In November, 16 teams from across the country competed at the 2024 Primary Club Pairs Tenpin Finals at the Rotherham Superbowl in Sheffield.
The league started in mid-May and consisted of 40 teams (four divisions of 10), with the top teams (four from each division) qualifying for the main final.
Tony Clark, BBS Tenpin Chair, said:
"The final was very close! Congratulations to the winning team, Split Happens, from Taunton. Bats Blind Ambition, from Swindontook second place, and Dreaming Spires, from Oxford finished third. Unfortunately, this prevented Dreaming Spires from taking a hat-trick of wins in both competitions combined.
Each team played eight games of bowling within two groups, which is run in a round-robin system, with the last game being the positional game (winner of Group A versus winner of Group B for first and second place) and so on.
All but one team congregated at the Royal Victoria Hotel on the Thursday. With help from our volunteers, the competitors were shuttled from the train and coach stations to the hotel.
Due to a team dropping out last minute, another team were invited to compete. However, due to the late notice, they could only travel up on the morning of the competition but they made it just in time. As a result of this, the Merit of Achievement award was presented to their team organiser, Meena Rattu.
The tournament is sponsored and mainly funded by the Primary Club to whom we are very grateful. Other monies are raised from the league entries and takings from the awards dinner raffle. The whole tournament was a great success thanks to the sponsors and the organising committee. Thank you, once again, to the Primary Club from all the BBS Tenpin contingent - we really everything you do for us."
Five male members of the BBS Tenpin Section at the awards dinner following the 2024 Primary Club Pairs Tenpin Finals.
