The Bahamas Bowling Federation has named its 10-member team to compete at the upcoming Tournament of the Americas at Sawgrass Lanes Tamarac, Florida, after the recent team trials at Mario's Bowling & Entertainment Palace.
The team, which includes competitors in the adult men's and ladies' categories, seniors men's and ladies' categories, and a super senior men's category, will participate in the tournament from July 29 to August 4.
Leading the way in the adult men's division are Lee Davis and Johann Pyfrom, with scoring averages of 204 and 188 respectively. In the adult ladies' category, Driskell Rolle's 171 average bested teammate Camille Burnside's 165. Representing the senior men's for The Bahamas is former Commonwealth Games gold medalist Sonith Lockhart, with a 191 average. His teammate in that division is Charles Isaacs, who finished the tournament with a 186 scoring average. Representing the country in the Senior Ladies' Category is Marina McClain with a 170 average, followed very closely by Angela Smith's 168 score.
Also on the team in the super senior men's division are Leon Graham, a former doubles gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games. He has a 178 scoring average and will team up with Philip Bethel, who had an average of 181.
The new treasurer of the federation, Clayton Gardiner said in an interview that he hopes to see bowling become one of the core sports in the country. He also would like to see all bowling leagues, such as the City Bowling League, Financial Bowling League and the Banker's League, come under one umbrella.
"Our desire is to take bowling back to where it use to be in The Bahamas and beyond that. More and more persons are bowling, but it is our jobs to get the level of intensity that we see in other sports like softball into the bowling arena. And I believe we would be able to compete with the other disciplines," Gardiner said.

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