The Malta Tenpin Bowling
Association was founded in 1975 and operates as a non-profit association dedicated to promote the sport of sanctioned bowling in
Malta and assisting leagues in providing an enjoyable experience for their
members. Whether it is a sanctioned league or tournament, the word sanctioned
would have little meaning if it were not backed by the realistic enforcement
procedures to protect the integrity of rules and standards.The Board of Directors of the MTBA is headed by the President Mr. Julian Pace Bonello and is well known and highly respected in the sport of Tenpin bowling. He is the current President of the Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Federation a position he has held since the CTBF was established in 2002 and was previously the chairperson for the Commonwealth Affairs Committee of the World Tenpin Bowling Association. Since 2001, he is as well the vice president of the Malta Olympic Committee the first vice-president from a non-Olympic sport body.
The MTBA is a member of the Fédération
International des Quilleurs (FIQ), the World Tenpin
Bowling Association (WTBA) and the European Tenpin
Bowling Federation (ETBF).
Today the association has around 300 members with
different teams competing in all Divisions. National
Leagues are formed from three divisions, mainly I DIV,
II DIV and III DIV.
