Tambourelli

Tambourelli is a court game invented in Galloway in Scotland in the 1970s.^[1]^[2] It has since spread all over the world, with small communities of players running active clubs in England, Scotland, Germany, Japan and Sweden. It shares many players, coaches and fans with Tamburello as well as Tambeach.

First played1970 in Scotland

Contactnone

Team members1 and 2 players

Mixed-sexseparate competitions and mixed doubles

Quick facts First played, Characteristics ...

Tambourelli
Characteristics
First played	1970 in Scotland
Contact	none
Team members	1 and 2 players
Mixed-sex	separate competitions and mixed doubles
Type	court game
Equipment	tambourines, shuttlecock and net
Venue	outdoor and indoor
Presence
Country or region	Europe, Asia, America

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The fundamental aim is for players to stop the shuttlecock from landing within the court on their side of the net. Players hit the shuttlecock with a bat similar to a tambour (like a tambourine^[3] without bells) or Irish bodhrán which has a strap along the outer edge and a section of moulded plastic on the inner edge, both for grip.

The game can be played either outdoors or indoors.

There is an annual World Tambourelli Championship, as well as numerous Open Tournaments throughout the year such as in Dresden every September or Hamburg every January.

Rules

The aim of the game is to have the shuttlecock land within the court on your opponent's side of the net, or to force them to make an error such as hitting the shuttlecock into the net or outside of the court.

Tournament matches are typically played in sets of three games. Each game is played until one player reaches 21 points and is 2 points clear, a point being scored for each shot that one's opponent fails to legally return, regardless of who served. Each player serves 5 times before switching, with the first player to serve being decided by playing a point before scoring begins.

Service is underarm (beneath the shoulder) and must be taken with one foot on the court's back line. If the first service is called "out" or fails to cross the net, a second service is awarded. In singles, a player may serve to anywhere on their opponent's side of the court. In doubles, service is to the player diagonally opposite and must fall within their half of the court. A "net service" (one which clips the net on the way over but still lands "in" or which the receiving player returns) is replayed without penalty.

When a player has served for 5 points, service changes to the opposing player or team. In doubles, service passes diagonally until all players have served for 5 scored points, at which point service resumes with the first player who served and the two opposing team members swap places, so that each server now serves to a new recipient.

If the shuttlecock hits any part of the player's body, that player loses the point. Players are only allowed to hit the shuttlecock once to get it onto the opponent's side. The exception to this is the "Point Save" rule, which applies only in Doubles games. This rule allows a team to hit the shuttlecock twice to return it; however if that team goes on to win the rally they do not gain a point (they merely "save" or rescue the point). Should the opposing team also double-hit in the same rally, the two "point saves" cancel each other out and whichever team prevails in the rally wins the point. Should one team double-hit a second time in the rally when they are already one "point save" down, they lose the point (i.e. they do not "save" it).

Different clubs use slightly different court sizes, with the hosts of any given tournament permitted to choose the court size for that event, but the standard court is 9.45m long by 4.1m wide. It is split in half lengthways by a line and widthways by a net, at a height of 1.75m, with each player (in singles) or team (in doubles) always remaining on their side of the net.^[4]

World Tambourelli Championships

There is an annual World Tambourelli Championship, which originally took place exclusively in Dumfries and Galloway in Southwest Scotland. During the 1990s tournaments were relocated to Southwest England, near Totnes in Devon. Recently, the tournament moves between Sweden, Germany, and England. The event currently includes a Men's Singles tournament, a Women's Singles tournament, a Mixed Doubles tournament, and Junior Singles and Doubles tournaments.

Since 2002 separate Men's Singles and Women's Singles competitions have been held. From 1991 to 2001 only an 'open' category was held that anybody could enter. For the purposes of historical record, the champions of the 1991-2001 era are referred to here as Men's Singles champions, as no woman ever won the open category (although Indy Priestman came close, reaching the final in 2001). Before 1991 there was generally also separate Men's and Women's Singles though the main emphasis in the tournaments was on the Mixed Doubles competition.

The format of the tournament can vary depending on the number of participants and the availability of time and space, as well as the preferences of the hosts. Usually there is a round-robin group stage in which a single game to 21 is played, followed by a knockout stage of 4, 8 or 16 participants where each match is best-of-3.

The groups are usually decided upon by randomly allocating 1 of the highest ranked participants to each group, then randomly assigning the remainder of the participants among the groups evenly. However the seeding system has only existed since 2011, and the method by which rankings are calculated is still the source of much debate.

In the Mixed Doubles category pairings have traditionally been decided by drawing names out of a hat. Where seeded players are drawn together those names are placed back in and redrawn, the aim being to allow for no team to be excessively dominant and for the random pairing of experienced and inexperienced players or those of differing ability in the same competition. At some tournaments Doubles pairs are pre-chosen. This is generally the case in Germany where separate Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and a Mixed Doubles competitions have been held.

