Not afraid to speak her mind: Ex-BCAW ED Yvonne Bennett on bullying by Arlington, Bowlero’s impact, Wisconsin bowling, the future of the sport, and more
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, December 16, 2022 8:00 am
Left to right, BCAW President Steve Cieslewicz, BCAW Executive Director Yvonne Bennett, and BPAA President Nancy Schenk at the 2015 BCAW Annual Meeting when BCAW achieved a big membership milestone. Contributed photo.
When Yvonne Bennett took over as the executive director of the Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin in 2014, I had never met or talked to her.
With her new position as head of my state’s proprietors group, which operates Wisconsin High School Bowling, I had reason to talk to her many times over the ensuing years for 11thFrame.com.
And though we still have never met in person, we established a solid relationship based on our professional contacts, mutual love of rescue dogs and...