Special Olympics Edmonton athlete bowls perfect game [Video]

A rare feat in five-pin bowling was recently celebrated at a bowling alley in Sherwood Park.

Travis Paterson, a 33-year-old bowler with autism, bowled a perfect five-pin game on Oct. 9 during the Sunshine Bowlers event, a weekly disabilities bowling night Travis regularly attends.

It takes 12 consecutive strikes to bowl a perfect 450-point game.

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Tim Wiseman, the manager at Sherwood Bowl, told CTV News Edmonton on Wednesday how rare the achievement is in the bowling community, even for Paterson who’s been bowling for nearly 22 years.

“To put it in perspective … in a good season in five-pin bowling across Canada, you might only get 10 perfect games,” Wiseman said. “I think we looked back about 65 years (that) we’ve been around, we probably (have) only had 13.”

He continued, “Honestly, he’ll be forever …