Typically there are children's tournaments that take place at the same place and time. However, these vary from year to year in several ways: sometimes (usually in Devon) there is simply an under-14s singles and doubles tournament, sometimes there are multiple age groups and separate boys/girls tournaments, and sometimes the Under 16s World Tambourelli Championships take place at a different date and entirely different venue to the World Tambourelli Championship, such as in 2008 when the main WTC took place on Riverford Farm in Devon but the Under 16s tournament took place in Newton Stewart in Scotland.^[5]

Results

Men's singles world champions by year

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More information Year, Winner ...

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Venue
2025	Alexander Christen	Sebastian Rose	Eslöv
2024	Alexander Christen	Isak Lindstedt	London
2023	Alexander Christen	Dominic Hauke	Kleinnaundorf
2022	Alexander Christen	Isak Lindstedt	Stehag
2021	No tournament held	No tournament held	N/A
2020	No tournament held	No tournament held	N/A
2019	Alexander Christen	Rowan Appleton-Wickens	Stehag
2018	Sebastian Rose	Bazil Hughes	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2017	Bazil Hughes	Marco Zink	Riverford Farm, Devon
2016	Marco Zink	Bazil Hughes	Dresden
2015	Sebastian Rose	Marco Zink	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2014	Bazil Hughes	Finn Lennartsson	Riverford Farm, Devon
2013	Bazil Hughes	Malcolm Heyes	Dresden
2012	Malcolm Heyes	Seth Priestman	Riverford Farm, Devon
2011	Bazil Hughes	Malcolm Heyes	Riverford Farm, Devon
2010	Liam Campbell	Ezra Cohen	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2009	Daniel Francis-Bernson	Ezra Cohen	Riverford Farm, Devon
2008	Ezra Cohen	Peter MacCarthy	Riverford Farm, Devon
2007	Daniel Francis-Bernson	Ezra Cohen	Riverford Farm, Devon
2006	Malcolm Heyes	Paddy Bos Coe	Riverford Farm, Devon
2005	Malcolm Heyes	Ezra Cohen	Riverford Farm, Devon
2004	Richard Cohen	Malcolm Heyes	Riverford Farm, Devon
2003	Malcolm Heyes	Ezra Cohen	Riverford Farm, Devon
2002	Malcolm Heyes		Riverford Farm, Devon
2001	Richard Cohen	Indy Priestman	Riverford Farm, Devon
2000	Malcolm Heyes	Peter MacCarthy	Riverford Farm, Devon
1999	Paddy Bos Coe	Malcolm Heyes	Riverford Farm, Devon
1998	Paddy Bos Coe	Seth Priestman	chez Finn & Ella, Garlieston
1997	Paddy Bos Coe	Luke Feldman	Minniwick, Galloway
1996	Seth Priestman	Cyrus Colquhitt	chez Rex Pyke, Garlieston
1995	Davey Mackenzie	Seth Priestman	Knowe Farm, Galloway
1994	Malcolm Heyes	Andy Priestman	Corriedoo, Galloway
1993	Guy Feldman	Andy Priestman	chez Rex Pyke, Garlieston
1992	Andy Priestman
1991	Andy Priestman		Mochrum Park, Galloway
1990	Mike Sullivan	Andy Priestman	Loch Grannoch, Galloway
1989	Brendan Colvert	Brishendra Dutt	Euchanbank, Galloway
1988	Francis O'Dempsey	Andy Priestman	Mochrum Park, Galloway
1987			Castle Stewart, Galloway
1986	No Men's Singles Played	No Men's Singles Played	Balmaclellan, Galloway
1985	No Men's Singles Played	No Men's Singles Played	Minniwick, Galloway
1984	Andy Priestman	Kim Middleton	Castle Stewart, Galloway
1983
1982	Davey Mackenzie	Andy Priestman	Corriedoo, Galloway
1981
1980
1979
1978

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Women's singles world champions by year

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More information Year, Winner ...

