Fahy has lots more strikes in her sights

TENPIN bowling ace Grace Fahy aims to chasing many more strikes in tenpin bowling alleys across Australia, and possibly the world.

The 21-year-old has spent the past two weeks representing Australia at the International Bowling Federation World Cup on the Sunshine Coast.

Fahy’s outstanding feat to earn selection for the green and gold has also earned a Bendigo Sports Star of the Year scholarship and put her in the running for the Maxine Crouch Trust Fund to be announced in February.

After a couple of tough years because of COVID and lockdowns, Fahy rediscovered her passion for tenpin bowling earlier in the year at Bendigo Bowling Centre in Hargreaves Street.

Fahy chose to take a break from a sport she first played as a toddler and left the National Training Squad in 2020.

She then re-joined the NTS last April and her renewed enthusiasm to compete and enjoy tenpin bowling was brought to the fore.

Highs of Fahy’s 2022 so far have included winning three of four ranked events, and being runner-up at the first Tenpin Premier League tournament.

At the World Cup, Fahy won five of 15 matches in the singles to be seventh in her pool on 2831 pins, game average of 188.7.

In teams qualifying, Australia took on the powerful United States, Singapore, Sweden, and Germany.

There’s many reasons for Fahy to play tenpin bowling, but two keys are strong family links and being in a sport where she can bowl against a nine-year-old in one match and play some in their 70s in the next.

2022’s Sports Star of the Year scholarship recipients so far have been Blake Agnoletto, Belinda Bailey and Nate Hadden, Sophie Hughes, Lila Keck, Lucia Painter, Will Whiteacre, Dash Daniels, Mia Harvey, Sam Kay, Silver Bell Morris, and Ryan Kalms.