Hiller bowls six strikes

Times Reporter 

 

Every Saturday at the Chinook Centre, the Calgary Special Olympics runs their bowling league. On Oct. 26, Strathmore’s Russell Hiller broke records by bowling six strikes in a row. Four more strikes, and Hiller could have been awarded $1,000.

“Maybe one day,” said Hiller’s helper, Donald Beringer. “The week before, he got four in a row. He’s getting better all the time.”

Hiller’s five-pin season with the Calgary Special Olympics runs from October to March, including tournaments to other cities.

“Every year, they have a couple tournaments,” Beringer said. “They pick all the top ones at the end of the year, and then they get to travel, to provincials and whatever tournaments.”

Beringer has been assisting Hiller since 2000, and together they practice bowling on Hiller’s wii console – which is fairly accurate with regular bowling.

Hiller used to practice at Strathmore’s bowling alley before it closed down.

“Now he does the wii, he practices everyday,” Beringer said.

“With the new sport one, it’s got 100 pins. It’s really cool,” Beringer said.

“With the remote, I play on the TV,” Hiller said.

Hiller, 35, has been bowling for 15 years, and hopes to continue the hobby that he’s most skilled at.

“Yes, I practice a lot,” he said.