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.
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. http://www.matchroomsport.com/tenpin2_info.htm http://www.btba.org.uk/2006tenpinmasters.htm
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.
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 |