Paeng trains sights on World Masters

Four-time World Cup champion Paeng Nepomuceno returns to action next month when he competes in the 2002 World Tenpin Masters in London.

Matchroom Sports, promoter of the tournament, announced Nepomuceno is among 16 players from 13 countries entered in the Masters. Nepomuceno won the title in 1999 for which he was awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor medal. He placed third in the tournament last year.

The fifth running of the event, sanctioned by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation, will take place on April 12, 13 and 14 at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, East London.

The World Tenpin Masters has grown in stature every year and this year the prize-fund has once again been increased; this time to a sizeable $60,000 (approximately $42,550), with the winner’s pay check staying at a cool $30,000 (approx $21,275).

With a roster of three bowling events - the Masters, the Weber Cup and the AMF World Cup - Matchroom Sports has established a tried and tested formula to highlight televised bowling at its best. That consists of a single lane surrounded by banked seating on both sides to give the event the kind of high-pressure atmosphere that makes the Masters the world’s leading televised bowling tournament. The format is straight knock-out, with each match being over two games, with total pic fall determining the winner.