2026 Senior & Grand Senior High Performance Squad Selections and 18th Asian Seniors Bowling Championships Team Announced

Tenpin Bowling Australia (TBA) is pleased to announce the 2026 High Performance Squad selections for the Senior and Grand Senior divisions, alongside the Australian team selected to compete at the 18^th Asian Seniors Bowling Championships.

The following athletes have been selected following a thorough review process and represent the best of Australian tenpin bowling across the Senior and Grand Senior divisions.

TBA congratulates all selected athletes and looks forward to supporting their preparation and performance throughout 2026.

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Senior High Performance Squad

The Senior High Performance Squad brings together Australia’s leading athletes aged 50 and over, continuing to perform and compete at the highest levels of the sport.

Senior Female

Amanda Bradley

Christine Clark

Dena Buxton

Jenny Notman

Jo Babic

Karen Newman

Kellie Hart

Lee Booth

Mary Dodds

Samantha Matthews

Sue Cassell

Suzanne Wenzel

Senior Male

Adam Hayes

Alan Notman

Andrew Lloyd

Andrew Thorpe

Ashley Riley

Barry Dodds

Brett Smith

Colin Ruffy

Damien McAndrew

Dan Borey

Michael Muir

Shayne Melton

Troy Byrne

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Grand Senior High Performance Squad

The Grand Senior High Performance Squad recognises Australia’s finest athletes aged 65 and over, continuing to perform and compete at the highest levels of the sport.

Grand Senior Female

Heather Robertson

Jenny Burton-Douglas

Julie Harrison

Robyn Bull

Robyn Flynn

Grand Senior Male

Andrew Campbell

Chris Benson

David Farquharson

Jim Bakirtzidis

Jim Karakostas

Graeme Morgan

Lawrie Hill

Mick Talevski

The Senior and Grand Senior High Performance squads are to be coached by Andrew Frawley.

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2026 High Performance Squad Selections – Complete

With the naming of the Senior and Grand Senior squads, TBA has now finalised all 2026 High Performance Squad selections across the following divisions:

• Inclusion
• Junior
• Youth
• Open
• Senior
• Grand Senior

Full selections across all divisions are available on the TBA High Performance page.

TBA thanks all athletes, coaches, managers, and state associations for their continued support of the High Performance program. We look forward to a strong year of performance and development for all squads in 2026.

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18^th Asian Seniors Bowling Championships – Australian Team

Tenpin Bowling Australia is also pleased to announce the Australian athletes selected to represent the green and gold at the 18^th Asian Seniors Bowling Championships, to be held from October 24-November 3, 2026, at Omura J Bowl, Omura City, Nagasaki, Japan.

The Championships are sanctioned by the Asian Seniors Bowling Council (ASBC) and the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) and bring together the region’s top senior and grand senior bowlers across team, doubles, singles, and all-events formats.

Australia will field two teams across each division.

Senior Women – Team 1

Dena Buxton

Samantha Matthews

Jenny Notman

Mary Dodds

Senior Women – Team 2

Lee Booth

Karen Smith

Kellie Hart

Karen Commane

Senior Men – Team 1

Andrew Thorpe

Brett Smith

Alan Notman

Colin Ruffy

Senior Men – Team 2

Shayne Melton

Dan Borey

Morty Douglass

Paul Reus

Grand Senior Women – Team 1

Heather Robertson

Robyn Flynn

Jenny Burton-Douglas

Julie Harrison

Grand Senior Women – Team 2

Robyn Bull

Maxine Forrest

Kaye Talbot

Belinda Mifsud

Grand Senior Men – Team 1

David Farquharson

Graeme Morgan

Lawrie Hill

Jim Karakostas

Grand Senior Men – Team 2

Peter Williams

Brian Robinson

Robert Godwin

Peter Mifsud

Teams 3 & 4 – Pending Confirmation

Subject to confirmation from the host federation regarding capacity, Australia may also field Teams 3 and 4 across one or more divisions. TBA anticipates this will be known after July 17, 2026, and will provide an update at the time should additional athletes be confirmed for selection.

The selected athletes subject to confirmation from the host federation regarding capacity are as follows:

Senior Women – Team 3

Suzanne Wenzel

Alice Margiolas

Sharyn Crouchen

Tracey Crisp

Senior Women – Team 4

Rebecca Mildenhall

Vanessa Lane

Janet Baker

Karen Crane

Senior Men – Team 3

Damien McAndrew

Paul Oakley

Barry Dodds

David Edwards

Senior Men – Team 4

Glenn Rowland

Mark Sheehan

David Weeks

Dale Stewart

Grand Senior Women – Team 3

Jeanne Kieseker

Deborah (Debbie) Staier

Fely Shih

Brenda Kirkwood

Grand Senior Men – Team 3

Stanley Bosma

Gary Bernardin

Roy Andrews

Richard Bentley

Grand Senior Men – Team 4

Bob Whybrow

Peter Mildenhall

David Bow

Rudolf Turoczi

TBA congratulates all selected athletes and thanks everyone who submitted nominations for the 2026 Senior and Grand Senior programs. We look forward to cheering on the Aussies in Nagasaki this October. If you have any questions about the 2026 High Performance Squad, please email [email protected] or any questions regarding the 18^th Asian Senior Championships, please direct to Bob Whybrow at [email protected]