Individual Achievement & Builder
Individual Achievement
Michael Boroskae got involved in the Sport of Tenpin Bowling while attending Tec Voc High School in the late 1960’s. Mike befriended Jack Poroznyk, a fellow school mate that bowled a lot and on occasion, he would join him at All Star Lanes to bowl. Jack was on Tec Voc’s bowling Team and had been for several years.
Mike marvelled at the way he could hook the bowling ball. It intrigued him and he wanted to learn how to do that the way his friend did. Well, Jack was a “Lefty” and maybe this is one of the reasons that Mike ended up being one as well even though he is a Right Hander. Since then, Michael continued to bowl with both hands for many years, 1968-1978 (Right),swithched to left due elbow injury and continued from 1979-1995 (Left) & 1998 – present (Right).
All Star Lanes has been gone for a very long time, now and many people today might not even know it ever existed! However, there were many Tenpin Bowling Centres in Winnipeg and in time Michael would come to know them all, bowl in all of them and build Pro Shops in some of them.
Michael started bowling in league play in 1970 and has competed in many leagues over the next 5 decades.
Leagues
Greater Winnipeg Classic League.
Michael bowled in the league from the late 1970’s and continued until the league folded in the spring of 2015,
although he did miss 3-4 years (1995-98) while he was in Singapore. He served as President of the league for the (1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons). In the 2005-06 season he recorded his highest career average of 217,
his highest game 300 andhis highest 3-game series of 845 (299-300-246).
According to GWCL records only from 1997 to 2009, Michael recorded 13 – 700 series, 1 – 800 Series, 3 – 299 Game, 1-300 game and 1 – 11 In A Row Game. During that same time period, he also had another 2 – 700 series in tournaments play.
1991-92 – Aggregate Champions
– Chicken Delight team
2005-06 – League Champions
– Silkscreen Industries team
2012-13 – League Champions
– Silkscreen Industries team
2012-13 – Roll-off Champions
– Silkscreen Industries team
2012-13 – Team High Average
Silkscreen Industries team – 802
Tuesday Nite Senior Men’s – Le Club Laverendrye
– Bo’s Pro Shop is a Team Sponsor
Winnipeg Senior Mens – Empress Lanes 1985-86
- moved to Le Club Laverendrye in 1992 and continued bowling in the league until 2018.
1993-94 – Aggregate Champions
1993-94 – Roll-off Champions
1999-00 – Most Improved Average – 22.4 pins
2003-04 – Roll–Off Champions – Envision Graphics
2005-06 – Top Five 700’s or Greater – 2nd – 772
2005-06 – Top Five 279 or Greater – 2nd – 289
2005-06 – Most Improved Average 8.8 pins
Outsiders League
2001-02 – League High Average – 191.3
Classic League – Chateau Lanes
Mixed 4’s – Chateau Lanes
Thurs Nite Mixed League – Le Club Laverendrye
WLYKL (We’ll Let You Know Later) Team
Explorer Mens League – Le Club Laverendrye
Golfers League – Chateau Lanes
Manitoba Classic Bowlers Association
Mike was on the Executive Board of the MCBA for many years; Served as President from 2001-2004 cc. and was heavily involved in producing and was a frequent contributor to the MCBA newsletter publication (Across the Boards) that took place in 1987-89.
Mike also won 5 MCBA tournaments:
Jan 16/88 – The “Joico of Manitoba” Open 5 games qualifying plus stepladder final.
Nov 24/90 – The “Subway” Open – 5 games qualifying plus stepladder final.
Nov 28/99 – 5 Games plus stepladder final.
Dec 26/01 – No Record
Apr 26-27/03 – The “Janzen Financial” Scratch Finals – two days plus stepladder.
MCBA Brandon Hosted Tournaments
2001-02 – 4th place MCBA Point Standings
2002-03 – MCBA Finals Champion
As well as serving as frequent commentator on many of the televised tournaments for the MCBA, and many other non-MCBA tournaments.
