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Open/Women's Tournaments
The second day of the tournaments brought some changes to the leader board and
had 7 women compete in their event. Hopefully more women will show up next weekend.

You may still compete in the tournaments since walk-ins are allowed. Just get to Boynton AMF
an hour before squad time to insure that you'll get a spot.
For open application Click Here
For Women's application Click Here

The leaders after the second day are:
Team Handicap FIRST PLACE 2923
Doubles Handicap Toni Eckenwiler 1500
Doubles Scratch James Baker III 1342
Singles Handicap Dominic Fulginiti 819
Singles Scratch James Jinkins 721
All Events Handicap Kelli Moldenhauer 2216
All Events Scratch James Baker III 1942
For the complete list CLICK HERE

Women Patti Ross 738
For Complete List CLICK HERE

Seniors Single
The Champions 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 winner is David Sharp with a score of 745
For a complete list of the Official standings Click Here

Two Inducted into PBC Bowling Hall of Fame

Sheryl Lewis
Sheryl started serving the Palm Beach County bowlers in1986 when she became a director of the PBC WIBC. She became the 2nd female director of PBC USBC in 1998 and served a term as the association president. She became a member of the Florida State Bowling Association 2015 and served for several years.

Sheryl was the first woman on the Lane certification committee .

Sheryl succeeded Gary Sergal as association manager in 2018 and is currently still serving in that role.

Frank Centolella
Frank has been a member of ABC/USBC for over 50 years. He has participated in approximately 25 state tournaments and 35 county tournaments.

Frank was a co-host, with Bill Haser, of the bowling radio show that ran for four years.

He was the executive director of the Tri County Bowling Council.

Frank ran the Pins Over Average Tournaments for many years.

Youth Tournament
Unofficial standings posted
For more information CLICK HERE

Seniors Tournament Pictures Courtesy of Barry Scheming

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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