At Bowland we want every visit to be a great experience. We believe that knowing the staff is part of making that experience even better.

Please take a moment to MEET THE STAFF

Bowland Allstar Bowland Beacon Bowland Lehigh
Bowland Woodside Bowland Cape Coral Bowland Pt. Charlotte

Also we will feature our Employees of the Month. These employees have shown exemplary effort,team work and dedication.

 

 

 

 

Jay Rucker - General Manager

With Bowland since 2006. Jay has been involved in the bowling Community for many years. He has been bowling most of his life and brings his love of the game to Bowland everyday. He started at Coral Lanes as a Manager and was promoted to General Manager of Allstar shortly after.

Bowland Allstar

Kitchen Manager- Sue Higgins

 

 

Sue Higgins-Food & Beverage

Sue has been with Allstar since 1993 and takes care of all the delicious food & beverage departments. One of the nicest people you will ever meet, always a pleasure to see her. She has a great customer following, they've been coming to Allstar for years and can count on her to be there.

Congratulations Sue Higgins

Kitchen Manager of The Year 2006 -2005-2002

 

Sally Gartner

Promotions

Sally is the great promoter at Allstar Lanes. Always coming up with the next tournament or filling league openings. She also gets out into the community and is always promoting the center and bowling. Keep up the hard work Sally!

Susan Arel

Youth Director

Working hard everyday helping the Bowland Allstar customers. Very involved with our youth program and keeping the kids interested in bowling. Making sure we have bowlers in our future. Thanks for the hard work Susan.

Michelle Tenalio - Manager

 

Michelle is our Manager in the evenings mostly. She joined Bowland back in 2003 as a customer service person and was promoted to Manager a couple of years later. She is hard working dependable and that friendly face to greet you when you come in. Thanks Michelle, keep up the hard work.

Donna Barksdale -Mechanics

 

Donna has been with Bowland since 1995.

you may not see her alot because she's in the backend keeping those machines running smoothly. When she does pop up front, she's always friendly and smiling and ready answer any questions you might have about the shot or the machines.

Thanks for all your hard work Donna!

 

Employee of the Month

Josh Camacho

 

Congratulations Josh Comacho

Josh has been a great asset to our staff. He always goes above and beyond when helping our customers. Very dependable and always considerate to other staff members. Also responsible for helping to bring his High School Club to bowl each week.

"One of the most polite young men on our staff" P. Hintz

Keep up the hard work Josh!

 

Skip Hintz - General Manager

Paula Hintz _ Promotion Director

 

 

 

Skip has been in the bowling business most of his life. He has owned and operated his own centers as well as being politically involved in our industry (past president of the Bowling Centers Association of Florida) He's also an incredibly good bowler and loves the game. His wife Paula is his right hand person in the center and is involved in almost all aspects of running the center. I would say they're a great tag team.

Congratulations Skip Hintz

Bowland General Manager of The Year 2007

Bowland General Manager of The Year 2006

 

Bowland Cape Coral

Manager_Janet Rochford

 

Janet has been with Bowland since 1997. You can find her most evenings keeping the center running smoothly. Janet always has a smiling face and an easy going manner that makes you comfortable right from the start. She plays a big part in the team at Coral and has been a very integral part of the success at this location.

Barry Dupuy - Lounge Manager

 

 

Barry joined Nemo's Sports Cafe as Lounge Manager in 2007 and keeps things rockin' in our lounge. Stop by to say hi to Barry and his staff, he'll treat you right with a nice cool drink.

Christine Terranova - Kitchen Manager

Pat Ciniello presents Christine with the

2007 Kitchen Manager of The Year

 

 

Meet Christine Terranova the Kitchen Manager at Bowland Cape Coral. Christine has been with Bowland since 2003. Christine started as a cook and was promoted in 2006 to Kitchen Manager. She has done a fine job and was recently named:

 

Bowland Kitchen Manager of The Year 2007.

Great Job Christine!

