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For the last eight years, Verity Crawley has been pursuing her professional bowling career in the US. But the 26-year-old, originally from Bournemouth in Dorset, has had to fly home after her application to extend her athlete visa was denied. She believes travel restrictions caused by Covid-19, as well as a tightening of rules to […]

BRITAIN’S only professional female ten-pin bowler has been kicked out of the US after being skittled by a visa problem. Verity Crawley, 26, is the only British woman who competes in the PWBA (Professional Women’s Bowling Association) league in America. She has lived there for eight years but has now had to return to the