The 20-lane, AMF-equipped Eden SuperBowl, located in St. Julians, the vibrant entertainment capital of the idyllic central Mediterranean island of Malta, was opened by Eden Leisure way back in 1988, so will celebrate its twentieth year in 2008.

The center has the unique position of being able to cater for all types of bowling, from large international tournaments to leagues, fun events, parties and normal open play. During the summer this is a popular venue for the thousands of language students who also delight in the Eden Leisure attractions of a 17-screen cinema, fitness center and local FM radio station. The company also operate the Malta InterContinental Hotel, situated just across the street from the SuperBowl.

As mentioned on our home page, this year the Malta Open has reverted to the 12-game qualifier instead of the re-entry qualification format tested last year and at the time of writing we have 192 competitors from 20 nations in two divisions, men and women. There are approximately 46 ladies on the lanes this year.
Competitors this year come from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, France, England, Germany, Latvia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Malta, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.

The Malta Open, now in its 16th year, has the world-wide reputation of being one of the friendliest events on the tournament calendar, mainly due to the TLC of Eden SuperBowl general manager Neil Dent and his truly capable staff. That's why so many of the competitors come back year after year, but newcomers get just as much of a friendly greeting.
Pictured, left to right, MIke Gatt, Neil Dent and Charmaine Aquilina, all very well known and revered by competitors and spectators alike.

Dominic Gall (pictured), the dynamic webmaster of www.talktenpin.co.uk, now one of Europe's top tenpin websites, was the 'guest of honor' to roll the first ball at the short opening ceremony before the initial squad took to the lanes on Wednesday evening. We shall quickly gloss over the fact that he only scored three pins with his first ball but he made up for that by sparing the frame with his second shot.

Neil Dent welcomed the bowlers to this 16th edition of the Malta Open and thanked sponsors Eden Leisure for their continued support and also the many players returning to the tournament so many times.

The first squad took to the lanes promptly at 18:00, local time, and we hope to post the first scores at approx. 22:00.

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