On Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024, in the Winnipeg Senior Men’s League at Laverendrye Lanes, Gord Tereck accomplished a feat that few bowlers achieve in their career. He rolled a 3-game series of 816. His games were 290, 279, and 247. Tereck’s first game started with a spare, and then 11 strikes in a row. His second game started with 9 strikes. If you are counting, that’s 20 strikes in a row!

This was Tereck’s first career 800 series. And what makes this even more incredible is that in this league, we move to a new pair of lanes each game. And there are no practice shots before starting that 2nd or 3rd game. So, it is a matter of making educated adjustments, quickly, to ensure that you don’t lose the pocket, or your “carry”.

Tereck commented that he barely changed his targets during the series, but people who bowl with him know that he is very adept at making other changes, such as release, speed, and loft when necessary. He also said that this was the most consistent and accurate that he has felt in some time. A high percentage of his strikes were the “ten-in-the-pit” kind of strikes or what we like to call “no-doubters”.

Congratulations Gord!