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Seniors Singles Tournament
The seniors tournament will held at AMF Boynton on Saturday January 25th and Sunday the 26th.
Bowling will start at 11:00 AM both days. Please be there at least 30 minutes before the start time.
All Palm Beach County USBC members 50 years of age or older are eligable to participate. Non-sanctioned bowlers
or bowlers from another county may sanction at the tournament.
This is a handicapped tournament with four divisions determined by age. The handicap is 90% of 240.
Walk in entries will be allowed if lanes are available. Be there 70 minutes before check in to secure a spot in the tournament.

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Doubles Tournament Pictures Courtesy of Barry Schein

Jerermy Mooney 300

Gift Baskets were raffled off. The lucky winners are pictured below.

Trish Maier		Benita Huston



Craig Stimson		Phillp Konz

BOWLING CHANGES LANES
By Andrea Stetson

Bowland Beacon in Collier County is about to strike out. The last balls will roll down the alley on Aug. 17. The facility which opened in 1958 has been sold to Waterside Hotel Dev LLC for $8 million. For bowling enthusiasts, the demise of traditional bowling alleys, and the rise of bowling entertainment centers, is part of a nationwide trend.

The new look

In 2014, Pat Ciniello, owner of bowling establishments in southwest Florida, tried an experiment. He built the first HeadPinz in Cape Coral.

"That is where we transformed traditional bowling", he declared.

He made the facility non-smoking to attract more families. He added more arcade games, miniature golf and other attractions.

"The model really catered to families and young people, and it really changed the whole industry", Ciniello stressed. "Today when you are building a bowling center, you are not building a traditional bowling center".

This business model isn't just in Lee and Collier counties but all over the state and nation.

Robin Shopa, owner of Treasure Lanes in Port Charlotte, is currently adding a 10,000-square-foot game room and laser tag rooms to her bowling establishment

In Palm Beach County, three of the four bowling centers are owned by Bowlero which has an entertainment style business model. And while that is a fast growing trend, not everyone is happy about it.

Bill Haser is the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) president, and a bowler of 53 years.

"Bowling has declined over the last 40 years on a regular basis" Haser began."In 1979, Palm Beach County had 13 bowling centers. Now there are four. In the 1980s, the bottom line for a bowling center was usually 80% on league play. Now it is under 20%."

" Bowling is a dying breed. The younger kids they are into a lot of other things", he said as he pointed to his cell phone. " Up north when I was a kid all you had in the winter is bowling unless you went skiing. Now there are so many other things. This is happening all over and it is sad."

To Read the article as published by Florida Weekly Click Here

Thank You

Bill And Sheryl presented a check of $4,000 to the VA hospital
We wan't to thank everyone who donated to this good cause.