Ten-pin bowling may be won when one player is ahead by more frames than remain of the possible 12 frames. This variant reduces match length and scoring complexity for two-player matches. The maximum score in a game of ten-pin is 300, scored by making 12 strikes in a row. Before 1908, no one ever received an award for a game greater than 298. ABC used to award medals (gold, silver and bronze) for the three highest individual games rolled in the nation. The number of perfect games bowled during a season first became a problem for American Bowling Congress (ABC) officials in
Stuart Williams (ten-pin bowling) Stuart Williams (ten-pin bowling) Stuart Williams, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, is a British Ten-pin bowler. He is one of the most active tour players in the sport. He is known to his followers by the nickname "Beef Stu". While in England, Williams, along with store owner and father Dave, ran a Ten-pin Bowling Pro-Shop at Chester Megabowl called MCS Bowling. Williams now resides in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Williams has 6 EBT titles to his name, including the City of Barcelona title in 2003 (his first ever European ranking event), the Brunswick Aalborg International in 2004, and the Ebonite Luxembourg