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🇺🇸 HOiNKE.COM HAS A NEW LOOK! 🇺🇸

The Hoinke Classic – America’s Tournament Since 1943 has a brand-new home online!

We’re excited to reintroduce Hoinke.com, completely redesigned to make it easier to find everything you need for the Hoinke Classic.

🎳 Tournament Information
📊 Current Standings
📝 Entry Information & Rules
👥 Information for Squad Organizers
🏨 Hotel Information
🏆 Tournament History & More

The Hoinke Classic has been bringing bowlers together at Western Bowl for more than eight decades, and our new website is another step toward making the tournament experience better for our bowlers, organizers, and fans.

If you haven’t visited lately, take a look around!

🌐 HOiNKE.COM

The Hoinke Classic
🇺🇸 America’s Tournament Since 1943
🎳 Proudly hosted at Western Bowl in Cincinnati

Bowling Alley | Family Fun | Hoinke Classic | Cinncinnati OH Hoinke Classic 84th Annual Hoinke Classic April 17 – November 22, 2026 Strike & Spare Western Bowl · Cincinnati, Ohio America's Tournament Since 1943 Download the 2026 Entry Form Become a Squad Organizer Enter the Tournament 2026 entry form, event pricing, and squad scheduling for Singles, Do.....

📢 HOINKE CLASSIC STANDINGS UPDATE

We know many of you have been asking about the 2026 Hoinke Classic standings, and we want to give everyone an update.

Following a recent change in Tournament Director leadership, we discovered that we had a significant backlog of scores that needed to be entered and processed. That work continues, and we are making progress every day.

At the same time, we are working with our web team on the newly redesigned Hoinke Classic website and the new layout for how standings will be posted. The combination of catching up the backlog and transitioning to the new website has taken longer than we would have liked.

Our new Tournament Director, Ted Burns, and our tournament staff are working hard to get everything caught up. Most importantly, we want to make sure the standings we publish are complete and accurate.

We know you've been waiting, and we apologize for the delay. We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding while we get caught up.

The standings are being updated, and we will begin posting them as soon as they are ready.

Thank you for your continued support of the Hoinke Classic — America’s Tournament Since 1943!

🐾 ELDER ALUMNI — IT’S TIME TO GET THE LEAGUE BACK TOGETHER! 🎳

One of Western Bowl’s long-standing traditions is getting ready for another season, and we’re looking for Elder High School alumni who want to bowl, reconnect with old classmates, and have some fun on Thursday nights!

🟣 Elder High School Alumni League
📅 League Meeting: October 1st at 6:30 PM
🎳 Practice begins at 6:45 PM
⏰ League starts at 7:00 PM
👥 4-person teams
✅ Non-sanctioned

You don’t have to be the best bowler in the building. Grab some fellow Panthers, put a team together, and help us keep this great Elder tradition rolling!

Once a Panther, Always a Panther!

Interested in bowling or need help finding a team?

📞 Contact Dave Sievers at 513-574-2222

🟣 ALTIORA! 🟣

A couple of honor scores rolled in the Hoinke Classic in August: Derrick Jones and Damon Augustine! Congratulations gentleman. No Hoinke bowling this weekend during Labor Day weekend. We will have big crowds for the final 2.5 months left in the 2026 tournament year.

🎳 THE GCUSBC HALL OF FAME HAS A FOREVER HOME! 🎳

We are incredibly proud to announce that the Greater Cincinnati USBC Hall of Fame has officially been installed in its new permanent home at Western Bowl!

These plaques, awards, photographs and pieces of history represent generations of bowlers and individuals who have helped make bowling such an important part of the Greater Cincinnati community.

For decades, Western Bowl has been a place where Cincinnati bowling history has been made. We are honored to now have the opportunity to preserve, display and celebrate that history for generations to come.

When you visit Western Bowl, take a few minutes to stop by the GCUSBC Hall of Fame and look through the names, accomplishments and memories of some of the people who helped build the incredible bowling tradition we have here in Cincinnati.

This isn't just a display.

It's Cincinnati bowling history — and now it has a forever home. ❤️🤍💙

Welcome home, GCUSBC Hall of Fame! 🎳

Free scrap if anyone wants to pick it up.