Michail Tsimplakakis of Greece defeated David Vitek, Czech Republic, 2-1, to win the Boys Masters title at the 26th European Youth Championships Easter Sunday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. In the deciding third game in best-of-three games match play, Tsimplakakis secured the gold medal with a huge 248-229 win. It was the first medal for both countries in the last event of the Championships. Oyvin Kulseng, Norway and Antonino Fiorentino, Italy got bronze.
Amanda Larkin of Ireland, seeded 9th, defeated No. 12 seed, Andrea Hansen of Norway, 215-177 and 207-162, for a 2-0 victory in the best-of-three games format to capture the gold medal in Girls Masters at the 26th European Youth Championships Easter Sunday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. It was the first medal for Ireland in the Championships. Hansen received silver while Tamara Adler of Austria and Sweden's Annie Thorell shared the bronze medal.
Keira Reay of England used a huge 1359 series to earn the No. 1 seed for the Girls Singles finals en route to win the gold medal in All Events with 3926 total (218.11 avg.) at the 26th European Youth Championships in Vienna, Austria. In an all-English title match, Reay topped team mate Hannah Frost, 231-173, to capture the Singles title and to give England the lead in the overall medal tally. Semi-final losers Maria Bulanova of Russia and Sweden's Lisa Björklund took bronze.
Hadley Morgan of England rolled two big games in the Boys Singles finals to cruise to the title and to win his second gold medal at the 26th European Youth Championships in Vienna, Austria. Morgan, who also won the Doubles event, defeated Oyvin Kulseng, Norway, in the title match, 254-197, to deny the defending champion's bid for back-to-back titles. Top seeded Markus Bergendorff, Denmark, and Pontus Andersson, Sweden, shared the bronze medal.
Bergendorff (DEN), Morgan (ENG), Andersson (SWE) and defending champion Kulseng (NOR) to bowl for the Singles title Saturday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria; the top 24 in All Events advance to Sunday's Masters finals
2012 EYC Masters champion Jesper Svensson of Sweden (4052) averaged 225.11 over 18 games to capture the gold medal in All Events at the 26th European Youth Championships. Saku Konttila, Finland (4034) took silver and Hadley Morgan, England (3926) bronze. Markus Bergendorff, Denmark (1336), Hadley Morgan, England (1329), Pontus Andersson, Sweden (1325), and defending champion Oyvin Kulseng, Norway (1319) will bowl for the Singles title.
Swedish four-some shoot games of 1059 (264.75 average) and 962 (240.50) to give Sweden a gold-medal sweep in the Team event
Sweden's Jesper Svensson, Emil Nilsson, Pontus Andersson and Filip Wilhelmsson fired games of 1059 (vs. Norway, 731) and 962 to fly past Germany (861, Christian Birlinger, Alexander Will, Robin Menacher, Dominic Buchmann) in the title match of the Boys Team event to give Sweden a gold-medal sweep in the Team competition Thursday at the 26th European Youth Championships. Germany took the silver medal while Finland and Norway got bronze.
Pernille Rasmussen and Pernille Nielsen captured the first gold medal for Denmark in the Girls Doubles event at the 26th European Youth Championships at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The No. 1 seed after the six-game preliminaries topped third-seed Russians Maria Bulanova and Varvara Korobkova in the gold medal match, 435-327. Semifinal losers Keira Reay and Hannah Frost of England, seeded second, and No. 4 seed Bauke Jespers and Hanne Nijs of Belgium got bronze.
Hadley Morgan and Curtis Hooper of England averaged 243.50 in the Boys Doubles finals to win the first gold medal of the 26th European Youth Championships in Vienna, Austria. The No. 3 seed defeated fourth seeded Nicola Pongolini and Antonino Fiorentino in a high scoring title match, 494-464. No. 1 seed Gaetan Mouveroux and Mike Bartaire of France and No. 2 seed Jesper Svensson and Filip Wilhelmsson of Sweden shared the bronze medal.
Swede sweeps Germany's Buchmann in the title match, two-games-to-none
Jesper Svensson of Sweden defeated Dominic Buchmann of Germany, two-games-to-none, to claim the title in Boys Masters in the final event of the 25th European Youth Championships in Aalborg, Denmark. Svensson, who was 14th in All Events to make it into the Masters match play round, averaged over 232 in eight games to sweep his four opponents on his way to the title match. Jord van Weeren, Netherlands, and Nicola Pongolini, Italy, shared the bronze medals.
Ukrainian rolls 258 and 289 to beat Denmark's Rasmussen two-games-tio-none
Daria Kovalova of Ukraine struck 19 times in the Girls Masters championship match en route to claim her second gold medal of the 25th European Youth Championships. Kovalova earned the No. 1 seed for the best-of-three games singles elimination match play finals by defending her All Events title at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Targeting her fourth career EYC title, Kovalova posted games of 258 and 289 to defeat Pernille W. Rasmussen of Denmark, two-games-to-none.
