UpComing Events
National Youth Championships (December 02 - 03 - 04)
January 2024 BOV Premier National League (15 January 2024)
January 2024 BOV DIV II National League (16 January 2024)
Top 24 (24 January 2024)
Presentation Night (16 February 2024)
Annual General Meeting (18 February 2024)
MBC Qualification Tournament (24 - 25 - 26 February 2024)
Gold Cup Tournament (9 - 10 March 2024)
MBA Youth Bowling Academy - Be Our Future
Official Training sessions every Saturday Morning between 8:30am and 10:30am
For more information contact Secretary General Liliana Spiteri on 79580921 or email @: mtbamalta@gmail.com
Bowlers of the Week
Male - Nicholas Muscat (691) - Team OK Malta
Female - Tiziana Carannante (555) - Team Turu's Knights
MBA Platinum Cup 2023
Ruslana Grima and Mauro Anastasi won this year Platium Cup. MBA last tournament for this year was faught all the way and was undecided until the last frames. Second placed are Cynthia F Duca and Dennis Mercieca while on 3rd place we have Celianne Micallef and Nicholas Muscat.
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MBA National Senior Championships 2023
Kenneth Arpa won his maiden bowling seniors title by winning the 2023 BOV National Senior Championships. Mark Spiteri placed 2nd, 26 pins short of Kenneth while Dennis Mercieca placed in 3rd place.
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MBA Silver Cup 2023
Jade Barbara and Mikhail Mallia won this year Silver Cup edition. Sandra Xuereb and Travis Barbara placed 2nd while Kathryn Fenech and Aaron Belli placed 3rd.
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MBA Presentation Night
MBA Presentaion Night Mr. Edward Mifsud, MBA President, unveiled new league trophies in the form of shields to commemorate the national leagues in collaboration with Bank of Valletta. Another news feed was MBA participation in Erasmus+ project in conjunction with Thessaloniki University, Stay In Bowling.
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Nationals Championships 2023
National Championships 2023 Sue Abela and Nicholas Muscat are the MBA National Champions 2023. The tournament, sponsored by BOV, took place last weekend, played over 24 games for total pinfall. While this is Sue's 27th title, it was the 1st for Nicholas. Good to mention that Nicholas is the youngest bowler so far that won this championship. Here
Nationals Championships 2023
European Men Championships 2023 Six male bowlers participated in this major EBF event in Wittelsheim, France. Malta Team was composed from Kayden Lagana, Nicholas Muscat, Matthew Magro, Mauro Anastasi, Kenneth Arpa and Mark Spiteri. All bowlers won their participation by placing in the top 6 spots of the 2022 composite average. Here
Spring Tournament 2023
Spring Tournament 2023 was another successful one for MBA. 35 bowlers participated this year, 11 ladies and 24 men. Melissa Swift and Nicholas Muscat won this one day tournament based on a 6 games for total pinfall (including hdcp). The tournament was played on a 44 feet pattern. Well done to all participants.
MBC 2023 San Marino
Team Malta composed from Cynthia F Duca, Sue Abela, Kayden Lagana and Mauro Anastasi won a Bronze medal from the Mens Doubles and a Silver medal from the Ladies Doubles in the second day of these Mediterranean Cahmpionships. Competion will continue with the Mixed Doubles, Teams and Masters. Wish good luck to Team Malta.
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Masters Tournament
Mauro Anastasi won this year Masters Tournament. The tournament includes qualification session and the 8 seeded players from the ending composite average of 2022. This is the second time for Mauro to win this prestigious tournament. Sue Abela finished 2nd and Kayden Lagana and Nicholas Muscat placed both 3rd as semi finalists.
Team EYC 2023
Team Malta for EYC 2023 composed by Karlise, Kathryn, Mia, Ruslana, Dwayne, Nicholas, Chris and Kayden will start their journey to Vienna, Austria on 31st March. They are going to be accompanied by Mark and Rick as coaches, Liliana representing the association, and bowlers families. Good to mention that during the tournament, EBF Gender Equality Committee, have their general meeting, of which Liliana Spiteri, Secretary General MBA, is the Vice President of same EBF Committee. We wish all contingent good luck.
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Memorial Tournament
Sue Abela and Tomas Caruso won this year Memorial Tournament. This "fun" tournament although very much competitive saw 26 players taking part, 18 males and 12 females. Ruslana Grima placed 2nd and Amanda Cini 3rd, while in the males section, Rankin L Camilleri placed 2nd and Kayden Lagana 3rd.
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MBC 2023 Qualification Tournament
Team Malta for MBC 2023 - After a qualifying tournament worth 24 games, Team Malta for this year's Mediterranean Bowling Championships (MBC 2023) was selected. It shall comprise of the top two men and women from this qualifying tournament: Kayden Lagana, Mauro Anastasi, Sue Abela, and Cynthia Frendo Duca.
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ESC 2023 Aalborg Denmark
