1st North Zone Tenpin Bowling Tournament
9th June 2025 to 12th June 2025
{Approved by Tenpin Bowling Federation (India)}
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The 1st North Zone Tenpin Bowling Tournament (NZ-TBT) is being organized jointly by Uttar Pradesh Tenpin Bowling Association (UPTBA) and Tenpin Bowling Association of Delhi (TBAD). The tournament is open to all bowlers registered with their respective State Associations in NORTH ZONE and approved by the Tenpin Bowling Federation (I). The tournament will be held at Funtura Bowling, LULU Mall, Lucknow from 9th June ’25 – 12th June ’25.
There will be only one category for this Tournament and women bowlers will be provided with 10 pins handicap per game until Round I.
LANE CONDITIONING
Oiling pattern: 36 feet medium Oil
Oiling Machine: Brunswick Phoenix LT4
Lane maintenance will be done before the start of every Squad.
The format, schedule, entry fee, prizes, rules and contact information are provided in the sections below.
Format
1.1 Round I:
1.1.1 All bowlers will play 2 blocks of 6 games each. (League format)
1.1.2 TOP 16 bowlers ranked on the basis of total pinfall of 12 games will qualify for Round II.
1.1.3 In case of a tie, rankings will be determined based on the highest score in the last game of the last block. If still tied, the previous game scores will be considered in reverse order until the tie is broken.
1.2 Round II – (ROUND ROBIN):
1.2.1 Round II will be played amongst the TOP 16 bowlers in a Round Robin format.
1.2.2 The Top 16 bowlers will be divided into TWO Groups:
Group A: Rank 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
Group B: Rank 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
Each bowler will bowl with every other bowler in their group once. The final game will be a position round (i.e., 1st vs 2nd, 3rd vs 4th, etc.).
All Round Robin matches will be single-game matches. The winner will receive 20 bonus pins and the loser 0. In case of a tie, 10 bonus pins will be shared equally.
1.2.3 Top EIGHT bowlers (Top FOUR from each group), based on cumulative scores of Round I + Round II pinfall + bonus pins, shall advance to Round III.
1.2.4 In case of a tie after Round II (i.e., cumulative pinfall of 20 games + bonus pins), ties will be broken in the following order:
a) Higher number of wins in Round Robin
b) Higher block average (excluding bonus points) in Round Robin
c) Higher single-game score in Round Robin
d) Higher score in the last game of Round I. If still tied, earlier games will be considered in reverse order until the tie is broken.
1.2.5 Bowlers ranked 9–16 will be determined based on cumulative pinfall of 20 games + bonus pins. Tie-breaking will follow rule 1.2.4.
1.3 Round III: FINALS
1.3.1 TOP 8 BOWLERS (Top 4 from each group), ranked based on cumulative pinfall of 20 games plus bonus pins from Round II, shall play Round III from scratch.
Round III shall be played in THREE stages:
Stage I:
1.3.2.1 Match I: Rank 1 vs Rank 2
1.3.2.2 Match II: Rank 3 vs Rank 5 vs Rank 7
1.3.2.3 Match III: Rank 4 vs Rank 6 vs Rank 8
Stage II:
1.3.2.4 Match IV: Loser of Match I vs Winner of Match II vs Winner of Match III
Stage III:
1.3.2.5 Match V: Winner of Match I vs Winner of Match IV
1.3.3 In case of a tie, a one-ball roll-off will be conducted until the tie is broken.
(Winners of each match will be decided based on 2-game pinfall.)
1.3.4 Rankings 1–8 shall be awarded based on wins, followed by the cumulative score of the two games played. In case of a tie, rule 1.3.3 will apply.
1.3.5 All Round III matches shall be played in a league format.
Note: The lane number and order of play for Game 1 of each match will be chosen by the higher-ranked bowler.
🏆 Prize Winners
| 🥇 First: | Sumit Vaish | UP |
| 🥈 Second: | Dhruv Sarda | DEL |
| 🥉 Third: | Mohan Lal | DEL |
| Fourth: | Kapil Singhal | DEL |
| Fifth: | Sumit Goel | HR |
| Sixth: | Sunil Kumar Sharma | DEL |
| Seventh: | Utkarsh Shrivastava | MP |
| Eighth: | Padam Vardhan | UP |
| Ninth: | Utkarsh Sinha | UP |
| Tenth: | S A Hameed | DEL |
| Eleventh: | Hitesh Khanna | DEL |
| Twelfth: | Ujwal Talwar | HR |
🎯 Special Achievements
| 📦 Highest Block Average: | Dhruv Sarda – 197.63 | DEL |
| 🎯 Highest Single Game Score: | Dhruv Sarda – 248 | DEL |
| 🔥 Highest 200+ Games: | Sumit Goel – 6 | HR |