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Open and Women's Tournament
The tournament is over and the big question is, Where are the women?
Only 16 women participated in the Women's sin gels event. Contrast that with 110 participants in the open singles and you see why the question.

The Women champions are:
Fran Mcleod and Carolyn McGregor 1424
Bonita Hutson 770

The Open champions are:
Team The Underdogs 2927
Doubles Handicap Darryl Mackland and Mark Eakins 1556
Singles Handicap Pebbles Brown 835
All Events Handicap Wigberto Flores 2302
Doubles Scratch Russ Wampler and Henry Carlos 1383
Singles Scratch Russ Wampler 723
All Events Scratch Michael Rothenberg 1982

All results are unofficial pending average and score verification.
Unofficial Standings Women
Unofficial Standings Open

 

Congratulations to Henry Carlos who rolled a 300 the first day of the tournament.

 

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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