E-dition No. 1,094 • Friday, January 31, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) March 31 Is Deadline for Inaugural Frewing Scholarship The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame is now accepting applications for the Daroll and Dolores Frewing College Scholarship. The submission deadline is March 31. The annual $25,000 scholarship was created by Daroll Frewing, […]

E-dition No. 1,093 • Friday, January 24, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Special Made-for-TV Event Set for Bowl Expo This summer in suburban Denver, International Bowl Expo will host a special made-for-TV event featuring top names from the sport’s professional tours. Members of the PWBA and PBA will team for a mixed doubles event at […]

E-dition No. 1,092 • Friday, January 10, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Rash Signs Multi-Year Deal With 900 Global Given the year-end news that Brunswick Bowling had purchased the brands and intellectual property of Ebonite International, and the fact that pro staff contracts typically run on a calendar-year basis, it should have come as no […]

E-dition No. 1,091 • Friday, January 10, 2020 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Promoter Extraordinaire Jim Welch Passes Away Two-and-a-half days before the new year and new decade arrived, one of bowling’s brightest promotional minds passed away. Jim Welch’s career in bowling spanned several communities and a handful of companies, although he is perhaps best known […]

E-dition No. 1,090 • Tuesday, December 24, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Brunswick Inks 3-Year, Big-Money Agreement With PBA Brunswick Bowling Products has signed a three-year, multi-million-dollar sponsorship and product registration agreement with the Professional Bowlers Association. The agreement ensures products for all Brunswick brands will be represented on the PBA Tour, including the Brunswick, […]

E-dition No. 1,089 • Friday, December 13, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) PBA Hall of Fame Ceremony Set for Jan. 18 Lots of industry members attend the annual Hall of Fame induction of the Professional Bowlers Association, and the 2020 induction will take place on Saturday, Jan. 18 in Arlington, Texas. As was the case […]

E-dition No. 1,088 • Friday, December 6, 2019 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo Heads West in 2020 The Turbo Tech Collegiate Expo is heading west in 2020. The event is set for July 5-9 at the Gold Coast Hotel, Casino and Bowling Center in Las Vegas, one of the seven facilities that […]