The Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress (MTBC) is once again proud to announce that there will be a pool of world-class bowlers participating in this year’s 30th Malaysian International Open Bowling Championship from the 11 - 24 March, 2007.

The tournament will be held at the Sunway Pyramid Mega Lanes, Sunway Lagoon Resorts, which hosted the highly successful 15th World Tenpin Bowling Championship in September 2003.

We will be extending special invitations to many world-class bowlers, teams and bowling federations to participate in this prestigious championship. Our national bowlers and Doha Asian Games Women Team Gold medalists, Asian Championship Team Gold medalist and the Malaysian National Gemilang 2010 squad will all be pitching their skills against these world-class bowlers on home ground.

There are two official hotels: Pyramid Tower Hotel (RM230 nett wo/breakfast) and Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel (RM335 net wo/breakfast) are available for booking. We only have a total of 100 rooms and reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis.

The championship's joint-main sponsors are Canon Marketing and Sunway Lagoon Resorts (and official hotel), co-sponsors Nestle Products (Milo International Youth Masters sponsor), Mesuma (official attire) and Pyramid Mega Lanes (official venue).

Sidney Tung
Secretary General

Photos: 2006 champions Diandra Asbaty (USA) and Alex Liew (Malaysia)

Tournament Secretariat
The Tournament Committee
Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress
c/o Pyramid Mega Lanes, Lot F.2.22 Sunway Pyramid Shopping Center
Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: 603-7492 3226 Fax: 603-7492 3227
Email: admin@mtbc.org.my, sidneyt@mtbc.org.my

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

On Sunday, March 25tht here will be a special event in conjunction with Visit Malaysia 2007, sponsored by Canon and named the Canon Cup 2007.
This unique event will feature two teams, Asia versus the Rest of the World, to be played at Pyramid Mega Lanes, Petaling Jaya..

FORMAT OF PLAY
Tournament
This event is organized in conjunction with the Visit Malaysia Year 2007 and will consist of two teams – Asia and the Rest of the World.
The top three Asian male and top two Asian female bowlers, based on their finishing positions in the Malaysian Invitational Bowling Championship Open Masters finals, will make up the Asian Team. There will be a minimum of one male and female Malaysia bowler in the Asian team (Team Asia).
The top three male and top two female bowlers from the rest of the world, based on their finishing positions in the Malaysian Invitational Bowling Championship Open Masters finals, will make up the Rest of The World team (Team ROW). If there are less than five bowlers from rest of the world in the Masters finals, the first available European or American reserve will make up the team.
 Matchplay on TV
A one-game matchplay format head-to-head between players from each team, based on the rankings assigned, will be played. One (1) point for a win and no point for a loss. If there is a tie, a single frame roll-off will be conducted until the tie is broken. A total of five (5) matches for a total of five points will be contested.
Matches will be played in the following order:
a.           Match 1                     ROW – MS3       vs     ASIA – MS3
b.          Match 2                     ROW – WS2       vs     ASIA – WS2
c.           Match 3                     ROW – MS2       vs     ASIA – MS2
d.          Match 4                     ROW – WS1       vs     ASIA – WS1
e.           Match 5                     ROW – MS1       vs     ASIA – MS1
 Prizes (Cash Vouchers)
A total of US$15,000 cash vouchers will be awarded in the following manner:
a.     5 – 0 win                    US$12,500 to winning team, US$2,500 to opponent
b.     4 – 1 win                    US$10,000 to winning team, US$5,000 to opponent
c.     3 – 2 win                    US$8,000 to winning team, US$7,000 to opponent
Playing Uniform
Playing uniforms (T-shirt) shall be provided. Bowlers are allowed to stick on their own sponsors badges so long as the size of the logos do not exceed 3 x 3inches. Only a total of 2 badges are allowed.