Chuck Gardner - President
    Chuck Gardner is a leader in the bowling industry. Bowling Solutions was founded by Chuck and he takes great pride in our organization. Chuck’s chief responsibilities include buying, promotion, marketing and training of our staff, and he also works diligently with the coaches of the Junior Program to ensure our junior bowlers are receiving the best possible coaching available. He is the man behind the creative marketing ideas and our expansion plans. Chuck firmly believes Bowling Solutions is THE number one Full Service Bowling Headquarters. This is accomplished by listening to the customers needs, evaluating their game and making educated recommendations to the customer. The goal of Bowling Solutions is not to simply sell a ball, a bag or a pair of shoes, but to build our business based on a two sided loyalty and to create a win-win situation, where our staff and our customers feel “at-home” in our bowling stores. When Chuck is in town, you will find him at one of our stores giving lessons and assisting people of all ages improve their skill level and knowledge of the game he loves Chuck Gardner has been in and around bowling for 25+ years. As of February 2010, Chuck became the Brunswick PBA Tour Rep and his official title is now Brunswick Pro Tour Product Specialist. Chuck began his career with Brunswick in January 2007. Chuck is extremely excited to be part of the Number 1 team in the bowling industry and looks forward to many successful years with Brunswick. Chuck’s primary responsibility is to showcase the Brunswick products on National TV through the Brunswick Pro Staff and to make sure the pro shops in his territory have access to the latest and greatest bowling equipment in the industry.

    Prior to this Chuck was the Director of Coaching and Tour Support for Columbia Industries. In this position Chuck traveled with the National PBA Tour providing both coaching and technical support to the PBA Tour Players. He also held coaching clinics throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Chuck began his tenure with Columbia Industries in November 2001 where initially he was both a Tour Staff Player and Tour Representative. He served as the East Coast Sales Manager until May of 2005 when he accepted the Director of Coaching and Tour Support position.

    He was named one of the Top 100 Bowling Coaches by Bowlers Journal International in July 2005 and again in July of 2008. Chuck is a Silver Level Coach with USBC and enjoys helping people improve their game, no matter what their level. He has been a PBA member for 25 years and was so recognized in the Official 2008/2009 PBA Yearbook. He retired from the National PBA Tour in November of 2002. He still occasionally frequents the PBA Southern Region Tour. Chuck is the former Director of Pro Shop Operations for AMF Bowling and owned his own 32 lane family recreation center in Franklin, VA for about 7 years, selling the center in 1998.

    He currently resides in Charlotte, NC with his wife Deborah, a Ruby Macaw, Rainbow and a Yellow Lab, Lexi. He has a 32 year old daughter, Vicki, who married to Dylan and residing in Baltimore, MD and a 27 year old son, Chuck II, who lives in West Palm Beach, FL. Chuck’s idea of relaxing includes sporting events (almost all of them) or finding an exotic island, free of hustle, bustle, e-mail and telephones. Being at the lake every possible minute ranks right up there with being close to paradise !!!

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Deborah Gardner, Business Manager and CFO
    Deborah Gardner serves dual roles as our Business Manager and CFO. She handles all of the paperwork, finances, budgeting, human resources, and web site maintenance.

    Deborah is also employed full time with Providence Country Club as their Controller & Director of Human Resources. Providence Country Club is a members only premier golf facility located in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte.

    Prior to this Deborah was employed by the PGA Tour as a Regional Senior Accounting Director, where she oversaw four Tournament Players Clubs, TPC Piper Glen in Charlotte, NC, TPC Southwind, in Memphis, TN, TPC Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, VA and TPC Wakefield Plantation in Raleigh, NC. Her home base at TPC Piper Glen was sold by the PGA Tour in July of 2007. While offered the opportunity to relocate with the PGA Tour, Deborah did not wish to leave the Charlotte area.

    Due to her rigorous schedule, you will rarely find Deborah on the lanes bowling these days. Once a competitive bowler, she now enjoys having fun with the game and using the time to socialize and wind down. Deborah is a magnet to the youth program and builds strong, long lasting relationships with our junior bowlers.

    We are fortunate to have a financial person with a complete understanding of the bowling industry on staff. This is a tremendous asset to the growth of Bowling Solutions.

    When asked about her favorite vacation spot, she merely wants the sun, sand, “real” water (meaning you can’t see land on the other side) and beverages with little umbrellas !!!! A perfect day would be spending time with family & friends on the lake with a boat, jet skis and a cooler.

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Gaylon Spears, General Manager/Rock Hill
    Gaylon is 50 years old and began bowling at the age of 10. He started drilling bowling balls in 1990. He has studied drilling techniques under Mo Pinel and Randy Stoughton, and of course with Chuck Gardner. He operated a Pro Shop in Atlanta, Ga until 1996 when he moved to Valdosta, GA to manage a bowling center. Gaylon joined our Bowling Solutions team in 2004.

Gaylon has eleven sanctioned 300 games and six 800 series. His high series of 843 was formerly a Georgia State record. He was a consultant to two major college bowling teams and coached the 2003 Gold medal winner at the World Special Olympics. He was also a color commentator for an Atlanta local televised bowling program for two years. Gaylon is married to Shari and they have one daughter Ashley, two grand daughters, Harlie and Talon and one grandson, Hayden.

He, along with Chuck, has given instruction to Touring and Regional pros along with fitting and ball setups. When asked who his favorite Touring Pro is he says “that THB kid and all of the left handers.”