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Venue
2025	Anja Lund	Nadine Wolf	Eslöv
2024	Lisa Zink	Silke Bruns	London
2023	Indy Lennartson* Anja Lund* Patricia Poch*	Not decided	Kleinnaundorf
2022	Anja Lund	Carmen Ketelhut	Stehag
2021	No tournament held	No tournament held	N/A
2020	No tournament held	No tournament held	N/A
2019	Indy Lennartsson (née Priestman)	Katrin Ueberfuhr	Stehag
2018	Jasmine Bosenick	Katrin Ueberfuhr	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2017	Katrin Ueberfuhr	Chloe Bruce	Riverford Farm, Devon
2016	Make de Buhr	Inga Höben	Dresden
2015	Jasmine Bosenick	Gabriele Rose	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2014	Jasmine Bosenick	Indy Lennartsson (née Priestman)	Riverford Farm, Devon
2013	Indy Priestman	Anne Larisch	Dresden
2012	Indy Priestman	Jasmine Bosenick	Riverford Farm, Devon
2011	Stacey Duff	Dilushi Jayasingha	Riverford Farm, Devon
2010	Indy Priestman	Stacey Duff	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2009	Indy Priestman	Chloe Bruce	Riverford Farm, Devon
2008	Indy Priestman	Isla Craik	Riverford Farm, Devon
2007	Elizabeth Tindal	Isla Craik	Riverford Farm, Devon
2006	Indy Priestman	Isla Craik	Riverford Farm, Devon
2005	Indy Priestman	Isla Craik	Riverford Farm, Devon
2004	Indy Priestman	Isla Craik	Riverford Farm, Devon
2003	Indy Priestman	Rachel Chelka	Riverford Farm, Devon
2002	Indy Priestman		Riverford Farm, Devon
2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991	No Women's Singles Played	No Women's Singles Played
1990	Rosey Priestman	Mandi McInnes	Loch Grannoch, Galloway
1989	Rosey Priestman		Euchanbank, Galloway
1988	Rosey Priestman		Mochrum Park, Galloway
1987	Rosey Priestman		Castle Stewart, Galloway
1986	Rosey Priestman	Sarah Feldman	Balmaclellan, Galloway
1985	No Women's Singles Played	No Women's Singles Played	Minniwick, Galloway
1984	Rosey Priestman		Castle Stewart, Galloway
1983	Rosey Priestman
1982	No Women's Singles Played	No Women's Singles Played	Corriedoo, Galloway
1981
1980
1979
1978

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† Shown is the champion and runner up from the over-18 age category. In 2023 there were strict age limits such that players over 40, including the defending champion Anja Lund, were not permitted to enter the over-18 category.

*Indy Lennartson won the over-40 category, and Anja Lund won the over-50 category and Patricia Poch won the 18+ category, controversially all three have a claim to being the Women's Singles champion of 2023.

Mixed doubles world champions by year

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More information Year, Winner ...

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Venue
2025	Sebastian Rose & Jerome Dietrich	Tim Leib & Ludwig Grabinsky	Eslöv
2024	Rowan Appleton-Wickens & Silke Bruns	Malcolm Heyes & Ralph Teichert	London
2023	Not decided	Not decided	Kleinnaundorf
2022	Alexander Christen & Kyou Colquitt	Eric Lo & Bazil Hughes	Stehag
2021	No tournament held	No tournament held	N/A
2020	No tournament held	No tournament held	N/A
2019	Sebastian Rose & Hugh Wallis	Finn Lennartsson & Hannah Franz	Stehag
2018	Graham Moffat & Jason Littlefield	Indy Lennartsson & Lutz Reiter	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2017	Chloe Bruce & Ringo Sobiella	Nik Clark & Taliesin Appleton-Wickens	Riverford Farm, Devon
2016†	Dominic Hauke & Nadine Harmatschek	Bazil Hughes & Chloe Bruce	Dresden
2015	Bazil Hughes & Taliesin Appleton-Wickens	Marco Zink & Kevin Witt	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2014	Silver Levy-So & Tom Amey	Daniel Francis-Bernson & Finlay Porter	Riverford Farm, Devon
2013	No Mixed Doubles	No Mixed Doubles	Dresden
2012	Malcolm Heyes & Tom Amey	Evan Barretxeguren-Priestman & Seth Priestman	Riverford Farm, Devon
2011	Ezra Cohen & Seth Priestman	Johnny Tillbrook & Malcolm Heyes	Riverford Farm, Devon
2010	Jack Higginson & Saul Woollacott	Andy Priestman & Bazil Hughes	Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart
2009	Andy Priestman & Phillipp Bahner	Indy Priestman & Jack Butcher	Riverford Farm, Devon
2008	Aaron Priestman & Jacob Edwards	Peter McCarthy & Mark Elliott	Riverford Farm, Devon
2007	Aaron Priestman & Richard Cohen	Corin Liddle & Peter McCarthy	Riverford Farm, Devon
2006			Riverford Farm, Devon
2005			Riverford Farm, Devon
2004	Indy Priestman & Mark Elliott	Malcolm Heyes & Yukiko Mori	Riverford Farm, Devon
2003	Malcolm Heyes & Tomoko Hori	Ben Lockwood & Ezra Cohen	Riverford Farm, Devon
2002			Riverford Farm, Devon
2001	Indy Priestman & Seth Priestman	Aaron Priestman & Malcolm Heyes	Riverford Farm, Devon
2000			Riverford Farm, Devon
1999	Adam Cohen & Oliver Tringham	Malcolm Heyes & Rachel Chelka	Riverford Farm, Devon
1998	Malcolm Heyes & Rosey Priestman	Oliver Tringham & Thomas Turnbull	chez Finn & Ella, Garlieston
1997			Minniwick, Galloway
1996	Davey Mackenzie & Peter MacCarthy	Malcolm Heyes & Thomas Turnbull	chez Rex Pyke, Garlieston
1995	Davey Mackenzie & George Howard	Alan Thompson & Dave	Knowe Farm, Galloway
1994	Davey Mackenzie & Seth Priestman		Corriedoo, Galloway
1993	Davey Mackenzie & Guy Feldman	Andy Priestman & Dominic Kennedy	chez Rex Pyke, Garlieston
1992
1991
1990	Francis O'Dempsey & Karen Haggis	Vince Thurkettle & Mark	Loch Grannoch, Galloway
1989	Davey Mackenzie & Seth Priestman		Euchanbank, Galloway
1988	Kenneth Dalbrae & Brendan Colvert	Indy Priestman & Clare Melinsky	Mochrum Park, Galloway
1987	Davey Mackenzie & Chris Heughan		Castle Stewart, Galloway
1986	Mike Sullivan & David Smith	Andy Priestman & Mr. Sullivan	Balmaclellan, Galloway
1985	Kenneth Dalbrae & Tom Jones		Minniwick, Galloway
1984	Andy Priestman & Rosey Priestman		Castle Stewart, Galloway
1983	Kenneth Dalbrae & Tom Jones
1982			Corriedoo, Galloway
1981
1980
1979
1978

