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United States Bowling Congress is a bowling organization in the United States of America. It was formed by way of a merger between the American Bowling Congress, Women's International Bowling Congress, Young American Bowling Alliance, and USA Bowling in 2005. Bowling ball and two pins Ten-pin bowling lane Bowling is a game in which players attempt to score points by rolling a ball along a surface to knock down objects called pins. ...

Bowling
Equipment
Ball | Pin | Pinsetter

Types
ten-pin | five-pin | skittles
Candlepin | Duckpin | Feather
Lawn | bocce | Pétanque Bowling ball and two pins Ten-pin bowling lane Bowling is a game in which players attempt to score points by rolling a ball along a surface to knock down objects called pins. ... Closeup of a worn Brunswick bowling ball. ... Bowling pins are the target of the bowling ball in various bowling games including Ten-pin bowling and Five-pin bowling. ... A pinsetter sets up bowling pins in the configuration shown. ... Bowling ball and two pins Ten-Pin Bowling is a sport with a simple aim—knock down as many pins as possible by rolling a ball along a pathway called the lane. ... Five-pin bowling is a bowling variant which is popular in Canada, where many bowling alleys offer it, either alone or in combination with ten-pin bowling. ... Skittles is an old European target sport, from which Ten-pin bowling and Candlepin bowling in the United States, and Five-pin bowling in Canada are descended. ... Candlepin Bowling pins are specified as 15-3/4 inches (400 mm) in height and almost 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter at the center. ... Duckpin bowling is a variation of Ten-pin bowling and is popular along the eastern coast of the United States, from Maryland through southern New England. ... Feather Bowling is a game played with wooden balls shaped like wheels of cheese. ... Men playing bowls Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Bowls Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than ones opponent... A set of Bocce balls Bocce is a precision sport closely related to bowls and pétanque with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. ... On the beach at Nice, France Pétanque is a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a jack (a small wooden ball called a cochonnet in French, which means piglet). ...


Organizations
USBC | PBA Professional Bowlers Association is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional bowling in the United States and worldwide. ...


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Bowling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (766 words)
The first written reference to bowling was in reference to King Edward III of England banning his troops from playing the game in the 14th century.
In 2005, the ABC, WIBC, and YABA merged to form the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) to serve as the single sanctioning body for all American bowling.
Duckpin bowling, commonly found in the mid-Atlantic and southern New England United States and eastern Canada, is a variation of ten-pin bowling involving small, squat pins, sometimes with rubber at their widest points (rubber band duckpin bowling).
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American Bowling Congress and Women's International Bowling Congress leaders have reaffirmed their commitments to a single membership organization after hearing a report of the United States Bowling Association Ad Hoc Committees.
Developed by the American Bowling Congress and Women's International Bowling Congress, Sport Bowling is a new level of sanctioned league and tournament competition designed to emphasize bowlers' skill and re-establish the credibility of the sport.
Bowling's premier team tournament series, the American Bowling Congress/Brunswick World Team Challenge, begins its 10th season in February with the first of 14 U.S. qualifying events leading to the Grand Championship.
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