Present-day candlepin bowling balls are a maximum of 4.5 inches in diameter, weighing two pounds, seven ounces—much smaller than typical tenpin bowling balls, which come in at 8.5 inches in ...

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 ...

Not far away, Wilson Bowling and Sporting has been a fixture on Shrewsbury Street since 1975 and will mark 50 years this coming February. "The sport was born and bred in Worcester and there used ...

Not far away, Wilson Bowling and Sporting has been a fixture on Shrewsbury Street since 1975 and will mark 50 years this coming February. "The sport was born and bred in Worcester and there used ...

Robert Parrella is a local candlepin bowling ball manufacturer who partnered with the museum on the exhibit. He noted that the sport originated around the same time as several other types of bowling: ...

Not far away, Wilson Bowling and Sporting has been a fixture on Shrewsbury Street since 1975 and will mark 50 years this coming February. "The sport was born and bred in Worcester and there used ...

Not far away, Wilson Bowling and Sporting has been a fixture on Shrewsbury Street since 1975 and will mark 50 years this coming February. "The sport was born and bred in Worcester and there used ...

Not far away, Wilson Bowling and Sporting has been a fixture on Shrewsbury Street since 1975 and will mark 50 years this coming February. "The sport was born and bred in Worcester and there used ...

Unlike 10-pin bowling, with its large, hefty balls, candlepin balls are much smaller, easier to handle, weighing just two pounds and with no finger holes. “It’s a great family activity ...

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 ...

Perhaps it’s because candlepin is more difficult – an officially sanctioned perfect score of 300 has never been recorded in candlepin – even though you get three balls per frame instead of two.