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LAWRENCE SENIOR BOWLING LEAGUE Winter and summer leagues House balls and shoes provided Lockers available Electronic scoreboards League data sheet weekly $10 per week Call Royal Crest Lanes for more details/questions
ROYAL CREST LANES 733 Iowa St. (785) 842-1234 royalcrestlanes.com
2019
Another married couple that bowls together is Mike and Barbara Miller, who are on the “Misfits” team. Barbara, 67, says she likes meeting new people and that the league is a friendly and welcoming group. “I love it because everyone is accepted,” she notes. “There are people who come in with their oxygen tanks on and some with canes, but when it is their turn to bowl, they remove their apparatus and roll a ball down the lane. The nice thing about bowling is it allows people to take a short breather in between their turns and it is not a vigorous sport.” Mike, 69, says he likes the competitive structure of the league within its informal and relaxed atmosphere. Other bowlers join the league for seasonal play. Rusty Moore, 96, and Chuck Allen, 76, band together as teammates on the “Oops” winter-league team. In the summer they both play golf. Chuck also plays horseshoes in the summer, joining fellow winter-bowler Wynne Mihura (see related story on page 12). Mihura, 92, who joined the winter bowling league in her late 80s, plays on the “Scatterpins” team. She has brought in other horseshoe players such as Edith Farrell, 81. Royal Crest Lanes hosts other leagues throughout the year, such as the Average Joe Bowling league, a youth league, a family and friends league and more. So if you don’t yet qualify for the senior league, there are ample opportunities to up your game before stepping into the friendly, competitive atmosphere of the seniors.
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