Bowler rolls two 300s in same session Published March 13, 2009 By Wayne Crenshaw 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Robins Bowling Center recently experienced a scene unlike any other in its history. For 40 years Kennie Wade tried to bowl a 300 game, which is a perfect score consisting of 12 consecutive strikes. He finally did it March 6, but that's not really what caused the scene. The scene happened about an hour later when Mr. Wade did something that had never before been done at the bowling center - he bowled a second 300 game in the same night. Although his first 300 was done with relatively little fanfare, as he closed in on his second perfect game, word spread around the bowling alley. When he rolled his 12th strike, everyone in the bowling alley had crowded around him, cheering him on, and pandemonium erupted when he knocked down all 10 pins. "I just didn't want to let them down," Mr. Wade said of the crowd. "God just blessed me." Dan Bueno, manager of the bowling center, said just one perfect game is a rare feat. The center often goes months without seeing a perfect game, and it had certainly never been done twice in one night at the center. That feat is so rare that Mr. Bueno wondered if it had ever been done anywhere in Georgia; after some research he learned it had been done at least once before. It was still a thrilling thing to watch, Mr. Bueno said. "There was so much noise going on you couldn't hear anything," he said. "When he hit that 12th (strike), it was a madhouse." After bowling the first 300 game, Mr. Wade said his reaction was basically a big sigh of relief. "I had always wanted to bowl a 300, and I finally did after 40 years," said Mr. Wade, a food service project manager in the 78th Force Support Squadron. He bowled a 192 in the game between the two 300s. He credited the feat to "the grace of God" and his new ball, a Raw Hammer Psycho that sells for $150 in the pro shop. The pro shop custom-drilled the finger holes for Mr. Wade. Although he said he would like to bowl another 300 someday, Mr. Wade indicated he'll be satisfied with his one night of glory. "My attitude is, every time I step on the lane, I am shooting for a 300," he said. "If I do it again, I am blessed. If I never do it again, I am very thankful that I had the chance not just to do it once, but to do it twice in one night. That's something I can pass on to my grandkids."