Each year, the five centers that comprise Maple Family Centers — like most centers — replace their pins with new ones. During Thanksgiving week, center team members distributed thousands of pins to bowlers and community groups upon request, inviting them to paint or otherwise decorate them and enter their creations in the inaugural Holiday Pin Decorating […]

North Carolina State is scheduled to take on East Carolina in the Go Bowling Military Bowl, scheduled for Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The game benefits Patriot Point, a 294-acre retreat for wounded, ill and injured active-duty and veteran service members

The PBS program “Frontline” devoted a recent episode to the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, which saw a total of 18 people killed by Robert Card, including eight at Just-In-Time Recreation. The program examined the many missed signals that could have prevented the incident, which ranks as the 10th-deadliest in U.S. history. […]

Everybody loves a parade, and bowling is being represented in two of America’s iconic parades this holiday season: the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City and the 136th Rose Parade presented by Honda in Pasadena, California. Smithsonian magazine described the first Macy’s Parade in 1924 as “more akin to a modest church […]

The Worcester Historical Museum in Massachusetts has opened an exhibit detailing the history of candlepin bowling. Many of the artifacts for the exhibit, which is scheduled to run through March 29, were provided by the International Candlepin Bowling Association, and several candlepin centers are providing sponsor support. To read more about the exhibit, called “Strikes, […]

Stern Pinball Inc. recently unveiled a new design feature at its headquarters in Elk Grove Village, Illinois: a 7-foot-diameter steel pinball weighing 800 pounds. The installation is the centerpiece of a significant facelift for the company’s building exterior, blending artistic flair with Stern’s iconic pinball legacy. Stern’s George Gomez spearheaded the project. “We needed to […]

Kegel has announced that two new Vice Presidents have been added to their Executive Team with the promotion of Brent Sims to VP of Chemicals and Coaching Technologies and Erin Wall to VP of Business Administration. “Brent and Erin have been consistently delivering value on a high level,” said Kegel CEO Chris Chartrand. “These promotions […]