World Tenpin Masters

Summary


The World Tenpin Masters (founded in 1998) is an annual Ten-pin bowling tournament. It consists of a single lane surrounded by banked seating on both sides to give the event the kind of high-pressure atmosphere that makes the Masters the world’s leading televised bowling tournament.

The event is televised by Matchroom Sport Television and will be subsequently broadcast as 15 x 1 hour programmes both at home on Sky Sports and around the world.

History edit

It is second to and starts where the Weber Cup left off. It features 16 of the world’s best bowlers, representing twelve countries, going head-to-head in a straight knockout format. Each match is played over two games with the bowler with the highest aggregate (highest total pinfall) over the two games determining the winner and proceeding. It stands next to the Weber Cup and AMF World Cup as one of the world’s largest annual international sports Ten-pin bowling championships in terms of number of participating nations. In 2009 19-year-old Matt Chamberlain of England became the youngest ever qualifier of the event after winning the PTBC 2008 Tournament.

All tournament officials are supplied by the British Tenpin Bowling Association. [1] [2]

2008 Tournament edit

The 2008 World Tenpin Masters was held at the Barnsley Metrodome from April 18 to April 20 and featured 16 of the top male and female bowlers from around the world.

Tournament Format edit

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
18 April, 7pm
 
 
  Jason Belmonte406
 
19 April, 9pm
 
  James Tidd469
 
  James Tidd428
 
18 April, 8pm
 
  Guy Caminsky449
 
  Ghislaine van der Tol370
 
20 April, 6pm
 
  Guy Caminsky444
 
  Guy Caminsky507
 
18 April, 9pm
 
  Paul Moor480
 
  Paul Moor453
 
20 April, 1pm
 
  Alex Liew401
 
  Paul Moor516
 
19 April, 2pm
 
  Dominic Barrett473
 
  Dominic Barrett492
 
20 April, 8pm
 
  Biboy Rivera458
 
  Guy Caminsky526
 
19 April, 3pm
 
  Chris Barnes517
 
  Michael Schmidt461
 
20 April, 2pm
 
  Osku Palermaa516
 
  Osku Palermaa467
 
19 April, 4pm
 
  Stuart Williams445
 
  Stuart Williams398
 
20 April, 7pm
 
  Diandra Asbaty393
 
  Osku Palermaa462
 
19 April, 7pm
 
  Chris Barnes521
 
  Kirsten Penny504
 
20 April, 3pm
 
  Ryan Lalisang480
 
  Kirsten Penny546
 
19 April, 8pm
 
  Chris Barnes569
 
  Or Aviram405
 
 
  Chris Barnes449
 

Prize Fund edit

  • Winner US$30,000
  • Runner–Up US$10,000
  • Losing Semi-Finalists US$5,000
  • Losing Quarter Finalists US$2,000
  • First Round Losers US$1,500
  • TOTAL US$70,000

Past Tournaments edit

Previous Finals

Year Location Winner Score Runner-up
1998 Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster   Tore Torgersen 432 - 395   Tomas Leandersson
1999 Milton Keynes Shopping Centre   Paeng Nepomuceno 422 - 402   Steve Thornton
2000   Tim Mack 438 - 436   Tore Torgersen
2001 Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham   Shalin Zulkifli 455 - 450
2002   Tore Torgersen 465 - 449   Tim Mack
2003   Nikki Harvey 431 - 402   Andrew Frawley
2004   Tore Torgersen 436 - 415   Tomas Leandersson
2005 Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster   Jens Nickel 485 - 389   Paul Moor
2006 Barnsley Metrodome   Chris Barnes 458 - 437
2007   Jason Belmonte 566 - 524
2008   Guy Caminsky 526 - 517   Chris Barnes
2009   Dominic Barrett 503 - 424   Jason Belmonte

External links edit

  • Bowlinglinks all over the World, sorted by categories