Bowlplex
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| Industry | Leisure |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, England, UK |
| Products | Ten pin bowling |
Number of employees | over 2,000 |
| Website |
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Bowlplex Ltd was a bowling and leisure corporation that owned and operated 18 "total entertainment centres" across England, Wales and Scotland.
Bowlplex was formed in 1976 to acquire the Branksome Bowl then known as Wessex Bowl, although it was not until 1984 that long-serving Managing Director Tracy Standish became involved with Bowlplex. Over 25 years Bowlplex grew into a national group at 18 locations across the UK offering late-night licensed bars, dance floors, American pool and amusement games in addition to ten-pin bowling.
Final additions to the Bowlplex group are leisure and entertainment centres in Cwmbran, Wales, and Camberley, Surrey. Both centres were operated with the new style of operations, with Brunswick lane machinery, scoring system and Meriq online bookings package. The Stadium sports bar and Grill and Chill also had the addition of a new food and beverage operating system.
Bowlplex Centres were found at Basingstoke, Birmingham, Blackburn, Braehead, Brighton, Bristol, Camberley, Castleford, Cwmbran, Dudley, Dunfermline, Nantgarw (Nr Caerphilly), Oxford, Poole Branksome, Tower Park, Portsmouth: Gunwharf Quays, and Tunbridge Wells .
Joining forces with Sega Amusements Europe, Bowlplex have had new arcade and gaming machines installed at all 18 centres. The exclusive partnership between SAE and Bowlplex have further enhanced the company's brand identity and have injected a great portfolio of gaming technology into the Bowlplex concept.
The Bowlplex unit at Yeovil was bought by 1st Bowl in 2012 and is now trading as MFAbowl.
In late 2015 10 Bowlplex units were acquired by The Original Bowling Company who own the rival chain Hollywood Bowl and AMF bowling with most of the locations being rebranded under the "Hollywood" name. However to remedy with competition concerns, six Bowlplex sites were sold to Tenpin Limited in Bristol, Camberley, Castleford, Dudley, Glasgow and Nantgarw (Nr Caerphilly).[1]