I hope that Bowl-Tech will become a very helpful tool for the bowling industry's service people, With my experience in this business I have found that there are so many unique solutions to problems and new ideas that are not shared because of the fact that we have no formal news letters or media to communicate with one another, well I intend to change that.

Bowl-Tech will be an online tool designed by its users to fit its users needs, When I started this system in December of 1997 I started off very simple with the idea that the users of the system would help me create it, so far this has worked well and Bowl-Tech seems to be growing every day.

Thanks to all of you for your input.

Please leave comments to me regarding anything you would like to see on this site, I will do my best to fit useful information in where ever I can.

Bowl-Tech Member Agreement

Warning: If you sell, distribute or manufacture a part or service that is used in the bowling industry you MUST read and understand the visiting company guidelines The visiting company guidelines can save you, your company and Bowl-Tech some discomfort.

I know this looks like a lot of stuff to read, but a happy membership here depends on understanding our community and how it operates.

If you do not agree to the following terms please do not continue the registration process and do not visit Bowl-Tech.

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You agree through your use of Bowl-Tech that you will not use Bowl-Tech to post any material that is knowingly false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy or otherwise violates any law.

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We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. We use cookies to deliver appropriate content specific to  some of your computer needs, interests and to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site. Password information on Bowl-Tech is encrypted and can not be read by site administrators. Lost or forgotten passwords must be reset and new one is sent via email to the email address on the account. Cookies are stored on the members computer. Encrypted session records are kept on the Bowl-Tech server, these are used to keep you up to date on message content that is new since your last login.

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