Get in the fast lane

Here’s where to stick in your fingers, wiggle yer butt and swing.

The Toronto Historical Bowling Society bowls Wednesdays and Fridays from 7pm to 9pm and on Sundays from 2pm to 4pm at the Thorncliffe Bowlerama (East York Town Centre) Call (416) 421-2211. (Cosmic Bowling takes off Fridays and Saturdays after 10pm.)

To contact THBS, call Bernadette O’Toole, at (905) 455-1257, Robert Bartlett at (416) 975-1645, or call 925-XTRA, xt 2192. E-mail: bowlthbs@idirect.ca

The Judy Garland Memorial Bowling League (JGMBL) bowls Fridays from 7pm to 9pm at the Newtonbrook Bowlerama (5837 Yonge St). Call (416) 222-4657. (Cosmic Bowling is on Fridays and Saturdays beginning around 9:30pm.)

To contact JGMBL call Brian Martin at (416) 944-3867 or call 925-XTRA xt 2140.

Another lane you might want to try (and the closest to downtown) is the Bowlerama Bathurst (2788 Bathurst St; Bathurst and St Clair). Call (416) 782-1841.

Nobody mentioned the Canadian sport of five-pin bowling; oh well.

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