Wendy Bartaire and Thierry Sacco won the French World Cup Qualifying Tournament Sunday in La Rochelle to earn berths into the 2012 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. In the women's title match, Bartaire swept Isabelle Derynck, two-games-to-none, in the best-of-three games format to claim her first berth into the BWC. Sacco will represent his country for the fourth time after 2005 (Slovenia), 2006 (Venezuela) and 2009 (Malaysia) thanks to a 2-1 victory over Jonathan Lefevre.
Or Aviram and Nati Volpert in the men's division and Sarit Mizrachi and Shahaf Antin in the women's division will represent Israel in the inaugural World Singles Championships Sept. 18-26, 2012 in Limassol, Cyprus. 19 men and just three women participated in the qualifying tournament Beginning in 2012 the World Singles Championships will be held every four years. The new event gives WTBA a world championship event every year, filling a void created under the previous calendar.
Thorstensen/Torgersen and Rudshagen/Sjøgren claim gold in Doubles competition
Mads Sandbækken and 16-year-old Andrea E. Hansen (pictured) claimed the men's and women's titles in the 2012 Norwegian National Championships which were held at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway from May 9-13. Heidi Thorstensen and Patcharin Torgersen took the women's Doubles titles, while Bjørn Einar Rudshagen and Jonas Sjøgren set a new national record to win the men's Doubles gold. The 2012 Norwegian Nationals drew 287 players.
Petersen Finals broadcasted live on Ustream; men's broadcast highlighted by two 300 games
Bigi Manico and Roger Widmer, both of Zurich, captured the women's and men's title in the 2012 Swiss National Championships which concluded the past weekend at bowling center White Line in Meierskappel. The duo will represent Switzerland in the 2012 European Champions Cup October15-22 at Dolfijn Bowling in The Hague, Netherlands. The men's finals were highlighted by bach-to-back 300 games by Widmer and second-place finisher, Sandro Ancarani.
Winners will represent Kazakhstan in the 2012 Bowling World Cup
Yelena Grishinenko (l.) and Yuriy Sazonov (r.) captured the titles in the 14th Kazakhstan Cup which was held May 12-13 at Bowling Club Olimp in Almaty. The winners will represent Kazakhstan in the 2012 Bowling World Cup in Poland.
Sazonov led the men's division with 4148 pinfall total including 135 bonus pins to earn his first career BWC berth. Grishinenko dominated the women's field and finished 442 pins ahead of her nearest competitor.
Women's and Men's Finals featured live broadcast on Ustream
The 2012 Swiss National Championships concluded Sunday, May 13, with the men's and women's Petersen finals at bowling center White Line in Meierskappel, Switzerland. The top 10 women and the top 10 men after 24 games preliminaries bowled further nine games to determine the champions. Bowlingdigital's Flavio Cuva and Beat Grauwiler provided Live Streaming of both finals.
Qualifying spots are filling up pretty fast as the popular EBT "gold" tournament celebrates its 10th anniversary; Bowlingdigital.com will provide Live Coverage and Live Streaming
The 10th Columbia 300 Vienna Open is the 16th event and the last "gold" tournament of the 2012 European Bowling Tour season as well as the 12th and penultimate event on the 2012 World Bowling Tour schedule. The $100.000 Dollar tournament will run from Oct. 2-7, 2012 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch portions of the qualifying as well as all the final rounds including the stepladder finals live on Bowlingdigital TV.
Online Registration is open for EBT Satellite event to be held from Oct. 5-14 at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo
Online registration is open for the Norwegian Open 2012, the 17th event of the 2012 European Bowling Tour season and the sixth out of seven EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season. The tournament offers an increased prize fund of 194.000 Norwegian Kronor or approx. 25.700 Euro and runs from Oct. 5-14, 2012 at 26-lane Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. Bowlingdigital.com will provide Live Coverage commencing Thursday Oct. 11 all the way through to the finals on Sunday, Oct. 14.
Newcomer on the European Bowling Tour schedule will feature Live Coverage and Live Streaming on Bowlingdigital.com
Online registration is open for the Brunswick French Open, which will be held from Oct. 19-28 at 28-lane Plaza Grand Quevilly in France. The BFO is a newcomer on the European Bowling Tour schedule and the second EBT tournament hosted by Valcke Bowling after the Brunswick Euro Challenge. The EBT "Silver" tournament offers total prize fund of 58.000 Euro. Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch portions of the qualifying and the finals live on Bowlingdigital TV.
Stureby Bowling Club (.) and Team X-Calibur (r.) captured the men's and women's titles in the Swedish eight-player team league finals at Bowling Arena in Jönköping. In the men's title match, underdog Stureby defeated No. 1 seed Team Pergamon, while Team X-Calibur topped Scandinavia BC in the women's final.
Dream Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany (April 30 - May 1, 2012)
Qualifying leaders Martin Larsen (l.) and Rebecka Larsen (r.) of Sweden refused to fall in round robin match play and emerged as men's and women's champions in the 5th European Bowling Tour Masters. Martin was forced into a roll-off against defending champion Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, and sealed the victory, 49-40. Rebecka wrapped up the women's title with a 278-277 win in a final strike-fest against Clara Juliana Guerrero, Colombia.
