Keith Kingston roiling strikes. Steve Stein NO DRUGS NO SURGERY (248) 855-5550 BLASTPAIN.COM 1727930 -',Irrlorif! Vito Bond -I 'USA W!';!..,cji(tw; •N(mi'ATiril/Pr -r.ifylir)P (Ind tlip Firicfr `;trp0 I lorw. 1(!rry tto().1% florid U.1141,111 Band *Pod10 COY LORi. 0°- ROSS STERLING ENTERTAINMENT ffNTEPITAINMEN ACOENCY Visit our web site WWW ionor oss .com Call for free video consultation 248-398-9711 30 January 19 • 2012 Contributing Writer K eith Kingston is a 300 machine. There's no better way to explain the 10 perfect games the 46-year-old certified public accoun- tant from Farmington Hills has bowled in his career. Kingston has been a picture of con- sistency since 2006, when he rolled his first 300 game in 13 years. His inaugural 300 came in 1993. He's bowled at least one 300 every year since 2006, and aver- aged one for every 70 games during the stretch. The southpaw's latest perfect game was rolled Jan. 3 in the Tuesday Night Men's League at Country Lanes in Farmington Hills. He had a 300-197- 225 — 722 series. Kingston said he had a strong feeling he was going to bowl a 300 that night. "And by the time I rolled my third strike, I knew I was going to do it:' he said. "The adrenalin was flowing, and I was locked in." He bowled his previous 300 nearly a year earlier — Jan. 11, 2011, to be exact — also at Country Lanes in the Tuesday Night League. Kingston is justifiably proud of his 300 games. He's also proud that he's bowling in the 76th season of the Detroit All-Star Traveling League, the only scratch (non-handicap) league in the Detroit area, and considered by many the best traveling league in the country. It's his first year in the league, which lives up to its name. Only Detroit's top bowlers can participate, and they visit 34 bowling centers in the tri-county area during the league's 34-week season. The 12 league teams averaged 218.3 last season. There were 11 series of 800 or more and 32 perfect games rolled by 24 bowlers. Kingston said participating in the league is making him a better bowler. "The competition is very tough, and . you have to deal with different lane conditions every week',' he said. Even though he's averaging 220 in the traveling league, "I'm an average Joe among those guys:' said Kingston, who averages 228 at Country Lanes. Kingston also bowls in the Michigan Majors Bowling Association's monthly tourna- ment and the yearly Metro Detroit United States Bowling Congress Association Masters tournament. He won money in two of the seven MMBA events he entered in 2011, and he finished eighth in the 2007 Metro Detroit USBC event. Metro Detroit is the largest local USBC association, with more than 60,000 members. Maccabi Meeting An informational meeting for ath- letes and artists who are interested in representing Detroit in this summer's JCC Maccabi Games will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Family members also are invited. Athletes and artists must be ages 13-16 on July 31. Games will be held Aug. 5-10 in Houston and Memphis, Tenn., and Aug. 12-17 in Rockland County, N.Y. ArtsFest will be held in Houston. Card Sharks Get ready for the 12th Bloch/Israel and Pisgah/Zeiger B'nai B'rith Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament fundraiser to be held Sunday, Jan. 29, in the Teen Center at the JCC in West Bloomfield. Dinner and reg- istration will be at 5:30 p.m., followed by the competition at 6:30. Pre-registration is $50 for B'nai B'rith members and $60 for non-members by Thursday, Jan. 26. After Jan. 26, the fees are $60 and $70. Dinner and admission to the tournament gallery is $25. First prize is a guaranteed minimum of $500. Plus, the winner will earn a free entry into the next tournament. Jonathan Coden, the reigning champion, will play for free this year. More than $20,000 plus other prizes have been awarded since the tournament was launched in 2005. For more information, contact tour- nament hosts Rick Sherline at (248) 613-5400, Lyle Schaefer at (248) 882- 5953 or Sid Roth at (248) 203-3297. ❑ Send news to sports@thejewishnews.com.