Triplicate Kings' Bowling Resume

Bowling Resume for Gary Schindler

 

Organizations:

 

Early 1960's                 Member                       YBA

Late  1960's                 Member                       AJBC

1969- Present              Member                       ABC/USBC

1987- Present              Member                       NBA

1993- Present              Lifetime Member          ABC/USBC                 (LT21)

2002- Present              Life Member                NYBA-USBC

2004- Present              Member                       Bowling Writers Association of America

2013- Present              Member                       NYBA-USBC  HALL of FAME

 

Scholastic Participation:

 

1968-1969                   Member, William Cullen Bryant High School Bowling Team

1969-1970                   Member & Captain, William Cullen Bryant High School Bowling Team

1970-1971                                     Member, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn Bowling Team

1971                            Assistant Bowling Reporter to the PIB Newspaper

 

Tournament Organizations:

 

1971- 1979                 Member                       Kegler Bowling Club

1985- 1987                 Member                       Amateur Bowlers Tour

1987- Present              Lifetime Member          Amateur Bowlers Tour (141844)

 

Administrative Positions:

 

1965- Present              Various League Offices (Pres., VP., Sec., & Treas.)

1984-1985                   Proposed Director                                NYBA

1985- 1992                  Director                                                NYBA

1986- 1992                  County Chairman                                  NYBA

1992- 1994                  4th  Vice President                                NYBA

1994- 1996                  3rd  Vice President                                NYBA

1996- 1998                  2nd  Vice President                                NYBA

1998- 2000                  1st   Vice President                               NYBA

2000- 2002                  President                                              NYBA

2002- Present               Past-President / Life Member   NYBA

1990- 2000                  Chairman- NYBA Hall of Fame Committee

2002- 2006                  Chairman- NYBA Hall of Fame Committee

1994- 2000                  Chairman- NYBA Legislative Committee

1985- 2006                  Member of most NYBA committees

1986-                           Delegate to every ABC/USBC Convention attended

1986-                           Delegate or Alternate to various NYSBA Conventions

1986-                          Attendee and Participant in Northeast Council Workshops                 

 


 

Organization Achievements and Awards:

 

Graduate                      LAOTC           White Plains

Graduate                      LAOTC           Rockville Center

2 time recipient Bruno Valvano Director of the Year Award

2013                            Elected to the NYBA-USBC Hall of Fame

 

Bowling Achievements and Awards:

 

Current ABC/USBC Record Holder with 10 Career Triplicates

Highest Sanctioned Game                                                         289      (5)

Highest Sanctioned Series                                                         756

Total Sanctioned 700 Series                                                                             (4)

Highest Sanctioned All Events (10 Game)         2037

Highest Sanctioned All Events (9 Game)           1862

Highest Sanctioned All Events (6 Game)           1302

 

1          ON SITE Achievement Award             ABC Tournament

2          Most Improved Bowler Awards                       YBA

6          Most Improved Bowler Awards                       ABC

10        Triplicate Awards                                             ABC     (ABC/USBC RECORD!!!)

3          100 pin over Average Game Awards                ABC   

7          150 pin over Average Series Awards                ABC

1          Big Four Award   (4-6-7-10)                           ABC

6          All Spare Game Awards                                   ABC

3          All Spare Game Awards                                   NBA

1          Triplicate Award                                               NBA

1          League High Series Award                               AJBC

1          600 Club Award                                              AJBC

 

36        First Place League Awards                               ABC    ABC/WIBC

 

Tournament Titles:

 

1984    Doubles Scratch           NYBA Local Association Tournament

1984    Doubles Handicap        NYBA Local Association Tournament

1986    Team Scratch               NYBA Local Association Tournament

1989    Team Scratch               NYBA Local Association Tournament

1989    Team Handicap            NYBA Local Association Tournament

1989    Doubles Handicap        NYBA Local Association Tournament

1990    Team Scratch               NYBA Local Association Tournament

1990    Team Handicap            NYBA Local Association Tournament

 

1994    All Events                     NYSBA Mixed Team Tournament

 

 

 


 

Additional Tournament and other Miscellanea :

 

          23 TOP 5 finishes in the NYC Championships.  (8-First Place, 5-Second Place, 7-Third Place, 1-Fourth Place, and 2-Fifth Place)

 

NYS Mixed Tournament 1994- 1st Place All-Events,  2nd Place Team,   2nd Place Doubles.