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† Denotes years in which doubles pairs were not randomly assigned

Men's singles world champions by number of titles

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More information Player, Total ...

Player	Total	Years
Malcolm Heyes	7	1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012
Alexander Christen	5	2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Bazil Hughes	4	2011, 2013, 2014, 2017
Paddy Bos Coe	3	1997, 1998, 1999
Andy Priestman	3	1984, 1991, 1992
Sebastian Rose	2	2015, 2018
Daniel Francis-Bernson		2007, 2009
Richard Cohen		2001, 2004
Davey Mackenzie		1982, 1995
Marco Zink	1	2016
Liam Campbell		2010
Ezra Cohen		2008
Seth Priestman		1996
Guy Feldman		1993
Mike Sullivan		1990
Brendan Colvert		1989
Francis O'Dempsey		1988

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Women's singles world champions by number of titles

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More information Player, Total ...

Player	Total	Years
Indy Lennartsson (née Priestman)	11	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019
Rosey Priestman	7	1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
Jasmine Bosenick	3	2014, 2015, 2018
Anja Lund	2	2022, 2025
Patricia Poch	1	2023
Lisa Zink		2024
Katrin Ueberfuhr		2017
Make de Buhr		2016
Stacey Duff		2011
Elizabeth Tindal		2007

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Multiple-time doubles world champions by number of titles

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More information Player, Total ...

Player	Total	Years
Davey Mackenzie	6	1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Seth Priestman	5	1989, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2011
Malcolm Heyes	4	1997, 1998, 2003, 2012
Kenneth Dalbrae	3	1983, 1985, 1988
Tom Amey	2	2012, 2014
Sebastian Rose		2019, 2025
Andy Priestman		1984, 2009
Aaron Priestman		2007, 2008
Indy Lennartsson (née Priestman)		2001, 2004
Rosey Priestman		1984, 1998
Tom Jones		1983, 1985

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Full results by year

2022

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2022 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

Men's Singles

Full Knockout Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Sebastian Rose

Lutz Reiter

Sebastian Rose

Bazil Hughes

Bazil Hughes

Seth Priestman

Sebastian Rose

Isak Lindstedt

Finn Lennartsson

Ralph Teichert

Finn Lennartsson

Isak Lindstedt

Jonas Nyberg

Isak Lindstedt

Alexander Christen

Emil Asegard

Magnus Bjelkefelt

Emil Asegard

Alexander Christen

Jakob Stierna

Alexander Christen

Rowan Appelton-Wickens

Steven Schneider

Rowan Appelton-Wickens

Ringo Sobiella

Peter Andersson

Women's Singles

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final



Anja Lund

Daniela Guthens
	Anja Lund

	Indy Lennartsson
Indy Lennartsson

Lene Christensen
		Anja Lund

		Carmen Ketelhut
Hannah Franz

Anna Dahlin
	Hannah Franz

	Carmen Ketelhut
Carmen Ketelhut

Silke Reiter

Mixed Doubles

The mixed doubles was won by Alexander Christen and Kyou Colquitt

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2018

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2018 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2018 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by Scottish Tambourelli, took place on the 28th and 29 July at the Merrick Leisure Centre in Newton Stewart, Scotland.

The Men's Singles was won by Sebastian Rose. The Women's Singles was won by Jasmine Bosenick. The Mixed Doubles was won by Graham Moffat and Jason Littlefield.

Men's Singles

Sebastian Rose defeated Bazil Hughes in 2 games in the men's singles final, completing a perfect tournament with no games dropped. This feat has only been performed once before in men's singles, by Liam Campbell in 2010. The final was also the first match in which Bazil Hughes lost in 2 straight games since the same tournament in 2010 against Liam Campbell. With victory Sebastian Rose became the first ever multiple-time men's singles champion from outside the UK, and continued his streak of never having lost a singles match on Scottish soil.

