""For many young people, it is wonderful just to go out for a social night of bowling with your friends, and you don't have to score high. It's a fun thing. You eat, you drink," he said. "And if you really care for the game and want to do better and learn more, then you get more serious with the game. You get your own bowling ball. You get your own bowling equipment fitted to your hand.""
""I didn't get my first 300 until I was 66 years old," he said. "Everything happened for me in bowling, for the most part in my sixties and on up.""
Sam Quaglierini, 85, bowls four nights a week, manages a senior softball team, and commutes between Brooklyn and Long Island. He rolled his 11th perfect 300 game at Woodmere Lanes during the third game of league play. Born and raised in Crown Heights, he lived briefly on Staten Island before returning and remarrying. He returned to serious bowling in 1988 and recorded his first 300 at age 66. Known as the "Silver Fox," he emphasizes camaraderie, competition, lane oil patterns, ball composition, and the social appeal of bowling alongside its technical demands for dedicated players.
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