2024 Hall of Fame Inductee
BOB WARNING

Bob Warning began bowling as a 12 year old at Sun City Bowl in 1978. He remembers wanting to be a pro bowler since the age of 17. “It was all I ever wanted to do,” said the 33 year USBC member from Menifee. 

In 1991 he won the Cal State Masters, beating the likes of Jim Murtishaw, Alvin Lou and Marv Sargent. Nine years later he would join those men in capturing the Cal State Scratch Team Championship. The same team would repeat a year later. Bob also teamed with Marv Sargent in 2000 to win the PBA Regional Doubles in Dublin. 

In between those impressive victories, Warning would capture the 1995 Cal State Scratch Singles with an 800 series. The 58 year old has 23-300 games to his credit and eleven 800’s, with a personal best of 847. He was inducted into California’s Citrus Belt Hall of Fame in 2012. 

Bob was married to wife Laurie in 1993, and together they started Pins & Needles Embroidery and Pro Shop inside Hemet Bowl. In 2014 Bob became pastor of the Crossway Menifee Church. He enjoys his weekly Bible Study sessions which he happened to be conducting when word came regarding his induction to the California USBC Hall of Fame.

“When you bowl in league, it’s like going to church once a week,” said Warning. “You are with the same friends and develop relationships that last a lifetime.”

Award was presented at the CUSBC Awards Dinner on June 1, 2024 at the Holiday Inn Ontario Airport Hotel.