 

Greg Estey - Head Mechanic

 

If you're a customer of Bowland Cape Coral then you already know Greg Estey. He has been with Coral since 1997 and knows that back end like the back of his hand. The Head Mechanic is the backbone of our business and we could not stay in business unless our machines are running smoothly. Keep up the great job Greg.

Bowland Mechanic of The Year 2007

Bowland Mechanic of The Year 2006

Bowland Mechanic of The Year 2003

 

Congratulations to Jodi Powell

Employee of the Month at Bowland Pt. Charlotte.

 

Always on hand for great customer service. Jodi doesn't wait for instructions according his manager. He just jumps right in and make sure that customers don't have to wait for a lane. He's busy cleaning too, so the next customer get the same great service.

Congratulations Jodi, keep up the good work!

Bowland Pt. Charlotte

General Manager & Bowland Centers Director of Promotions

Mary McDonald

 

 

Mary McDonald wears two hats and she's tough enough to do it. She oversees Bowland Pt. Charlotte as GM and is also the Director of Marketing for Bowland Centers. She has worked in practically every position in the bowling center world, from cook, manager, promotions and lastly as Director of Promotions for all centers. You can find her almost every day in Bowland and is there to take care of her customers. She started at Beacon Bowl (formerly Pine Lanes) many years ago and is a valued member of the Bowland Family.

 

Amazing how some people never age...that was Mary (top) let's just say a few years ago and at right today.

"You look Maaavaless"

 

Mary McDonald is also the recipient of the

Bowland Life Time Achievement Award 2001

Man that was 7 years ago...she must be going for Life Time # 2

Bowland Pt. Charlotte

Lorna Yorch - Kitchen Manager

 

Meet Lorna Yorch who joined Bowland Pt. Charlotte in 2006. Lorna is the backbone in the kitchen and works long hours to keep the food operation running smoothly.

 

Watch out if she's carrying a mustard or ketchup bottle though she might want to put a smile on your face.

 

Bowland Pt. Charlotte

Tom Janosik-Head Mechanic

 

Meet Tom Janosik the Head Mechanic at Bowland Pt. Charlotte. Tom came to Bowland via Bowlerama. Originally named Bowlerama, Tom was with the center when purchased by the Bowland Family. Tom has worked in this location since 1987 so he knows those machines like his next of kin. Tom is at the center most days of the week to ensure that our bowlers have the finest lane conditions and smooth running pin spotters. Keep up the good work.

 

 

 

Bowland Woodside

Employee of The Month

Congratulations to Kyle Jesse

Employee of The Month

Always pleasant, great with the customers

loves bowling and the bowling industry.

 

Good job Kyle, Keep it up!

Bowland Woodside

General Manager

Theresa Bronchak

Theresa has been with Bowland Centers for many years 1982....She's a Lifer I'd say and we're happy about it too. She has worked at Beacon, Woodside as well as overseeing our Food & Beverage Dept. She has worked in just about every position in the center, so if you want it done, just ask Theresa. She has boundless energy or so it seems and when everyone else is exhausted she's ready for more. She is an inspiration to us all. Building a team to keep our customers satisfied, Theresa is doing it.

 

Bowland Woodside

Manager

Arlene Cordeiro

Meet Arlene Cordeiro, she joined Bowland Woodside 2003 as a Manager. Arlene works evenings mostly and is well known by most of the bowlers. Arlene has been working hard at Woodside for a long time and knows the center well and helps keep things running smooth. If it get's crazy and it sometimes does,you can bet Arlene will be all over the center ensuring that our customers are getting the best possible service.

 

 

Bowland Woodside

Promotions

Donna Cesare

Donna Cesare joined Bowland back in 1999. She has been in the Promotions Dept for quite sometime helping at Beacon as well as Woodside. Donna has many talents and jumps in where ever she is needed. She's been known to help with landscaping (remember Strikes & Spares) she planted all the plants. She can pour a drink or two when needed and helps in Bowling Center operations too. Donna is very dependable and always there when you need her. Call Donna and she'll get you on the right team or signed up for the next tournament.

