Don MacBrayne of Centennial, Colo., has been named BPAA Proprietor of the Year for 2022. As a member of the BPAA Awards Committee stated, “The Proprietor of the Year operates a center any one of us would be proud to own.” The Summit center operations are above and beyond and a bowler’s dream to bowl in. MacBrayne […]

Proprietors of a certain age will remember the pre-computerized scoring era when open play and telescore sheets were supplied by the Walt Peabody Advertising Service to about a third of the nation’s bowling centers in 48 states. The centers paid nothing for the sheets, while the Peabody company sold advertisements appearing on them and kept […]

Nancy Schenk of B&B Bowling Lanes in Fayetteville, N.C., has been selected as the 2022 BPAA Hall of Fame Inductee and recipient of the Victor Lerner Memorial Medal. The Lerner Medal is the highest honor awarded by the BPAA and recognizes an individual for a lifetime of service to the bowling industry. It represents the recipient’s […]

Storm Products has announced that Tyler Jensen will oversee all international relationships in the Asia, Australia, Middle East and Europe and guide the direction of the managers for each international territory. He will continue as the Chief International Business Development Officer. “I felt ready to be less involved in the day-to-day business activities and concentrate […]

Colie Edison has resigned from her position as CEO of the Professional Bowlers Association, effective Jan. 21. “It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to lead the PBA, especially through these difficult past two years,” Edison said. “The resiliency, creativity and flexibility of the PBA is truly unmatched. Our ability to […]

The 2022 Professional Women’s Bowling Association season will begin in May and feature 12 events, seven of which will conclude on CBS Sports Network. The athletes will be competing for an overall prize fund of approximately $1.4 million, which represents the largest average per event since the tour’s relaunch in 2015. The stepladder finals of all three major tournaments […]

The 16th annual High 5 Teams Championship tournament runs this month at Tenpins & More in Rio Rancho, N.M. This is a no-cost event for the highest league average bowlers in New Mexico member centers that choose to participate. There’s a prize-fund of $4,000 and trophies to the winning teams in both men’s and women’s […]

Tom Doud of Channahon Lanes in Channahon, Ill., has been elected President of the Illinois State BPA, succeeding Bill Brennan. The election took place at the ISBPA General Membership Annual Meeting in Naperville. Channahon Lanes is a 16-lane center that also includes an 18-hole mini golf course, an arcade, a full-service bar and other amenities. […]