Team Malta particpated in this year European Senior Championships. The team was composed of Kenneth Arpa, Joe Cassar, Dennis Mercieca and Mark Spiteri. The championships were held in Aalborg, Denmark. For Joe this was his first experience with Team Malta, while Mark was the defending European Champion.
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Top 24 Tournament 2023
Kayden Lagana won the first tournament of 2023. This is a six game tournament for a total pinfall were the top 24 bowlers classified from previous year composite average participate in. It is also a good run up for the other tournaments in the coming days. Kenneth Arpa pleaced 2nd while Mark Spiteri placed 3rd. Well done to all.
Platinum Cup 2022
Ruslana Grima and Mark Spiteri are the winners of this year, 2022, Platinum Cup. 2nd place Sue Abela and Matthew Magro while 3rd place Melissa Swift and Chris Fenech. Matthew Magro also broke the 12 game series national record, previously held from Mark Spiteri.
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Youth Championships 2022
Sara Xuereb and Nicholas Muscat are the Under 23 National Champions 2022. Mia Bugeja and Nicolai Mallia are the Under 16 National Champions while Mikail is the Under 12 National Champion
Team Malta ECC 2022
Team Malta composed of Sue Abela, Cyhntia F Duca and Kenneth Arpa participated in this year European Champion of Champions tournament.
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MBA and Trident 2 Year Deal Agreement
MBA and Trident signed a 2 year deal to be the offical suppliers of the MBA's National Squads.
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Senior National Championships 2022
Sue Abela and Mark Spiteri won this year BOV Senior National Championships. The tournament was played on a very chalenging pattern and only the 2 championships closed over 200 average.
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Two More medals for Nicholas Muscat EYC 2022
Nicholas Muscat won his 2nd and 3rd medal in this year EYC 2022. He won 3rd place in the All Events playing an overall scratch of 3879 pins, 215ave and 2nd place in the Masters event, loosing the finals against Robin Ilhammar of Sweden.
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Historic Bronze Medal For Maltese Bowling
Maltese Youths Nicolai Mallia, Dwayne Zahra, Kayden Lagana, and Nicholas Muscat achieved history for Maltese bowling as they collectively earned themselves a bronze medal in the Boys Team event. This was the first time Maltese youths have ever achieved a podium finish in the Malta Bowling Association's history of taking part in the prestigious European Youth Championships.
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EYC 2022 - Team Malta
Team Malta Youths left our shores to participate in this year European Youth Championships 2022 to be held in Wittelsheim, France. The 2 teams, girls and boys, are composed of Karlise Bartolo, Mia Bugeja, Kathryn Fenech, Ruslana Grima, Nicolai Mallia, Kayden Lagana, Dwayne Zahra and Nicholas Muscat. Accompany our youths we have national coaches Mark Spiteri and Rick Vogelesang. We wish them the best of luck.
Invitational Qualification Tournament
Team Malta for the coming Invitational Games, organised by Malta Olympic Committee has been selected after a 12 games tournament. Sue Abela, Cynthia Frendo Duca, Dennis Mercieca and Kayden Lagana are the four players who are going to represent Malta during this friendship tournament. 4 to 5 countries are expected to participate.
Silver Cup 2022
Mia Bugeja and Peter Lyndley won the 10th MBA edition of this year Silver Cup. Natasha Bianchi and Tomas Caruso runners-up while Kathryn Fenech and Travis Barbara placed 3rd. Participants eligible to enter this annual tournament were males with a composite average not exceeding 170 and females with a composite average not exceeding 165.
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National Championships 2022
Sue Abela and Kenneth Arpa won the National Championships for 2022. They will now represent Malta in this year ECC to be held in Czech Republic. 2nd place finished Cynthia F Duca and Nicholas Muscat and 3rd place Melissa Swift and Mauro Anastasi
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Gold Cup 2022
Liliana Spiteri and Julian Baldacchino are the winners of the Gold Cup Tournament of this year, 2022. Runners Up Rachel Chircop and Chris Fenech and 3rd place Karlise Bartolo and Damian Pisani. Well done to all participants who managed to take part in this highly contested tournament, year by year.
U21 World Cup
Team Malta U21 composed of 4 national team players, mainly Kayden Lagana, Nicholas Muscat, Miguel Xuereb and Matthew Magro participated in the U21 World Championships 2022 which took place at the Olympia Bowling Centre in Helsingborg, Sweden.
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EMC 2022
Team Malta composed of 6 national team players, mainly Nicholas Muscat, Philip Gruppetta, Rankin Camilleri, Mauro Anastasi, Kenneth Arpa and Mark Spiteri participated in this main EBF event, European Men Championships, which was held during the month of June in Tallin, Finland. 25 Nations took part in these championships. Another great experience to our national team bowlers, playing along with top European bowlers including that of pro ones.
