THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, October 1, 1995 TAG: 9509290208
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 23 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: Around the Alleyways
SOURCE: Bill Leffler
LENGTH: Medium: 85 lines
The Tidewater Virginia Bowling Council has selected three to be inducted into its bowling Hall of Fame this year.
Gary Faulkner has been selected for outstanding performance. Vivian Campbell has been chosen for meritorious service. Kristi Richards has been picked as ``Star of the Future.''
The inductions will be held at a dinner program on Nov. 18, at the Holiday Inn-Chesapeake.
Faulkner, who moved to this area in 1991, has been ranked among the premier league bowlers each year since. He has bowled four 300 games in leagues here, including back-to-back perfect games in an 810 series. He is one of only 40 bowlers in the nation ever to throw sanctioned back-to-back 300s.
He has a career total of 39 300s and 12 series of 800 or higher.
A member of the Pro Bowlers Tour for five years, he has won two PBA Regional tournaments and placed in many.
Campbell has been a member of the Portsmouth Women's Bowling Association for 33 years and a director for 22. She has been secretary-treasurer of the Friday Night Mixed League for nearly 20 years.
She has been a delegate to the Virginia State Women's Bowling Association and a delegate to the WIBC.
Richards now attends Lindsay Wilson College in Columbia, Ky., on a bowling scholarship and competes on its bowling team.
Over the past 11 seasons she has won numerous awards in youth leagues. In 1994 she competed in the Dick Weber Classic Pro-Am/Central Fidelity Scholarship Shootout. She was second in the qualifying and won the televised shootout, earning a $500 scholarship.
She also won a $750 scholarship by capturing the girls scratch title in the Coca-Cola YBA state tournament last year, finishing seventh out of 60 bowlers in the national finals.
She maintained a 177 average in leagues and tournaments last season.
Bowler of the Week honors are shared by Jeff White and Bob Dolak. Both rolled 300 games.
White fired his 12-striker in the Masters Tenpin League at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. It opened a 684 series as he came back with games of 199 and 185.
Dolak registered his 300 in a 697 series in the Sunday Twilighters Tenpin League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake.
Tenpin topics: The two youngest bowlers in the Military Doubles League at Pinboy's Military had the top two series. Alan Lukens, 16, fired games of 243, 279 and 247 for 769. It was 193 pins over his average. Anthony Petrello, 19, tossed games of 244, 204 and 269 for 717. . . . Bumm Beach racked up a 299 game in his 736 series in the Industrial League at Indian River. . . . Gary Moses joined the Century Club with his 279 game in the Roadside Mixed League at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. Moses averages 174. . . . Nancy Stalcup shot a 247 game en route to her 593 series in the Funseekers League at Pinboy's of Lynnhaven. . . . Other gems of the week: Al Alexander's 279 in the C & P Mixed League at Pinboy's Military and Rick Hoover's 278 in the Tuesday Playmates loop at Pinboy's of Chesapeake. . . . YABA members now are allowed to win bowling equipment valued at more than $50 as awards for league and tournament achievements. But it must be personalized (with the bowler's name or initials) and this must be done before the presentation. . . . The past season there were 30,347 300 games bowled in leagues across the nation. Youth bowlers accounted for 693 of them. And there were 22,879 other bowlers who notched 11 strikes in a row but missed the final one.
Duckpin data: Eddie Williams smacked a season-high 212 game in the Sunday School League at Victory Lanes, racking up nine marks. It was the second 200 ever for the longtime bowler and his best single. He had a 470 series. . . . Congratulations to Davina and Bobby Wetherbee on the arrival of little Bee, a new boy bowler in the family. . . . Tiger Baker's 477 in the Tidewater Pro League at Bowlarama included a 191 game. . . . Mary Underwood tossed games of 151, 153 and 162 for a record 466 series in the Tuesday Nite Mixed Trio League. It was just 20 pins shy of the all-time women's record at Victory Lanes. . . . Sharon Thoms banged out a 176 single in her 380 series in the Tuesday Major Trio League. . . . After two pitches, Fred Genera stared at the 7-8-9-10 in the Elimination Doubles League. . . . Paul Sandefur pulled in the 5-7-10 for 10 out in the Tidewater Pro League. . . . Chris Ricks and Rebecca Ashe both had 143 games in the Victory Youth League. Ricks had two 143s in a 391 set. Ten-year-old Brittany Long, who averages 84, hit a 327 series. . . . The Herman Gaines Open, a five-game handicap tournament offering a $1,000 top prize, will start on Saturday, Oct. 7 at Victory Lanes. Shifts are scheduled at 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. A Sunday block will be held at 6 p.m. Entry fee is $50. by CNB