Xavier Johnston, who is a member of our Windsor-Essex Chatham-Kent youth bowling program, rolled a 254 triplicate en route to a 762 series in December with the Club 240 program. This stunning series is now Xavier’s personal best. He currently carries a201 average.

Xavier started bowling at the age of 12 and he is now in his seventh year of bowling. He also has six siblings who are bowlers. Since his dad is a longtime participant in the sport, Xavier would often accompany him to the bowling centre. On one of these trips Johnston met another youth bowler, Bryce Aqwa, who convincedXavier to join the youth bowling program. Johnston stated, “What Ilike best about bowling is meeting all the new people and the fact that there is a great deal of scholarship money available for youthbowlers.”

Xavier is currently enrolled at St. Clair College in the Sports and Recreation program which focuses mainly on the business side of sports. He is currently completing his second year at St. Clair. The scholarship money has helped him to buy his books for school.

Xavier enjoys the social side of bowling like meeting new people as well while availing himself of the scholarship money that he has amassed. Johnston indicated that “Bowling has taught me to staypersistent and competitive always. In the business that I am going into you need to realize people you meet are your competition, so they are also trying to do the same as you through bowling. Everyone is there to just have fun, but there will always be that competitive factor to the point where you know youwant to be the best.”

Submitted by Catherine Wilbur