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MARTIN LARSEN JOINS BOWLTECH
The Bowltech Group has announced the appointment of Martin Larsen as head of aftermarket and consumer sales for Scandinavia and office manager of Bowltech Sweden’s operations, including the office and warehouse facilities in Borås, effective Sept. 1. Larsen brings a wealth of knowledge and credibility to the position via his 16-year career as a professional […]
GLOBAL BEC ROUNDUP, FROM FRANCE TO ZIMBABWE
• A second Hall U Need location has opened in the Westfield Carré Sénart shopping center in Lieusaint, France. Bowling, mini-golf and karaoke headline the list of attractions, although guests also may partake of billiards, darts and virtual-reality experiences. Hall U Need debuted in 2021 in Saint-Andre-lez-Lille, France, and that venue was named “Best Family […]
PWBA TOUR SCHEDULED FOR 2026 IS UNVEILED
The Professional Women’s Bowling Association has announced the full schedule for its 2026 campaign. The tour will crisscross the country, with one stop as far east as Rochester, New York, and another as far west as Las Vegas, Nevada. Here’s the complete schedule: • April 30-May 2 — PWBA Rockford Open, The Cherry Bowl, Rockford, […]
WISCONSIN PROPRIETORS TO MEET JUNE 9-10
The 2025 Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin Annual Meeting, Awards Luncheon, Conference & Trade Show is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10, at the Central Wisconsin Convention + Expo Center in Rothschild. The event is being moved from its traditional fall timeframe to coincide with the association’s Scholarship Golf Tournament, which is set for Monday, June […]
CANDLEPINS RETURNS TO CITY OF ITS BIRTH
Pizza sales have long supported many bowling center businesses, and that marriage has been flipped at American Flatbread, a pizza chain that now offers candlepin bowling in three of its 11 restaurants. The most recent opening may be the most significant, as it marks the return of candlepin bowling to the city where the sport […]
PBA SIGNS EXPANDED DEAL WITH CBS SPORTS
The Professional Bowlers Association and CBS Sports have agreed to an expanded media rights deal. The two-year agreement, beginning in 2026, includes a total of 31 hours of coverage divided among the main CBS broadcast network (with simultaneous streaming on Paramount+) and CBS Sports Network. PBA Tour coverage has been a fixture on CBS Sports […]
OWNERS NEED NOT REVEAL LANE CERTIFICATION TIER
The United States Bowling Congress unveiled its new tiered certification structure for bowling centers during the 2025 USBC Convention and Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. The changes aim to provide greater clarity, reduce costs and streamline the inspection process for centers, USBC said in a release. Centers now will be classified in one of four […]
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR FOR BBIA GATHERING
For the first time since 1947, Billiard and Bowling Institute of America members gathered in Canada for a day and a half of meetings involving bowling’s manufacturers and distributors. As outgoing BBIA President Chris Sand noted, “BBIA was created to bring competitors together — not to agree on everything, but to build a stronger foundation […]
FAGAN PURCHASES TENPINS & MORE
Numbers simply can’t be ignored when discussing Steve Mackie’s career in the bowling business and his quarter-century as the owner, with wife Dana Miller-Mackie and brother-in-law Mike Miller, of Tenpins and More in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Take the New Mexico Open tournament, as an example. Mackie, a high-level bowler in his native Australia, founded […]
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