Spring Tournament 2022
Kayden Lagana won the first Spring Tournament. Kayden also rolled his PB, 1346. Kenneth Arpa placed 2nd while David Fenech nipped the 3rd place. Read more
Team Malta MBC 2022
Team Malta composed of Cynthia Frendo Duca, Melissa Swift, Mauro Anastasi and Rankin L Camilleri participated in this 24th Meditarranean Championships held in Athens, Greece. Overall 4 medals were won with Melissa managing to win 3 medals, 1 in the Women Doubles, another in the All Events and the 3rd medal by placing 3rd in the Masters.
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Masters Tournament 2022
Mark Spiteri was crowned the winner of the MBA Masters Tournament 2022 for the 4th time, after besting Cynthia Frendo Duca in the finals. Nicholas Muscat and Kenneth Arpa placed 3rd.
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Sportivi Nazzjonali 2022
Sue Abela won the Sportiva Nazzjonali award for this year. This is also her 6th time win. Congrats goes to Sue.
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Memorial Tournament 2022
Mia Bugeja and Mauro Anastasi won the 4th Memorial Tournament held at the Eden Superbowl. Mia is the youngest female bowler winning this tournament while Mauro is the 1st male to win the tournament for the 2nd time.
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XXIV MBC Qualification Tournament
Team Malta for MBC to be held in Greece this May is now officially known. Cynthia Frendo Duca, Melissa Swift, Mauro Anastasi and Rankin Camilleri is our team for this precious yearly competition.
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AGM 2022
New Committee members were elected during this year AGM. We would like to augur our new President, Mr. Edward Mifsud, on his new role. We would also like to thank Mr. Paul Baldacchino for his input towards the association during his role as a President.
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Top 24 Tournament
Philip Gruppeta Won the first tournament, the Top 24, for this year, 2022. 2nd Place went for Neil Sullivan while 3rd for youngster Kayden Lagana, 2 and 3pts in front of Kenneth Arpa and Nicholas Muscat respectively.
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Liliana Spiteri
Liliana Spiteri M.T.B.A. Secretary General, was recently nominated to the newly formed Gender Equality Committee of the European Bowling Federation.
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BOV Junior National Championships 2021
BOV Junior National Championships 2021 were held by M.T.B.A. early this month. Under 23 category winners were Sara Xuered and Kayden Lagana
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Platinum Cup 2021
Melissa Swift and Dennis Mercieca are the Platinum Cup winners for this year. Melissa won it for the 2nd time in a row while Dennis won this tournament for the first time. Congratulations
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ECC Chania 2021
Sue Abela won Gold for the second time in her illustrious career in ten pin bowling, defeating Danish Champion Mika Guldbaek 3-2 in a thrilling best of 3 final in Chania, Greece.
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MBC 2021 Paris
Team Malta composed by Cynthia F.Duca, Sue Abela, Kayden Lagana and Matthew Magro participated in this year Mediterranean Bowling Championships. Two medals were won, Silver Medal in Ladies Doubles and Bronze Medal in the Ladies Masters by Sue Abela
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National Senior Championships 2021
Sue Abela and Paul Gray won this year National Championships. Second placed Liliana Spiteri and Mark Spiteri while in third place we had Marthese Cossai and Kenneth Arpa.
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European Youth Championships 2021
Six of MTBA Youths went to participate in this year EYC held in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The team was composed of Nicholas Muscat, Kayden Lagana, Dwayne Zahra, Chris Fenech, Ruslana Grima and Kathryn Fenech accompanied by Youth National Coach Mark Spiteri.
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Bronze Cup 2021
Rachel Chircop and Bjorn Tabone won the 2021 Bronze Cup Tournament at the Eden Super Bowl. Youth bowler Kathryn Fenech and Matthew Agius placed 2nd while NSS students Celianne Micallef and Tomaso Caruso placed 3rd place.
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Silver Cup 2021
Rachel Chircop and Clayton Zammit Cesare won the 2021 Silver Cup Tournament at the Eden Super Bowl. Karlise Bartolo and Nicolai Mallia placed 2nd while Sandra Xuereb and Matthew Muscat placed 3rd place.
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BOV National Championships 2021
Sue Abela and Mauro Anastasi won the 2021 National Championships at the Eden Super Bowl. Cynthia Frendo Duca and Nicholas Muscat placed 2nd while cousins Sara Xuereb and Miguel Xuereb placed 3rd place.
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Gold Cup 2021
