Elliot John Crosby (known as Ell to his friends and family), (born October 28th 2003) from England, is a Ten-pin bowler who currently (2006) holds the record for the United Kingdoms youngest ever player to achieve a 300 point game (12 consecutive Strikes), in a sanctioned tournament, the highest score in a single game. He has set the nation's new record at 2 years, 2 months and 10 days old. Someone who achieves this perfect game is known as a 300 shooter. Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see number 28. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Ten-Pin Bowling is a competitive sport in which a player, often called a bowler, attempts to knock down as many pins as possible by rolling a ball along a pathway called the lane. ...

This national record was achieved at the AMF Purley in South London, England in the Surrey Country trials on January 7th 2006. AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. ...

In the February 2006 edition (issue 103) of the BTBA's Go Tenpin magazine, Lee Crosby, Elliot's father, wrote the article "The Youngest 300: Elliot John Crosby - from zero to 300 in six years. This article also details the career of the young lad so far. Official BTBA logo The British Tenpin Bowling Association (BTBA) is the official governing body of Ten-pin bowling in the United Kingdom. ... Go Tenpin is a Ten-pin bowling magazine produced by the British Tenpin Bowling Association (BTBA). ...

Comments

Barry Eason, the tournament manager of the Surrey county trials stated that "The county trials are being held every year to qualify to play for your region in the National County Championships",... "The trials were sanctioned and the British Tenpin Bowling Association has all the details. I have no reason to suspect the 300-game will not be sanctioned. It could have been the first perfecto rolled in sanctioned play in the UK for the year as well." Official BTBA logo The British Tenpin Bowling Association (BTBA) is the official governing body of Ten-pin bowling in the United Kingdom. ...

Eason went on to say that Elliot "accomplished the feat in the sixth game" of the tournament and "rolled his perfect game with an "Ell" (Eurostorm II)" bowling ball produced by the tenpin bowling company Storm.

Previous national record holder

Crosby beat the previous British 300 shooter record holder Rhys Parfitt by more than a year. Parfitt was 13 years, 4 months when he achieved a 300 point game at the London international tenpin bowling tournament in 1994. Matt Hann, 13, born July 13th 1987, on the 16 December 2000 at LA Leeds achieved his 300. [1]

• 1) Elliot John Crosby, 12, 7 January 2005
• 2) Rhys Parfitt, 13, 1994
• 4) Matt Hann, 13, 13 May 2001
• 3) Matt Hann, 13, 16 December 2000
• 5) Matthew Vowles, 13, 22 May 2002
• 6) Raymond Teece, 14, 31 May 2002

More Records [2]

In the United States, the youngest ever bowler to achieve this in a sanctioned competition is Japanese 10 year, 3 months and 16 day old Michael Tang. He achieved this competing in the Daly City All Stars Scratch Trios League at the Sea Bowl in Pacifica, California on March 11th 2006. Tang was 3 months younger than the previous record-holder, Josey LaRocco of Louisville, Kentucky, who scored his 300 game on February 14th, 1998 [3]. Michael Tang (born 1996) is a youth bowler in San Francisco, California. ...

See also

External links

• The Youngest 300: Elliot John Crosby - from zero to 300 in six years by Lee Crosby, Elliot's father, was first published in Go Tenpin magazine in February 2006, issue number 103.
• Elliot at HelsBels
• Elliot on HelsBels Hi Score Register