The BPAA Nominating Committee has recommended a candidate for association Treasurer and three candidates for Directors-at-Large. The committee, chaired by North Carolina proprietor Nancy Schenk, met during the BPAA Bowling Summit in Palm Springs, Calif. Recommended for Treasurer of the association is Brian Borowski of Allie Brandt Lanes in Lockport, N.Y. Recommended to serve as […]

Except perhaps when it comes to federal spending, $7 million is a lot of money no matter how you look at it. Now, the USBC Scholarship Management and Account Reporting for Tenpins program is making an investment earnings allocation of $7 million to provide additional scholarships for youth bowlers. That matches the largest investment earnings […]

The initiative to train a new generation of mechanics for legacy pinsetting machines, announced late last year by the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America, is gaining steam early in 2022 with the development of new online programming and the scheduling of several boot camps and schools. The School for Bowling Center Maintenance was developed in […]

Long-time industry supporter Joan Romeo will join Kim Adler and Kim Kearney in forming the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame class of 2022. Adler and Kearney will enter the hall for Superior Performance, while Romeo was elected in the Meritorious Service/Builder category. Romeo, 89, of Las Vegas, has served countless roles in the […]

Just days after her former employer, Bowlero, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Colie Edison was named the first Chief Growth Officer of the WNBA, effective Jan. 31. The women’s basketball league said that Edison would “lead the development and execution of strategic growth initiatives.” She will be based in the league’s New […]

After 12 years as the Coaching & Pro Staff Manager for Brunswick Bowling Products, Chuck Gardner has moved to a new role as Special Events Manager. Gardner, known to many as “Chuck on the Truck,” will be leading a new program for Brunswick: the Brunswick Youth Experience. His new role will be to work with […]

The North Central Texas USBC Association will be recognized at the USBC Convention with the BPAA USBC Association Award. The award is presented to a local association that has demonstrated a high degree of cooperation with its local BPAA proprietor group.

Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports in New York City will receive the 2022 BPAA Media Award Portnoy helped keep small businesses alive during the pandemic with a $41 million fund that assisted more than 420 small businesses to survive government-enforced restrictions — including many bowling centers. Portnoy was featured in a previous edition of BCM, and […]