The Aspirations Tour comprises a series of individual BTBA sanctioned youth tournaments spread throughout the season. The YB Tour will run from January 2025 through to December 2025. Each tournament defines its own entry criteria, playing format and any prize allocation.
Bowlers must be under 22 as of the 31st December 2025 and be a BTBA Member.
The YB Tour takes individual game score and total pin fall scratch scores from the qualifying round of each tournament (usually 6 games) and allocates YB Tour ranking points based on the performance of each bowler. At the end of the season those with the highest number of YB Tour ranking points will be eligible to enter the YB Tour Ranking finals and will also be awarded YB Tour medals.
Date | Event name | Location | Entry Criteria | HDCP |
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Dunstable | Age/Hdcp | 75%/200 | ||
Virtual | Age/Hdcp | 80%/210 | ||
08/09 FEBRUARY | Bowlers Club 25 RD 1 | Mansfield | Avg | Scratch |
22/23 FEBRUARY | Yorkshire Handicap Singles 2025 | Shipley | Hdcp | 75%/220 |
01/02 MARCH | Northern Junior Challenge 2025 | Ashby (Scunthorpe) | Avg | Scratch |
08 MARCH | U10 Challenge Cup 25 Wk2 | Virtual | Age/Hdcp | 80%/210 |
09 MARCH | Southern Junior Challenge 2025 | Dunstable | Avg | Scratch |
15/16 MARCH | British Youth Team Open 2025 | Mansfield | Avg | Scratch |
30 MARCH | U13 Regional Singles North 2025 | Shipley | Age/HDCP | 80%/210 |
5/6 APRIL | Stroud Handicap Singles | Stroud | Avg/HDCP | 80%/210 |
27 APRIL | U22 Doubles & Singles 2025 | Washington | Avg/Hdcp | 80%/220 |
10 MAY | U10 Challenge Cup 25 Wk3 | Virtual | Age/Hdcp | 80%/210 |
11 MAY | U13 Regional Singles South 2025 | Crawley | Age/HDCP | 80%/210 |
18 MAY | YB Compass Matchplay Singles 2025 (U16/U19) | Dunstable | Avg/Hdcp | 80%/210 |
31/01 MAY/JUNE | Bowlers Club 25 RD 2 | Mansfield | Avg | Scratch |
14/15 JUNE | Classic Singles 2025 | Altrincham | Avg | Scratch |
21 JUNE | U10 Challenge Cup 25 Wk4 | Virtual | Age/Hdcp | 80%/210 |
12/13 JULY | North of England Combination Trios 2025 | Ashby (Scunthorpe) | Avg | Scratch |
26/27 JULY | Bowlers Club 25 RD 3 | Mansfield | Avg | Scratch |
06/07 SEPTEMBER | Bowlers Club 25 Finals | Mansfield | Avg | Scratch |
13/14/20/21 SEPTEMBER | BTBA Youth National Championships | Dunstable | Avg/Age | Scratch |
04/05 OCTOBER | Mansfield Doubles (North) 2025 | Mansfield | Avg | Scratch |
05 OCTOBER | Airport Doubles (South) 2025 | Airport | Avg | Scratch |
19 OCTOBER | U13 Regional Singles Central 2025 | Acocks Green | Age/HDCP | 80%/210 |
19 OCTOBER | June Simmons Memorial 2025 | Washington | Age/Hdcp | 90%/210 |
08/09 NOVEMBER | Stroud Accumulator 2025 | Stroud | Hdcp | Scratch |
22/23 NOVEMBER | Youth Bowling Asipirations Tour Masters | TBD | Age/Hdcp | 80%/210 |
Links are provided here to the tournament website and any squadding information. Please check with the tournament manager for up to date status any of tournament.
