Congratulations to all players who took part in the 2019 Grand Prix and to the organisers and staff of Leisureplex Stillorgan for another successfull event.
This year saw the Ladies section being won by Aimee Whistler (Under 16’s) while the Mens was won by Aidan Byrne (Team Ireland). The overall champion playoff was won by Aidan.
For full results visit the Executive Forms & Documents page or click here.
The 2019 Junior Irish Open in association with Storm, 900 Global & The Bowlers Pro Shop is now under way in Leisureplex Stillorgan.
The Tournament runs from Friday November 1st thru Sunday November 3rd with 6 Squads.
For full details including scores and standings visit the official page at http://www.tenpinbowling.ie/jio2019.html
On behalf of all Members, we wish to extend the best wishes to Alan Bride, our National Champion, who represents Ireland at this week’s 2019 European Champions Cup in Ankara, Turkey. Read more…
A clash of dates with the Adult Triple Crown in Scotland and the Malta Senior Open meant reduced numbers to 32 for the 2nd Event of the season.
Jason Byrnes led the Scratch section with 1158 (231 Avg) and was joined by Alan Bride, Fran Puzzuoli and Alan McDonnell for the semi-finals. Semi-final 1 with Jason vs Alan McDonnell was tight throughout with both players having only 1 double and 2 splits each, one of which Jason converted that proved to be the difference sending him through to the final by 10pins on a 192 to Alan’s 182. In semi-final 2 Alan Bride opened with the first 8 strikes to take the match by 279 to Fran’s 202. The Final, was a repeat of the Event 1 final, Alan couldn’t maintain his semi-final form opening twice in the first 5 frames while Jason threw 8 strikes in the game to comfortably take the win by 251 to 210.
Heading up the Handicap section with 1251 (incl. Hcp) was Zbigniew Grzesiak aka “Pawlo”, closely followed by Kealan O’Connor, Taylor Williams and Ann Cullen. “Pawlo” took a low scoring first semi-final against Ann by 209 (incl. Hcp) to 194. In the second semi-final Taylor came back from an early open frame, stringing 6 strikes together to move on to the final by 268 (incl. Hcp) to Kealan’s 204. Opening the 9th and 10th frames was a case of one too many openers for Taylor as he went down to “Pawlo” in an otherwise tight final match by 205 to 195.
Congratulations to the winners Jason Byrnes (Scratch Division) and Zbigniew Grzesiak aka “Pawlo” (Handicap Division) and all the finalists.
Full details from Event 2 will also be available on www.bowlingforall.ie on the Rocks Jewellers Tab/Results.
Next Event – 10th November 2019
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of our beloved member, Frank Byrnes. Frank was a member of the ITBA for many years serving in various roles from Chairman of the Executive Committee to Chairman of the Senior Sub-Committee. He was a friend to everyone he met and a source of strength for all who knew him. He will be sadly missed. Our sincerest condolences go out to his family.
Funeral arrangements are as follows:
Reposing at Fanagans Funeral Home, Dundrum on Wednesday (October 2) from 5pm to 6pm. Funeral Mass on Thursday (October 3) at 11am in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Ballinteer, followed by burial at Shanganagh Cemetery.
The World Senior Bowling Championships started yesterday in Las Vegas. Eight Irish players are taking part.
Men: Paddy Dunne, Nickey O’Malley, Haulie Storan, Philip Watts
Women: Mary Heffernan, Dymphna Kestell, Elaine Lalor, Thesea Watts
The Men played Singles Yesterday
The official site is: https://2019wsrc.worldbowling.org/ – shows scheds, results but live streaming is “coming soon!”
If it doesn’t stream on the official site go to worldbowling.org and pick the lanes you want to see – [for live action video – on every lane] (Anita)
sbc2019 Day 2 Ladies Singles
The four ladies will be competing in the singles competition starting at 9a.m. (5p.m. Irish time, remember Las Vegas is 8 hours behind local Irish Summer Time).
Dymphna and Elaine are on lanes 42 46 52 54 10 and 18
Mary and Theresa are on lanes 9 5 53 51 41 and 33
First squad of mens doubles will be later at 3.30p.m. (11.30p.m.) with Paddy and Nickey on lanes 8 12 18 20 40 48
Good luck to all
Both printable and online entry forms are now available for the 2020 Irish Open Tenpin Bowling Championship in association with STORM, 900 GLOBAL & 3G.
The event will take place as usual in Leisureplex Stillorgn from January 12th to 19th 2020 with total Prizes of €20,000. Full details are available with the printable entry form. Click here for further information…
Having narrowly missed out on medals in the Singles and Doubles events, Pat’s overall combined performance in the All Events (Singles, Doubles & Trios) gave her a Bronze Medal place on the podium in the 28th European Senior Bowling Championships (ESBC) in Bologna, Italy.
Pat’s All Events placing also gave her entry into the Masters Final where today, the top 6 players would go head to head to determine the overall ESBC champions. In a tough 5 game format where the lowest scoring bowler is eliminated after every game, Pat was up to the challenge and fought her way right through to the Final match and came home with the prestigious Silver European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) medal. Well done Pat …..
Applications are now being taken for Wildcard Position(s) to roll off and represent Ireland at the Adult Triple Crown. Applications are also being taken for an Exemption Position for a direct spot on Team Ireland. For application the form available from the Team Ireland Forms and Documents page has been made available.
The Charlestown Summer Super Split Singles 2019 is now accepting entries for the tournament running from June 10th to July 14th with finals on July 16th. The entry form is now available on the Leisureplex page.