E-dition No. 953 • Thursday, May 25, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) We had a “nice problem” in putting together the cover for BJI’s sister publication, Bowling Center Management, this month: We had two outstanding photos of John Losito, who is being honored as BPAA’s 2017 Proprietor of the Year. We ended up putting it […]

E-dition No. 952 Sunday, May 21, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com)   Opryland Is Sold Out; Other Options for Bowl Expo Attendees If you’re planning to attended BPAA’s International Bowl Expo next month in Nashville, Tenn., and have not yet made your room reservations, you will not be staying at the event’s host hotel, the […]

E-dition No. 951 Saturday, May 13, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com)   Wilkinson and DeSocio Get Final Terms Leading USBC The United States Bowling Congress Board of Directors has re-elected Frank Wilkinson of Staten Island, N.Y., as USBC President and Cathy DeSocio of Wichita, Kan., as Vice President for the 2017-18 season. The election of […]

E-dition No. 950 Thursday, May 4, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) SMART Distributes $1 Million to Providers’ Funds The Scholarship Management and Accounting Reports for Tenpins Corporation Board of Directors has announced it will make an income earnings distribution of $1 million to providers’ funds. The distribution is for 2016 earnings. The SMART Board previously […]

E-dition No. 949 Thursday, April 27, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) Greetings from Las Vegas, where the United States Bowling Congress Annual Meeting has drawn to a close after four days of educational sessions, award presentations, the USBC Hall of Fame induction ceremony and more. This edition of the BJI Cyber Report will focus on […]

E-dition No. 948 Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) We hope you survived Tax Day 2017 without incident. We’re coming to you a day early because we’ll be on assignment the rest of the week, working on a couple of very special stories. As always, we invite you to keep up with all […]

E-dition No. 947 • Thursday, April 13, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com)   We are on deadline for Bowlers Journal International’s May issue this week, so this will be an abbreviated edition of the BJI Cyber Report. As always, we urge you to check out bowlersjournal.com and bcmmag.com for the latest bowling business news.   […]

E-dition No. 946 Thursday, April 6, 2017 Editor: Bob Johnson (bjibob@aol.com) ABS to Serve as QubicaAMF’s Distributor in Japan QubicaAMF Worldwide has entered into a distributor agreement with American Bowling Service, Inc. in Japan. Effective April 1, ABS is serving as QubicaAMF’s exclusive, full-line distribution partner in Japan for capital equipment, automatic scoring, parts, supplies […]