Where The BTBA Tenpintour came from and where its going
THE BEGINNINGS
The first Tenpintour event was the Berkshire Senior Open which took place in 2011. Matchpoint Tours had run the tour with expertise and professionalism ever since Angie Brown and Robert Marchant won that first event. Matchpoint Tours had built up a very popular and exciting tour, enjoyed by up a large pool of senior bowlers who met, made good friends and were able to enjoy good healthy competitive bowling. In 2016 Matchpoint Tours decided that they could no longer support the tour. Matchpoint Tours had demonstrated that senior bowlers will come together for tournament bowling if the atmosphere and rewards are there for them to enjoy. This is precisely the void that the new BTBA Tenpintour will be filling, with serious consideration to the comments and suggestions made by the members. All of the people running the tour are competitors who are bowling in the events. A tour run by bowlers for bowlers under the umbrella of the BTBA on a tried and trusted format.
The first Tenpintour event was the Berkshire Senior Open which took place in 2011. Matchpoint Tours had run the tour with expertise and professionalism ever since Angie Brown and Robert Marchant won that first event. Matchpoint Tours had built up a very popular and exciting tour, enjoyed by up a large pool of senior bowlers who met, made good friends and were able to enjoy good healthy competitive bowling. In 2016 Matchpoint Tours decided that they could no longer support the tour. Matchpoint Tours had demonstrated that senior bowlers will come together for tournament bowling if the atmosphere and rewards are there for them to enjoy. This is precisely the void that the new BTBA Tenpintour will be filling, with serious consideration to the comments and suggestions made by the members. All of the people running the tour are competitors who are bowling in the events. A tour run by bowlers for bowlers under the umbrella of the BTBA on a tried and trusted format.
Another random shot of our beloved Senior Bowlers at The Inter County Championships in Nottingham 2016
THE FUTURE
The future of the tour is in the hands of us, its members, and we anticipate that the new management arrangements will bring back the atmosphere of friendly competition that Matchpoint were able to bring to the tour. The format will remain basically the same, and looking forward, the direction of the tour will be driven by its bowlers. Every time a new member registers we add to the pool of people with ideas to improve the tour. There is a contact form where ideas, suggestions and criticisms are welcomed. Your positive feedback will be used as fuel to drive the tour in the right direction ensuring that we remain current and vibrant. All Criticisms and complaints will be acted upon, with the objective of keeping members satisfied and to prevent any oversights or errors re-occurring .
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
There will be no central full time staffed office to oversee the tour, each tournament will be run as an individual event by The Tenpintour Team. The records of each tournament, Averages, OOM and future dates will all be kept up to date on this website.
ENTRIES
Consequently you will not be able to 'block book' your entries a full season in advance because there will be nobody to process your entries.
ENTRY FEES
The entry fees remain unchanged at £45 per event and there is no additional membership or joining fee.
THE SHOWPIECE EVENT
Instead of two big events punctuating the season there will be one three day extravaganza at the conclusion of the season which will be open to anybody that has competed in a minimum of any three B.T.B.A. Tenpintour events over the course of the season. The bowlers who finish in the top five positions on the OOM tables for both Ladies and Men will have earned complimentary entry. There will be multiple re entry opportunities, a desperado and even a couple of Turbo's. The name of our showpiece event will continue to be known as THE BTBA TENPINTOUR BRITISH MASTERS All the details of which appear on the MASTERS button on the SCHEDULE/ENTRY page.
COMMUNICATION
Because this tour will be run by competing bowlers, your emails will be going to somebody who is bowling alongside you. Therefore all emails will be answered by friends in a respectful manor. If you are unhappy with anything during the course of an event, speak to the tournament manager first, and if necessary use the contacts page to bring it to our attention. If we are not aware of problems we cannot address them. All criticisms and complaints will be acted upon, with the objective of keeping the tour running smoothly and to prevent any oversights or errors re-occurring.
The future of the tour is in the hands of us, its members, and we anticipate that the new management arrangements will bring back the atmosphere of friendly competition that Matchpoint were able to bring to the tour. The format will remain basically the same, and looking forward, the direction of the tour will be driven by its bowlers. Every time a new member registers we add to the pool of people with ideas to improve the tour. There is a contact form where ideas, suggestions and criticisms are welcomed. Your positive feedback will be used as fuel to drive the tour in the right direction ensuring that we remain current and vibrant. All Criticisms and complaints will be acted upon, with the objective of keeping members satisfied and to prevent any oversights or errors re-occurring .
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
There will be no central full time staffed office to oversee the tour, each tournament will be run as an individual event by The Tenpintour Team. The records of each tournament, Averages, OOM and future dates will all be kept up to date on this website.
ENTRIES
Consequently you will not be able to 'block book' your entries a full season in advance because there will be nobody to process your entries.
ENTRY FEES
The entry fees remain unchanged at £45 per event and there is no additional membership or joining fee.
THE SHOWPIECE EVENT
Instead of two big events punctuating the season there will be one three day extravaganza at the conclusion of the season which will be open to anybody that has competed in a minimum of any three B.T.B.A. Tenpintour events over the course of the season. The bowlers who finish in the top five positions on the OOM tables for both Ladies and Men will have earned complimentary entry. There will be multiple re entry opportunities, a desperado and even a couple of Turbo's. The name of our showpiece event will continue to be known as THE BTBA TENPINTOUR BRITISH MASTERS All the details of which appear on the MASTERS button on the SCHEDULE/ENTRY page.
COMMUNICATION
Because this tour will be run by competing bowlers, your emails will be going to somebody who is bowling alongside you. Therefore all emails will be answered by friends in a respectful manor. If you are unhappy with anything during the course of an event, speak to the tournament manager first, and if necessary use the contacts page to bring it to our attention. If we are not aware of problems we cannot address them. All criticisms and complaints will be acted upon, with the objective of keeping the tour running smoothly and to prevent any oversights or errors re-occurring.
RULES OF PLAY
A button that takes you to the rules of play appears on the HOME page, and these are the general rules of play that apply to all tournaments. There will be no need to issue sudden changes of rules or conduct, because everything is already covered. There maybe reminders of existing rules if we receive complaints about persistent infractions. The rules are there to ensure that all competitors bowl on the same terms, and because we are all senior bowlers, we should all be familiar with them. So we must respect our fellow bowlers by respecting the rules of play that have been formulated over many, many years by The B.T.B.A. for our benefit.
A button that takes you to the rules of play appears on the HOME page, and these are the general rules of play that apply to all tournaments. There will be no need to issue sudden changes of rules or conduct, because everything is already covered. There maybe reminders of existing rules if we receive complaints about persistent infractions. The rules are there to ensure that all competitors bowl on the same terms, and because we are all senior bowlers, we should all be familiar with them. So we must respect our fellow bowlers by respecting the rules of play that have been formulated over many, many years by The B.T.B.A. for our benefit.