Former National Football League punter Pat McAfee has helped Nesbit’s Lanes in Plum, Pa., surpass its GoFundMe goal of $100,000 by making a pair of donations totaling nearly $36,000. Like so many businesses, Nesbit’s has been devastated by pandemic-mandated closures. “Nesbit’s is a staple of the Plum community,” McAfee said. “I’ve had the privilege of […]

Paul Lane, long associated with the World Cup tournament during his career with AMF, has been elected to the Distinguished Service section of the United Kingdom Tenpin Hall of Fame. Also elected for their bowling were Steve Thornton and Donna Ellis (Adams). Lane got his start in the industry working at the base bowling center […]

Candlepin bowling will be returning to the city where it was invented — Worcester, Mass. — thanks to developers who have purchased several contiguous buildings along a downtown city block. The candlepin installation is targeted for what was a concert venue known at various times as Sir Morgan’s Cove, The Lucky Dog Music Hall and […]

The Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival, a staple on the Las Vegas entertainment scene for two decades, is moving its 2021 event from May to sometime in the fall “due to the lack of containment of the coronavirus pandemic.” In a statement announcing the move, organizers said, “We had hoped that the promise of […]

Bowling’s status as a “non-contact sport” is playing to its advantage in, of all places, Michigan, which has had some of the most restrictive pandemic-related shutdowns of bowling centers. There, most high school winter sports — including basketball, wrestling, hockey and competitive cheerleading — remain on “pause,” but bowling and swimming have been given the […]

The Barstool Fund is coming to the rescue of another bowling center. In addition to providing a lifeline to Chacko’s Family Bowling Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — as detailed in the February issue of BCM — it will provide monthly funding to Holly Lanes in Holly Township, Mich., which was allowed to be open for […]

The International Bowling Pro Shop and Instructors Association is beginning 2021 with a new Executive Director in Steve Szabina, and a future-focused team of officers intent on making IBPSIA even more relevant for pro shop operators, bowling coaches and the entire industry. The IBPSIA Board of Directors elected Dwyane Da Moude, who stepped in as […]

New Mexico has been among the states hardest hit by the mandated COVID-19 closures, and bowling proprietors aren’t the only people that have been frustrated by the disruption in business. Many bowlers in the Land of Enchantment want to get back on the lanes. Bowling Proprietors Association of New Mexico Executive Director Steve Mackie shared […]