 

1989 (Americana Lanes) Finished 1st in 3 events, also a 2nd Place and two 7th place finishes.

 

Winner and top 3 finisher in many weekend and holiday tournaments held at local bowling centers from (circa) 1965 - 1985.

 

High Series Unsanctioned Competition                          834      (also 800)

 

High Game Unsanctioned Competition                          300      (7 ?)

 

1985/6: Unsuccessfully attempted to revive the NYBA Newsletter (published one trial issue)

 

Late 1980’s:   Proposed and helped institute the inaugural NYBA Masters Tournament.

 

1988 Jacksonville, FL.: Proposed an amendment to a proposed amendment being addressed on the floor of the convention,

                                    which was accepted by the delegates and ultimately adopted as part of the proposal.

 

1996 Salt Lake City, UT.  Submitted a proposed amendment to ABC for consideration at its annual convention. The proposal was ultimately adopted by

                                         the delegates.

 

            Late 1990’s:                 Created the initial NYBA website.

 

            2013                            Elected to the NYBA-USBC Hall of Fame

 

October 20, 2013        Presented the NYBA-USBC with Frank Santore’s USBC Hall of Fame Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hall of Fame Miscellanea

After taking over Chairmanship of the NYBA Hall of Fame Committee in 1990, it was revitalized and had its first inductees since 1984.  Of the 54 members elected to the Hall of Fame under his chairmanship, he has proposed 41 of them ( 6 of them were joint submissions)

 

Candidates he submitted to the NYBA who were inducted into the NYBA HOF

 

1990 Dan Weber

1990 Frank Santore

1991 Mark Roth

1991 Dick Battista

1991 Pat McDonough

1991 Joe Thum

1992 Ralph Engan

1992 John Engan

1992 Joe Richards

1992 Dr. Henry Timm           (Joint Submission)

1992 Thomas Curtis             (Joint Submission)

1992 Chuck Pezzano

1992 Charlie Venable

1993 Louis Campi

1993 Marty Casio

1993 Louis Schutte              (Joint Submission)

1993 Rev. Charles T. Carow                (Joint Submission)

1993 Johnny Petraglia

1993 Samuel Karpf               (Joint Submission)

1994 Jack Horn

1994 Lou DeTurris Sr.

1994 Lindy Faragalli

1994 Eric deFrietas

1994 Robert Lynch

1995 Vinny Yetitto

1995 Edith Weber

1995 Jack Clemente

1996 Lou Marks

1997 Frank "Pop" Briell (Joint Submission)

1998 Kenneth P. Taylor

1998 Nicholas Mormando

1998 Ray Hover

1998 Morehead Patterson

1998 Felix Gelhausen

2000 Otto Greisel

2001 Hugo Mandraccia

2001 Lou Deturris Jr.

2002 Thomas DeChalus

2002 Steve Stein

2003 John LaSpina

2004 Ernie Schlegel

 

Candidates he submitted to the NYSBA who were inducted into the NYSBA HOF

 

1995        Frank Santore      

1996        Lou Campi            

1997        Mort Lindsay

1998        Junie McMahon

2000        Marty Casio         

2000        Al (Lindy) Faragalli

2012        Richard (Dick) Battista

 

Candidates he submitted to the USBC who were inducted into the USBC HOF

 

2013        Frank Santore

 

 

 

 

Top 10 High Finishes in City Championships

 

Year            Team    Doubles       Singles  All Events

Hdcp   Scr.      Hdcp   Scr.                  Hdcp   Scr.      Hdcp   Scr.

 

1984-Leemark                                       1          1

1985-Country                                        3         

1986-Fiesta                    3          1                     

1987-Hollywood                                 

1988-LiCity                                            4          2                      2          3

1989-Americana             1          1          1          2                      7          7

1990-Gil Hodges             1          1

1991-BotG                     2&3     3&5                                         3          5

1992-Van Wyck

1993-Fiesta

1994-Americana                                                 2

1995-Showplace

1996-Mark

1997-Americana

1998- JIB                                                           3

Total         1st       2nd      3rd      4th 5th

8            5            7            1            2           

 

Additional Tournament High Finishes

 

New York State Mixed Tournament 1994 :      1st All Events   , 2nd Team,  2nd Doubles

1989 (Americana Lanes) Finished 1st in 3 events, also a 2nd Place and two 7th place finishes.

 

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