Michael F. Sinek, who started bowling in 1970 with his father at Fair Lanes Woodlawn, has had a long history of coaching and bowler development. Under his leadership, the University of Maryland team won their first-ever Eastern Pennsylvania Maryland Intercollegiate Bowling Conference Championship with a perfect 16-0 record in the 1989-1990 season.
He has strongly supported youth bowling in the association. In addition to supporting the Saturday Morning Youth and Sunday Junior Gold Prep programs, he also runs the Monday Junior Gold program, which focuses on pattern reading, lane play, and bowling ball selections. Fort Meade youth bowlers have had a lot of success recently at the NCAUSBCA Youth Invitational as well as supporting a majority of The USA Bowling Team Champion Chesapeake Bay Strikers. Mike has coordinated nationally recognized coaching opportunities like Storm University, Camp Bakes, and he personally ran bowling clinics for junior and adult bowlers at The Lanes Fort Meade, which he currently manages.
Advanced Kegel Products such as Specto (laser radar tracking) and Torch ball path training tools have been introduced and installed at The Lanes, with Mike often giving Specto and Torch lessons.
One of Mike’s proudest accomplishments is the creation of the Wounded Warrior Event at The Lanes Fort Meade and Bethesda Naval Bowling Center. He created this event to give Wounded Warriors equipment, instruction, and a recreational skill that they can carry with them forever.
Mike has been considered a Sport Bowling expert for many years, helming the NCAUSBCA’s first and longest-running Sport (Scratch) league, the Bud Scratch Trios at Fort Meade.
Mike twice has held the position of NCAUSBCA Director. He penned the “Kollege Korner” column in BOWL Magazine, for which he also wrote occasional articles and took photographs when the PBA and PWBA tours bowled locally. His “Ballard Ball” photo, which first appeared in BOWL Magazine, was picked up by the Information Please Sports Almanac.
Mike’s bowling accomplishments include NCAUSBCA’s first Sport-Certified 300 game and a Sport-Certified PBA Experience 299 game.
For all of his bowling-related accomplishments, Michael F. Sinek is a welcome addition to the NCAUSBCA Hall of Fame.
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