A bowler’s individual scores are also tracked for the All Events table, which as mentioned before eventually crowns the National champions. The Men’s Doubles comprises of four games, while the Ladies Trios is played over three games, again with the team’s total pinfall determining the medal winners.
Bowlers play four games, with the total team score (or pinfall as it is more commonly known) deciding the medal winners.įriday evening sees the All Events competition get underway with the Men’s Doubles & Ladies’ Trios events. As the Mixed Doubles title suggests, teams are made up of one man and one woman. However, there are still gold, silver and bronze medals up for grabs in this traditional curtain-raising event. As a result, these games do not actually count towards the All Events table, which will ultimately determine the National champions. The Mixed Doubles event actually kicks off the championships on Thursday February 24th, and is the only event where men and women play together. The tournament is broken up into five events – Singles, Doubles, Trios, Team of Four & Mixed Doubles. The first thing to know is that men and women compete in separate categories, so there will be both a male and female National Champion crowned on Sunday afternoon. Either way, we’re here to give you the lowdown on the Irish Tenpin Bowling Association’s flagship event! The non-bowlers out there may be wondering, how exactly does it work? Maybe you’ve seen some competitive bowling before and you have a rough idea, or perhaps you didn’t even know competitive bowling existed at all. There are also several medals to be won, with the championships broken into multiple individual and team events across the four days. Ireland’s elite bowlers will take to the lanes, over four days of intense competition, to crown the number one bowler in the country. This weekend sees the 56th National Tenpin Bowling Championships take place in Leisureplex Blanchardstown.