Full Knockout Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Sebastian Rose

11,12

Jason Littlefield

4,10

Sebastian Rose

11,11

Ringo Sobiella

9,6

Ringo Sobiella

Clemens

Sebastian Rose

21,21

Finn Lennartsson

7,7

Silver Sky Levy-So

6,9

Lutz Reiter

11,11

Lutz Reiter

Finn Lennartsson

11,11

Mugiri Greenfield

4,5

Sebastian Rose

21,21

Bazil Hughes

15,12

Hugh Wallis

Malcolm Heyes

11,11

Malcolm Heyes

5,9

Tal Appleton-Wickens

11,11

Mons

6,12

Tal Appleton-Wickens

11,13

Tal Appleton-Wickens

10,22,10

Bazil Hughes

21,20,21

Carsten

5,6

Bazil Hughes

11,11

Bazil Hughes

11,7,11

Graham Moffat

6,11,6

Graham Moffat

11,7,11

Lorenz

9,11,5

Women's Singles

Jasmine Bosenick won her third World Tambourelli Championship title, winning every game on her way to a convincing victory. This was her third successive victory including only tournaments in which she was participating.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Katrin Ueberfuhr	21

Elizabeth Tindal	12
		Katrin Ueberfuhr	2

		Indy Lennartsson	0
Indy Lennartsson	11,12

Trixi Reuther	8,10
				Katrin Ueberfuhr	0

				Jasmine Bosenick	2
Molly Bruce	6,1

Daniela	11,11
		Daniela	0

		Jasmine Bosenick	2
Jana	6,3

Jasmine Bosenick	11,11

Mixed Doubles

The Mixed Doubles was won by Graham Moffat and Jason Littlefield, who defeated Indy Lennartsson and Lutz Reiter 11–21, 21–9, 21–13.

Veterans (over 50s) Doubles

The Veterans Doubles was won by Elizabeth Tindal and Hugh Wallis, who defeated Chloe Bruce and Nik Clark.

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2017

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2017 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2017 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by the Devon Tambourelli Association, took place on the 5th and 6 August on Riverford farm near Totnes in Devon.^[9]

The Men's Singles was won by Bazil Hughes.^[6]^[10] The Women's Singles was won by Katrin Ueberfuhr.^[7]^[10] The Mixed Doubles was won by Chloe Bruce and Ringo Sobiella.^[10] The Luscombe Cup (for children 13 and under) Singles was won by Haruka Takamura.^[10] The Luscombe Cup Doubles was won by Nuno Priestman and Noi Priestman.^[10]

Men's Singles

Bazil Hughes defeated Marco Zink in 3 games in the Men's Singles final, in a repeat of the previous year's final (which Marco Zink won). The tournament marked the first time that any German player has reached the semi-finals in an outdoor event, with 3 German players making it to the last 4. It is also the first time ever (according to the available records) that the same 2 players have reached the final 2 years in a row. With this win Bazil Hughes claimed his 4th title, taking him to 2nd on the all-time list (after Malcolm Heyes on 7, although it is believed that Andy Priestman has more victories than his official tally of 3).

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Ringo Sobiella	2

Luke Watson	0
		Ringo Sobiella	0

		Bazil Hughes	2
Bazil Hughes	2

Sean Millar	0
				Bazil Hughes	18,21,21

				Marco Zink	21,15,16
Sebastian Rose	2

Tal Appleton-Wickens	0
		Sebastian Rose	0

		Marco Zink	2
Marco Zink	2

Silver Sky Levy-So	0

Women's Singles

Katrin Ueberfuhr won her first World Tambourelli Championship title, coming out of her group in 2nd place but adjusting to the conditions and winning her semi-final and final matches in impressive fashion.

Full Knockout Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



Chloe Bruce	2

Connie Chapman	0
		Chloe Bruce	0

		Katrin Ueberfuhr	2
Trixi Reuther	0

Katrin Ueberfuhr	2

Mixed Doubles

Ringo Sobiella & Chloe Bruce^[8] won the Mixed Doubles tournament, defeating Taliesen Appleton-Wickens & Nik Clark in the final 2 games to 1.

Under 14 Singles

Haruka Takamura won the Luscombe Cup Singles, defeating Nuno Priestman in the final.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Noi	5,20

Ryo	21,21
		Ryo	0

		Haruka	2
Haruka	21,21

Maple	17,17
				Haruka	2

				Nuno	0
Nuno	21,21

Kai	16,12
		Nuno	17,21,21

		Cosmo	21,18,16
Cosmo	21,21

Lily	11,9

Under 14 Doubles

Nuno Priestman and Noi Priestman won the Luscombe Cup Doubles.

Veterans (over 50s) Doubles

The Veterans Doubles was won by Nick Clarke and Hugh Wallis, who defeated Chloe Bruce and Taro Shiokawa.

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2016

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2016 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2016 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by Tamburello Dresden, took place on the 27th and 28 August in Dresden.

