Glenn Allison rolled the first 900 series in the history of sanctioned league bowling on July 1, 1982. But his name does not appear on the list of 900 shooters because the American Bowling Congress rejected the back-to-back-to-back 300s for honor score recognition, a stance that the United States Bowling
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BowlTV Announces Collegiate Livestream Schedule for 2019-2020
ARLINGTON, Texas – BowlTV will expand its collegiate livestreaming schedule in the 2019-2020 season, covering 13 regular-season events in addition to postseason play and the Intercollegiate Team and Singles Championships.
The schedule will include all 10 of the United States Bowling Congress Collegiate’s Tier 1 competitions and a pair of National Collegiate
Bowler’s Ed Kits Awarded to 14 Schools
ARLINGTON, Texas – Fourteen schools recently were selected to receive Bowler’s Ed kits through the International Bowling Campus Youth Development’s equipment grant program.
Through the Bowler’s Ed program, educators and youth organizers are provided the tools needed to engage children in a true bowling experience by bringing a bowling-center atmosphere inside a
Could Lower Oil Volume Address Bowling’s Worsening Performance Gap?
BY DENNIS BERGENDORF
They're having a great time, but are they learning how to hook the ball and get strikes? Will they be back?
Of all the individual participation sports — bowling, golf, tennis in particular — the one with the widest gap between novice and expert is bowling. There is no
What the Facebook Bowling Community Can Learn from Erin McCarthy
PWBA champion Erin McCarthy
On July 21, PWBA champion Erin McCarthy noticed something while scrolling Facebook following the conclusion of the Junior Gold Championships.
“Instead of Facebook being flooded with congratulatory messages to all of the competitors who achieved the ultimate dream of making Team USA, to those who made a cut
USBC Will Lower Youth Membership Maximum Age to 18 Starting with 2020-21 Season
ARLINGTON, Texas – The United States Bowling Congress will lower the maximum age for USBC Youth membership to 18 starting with the 2020-2021 season.
The decision to lower to the maximum age from 20 to 18, with agreement from the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America and the International Bowling Campus Youth Committee,
A D-Day Anniversary Salute to America’s Veterans
On this day in 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for the largest amphibious military operation in history: Operation Overlord — code named D-Day — the Allied invasion of northern France.
By daybreak, 18,000 British and American parachutists were already on the ground. An additional 13,000 aircraft were mobilized
Bowling Community Looks Back on Notre Dame Fire A Month Later
The day a fire engulfed Notre Dame cathedral and destroyed its iconic spire happened also to be the first day of qualifying in the 2019 PBA50 Tour season. Yet the question buzzing around the building — Maple Lanes Countryside in Clearwater, Fla., host of the PBA50 Johnny Petraglia BVL Open
PBA Billy Welu Scholarship Applications Due June 21
BY BILL VINT
CHICAGO -- The Professional Bowlers Association is now accepting applications for the 2019 PBA Billy Welu Scholarship Award which recognizes exemplary qualities in male or female college students who excel in academics as well as in the sport of bowling.
The winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship. To be eligible
2019 Intercollegiate Singles Championships Titlists Determined
DAYTON, Ohio – McKendree junior Breanna Clemmer and freshman Tom Hankey Jr. of Webber International each captured national titles at the 2019 Intercollegiate Singles Championships at Poelking Lanes South on Saturday.
Clemmer, the 2019 United States Amateur champion, beat Vanderbilt’s Jordan Newham, 226-194, for the women’s title while Hankey rolled to a