Ruslana Grima and Nicolai Mallia both win their first Gold Cup Tournament at the Eden Super Bowl. Good to mention that both bowers are coming from the youth sector and both are under 16 years old.
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Memorial 2021
Sara Xuereb and Kenneth Arpa won the Memorial dedicated to Silvio Anastasis, Sammy Borg and Roy Swift. 32 players, 8 women and 24 men took part in this first tournament organised by the MTBA after almost 3 months stop due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Masters 2021
Matthew Magro won this year Masters Tournament after a thrilling game against Mark Spiteri in the finals, which even ended in a roll off after both finished the game on 225. Matthew then won the roll off with 1 pin. 3rd place finished Kayden Lagana and 4th place Melissa Swift .
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MBC Qualifications 2021
Team Malta will be represented at the next MBC in Paris by Lagana’ and Abela, who will be joined by Matthew Magro and Cynthia Frendo Duca, who both finished second in the respective qualifiers.
Read moreTop 24 One Day Tournament
Kayden Lagana won the first tournament for year 2021 organised by MTBA. The tournament, Top 24 Season Opener is played over 6 games total pinfall. Kayden is the youngest to win this tournament, 13 years old. Dennis Mercieca played 2nd and Matthew Magro placed 3rd place.
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Winter End of Season Event 2020
Sue Abela and Mauro Anastasi won the first Winter Tournament which was held at the Eden Superbowl. Runners Up were Tiziana Carannante and Dennis Mercieca while 3rd placed Cynthia Frendo Duca and Matthew Magro.
Read moreAutumn Cup 2020
Sara Xuereb and Dwayne Zahra won the first Autumn Cup tournament. Runners Up were Tiziana Carannante and Nicholas Muscat while in 3rd placed jointly finished Cynthia Frendo Duca and Sue Abela and Kenneth Arpa and Paul Gray.
Platinum Cup 2020
Melissa Swift and Nicholas Muscat secure their first win in this year Platinum Cup. Runners Up were Cynthia Frendo Duca and Mauro Anastasi while 3rd placed Sue Abela and Philip Gruppetta.
Read moreBOV Youth National Championship 2020
Sara Xuereb and Matthew Magro were crowned the Under 23 Youth National Champions. This was Sara's 8th consecutive title, while Matthew won the title for the first time.
Ruslana Grima and Nicholas Muscat won the Under 16 titles while Karlise Bartolo and Nicolai Mallia won the Under 12 titles.
Read moreBronze Cup Tournament 2020
Ruslana Grima and Nicolai Mallia won this year tournament. Runners Up were Angele Azzopardi and Matthew Agius whilst Celianne Micallef and George Chircop placed 3rd.
Read moreNational Senior Championships 2020
Sue Abela and Paul Gray were crowned BOV Bowling National Senior Champions for 2020. Runners Up were Josephine Borg and Mark Spiteri whilst Tessa Bonnici and Dennis Mercieca placed 3rd.
Read moreSilver Cup 2020
Josephine Borg and Kyle Camilleri emerged worthy winners in this year's edition held at the Eden Super Bowl.
Press ReleaseBank Of Valletta National Championship
Sue Abela and Mauro Anastasi defended their 2019 National titles by winning again the 2020 National Championships. Runners Up Sara Xuereb and Rankin Camilleri whilst Cynthia Duca and Dennis Mercieca placed 3rd.
Press ReleaseGold Cup Tournament 2020
Sandra Xuereb and Kayden Lagana are winners of the 2020 edition. Kayden also wrote history as being the youngest bowler to win the Gold Cup at just 12 years of age. Runners up Melvin Galea and Liliana Spiteri and 3rd place Chris Fenech and Marthese Cossai.
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Sue Abela and Matthew Magro Won the 2nd edition of the Memorial Tournament.
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Mark Spiteri wins the Masters 2020 Tournament.
Mark Spiteri won this year Masters Tournament. The final was between our 2 Senior European Gold Medallists, Sue Abela and Mark Spiteri. The latter persevered to win the title 224-204 to win the Master’s Title, 2nd place Sue Abela and joint 3rd place Justin Caruana Scicluna and Rankin Camilleri.
Mark Spiteri and Justin Caruana Scicluna are the only two bowlers to have won this title for 3 years, during its 13 year running.
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Kayden Lagana YET Holland
Kayden Lagana placed 3rd in his category in the YET Open International Scratch Tournament in Holland
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Mark Spiteri ESC Vienna 2020
Mark Spiteri was declared European Senior Champion after he won the finals against Austrian local bowler Manfred Panzenboeck. To reach the finals, Mark managed to beat the players from Iceland, Germany, Italy and Scotland.
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Sue Abela ESC Vienna 2020
Sue Abela Won 2 medals in the first European Senior Championships under ETBF. Silver medal after she placed 2nd in the Singles event, losing to Elga di Benedetto and Gold medal for finishing first in the All Events.
For more information visit January News Letter or Times of Malta
Team Malta for ESC in Vienna
