Stop 9 of the BTBA Tenpintour 2026 took place at GOBowling Dunstable on 3 & 4 October 2026 and saw 61 Senior Men and 29 Senior Ladies take part.
Note: The Tenpintour is a Seniors tour with handicap scores. Total Scores & Total Pinfalls quoted below are inclusive of handicap, however the averages are event averages and are therefore scratch.
Men – Paul Woodjetts, a first time Tenpintour winner opened with a 213 and followed in Game 3 with 200. Two honour scores in his 1,089 scr. / 354 hcap. = 1,443 total / 182 avg. 1st place ensured he was flying high atop the Men’s scoreboard and taking the win this month. In 2nd was Dan Bonfield, with 1,305 + 114 = 1,419 / 218 including 4 honours with a 254 high game and in 3rd was Ian Kennedy who opened with a 257 to go with his 229 Game 4 honour for a 1,166 + 252 = 1,418 / 194 total. 4th pace saw Gerry Wrathful with 1,089 + 324 = 1,413 /194 and in 5th found Kenneth Iredale with 4 honours including a 232 opener in his 1,166 + 246 = 1,412 /194 total.
The men’s scores were very tight at the top, with only 16 pins separating position 2 to 9! The Men’s High Game was shot by Alan Keddie in Game 3 with a 276 and the Mens High Scratch Series by Alan McCully with a ‘scorching’ 1,408!
Women – Carole Orange, now a 5 times Tenpintour winner, once again heads the womens table with 3 honours in her 1,239 scr. + 108 hcap. = 1,347 total / 207 avg. winning total, over 2nd placed Gaye McCully with 4 honours scores and the Ladies High Game and High Scratch Series (see below)! In 3rd was Tina Taylor with 948 + 300 = 1,248 /158 and in 4th Sarah Boyer with 3 honours in her 1,076 + 162 = 1,238 /179. In 5th we find Angela Morgan with 1,046 + 180 = 1,226 /174.
As mentioned above, the Ladies High Game was scored by Gaye McCully with a Game 5 266 and the High Scratch Series was also Gaye’s with 1,245!
Congratulations to all who competed, especially our Stop winners Paul and Carol.
SCORES
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