The World Tenpin Masters (founded in 1998) is an annual tenpin 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 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 2009/10 18-year-old Daniel Spencer & 19-year-old Matt Chamberlain of England became the youngest ever qualifiers of the event after winning the PTBC 2008/09 Tournaments.
All tournament officials are supplied by the British Tenpin Bowling Association.
2008 Tournament
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
Prize Fund
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
Previous Finals
YearLocationWinnerScoreRunner-up1998Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Tore Torgersen432 - 395 Tomas Leandersson1999Milton Keynes Shopping Centre Paeng Nepomuceno422 - 402 Steve Thornton2000 Tim Mack438 - 436 Tore Torgersen2001Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham Shalin Zulkifli455 - 4502002 Tore Torgersen465 - 449 Tim Mack2003 Nikki Harvey431 - 402 Andrew Frawley2004 Tore Torgersen436 - 415 Tomas Leandersson2005Adwick Leisure Centre, Doncaster Jens Nickel485 - 389 Paul Moor2006Barnsley Metrodome Chris Barnes458 - 4372007 Jason Belmonte566 - 5242008 Guy Caminsky526 - 517 Chris Barnes2009 Dominic Barrett503 - 424 Jason Belmonte
External links Bowlinglinks all over the World, sorted by categories