Superbowl set to go up for sale
Invercargill’s ten-pin bowling alley, Superbowl, is set to hit the market after more than 30 years of ownership by a group of business owners.
Superbowl director John Cockroft said, ‘‘we are all old now. We started the business when we were young fellas and it’s time to move on.’’
The group of directors include Cockroft, Mick Hesselin, Tony Major and Terry Young.
Major said the group used to talk about owning a business at the back bar of the Grand Hotel.
‘‘John used to talk about his interest in bowling and he knew someone in America who could get the equipment and it all went from there,’’ Major said. Ross Green was also one of the original directors before he died last year.
Cockroft said Green’s death and himself now living in Otago was part of the reason it is time to move on. He hopes the new owners will keep the building as a bowling alley because it is an asset to the community.
Superbowl employs six staff, from casual cafe staff to maintenance staff responsible for keeping the 71-year-old Brunswick pinsetters operating.
There were four perfect games during the time it had been open, the first being Wayne Macdougall in 1997 and the latest being Gary Low in 2010.
Cockroft said they are calling for expressions of interest before putting the business formally up for sale.