TENPIN'S MAJOR SHOWPIECE RETURNS TO BARNSLEY

The line-up for the 2008 PartyCasino.com World Tenpin Masters has been completed and the event promises to be better than ever.
Held at the Barnsley Metrodome from April 18 to April 20, the tournament will feature 16 of the best male and female bowlers from around the world.
Jason Belmonte (pictured), the sensational Australian who won this title 12 months ago with a magnificent 300 game in the championship match, will be back to defend his title. In addition, top quality PBA bowler Chris Barnes, a Masters winner in 2006, will also be in the field.

Other notables taking part include 2007 European No.1 Osku Palermaa (Finland) and Ladies 2007 World Ranking Masters champion Diandra Asbaty (USA).

2005 World Cup winner Michael Schmidt of Canada is back in the event hoping to improve on previous showings and newcomers to the tournament include Or Aviram of Israel, Ghislaine van der Tol of The Netherlands and Hong Kong's Wu Siu Hong.

UK hopes are centered on three times Masters’ finalist Paul Moor and 2007 World Ranking Masters Champion, Stuart Williams. Also representing the UK will be Kirsten Penny, a $50,000 winner at the recent Qatar Open, Dominic Barrett and PTBC Masters’ winner James Tidd.

The 16 players: Diandra Asbaty (USA); Or Aviram (Israel); Chris Barnes (USA); Dominic Barrett (England); Jason Belmonte (Australia); Guy Caminsky (South Africa); Ryan Lalisang (Indonesia); Alex Liew (Malaysia); Paul Moor (England); Osku Palermaa (Finland); Kirsten Penny (England); Biboy Rivera (Philippines); Michael Schmidt (Canada); James Tidd (England); Ghislaine van der Tol (Netherlands); Stuart Williams (England).

The competition opens at 19:00 on Friday, April 18 with defending champion Jason Belmonte taking on rookie James Tidd of England with total pinfall over two games the decider and the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. This is followed by Ghislaine van der Tol of the Netherlands facing South Africa’s Guy Caminsky. The first session concludes with England’s number one Paul Moor taking on Alex Liew of Malaysia.

The Saturday afternoon session opens with England versus The Philippines as Dominic Barrett is set against Biboy Rivera, then it is a battle of recent QubicaAMF World Cup champions between Michael Schmidt of Canada and Finland’s Osku Palermaa. Stuart Williams of England and American star Diandra Asbaty conclude the session.

Saturday evening will see the two remaining first round matches with Kirsten Penny of England pitted against Indonesia's Ryan Lalisang and Or Aviram of Israel relishing his draw against 2006 champion Chris Barnes of the United States. The first quarterfinal from the first two matches concludes the day’s play.

The remaining quarter-, semi-finals and final are played on Sunday at 14:00 and 18:00.

To find out more about broadcasting this event, contact Karen Manzi, Matchroom Sport's head of TV sales, on +44 1869 340940.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Luke Riches, Matchroom Sport