The Men's Singles was won by Marco Zink.^[6] The Women's Singles was won by Make de Buhr.^[7]

Men's Singles

Marco Zink defeated Bazil Hughes 11–10 in the third-set tie-breaker to clinch his first World Tambourelli Championship title in dramatic fashion. Marco Zink was the second successive German Men's Singles champion, after Sebastian Rose took home the title the previous year.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Sebastian Rose	2


		Sebastian Rose	0

		Bazil Hughes	2
Bazil Hughes	2

Carsten Fink	0
				Bazil Hughes	1

				Marco Zink	2
Juan Moreno	2


		Juan Moreno

		Marco Zink	2
Marco Zink	2

Women's Singles

Make de Buhr beat Inga Höben in the final to claim her first titles, and become the first German Women's Singles champion.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals		Final








	Inga Höben	2



			Inga Höben

			Amke de Buhr	2





	Amke de Buhr	2

Mixed Doubles The Mixed Doubles was won by Dominic Hauke & Nadine Harmatschek, who defeated Bazil Hughes & Chloe Bruce in the final in 3 games. In this tournament, the pairs were not randomly drawn as is usually the case but chosen in advance.

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2015

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2015 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2015 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by Scottish Tambourelli, took place on the 22nd and 23 August at the Merrick Leisure Centre in Newton Stewart, Scotland.

The Men's Singles was won by Sebastian Rose.^[6] The Women's Singles was won by Jasmine Bosenick.^[7] The Mixed Doubles was won by Taliesen Appleton-Wickens and Bazil Hughes.

Men's Singles

Sebastian Rose defeated Marco Zink in 2 games in the Men's Singles final. Sebastian Rose was not only the first German champion (and along with Marco Zink the first German finalist), but also the first Men's Singles champion from outside the UK. This ended a streak of 5 consecutive Scottish champions, and announced Tamburello Dresden as the new top dogs of the competitive scene.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Bazil Hughes	1

Liam Campbell	2
		Liam Campbell	1

		Marco Zink	2
Seth Priestman	0

Marco Zink	2
				Marco Zink	0

				Sebastian Rose	2
Graham Moffat	0

Sebastian Rose	2
		Sebastian Rose	2

		Malcolm Heyes	1
Dominic Hauke

Malcolm Heyes	2

Women's Singles

Jasmine Bosenick defeated Gabriele Rose in the final, winning her 2nd (and 2nd consecutive) World Tambourelli Championship title. With this win she became the 3rd player (after Rosey Priestman and Indy Priestman) to win the title more than once.

Full Knockout Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



Gabriele Rose	Chloe Bruce


		Gabriele Rose

		Jasmine Bosenick	2
	Morag Paterson

Jasmine Bosenick	2

Mixed Doubles

Taliesen Appleton-Wickens & Bazil Hughes won the Mixed Doubles tournament, defeating Marco Zink & Kevin Witt in the final.

Veterans (over 50s) Doubles

The Veterans Doubles was won by Nick Wright and Nik Clark, who defeated Chloe Bruce and Hugh Wallis.

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2014

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2014 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2014 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by the Devon Tambourelli Association, took place on the 2nd and 3 August on Riverford farm near Totnes in Devon.

The Men's Singles was won by Bazil Hughes.^[6] The Women's Singles was won by Jasmine Bosenick.^[7] The Mixed Doubles was won by Silver Levy-So and Tom Amey.

Men's Singles

Bazil Hughes defeated Finn Lennartsson in 2 games in the Men's Singles final for his 3rd world title. Finn Lennartsson's run was one of the most memorable in Tambourelli history: he came through a razor-tight tie-breaker against Jason Littlefield to escape his group, defeated one of the favorites and Tambourelli greats Malcolm Heyes 2–1 in his quarter final, and defeated another former champion and favorite Daniel Francis-Bernson 2–1 in his semi-final.

However the fairytale run came to an end in the final, played late at night in brutally cold conditions, when the defending champion Bazil Hughes wrapped up a dominant tournament with a decisive 2–0 victory. With this victory Bazil Hughes became the first player since Malcolm Heyes in 2006 to defend his Men's Singles title.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Ezra Cohen	2


		Ezra Cohen	0

		Bazil Hughes	2
Bazil Hughes	2

Tom Amey	1
				Bazil Hughes	2

				Finn Lennartsson	0
Daniel Francis-Bernson	2


		Daniel Francis-Bernson	1

		Finn Lennartsson	2
Finn Lennartsson	2

Malcolm Heyes	1

Women's Singles

Jasmine Bosenick won her first World Tambourelli Championship title, ending perhaps the most impressive streak in competitive tambourelli history by becoming the first female player to defeat Indy Lennartsson (née Priestman) in recorded history. She also became the first ever English Women's Singles champion, after 12 consecutive Scottish champions since the Women's Singles tournament restarted in 2002.

Full Knockout Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



Indy Lennartsson	2


		Indy Lennartsson	0

		Jasmine Bosenick	2


Jasmine Bosenick	2

Mixed Doubles

Silver Levy-So & Tom Amey won the Mixed Doubles tournament, defeating Daniel Francis-Bernson & Finlay Porter in the final.

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2013

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2013 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2013 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by Tamburello Dresden, took place on the 20th and 21 July in Dresden, Germany. It was the first World Tambourelli Championship to take place outside the UK.

