SKY SPORTS will broadcast live tenpin bowling for the first time with the Weber Cup, the annual Europe vs USA challenge match. 

The Weber Cup is the ‘Ryder Cup’ of tenpin bowling, comprising three days of play from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 November.  Sky Sports will broadcast each match of the tournament exclusively live within 15 hours of coverage. 

Up to 35 singles, double and team matches will be contested across the three days at the Barnsley Metrodome. Play begins with seven matches on the evening of Friday 11 November. Saturday and Sunday bring 14 games each spread over two sessions. 

The total pin-fall in each game will determine the winner of a match, rewarded by one point; the first team to 18 points takes the Weber Cup.  Europe has won the last two tournaments, though the series stands at 3-2 to the USA since the first event in 2000.  

Europe’s five-man team is captained by Sweden’s Tomas Leandersson and features the European number one, Paul Moor from Hull.  The captain of the USA – which makes just one change from last year’s losing team - is Tim Mack of New Jersey.