04/30/2018
It is with indescribable sadness that I share news that a 5 Pin Bowling legend, Fraser Hambly has passed away this afternoon after a very sudden and devastating illness.
As a 9 year old boy, I remember my YBC coach telling me and my family that I earned a spot in a Master Bantam tournament. I really didn't know what I was in for. The morning of this event a man in a powder blue uniform came up to me and introduced himself as my Master Bowler for this event.
I read the name Fraser Hambly on the back of his shirt and i just had to earn my own uniform.
Like so many, we all learned Fraser's achievements were some of the greatest ever. He was so very polite and helpful to everyone. Fraser volunteered his time to our association managing our lifetime averages and years of service information
Last year he wrote articles on this site and for the Ontario 5 Pin Bowlers Association. These stories were always about the other great players past and present that he knew. He never wanted his story posted, others had to come first.
In the days to come the tributes will start pouring in for a kind and gentle historian and legend of our game.
It was truly an honour for me to have worked with such an amazing person and to have known him for so long.
Please say hello to Henry, Bert, Jimmy, Billy and so many others my friend. Then take them to the lanes, get Henry on the boards and have eternal fun. You deserve this.
Rest in peace Fraser Hambly.
