Brunswick Columbia

After 33 years as a physical education teacher in Baltimore County, Ed Lanehart of Ellicott City retired, but not from bowling."I thought when I retired last summer that I would immediately have more time to practice," Lanehart said. "It hasn't worked out that way. But I can't complain, I'm bowling pretty good right now."Lanehart came late to tenpins."I'm proud to say that I was born and raised in Pigtown in South Baltimore," Lanehart said. "Of course, when I was young, I bowled duckpins.

Kevin Kluska bowls in a single league, the Wednesday NFL Men's Trio at Brunswick Columbia.Favoring a 16-pound Black Hammer bowling ball, Kluska was averaging 181 a few weeks ago. Not anymore."

Dave Wine keeps banging out 700 series at Brunswick Normandy. Throwing a 15-pound Red Hammer bowling ball, Wine carries a 201 average with a career high game of 289 and a high set of 757.The Ellicott City resident posted that career high series on Nov. 16 in the Monday Late Nighters League. The keystone for the 757 series was a 287, two pins short of his high game.E9 That was his second 700 series in the past six weeks.Catching on really fastRay Smith of Columbia is a fast learner. The Morgantown, W.Va.

The younger bowlers at Brunswick Normandy are rounding into midseason form.Two 10-year-olds, Marty DeBolt and Daniel Furlow, were Bowlers of the Week in Division I of the Young American Bowlers Alliance Saturday morning league.DeBolt took honors for week seven by posting games that put him 56 pins above average. He is in the fifth grade of Waverly Elementary School and lives in Ellicott City.He started bowling about three years ago and carries a 96 average. He has shot a high game of 153."

Brunswick magic number is 720High scores posted in different leaguesBrunswick Normandy tenpin bowlers have posted two 720 sets on different nights, in different leagues.Karl Schleunes of Ellicott City bowls in three leagues at Normandy: Tuesday Doubles, Wednesday and Friday nights. In the Tuesday Doubles, he shot games of 237, 257 and 226 for his 720 series. That's still a few pins short of his career-high series of 734.Schleunes, 45, has been bowling for about 12 years, and last year posted a 194 average.

Youth tenpin bowling is under way on Saturday mornings at all Brunswick bowling centers.With divisions that fit all age groups from pee wees, who can be as young as 4 or 5 years old, through the varsity for ages 15 to 21, there's fun, excitement and instruction available for the asking.Billy Little, 14, lives in Columbia and has been bowling since he was 3 years old. A junior varsity division bowler at Brunswick Columbia, Billy is a ninth-grader at Howard High. Last year, he carried a 155 average with his 16-pound Columbia Yellow Dot ball.

Better check that calendar again.It's only a few weeks until the winter leagues begin again. Short summer, huh?It means that for you bowlers who didn't join a summer league that it's time to check out the equipment, time to bowl some practice games, time to call last year's teammates, time to fill any vacancies on the team, time to stop by the bowling centers and renew old friendships. . .time to see what changes have occurred.Well, here's an update on the centers in Howard County to help you.* Brunswick Normandy, 8419 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City.

"Bowling is difficult to master," Tony Dercola said. "But practice does pay off."That dedication paid off for Dercola in the Young American Bowling Association Maryland state championship held at Turner's Dual Lanes in Hagerstown over four weekends in May. Dercola walked away with one of the most prestigious awards of the event: the Major Division Boys series trophy. He threw an outstanding scratch set of 659.Dercola lives in Kings Contrivance with his parents, Cheryl and Gino Dercola, and bowls in the YABA league at Brunswick Columbia.

Bernie King is secretary of the Club 55 league at Brunswick Normandy, a position she's held for four years.How is the league doing?"Great," said the Lisbon resident, a bowler for 15 years. "We have a grand time on Thursday mornings." The group has 66 members, including several in their 70s and 80s.They have a pretty good time in tournaments, too. The season-ending Club 55 Vacation Classic tournament, a competition for seniors at every Brunswick bowling center, was May 20. Each winner receives a trophy and a bowling shirt, and the bowler who scores the most pins over average nationwide receives round-trip air fare to any destination that American Airlines flies to in the United States.

There weren't many wrist bands in sight, and a lot of house balls were being used Jan. 10, when the Howard County police department held the Capt. G. Edward Wessell Memorial Fund Bowl-a-thon at Brunswick Normandy Lanes.These folks were casual bowlers who had gathered to honor one of their own, Angus Park, a longtime Howard County police officer who died last October of Lou Gehrig's disease. Park left his wife, Carol, and two sons, ages 9 and 12.The bowl-a-thon raised more than $500, but contributions are still coming in to the memorial fund, which helps families of police officers who are injured or who die.Most of the participants were police officers or their spouses or neighbors.