Here it is at last, The release of the most comprehensive database of historical results ever undertaken.
This is a history SAVED
We today release the UK Tenpin Hall of Fame database. The following information explains the Criteria used and the Information included. It is a Results based system from an Individual perspective and is primarily looking at Major events in an attempt to keep it Manageable, Measurable and Meaningful.
Performance Ranking Criteria
In order to add a reasonable weighting to each of the events included in the UK Tenpin Hall of Fame Records the following considerations have been used. Each player in the records database will get one entry for every event he or she has won or being placed in therefore a 5 person team will get 5 entries one for each player in the team.
PBA, World, European, International, Commonwealth and Domestic. PBA and World events would attract more points than European or International which in turn attract more points than Commonwealth with Domestic the least.- Singles (including Masters and OOM), Doubles, Trios, Team. You will get more points for winning a Singles than a Doubles with Team events the least.
- Winner (Gold), Runner up (Silver), 3rd (Bronze). Getting a Win or a Gold attracts most points.
- Open events, invitational events. Some events are by invitation and these tend to get less than Open events.
- Quality of field, Size of Field, Prize Fund.
A small good quality field would attract more points than a large poorer quality field, Prize fund only really applies in a Small Good Quality field. - Adult, Senior and Youth will be treated the same. A World Gold at any level: Adult, Senior or Youth will attract the same points and so on.
- The maximum points that can be awarded is 22 with 1 being the lowest. A World Championship Gold Masters would attract 22 points, a Domestic Team win 1 point and everything in between.
- The larger events would attract points for Winner, Runner up and Third whereas smaller events would just be the winner.
World, European and Commonwealth events tend to be 3 places whilst Single events are just the winners, much of this is dependent on the records available.
Everyone will have a different view but if we stick to the above criteria the differences should only be small and will not affect the overall result. The categories need to be fairly broad otherwise the allocation of points becomes too complicated. It is already quite extensive.
A Performance Ranking will then be produced for each player based on the above Criteria for each qualifying entry.
These records can then be sorted in many ways, the following are some examples
- Male or Female.
- Adult, Senior or Youth
- Nationality.
- PBA, World, European, International or Domestic events.
- Particular Events or Tours, eg World Championships or PTBC
- Date Range (Year only)
- Individual Player Record.
Who is in the Hall of Fame Database?
The above searches are not presently available as further technical input is required before this stage can be reached. However simple search facilities are available for player records.
The Performance Ranking in itself, is only one of the aspects considered in nominating bowlers for the Hall of Fame. Achieving a Major First or continually performing at a high level over an extended period of time are also considerations.
Bowlers have taken many paths throughout there bowling careers. Some have been fortunate to have been in a good position to play for their country, some have ventured into Europe and a small number have made it a Professional Career in the USA. Others have consistently performed well at the county and domestic level and become bowling legends through this route.
At the end of the day it is a nomination and vote by the 10 person committee who decide each year who to induct into the Hall of Fame. Each will have their own view but the with this information now easily available hopefully it will make things much easier.
UK Bowling Records
Research has been undertaken by the UK Tenpin Bowling Hall of Fame using all bowling media and information at our disposal to produce the UK Bowling records.
Only top Scratch events will be included, no handicap or age bonus events.
We do include ladies’ bonus events when playing against the men.
All home Nations will be included on the same basis
This has been a three stage process:
Stage 1
- Collection of Information. This primarily includes printed information contained in old bowling magazines, Tenpin Pictorial, Tenpin Sport, World of Tenpin and Go Tenpin plus numerous ad hoc magazines, programmes and entry forms.
- On-line bowling information from Talktenpin, Badassbowling, ETBF, PBA, BTBA, STBA,
TBAW, NITBF, Facebook posts etc - Personal information provided by a number of individuals
This has been a mammoth task and a frustrating one where records are not available. It is an ongoing process and the records will be added to as and when we can collate them.
Stage 2
- Building database and inputting records.
- A prototype database has been produced in MicroSoft Access primarily to act as a mechanism for inputting records and to test relationships.
- Player records and Ranking lists will be made available on the UK Tenpin Hall of Fame Website with simple search facilities.
- We want bowlers to add to and correct any information as this is the way we will complete the records to the best of our knowledge.
Stage 3
- Research is being undertaken into the best platform to use for the database and as an interface with the UK Tenpin Hall of Fame Website.
- Making records available on line for query by bowlers or any interested party including the media.
- The full online query facility needs further technical input and possible funding to give us the full interactive database we want so is a while off yet.
The following is the status of our records at 9th January 2019..
