From a start in an industrial league at Lambton Bowl in the west end of Toronto, Ross McNicoll excelled in all areas of five pin bowling.  As his bowling average improved, Ross moved to the major leagues at Olympia Edward and other Toronto centres.

Ross began to look for a higher level of competition, but his employment with the Toronto Transit Commission limited his tournament availability.  As such, in 1982, Ross joined the Teaching Division of the Master Bowlers’ Association (MBA) to participate in their Sunday events.  To date, Ross has been a Master Bowler for 39 years, with 23 years in the tournament division and 16 years with the teaching and senior divisions.

In the Masters, Ross has ten wins in total, with two in the tournament division, one on the teaching side and seven in the senior division.  In addition, Ross has qualified for the national masters, eight times in the senior division.  As a bowler, he won bronze medals in 1996 and 2002.  In addition, Ross was chosen as a coach on six occasions from 2008 to 2015.  Overall, in his years in the MBA, Ross has a current average of 238.

Ross has been equally successful in the provincial championships of the Open conducted by the Ontario 5 Pin Bowlers’ Association (O5PBA).  Representing the Ontario Durham 5 Pin Bowlers’ Association, Ross qualified for his first of 23 appearances on a mixed team in 1992.  In nine more Opens, Ross made the singles four times bowled on seven men’s teams and three mixed teams.  As well, Ross has bowled on seven senior teams and coached on six occasions.  The men’s teams from 1997 and 1998 were provincial champions and, nationally, Ross bowled in Calgary and Thunder Bay.

In addition, Ross has been a sought-after coach, whether in the Youth Bowling Council (YBC) at Ajax Bowl, the 2004 gold medal team at the Ontario Winter Games, the Holiday Classic, the Open, and four consecutive years for Ontario at the MBAC national championships.

Ross and his wife, Georgia, moved to Port Hope in 2002 and Ross has been the high average bowler, originally at the lanes in Port Hope and, following the closing of that center, now at the Cobourg Lanes, located in the Northumberland Mall.

Georgia and Ross met in a bowling league at Knob Hill Bowl in Scarborough in 1971 and were married soon after.  Their extended family, includes three children, Craig, Raina and Darren, and two great grandchildren, Bella and Zoey.  Craig continues to live at home, while Raina and her husband, Ryan, have two children, a girl, Quinn, and a boy, Nicholas and reside in Port Perry.  Darren, on the other hand, lives in Mississauga with his wife, Trish.  They have two children, Cody and Patrick.

At age 76, Ross continues to bowl, coach, and volunteer his time for the promotion of his chosen sport of five pin bowling.