Like a fine, reliable old watch, correct timing is everything for steady Joe VanDerLinden. After his usual slow start to his three-league bowling season…
In the Pocket: Capital District Challenge League is fun time for everyone | The Daily Gazette
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May 27, 2021
The Capital District Challenge League, with many members shown here, bowls every Tuesday night at East Greenbush Bowling Center. A different oil pattern is used each week. (Photo provided)
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Eric Morrett’s Capital District Challenge League is unique, fun, safe and extremely successful.
For starters, the CDCL, which is hosted by East Greenbush Bowling Center every Tuesday night, is not just a league. It’s also a mini-tournament on different oil patterns every week. It’s loaded with various ways of earning extra cash. Many of the adults and juniors who test their games in the CDCL end up performing well in other major tournaments contested on demanding lane conditions.
In the Pocket: Electrician Taylor brings power to his game | The Daily Gazette
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Craig Taylor of Rotterdam continues to be among Capital Region’s top bowlers especially in tournament conditions.
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Longtime area electrician Craig Taylor knows all about restoring power to modern appliances and homes. He’s also pretty good at delivering energy to his bowling balls toward the pins especially on tougher conditions.
Recent family obligations and injuries kept the 45-year-old Rotterdam resident from competing in as many tournaments as he used to, but he’s back in tournament mode this season. The Colonie High School and SUNY Schenectady graduate showed his form last weekend, when he and Steve Wagoner finished second in the extremely competitive Scratch Doubles tournament at Kingpin’s Alley Family Fun Center in South Glens Falls. Taylor and Wagoner finished second to back-to-back champions Phil Drumm and Ryan Galli, losing 497-410 in the champions