The New South Wales State Masters is an annual Tenpin Bowling tournament for adults in New South Wales, Australia
The tournament is open to men and women over age 18 who are members of Tenpin Bowling Australia (TBA Limited).
Started in 2001, the matches are held at bowling centres that are registered with the TBA.
Description Qualification for the men's and women's finals usually involve a three-game series rolled during the NSW State Championships. The top eight to 12 bowlers, along with the reigning champion, progress to the finals stage in the Masters.
Where there are low numbers in qualifications for any finals in any divisions, the highest qualifying scorer automatically becomes the NSW State Masters champion of that division. Masters Champions from each year are then given automatic qualification and free entry into the Australian Masters Tournament.
Past New South Wales Open Masters Champions
LocationYearMen's ChampionWomen's ChampionAustralian Masters Venue 2001 Craig Bourke Ann-Maree Putney Canberra International Bowl (Canberra) AMF Bankstown 2002 Troy Maxwell Sue Cassell AMF Bankstown (Sydney) 2003 Jamie Kyriacou Sue Cassell Kirwan Lanes (Townsville) AMF Penrith 2004 Glen Anderson Sue Cassell AMF Forest Hill (Melbourne) 2005 Neil Donnelly Sue Cassell Illawarra Strikezone (Albion Park)Manattan Super Bowl Liverpool 2006 Ray Chan Katie Stuart AMF Moonah (Hobart)Gosford City Bowl 2007 Neil Donnelly Sue Cassell Oz Tenpin Altona (Melbourne)South Strathfield Super Bowl 2008 Neil Donnelly Kara Triulcio AMF Tuggeranong (Canberra)AMF Villawood 2009 Stephen Cowland Jen Jones AMF Mt. Gravatt (Brisbane)Gosford City Bowl 2010 Sam Cooley Jen Jones AMF Rooty Hill (Sydney) Cambelltown City Bowl 2011 Christian Purdue Julie Hird AMF Rooty Hill (Sydney) AMF Illawarra 2012 Glen Loader Natalie Shelley AMF Rooty Hill (Sydney)AMF Illawarra 2013 Sam Cooley N/A Kirwan Lanes (Townsville)Tenpin City Lidcombe 2014 Sam Cooley Monique Rusin Tenpin City Lidcombe (Sydney)Tenpin City Lidcombe 2015 Sam Cooley Marnie Britton Tenpin City Lidcombe (Sydney)Warners Bay SuperStrike 2016 Jayden Panella Sarah Heath Tenpin City Lidcombe (Sydney)Tenpin City Lidcombe 2017 Ross Brown Tegan Ihnativ Wyncity Point Cook (Melbourne)Campbelltown City Bowl 2018 Mitchell Brown Bree MacPherson Oz Tenpin Chirnside Park (Melbourne)ZONE Bowling Rooty Hill RSL 2019 Tyson Carr Alexia Hicks ZONE Bowling Rooty Hill RSL (Sydney)
Classic Masters History Although the Junior counterpart of the Classic Masters has been running for years, an adult version had not been contested until 2010. Due to low numbers, it was not seen until its re-inception in 2016.
Eligibility
TBA Registered Players who reached the age of 18 years as at 1 January of the current year Entering Average does not exceed 189 for women and 199 for men Participants who have completed an all-events entry in the NSW State Championships before the final
Information
Scratch event with two divisions; Male and Female Top eight contestants in each division from qualifying, including the Defending Champion (if eligible) contest the Adult Classic Cup Final
Qualifying
Qualifying can take place in singles and doubles events of the State Championships Bowlers may attempt to qualify more than once
Final
Bowlers will contest eight games with a lane change after each game The top two males and females on scratch pinfall after the eight games will contest a two-game aggregate final with the bowler with the highest pinfall of this two-game match being declared the NSW Adult Classic Cup Champion
Past New South Wales Classic Masters Champions
LocationYearMen's ChampionWomen's Champion Gosford City Bowl 2010 John Carroll Carla Gallo Warners Bay SuperStrike 2016 Richard Palma Jessica Jones Tenpin City Lidcombe 2017 Roger Cervantes Tamika Spooner Campbelltown City Bowl 2018 Chris Butler Tamika Spooner ZONE Bowling Rooty Hill RSL 2019 Cameron Phillips Debbie Marks
References
External links Tenpin Bowling New South Wales - Masters Winners 2017 NSW Adult Classic Cup 2017 NSW Adult Restricted Masters 2017 Seniors Masters 2017 NSW Adult Open Masters