Candlepin bowling — so called because of the distinctive pin shape — has been around since 1880, yet is mostly played within the US New England and Canadian Maritime provinces.

People have been bowling perfect games in tenpin since the turn of the 20 th century; nobody has ever bowled a perfect game of candlepin, a strike every ball for an unthinkable score of 300.

Yankee Lanes Kids delight in the Galactic bowling here, while grown-ups go in for the leagues and 32 lanes (with ten-pin). Every Friday night there’s karaoke from 7pm till 11pm, and local bands ...

From its heydey in the 1950s, when candlepin bowling was offered in as many as 5,000 bowling alleys in the U.S., often alongside 10-pin and duckpin bowling, it has contracted to a niche that isn ...

The atmosphere at D'Amanda's may sound like regular bowling, but with one look, it's obvious this is not classic 10-pin big ball bowling. Eleven-year-old Lola Stratton holds a candlepin ball.

Leaguers and walk-ins alike find bowling bliss among these 20 U.S. Bowling Congress-sanctioned lanes – all of them for games of 10-pin and using vintage Brunswick A-2 pinsetters.

First played in Worcester, Massachusetts around 1880, candlepin bowling is usually credited to the genius of local billiards parlor and bowling center owner Justin P. White, and his friends Jack ...

At least eight candlepin centers in Massachusetts have closed since 2000, including Ficco’s Bowladrome in Franklin, which closed in 2015 after 79 years of operation, and Colonial Bowling Center ...

Though candlepin bowling used to be a New England institution, the last alley closed in Worcester in 2020. "Candlepin is such a great family sport, friends. We want leagues to come back.

Longform Is Candlepin Bowling a Dying Pastime? In the shadow of gleaming new condos, the close-knit community inside Eastie's Central Park Lanes tries to keep its 67-year-old league alive.

With a few exceptions, you can only find candlepin bowling alleys in New England and Canada’s Maritime provinces. Here's a look at the history of the sport's unique regional rise and why it hasn ...