In this year of constant change, there were still plenty of familiar faces - the men and women who had worked in the past to build the American Bowling Congress, the Women's International Bowling Congress, the Young American Bowling Alliance and USA Bowling. But it was hardly business as usual.

United under the tagline Bowl with US, the United States Bowling Congress emerged from the union of bowling's largest organizations to become the official national governing body of the sport of bowling.

Use the buttons below and the links to the left to read more about the groundbreaking news and events that marked USBC's first year.