Bowl101 for Windows

Managing a bowling league--its teams, members, finances, schedules--is a breeze with this handy application. Run multiple leagues simultaneously, or just one--it's just as easy either way.

Bowl101 offers several features to simplify managing league activities. It allows users to enter scores for multiple teams on a single screen and keeps track of match wins as you input scores. The software is also equipped to handle prize money calculations, specifying the exact amount of cash, including coins, needed for each player. This makes it easy to prepare bank deposits after matches.

For leagues affiliated with the USBC, Bowl101 automatically tracks and fills out award forms, saving time and ensuring accuracy. It even alerts users to any awards a bowler has previously won. When changes are needed, users can easily update scores or player details using the software’s straightforward editing interface, available in single-screen or grid layouts.

The program includes a helpful database management feature that auto-fills city and state information when a zipcode is entered, further streamlining the management process. With support for unlimited leagues, league secretaries and treasurers can use Bowl101 without extra charges. The software provides free seasonal updates

Bowl101 launches a full-screen window whose green, yellow, and red color scheme is a bit hard on the eyes, but it cleverly replicates the glaring neon one encounters in some bowling emporia. Other than the high-contrast, eye-squinching color scheme, the series of dialog boxes that open sequentially as you build a league (or restore data from another or previous version of Bowl) and functionally designed to move you clearly and logically through the data-entry process for organizing and managing a league or leagues.

This application performed very well during our tests. We liked the step-by-step progression of building a league, teams and schedules according to the options and Bowl101's prompts. Tracking finances, scores, averages, and handicaps was simple to do, and devising leagues based on a variety of characteristics was a snap. Anyone who's endured the headaches of running a bowling league will breathe a great sigh of appreciation when he encounters this handy application, whether they area novice or experienced user.

• This version may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.