Dick Sanders, who operated the West Coast Senior Tour for 27 years, conducting once-a-month weekend tournaments in California and Nevada, has died. He was 84. The club, founded to give older bowlers an opportunity to keep their competitive juices flowing, reached its height of popularity during the mid-1990s when it averaged 130 entries per tournament. […]

Radical Bowling Technologies has announced the addition of Andrew Anderson to the Radical Pro Staff. Anderson has been a member of Team USA and Junior Team USA for a combined six years, earning several medals while representing the United States in international competition. He compiled an impressive junior bowling resume, finishing among the top five […]

Ace Mitchell Bowlers Mart has resumed full business operations at its locations in Deer Park, N.Y., and Nashville, Tenn., joining its Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, headquarters, which has been operating at full capacity since May. “We’re definitely seeing business coming back,” said company President Jeff Mraz. “We’re not quite at pre-COVID levels, but with New York state […]

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper finally has relented and is allowing bowling centers to reopen on Friday. Centers have been considered “non-essential” businesses in the Tar Heel State since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and have been ordered closed since March. The Bowling Centers Association of the Carolinas and Georgia had gone to court for the […]

Aug. 31 marked the final day of employment with the Professional Bowlers Association for several long-time staff members. The PBA’s owner, Bowlero Corp., has severed ties with Deputy Commissioner Kirk von Krueger, his wife Mary, as well as Head of (TV) Production Dave Schroeder. The von Kruegers had been planning to retire. Earlier, Bowlero ended […]

The year was 1929. The United States was nine years into what clearly was becoming a failed social experiment known as Prohibition. In New Jersey, on the town line between Paterson and Clifton, a new business opened. It featured four bowling lanes, and beer was sold covertly out of buckets of ice. By definition, that […]

Through the years, we’ve heard about lots of “side businesses” operating inside bowling centers, everything from the common pro shops to the less-common hair salons, barbershops and even travel agencies. The leased space provided a nice source of dependable revenue for proprietors. But when Village Lanes in Leesburg, Va., reopens after remodeling and post-pandemic, it […]

At long last, the bowling industry in the state of Washington is being allowed to welcome back customers. “It has been a long wait,” said Greg Olsen, Executive Director of the Washington State Bowling Proprietors’ Association. “The waiting is now over.” Effective immediately, bowling centers will be permitted to re-open as a “Phase Two” business, […]