The Men's Singles was won by Bazil Hughes.^[6]^[11] The Women's Singles was won by Indy Priestman.^[7]^[11] Unlike in previous years, there was no Mixed Doubles tournament with randomly-assigned pairs but instead Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles tournaments in which players chose their doubles partners in advance. The Men's Doubles was won by Phillip Bahner & David Sobiella.^[11] The Women's Doubles was won by Indy Priestman & Chloe Bruce.^[11]

Men's Singles

Bazil Hughes defeated Malcolm Heyes in 2 games in the Men's Singles final, winning back the title that Malcolm Heyes won from him in 2012. In the final, Malcolm Heyes started strongly and reached the brink of victory in the first game with a lead of 19 points to 15. However, while leaping forward to win his 19th point, he suffered from cramp in his calf. After a short break he was able to continue, but was unable to sustain the level of play that had given him the lead. Bazil Hughes was able to win the first game 21–20 after saving 5 game points (no deuce was played during this tournament), and then won the second game comfortably to secure the title.

With this win, Bazil Hughes became the 2nd player (after Liam Campbell in 2010) to have been confirmed to go through the Men's Singles tournament without dropping a single game. However this feat may have occurred multiple times pre-2009 - no accurate records of the individual matches played exist.

This tournament used an atypical format in which there was a group stage, a knockout round, a further group stage (with 2 groups of 3 players), and then semi-finals and the final.

Full Knockout Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



Sebastian Rose	0

Bazil Hughes	2
		Bazil Hughes	2

		Malcolm Heyes	0
Till Zeuner

Malcolm Heyes	2
		Third place



		Sebastian Rose	2

		Till Zeuner	0

Women's Singles

Indy Priestman defeated Anne Larische to win an unprecedented 10th World Championship title.

Full Knockout Bracket

Semi-finals	Final






	Indy Priestman	2

	Anne Larische

Doubles

In 2013 there was no Mixed Doubles tournament, but Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles tournaments, in which pairs were chosen by the participants before the tournament began. The Men's Doubles champions were Phillip Bahner & David Sobiella.^[11] The Women's Doubles champions were Indy Priestman & Chloe Bruce.^[11]

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2012

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2012 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2013 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by the Devon Tambourelli Association, took place on the 20th and 21 July on Riverford Farm near Totnes in Devon.

The Men's Singles was won by Malcolm Heyes.^[6] The Women's Singles was won by Indy Priestman.^[7]

Men's Singles

Malcolm Heyes defeated Seth Priestman in 2 games in the Men's Singles final.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Bazil Hughes	1

Malcolm Heyes	2
		Malcolm Heyes	2





				Malcolm Heyes	2

				Seth Priestman	0



		Andy Priestman

		Seth Priestman	2

Women's Singles

Indy Priestman defeated Jasmine Bosenick to win her 9th World Championship title.

Full Knockout Bracket

Semi-finals	Final






	Indy Priestman	2

	Jasmine Bosenick

Mixed Doubles

Malcolm Heyes & Tom Amey won the Mixed Doubles tournament, defeating Evan Barretxeguren-Priestman & Seth Priestman in the final.^[8]

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2011

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2011 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2011 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by the Devon Tambourelli Association, took place on the 23rd and 24 July on Riverford Farm near Totnes in Devon.

The Men's Singles was won by Bazil Hughes.^[6]^[12] The Women's Singles was won by Stacey Duff.^[7]^[13] The Doubles was won by Ezra Cohen & Seth Priestman^[14]

Men's Singles

Bazil Hughes defeated the defending champion Liam Campbell in the semi-finals and tambourelli's most-decorated champion Malcolm Heyes in the final to win his first World Championship title. The tournament featured an all-Scottish last 4, and also had a Scottish winner in the Women's Singles tournament, solidifying the return-to-supremacy of Scottish tambourelli.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Liam Campbell	2

David Elliott	1
		Liam Campbell	0

		Bazil Hughes	2
Johnny Tillbrook	0

Bazil Hughes	2
				Bazil Hughes	2

				Malcolm Heyes	1
Jacob Edwards

Andy Priestman	2
		Andy Priestman

		Malcolm Heyes	2
Jack Higginson

Malcolm Heyes	2

Women's Singles

Stacey Duff defeated Dilushi Jayasingha in the final to win her first World Championship title. At 17 years of age, she was the youngest Women's Singles champion in tambourelli history.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Stacey Duff	2

Rachel Chelka
		Stacey Duff	2

		Isla Craik
Isla Craik	2

Julia Elliott
				Stacey Duff	2

				Dilushi Jayasingha	1
Chloe Bruce	2

Cassie-Anne Osborne
		Chloe Bruce

		Dilushi Jayasingha	2
Dilushi Jayasingha	2

Elizabeth Tindal

Mixed Doubles

Ezra Cohen & Seth Priestman won the Mixed Doubles tournament, defeating Johnny Tillbrook & Malcolm Heyes in the final.^[8]

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2010

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2010 World Tambourelli Championship - Full Results

The 2010 World Tambourelli Championship, hosted by Scottish Tambourelli, took place on Saturday the 31st of July and Sunday the 1st of August in the Merrick Leisure Centre in Newton Stewart.

