August 11, 2020
Five schools awarded Bowler's Ed kits
The International Bowling Campus Youth Development team recently selected five schools to receive Bowler's Ed kits through its equipment grant program.
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August 08, 2020
COVID-19, Governor Claim Venerable Washington Center
As we reported last week with our story on California’s Cloverleaf Family Bowl, the pandemic plays no favorites when it comes to the bowling centers that it strikes down.Now, the owners of a legendary center in Everett, Wash., have been forced to throw in the towel. Glacier Lanes, which had served its community for more than six decades, had to
August 08, 2020
New Classification Helps Reopen Centers in Illinois
Is bowling a sport or recreation?That question has been at the forefront of bowling’s Olympic Games quest for decades. And now, the answer to that question has become an important element in the reopening of tenpin centers in one Midwest state.The Illinois State Bowling Proprietors Association has agreed, with the approval of its board of directors, to a settlement offer
August 06, 2020
16-Year-Old Deo Benard Becomes Youngest PBA Member to Win Regional Title
Deo BenardDeo Bernard may only have started bowling four years ago, but the résumé he has compiled on the lanes makes clear that the bowling world can plan on hearing about him for years to come.Bernard, a 16-year-old two-hander from the left side, said he bowled using a traditional one-handed style for the first year, but started bowling two-handed
July 31, 2020
Oct. 16 is Deadline for 2020 BJI Architecture & Design Awards; Submission Form Now Available
DOWNLOAD THE 2020 BJI ARCHITECTURE @ DESIGN AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM HEREOct. 16 Is Deadline for BJI Design Awards Competition No one needs to be told that 2020 has provided the bowling industry with far more opportunity for stress than celebration. As readers of Bowlers Journal International will see in the August issue, however, the accomplishments of 15 pro-bowling greats are
July 31, 2020
Several Reasons Cited for Postponement of New Mexico Open
The 17th New Mexico Open, originally scheduled for mid-August at Tenpins @ More in Rio Rancho, N.M., has been postponed due to the many uncertainties caused by the pandemic, along with the various and differing state government responses to it. "We have a record 226 entries on July 29,” said tournament organizer Steve Mackie. "It was necessary to hold off
July 31, 2020
Mandated Closure Claims Cloverleaf Family Bowl
The COVID-19 pandemic claimed perhaps its highest-profile center to date when, on July 24, the Chambers and Hillman families announced that Cloverleaf Family Bowl in Fremont, Calif., would not be reopening. In an open letter to the center’s patrons, the families wrote, “Due to the high monthly cost of sitting here without any income to offset such monthly costs as
July 24, 2020
Illinois Proprietors Say ‘Governor Pritzker Has Thrown a Gutter Ball’
Bowling center proprietors in Illinois were allowed to reopen by Governor J.B. Pritzker on June 26, but with perhaps the most unusual limitation yet seen in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic: Centers could open, but all were limited to no more than 50 people at a time for bowling.The same limitation applied to an eight-lane center as to a
60-lane center.
July 24, 2020
75 North Carolina Centers Reopen… Then Are Shut Down Again
Considering BPAA Past President Nancy Schenk is North
Carolina Legislative Chair of the Bowling Proprietors Association of the
Carolinas and Georgia, it should come as no surprise that the 75 BPAC/GA-member
centers in the Tar Heel State were allowed to open their doors.Not long after businesses began to reopen in North Carolina,
Schenk publicly questioned Governor Roy Cooper’s mandates, wondering why
bowling centers were excluded.
July 24, 2020
USBC Hall of Famer Bill Lillard Sr. wins 2020 OC Bracket Challenge
Bowling fans, and those who love the history of the USBC Open Championships, chose eight-time Eagle winner and USBC Hall of Famer Bill Lillard Sr. as the winner of the 2020 OC Bracket Challenge.