It's a lot cheaper for me to be able to go up to say Prince Rupert to test athletes, rather than have a whole team come down to Vancouver or Victoria for testing.

There are little incentives when you bowl in a league, like side pots, high game pots and 30 Clean pots, so I have the motivation to bowl better. Whether I'm bowling in league or a big tournament, I try to have fun. Any time I go do that, I go in and try to incorporate practice into my game. I work on being consistent and making spares.

What we're seeing is that in certain sports, under certain conditions, women and men can compete equally.

For me, I'd be missing so much school to leave school so much earlier means making up so much homework, which takes so much time.

Obviously, this wouldn't work in power sports like football or basketball, or even with golf with 600-yard, par-5s, but it works in bowling where the pins aren't male or female and the bowlers throw 15 pounds.