The 2nd World Seniors Championships 2015 will be held Aug. 23-30 at 56-lane Sam' Town bowling center located inside Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

208 bowlers, 118 men and 90 women, from 33 countries have registered for the event. To be eligible for the second edition of the championships for men and women 50 years of age and above, players must be born December 31st, 1965 or before.

The European Tenpin Bowling Federation will be represented by 15 countries, immediately followed by the Pan American Bowling Confederation with 14 countries while the remaining four countries are coming from the Asian Bowling Federation.

European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF):
15 - Austria, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Ukraine and Wales.

Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON):
14 - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela and Virgin Islands.

Asian Bowling Federation (ABF):
4 - Australia, China, Japan and New Zealand.

Maximum four men and four women per country will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, four-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the six-day competition (Aug. 25-30).

All rounds will be broadcast live on BOWL.com's BowlTV.

Singles, Doubles and Team events include six games of qualifying before the field is narrowed to the top four who advance to the semifinals. The winners bowl for gold and silver, the losers share the bronze medals.

The top 3 players in All-Events (combined scores in Singles, Doubles and Teams) also earn medals. The top 24 in All-Events advance to the Masters finals, which will conclude the Championships.

In accordance with WTBA Playing Rules Chapter 6, the 2015 World Seniors Championships will be contested on two different lane conditioning pattern, a medium and a longer pattern from the World Bowling bank of patterns. The specific lane patterns within the two categories will be announced at the Team Managers' Meeting on August 23.

For the complete details, please download Bulletin No. 2 (MS Word document) or click here.

The inaugural WSrC was held August 10-16, 2013 at Red Rock Lanes in Las Vegas and drew 213 players, 123 men and 90 women, from 33 countries.

The United States led the medal tally with six gold, three silver and six bronze medals. Sweden won three gold, five silver and five bronze medals. Mexico (1/0/1) was the only other country which brought home a gold medal.

Nine of the 14 World Seniors Champions from 2013 will be on hand to defend their titles: Christel Carlsson, Susanne Olsson, Lena Sulkanen, Jan Nordberg and Christer Pettersson (Sweden); Lucy Sandelin, Robin Romeo and Ron Mohr (United States); and Mexico's Teresa Piccini.

The 3rd World Seniors Championships will be held in August 2017 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany, Europe's biggest bowling arena with 52 lanes. The 4th World Seniors Championships will return to Las Vegas in August 2019, this time to at the new South Point Bowling Plaza, which is part of the South Point Hotel and Casino.

World Bowling provides governance to international bowling and is made up of 134 bowling international federations. For more information on World Bowling, click here.

 

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2013 World Seniors Championships

 

2015 World Seniors Championships - Preliminary Schedule of Events

*Local Time is Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

Sunday, August 23, 2015
10:00 – 18:00 Ball Registration / Last day of arrival
16:00 – 18:00 Team Managers' Meeting

Monday, August 24, 2015
09:30 – 10:30 Lane Maintenance
10:30 – 12:00 Official Practice (Squad A)
12:30 – 13:30 Lane Maintenance
14:00 – 15:30 Official Practice (Squad B)
18:00 – 19:00 Opening Ceremony

Tuesday, August 25, 2015
07:30 – 08:30 Lane Maintenance
08:30 – 12:00 Singles – Men (Squad A)
12:00 – 13:00 Lane Maintenance
13:00 – 16:30 Singles – Men (Squad B)
16:30 – 17:00 Lane Maintenance
17:00 – 18:00 Singles Semi-Finals and Finals – Men
18:00 – Medal Presentation for Singles Men

Wednesday, August 26, 2015
07:30 – 08:30 Lane Maintenance
08:30 – 12:00 Singles – Women Squad A
12:00 – 12:30 Lane Maintenance
12:30 – 13:30 Singles Semi-Finals and Finals – Women
14:00 – Medal Presentation for Singles – Women
13:30 – 14:30 Lane Maintenance
14:30 – 18:00 Doubles – Men (Squad A)

