The inaugural International Bowling Media Association Visual Media Awards, comprising works published during the 2023 calendar year, have been announced, and BCM’s Michelle Johnson earned the award for still photography in news feature/documentary accompaniment. The winning photo is shown on the August issue’s Up Front page, depicting Andrew Amore, the inaugural recipient of the Daroll and Dolores Frewing Scholarship, […]

Scott Willoughby was found dead this morning after being crushed by a pinsetting machine at a two-lane facility he was working to restore and reopen in Esmond, North Dakota. Willoughby was the owner of the Esmond Bar, and the bowling alley is attached to the bar. The Benson County Sheriff said he was alone at the […]

With the goal of quickly moving expiring Scholarship Management and Account Reporting for Tenpins unassigned funds to recipients and keeping the funds within the same geographic area, the United States Bowling Congress has announced a policy change to provide new bonus scholarships in the fall to active SMART recipients. Now, when SMART-deposited unassigned funds in […]

Azia Martin has been honored as the 2024 recipient of the Daroll and Dolores Frewing Scholarship for children or grandchildren of Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America members. Martin, the granddaughter of Linda Gamble, proprietor of Paradise Lanes Family Entertainment Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, was brought to the stage this morning at the Gaylord Rockies […]

The International Bowling Campus Youth Development team has developed a new “Youth Resource Guide” for use by bowling centers and United States Bowling Congress associations. The guide is designed to aid in the creation of new youth bowling programs in local communities and was created to help bowling centers and USBC associations work together to […]

The 2024-25 USA Bowling tournament schedule has been finalized, and more than $120,000 in scholarships will once again be made available to youth bowlers from across the country during regional and national competition. The schedule: Nov. 17, Upper Midwest, Bowlerama Lanes, Des Moines, Iowa; Nov. 24, Lower Great Lakes, Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl, Lafayette, Indiana; […]

The deadly wildfire that swept through the New Mexico mountain community of Ruidoso devastated the village but spared the 10-lane Ruidoso Bowling Center. “My home and the bowling center are okay,” proprietor Natalie Cecilsaid wrote in an email that Rio Rancho proprietor Steve Mackie shared with BCM. Associated Press reported that entire neighborhoods were consumed by the fire, while […]

For the third consecutive year, Bowling Center Management has swept the awards in the Business category of the International Bowling Media Association Writing Competition. BCM Editor Bob Johnson earned both the first-place and second-place awards in the 2023 competition. The winning story, “The Passing of an Industry Icon,” told the story of Storm Products founder […]

Brunswick Bowling has announced a strategic partnership with JNJ Distribution as the exclusive distributor of aftermarket and consumer products in Southeast Asia. This partnership marks a significant milestone in Brunswick Bowling’s efforts to strengthen its presence and enhance service delivery in the region. JNJ Distribution has been an influential player in the bowling industry since […]