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Verity Crawley: Back in the USA

Verity Crawley: Back in the USA

PWBA Tour star Verity Crawley's long, and at times frustrating, experience trying to get back to the U.S. from her native U.K. to bowl her first PWBA Tour event since 2019 finally has come to a happy conclusion. The former Webber International standout announced on social media March 28 that she officially was back on U.S. soil. As we reported

PODCAST: Missy Parkin on the Power of Optimism

PODCAST: Missy Parkin on the Power of Optimism

PWBA star and USBC Queens champion Missy Parkin's unrelenting optimism helped power her through a challenging year as a pro-shop operator and a pro bowler. Get that and much more on the first-ever video episode of The Bowlers Journal Podcast here: https://fb.watch/4yX4eM7jmB/

Texas BCA President Declares a Second ‘Independence Day’

Texas BCA President Declares a Second ‘Independence Day’

Texas Independence Day is commemorated on March 2. That’s the date, in 1836, when historians believe the original copy of the declaration was written and signed by 59 men at Washington-on-the-Brazos. The creation of the revolutionary document prompted settlers to break away from Mexico and found the Republic of Texas.Now, David Kellerman, President of the Texas Bowling Centers Association, is celebrating

Documentary: The Triumphant Return of the PWBA

Documentary: The Triumphant Return of the PWBA

A new documentary was released yesterday that takes you behind the scenes as the PWBA Kickoff Classic was planned and executed with safety the primary objective amid a 100-year pandemic. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGenupz6OIo

A Fitting Legacy for Bowling Ball Guru Mo Pinel

A Fitting Legacy for Bowling Ball Guru Mo Pinel

“Fear of being one of the masses… just another face.”That’s how Mo Pinel replied to a query about his worst fear in a profile that appeared in the Dec. 20, 1989 edition of the Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia.There was no reason for Pinel to fret over getting lost in the bowling crowd. As so many people have noted

Qualifying Extended for PBA Bowlero Global Rumble Tournament

Qualifying Extended for PBA Bowlero Global Rumble Tournament

PBA Bowlero Global Rumble Tournament Powered by Lanetalk Began March 1New York, NY – The PBA announced in a tweet Monday that qualifying has been extended to March 21 for the PBA Bowlero Global Rumble powered by Lanetalk. The virtual bowling tournament is open to both amateur and professional bowlers across the world ages 18+ and puts participants in a virtual

Large-Scale Tournaments on the Way Back

Large-Scale Tournaments on the Way Back

The True Amateur Tournament recently was able to conduct a successful tournament in Las Vegas, and two of the larger state bowling tournaments now are under way.The Illinois State USBC is staging its 124th Open Championships and 92nd Women’s Championships on most weekends from Feb. 27 through May 2.Park Lanes in Loves Park is hosting the open tournament, while Cherry

BCSC Names Gary Forman Interim Executive Director

BCSC Names Gary Forman Interim Executive Director

Industry veteran Gary Forman has been named interim Executive Director of the Bowling Centers of Southern California.Forman, who is in the process of selling Fountain Bowl in Fountain Valley, California, with his business partner, Dave Osborn, has served on the BCSC Board of Directors for 26 years, and is a two-term past President of the trade association.“As an association, we

Simonsen Earns Top Seed for Tournament of Champions TV Finals

February 27, 2021

Simonsen Earns Top Seed for Tournament of Champions TV Finals

BY JEF GOODGERFrançois Lavoie defeats Tom Smallwood in a roll-off for the fifth spotJupiter, Fla.—Seven-time PBA Tour champion Anthony Simonsen will bowl for the 2021 Kia PBA Tournament of Champions title Sunday, Feb. 28, live at 1 p.m. ET on FOX Broadcast Channel. With a 239 average over 48 games, Simonsen earned the top seed for the stepladder finals and

With their Visas Now Approved, Verity Crawley and Daria Pajak Look Toward PWBA Tour Return

February 24, 2021

With their Visas Now Approved, Verity Crawley and Daria Pajak Look Toward PWBA Tour Return

It may have been a long and winding road from where they were to where they finally have gotten, but neither England’s Verity Crawley nor Poland’s Daria Pajak are complaining about that now.@The former Webber International teammates each were devastated to have to sit out the PWBA Kickoff Classic in January after their visas were not renewed. But, over the