Thursday, August 27, 2015
07:30 – 08:30 Lane Maintenance
08:30 – 12:00 Doubles – Men (Squad B)
12:00 – 12:30 Lane Maintenance
12:30 – 14:00 Doubles Semi-Finals and Finals – Men
14:00 – 15:00 Lane Maintenance
15:00 – 18:30 Doubles – Women
18:30 – 19:00 Lane Maintenance
19:00 – 20:30 Doubles Semi-Finals and Finals – Women
20:30 – Medal Presentation for Doubles – Men
20:45 – Medal Presentation for Doubles – Women

Friday, August 28, 2015
09:00 – 10:00 Lane Maintenance
10:00 – 13:00 Team – Men – 1st Block
13:00 – 14:00 Lane Maintenance
14:00 – 17:00 Team – Women – 1st Block

Saturday, August 29, 2015
07:30 – 08:30 Lane Maintenance
08:30 – 11:30 Team – Men – 2nd Block
11:30 – 12:30 Lane Maintenance
12:30 – 15:30 Team – Women – 2nd Block
15:30 – 16:00 Lane Maintenance
16:00 – 18:00 Team Semi-Finals and Finals – Men and Women
18:00 Medal Presentation for Team – Men
18:15 Medal Presentation for Team – Women

Sunday, August 30, 2015
08:00 – 09:00 Lane Maintenance
09:00 – 11:30 Masters (1st Step) – Men & Women
11:30 – 12:30 Lane Maintenance
11:30 – Medal Presentation for All Events (Men &Women)
12:30 – 15:00 Masters (2nd Step) – Men & Women
15:00 – 15:30 Lane Maintenance
15:30 – 16:30 Masters Semi-Finals and Finals – Men & Women
16:30 – Medal Presentation for Masters (Men & Women)
19:00 – Farewell Banquet

 

All medalists at the 2013 World Seniors Championships

2013 World Seniors Championships - Women's Division Final Standings

Singles
1. Lucy Sandelin, United States
2. Christel Carlsson, Sweden
3. Robin Romeo, United States
(tie) Riitta Nikupeteri, Finland

Doubles
1. Veronica Berumen, Teresa Piccini, Mexico
2. Lucy Sandelin, Tish Johnson, United States
3. Ann-Ki Larsson Carlsson, Susanne Olsson
(tie) Lena Sulkanen, Christel Carlsson

Team
1. Sweden (Susanne Olsson, Ann-Ki Larsson Carlsson, Lena Sulkanen, Christel Carlsson)
2. Canada (Cathy Harvey, France Joubert, Sharon Tataryn, Jill Friis)
3. United States (Lucy Sandelin, Anne Marie Duggan, Tish Johnson, Robin Romeo)
(tie) Australia (Jill Morris, Heather Robertson, Robyn Flynn, Jeanette Baker)

All Events
1. Robin Romeo, United States
2. Susanne Olsson, Sweden
3. Lucy Sandelin, United States

Masters
1. Robin Romeo, United States
2. Susanne Olsson, Sweden
3. Lucy Sandelin, United States
(tie) Sharon Tataryn, Canada

 

2013 World Seniors Championships - Men's Division Final Standings

Singles
1. Christer Danielsson, Sweden
2. Ron Mohr, United States
3. Robert Chinner, Australia
(tie) Christer Pettersson, Sweden

Doubles
1. Hugh Miller, Ron Mohr, United States
2. Edgar Gómez, David Romero, Colombia
3. Jack Brace, Ray Vervynck, Canada
(tie) Ed Roberts, Del Ballard Jr., United States

Team
1. Sweden (Jan Nordberg, Christer Pettersson, Stefan Yngström, Christer Danielsson)
2. United States (Hugh Miller, Ed Roberts, Del Ballard Jr., Ron Mohr)
3. Puerto Rico (Antonio Santa, Antonio Velez, Edward Roncoli, Edgardo Ruiz)
(tie) Mexico (Isaac Amkie, Manuel Garcia, Victor Mar, Jesus Gutierrez)

All Events
1. Ron Mohr, United States
2. Jan Nordberg, Sweden
3. Christer Pettersson, Sweden

Masters
1. Hugh Miller, United States
2. Jan Nordberg, Sweden
3. Ron Mohr, United States
(tie) Christer Pettersson, Sweden