Saturdays 11:00, Wednesdays 2:00 on

Channel 52 Comcast Sportsnet
Now in our 8th Season

If you miss the show on Saturday or Sunday you can now view it

ON DEMAND

at no charge anytime all week long

Jackpot
$350.00
One audience member for each show will be selected to bowl one box. If the bowler rolls a strike they will win the jackpot. The jackpot will start at $100 and will increase $25.00 for each attempt. Bowlers who bowl a spare will win $50.00, a 10 or less will be worth $1.00 per pin. Audience members selected will be limited to one appearance per season and cannot have been a previous competitor on the show. Bowlers must be at least 18 years old.

2008 - 2009 format
Our eighth season

The Candlepin Challenge is a one-hour program to be aired on Cn8 The Comcast Network, channel 3 or 188 in most areas, twice a week. New shows will run on Saturday’s at 11:00am followed with a rerun on Sunday afternoons at 5:00pm.

The show will remain a King of the Hill format open to men and women 18 or older, with two challengers bowling a one game match with the loser receiving $150.00.  The winner moves on to a two game match against the current champion.  Weekly champions will be decided by highest two games total, the loser of this match will receive $200.00. Champions will receive $300.00 and remain in their position until they are defeated. Once a bowler appears on the show they must sit out one taping session. The bowlers taping the last four shows of the season do not have to sit out the first taping of the next season. 

The final show:  The format will remain the same as the other 32 weeks except for the prize fund. The loser of the challenger match will receive $1,000, the championship match runner up will receive $2,500, with the winner getting $5,000.  

The show will tape on Sunday’s starting at about 10:00am to 4:30pm.  Tapings will be held at the Woburn Bowladrome. 

A triple strike pool of $1000.00 for the season will be split amongst any and all bowlers who hit a triple strike. If the pool is not hit it will carry over to the next season. Junior bowlers bowling on the kids shows will not be eligible for the triple strike pool.

Bonus money: Three marks in a row will be worth $50.00 with another $50.00 for every consecutive mark after three in a row. All marks must be in the same game. Junior bowlers bowling on the kids shows will not be eligible for bonus money. 

For each show we will take two bowlers from the final roll off to appear on TV. We will have seven regular tapings with a separate taping just for the final show. Each taping will produce four TV shows, which means we must have four finals per taping.  Please keep in mind these dates and locations are tentative, some dates may change due to scheduling conflicts.

Women's Shows

2007 - 2008 will have 4 shows for women only, which will air March 22nd, 29th, April 5th and 12th. These shows will follow the same roll off format as the other adult shows with the scores being eligible for the Championship show at the end of the season.

Kids Shows 

2007 – 2008 will feature 4 kids shows, which will air December 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd. These shows will follow the same roll off format as the adult show and will be open to boys and girls up to the age of 19 and still in high school.

All participants will receive awards and jackets. Bowlers may only qualify once per season. 

Strike Challenge  

We will be selecting one audience member for each show to bowl one box. If the bowler rolls a strike they will win the jackpot. The jackpot will start at $100 and will increase $25.00 for each attempt. Bowlers who bowl a spare will win $50.00, a 10 or less will be worth $1.00 per pin. Audience members selected will be limited to one appearance per season and cannot have been a previous competitor on the show.

Please keep in mind these dates and locations are tentative, some dates may change due to scheduling conflicts. 

Trying out for the show

ICBA member centers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire have been divided in to six areas. TV semi final roll offs are held at the qualifying centers who then send the top 5 bowlers on to the finals event being held within their area. At the finals event the top two bowlers continue on to the TV show. To find out when events are being held in you area, check the list below and contact the member centers closest to you.

AREAS FOR THE 2008 - 2009 SEASON

 Candlepin Challenge High Scores

High Single 184
Bowler Dave Dupuis             Date 11/3/01
Against Charlie Jutras

High Series (2 games) 157 + 160 = 317
Bowler Kevin Davis         Date 11/02/02
Against Dave Hodge

Returning Men's Champion Jeremy Seaholm

Taping 1 October 5, 2008 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 6 & 1 September 20^th and or 21^st air dates October 11^th & 18^th
Finals Area 2 & 3 September 27^th and or 28^th air dates October 25^th & November 1^st
Area 2 finals Sunset Lanes September 27th 1:00, September 28th 11:00
Area 3 finals Colonial Bowling Center September 27th 11:00, September 28th 11:00  

Taping 2 October 19, 2008 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 4 & 5 October 4^th and or October 5^th air dates November 8^th & 15^th   
Finals Area 6 & 1 October 11^th and or 12^th air dates November 22^nd & 29^th  

Taping 3 Kids November 9, 2008 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 2 & 3 October 25^th and or 26^th air dates December 6^th & 13^th
Area 2 finals Lakeside Lanes October 25th 1:00, October 26th 12:00 
Area 3 finals Fairway Sports World October 26th 11:00  
Finals Area 4 & 5 November 1^st and or 2^nd air dates December 20^th & 27^th  

Taping 4 December 14, 2008 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 6 & 1 November 29^th and or 30^th air dates January 3^rd & 10^th  
Finals Area 2 & 3 December 6^th and or 7^th air dates January 17^th & 24^th
Area 2 finals Leda Lanes
Area 3 finals Ficco's Bowladrome December 7th 9:30 & 11:30

Taping 5 January 11, 2009 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 4 & 5 December 27^th and or 28^th air dates January 31^st & February 7^th   
Finals Area 6 & 1 January 3^rd and or 4^th air dates February 14^th & 21^st   

Taping 6 February 8, 2009 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 2 & 3 January 24^th and or 25^th air dates February 28^th & March 7^th
Area 2 finals Park Place Lanes 
Area 3 finals Mohegan Bowladrome January 25th 10:00 & 12:00
Finals Area 4 & 5 January 31^st and or February 1^st air dates March 14^th & 21^st  

Taping 7 Women’s March 1, 2009 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 6 & 1 February 14^th and or 15^th air dates March 28^th & April 4^th  
Finals Area 2 & 3 February 21^st and or 22^nd air dates April 11^th & April 18^th
Area 2 finals King Lanes
Area 3 finals Putnam Street Lanes February 22nd 10:00 & 12:00

Taping 8 April 5, 2009 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 4 & 5 March 21^st and or 22^nd air dates April 25^th & April May 2^nd  
Finals Area 6 & 1 March 28^th and or March 29^th air dates May 9^th & May 16^th

Taping 9 May 3, 2009 Woburn Bowladrome, Woburn, MA
Finals Area 2 & 3 April 18^th and or 19^th air dates May 23^rd & May 30^th
Area 2 finals Boutwell's Bowling Center 
Area 3 finals Sparetime Recreation April 19th 9:00 & 11:00 
Finals Area 4 & 5 April 25^th and or April 26^th air dates June 6^th & June 13^th

Final Taping June 14, 2009 air date June 20th

Triple Strike Pool
All bowlers who get a triple strike during this season will split $1000.00.