Team Malta for ESC in Vienna starts its venture as from tomorrow Friday 24th January. We wish good luck to all bowlers, namely Sue, Kenneth, Dennis, Giancarlo and Mark
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Top 24 One Day Tournament
Nicholas Muscat a 15 year old bowler triumphed in the Top 24 Season Opener Tournament for 2020. He played an incredible 238 average. Mauro Anastasi placed 2nd and Matthew Howard placed 3rd place.
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MOC Sports Awards 2019
Another successfull year for MTBA both locally and especially in International Tournaments. Proof of this is the recognition Malta Olympic Committee gave to seven bowlers for their successes
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Platinum Cup 2019
Intermediate National Championships
Sara Xuereb and Nichaolas Muscat were crowned the Under 23 National Champions. Sara won this title for the seventh consecutive year, while for Nicholas this was his first title. We may also add that Nicholas also won the Under 16 championship.
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Sue Abela travelled to Gibraltar last week and placed 5th overall and 1st in Seniors Ladies. She also played and won the mixed Doubles with Rob Thurlby. More information in November News Letter / Downloads page.
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Kayden Lagana managed to win his Under 12 Category at the YET in Ireland. He finished 1st in his group and then managed to win all his games in the round robin finals. Another Maltese youth, Philip Gruppetta, finished in 12th place in his category. Philip also managed to play his 2nd 300 game.
Read More HereDwayne Zahra JIC Sinjoor
Dwayne Zahra managed to win his category in this year JIC Sinjoor tournament in Belgium. 10 Maltese youths took part in this year EYC tournament. Kayden Lagana managed to place 2nd in his category. Also Miguel Xuereb managed to pass for the finals in 3rd place. He also played a 277 game, one of the highest games in this tournament.
Read More HereBronze Cup 6th Edition
Sandra Xuereb and Ian Howard won this year Bronze Cup. Second place Kathryn Fenech and Damian Pisani and third place Jessica Farrugia and Travis Barbara.
Read More HereTeam Malta Seniors Confirmed for Vienna
Dennis Mercieca, Mark Spiteri, Kenneth Arpa and Giancarlo Tolu are the 4 bowlers to form Team Malta and will we representing our country in the coming European Senior Championships to be held in Vienna, Austria, between 24th January and 2nd February 2020.
Read More HereBank Of Valletta Senior National Championship
Sue Abela and Dennis Mercieca won this year's Senior National Championship. Second place Liliana Spiteri and Mark Spiteri respectively and in third place Josephine Borg and Kenneth Arpa.
One may read more hereCynthia Frendo Duca EBT Tour
Cynthia Frendo Duca wins her first major tournament in Thessalonki. This was one of the EBT Tour, European Bowling Tour
Read More HereBronze Medal for Mark Spiteri in WSC 2019
Mark Spiteri won a Bronze medal in the Singles Event by placing 3rd in this year World Senior Championships, being held in Las Vegas, USA. This is the first medal that a Maltese bowler had won in such a level. For more
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YET The English Rose Open
Chris Fenech and Edward Xuereb placed 3rd in their respective categories in this year YET "The English Rose" Open.
Read More HereWorld Senior Championships
Team Malta Seniors will be competing in this year World Senior Championships. The event will take place in Las Vegas, USA. For more information click on the following links:
Silver Cup Tournament
Raquel Xuereb and Albert Borg won this year's Silver Cup Tournament. Runners Up Liliana Spiteri and Kyle Camilleri and 3rd place Kathryn Fenech and Julian Baldacchino.
Read More HereQubica AMF Bowling World Cup
Tiziana Carannante and Philip Gruppetta won this year's AMF World Cup Qualification Tournament. Both Tiziana and Philip will be taking part in these championships for their first time. The tournament is going to be held between 16th and 24th November in Palembang, Indonesia. Good luck goes to our bowlers.
June 2019 Newsletter
June 2019 Newsletter Get to know what happened during last month. Read or download the document by click on this link.
1. National Championships
2. Malta Open
3. Balkan Open
4. Leagues
5. And more
Bank Of Valletta National Championship
Sue Abela and Mauro Anastasi won this year's National Championship, in a hard fought championship. Cynthia Duca and Mark Spiteri placed 2nd, whilst Tiziana Carannante and Dennis Mercieca placed 3rd.
MAPFRE National League Winners
FINA, Bank of Valletta and Central Bank of Malta are this year The National League champions for their respective divisions. National Leagues will start again as follows:
1. DIV I - 27th June @ 8:30pm
2. DIV II - 2nd July @ 8:30pm
3. DIV III - 15th July @ 8:30pm
Download May NewsletterGold Cup Tournament 2019
Juliana Bonanno and Nicholas Muscat are this year The Gold Cup Tournament winners. Juliana won the final match against Amanda Cini while Nicholas had to win two times against Dwayne Zahra. Positions after the round robin were as follows:
