Kegel Company and Bowlingdgital.com have come to an agreement on Live Coverage of the 2010 World Tenpin Bowling Association Men's World Championships.

The third Men's World Championships will be staged from Aug. 11-22 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany. The state-of-the-art 52-laner is the biggest bowling center in Europe. The championships will feature almost 400 players from record 69 countries.

"When we heard about the plans from our long-time business partner Herbert Bickel, owner and editor of Bowlingdigital.com, it was an easy decision for us to get involved", stated John Davis, Founder and CEO of Kegel (pictured). "We are proud and honored to be the presenting sponsor of the coverage from bowling's main international event in 2010".

The biennial event will award medals in six disciplines, Singles, Doubles, Trios Team, All Events and Masters. For more information on Men's World Championships 2010 go to the dedicated MWC section on Bowlingdigital or visit the official website.

The Live Coverage presented by Kegel and supported by the host federation, Deutsche Bowling Union (DBU) will include daily reports, complete game-by-game results, high quality photos and HD videos from each discipline. The videos will be available on Bowlingdigital.com and YouTube.

The Live Coverage will be highlighted by Live Streaming internet broadcast of the semi-finals and finals in Singles, Doubles, Trios and the Team event. Bowlingdigital is also planning Live Streaming throughout the entire Masters match play which will conclude the third Men's World Championships on Saturday, August 21, 2010.

The original videos will be available on UStream with commentary in English. Bowlingdigital is also planning to post tape delayed videos in other languages such as Spanish, French, Swedish, Chinese, etc.

Live streaming broadcast times will be available on the website and archived for repeat viewings.

Here's the tentative schedule of the Live Streaming broadcast times (subject to change):

Saturday, August 14, 2010
18.30 - 19.00 Singles - Semifinals
19.00 - 19.30 Singles - Championship
19.30 - 20.00 Singles - Medals Ceremony

Monday, August 16, 2010
18.00 - 18.45 Doubles - Semifinals
18.45 - 19.30 Doubles - Championship
19.30 - 20.00 Doubles - Medals Ceremony

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
20.00 - 21.00 Trios - Semifinals
21.00 - 22.00 Trios - Championship

Thursday, August 19, 2010
13.30 - 14.00 Trios - Medals Ceremony

Friday, August 20, 2010
19.30 - 21.00 Team - Semifinals
21.00 - 22.30 Team - Championship

Saturday, August 21, 2010
08.00 - 10.00 Masters - Round of 16
10.00 - 12.00 Masters - Quarterfinals
13.00 - 15.00 Masters - Semifinals
15.00 - 17.00 Masters - Final
17.00 - 17.30 Masters - Medal Ceremony

(all time Central European Time) 

Kegel was founded in 1981 with the primary goal of researching the sport of bowling and helping bowling centers operate with fewer problems. For more than two decades the company has been studying all the variables surrounding lane conditioning. Kegel also has been helping bowling centers take back control of their lane maintenance through the development of Sanction Technology and remains the only ISO 9001 certified manufacturer in the industry.

Kegel is based in a 72,000 square-foot facility in Lake Wales, Fla. where it operates its manufacturing, quality control, software development, chemical production and packaging, Kegel Connection Pro Shops, Foundation300 and its world renowned Kegel Training Center.

 

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