Other Tournaments
Brandon Tenpin Bowling Association Tournaments
1975 – Brandon Doubles Knockout – Won
Provincial Tournaments
National Tournaments
- 2013 CTF Mixed Championships, Winnipeg – Canadian Record Score for Super Senior Men All Events – 2001
-2005 World masters Games, Edmonton
International Events
Tournament of Americas
– 2002 Competed
– 2013- Bronze All Events Seniors
- World Tenpin Team Cup, Peurto Rico
-Coached & Competed
Tenpin Bowling TV Commentator
- Manitoba Open Stepladder Finals – last 5 years- Wpg (2015-Present)
- MCBA Tournaments – Wpg
- World Tenpin Team Cup Championships – Calgary
- CTF Championships – Selection Of Team Canada – in Montreal-Bi Lingual Presentation with Mark Buffa.
Bowling Centres Michael Bowled At
All-Star Lanes
Birchwood Bowl
Canadian German Society
Chateau Lanes
Empress Lanes
Le Club LaVerendrye
Northgate Bowl
Parkway Lanes
Thunderbird Bowl
Thompson Lanes
Valley Bowl
Builder
Since the mid-1970’s, Michael began coaching his son in the Empress Youth League, and he has continued coaching Tenpin Bowling for over 40 years.
The Sport of Tenpin Bowling and Coaching are very dear to Mike. He does not look at it as a job but rather a great passion. This passion fuels him, providing an excitement and energy level beyond belief and this is what we always see in his coaching style when he works with all his athletes.
This passion led him to seek out new bowling techniques, pro shop drilling and ball surface manipulation, lane dressing patterns, coaching certification, credentials, qualifications and experience and it continues to drive him to further explore and keep up with the ever expanding science, knowledge and strategies of the sport.
It has led him through an extensive lifetime of international, national and provincial coaching success, a career he loves in operating & owning his own Pro Shop, teaching upcoming fellow coaches to secure Manitoba and Canada’s strong position in world level rankings and instructing novice to elite bowlers to ensure our sports continuity into the future.
National Coaching & Achievements
CTF Provincial Coach For The Province of Manitoba
Bowl Canada (formerly BPAC) Provincial Coach For The Province Of Manitoba
• 1985 – Canadian Tenpin Federation National Championships – Team Manitoba
• 1986 – Canadian Tenpin Federation National Championships – Team Manitoba
• 1988 – Canadian Tenpin Federation National Championships – Team Manitoba
• 1998 – Canadian Tenpin Federation National Championships – Team Manitoba
• 2007 – YBC National Championships, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Team Manitoba
Medals: 1 – Silver 1 – Bronze
• 2008 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 1 – Bronze
• 2008 – Canadian Tenpin Federation Youth Championships
Medals: 1 – Gold 1 – Silver 1 – Bronze
• 2009 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 2 – Gold 1 – Silver
• 2009 – Canadian Youth Championships
• 2010 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 2 – Gold 1 – Silver
• 2011 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 1 – Gold 1 – Silver 2 – Bronze
• 2011 – Canadian Youth Championships
Medals: 7 – Gold 5 – Silver 2 – Bronze
• 2012 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 3 – Gold 1 – Silver 2 – Bronze
• 2012 – Canadian Youth Championships
Medals: 6 – Gold 5 – Silver 4 – Bronze
• 2013 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 2- Gold 3 – Silver 1 – Bronze
• 2013 – Canadian Youth Championships
Medals: 4 – Gold 11 – Silver 2 – Bronze
• 2014 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 1- Gold 4 – Silver 1 – Bronze
• 2014 – Canadian Youth Championships
Medals: 6 – Gold 7 – Silver 4 – Bronze
• 2015 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 1 – Gold 3 – Silver
• 2015 – Canadian Youth Championships
•2016 – YBC National Championships
• 2017 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 1 – Gold 4 – Silver 2 – Bronze
• 2017 – Canadian Youth Championships
Medals: 2 – Silver 3 – Bronze
• 2018 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 1 – Gold 1 – Silver 1 – Bronze
• 2019 – YBC National Championships
Medals: 1 – Gold 2 – Silver 2 – Bronze
• 2019 – Canadian Youth Championships
International Coaching & Achievements
-CTF National Coach For Canada
Bowl Canada (formerly BPAC)
-National Coach For Canada
-Qubica AMF World Cup Championship)
Note: All events from 1995-97 were with Team Singapore. All other events were with Team Canada.
