1967 was the year Britain won their first World Championships medals as Great Britain’s David Pond at just seventeen years old won Doubles Gold with Jez Morley then won the Masters. He also collected a Bronze in the team event and was inducted into the UK Tenpin Hall of Fame in 2016.
Fast forward to 2017 and we find Great Britain and England have won a total of
20 Medals, 8 Gold, 3 Silver , 9 bronze – 7th In World
World Championship Medals – Men (1954 – current)
1967 Malmo, Sweden
Gold Masters Dave Pond
Gold Doubles Dave Pond and Jez Morley
Bronze Team(5) Dave Pond, Chris Buck, Terry King, Terry Sullivan, David Waugh and Steve Russell
1975 Tolworth, England
Gold Doubles Brian Michaels and Bernie Caterer
Bronze Team(8) Chris Buck, Geoff Buck, Gerry Bugden, Eric Butcher, Bernie Caterer, Cass Edwards, Brian Michael and John Reeves
1979 Manila, Philippines
Gold Masters Gerry Bugden
Silver Team(5) John Reeves, Gerry Bugden, Thomas Marshall, Jez Darvill, Geoff Buck and Doug McNulty
1983 Caracas, Venezuela
Gold Doubles Chris Buck and Alan Fawcett
2006 Pusan, Korea
Silver Doubles Daniel Stride and Mike Quarry
2008 Bangkok, Thailand
Bronze Masters Dom Barrett
2010 Munich, Germany
Bronze Singles Dom Barrett
11 Medals, 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze – 5th in World
World Championship Medals – Women (1963 – current)
1983 Caracas, Venezuela
Bronze Doubles Judy Robins(Howlett) and Jane Virot
1999 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bronze Masters Kirsten Penny
2003 Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia
Gold Singles Zara Glover
Gold All Events Zara Glover
Gold Doubles Zara Glover and Kirsten Penny
Silver Trios Zara Glover, Kirsten Penny and Lisa John
2007 Monterrey, Mexico
Bronze Team(5) Fiona Banks, Kirsten Penny, Zara Glover, Jemma Smith, Lisa John and Katie Jowsey
2013 Las Vegas, USA
Bronze Trios Autumn Chamberlain, Hayley Rumkee and Lisa John
2015 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bronze Trios Danni Hopcroft, Jo Allsebrook and Lisa John
9 Medals, 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 5 Bronze – 14th in World
Total Men and Women:
20 Medals, 8 Gold, 3 Silver , 9 bronze – 7th In World
List compiled by David Grainger – UK Tenpin Hall of Fame Chairman
World Tenpin Team Cup
2003 Odense, Denmark Silver Team – Donna Adams, Lisa Gardner, Zara Glover, Jo Harris (Cundy), Nikki Harvey, Ann Smith
2004 Hoofdorp, Netherlands Gold Team – Jo Harris, Pauline Buck, Fiona Banks, Lisa Gardner, Zara Glover, Nikki Woods
World Games
1997
Finland Gold Singles Pauline Smith (Buck)
2001
Japan Gold Mxd Doubles Kirsten Penny and Stev eThornton
2005
Germany Silver Singles Zara Glover
2009
Chinese Taipei Silver Singles Zara Glover
