The Malta Tenpin Bowling Association (MTBA) have just renewed their partnership with sponsors Tenovar Ltd for another year.
MTBA PR Officer Neil Dent said Tenovar, already involved in the game for two years, will be supporting the five major national tournaments this year – the Masters, Gold Cup, National Championships and the Intermediate and Junior Championships next autumn.
“Support such as that provided by Tenovar is important for the MTBA, not just because it makes our competitions possible, but also because it enables us to further boost promotion of bowling as a sport, with a special focus on young players in particular,” Dent said.
“Thanks to those efforts, 2011 saw great improvements in various areas of the youth sector, suffice to say that participation more than doubled compared to the 2010 events.”
To further enhance the capacity of the various MTBA coaching schemes, last September the association organised a ‘Coach the Coaches’ clinic, conducted by renowned Turkish coach Onder Gurkan.
“This kind of activity is very important for the advancement of our sport, and would obviously not be possible without our sponsors and their considerable backing,” Dent added.
Malta’s success in the international bowling arena has been well documented over the years.
Dent said the winning trend has also extended to bowlers with special needs, through collaboration with Special Olympics Malta and the Eden Leisure Group, who continue to provide free training at the SuperBowl.
“Our bowlers have participated in several Special Olympics events worldwide in recent years and have consistently achieved excellent results also thanks to the sound third-party backing from the likes of Tenovar,” Dent said.
“I also cannot fail to mention the Maltese Olympic Committee and Kunsill Malti għall-iSport, from whom the association has always found considerable backing.”
The MTBA have now reached a membership base of 250 players.
Tenovar is a niche organisation in the IT sector supporting the industry in telecommunications cabling.