becka_girl
Proud Vic Chick
I think the only ones who can confirm is really TBA because its their event not George's
Internationals at Aust masters ?
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I think the only ones who can confirm is really TBA because its their event not George's
This information has just been released on the TBA site.
Bowling fans will be treated to a thrilling spectacle next month when Australia takes on a team of five international
superstars in a made-for-television competition series – the AMF Australian Masters INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE.
Action on the lanes will commence at 3pm on Thursday, 20 October at AMF Bowling, Rooty Hill in Sydney and
spectators are welcome.
The bowlers representing Australia match the 4-male and 1-female international team, and include some of this
country’s most experienced and versatile bowlers. Defending Masters champion Sam Cooley, Australian
representatives George Frilingos and Jason Walsh, and winner of this year’s prestigious ESPY Award, Jason Belmonte
will be joined by Carol Gianotti whose stellar career has recently been rewarded by induction into the USBC Hall of
Fame.
Opposing this talented line-up will be another highly awarded team of athletes that Australian fans rarely have the
opportunity to see in a real-time contest with their local heroes. Current PBA Player of the Year, Mika Koivuniemi
from Finland, PBA bowlers Mike Fagan and Tommy Jones from the United States and Canadian-born pro-bowler Dan
MacLelland are the male team members, with USBC Queens and QubicaAMF World Cup champion Lynda Barnes from
Texas completing this high profile group of international players.
The International Challenge will comprise a series of singles, doubles and team matches in which the winner of each
match will be awarded points to determine the overall champion of the inaugural 2011 AMF Australian Masters
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE.
Arena seating around a single lane will create an intense and visually exciting atmosphere for the event that will
subsequently be produced into a series of up to nine television episodes. These shows will be televised via the digital
TV platforms of TVS Sydney, QCTV Brisbane, C31 Melbourne/Geelong, C44 Adelaide and WTV Perth, and will be
available to a global audience online, 24 hours after being televised, via TenpinBowlingShow's Channel - YouTube.
Admission is free, and spectators are invited to join the audience for this unique bowling competition that promises an
exciting display of some of the world’s top tenpin talent.
Bowling fans will be treated to a thrilling spectacle next month when Australia takes on a team of five international
superstars in a made-for-television competition series – the AMF Australian Masters INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE.
Action on the lanes will commence at 3pm on Thursday, 20 October at AMF Bowling, Rooty Hill in Sydney and
spectators are welcome.
The bowlers representing Australia match the 4-male and 1-female international team, and include some of this
country’s most experienced and versatile bowlers. Defending Masters champion Sam Cooley, Australian
representatives George Frilingos and Jason Walsh, and winner of this year’s prestigious ESPY Award, Jason Belmonte
will be joined by Carol Gianotti whose stellar career has recently been rewarded by induction into the USBC Hall of
Fame.
Opposing this talented line-up will be another highly awarded team of athletes that Australian fans rarely have the
opportunity to see in a real-time contest with their local heroes. Current PBA Player of the Year, Mika Koivuniemi
from Finland, PBA bowlers Mike Fagan and Tommy Jones from the United States and Canadian-born pro-bowler Dan
MacLelland are the male team members, with USBC Queens and QubicaAMF World Cup champion Lynda Barnes from
Texas completing this high profile group of international players.
The International Challenge will comprise a series of singles, doubles and team matches in which the winner of each
match will be awarded points to determine the overall champion of the inaugural 2011 AMF Australian Masters
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE.
Arena seating around a single lane will create an intense and visually exciting atmosphere for the event that will
subsequently be produced into a series of up to nine television episodes. These shows will be televised via the digital
TV platforms of TVS Sydney, QCTV Brisbane, C31 Melbourne/Geelong, C44 Adelaide and WTV Perth, and will be
available to a global audience online, 24 hours after being televised, via TenpinBowlingShow's Channel - YouTube.
Admission is free, and spectators are invited to join the audience for this unique bowling competition that promises an
exciting display of some of the world’s top tenpin talent.
Roysa
Well-Known Member
True Jim... but im dissapointed no major station picked it up, i mean TVS in Sydney is a massive wasted opportunity for the sport. A one off tv bowling special on 7 9 or 10 would have been better, even abc.
jimcross
Active Member
Roy, so 100% true - but who in the tenpin world in Australia has the clout / insider knowledge / media contacts, etc., to persuade any of them into it? ABC for instance is dropping it's ( I understand quite large viewer ) long running lawn bowls program shortly. I wish.......... but?
Roysa
Well-Known Member
Its hardly up to individuals on a forum to get that type of exposure happening. Unless someone wants to put their hand up?
In saying that, it would come down to the approval from the powers that be at the TBA anyway. Im sure they approached a major network, surely?
