World Tenpin Masters

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

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 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.

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
 
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
  • 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

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
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