• 1987 – FIQ World Championships, Helsinki, Finland
• 1988 – American Zone Olympic Exhibition Sport Qualifying Tournament, Apopka, FL. Female bowler qualified to compete in Seoul, Korea.
• 1989 – North American FIQ Zone Championships, Wichita, Kansas
Medals: 1 – Gold 2 – Silver 1 – Bronze
• 1991 – FIQ World Championships, Singapore with Team Canada
Medals: 2 – Gold 1 – Silver
• 1993 – North American Zone Championships, Guadalajara, Mexico
Medals: 3 – Gold 2 – Silver 2- Bronze
• 1993 – World Games, The Hague, Holland
• 1994 – Commonwealth Invitational Tournament, Victoria, B.C.
Medals: 3 – Gold 1 – Silver
• 1994 – Asian FIQ Championships – Guam
Medals: 1- Silver 1 – Bronze
• 1995 – AMF World Cup, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• 1995 – 1st Commonwealth Invitational, Scotland
Medals: 3 – Silver
• 1995 – FIQ World Championships, Reno, Nevada
Medals: 1 – Bronze
• 1995 – Southeast Asian Games, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Medals: 5 – Gold 3 – Silver 3 – Bronze
• 1996 – AMF World Cup, Belfast, Ireland
• 1996 – Atlanta Bowling Challenge, Atlanta, Georgia with Team Singapore
• 1996 – 4th FIQ World Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships, Hong Kong
• 1996 – 14th FIQ Asian Champions, Seoul, Korea with Team Singapore
Medals: 1 – Gold 1 – Silver
• 1996 – Second World Tenpin Team Cup Bowling Championship, Calgary, AB
• 1997 – 19th Southeast Asian Games, Jakarta, Indonesia
Medals: 5 – Gold 3 – Silver 1 – Bronze
• 1997 – FIQ Asian Zone Youth Championship, Manila, Philippines
Medals: 1 – Gold 1 – Silver
• 2009 – Women’s World Championships, Las Vegas, Nevada
• 2011 – Women’s World Championships – Hong Kong
Medals: 1 – Gold
• 2012 – 1st World Singles Bowling Championship, Limasol, Cyprus
• 2013 – World Senior Tenpin Championships, Las Vegas, Nevada
Medals: 1 – Silver 2 – Bronze
• 2014 – Pan-Am Olympic Festival, Puebla, Mexico
Medals: 1 – Silver 1 – Bronze
• 2014 – Pabcon Women’s Zone Championships – Cali, Columbia
• 2014 – World Youth Championships, Hong Kong
• 2015 – World Senior Tenpin Championships, Las Vegas, Nevada
Medals: 1 – Gold 2 – Silver 4 – Bronze
•2015 – Pabcon Youth Championships, Panama City, Panama
Medals: 1 – Silver 2 – Bronze
• 2016 – WTBA World Youth Championship, Lincoln, Nebraska
Medals: 1 – Bronze
• 2018 – Qubica/AMF World Cup, Las Vegas, Nevada
• 2019 – Qubica/AMF World Cup, Palembang, Indonesia
NCCP Course Facilitation
– National Technical Resource Person and Master Course Conductor. Responsible for creating all technical/ practical reference manuals for the Sport of Tenpin Bowling in Canada, including the production of all manuals and delivery system manuals.
– Course Conductor for Level I through Level III NCCP coaching programs, conducting countless courses, seminars & workshops for over 30 years.
-1994 –Created Tenpin Bowling’s first Level 3 Technical Content for Coach Certifications in Canada & presented this to the first group of potential Level III Coaches
All active and registered sports in Canada are required to have all their Coaches Certified at a National Level. This certification process was established by the Canadian Coaches Association which provides all the Theory components for these Coaches to be certified in. However, each sport must create and provide their Practical/Technical curriculum to complete the full certification level. Michael became the Technical Resource Person for CTF and created our sports first Level 3 Practical/Technical materials for Canada’s Coaches to complete their Level 3 Certification’s. Since it was our first time and since he created all the content Mike was also asked to deliver the first presentation of this material to all Coaches that had already completed their Theory portions for Level 3 Certification.
