Month: December 2018

Irish Open Tenpin Bowling | Women’s Championship 1991


Stillorgan Bowl, Dublin | 27 January 1991

Stepladder Final

Pos Name Country
1 Gina Wardle Great Britain
2 Pauline Smith Netherlands
3 Kilmberley Cooke Great Britain
4 Lena Sulvanen Denmark

Reference: [1]

Stepladder Results

Player 1   Player 2  
Gina Wardle 192 Lena Sulvanen 170
Gina Wardle 190 Kimberley Cooke 151
Gina Wardle 204 Pauline Smith 179

Reference: [1]

Semi-Finals (After 7 Games)

Pos Bowler Country Score
1 Pauline Smith Great Britain 1453
2 Kimberley Cooke Great Britain 1438
3 Lena Sulvanen Denmark 1414
4 Gina Wardle Great Britain 1391
5 Karen Bartool Great Britain 1381
6 Tracy Dew Great Britain 1342
7 Ruth Motnauer Great Britain 1239
8 Jeanne Looverbasch Netherlands 1173

Reference: [1]

Report

There were no Irish Qualifiers for the Semi-Finals, which were dominated by Great British players, making up 6 of the 8 contestants.

Gina Wardle, who finished 4th in the Semi-Final Round, won three matches in a row in the Final Stepladder to take the title, beating Pauline Smith, a fellow British player in the Final.

References

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Sources

[1] Anon. (1991) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Tenpin Bowling” Irish Independent. Monday, 28 January 1991. Pg. 20.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dervla Mulcahy

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 21 December 2018

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and INAWSA 2018

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

Irish Open Tenpin Bowling | Men’s Championship 1991


Stillorgan Bowl, Dublin | 27 January 1991

Stepladder Final

Pos Name Country
1 Del Delaney Great Britain
2 Mat Thompson Netherlands
3 Cliff Dew Great Britain
4 Theo Thienpondi Netherlands

Reference: [1]

Stepladder Results

Player 1   Player 2  
Cliff Dew 255 Theo Thienpondi 249
Del Delaney 205 Cliff Dew 102
Del Delaney 188 Mat Thompson 163

Reference: [1]

Semi-Finals (After 11 Games)

Pos Bowler Country Score
1 Mat Thompson Netherlands 2550
2 Del Delaney Great Britain 2448
3 Theo Thienpondi Netherlands 2379
4 Cliff Den Great Britain 2378
5 Philip Dunne Ireland 2372
6 Chis Buck Great Britain 2257
7 Bob Newfield Great Britain 2250
8 Paul Magee Ireland 2236
9 Eric Kok Netherlands 2217
10 Phil Seamael Great Britain 2206
11 Geoff Buck Great Britain 2153
12 Joe Pearce Ireland 1911

Reference: [1]

Report

Ireland’s Philip dunne narrowly failed to reach the Final Stepladder in the Irish Open Tenpin Bowling Championship, finishing just 6 skittles off a Top 4 Place.

Britain’s Del Delaney went on to win the Championship, defeating the Dutchman Mat Thompson 188 to 163 in the Final. Ireland’s Paul Magee (8th) and Joe Pearce (12th) also reached the Semi-Final Round in the Stillorgan Bowl

References

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Sources

[1] Anon. (1991) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Tenpin Bowling” Irish Independent. Monday, 28 January 1991. Pg. 20.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Graeme Ryan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 21 December 2018

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and INAWSA 2018

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.