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2024 Inductees

Sharon Alexander was elected into the Mid-Hudson USBC Hall of Fame for Ability. Sharon was born in Ridgewood, NJ on December 26 to the late Thomas and Arlene Alexander. She grew up in Hawthorne, NJ with her 3 sisters. Later moving to Montgomery, NY and had 2 children, Brian and Valerie Sewall. Sharon is now a grandmother, known as “Bayo” to Luciano and Bellami D’Abbraccio.

Sharon has been employed at ShopRite Supermarkets for 36 years as a FloralManage r in multiple locations. She has created many lifelong friendships with coworkers, especially those who share her passions. Sharon developed her love of bowling at the age of 16 and enjoyed bowling with her parents and other family members. She started bowling in Fair Lawn, NJ where she had her first job at the snack bar. However, most of her bowling was done in Orange County, NY at Orange Lanes, Middletown Lanes, Bowling Time, and Pat Tarsio Lanes. From 2000-2023 she had a career average of 192. Sharon has bowled two 300 games in 2008 and 2009, she also bowled 299 in 2005, and a 298 in 2012. She has had multiple 700 series between 1997 and 2017.

Sharon also played in many women’s softball leagues in NY, along with coed volleyball. She had a passion for fishing with her family, especially her father. She loves to stay active by playing with her grandchildren. Her favorite place to be is on her deck, which is nicknamed “Hummingbird Haven”. Her beautiful self-made gardens draw lots of hummingbirds daily.

Sharon would like to thank all her teammates throughout the years, especially her tournament friends. They have made every trip an adventure while cheering her on and helping her celebrate the successes. She would also like to thank John, Pete, and Steve from the Pro Shops.

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Thomas Hall was elected into the Mid-Hudson USBC Hall of Fame for Service. At the age of 23 my mother Pauline Hall who was the secretary of the Newburgh Teachers League asked me if I wanted to bowl. This was the first time I participated in a bowling league. Forty one years later I have been the treasure and currently secretary of the same league which is now called the Patty Cake Play House League. I wanted to share my passion of bowling with my children and other youth bowlers so I started running the youth bowling league at Tarsio Lanes 30 years ago. My hope was to mentor youth bowlers teaching them the value of sportsmanship, teamwork and give them opportunities to bowl in various state and local tournaments. As my involvement grew with the youth program I became the President of the Hudson Valley Youth Association, and currently a Director in the Mid-Hudson Association. I am proud of the success of the youth program and hope it has enriched the lives of the many young bowlers thru out the years.

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Janet Sullinger was elected into the Mid-Hudson USBC Hall of Fame for Service. Janet has been married to her husband, Bill, for almost 50 years. She has been bowling in the Mid-Hudson USBC for over 45 years.

She has been a league president (Algonquin Women), Vice-president (Jennie Consorti Memorial) and secretary/treasurer (Wednesday Night Mixed, Algonquin Women, Bruce Bryan Service Club, Lillies of the Alley). Within those leagues she has served on the banquet committee and the prize committee.

On the Association level she served on the board as a director at various times from 1986-the present. She was the manager of the NWBA in 2008-2009, was the assistant manager of the Mid-Hudson USBC from 2009-2012 and has been the association manager from 2012 until the present time. She has served on many committees including tournament, publicity, policies and procedures and the Hall of Fame. Janet was previously inducted in the Hall of Fame for ability in 2009.

Janet and her husband have 2 grown children, Jocelyn and Billy, and live in New Windsor.

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Janice Thompson was elected into the Mid-Hudson USBC Hall of Fame for Service. In 1957 Janice joined her first sanctioned bowling league and has become active in bowling leagues since that time. In her early years of bowling, she became a certified coach for the Elk’s Junior Bowling League in Port Jervis. Janice has been the treasurer of the Tuesday Night Women’s league as well as serving as president of the league. She was the treasurer of the Diane Finkelstein league for several years. Currently she is still secretary/treasurer of two leagues, the Monday Afternoon Women’s League and the Leah Uszenski Wednesday Morning Sunshine league. She is a director in the association and has been actively involved working in tournaments and other fund-raising events such as the Mystery Doubles and the numbers raffle. In the course of working in the tournaments, she visited many establishments to gain sponsorships and prizes for the tournaments. She has assisted the association manager as needed.

Meeting Earl Anthony in the early sixties, and remembering his advice to improve one’s bowling, has given her the opportunity in the present day to use this advice to help other bowlers.

Congratulations Janice!

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