Concrete bowling is a project where students design and build a bowling ball. It is one of the most interesting projects we do within our club that makes students apply their creative and technical skills. Several mix designs are discussed during the workdays of the project over the course of the year. This design balances aerodynamics, strength and aesthetics related to concrete. Mold is used to make the bowling ball perfectly spherical. Throughout this project students get hands-on experience with mold construction, concrete mixing, concrete de-molding, concrete sanding, while fine-tuning their bowling skills. Not to forget, this is a great team building activity as well. At this year’s competition, (PSWC 2014, April 3-6 at SDSU) students needed to bowl the ball on the grass lanes, and also perform a skit that complements the theme of the ball. We chose “Flintstone’s” to be our theme, it was really fun. ​

Every year we compete at ASCE - Pacific Southwest Conference with 18 other major universities from southern California, Nevada and Arizona. With all the hard work and dedication of the team members over the course of the year we were able to achieve 3rd place overall out of total of 18 other colleges that competed in Pacific Southwest Conference (2014) in San Diego. This was a remarkable achievement by our project and an improvement compared to the previous year where we were 4th overall.

No matter how large or small the project is, keeping budget is always a concern. And in any student-run organization, raising money is a major issue. It would be an understatement to say how grateful and appreciative the members of Concrete Sports will be if you could donate the following.  While we are one of the smaller projects that ASCE has to offer, we still take what we do very seriously.  Donations allow us to create a better final product, and allows our team to express their full creativity without having to worry abour the limitations that a lack of funding can bring.  Please contact Project Manger Karan Patel or Project Director Tom Wissel if you are interested in sponsoring the team.