The Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships is an event open to all national

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member federations, which participate in tenpin bowling and are countries within the Commonwealth or all national tenpin bowling federations and/or associations (Non-WB) who are within the Commonwealth and participate in tenpin bowling. Eligible members send two men and two women to compete for medals in Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Team, All-Events, and Masters.

Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Federation

The CTBF was founded on August 28, 2002, in

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. CTBF was created to foster a greater and more focused interest in tenpin bowling and international friendship between all nations within the Commonwealth. The CTBF will affiliate to the sport's international governing body, World Bowling, with its prime focus being to successfully stage Commonwealth Championships that will ultimately meld into the official

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program.

History

Stirling 2002

The inaugural Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships were held in

. England won seven out of a possible ten gold medals. Donna Adams won gold in singles, all-events, masters, mixed doubles, and team. India's

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won two gold medals, in singles and masters.

Paphos 2005

The second Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships were held in

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. Malaysia won six out of a possible ten gold medals.

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won gold in all-events, masters, mixed doubles, and team.

Melbourne 2006

The third Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships were held in

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, Australia. England won five gold medals, but Australia won the most medals, with eleven (three gold, four silver, and four bronze). England's Fiona Banks won gold in doubles, masters, and mixed doubles.

Belfast 2008

The fourth Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships were held in

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. England and Malaysia each won four gold medals, with Singapore winning the remaining two gold medals.

Kuala Lumpur 2011

The fifth Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships were held in

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. Three nations dominated this edition, with Singapore winning four gold medals and three each for England and Malaysia.

Auckland 2013

The sixth Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships were held in

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. Australia won four gold medals, three by

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in singles, all-events, and masters.

Johannesburg 2016

The seventh Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships were held in

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from November 19–27. Malaysia won seven of the ten events and led the medal tally with 13 (7 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze). Malaysia's Muhammad Nur Aiman won four gold medals (Singles, All-Events, Masters, Mixed Team Event) and a silver medal (Doubles).

Medal History

References

External links

Commonwealth Championships Results page from European Tenpin Bowling Federation

Bowlingdigital's Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Federation Section
{{Commonwealth Championships Ten-pin bowling competitions

Tenpin Bowling Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll ...