Congratulations Adam Mandarano: 278 !!

Adam Mandarano is a great bowler.  He has been a member of the Hornsby Rockets for many years. He consistently bowls well and wins medals in competitions in A grade, in singles, doubles and teams. He scores a lot of strikes, including doubles, turkeys and four baggers, and has scored over 200 a number of times.  Adam likes to bowl, and to compete.

Yesterday, Adam surpassed all of his previous excellent scores, bowling a 278 game during the Illawarra Star Strikers Challenge at Albion Park. He scored 10 strikes in the game, and his score was 127 over his average. Congratulations, Adam - you are a champion!

The scoresheet - count those strikes, all ten ...

... and the scoreboard!

There are rumours of a few happy tears, a very big group hug, and a very proud Mum, Lucy.

Adam can't stop smiling ... with his proud Mum, Lucy Mandarano

Bet you wish you'd been there!

And it looks like Illawarra Strikers might have just become our favourite bowling alley ... look at these high scores from the other bowlers yesterday:

HIGH SCORES FOR ILLAWARRA COMPETITION ON  9^TH MARCH 2013

SCORES 50+ OVER AVERAGE
Adam scored 278 (127 over average) with 10 strikes in this game
Natham scored 192 (84 over average)

SCORES 40+ OVER AVERAGE 
Natham scored 151 (43 over average)
Ben scored 168 (42 over average)
Angela scored 147 (40 over average)
Mark Lagden scored 174 (40 over average)

SCORES 30+ OVER AVERAGE
Natham scored 147 (39 over average)
Emma Matthews scored 145 (38 over average)
Angela scored 145 (38 over average)
Warren scored 132 (37 over average)
David scored 136 (36 over average)
Candice scored 140 (33 over average)
Declan scored 144 (32 over average)
Adam scored 182 (31 over average)
Angela scored 138 (31 over average)
Candice scored 138 (31 over average)
Ben scored 156 (30 over average)

Congratulations all round!