Is there even such a thing as a “4-peat”? There is now, as for the fourth consecutive year, Bowling Center Management magazine has swept the awards in the Business category of the International Bowling Media Association Writing Competition. BCM Editor Bob Johnson earned the first-place place award and senior correspondent Barry Sparks claimed the second-place […]

It will be a “Big Bowling Weekend” Aug. 9-10 as Go Bowling celebrates the sport by being featured on both a nationally televised morning show and in a major sporting event on consecutive days. The weekend kicks off on Saturday, Aug. 9, as bowling will once again be featured on the “FOX & Friends” show […]

The Washington State BPA’s Season Kick-Off Meeting has been relocated to Lake Bowl in Moses Lake on Sunday and Monday, Sept. 28-29. All Eastern Washington WSBPA member centers, owners, managers and staff will receive 50% savings on their meeting registration and hotel room package. The meeting will be held inside the Ten Pin Brewing Company facility […]

Assorted notes and quotes from the 2025 edition of BPAA’s International Bowl Expo, held in late June and early July in Washington, D.C. … • In addressing proprietors as BPAA president for one of the last times, Kevin Krauss said, “You’re considered rich if you have a great family. I consider myself one of the […]

It was an election year at the BPAA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, D.C., with Roger Nyquist becoming the association’s new vice president, John Losito its new secretary and Andy Bartholomy its new treasurer. Tyler Herreman was automatically elevated to president after serving as president-elect. Herreman is a second-generation proprietor in Hays, Kansas. His parents, […]

Rafael “Rafi” Carrion, a pioneering figure in the bowling industry, passed away on July 7. Carrion was a leader, innovator and mentor whose passion for the sport and business of bowling left an enduring legacy across Florida and beyond. As a former president of the Bowling Centers Association of Florida, he was a tireless advocate […]

Champ Husted, the longtime owner of Milwaukie Bowl in Milwaukie, Oregon, has passed away. He was 94. Champ — that was his given name, not a nickname — served in the military and bowled competitively while in the service.  In 1957, he partnered with his father to build Milwaukie Bowl in a largely undeveloped area of […]

Ellie Boley, now a graduate of Plainfield North High School in Plainfield, Illinois, is the 2025 recipient of the Daroll and Dolores Frewing Scholarship. Valued at $25,000, it is the richest scholarship in bowling. Boley was honored at International Bowl Expo on July 1, just prior to a keynote address by William McRaven. David and […]