– Is a Contributing Published Author for Bowling This Month.
– In 2001, was one of the founding membership coaches of the Manitoba Tenpin Bowling Coaches Association, with which he is still currently affiliated.
– Responsible for delivery of all three levels throughout Canada for the express purpose of “Coaching Development and Certification”.
– Apply Level IV and Level V ‘tasks’ to the Sport of Tenpin Bowling and from this develop the Coaching Association of Canada a template of how each sport applies the subject matter of each task to their specific sport.
Coaching Certification
- NCCP Fully Certified Level 1, 2, 3
- USBC Silver Level
- Seminar given on One World and One Game given by John M. Davis
- Dick Ritger Advanced Coaches and Instructor Course Level II, Empress Lanes, Feb. 27/89
Pro Shops
- Empress Lanes Pro Shop – 1976: Converted to Fully Operational Up-Front Pro Shop complete with Drill Press;
- Le CLub LaVerendrye – 1979: Built from scratch a complete Up-Front Pro Shop complete with Drill Press;
- Home Pro Shop – Complete Self-Contained Pro Shop and open to the Public since 1981;
- Chateau Lanes – 2008 Existing Pro Shop;
- Brandon-Thunderbird Lanes Pro Shop – Mike operated this Pro Shop from 2017-2019 by travelling to Brandon on a bi-weekly schedule and now he is now training an individual to become Brandon’s Pro Shop Operator.
- Awards / Recognition
- 1987 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 1991 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 1994 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2007 – Coaching Manitoba Excellence Award
- 2008 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2009 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2010 – Coaching Manitoba Excellence Awards Certificate of Recognition
- 2010 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2010 – Manitoba Tenpin Bowling Coaches Association – Coach of the Year
- 2011 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2011 – Manitoba Tenpin Federation Certificate of Achievement
- 2012 – Coaching Manitoba Excellence Awards Certificate of Recognition
- 2012 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2012 – Manitoba Tenpin Federation Certificate of Achievement
- 2013 – Coaching Manitoba Impact Awards Certificate of Recognition for achievements in coaching at an International Sport Event.
- 2013 – Coaching Manitoba Impact Awards Certificate of Recognition – Nomination Peter Williamson Memorial Award.
- 2013 – Manitoba Tenpin Federation Certificate of Achievement
- 2013 Petro Canada Excellence Award
- 2013 – Manitoba Tenpin Bowling Coaches Association – Coach of the Year.
- 2014 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2014 – Coaching Manitoba Impact Awards Certificate of Recognition for achievements in coaching at an International Sport Event.
- 2015 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2016 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2017 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2017 – Manitoba Tenpin Bowling Coaches Association – Coach of the Year
- 2018 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2019 – The Order of Sport Excellence Achievement Award
- 2020 – Manitoba Tenpin Bowling Coaches Association – Coach of the Year.
- Mike continues to support and assist his athletes. As a Professional Ball Driller and Pro Shop Owner Mike has served his athletes in the Sport of Tenpin Bowling Provincially, Nationally and Internationally.
- Mike continues to coach and work with all of his athletes out on the lanes far beyond their once a week league competition. He does this through lessons out on the lanes and sessions in the Pro Shop to make changes to each individual athlete’s game.
- Many of Mike’s athletes have become Provincial, National, Professional Bowlers and World Champions because he has always believed that he can make a difference and that is why he continues to coach to this day, and for the last 45+ years.
- The Start of Michael’s Bowling Profession:
- The more I bowled the more I wanted to bowl and the better I became at this amazing Sport, that is literally played all over the World! The more I learned of what this Sport had to offer the more I became interested in all the many technical aspects of this game. As a result, I read anything and everything related to bowling and eventually came across an amazing book written by Bill Taylor on how to measure hands and drill bowling balls.
- I was hooked and wanted to be able to drill my own bowling balls. In 1975 while bowling in the Senior league, at Empress Lanes, one of the best Scratch Leagues in the City of Winnipeg, one of the owners, of Empress Lanes, asked if I would be interested in helping out in the Pro Shop, drilling bowling balls, which I quickly accepted with a great deal of enthusiasm.
