239, 698, Paul Gord on 224, 200, 204, 628, Dan Keesler 206, 222, 624, Zuke Wormuth 210, 233, 623.

Friday Mixed

Andy Bullis 242, 225, 651, Samantha Card 202, Shawn Card 216, 219, 617, Paul Fritz 236, 208, 621, Hope Jones 180, Brianna Meres 187, 529.

KIAMESHA LANES

Monday Men's

Serafin Rodriguez III a 201, 224, 299, 724, Ron Totten 214, 245, 212, 671, Jon Wilhelm Sr. 221. 193, 264, 678, Rick Lake 222, 231, 225, 678, Pedro Agapito III a 189, 252, 226, 667, John Jashembowski III a 224, 234, 201, 659.

Friday Mixed

David Graham 220, 258, 249, 727, Pedro Agapito III a 213, 246, 232, 691, Wayne Atkins 234, 190, 233, 657, Eddie Lake 243, 236, 187, 666, Bill Schubert 257, 218, 195, 670, Kevin Stackhouse 245, 221, 209, 675, Esther Barber 162, 143, 193, 498, Nicole Feller 158, 169, 167, 494.

Ed Townsend is a Public Relations Consultant to the sport of bowling and brings over 60 plus years of sports journalism experience writing and compiling the information for this column. If you have league or tournament information, bowl a 300 game or 800 series, let Ed know at 845-439-8177, email at edwardctownsend@hotmail.com or fax to 845-205-4474. View this column and Ed's photos at http://bght.blogspot.com We are also on Facebook and Twitter.