1. Juliana Bonanno and Dwayne Zahra
2. Amanda Cini and Nicholas Muscat
3. Liliana Spiteri and Dylan Santillo
Congratulations. One may read more here
Team Malta Youths EYC 2019
Team Malta Youths returned back from this year EYC held in Vienna very good results. The team composed from siblings Sara and Edward Xuereb, Miguel Xuereb, Matthew Magro and Kurt Attard, were accompanied by Youths National Coach Mark Spiteri. Sara managed to win 2 more medals, being Silver in Singles and Bronze in Masters event. The boys all played well and managed to end up in the 10th position from 26 countries, in the Teams event. The best performer from the boys was Miguel Xuereb. For more information click on the following link.
GOLD Medal Ladies Doubles for Team Malta
Sara Xuereb and Sue Abela after a fierce fight with Team Greece won Gold in the Ladies Doubles, the first gold medal for Malta in this year MBC. In the meantime, Mauro Anastasi and Justin C Scicluna finished in 5th place in the Men Doubles. At this point in time, Malta is leading the medal tally in these championships. Competition will continue tomorrow, Thursday, with the Mixed Doubles.
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First Medals for Team Malta
Sue Abela, Mauro Anastasi and Sara Xuereb won the first medals today during the Singles Event. The medals were 2 Silver and 1 Bronze respectively.
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Official Opening of the 22nd MBC 2019
The President of the WTBA Mr. Sheikh Talal M Al Sabah, yesterday officially opened the 22nd Mediterranean Bowling Championships at the Eden Super Bowl. 16 Nations are participating in this event. Ladies Singles will start this morning at 9:30am.
Follow this link to view this event. MBC LIVE Link
Mediterranean Bowling Championships
The 22nd Mediterranean Bowling Championships will start tomorrow 1st April at the Eden Superbowl. One may find all information by visiting the MBC pages from the main menu. You may also view the championships LIVE by following this link. MBC LIVE Link
Silvio Anastasi Memorial Tournament
Alessia Schembri and Mauro Anastasi won the First Silvio Anastasi Memorial sanctioned tournament. The finals were played against Cythia Duca and Justin C Scicluna respectively.
Philip Gruppetta wins 2019 Masters
Philip Gruppetta warms up for Abu Dhabi with a convincing win in 2019 Masters, winning the final against Mauro Anastasi 251 vs 174. Semi finalists were Melissa Swift and Neil Sullivan. Find More Here
Sara Xuereb Zaghzugha Nazzjonali
Sara Xuereb wins for the third time the Zaghzugha tas-Sena during this year Sportivi Nazzjonali awards.
New committee for 2019
Paul Baldacchino reconfirmed as MTBA President for another term till February 2022. Below is the result after yesterday election:
1. Liliana Spiteri - 50 votes; 2. Josward Xuereb - 45 votes; 3. Mark Spiteri - 43 votes; 4. David Fenech - 33 votes; 5. Jonathan Sciberras - 32 votes; 6. Alan Attard - 30 votes; 7. Giancarlo Tolu - 29 votes; 8. Matthew Muscat - 23 votes.
The none elected nominees were Daniel Magro (17 votes) and Juliana Bonnano (13 votes). The duties of the new committee will be announced after our first committee meeting.
MOC Sports Awards 2018 - Hall Of Fame
Melissa Anasatsi awarded with the Hall Of Fame during this year MOC Sports Awards. Read More
MOC Sports Awards 2018
Team Malta who participated in this year MBC were awarded with the MOC Sports awards . Read More
Intermediate Championships 2018
Sara Xuereb and Philip Gruppetta won the Under 23 Championships for their 6th consecutive year. Read More
Bronze Cup 2018
Tiffany Camilleri and Kayden Lagana won this year Bronze Cup tournament. This year we had a record of participants, 41, most of who were youngsters and Special Olympic Bowlers Read More
National Senior Champions
Sue Abela and Mark Spiteri won the 9th National Senior Championships. Both athletes won this title for their second time. Read More
Mediterranean Bowling Championships
Malta to host the 22nd Mediterranean Bowling Championships. This is going to be the 3rd time for Malta to host these championships, being the previous two in 1999 and 2005. Access the MBC pages from the main menu for more information.
MAPFRE MSV Life National Leagues
MAPFRE MSV Life National Leagues. Team OKMalta.com crowned as DIV I League Champions. Read More
Youth Team Event Margate Kent UK
First Team event competition in Margate UK. Gold Medal for our 4 youths which competed in this event during July 2018. Read More
National Champions 2018
Sara Xuereb and Mauro Anastasi won this year National Championships. In the mens section Mark Spiteri placed 2nd while Neil Sullivan placed 3rd. Ladies section, Sue Abela placed 2nd while Melissa Swift placed 3rd. Congratulations to the winners, which now will represent Malta in Langen Germany this October.
MBC 2018 Ankara Turkey - Masters Event
Sara Xuereb placed 2nd in the Masters Event. She had to play against Amandine Jacques from France after good wins against Martha Karatzoyla from Greece and Lauriane Célié from France. Find More Here
MBC 2018 Ankara Turkey - Team's Event

