Young nearly etched his name into President’s Junior Shield history with a perfect score of 300 in one game, but came up just short.
“I bowled a personal best of 298. I had two pins left standing on the final ball,” he said. “I had the entire bowling centre crowding around and taking videos, staring, clapping and screaming.
“I was under that much pressure and you’ve that many nerves when everyone is watching.
“You pick up your bowling ball and you’re on the approach thinking ‘I have to nail this’.
“I was shaking like crazy and when I shot my ball I put it too far inside. As soon as it came off my hand I knew. I thought ‘please just fall over anyway’, but I got unlucky.”
Despite coming so close to his first perfect game, Young said he was thrilled with his performance at the championships.
“That’s the biggest junior competition in Australia, so it was pretty mind-blowing to take part,” he said.
Young, who only began bowling competitively 18 months ago, said he planned to contest tournaments across Australia and work his way onto the national team.
“A couple of my team members from the tournament are going to Malaysia in two months to bowl against all the other countries across the world,” he said. “I’m ranked 11th in Australia at the moment, so to get into the top 10 would be unreal.”
Young thanked local businesses who sponsored his trip to Queensland.
“Their help takes financial pressure off, because it’s not cheap to travel.”
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