The top 16 men and women will play 15 games of match play together. On completion of match play the top 3 men and 3 women will compete in a one (1) game stepladder final. All pinfall is now dropped. Highest placed male and female players based on final positions after the match play, will automatically proceed to the grand final. Positions 3 will play 2 and the winner will proceed to the grand final where the two finalists will play a one game final. Should the winner after match play be defeated they can call for an additional repercharge game. Bonus pinfall will not apply during the stepladder final.

The tournament carries in excess of $10,000 guaranteed prizefund.

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Interesting Sport Facts

The Sport

• There are approximately 165 Bowling Centres in Australia.
• Bowling requires mental and physical precision and stamina to compete at an elite level
• The two essential motor skills for the bowler are balance and co-ordination
• The game of tenpin bowling in Australia commenced at the Washington Bowling Saloon in Ballarat, Victoria in 1885, with the first fully automatic centre opening in Hurstville, Sydney in 1960.
• The first perfect game was bowled at Northern Bowl, Corrimal NSW in March 1963 by Joe Velo.  This game was the first perfect game in fact to be bowled outside of the United States.
• The youngest Australian ever to bowl a perfect game was Bradley Hatfield of Alice Springs.  He bowled his 300 game at the Dustbowl in Alice Springs on 30 July, 1994 at the age of 13 years and 10 months.
• Australia has had World Cup Winners in Jeanette Baker in 1982 and 1983, Cara Honeychurch in 1996, Maxine Nable in 1998, Amanda Bradley in 1999 and Ann Maree Putney in 2007.
• A regulation bowling pin weighs between 3lb 6ozs and 3lb 10oz and this means that the total weight of all pins in use across Australia at any one time would be over 200,000 lb or 90,700kg.

The Sport in the Northern Territory

• Planet Tenpin opened in Darwin during 1978 and Alice Springs during 1979.
• Life members of the Sport in the NT include June Voukolos, Debbie Halprin and Jim Polkinghorne (Alice Springs).
• 300 Games bowled in Arafura Games in Darwin include Maxine Nable, Paul Longayroux, Jamie Sim (Australia) and Jonathan Lim (Malaysia) - Jonathans was his first sanctioned 300.
• Tenpin has been part of the Northern Territory Institute of Sport since it opened its doors and is the only Institute Program in Australia for tenpin bowling.
• Territory bowlers George Voukolos, Debbie Halprin, Lillian Petersen, Ronald Voukolos, Bruno Maglieri and Kaye Talbot have all bowled over 200 games for the Northern Territory in the Walter Rachuig Competition, Ronald being the youngest bowler in Australia to do so (28 years of age).
• Ronald Voukolos is one of 5 bowlers in Australia who have bowled a 300 game in the Walter Rachuig Competition since the competition began in the 60s.
• Territorian's Karen Yow, Ronald Voukolos, Dane Cuthbert, Michelle Halprin, Andrew McArthur, Jayde Flanagan and Bec Simpson, have all represented Australia in either Youth or Adult National Teams since 1981.
• Andrew McArthur was the first Territorian to win the Australian Masters title
• Karen Yow was the first Territorian to win the Junior Australian Masters title
• June Voukolos and Debbie Halprin have represented Australia as National Team Coaches.
• June Voukolos was the first Administrator for the Sport in the Northern Territory and became the first woman Chairperson of the sports governing body Tenpin Bowling Australia Limited serving in that role for 5 years.