Team Malta placed 2nd in the Team's Event winning a Silver Medal. 1st place was Team France while 3rd place Team Croatia Find More Here
MBC 2018 Ankara Turkey - Singles Event

Malta wins Gold Medal in first day of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships 2018. Justin Caruana Scicluna dominated the men's event, beating off a late challenge from Turkey, Greece and France. Find More Here
EYC 2018 Aalborg Denmark

Team Malta Youths Participated for the second time in the Europen Youth Championships, held in Aalborg, Denmark. The team was composed of Sara and Raquel Xuereb for the girls section and Edward Xuereb, Miguel Xuereb, Matthew Magro and Kurt Attard for the boys section, lead by National Youths Coach Mark Spiteri. This participation saw Malta winning the first medal for this small nation by Sara for finishing 3rd in the Masters section. Find More Here
Masters Event 2018

Sue Abela won 2018 Masters Event 19 top bowlers participated in this year event. Read More
Sportivi Nazzjonali 2018

Sara and Edward Xuereb wins the Zghazugha u Zghazugh Sportivi Nazzjonali 2018. They also wrote history as the first siblings to win this honor in the same year. Sara's won this honor for her 3rd time, while Edward won this honor for his first time. Find More Here
MBC Qualification Tournament 2018

Team Malta for this year Mediterranean Bowling Championships is now known, all this after the qualification tournament held during the last weekend of January 2018. This year tournament is going to beld in Ankara, Turkey, between 16th and 22nd April. Find More Here
Finalist for Sports Women of the Year - Sue Abela

The Malta Tenpin Bowling Association would like to wish Sue Abela the best of luckfor being one of the five finalists for the upcoming 2017 Sports Awards. Find More Here
Sports Malta Awards 2017

Following nominations by Maltese sports associations and federations, the semi-finalists for the Sport Malta Awards – Ghazliet Sportivi Nazzjonali 2017 were announced by the Sports Journalists Association. Find More Here
Top 24 Tournament

The first tournament for this year 2018 was the Top 24 were a good number of athletes participated in this year event. Kenneth Arpa won this first tournament of the year. Find More Here
MOC Sports Awards 2017

Great Success for MTBA in this year MOC Sports Awards 12 athletes were honored for thier international success during the Year 2017. Find More Here
5th Platinum Cup Winners

Marthese Cossai and Mark Spiteri won this year Platinum Cup. Marthese won this title for her first time while Mark won this title for the second time. 32 bowlers participated in this year event. Runners up were Sue Abela and Kurt Attard while 3rd place for each category were Cynthia Duca and Mauro Anastasi. Good to mention that during the second set of 6 games, Kurt also played the highest series for the youths section by playing 1333, to take up the record from Matthew Magro (1327). Read More
Intermediate Championships 2017

Sara Xuereb and Philip Gruppetta won the Under 23 Natioinal Championships. A nice group of 35 youths participated in three different categories. Read More
Another success by our youths in the J.I.C. Sinjoor International

3 Young Female Maltese Bowlers enjoyed a great success at the international Youth Tournament in Wommelgem, Belgium. Read More
European Championships Vienna 2017

Sue Abela added another honour to her already glittering career when the veteran bowler won a bronze medal at the European Championships held in Vienna, Austria. Read More
National Senior Champions 2017

Sue Abela and Giancarlo Tolu are the new Senior National Champions for 2017. Read More
Bronze Cup 2017

The fourth Bronze Cup was held in mid September where 28 bowlers, most of who were youngsters and Special Olympic Bowlers, competed in this year competition. Natasha Bianchi and Christopher Fenech won this year competition. Read More
MAPFRE MSVLife Sponsor Once Again MTBA National Leagues

The MTBA Awards night was held to honour the winners of the National Championships and other local competitions. The highlight was the renewal of the sponsorship of the National Leagues by MAPFRE MSVLife. During the same presentation Mr. Mifsud, on behalf of MAPFRE MSVLife, presented the teams with the team and individual awards. Read More
Another success in the British Youth Open in Norwich UK

18 Young Bowlers successfully competed in this year Norwich Junior Open. 13 medals were won, 5 of which Gold Read More
Michaela Briffa and Miguel Xuereb won this year Silver Cup Competition

This year Silver Cup Competition once again proved its popularity. 38 bowlers in all participated in this year tournament Press Release
Sue Abela and Justin Caruana Scicluna will represent Malta in this Year AMF World Cup in Mexico

The Qubica AMF World Cup is always a tournament which gives that extra effort from many bowlers to particpate and try to win to represent our country. Press Release
BOV National Championships 2017

The 2017 BOV National Bowling Champions are Sue Abela and Mauro Anastasi, having won their respective division in the National Championships, organised by the Malta Ten Pin Bowling Association (MTBA). Press Release
Alessia Schembri and Mario Ellul wins the 2017 Gold Cup Tournament

The Gold Cup Tournament is one of the associations major tournaments within the yearly calendar. 39 participants took part this year, 29 males and 10 females . Press Release
20th Mediterranean Championships at Ljubljana, Slovenia

Malta leads the all time medal tally after 20 editions of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships. Five medals were won in this edition, 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Press Release
First Small Nations Cup at San Marino

Team Malta is playing in the First Small Nations Cup in San Marino. Four National Teams are taking part in this initial tournament namely San Marino, Iceland, Cyprus and Malta. Press Release
Kenneth Arpa wins 2017 Masters Championship

Kenneth Arpa played the final against Justin Caruana Scicluna in an exciting game on a very tough lane pattern. The tournament was open to all bowling members and is the only one which is played in one category. Press Release
Tiziana Carannante crowned as "Sports Woman of The Year 2016"

