Europe v America Tenpin 2000 :
2nd - 4th June 2000

The United States, captained by Tim Mack of New Jersey, have won the inaugural Europe V USA Tenpin Bowling Challenge in Warsaw. Ultimately they won with room to spare as Brian Kretzer and then Michael Mullin turned on the style to win the final two matches and give their side the vital 18 points.

The event comprised a series of singles and doubles matches, with each match being over one game with total pinfall determining the winner. Ties were settled by a sudden death 9th & 10th frame play-off, with the scores reverting to zero.

Over the three days of play, there were up to 35 matches. The winner of each match received one point. Therefore the first team to reach 18 points was declared the winner of the Europe v America Tenpin Bowling Challenge and the US Team, consisting of Michael Mullin, Bill Hoffman, Kelly Kulick, Brian Kretzer and Captain Tim Mack, triumphed with an evening session to spare.

The Teams

Europe

Tomas Leandersson ( Sweden ) - captain
Jouni Helminen ( Finland )
Wayne Greenall ( UK )
Lluis Montfort ( Spain )
Linda Haglund ( Sweden )

USA

Tim Mack - captain
Brian Kretzer
Bill Hoffman
Michael Mullin
Kelly Kulick

Full Results

1.Lluis Montfort 196 - 193 Mike Mullin 1 - 0

2.Jouni Helminen & Tomas Leandersson 227 - 247 Bill Hoffman & Tim Mack 1 - 1

3.Wayne Greenall 169 - 185 Brian Kretzer 1 - 2

4.Wayne Greenall & Linda Haglund 170 - 213 Kelly Kulick & Mike Mullin 1 - 3

5.Jouni Helminen 181 - 180 Bill Hoffman 2 - 3

6.Baker Format - Europe 173 - 170 USA Mack 3 - 3

7.Linda Haglund 217 - 258 Kelly Kulick 3 - 4

8.Lluis Montfort 182 - 211 Bill Hoffman 3 - 5

9.Wayne Greenall 223 - 242 Tim Mack 3 - 6

10.Tomas Leandersson 236 - 180 Mike Mullin 4 - 6

11.Joini Helminen 213 - 232 Brian Kretzer 4 - 7

12.Baker Format - Europe 157 - 189 USA 4 - 8

13.Tomas Leandersson 227 - 151 Tim Mack 5 - 8

14.Lluis Montfort & Wayne Greenall 212 - 209 Bill Hoffman & Brian Kretzer 6 - 8

15.Jouni Helminen 184 - 222 Mike Mullin 6 - 9

16.Linda Haglund & Jouni Helminen 174 - 160 Tim Mack & Kelly Kulick 7 - 9

17.Tomas Leandersson 196 - 215 Brian Kretzer 7-10

18.Baker Format - Europe 227 - 183 USA 8-10

19.Tomas Leandersson 202 - 215 Kelly Kulick 8-11

20.Jouni Helminen 239 - 248 Bill Hoffman 8-12

21.Wayne Greenall 191 - 235 Tim Mack 8-13

22.Lluis Montfort 192 - 234 Mike Mullin 8-14

23.Linda Haglund 201 - 224 Brian Kretzer 8-15

24.Baker Format - Europe 196 - 204 USA 8-16

25.Wayne Greenall 213 - 201 Bill Hoffman 9-16

26.Tomas Leandersson 225 - 182 Tim Mack 10-16

27.Jouni Helminen 202 - 198 Kelly Kulick 11-16

28.Lluis Montfort 206 - 267 Brian Kretzer 11-17

29.Linda Haglund 221 - 268 Michael Mullin 11-18