Ten-pin bowling The prior record was held by Chaz Dennis, 10 years, 3 months, 16 days, back in 2006. The prior female record holder was set by Brandie Reamy at the age of 12 years, 4 months, 11 days back in 2006. Note that all major tournaments are non-handicapped ("scratch"). The world champion is crowned at the WTBA World Championship held by the World Tenpin Bowling Association since 1954. The "Weber Cup" is the ten-pin bowling equivalent of golf's Ryder Cup. It is the world-famous major world tournament of Team Europe vs. Team USA bowling championships that happens annually. Other major world-famous
Five-pin bowling no fingerholes, although the Canadian 5 Pin Bowlers Association (C5PBA) have approved balls with thumb holes made by one manufacturer (the E. Parrella Co., known as EPCO). At the end of the lane there are five pins arranged in a V. In size they are midway between duckpins and ten pins, and they have a heavy rubber band around their middles, similar to the pins used in the rarely seen "rubberband duckpin" form of duckpin bowling, to make them move farther when struck. Unlike any other form of bowling popular in North America, the pins in five-pin bowling are worth