- Back in those days the Pro Shop was a display area for bowling balls and all kinds of stuff that bowlers needed from time to time. However, there was no drilling equipment to be seen for it was always hidden out of site behind the lanes or in a small dark room (like at Northgate) or somewhere else in the Bowling Centre.
- I have always believed that the customer should be able to see us Pro Shop Operators drilling their bowling balls. This allows them to get connected to the whole process and if they ask questions out of curiosity they will want to know more about what we are doing and it gets them more connected to the Sport of Tenpin Bowling.
- Because of this belief, I convinced the owners of Empress Lanes to allow me to set up the Drill Press up front and in the Pro Shop for all to see. This was an amazing step forward in connecting all bowlers closer to the Pro Shop Operator and the technical side of our sport which is extremely high.
- This allowed me to Coach at Empress Lanes while I ran the Pro Shop and also allowed me to enroll my young children in the Youth Bowling program at Empress lanes and assist them in the Sport of Tenpin Bowling. All my children were introduced to this sport at a very young age and they continued to bowl into their teens. A couple of them bowled in Leagues until they moved out of Province or started families.
- In 1979 a gentleman by the name of John Pelletier, a member of the Board of Directors for Le Club Laverendrye approached me and asked me if I would be interested in building a Pro Shop and operating it for Le Club LaVerendrye. I accepted the offer and built an open, all inclusive, Pro Shop up front! This Pro Shop was all glass, for all to see and included the complete Drill Press Operation.
- During this period of time I was very active in coaching the Youth Program at Empress Lanes as well as getting my coaching certifications for Level 1, 2 and Level 3. I did this in association with the Manitoba Tenpin Federation.
How Did I Become
Singapore’s Director of Coaching
Sid Allen – MTF Technical Director – We were Friends, Competitors, and Fellow Coaches who have met in the arena over and over again all over the World and continue to do so to this very day. To say that we influenced each other’s lives would be an understatement!
We were Canada’s Assistant Coaches for our first World Championship in Helsinki in 1987, I for the Women and Sid for the Men. Helsinki was not a good experience for Team Canada but it was the beginning of many changes and because of these changes, future successes, beyond our wildest dreams for Canada.
Sid would leave Canada in 1989 and become the National Coach for Malaysia and because of this Sid and I would both meet up again in 1991 at the FIQ World Tenpin Adult Championships in Singapore with myself coaching Team Canada’s Women’s Team and Sid with Team Malaysia.
Sid and I would face off in the final match for the Masters Singles Event Step Ladder Final for the Gold medal…Sid with his athlete, Lisa Kwan and me with my athlete, Catherine Willis. This was an amazing experience and one that I will never forget…two friends…representing each of our Countries, as Coaches for our very best athletes…Head to Head, in competition and so focused on each of our athletes, trying to give them everything we could so that they could realize their dreams at a World Championship.
Canada would win its first ever Gold Medals in a World International Competition for both the World Masters Singles event and the World Trios Event and also a Silver Medal in the World Doubles event and all 3 medals by the Women’s Team that I was coaching. This was an incredible experience that would forever remind me how important it is to stay focused on all the needs of your athletes, and for every shot!
When Catherine missed a Tenpin in the middle of this Stepladder Game, giving her an open frame. I knew she needed my full support and a reminder that all that matters is what is in front of her in the remaining frames. With some positive words from me and a small adjustment, Catherine struck out through to the 10th and final frame to win this Step Ladder Competition and the Gold Medal!
It was this event in Singapore, in front of all Singaporean bowlers and Executive members of The Singaporean Congress that would change my Life in a very big way. In addition, and without question, the positive and kind words of Sid Allen and his referral to this Congress to hire me definitely made a difference. Because of this and some negotiations at the Banquet of this World Championship Event in Singapore, in 1991 and finally in 1995 I was hired as Singapore’s Director of Coaching.
While I was coaching in Singapore I had the opportunity to visit so many countries in the Region because of Youth and Adult Tournaments that were held every year.
