Published: April 27, 2010

Silver Sliders Senior Wii Bowling Team From Cambridge House in Maryville Win Supportive Living Wii Bowling Championship Today in Springfield

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- <VOICE OVER> The Silver Sliders Wii bowling team from Cambridge House Supportive Living in Maryville proved today that being a "senior" is no handicap. They won first place in the Illinois Supportive Living Wii Bowling Championship in Springfield. The Silver Sliders out-bowled 37 teams from across the state to make it to the "final four."

Seventy-five-year-old Silver Slider PJ Weil was the only man bowling in the final four. Weil had never bowled a real or virtual game before, but he does recall working in a bowling alley as a pin setter earning 10 cents a pin in 1952. The tournament's overall high scorer is 92-year-old, legally blind bowler Erni Henkel, who threw (or "Nunchucked") 8 strikes in a row!

The senior Supportive Living residents bowled to share their enthusiasm for Illinois Supportive Living, an affordable assisted living option available to Illinois seniors.

Video: Available at 3:30 PM today of Wii Bowling Championship: The video will be in the 720x480 wmv format, full screen.


    1.     Go to www.blueroomstream.com
    2.     Click on "Broadcast Page" tab
    3.     Enter  Username: Broadcast
                      Password: News
    4.     Click on "Blueroomstream Files"
            Right click on "Illinois Senior Wii Bowling
    5.      Championship"

Please note on the video: Silver Sliders team is in turquoise, Eagle Ridge #2 team is in yellow, Glen Haven Gardeners team is in green and Eagle Ridge #1 team is in Red.

SOURCE Supportive Living