Tiziana Carannante last Saturday was crowned as "Sports Woman of The Year 2016". Sue Abela placed 3rd place in same category. MTBA also had Sara Xuereb which placed in 2nd place in the Young Sportswoman and Matthew Magro placing 5th in the Young Sportsman of the Year. Tiziana also placed second in the People's Choice Awards missing out by just 1%.
Team Malta for the 20th Mediterranean Championships

Sara Xuereb, Sue Abela, Justin Caruana Scisluna and Mark Spiteri are going to represent Malta in the 20th Mediterranean Bowling Championships to be held in Ljubljana Slovenia between the 26th March and 2nd April 2017 Read more
Top 24 Tournament

Mauro Anastasi won this first tournament of the year, The Top 24 with Rankin Camilleri placing in the 2nd place and Justin Caruana Scicluna in the 3rd place. As from this year this tournament, is going to be played during the month of January, as a preparation for the coming events, mainly the MBC qualification tournament and the Masters tournament. Read more
Tiziana Carannante Commonwealth Champion

Tiziana Carannante wrote history in the MTBA story by winning the first ever gold in these championships, bowling a magnificent 1325 series, and putting herself on the national records' list for 6 games Read more
Bowling has finally been introduced to the Small Nations Games

Justin took to this tournament like a fish takes to water and rolled a whirlwind 5345 series to beat the national record which was a 5294 bowled by none other than his mum Sue Abela way back in 2007. Mauro succeeded in winning the second spot with a 5121 series. The ladies' section was won by Sue Abela 5076, whilst Sara Xuereb won her 2nd sport in the International Arena bowling a brilliant 5007 series. These 4 athletes have won the right to represent Malta in San Marino next March.
National Junior Championships

Philip Grupetta and Sarah Xuereb retain the junior national championship titles Read more
Josephine Borg and Paul Gray 2016 MTBA National Senior Championships.

Josephine Borg defended her title whilst Paul Gray won the event for the first time. Paul Gray played a good 1354 pins scratch to hold off second placed Paul Baldacchino who scored a 1338 series scratch. The event is held every year, usually one week before the Malta Senior Open. The oldest bowler at the event was Roy Swift whilst the youngest was Dennis Mercieca. The Senior category is open to bowlers over 50 years.
Bronze Cup Tournament Champions - Natasha Bianci and Daniel Grech

Natasha Bianchi and Daniel Grech are this year winners. Read more
OKMALTA.COM established new team national record

Team okmalta.com have established a new national record for 4-man team hi game. The team garnered 1017 pins to nudge ahead of the existing record of 1011 set by Fina in 2015.
Alessia Schembri wins all events at the Norwich 2016 Youth Open

More Iternational Success For Youth and Junior Squad. Read more
Mark Spiteri retains ESBC Masters Silver Medal for the second consecutive year.

Mark Spiteri repeated his feat from 2015 by retaining the Silver medal during the European Seniors Bowling Championships (ESBC) held in Copenhagen. Read more
Alessia Schembri and Nicholas Muscat are the 2016 Silver Cup Champions

Alessa Schembri and Nicholas Muscat win the Silver Cup for the first time after an exciting and closely contested finals. Read more
Sara Xuereb and Justin Caruana Scicluna are the New National Champions

Sara Xuereb at only 14yrs of age, has won the 2016 National Championships in fantastic style, while Justin Caruana Scicluna has bagged his first national title in the men's division. Read more
Cynthia Duca and Paul Gray wins Gold Cup 2016 Tournament

An excellent turnout of 44 intermediate level tenpin bowlers, have participated in the 2016 edition of the MTBA Gold Cup Tournament held at the Eden SuperBowl. Read more

Top 10 Averages - Men (November 2023) | |||
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Name | Team | Avg | |
1 | Kayden Lagana | Team Brunswick | 212.48 |
2 | Nicholas Muscat | Team OK Malta | 211.57 |
3 | Mauro Anastasi | Team OK Malta | 204.33 |
4 | Miguel Xuereb | Team Boom | 198.67 |
5 | Nicolai Mallia | Team Brunswick | 197.97 |
6 | Mark Spiteri | Team Boom | 197.75 |
7 | Rankin Camilleri | Team OK Malta | 197.30 |
8 | Matthew Magro | Team Brunswick | 196.86 |
9 | Kenneth Arpa | Team OK Malta | 196.64 |
10 | Neil Sullivan | Team Powerfruit | 196.60 |
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Top 6 Averages - Female (November 2023) | |||
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Name | Team | Avg | |
1 | Sue Abela | Team Brunswick | 196.58 |
2 | Alja Bergauer | Team Boom | 187.24 |
3 | Tiziana Carannante | Turu's Knights | 185.22 |
4 | Cynthia Duca | Turu's Powerfruit | 183.41 |
5 | Melissa Swift | Turu's Knights | 179.52 |
6 | Amanda Cini | Turu's Knights | 177.40 |
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