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It’s 24 hours before the 4th annual Kremer Roofing Classic officially kicks off at Minster’s Community Lanes, and David Maycock is the only one in the building at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
Maycock spent time talking with the Editor and publisher Sonny Fulks who writes OHSAA sports and the Buckeyes for Press Pros Magazine.
“Just wanted to get a look at the place, you know,” he said. “Hoped I could throw a few practice balls.”
He doesn’t sound like someone from Minster. Not by a long shot.
And if you’d venture a guess at which PBA professional has traveled the farthest this week to compete in the back-to-back satellite tournaments hosted by Community Lanes in Minster, and Plamor Lanes in Coldwater, it’s an even longer shot that anyone beats David Maycock.
How far?
“Bermuda,” he said proudly. “My home is in Paget, Bermuda.”
Paget, named for William Paget, 4th Baron Paget de Beaudesert (1572–1629), and a British Territory located about 650 miles off the coast of North Carolina.
“It’s not very big (the island of Bermuda is about 21 miles long), but it’s beautiful there,” he adds. “The weather is about like it is here today. It’s hurricane season, but there are no hurricanes, not so far.”
In his eleventh season as a PBA professional, Maycock is hardly a household name, as recognizable as Jason Belmonte, E.J. Tackett, and Kyle Troup, but he doesn’t come without competitive merit. A member of the Bermuda national team, his best tour average listed is 211.8 (2022), compiled in about 50 events since 2013, and in career PBA earnings his debits outnumber is credits (source: PBA.com). It hasn’t deterred him, not one bit…and his story is more compelling than most.
“I own a transportation company back in Paget,” he shared.
Maycock owns a cab company. He’s a cab driver.
“Yessir, I drive one and rent two others out,” he laughs. “Full time.”
He bowls when the streets of Paget (pop. 5,689) can spare him.
“We have tournaments in Bermuda,” he adds. “Some of these guys have been there. Jason Sterner and Dick Allen have been there. But I like to come stateside whenever I can.
“I was coming to Coldwater this week to bowl in that tournament, and then Saturday evening I looked on my phone and saw that there was another tournament 20 miles away, in Minster. So I emailed the tournament director (Doug Davidson), he said there were spots available, and to just pay when I got here. I had to change all my plane tickets, my travel arrangements, I flew to Charlotte yesterday, then to Dayton, got in last night about midnight, then drove an hour and a half to get here. I’m staying in St. Marys, and I’m here to bowl these two tournaments.”
BASEBALL
With the score tied at 3 – 3, in the top of the 9th, Hall singled on a ground ball to pitcher Jack Hartman, Hall them stole 2nd base.
Lamar Sparks singled on a fly ball to left fielder Dru Baker, and Hall advanced to 3rd.
Casey Martin hit a triple on a sharp line drive to center fielder Chandler Simpson, scoring Hall and Sparks.
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