June 03, 2020 Professional Women’s Bowling Association (PWBA) cancels 2020 tour season The 2020 PWBA has canceled its 2020 PWBA Tour season, including its two major events, the USBC Queens and the U.S. Women’s Open.
May 20, 2020 USBC provides SafeSport and Registered Volunteer tools to complement Athlete Safety Handbook USBC members now can see their current status for U.S. Center for SafeSport training and Registered Volunteer Program (RVP) requirements through their profile on BOWL.com.
May 19, 2020 SMART expands policy relating to use of scholarship funds Under the new guidelines, SMART scholarships might be used to receive reimbursement for expenses related to tuition and other certain related student expenses.
May 07, 2020 Digital Collegiate Experience to connect student-athletes with college bowling programs Next month, IBC Youth Development will take the Collegiate Experience, held each summer in conjunction with Junior Gold, to BowlTV so student-athletes can learn more about college bowling programs.
May 01, 2020 Dates set for 2021 Junior Gold Championships; U20 division to kick off event The 2021 Junior Gold Championships that will take place July 5-17, 2021, in Indianapolis with the U20 division kicking off the event ahead of the three youth divisions.
April 22, 2020 Research prompts USBC to propose adjusted specification for bowling ball hardness After conducting research and performing field tests on bowling balls used in competition, USBC proposes adjusting the specification for ball hardness to 73D for all models and eliminating field tests.
April 21, 2020 USBC cancels 2020 convention; McDaniel elected USBC president The USBC board approved a special resolution to cancel the convention and postpone the annual meeting until 2021 because of COVID-19 public health restrictions.
April 16, 2020 USBC suspends Team USA programs for 2020 USBC has suspended the Team USA and Junior Team USA programs for the remainder of 2020 because of uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of international competitions to 2021.
April 16, 2020 IBC Youth cancels 2020 Junior Gold Championships, other youth summer events IBC Youth Development has canceled the 2020 events, including the Junior Gold Championships, USA Bowling National Championships, Youth Open Championships, and the Survivor tournament.
April 15, 2020 2020 USBC Open and Women’s Championships start dates moved to September The USBC Open Championships in Reno, Nev., will start Sept. 12 and the USBC Women’s Championships in Las Vegas will kick off Sept. 19.