- World Tenpin Masters
The World Tenpin Masters 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 onSky 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 different 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 theWeber Cup andAMF World Cup as one of the world’s largest annual international sports Ten-pin bowling championships in terms of number of participating nations.All tournament officials supplied by the
British Tenpin Bowling Association . [http://www.matchroomsport.com/tenpin2_info.htm] [http://www.btba.org.uk/2006tenpinmasters.htm]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
Round16
"18 April, 7pm"
flagicon|AustraliaJason Belmonte |406
flagicon|EnglandJames Tidd |469
"18 April, 8pm"
flagicon|NetherlandsGhislaine van der Tol |370
flagicon|South AfricaGuy Caminsky |444
"18 April, 9pm"
flagicon|EnglandPaul Moor |453
flagicon|MalaysiaAlex Liew |401
"19 April, 2pm"
flagicon|EnglandDominic Barrett |492
flagicon|PhilippinesBiboy Rivera |458
"19 April, 3pm"
flagicon|CanadaMichael Schmidt |461
flagicon|FinlandOsku Palermaa |516
"19 April, 4pm"
flagicon|England Stuart Williams|398
flagicon|USADiandra Asbaty |393
"19 April, 7pm"
flagicon|EnglandKirsten Penny |504
flagicon|Indonesia Ryan Lalisang|480
"19 April, 8pm"
flagicon|IsraelOr Aviram |405
flagicon|USA Chris Barnes|449
"19 April, 9pm"
flagicon|EnglandJames Tidd |428
flagicon|South AfricaGuy Caminsky |449
"20 April, 1pm"
flagicon|EnglandPaul Moor |516
flagicon|EnglandDominic Barrett |473
"20 April, 2pm"
flagicon|FinlandOsku Palermaa |467
flagicon|England Stuart Williams|445
"20 April, 3pm"
flagicon|EnglandKirsten Penny |546
flagicon|USA Chris Barnes|569
"20 April, 6pm"
flagicon|South AfricaGuy Caminsky |507
flagicon|EnglandPaul Moor |480
"20 April, 7pm"
flagicon|FinlandOsku Palermaa |462
flagicon|USA Chris Barnes|521
"20 April, 8pm"
flagicon|South AfricaGuy Caminsky |526
flagicon|USA Chris Barnes|517
3rdplace=noPrize 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$70,000Past Tournaments
"Previous Finals"
External links
* [http://www.matchroomsport.com/articleDetail.asp?intArticleID=497 Players chosen for the 2008 World Tenpin Masters]
* [http://www.matchroomsport.com/gallery.asp?catID=40 Pictures from the 2007 World Tenpin Masters]
* [http://www.worldtenpinmasters.com Official website of the World Tenpin Masters]
* [http://www.matchroomsport.com/gallery.asp?catID=6 Pictures from the 2006 World Tenpin Masters]
* [http://www.btba.org.uk/2006tenpinmasters.htm Information on the 2006 World Tenpin Masters]
* [http://www.bowlinglinks.de Bowlinglinks all over the World, sorted by categories]
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