Date | Event name | Location | Entry Form | Squadding | Results | Game Scores |
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(18/19) 25/26 JANUARY | South of England Open 2025 | Dunstable | Entry Form | Squadding | Results | Game Scores |
1 FEBRUARY | U10 Challenge Cup 25 Wk1 | Virtual | Entry Form | Squadding | Results | Game Scores |
08/09 FEBRUARY | Bowlers Club 25 RD 1 | Mansfield | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
22/23 FEBRUARY | Yorkshire Handicap Singles 2025 | Shipley | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
01/02 MARCH | Northern Junior Challenge (U150) 2025 | Ashby (Scunthorpe) | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
08 MARCH | U10 Challenge Cup 25 Wk2 | Virtual | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
09 MARCH | Southern Junior Challenge 2025 | Dunstable | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
15/16 MARCH | British Youth Team Open 2025 | Mansfield | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
30 MARCH | U13 Regional Singles North 2025 | Shipley | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
5/6 APRIL | Stroud Handicap Singles | Stroud | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
27 APRIL | U22 Doubles & Singles 2025 | Washington | ||||
10 MAY | U10 Challenge Cup 25 Wk3 | Virtual | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
11 MAY | U13 Regional Singles South 2025 | Crawley | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
18 MAY | YB Compass Matchplay (U16/U19) 2025 | Dunstable | ||||
31/01 MAY/JUNE | Bowlers Club 25 RD 2 | Mansfield | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
14/15 JUNE | Classic Singles 2025 | Altrincham | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
21 JUNE | U10 Challenge Cup 25 Wk4 | Virtual | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
12/13 JULY | North of England Combination Trios 2025 | Ashby (Scunthorpe) | ||||
26/27 JULY | Bowlers Club 25 RD 3 | Mansfield | Entry Form | Squadding | ||
06/07 SEPTEMBER | Bowlers Club 25 Finals | Mansfield | Squadding | |||
13/14/20/21 SEPTEMBER | BTBA Youth National Championships | Dunstable | ||||
04/05 OCTOBER | Mansfield Doubles (North) 2025 | Mansfield | ||||
05 OCTOBER | Airport Doubles (South) 2025 | Airport | ||||
19 OCTOBER | U13 Regional Singles Central 2025 | Acocks Green | Entry Form | Entry Form | ||
19 OCTOBER | June Simmons Memorial 2025 | Washington | ||||
08/09 NOVEMBER | Stroud Accumulator Singles 2025 | Stroud | ||||
22/23 NOVEMBER | Youth Bowling Asipirations Tour Masters | TBD |
At the first Tour tournament entered each bowler will be entered into the tour ranking division based on their age as of December 31st, 2025.
There are separate Female and Male divisions, grouped as U22, U19, U16, U13 and U10
U10 mixed age groups to remain at certain tournaments. Ie, U10 Challenge and others
Points will be awarded in the following ways:
Positional points within the age division based on total scratch pin fall within the qualifying stage of each tournament, starting at:
85 for 1st, 80 for 2nd, 75 for 3rd, 70 for 4th and decreasing by one for each place thereafter.
Each game score over the declared and verified entering average: 1 point
Tournament | Bonus | Ranking Points Format |
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South of England Open 2025 | None | Total (Score/Over) |
U10 Challenge Cup 25 | Best Two Ranking Points from 4 entries | Total (Score/Over) |
Bowlers Club 25 | Best Two Ranking Points from 4 entries | Total (Score/Over) |
Yorkshire Handicap Singles 2025 | Over average points for Scramble stage bowlers | Total (Score/Over/TB) |
Northern Junior Challenge 2025 | Additional Ranking point for top 3 in each division | Total (Score/Over/TB) |
Southern Junior Challenge 2025 | Additional Ranking point for top 3 in each division | Total (Score/Over/TB) |
British Youth Team Open 2025 | None | Total (Score/Over) |
U13 Regional Singles North/Central/South 2025 | Over average points for finals stage bowlers | Total (Score/Over/TB) |
Stroud Handicap Singles | Ranking point for highest handicap game per game | Total (Score/Over/TB) |
U22 Doubles & Singles 2025 | Additional Ranking point for top 3 in each division | Total (Score/Over/TB) |
YB Matchplay 2025 | Over average points for finals stage bowlers | Total (Score/Over/TB) |
Classic Singles 2025 | None | Total (Score/Over) |
North of England Combination Trios 2025 | None | Total (Score/Over) |
BTBA Youth National Championships | None | Total (Score/Over) |
Mansfield Doubles (North) 2025 | None | Total (Score/Over) |
Airport Doubles (South) 2025 | None | Total (Score/Over) |
Ranking tables will show score points, over average game points and any tournament bonus points as Total (Score/Over/TB) ie, 78 (70/5/3)
Tour Masters places will be determined from the best 5 tournament ranking points earned.
Youth Bowling Nationals ranking points will be based on all games played (9)
YBC’s will receive Aspirations Tour Ranking points for each tournament their bowlers enter. A minimum of 5 tournaments must be entered and the YBC with most points from their best 5 will be declared the YBC of the Year.
YBC points will scored in the following way
- The difference between the combined entering average and the combined scoring average for each YBC will be ranked and placed in order from biggest to smallest difference. Points, starting at 70 and decreasing by 1 for each place will be awarded.
- A bonus uplift depending on the number of bowlers from the YBC entered will also be added. The bonus will range from 1% for one bowler to a maximum of 10% for 10 or more bowlers.
For example, a YBC earns 69 points for coming second in the Average Difference Ranking. They entered 4 bowlers, so a 4% bonus will be added. In total the YBC receives 71.76 ranking points for the tournament.
Date | 22nd/23rd November 2025 |
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Timings | |
Qualifying | To qualify for the Tour Masters bowlers must have bowled in at least 5 YB Aspirations Tour events. The top 6, based on ranking points, in each age division will be invited to the Tour Masters. Should a bowler not accept their invitation we will invite the next bowler on the table, providing they have met the 6 event requirement. Current ranking tables are here: |
Format | TBD |
Handicap | Bowlers scores will have an applied handicap. The handicap will be 80% of 210 and the average will be taken from the Aspirations Tour Average table available here: |