The Men's Singles was won by Liam Campbell.^[6]^[15] The Women's Singles was won by Indy Priestman.^[7]^[15] The Doubles was won by Jack Higginson and Saul Woollacott^[15]

Men's Singles

Liam Campbell, who was reigning under-16s World Champion and had only just turned 16, produced perhaps the most dominant Men's Singles tournament in tambourelli history to take the World Championship title in his first attempt. Not only did he win every game in the tournament - a first since verified records began - he did so in spectacularly dominant fashion. In the 14 individual games he played (8 during the knockout stages and 6 in the group stages), he limited his opponent to 13 points or fewer in all but 1 game (all games to 21). So not only did he win every game he played, but he was only in any danger of losing once - a 21–19 victory over Bazil Hughes in the Round of 16, which he followed with a swift 21–11 win in game 2.

With this win Liam Campbell became the youngest ever Men's Singles champion, the most dominant ever Men's Singles champion, and the only player to win the tournament in their very first attempt (excluding the first tournament ever held). He also brought Scottish tambourelli back to prominence, not only by ending a run of 3 consecutive English champions but also by emphatically dispatching Ezra Cohen, who was playing in his 4th consecutive final, by a scoreline of 21–12, 21–13.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Liam Campbell	21,21

Bazil Hughes	19,11
		Liam Campbell	21,19

		Graham Moffat	6,6
Graham Moffat	2

Jack Higginson
				Liam Campbell	21,21

				Ezra Cohen	12,13



		Malcolm Heyes	0

		Ezra Cohen	2

Women's Singles

Indy Priestman defeated Stacey Duff in the final to win her 8th World Tambourelli championship title.

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final












		Indy Priestman	2

		Stacey Duff

Mixed Doubles

Jack Higginson & Saul Woollacott won the Mixed Doubles tournament, defeating Andy Priestman & Bazil Hughes in the final.^[8]

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Other tournaments

The German Open - Dresden

2018

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10. German Open - Full Results

The 9th German Open, hosted by Tamburello Dresden, took place on Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd of September 2018 in Dresden, Germany.

The Men's Singles was won by Alexander Christen. The Women's Singles was won by Inga Höben. The Men's Doubles was won by Taliesin Appleton-Wickens & Bazil Hughes. The Women's Doubles was won by Nadine Harmatschek & Laura Stolzer. The Mixed Doubles was won by Nadine Harmatschek & Dominic Hauke.

Men's Singles

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Marco Zink


		Marco Zink

		Sebastian Rose	21,21
Sebastian Rose


				Sebastian Rose	6,16

				Alexander Christen	21,21
Bazil Hughes	21,21

Taliesin Appleton-Wickens
		Bazil Hughes	11,6

		Alexander Christen	21,21	Third place
Alexander Christen	21,21


				Bazil Hughes

				Marco Zink

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2017

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9. German Open - Full Results

The 9th German Open, hosted by Tamburello Dresden, took place on Saturday the 23rd and Sunday the 24th of September 2017 in Dresden, Germany.

The Men's Singles was won by Alexander Christen. The Women's Singles was won by Inga Höben. The Men's Doubles was won by Taliesin Appleton-Wickens & Bazil Hughes. The Women's Doubles was won by . The Mixed Doubles was won by Alexander Christen & Gabriele Rose.

Men's Singles

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Marco Zink	7,11

Bazil Hughes	11,6
		Marco Zink	13,14

		Sebastian Rose	21,21
Sebastian Rose	11,11

Ringo Sobiella	5,4
				Sebastian Rose	16,19

				Alexander Christen	21,21
Dominic Hauke	11,11

Carsten Fink	8,9
		Dominic Hauke	11,9

		Alexander Christen	21,21	Third place
Alexander Christen	11,11

Taliesin Appleton-Wickens	5,3
				Marco Zink

				Dominic Hauke

Women's Singles

Full Knockout Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Inga Höben	11,11

Lydia Wünsche	4,4
		Inga Höben	21,21

		Kathleen Schubbert	16,14
Stefanie Juhr	5,5

Kathleen Schubbert	11,11
				Inga Höben	21,16,11

				Carmen Gobsch	16,21,7
Carmen Gobsch	11,11

Runa Ziesch	0,0
		Carmen Gobsch	21,21

		Trixi Reuther	15,10	Third place
Gabriele Rose	10,4

Trixi Reuther	11,11
				Kathleen Schubbert	21,21

				Trixi Reuther	15,12

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External links

BBC News video
Scottish Tambourelli blog
Tambourelli Rules - Tam Japan Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
Men's Singles 2011 WTC Final video
Trickshot winner video - Dresden 2012
Tambourelli on Reddit
Dresden Club website Archived 2017-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
Kleinnaundorf Club website Archived 2020-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
TamJapan Club website Archived 2017-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
Tamsports UK website^{[permanent dead link]}
German Tambourelli Wikipedia article

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