Minenko takes silver; top seeded Talpa and Van Geel share bronze medal
Øyvin Kulseng defeated the No. 1 and No. 2 seed in the Boys Singles Playoffs en route to claim the first gold medal for Norway at the 25th European Youth Championships in Aalborg, Denmark. In the title match, Kulseng topped Alexander Minenko, Russia, 222-171. In the semifinals, fourth seeded Kulseng flew past No. 1 seed Marek Talpa, Czech Republic, 228-168, while Minenko, seeded second, edged No. 3 Jeroen van Geel, Netherlands, by a whisker, 215-213.
Swede Jenny Wegner gets silver; top seeded Daria Kovalova, Ukraine, and Sanna Pasanen, Finland, share the bronze medal
Verity Crawley of England defeated Jenny Wegner, Sweden, in title match, 238-222, to win the gold medal in Girls Singles at the 25th European Youth Championships. In the semifinal, Crawley eliminated No. 1 seed Daria Kovalova of Ukraine, 191-186, to bowl Wegner for the title. Wegner easily advanced to the title match with a 186-129 victory over No. 3 Sanna Pasanen, Finland. Wegener received the silver medal while Kovalova and Pasanen shared the bronze medal.
Sweden's Wegener, England's Crawley to join Finn Pasanen, Kovalova, in Singles finals; Crawley shoots first 300 game of the championships
Squad 1 leader Daria Kovalova of Ukraine remained unchallenged in the second squad of the Girls Singles Preliminaries en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the playoffs and to defend her title in All Events at the European Youth Championships in Denmark. Kovalova, who is also the defending Singles champion, averaged 229.83 and totaled 1379 pins to beat out 2010 EYC Singles and All Events champion Jenny Wegner of Sweden for the top spot by 96 pins.
Ukrainian shoots 1379 to lead Girls Singles preliminaries after Squad 1/2 and to practically seal the victory in All Events
2011 Girls Singles and All Events champion Daria Kovalova of Ukraine came closer to defend her titles in the 25th European Youth Championships as she posted a huge 1379 six-game series in the first squad of the Singles competition Saturday morning at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Kovalova, who held a 110-pin lead in All Events after 12 of 18 games practically sealed the victory in All Events with 3994 total and an average of 221.89.
Swede Filip Wilhelmsson emerges as Boys All Events champion; 24 players for Masters match play determined
Czech Republic's Marek Talpa earned the No. 1 seed for the Boys Singles Playoffs at the European Youth Championships after finishing the six-game preliminaries with 1387 tota. Øyvin Kulseng, Norway, led Squad 2 with 1325 to take the fourth place in the combined standings and to earn silver in All Events. Filip Wilhelmsson, Sweden, captured the gold medal. Joining Talpa and Kulseng in the Singles playoffs are Alexander Minenko, Russia (1340) and Jeroen van Geel, Netherlands (1333).
Score to beat in second squad to make the finals is 1287 (214.50 average)
Marek Talpa of the Czech Republic took the lead in the Boys Singles competition after the first of two squads have completed their six-game preliminaries at the 25 European Youth Championships in Aalborg, Denmark. Talpa led the field of 49 players on Friday morning with 1387 pinfall total and an average of 231.17. Rounding out the top 4 were Alexander Minenko of Russia (2nd; 1340), Jeroen van Geel, Netherlands (3rd; 1333) and Christopher Lam of England with 1287 (214.50).
Denmark settles for silver, Sweden and Greece share bronze
Dutch boys Jord van Weeren, Joshua Schuurman, Jordi Putman and anchor Jeroen van Geel fired a huge game in the title match to fly past host country Denmark, 905-764, to claim the coveted Boys Team title at the European Youth Championships in Aalborg. It was the first gold medal for The Netherland in the championships. Denmark took the silver medal while Sweden and Greece shared the bronze medal. Competition continues on Friday with the Singles event.
Denmark, Sweden and defending champion Finland also advance; Ukrainian Daria Kovalova shoots 14040 in make-up team to take big lead in All Events
Doubles gold medalists Bethany Hedley and Hannah Frost and their teammates Ellanor Thurston and Verity Crawley, England, leaped one spot during the second three-game block of the Team event en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the playoffs of the 25th European Youth Championships later this afternoon. England will bowl defending champion Finland in the semifinal, while Denmark will take on Sweden. Defending All Events champion Daria Kovalova took a 110-pin lead in All Events.
Michail Tsimplakakis of Greece defeated David Vitek, Czech Republic, 2-1, to win the Boys Masters title at the 26th European Youth Championships Easter Sunday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. In the deciding third game in best-of-three games match play, Tsimplakakis secured the gold medal with a huge 248-229 win. It was the first medal for both countries in the last event of the Championships. Oyvin Kulseng, Norway and Antonino Fiorentino, Italy got bronze.
Jesper Svensson of Sweden defeated Dominic Buchmann of Germany, two-games-to-none, to claim the title in Boys Masters in the final event of the 25th European Youth Championships in Aalborg, Denmark. Svensson, who was 14th in All Events to make it into the Masters match play round, averaged over 232 in eight games to sweep his four opponents on his way to the title match. Jord van Weeren, Netherlands, and Nicola Pongolini, Italy, shared the bronze medals. 