December 2016 -
13
West Lane Bowl
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Congratulations to Robert Sartain for rolling
games of 254, 299 and 248 for a very nice
801 series in the Bourbon Street Men.
Scottie Barton rolled
games of 300, 289 and
257 for a very nice 834 in
the Budweiser - Chase
Chevrolet League.
Congratulations Scottie.
Congratulations Zach Haddad for rolling a
300 in the Budweiser - Chase Chevrolet
Classic
If you have reserved a lane for our New
Years Eve Celebration, $50.00 deposit is
due. Please see Diane or Correen.
Tina Martin – Making a Difference
Tina Martin has been involved with Country Club Bowl in San Rafael since 1999,
when Nave Lanes in Novato closed, leaving Marin County with just one place to
bowl. Martin was asked to join the staff at Country Club as League Coordinator, a
job she still holds. She has bowled in Marin County since 1965 so she knows what
she‟s talking about.
“We were close to losing bowling in Marin when Charlie Kinstler purchased the
property in November, 2013, and took over,” said Martin. “But now we can say
„bowling is alive and well in Marin,‟ with great things happening at the center, new
things for both open play and league bowlers
Kinstler, a Southern Californian, the state‟s Bowling Proprietor of the Year in 2012,
owns and operates six establishments -- Cal Bowl in Lakewood, Forest Lanes in
Lake Forest, Keystone Lanes in Norwalk, Saddleback Lanes in Mission Viejo and
Del Rio Lanes in his hometown of Downey and now Country Club.
He said Country Club offers “a great demographic, all other bowling establishments
nearby are closed. We think this place was pretty much ignored the past 30 years
but we‟re out to change that.”
Kinstler, whose company is named Strike 12, has installed state-of-the-art auto-
matic scoring, “sleek and modern with different games and variations ... a lot of fea-
tures with social media attachments.”
Kinstler, married with two children, thinks the changes “have raised us to a 2016
level . . .the old system was installed in 1984. Calling differences “like night and
day,” Kinstler has increased screen sizes from 24 to 50 inches, has automated
bumpers on all 40 lanes so that the scoring system is tied with the bumpers.” The
first major changes have involved the scoring system although plans call for bar and
food concessions to be updated. “We want to update everything.”
League play has been declining -- something Martin, Kinstler and general manager
Stacy Aldred are working on -- but there has been an increase youth, prep and col-
lege-age bowlers.
“We want people back who bowled as kids but who got away from the sport for one
reason or another,” said Kinstler. “We want to make it a cool place to come to, offer
the most modern equipment.
Kinstler is no stranger to taking an underperforming bowling center and turning it
into a place people want to play. Saddleback in Mission Viejo is just one example
where new equipment and a new overall look has been a big difference, for Kinstler
and for bowlers.
“Bowling is back in Marin County and we want people to come and experience it.”
Special Olympics bowling tournament at Country Club bowl in San Rafael. As al-
ways at SO events, we had a great time with the athletes, their families, and our
public safety partners. Many thanks to San Rafael PD, Fairfax PD, nd Marin County
Probation Dept for joining us to cheer on the athletes and award medals -- and give
and receive many hugs!!
