Bowling coach Gallion starts serving juniors amid chaos
George Gallion, longtime Elyria junior bowling coach and city tournament director, recounts starting when others wouldn’t. He has coached for over two decades, stressing teamwork, etiquette, and sportsmanship to youths from four to nineteen, and involves family in league administration.
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Junior bowling needs active parents and involved proprietors
A Knight-Ridder commentary urges attentive parents coaches and center owners to back junior bowling. It argues involvement boosts coaching time, improves skill, teaches arithmetic and teamwork, and sustains lifelong interest, citing Milwaukee youth clinics and veteran coach insights.
Bowling junior leagues spark local interest across Lorain area
In Lorain and surrounding towns coaches and centers back junior bowling programs. The LORAIN YWCA and Redman's Bowling Center offer a June start for ages 8 to 17 with certified instructors, film lessons, technique, scorekeeping and on lane practice. Completion earns a Brunswick Crowned Jewel ball at $25. Other centers including Westgate Lanes Buckeye Lanes Center Ridge Grafton Lanes Cardi Lanes Sam's Elyria Bowling Center and Stoney's host weekend junior sessions with varying schedules and reduced rates for children. Signups vary by alley with locations listed.
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Lorain
Cardi Lanes
Sam's
S. Abbe Road
Elyria Bowling Center
Stoney's
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