UK News
It belongs in a Museum – The AMF Golden Ball
How about this for a bit of UK bowling History, We have the AMF Golden Ball from 1960. Les Anscombe contacted us recently with news about where the ball that opened all the new AMF […]
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Features
25th Anniversary Bowling World Cup Review
Where else could the Silver Anniversary edition of the AMF Bowling World Cup be held but at its birthplace? Stillorgan Bowl was much bigger now, thanks to the addition of more lanes and a big […]
Features
READ – 1960’s An Introduction to Tenpin Bowling by AMF
Back in the early Sixties as bowling arrived in the UK, AMF produced a series of Introduction booklets and leaflets educating the country to this new leisure activity that from the start also promoted the […]
UK News
Old Balls – AMF Ninja Range
AMF was once a big name in bowling balls and one of it’s most popular ranges were the Ninjas. Check out the brochure below.
UK News
READ – International in Action 1967 Issue 3
Here we have a really old old produced by AMF International Limited in 1967. This is a fantastic look back at some of the early days of UK Bowling. Click on the X below to […]
UK News
UK History in the Bowling World Cup
The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup is an amateur singles event within the sport of ten-pin bowling, sanctioned by World Bowling and sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide. It is the largest annual international sports championship in terms […]
UK News
May 5, 1958 AMF Bowling International formed Douglas Fairbanks Jr., businessman: “BOWLING FOR BRITAIN
American Machine & Foundry Company announced today in a press conference in the Astor Hotel the opening of the first tenpin bowling center in the United Kingdom in the Stamford Hill section of London on […]
International News
UPDATED WITH VIDEO – HUMBLE BEGINNINGS by Keith Hale – A World Cup Story
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS by Keith Hale As we know it now, the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup which is heading for its 53rd edition in Hermosillo, Mexico in November, began life at the renowned Stillorgan Bowl in […]
Features
Unsung UK Bowling Heroes – John Thurlby
UK Ten Pin Bowling has many unsung heroes, they are the backbone of the sport on our shores and go about their business for many years not seeking plaudits and praise. Some like our first […]
UK News
VIEWER REPLIES – The first JYBC National Championships 1967
The introduction of tenpin bowling into Great Britain was more than just the launching of a new pastime. It represented a new development in the use of leisure, for there was a sport which depended […]