Mine was to win the Senior British Open last year after bowling for 47 yrs 16yrs in the Seniors you only start having a go at it when your 50 so you dont have to much time to do it. I had to double in the 10th in the last game of the round robin and i felt 150 pair of eyes burning my back, the first ball nearly left a 7pin but a messenger took it out but the next one was so flush it was great and the relief was just wonderful. Iv'e enjoyed bowling all this time and seen so many changes but it has got better as the yrs have gone by. So what is your very best moment in this great game that left you feeling on top of the world.
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Hit em thin watch em Spin
If your Dog thinks you are the Best , Do not ASK FOR A SECOND OPINION !

I know just how you felt Stevie, my eldest son 37 was killed in a car crash just over three yrs ago he always used to ask ..have you had one of those 300s yet dad. He knew nothing about bowling so i used to tell him how hard it was to get one especially the last 3 strikes and two months later i got my first one the first time i'd ever had the first 11 he never knew about it but i'm sure he's counting them now.
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Hit em thin watch em Spin
If your Dog thinks you are the Best , Do not ASK FOR A SECOND OPINION !

When I shot 289 in a scratch tournament and all of the "click" or the "in crowd" bowlers hated it. A few years later I shot 299 in a scratch tournament and some of those same bowlers were there and they still hated it.

One great shot I remember was a Greek Church conversion in league - that was really cool.

Another great moment was in a trio house league 2 years ago, when my team beat the house hacks (all premier league players, one of them even a national team player) through 4 games. A true red letter day, I will never forget those sour faces...
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I made the 2, 8, 10 once in league to win a point!

The best moment for me was, watching my son bowl for his first singles title (in a junior scratch event). It was the 8th frame in a close match and my son throws a ball that struck and started running toward me. When he got to me he was holding his thumb and his whole callus what hanging off his thumb and was bleeding. I had never seen such a mess in my life (bowling 40+ years). Not know what to do I applied pressure with a towel which did not stop the bleeding. The tournament official came as said he was going to call a forfeit. I asked for a 10 minute break and the opponent agreed. I got super glue and glue the entire callus back onto his thumb. The bleeding stopped. The match restarted and the left hander went strike and 9 and missed the spare. Which gave my son enough room to lock up the match. Playing the lanes lofting the left channel, my son through 4 strike high flush like a professional would have... focusing on execution... a STANDING OVATION from the crowed... he ran back to me and I said "That was the most incredible bowling I have ever seen" and we both had tears running down our face. THAT WAS AWESOME.

The second was my first 300 in 1977 bowling against Jimmy Carter (Don Carters son). I throw 3 great shots in the 10th, the whole bowling center was behind lanes 69/70 and I knew it the whole time. At least 50 people ran up on the approach to congratulate me. After the night was over, Jimmy called Don who walked in the center and both of them congratulated me. Jimmy asked how many that was and I said it was my first. He said that I looked so cool in the 10th we would have guessed it was my 10th. They offered to buy me a drink and I said that I was only 17... they laughed. I remember that my knees were physically shaking and I could hardly breath. LOL.. now some 100 300 games later (sanctioned and non sanctioned together) I do not even realize half the time that I have the front string and never get bothered it anymore.