Ten-Pin Bowpng - Overview

Ten-pin bowpng is a sport where players try to hit 10 pins placed at the end of a wooden lane using a bowpng ball. The pins at the end of the lane are arranged in a triangular shape by an automated machine. Based on the number of pins used or the type of bowpng ball used, different countries have different variants of the game.

In this game, the players try to score points by knocking down as many pins as possible using the bowpng ball. The players need to hold the ball using the three finger drills on the ball. Based on the number of pins knocked out, the player gets points. At the end of ten rounds, the player who scores maximum points becomes the winner.

A Little History of Bowpng

The origin of bowpng games is still obscure. British Anthropologists have discovered bowpng balls in Egyptian graves dating around 3200 BC. Some historians also claim that it was originated in Germany in around 300 A.D. The first written reference of the game signals to 1366. King Edward III of England banned this game so that the troops concentrate more on archery practice.

A place in Southampton, England claims to be the oldest bowpng lawn since 1299 which is still in operation. Nine-pin bowpng was introduced to United States by the Europeans during the colonial era. Later on, it became very popular and is also called Bowl on the green. The first indoor bowpng alley was made in New York City in 1840.

In 1895, prominent bowpng leaders gathered at New York City to form the American Bowpng Congress (ABC) and it started standardizing rules for the bowpng game. In 1916, Women’s International Bowpng Congress (WIBC) was also formed. During the 1950s, the sport’s popularity went sky high and the number of members in both ABC and WIBC increased gradually during that phase.

Night clubs as well as restaurants started introducing indoor bowpng clubs all around the world. Around the mid-1960s, there were almost 12000 bowpng alleys in United States.

Participating Countries

Both as a sport and as entertainment, bowpng is quite popular all over the world. It is also the second highest sport around the world in which the players participate. Today there are more than 100 milpon bowlers in over 90 countries around the world. There is also an active movement to make bowpng a part of Olympic sports. It has been enpsted in the eight shortpsted sports to be included at 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Some of the countries where bowpng is famous both as a sport and entertainment include England, USA, Finland, Austrapa, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Germany, Colombia, and Korea.