Events included and Progress
| Event | Progress | Collected | Collated |
| International | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| PBA | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Adult World Championships | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Adult European Championships | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Adult Commonwealth Championships | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Senior World Championships | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| European Senior Championships | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| World Youth Championships | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| European Youth Championships | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| European Tenpin Team Cup | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| European Champions Cup | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Triple Crown | All Events and Masters Only | 60% | 60% |
| QAMF Bowling World Cup | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| QAMF Bowling Promotion Cup | Not Required | ||
| AMF Gold Cup | Not Required | ||
| World Bowler of the year | Not Required | ||
| European Bowler of the year | Not Required | ||
| Weber Cup Appearances | Not Required |
| World Ranking Masters | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| World Tenpin Masters | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| World Tenpin Team Cup | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| World Games | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| World Youth Games | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| European Cup | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| European Youth Cup | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| European Intermediate Cup | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Commonwealth Games | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Commonwealth Youth Games | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Asian Tour | Part done | 70% | 70% |
| EBT stop winners | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| EBT End of year rankings | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| EBT Masters | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Major Domestic | |||
| British Open | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| British Matchplay/London International | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Irish Open | Complete | 100% | 100% |
| Welsh Open | Almost Complete | 90% | 90% |
| Scottish Open | Almost Complete | ||
| English Open | Complete | ||
| Domestic | |||
| BTBA Nationals All Events and Singles | Part Complete | 90% | 90% |
| NAYBC All Events and Singles Graduate only | Part Complete | 60% | 60% |
| BTBA Masters | Part Complete | 60% | 60% |
| SBC,NST,PTBC,ESBT | Complete | 95% | 95% |
| Team England Ranking | Part Complete | 80% | 80% |
| Jim Brewer | Part Complete | 70% | 70% |
| AMF Scratch Tour | Part Complete | 50% | 50% |
| Miscellaneous Scratch Events | Part Complete | 50% | 50% |
| Domestic Team | |||
| Scott Banks | Part Complete | 80% | 80% |
| Coca Cola Fives | Part Complete | 70% | 70% |
| European Fives | Part Complete | 80% | 80% |
| BTBA Nationals Team event | Not Included at this stage | ||
| BTBA Inter County Championships | Currently being researched | 0% | 0% |
| Scotland Domestic results | Almost Complete | 80% | 80% |
| Welsh Domestic Results | Incomplete | 20% | 20% |
| Northern Irish Domestic Results | Almost Complete | 80% | 80% |
Player records: 831
Event Records: 3848
Performance Ranking points total :12266
We estimate that of the total event records available we are 85% complete but for performance ranking events points 95% complete. This is because the higher value events are already included. As we get more and more records this will obviously make the records more and more accurate.
Records for each decade vary, the older players will have less entries than the later players.
1960s – The start of Tenpin Bowling in the UK with rapid expansion and heavy promotion from the proprietors. TV coverage in the early days. Most tournaments were team events and records are very scarce. Not easy to tell if events were scratch or handicap. The BTBA National Championships started and International Matchplay became a fixture on the calendar. A number of printed bowling magazines were around such as Tenpin Pictorial, The Bowler and Tenpin Monthly. First medals at World Championships in 1967.
1970s – Closure of centres had started but still a strong base of league and tournament players. National teams playing more events and start of Scratch Bowling Tours with the PTBC and the NST. Records became more available with the publication of World of Tenpin.
1980s – Great period of Scratch singles bowling with the PTBC and NST developing. Continued coverage through World of Tenpin and Go Tenpin. Again, lots of information available. British Open started and attracted bowlers from all over the World along with the British Matchplay. The introduction of automatic scoring lead to a resurgence of bowling in the UK in the early to mid 80’s
1990s – World of Tenpin changed to Go Tenpin and lots of information available. Still strong singles circuits and a new National ranking systems were used to select England Teams. A boom starts in new bowling centre installations nationally.
2000s – Big expansion in the number of International Events especially at Youth level, most of our World and European medals were won during this period. Bowlers started playing the EBT which was now more structured and the ETBF site has proved invaluable in getting information. Talktenpin started and was another great source of information along with badassbowling. Go Tenpin magazine finished in 2009.
2010s – Some English bowlers migrated from the European tour and tried their hand on the PBA with some great success. Still plenty of medals at World and European events. ESBT started by the PTBC (Yes still going) for the top players to play on Sport patterns The Internet provided a rich source of information however a gap in some information has occurred as archived information from the internet is not currently available.
| 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | |
| Records | 139 | 273 | 489 | 914 | 1155 | 875 |
| Points | 473 | 881 | 1265 | 2424 | 4014 | 3204 |
| Ave points per entry | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
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Combined Male and Female Overall Ranking Report
This table lists all players both Male and Female in our database in Performance Ranking Points Order. This includes all results we have for Adult, Senior and Youth events to date but is an ongoing process. Please note we only include Scratch results as this is what we want to measure, so many of the Seniors bowlers results are not reflected in this ranking.
This report lists the Male players in ranking order for all results in our database
This report lists the Female players in ranking order for all results in our database
The following report contains details of all players contained in our results database. Please refer to our “Events to be Included” document and “Performance Ranking Criteria” document for information on which events are included and progress to date.
A full list of players contained in this database can be found in the Players list along with an ID. Each entry (result) is awarded a points value from 22 to 1 in accordance with the above documents, these are then summated in the “Overall Performance Ranking”.
HELP REQUIRED – Whilst the information is reasonably comprehensive we are asking for your help to add or correct information contained. Please check this and the “Results Report” to see what information we have and let us have any information you have either by Facebook (message Dom Gall or David Grainger) or email: gravedanger300@aol.com. Any better pictures or links to specific files can be added.
We have included dates of birth and other information where available in the public domain, if you do not wish us to show this information please inform us to delete the information.
Players names in Alphabetical order (Player ID Numbers).
We have included a list in alphabetical order to help you search the database. Players can be found by name and surname but it will bring all people with same name. You can also search by player ID number.
BTBA Nationals (Example of Tournament Report)
We only include the scratch winners of the singles and all event in this database. Where the event was in classified divisions we only include the highest division.
This is just a typical tournament report to show what we have included and if anyone can help fill in the gaps please contact us.
