The North Central Texas USBC Association will be recognized at the USBC Convention with the BPAA USBC Association Award. The award is presented to a local association that has demonstrated a high degree of cooperation with its local BPAA proprietor group.

Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports in New York City will receive the 2022 BPAA Media Award Portnoy helped keep small businesses alive during the pandemic with a $41 million fund that assisted more than 420 small businesses to survive government-enforced restrictions — including many bowling centers. Portnoy was featured in a previous edition of BCM, and […]

Bryce Smith of Adel, Iowa, will be awarded the BPAA’s 2022 Ruben A. Dankoff Award for Public Policy & Legislative Service. The award recognizes Smith’s tireless advocacy work throughout the pandemic to help bowling proprietors in Iowa and the Midwest. A feature on Smith will appear in an upcoming edition of BCM.

Classic Products in Fort Wayne, Ind., will be recognized with the BPAA’s 2022 Special Project Award. The company is being honored for stepping up and helping to facilitate Strike Ten Entertainment’s Go Bowling America league program, which was beneficial to bowling centers that were reopening and re-establishing their league business after pandemic shutdowns. A feature on […]

Kyle Troup of Taylorsville, N.C., will be recognized with the 2022 Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador Award, named after the legendary bowling icon, recognizing his many contributions to the game and sport of bowling, both on and off the lanes. Troup’s unique bowling style and look have endeared him to a huge fan base, which was evident […]

Roger Nyquist of Albany, Ore., has been selected by BPAA President Jim Decker for the 2022 President’s Award. Decker recognized Nyquist for his exceptional guidance as Chairman of the BPAA Government Affairs Committee during the pandemic and his expert assistance with navigating government programs benefiting bowling proprietors. Nyquist will be profiled in an upcoming edition of […]

Hiroshi Funaki of Japan will receive BPAA’s coveted V. A. Wapensky Award, named after association’s long-time chief executive officer, “Chief” Wapensky. Funaki is being recognized for years of service to the industry and bringing BPAA programs to centers in Japan. A special feature on Funaki will appear in an upcoming edition of BCM.

Don MacBrayne of Centennial, Colo., has been named BPAA Proprietor of the Year for 2022. As a member of the BPAA Awards Committee stated, “The Proprietor of the Year operates a center any one of us would be proud to own.” The Summit center operations are above and beyond and a bowler’s dream to bowl in. MacBrayne […]

Proprietors of a certain age will remember the pre-computerized scoring era when open play and telescore sheets were supplied by the Walt Peabody Advertising Service to about a third of the nation’s bowling centers in 48 states. The centers paid nothing for the sheets, while the Peabody company sold advertisements appearing on them and kept […]