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COLLEGIATE HALL TO ADD DALKIN, STRAUB AND TEIGEN
The 2025 class for the United States Bowling Congress Collegiate Hall of Fame includes five inductees set to be enshrined on April 16 during the Intercollegiate Team Championships Night of Champions banquet in Las Vegas. Roger Dalkin, Bill O’Neill and Vicki Vallie earned induction for their on-lane performances as student-athletes. Bill Straub will join this […]
SAUVIGNON BLANC WITH A STRIKE? SAUTERNES WITH A SPARE?
The southern Indiana community of Madison is getting a new entertainment destination offering duckpin bowling and an upscale wine bar, courtesy of the owners of the Chandler Hotel. The venue will feature eight duckpin lanes on two floors, while the bar will offer wine, beer, bourbon and charcuterie choices. “Vintage Lanes represents our commitment to […]
XTRAVAGANZA 14 ACCEPTING ENTRIES
The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, based at the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas, has two fundraising events coming up. Xtravaganza 14, a fun doubles tournament that awards $25,000 in cash and prizes, will be held May 29-31 at Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas. The $775 per team entry fee includes […]
VETERAN PROPRIETOR JERRY KRAUSS PASSES AWAY AT 92
Veteran Florida bowling proprietor Jerry Krauss passed away on March 14. He was 92. Krauss, the father of BPAA President Kevin Krauss, founded three centers in the Sunshine State (including one called Sunshine Bowl) and started the Veteran Wheelchair Bowling League. He belonged to the Pinellas Park Rotary Club, part of his belief in putting […]
NEXT ‘VINTAGE ALLEYS TOUR’ NEARS
Of the 219 member centers of the Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin, about 68 percent have 12 or fewer lanes. And many of those date back decades, featuring equipment and décor rarely seen in modern centers. Three of those “retro” venues — Leaker’s Place in Glenwood City (population: 1,304), Club TEN in Durand (population: 1,843) […]
DEADLINE FOR 25K FREWING SCHOLARSHIP JUST DAYS AWAY
Only days remain for high school seniors who are children or grandchildren of bowling proprietors to submit their applications for the 2025 Daroll and Dolores Frewing Scholarship — the richest scholarship in bowling. The Frewings, founders of US Bowling Corporation, have awarded five $25,000 scholarships to date: 2020 — Andrew Amore; 2021 — Avery Schenk; […]
KONTOS SELECTED FOR USBC’S PROPRIETOR AWARD
George Kontos has been selected as the USBC Proprietor of the Year, an award that recognizes outstanding support of USBC local, state and/or national association programs. Kontos’ parents, John and Sophie, and their partners opened Town and Country Lanes in Joliet, Illinois, as a 26-lane center in 1958, and it has been solely owned by […]
KIM TERRELL-KEARNEY RECEIVES FLOWERS FOR THE LIVING AWARD
Kim Terrell-Kearney, a member of the USBC and PWBA Halls of Fame, was presented with the 61st Sam Levine Flowers for the Living Award on Feb. 8. The surprise presentation was made to the North Carolina A&T University coach during the Flyer Classic women’s collegiate tournament, hosted by Lewis University at Strike N Spare II bowling center […]
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