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                                                                EXHIBIT 23.1


          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors
AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated September 5, 2003, except as to
note 19, which is as of February 17, 2004, included herein, and to the
references to our firm under the headings "Selected Historical Financial
Data" and "Experts" in the prospectus. The report contains an explanatory
paragraph that states, effective March 8, 2002, the Company was reorganized
under a plan of reorganization confirmed by the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In connection with its
reorganization, the Company applied fresh start accounting on February 28,
2002.


                                                            /s/ KPMG LLP

Richmond, Virginia
July 26, 2004