Local ten-pin bowlers Patrice Tucker and Aretha (Smith) Burdell took on the best that America had to offer in Reno, Nevada, recently and showed that Bermuda can more than hold its own in the sport on the international stage.

The doubles pairing of Tucker and Burdell came second out of 707 teams in the Handicap Division of the ladies' doubles at The National Bowling Association's Annual Championship tournament.

Tucker had games of 247, 258 and 224 for a 729 scratch series, while Burdell had games of 192, 175 and 171 for a 538 series.

They finished with a 1460 handicap total, and their 1267 scratch total also saw them finish ninth in the Scratch (Actual) Division.

The result also saw Tucker finish fourth overall in a field of 1198 with a bowler's score from team, doubles and single events were totalled.

Bermuda's men also put on a good showing with Harold Minors finishing third in the singles tournament with games of 268, 192 and 235 for a total of 695 scratch and 791 handicap. There were 1606 entries in this division. Minors finished 24th in all events.

The men's team, named Gombeys #1, placed eleventh out of 292 entries. The team consisted of Gilbert DeCosta (231, 191, 164 - 586) Alfred (Woody) Jones (169, 188, 213 - 570) Ivan Trott (213, 180, 179 - 572), Philip Francis (157, 160, 173 - 490) and a US substitute who bowled 193, 231, 180 - 604) for a grand scratch total of 2822.