When we hear the term ‘bowling’, most of us think of what is known as ten-pin bowling, yet this is only one of the many variations. Candlepin bowling — so called because of the distinctive pin shape — ...

Candlepin bowling: Ball maximum size is 4.5 inches in diameter. Minimum weight is 2 pounds, 4 ounces; maximum weight is 2 pounds, 7 ounces. Players can roll up to three times in one frame. Also, ...

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I was not an athletic child—I’m not an athletic adult—and during my New England childhood I indulged mostly in the grade-school sports imposed upon me in gym class: bombardment (what we called ...

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WORCESTER – The Museum of Worcester is celebrating 150 years, and one of their featured exhibits showcases the city's storied history of candlepin bowling. Candlepin bowling was first played in ...

SPRINGFIELD – Ronald F. Cappa has a real-life candlepin challenge. It's not the old television show, but business challenge of restarting the Westfield Bowling Center on Church Street where no one has ...

When 24 teams from the Northeast and Canada come to Boutwell’s Bowling Center in Concord this week for an international competition, they’ll be playing at the biggest candlepin bowling arena in the ...

Worcester’s last candlepin bowling alley will close after six decades in business, marking an end to the pastime in the city where it was invented in the 1880s, owner Nick Andreson said Tuesday ...