Bowlplex the only UK winner at top international awards
Family leisure operator, Bowlplex is the only UK company to walk away with three awards in a prestigious international awards ceremony, beating the best leisure centres throughout the world!
With a bowling centre in Basingstoke, Bowplex, won a staggering four awards in the 23rd Annual Bowlers Journal Bowling Centre, Architecture and Design Awards; the ten-pin bowling equivalent of the “Oscars”.
Fighting off some of the top names in the business, Bowlplex were awarded:
- The platinum winner, coming first for ‘Best Renovated Interior’
- ‘Best Renovated Ancillary Profit Centre’ for its Video World arcade
- ‘Best Renovated Bar/Lounge’ for Bowlplex’s Tower Park centre in Poole
- Diamond, second place winner in the ‘New Ancillary Profit Centre’ for the Poole Pit at Bowlplex Xscape, Braehead, Scotland.
Bowlplex managing director Tracy Standish said:
It is a great honour to win so many awards in an event which includes all the best bowling centres from across the world!
To be the only company to win from the UK, and to be successful against companies from America, who are seen as being at the forefront of bowling entertainment is a great achievement.
Bowlplex continually strives for excellence to offer the best in entertainment. The awards prove that Bowlplex continues to deliver cutting edge design and that the family entertainment concept is one, which is growing in popularity in the UK.
To keep Bowlplex at the top we ensure that all 16 Bowlplex centre are updated every six years. The Bowlplex mission to keep all centres at their best in both design and entertainment allows the company to win against all the other top leisure companies throughout the world!
Bowlplex was established in 1984 and has a total of 16 centres throughout the UK, including the site at Basingstoke Leisure Park.


