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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-07-10 10:54 AM
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47 consecutive strikes!
No, not baseball.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The United States Bowling Congress says a central Pennsylvania man has set a national record with 47 consecutive strikes.

Tommy Gollick scored a 279 on his first league game May 11 at Red Crown Bowling Center in Harrisburg. Gollick then rolled perfect 300s on his next three games, breaking the previous record of 40 consecutive strikes set by a Washington woman in 1986.

The 32-year-old lefty, who runs a print shop for a nonprofit, says the rest of the lanes got quiet as he kept tallying strikes. But after his second 300 game, he says he loosened up because he'd already gotten the house record of 35 straight.

Gollick's streak ended when he stopped bowling. He says the game simply was over and he wasn't interested in seeing how many more strikes he could get.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-10 07:47 AM
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1. Shazam!
My record is 15. (Closed out one game with 9 and started the next with a six-pack.) I thought that was pretty good. 47 is incredible. Talk about being in the zone.
GAC
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-10 02:54 PM
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2. I'm guessing he won.
You might fool those fucks down at the league office, but you don't fool me!
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BulletproofLandshark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-08-10 08:30 PM
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3. That is somewhat better than my all-time high of 4. n/t
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