 

Bowland Woodsidd

Head Mechanic-Dave Walther

 

 

Dave join Bowland Cape Coral in 2006 and shortly thereafter moved to Bowland Woodside as our Head Mechanic. Dave works incredibly hard making sure that the pin setters at Woodside run smoothly for our bowlers. He can also be found helping out at our sister center Beacon. Dave has energy to burn and puts in long hours and takes his position very seriously and we see the results Dave. Keep up the great work.

 
Gary Matson- League Processing

Gary has been around the Bowland Block for a long time. He was with us back when Beacon was Pine Lanes...so you do the math. Gary takes care of all the league processing in Beacon and Woodside and does a great job. He keeps communication with our league officers flowing and keeps the leagues up to date, which keeps our leagues happy. Thanks Gary, keep up the hard work!

 

Bowland Beacon

Patty Robinson - General Manager

 

Patty has been at Beacon Bowl for over 20 years. She has performed every job in this location from the bowling center to the kitchen and lounge, cooking, serving and also can run stops in the backend. She has a tremendous amount of energy and works very hard. She is always a smiling face in the bowling center and knows her customers by name...gee kinda like Cheers..huh?

Stop by and say hi to Patty..she'll be there.

Congratulations Patty

Bowland Manager of The Year 2005

Bowland Beacon

Manager-Paula Cesare

 

Paula has been with Bowland working at Woodside as well as Beacon. She's grown up around the center and knows the customers well. Paula has a very generous spirit and thinks of others as demonstrated this past Christmas when she bowled 24 hours straight to raise funds for Toys for Tots, over $5,000.00. Good for you Paula.

 

Employee of The Month

Mike Clark - Employee of the Month

Mike is our EOM because He works hard, is always willing to jump in and help a fellow employee even if he is off the clock. He did a good job of promoting our march tournament and he has signed up most of the summer bowlers so far. If He continues to sign up bowlers he may be this months winner too! Good for you Mike!

 

Bill Hanson -Fearless Leader

as well as Director of Operations for Bowland Centers

 

If you bowl in any Bowland Center, you've probably had the chance to meet Bill Hanson. He has been the Bowland Director of Operations since 2000 coming to us from far far away working for another chain of centers. Bill has incredible energy and can be found in one of the Bowland Centers almost 7 days a week. He works directly with each General Manager as well as dept. heads to ensure the smooth operation of the Bowland Centers. If your out bowling and Bill is too, you just might catch the Dancin' Hanson on any given night. Oh yea...he's fun too.

 

 

Past Employees of the month

Bowland Pt. Charlotte

Employee of The Month


 

 

 

 

Congratulations to

George Ewing

Bowland Pt. Charlotte Mechanic

George is always willing to help and goes above and beyond. Always dependable and has a great attitude.

Quoted by Management:

"He has been with Bowland for 3 years he is a retired
equipment mechanic always on time always friendly upbeat will do anything you ask of him, he is a great asset to are center both in the back and with customer relations, bowls on several leagues and while bowling always promoting any upcoming events."

Thanks George for a job well done!

 

   

Bowland Pt.Charlotte

Robin West

Good for you Robin West

Robin West always has a welcoming attitude to our Customers. He has great demeanor when handling situations at the Customer Service Desk.

Customers are constantly making comments about what a nice young fellow he is. Quickly learned the use of the Conqueror computer system. Always stays busy, whether cleaning concourse, filling vending machines..

Great Team Member.

Congratulations Renee Williams

Bowland PC

Renee has been with us for fourteen months and is always willing to do what it takes to make the customers happy.

Renee is incredibly dependable and always a smiling face in our Nemo's Sports Cafe. She's also there in a pinch if we need extra help. She has a warming personality that is very inviting when you are in Nemo's lounge with her behind the bar, you're sure to feel special. Stop by Nemo's and say hello to Renee.

 

Employee of the Month

Carrie Rochford

Congratulations Carrie Rochford

Carrie has been with Bowland since 2004 and is a valuable part of the team. She is very dependable and is always on time, which helps to keep customer service at its best.

Carrie is very courteous to the customers and is well liked by all the league bowlers. We're happy to have her as part of our staff at Bowland Cape Coral.