Kubsie's Korner
My Bowling Page

My parents met in a bowling alley. How's that for a start? It was obvious that their children would eventually end up bowling themselves...it was in our blood! I started 5 Pin bowling as a Pee Wee in 1982. From that point on, every Saturday morning for 13 years, I was bowling. Pee Wees (at the time) was the first section of the YBC (Youth Bowling Council). Pee Wees are aged 5-7, Bantams are aged 8-10, Juniors are aged 11-13, and Seniors are 14-18. I was a Pee Wee from 1982-1985. In September 1985 I started Bantams. In 1986 they changed the age requirements a little bit and I only ended up in Bantams for two years. In September 1987 I moved to Juniors. In September 1990 I moved to Seniors and was a part of Seniors until 1995 when I graduated from YBC. Also, from 1993-1998 I helped coach the Pee Wees (ie I taught them how to bowl). Seniors was my favourite section because after 10 years of bowling I had gotten to be pretty good! I consistently had the second or third highest average for the ladies in our league and I was bowling on the 4 Steps to Stardom team for four out of my five years there. Our team went to the Provincials twice! 4 Steps to Stardom is a National 5-Pin YBC tournament. It has 4 Steps: the house round, the zone round, the provincial round, and finally the nationals. I was also able to earn the YBC Senior Award of Excellence which is given based on your performance for the year. Over the years of bowling I earned many crests and trophies. Most of the trophies are long gone. They were given to charity to be reused for tournaments or prizes for underprivileged children. After I graduated from Seniors I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. I started working at the bowling center to keep in touch with bowling while I decided. I soon discovered that working in a bowling center and watching others bowl makes you want to start bowling again! I joined the Young Adults Bowlers Association (YABA) which is run in bowling leagues across Canada. They have bi-monthly tournaments around Ontario where participants bowl for money. I was a member of YABA leagues at Towne Bowl, Waterloo Lanes, and Dickson Bowl. I also joined a couple of other leagues over the years including the Stampede league at Towne Bowl, the Thursday night league at Victoria Bowl, and Tuesday nights at Dickson Bowl. I was also able to take part in The Open (which is similar to the YBC 4 Steps to Stardom) and ended up on a team that went to the provincial level. This picture of my bowling buddies was taken at my wedding in September 2005. Left to Right: Kevin, April, Ryan, Ted, Alana, Me, Charity, Jaymie, Chad, Dave Currently, I still bowl in YABA at Dickson bowl in a Tuesday night league. I had to take off the 2007-2008 season to have some surgery but I am now back bowling in the league and trying to get my game back! Hopefully, I'll be able to bowl long enough to get my elusive 400 game! (450 is the highest game possible.) Career High Average: 216 Dickson Bowl, 2006 - second series Career High Game: 378 Dickson Bowl, 2003-2004 season Career High Triple: 894 Victoria Bowl, 2000-2001 season Career High Four: 961 Dickson Bowl, 2006 - first series