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A $1 Million Earnings Disbursement from SMART

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 determined income distributions would take place each May. Combined with the distribution of expired funds in 2016, the […]

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Kegel Promotes Sims to Director of Coaching Technology

Kegel has announced the promotion of Brent Sims to Director of Coaching Technology. With the recent addition of the Torch and SPECTO to Kegel’s product line and the company’s advancements in researching, developing and releasing new coaching tools, the need for a leader of this division presented itself. Sims had been working as Training Center […]

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Northwest Proprietor Mike Gubsch to Be Honored

Seattle area proprietor Mike Gubsch of West Seattle Bowl will be inducted into the Greater Seattle USBC Hall of Fame on Friday, May 12. Gubsch and partner Andy Carl have operated West Seattle Bowl since 1993. Previously, Gubsch and partner Eddie Ressler ( PBA member) operated 20th Century Bowling in Bellingham, Wash.

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Jason Belmonte Signs With Logo Infusion

Logo Infusion has announced the addition of 14-time PBA champion and eight-time major winner Jason Belmonte to the company’s National Staff. Logo Infusion is a dye-sublimated apparel manufacturer based in Las Vegas. Founded in 2008, the company has focused on providing quality products at competitive prices while offering a turnaround time that the company says […]

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May 2017

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USBC Unveils ‘Challenge’ Lane Condition

USBC has established a new designation for leagues competing on lane conditions that fall between Standard and Sport conditions. The new Challenge lane condition designation and conversion chart was determined based on research of leagues conducted under a Sport/Challenge designation, as well as leagues competing on Blue lane conditions. Recent research showed a discrepancy for […]

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New USBC Certification Procedures to Put Focus on Lanes

Is it the lanes or is it the balls? That’s the question that always comes up when discussions turn to the scoring explosion in bowling. In a move that seems certain to ignite a firestorm of debate on social media, the United States Bowling Congress this morning put the focus on lanes — in particular, […]

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SCN Partners With STE on Go Bowling App

Sports Challenge Network, provider of mobile solutions for the bowling industry and creator of XBowling and Action Bowling, has completed an agreement with Strike Ten Entertainment to be the exclusive mobile app and digital contest platform for the national network of STE Bowling Centers. This exclusive agreement is set to accelerate growth and lead digital […]

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LONG-TIME MISSOURI PROPRIETOR PASSES AWAY

Harrison McCoy, who opened McBowl in Liberty, Mo., with his brothers, Ted and Melvin, in 1958, passed away on March 29. He was 93. The family operated the center until 1987, completing nearly three decades of providing a safe hang-out for teenagers and a place where people could develop life-long friends. On the culinary side […]

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