Welcome to the Palm Beach County Chapter of The USBC

Seniors Singles Tournament
As we get older we sometimes forget things like when we were born. This
happened to one of our bowlers causing a change to the standings. The
corrections are made and the new standings and leaders have been updated.

130 senior bowlers came to AMF Boynton to bowl in the seniors tournament making
this one of the best senior participation in a long time.
The last day saw some changes to the leader board and some high scores. Handy Rawles
shot 213, 257, 266 for a796 series displacing Kirsten Cassell in the 50 - 59 division.
David Sharp shot 266, 244, 235 745 to become the leader in the 70 - 79 division and the
optional scratch event. Other notable scores where shot by Dennis Psarpoulos and
Carolyn McGregor. Dennis shot a 261, 257, 211 for a 729 series and Carolyn had the
high ladies score shooting a 195, 199, 205, 599 series.

The unofficial leaders are:
50 - 59 Handy Rawls 825
60-69 Albert Yonick jr 834
70-79 Dennis Psaropoulos 810
80 & above Ira Siegel 796
The optional scratch leader is David Sharp with a score of 745
All scores are unofficial pending verification.

For a complete list of the Unofficial standings Click Here

The tournament director thanks all who participated and wants to remind you
that the Open and Women's Tournaments are coming in March. It is not too
early to get your teams ready for these tournaments. Ladies your tournament
is a singles event but you can place a team in the Open event.

Seniors Tournament Pictures Courtesy of Barry Schein

Handy Rawls 290

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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