Gaylon has managed the Rock Hill Bowling Solutions Store since its opening. He oversees the day to day operations and assists Chuck with training of our staff. Gaylon has also assisted in the training of operators from other locations. He says “being part of the team at Bowling Solutions is the pinnacle of his pro shop career. The wealth of information and opportunity that is at our disposal, and that we can provide is immense.”

Gaylon is a long time PBA member.

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Chuck Gardner II – General Manager/Port St Lucie
    Chuck Gardner II, affectionately referred to as BabyG, has been around bowling since conception. While he has always had a love for the sport, his passion for the business side of the sport did not hit him until 2008. At that time he started to show aspirations of following in his father’s footsteps.

    Once Chuck II realized his passion he began to spend countless hours training with his father, learning the art of ball drilling and running a retail store. This has been a fairly easy transition, as since a toddler, he has been inside a bowling center. His thirst for knowledge continues to this day and he takes every opportunity available to him to continue his education. In June of 2010 Chuck II attending the Advanced IBPSIA Training session in Las Vegas with Mo Pinel. This is the most intense training that any pro shop operator can receive and less than 100 people have accomplished this task and completed the course. It was great to hear Mo report that BabyG was the “STAR of the Class”. We are extremely proud of his dedication.

    Chuck’s uncanny personality makes him a sure fit for Bowling Solutions and we are ecstatic to have him as part of the team. He truly believes that his job is to help each and every customer enjoy the game more and to be the best they can be on the lanes.

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Chuck Schommer – General Manager, Columbia
    Chuck was born in New Orleans, LA on June 10, 1963 and has an eight year old son, Bradley.

    He started bowling at the age 8 at Pelican Lanes in Metairie, LA. Chuck began in career in the Pro Shop business in 1982 at Don Carter's Pro Shop in Kenner, LA. From 1990 – 1994 he worked for the PBA Tour in Player Services. Chuck went on to manage the Pro Shop at Eastway Lanes in Erie, PA from 1994 – 2008 and then spent a year with USBC managing their ITRC Pro Shop at the USBC Headquarters in Arlington, TX.

    Chuck is a USBC Silver Level Coach and a IBPSIA Certified Hands-On Pro Shop Technician. He has 65 career 300 games & 34 career 800 series (857 high). Other credits include Champion of the New Orleans Bowling Association in 1985 & 1989 and Chuck hold 2 Louisiana State Tournament Titles / Team 1986 & Doubles 1987.

    Chuck is currently on the Track Amateur Staff and has been since 2000. Having Chuck join the Bowling Solutions team rounds out 65+ years of experience between our two Columbia/Irmo locations. He is one of the top technicians in the bowling industry and is a phenomenal coach. We know our customers will benefit tremendously from his expertise.

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Jeff Toyne – General Manager, Irmo
    Jeff is 41 years old and was born in St Louis MO. He started bowling at the age of 8, where his passion for bowling began at Dick Weber Lanes when Dick Weber was working at the front counter.

    Jeff is an active member of the PBA with a current league average of 230 and has 8 300 games. He currently resides in Fort Mill SC with his wife Anisha, son Michael and daughter Jamey. Their other grown children Jeremy, Matthew and Shaina live throughout the Carolinas. Bowling Solutions is proud to add Jeff’s 20+ years of management and customer service experience to our Team.

    Jeff enjoys bringing new people into the sport of bowling whether it be youth or adult. He has enjoyed seeing the sport advance technologically and looks forward to growing with it and Bowling Solutions. Jeff is eager to help anyone advance their game however possible.

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Frank Spada – Product Specialist
     Frank Spada started bowling at age 9, but didn’t join his first league until age 16 with the Detroit Son's of Columbus Men's Scratch League. He bowled on both the PBA National and PBA Regional tours throughout the years and is currently a senior member of the PBA.

    Frank has owned and operated his own bowling stores for 20+ years, and brings much experience to our team. He has had multiple 300's and 800's along with other honor scores.

    Frank and his wife Ann were married in Greenville in 2003 and both have a passion for bowling and NASCAR.

    Frank and Chuck have been friends for more years than they care to admit. We look forward to a long and happy relationship with Frank as a part of the Bowling Solutions team.

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Lisa Miles – Product Specialist
     Lisa was introduced to bowling when her son, AJ, joined the youth league at Strikers Family Sport Center in 2000. She is currently a Level II USBC coach and strives to earn further certifications. She has been a Youth Coach at Strikers since 2002. Lisa is a former, 3 year veteran, on the Board of Directors of Tri-County USBC. She works on her bowling game often with a series high of 695 and placed 17th in the 2007 USBC Women’s National Championships All Events.

    Lisa says she is thrilled to be a part of the Bowling Solutions team. She brings many years of management experience in customer service to the table.

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Ray Comer, Product Specialist
    Ray Comer was born in Greensboro, NC,and has been bowling since the age of 4. He has been working part time in the pro shop business for the last 8+ years and has been a part of the Bowling Solutions Team since June of 2007.

    He is an active PBA Member, bowling in various Regional tournaments, and is a USBC Level II coach. Ray has four 300 games, eleven 299 games, and one 800 series to his credit, and enjoys bowling in leagues in Irmo, SC.

    Ray resides in Blythewood, SC with his wife Tessa and their two boys, Blaine and Colton. His hobbies include bowling and golf. His family’s favorite place to go on vacation is Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Anthony Cristaldi – Product Specialist
     Anthony is the newest addition to our team! He is an extremely hard worker and is eager to learn all he can about the bowling business. Anthony has been attending as many product show cases and seminars as possible. His abilities and knowledge continue to grow each day. His positive attitude and happy-go lucky personality are a welcome addition to our team. We are absolutely thrilled to have Anthony as a part of our operation.

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