Dennis Eklund achieves perfection in preliminaries round three
Swedes Martin Larsen (l:) and Rebecka Larsen (r.) led the 18-game preliminaries of the 5th EBT Masters, the season-ending event of the 2011 European Bowling Tour, to lead the top 8 men and women into the round robin match play finals. Martin (no relation to Rebecka) averaged 236.44 to lead defending champion Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, by 57 pins. Rebecka averaged 222.28 to hold a 15-pin cushion over Clara Guerrero of Colombia.
PBA champion defeats Colombia's Clara Guerrero in the title match to become the first multiple champion this season
Four-time PBA champion and PBA Player of the Year contender, Mike Fagan (l.) of Dallas, United States, defeated two-time world champion Clara Juliana Guerrero (r.) of Colombia in the title match, 469-446, to win the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open Sunday afternoon at Dream Bowl Palace in suburban Munich, Germany. It was the fifth career European Bowling Tour title for Fagan and the second this season after the Brunswick Euro Challenge in March.
Players with country, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes
The 2012 European Bowling Tour features 21 tournaments in 16 countries. In its 13th season, the EBT consists of two Platinum, four Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund exceeds one million Euro. The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 16 men and top 16 women who will compete in the sixth EBT Masters in Bratislava, Slovakia, in Sept. 2013.
Players with country, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes
The 2012 European Bowling Tour features 21 tournaments in 16 countries. In its 13th season, the EBT consists of two Platinum, four Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund exceeds one million Euro. The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 16 men and top 16 women who will compete in the sixth EBT Masters in Bratislava, Slovakia, in Sept. 2013.
Colombian rolls 1436 series in last qualifying squad; initial cut is 1338 (223 average)
Colombian national team member Clara Juliana Guerrero (pictured left) posted a 1436 six-game series in the last qualifying squad of the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open to lead a group of 48 players into Sunday's finals at Dream Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany. The two-time World Champion and World Ranking Masters winner had games of 245, 246, 257, 214, 177 and 249 for 1388, an average of 231.33, and added 48 pins women's handicap to lead the field of 219 players from 26 countries.
Sean Rash maintains one-pin lead after qualifying squad 8/12; Dane Martin Klitte rolls first 300 game in Squad 8; initial cut is currently 1332 (222 average)
Sean Rash (l.), United States, maintained a slim one-pin lead in the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open after the completion of two-thirds of the qualifying squads at Dream Bowl Palace in suburban Munich, Germany. Rash leads the field of 209 players from 26 countries with 1426 total and an average of 237.67. Krista Pöllänen (r.), Finland led Squad 7 on Friday afternoon to jump into second place with 1425 including 48 pins women's handicap.
PBA TOC winner rolls 1426 series to lead 159-player field from 24 countries; cut is currently 1270 (220.83 average)
Five-time PBA champion Sean Rash (pictured), United States, averaged 237.67 in the fifth qualifying squad Thursday evening to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open. The 29-year-old right-hander of Montgomery, Ill, who has won his second PBA major title in the PBA Tournament of Champions two weeks ago, had games of 279, 226, 228, 202, 246 and 245 to lead the 159-player field from 24 countries with 1426 total. Qualifying continues on Friday, April 27, with Squad 6-8.
Squad 1 and 2 leaders are automatically qualified for Sunday's finals
84 players including six women from 14 countries took to the lanes at Dream Bowl Palace in suburban Munich, Germany on the first day of qualifying in the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open, an European Bowling Tour silver level event. Anze Grabrijan (pictured) of Slovenia set the pace after two of 12 qualifying squads with 1376 six-game total and an average of 229.33. Local favorite Rainer Köpf, who led Squad 1 with 1331, slipped to fourth place. Qualifying continues on Thursday, April 26, with Squad 3-5.
Dutch Nicole Sanders wins Women's Ranking in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Three-time PBA champion Osku Palermaa (pictured left) captured his 12th career European Bowling Tour title when he defeated compatriot Jarmo Ahokas, 214-196, to win the 6th QubicaAMF Open 2012 at Gladiator Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The four time EBT point ranking leader (2007-09, 2011), who finished third in the QubicaAMF Open in the past years, pocketed the received the 6.000 Euro top prize and 100 ranking points, which propelled him into third place in the current EBT men's point ranking.
Wendy Bartaire and Thierry Sacco won the French World Cup Qualifying Tournament Sunday in La Rochelle to earn berths into the 2012 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. In the women's title match, Bartaire swept Isabelle Derynck, two-games-to-none, in the best-of-three games format to claim her first berth into the BWC. Sacco will represent his country for the fourth time after 2005 (Slovenia), 2006 (Venezuela) and 2009 (Malaysia) thanks to a 2-1 victory over Jonathan Lefevre.
Or Aviram and Nati Volpert in the men's division and Sarit Mizrachi and Shahaf Antin in the women's division will represent Israel in the inaugural World Singles Championships Sept. 18-26, 2012 in Limassol, Cyprus. 19 men and just three women participated in the qualifying tournament Beginning in 2012 the World Singles Championships will be held every four years. The new event gives WTBA a world championship event every year, filling a void created under the previous calendar.
Mads Sandbækken and 16-year-old Andrea E. Hansen (pictured) claimed the men's and women's titles in the 2012 Norwegian National Championships which were held at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway from May 9-13. Heidi Thorstensen and Patcharin Torgersen took the women's Doubles titles, while Bjørn Einar Rudshagen and Jonas Sjøgren set a new national record to win the men's Doubles gold. The 2012 Norwegian Nationals drew 287 players.
Yelena Grishinenko (l.) and Yuriy Sazonov (r.) captured the titles in the 14th Kazakhstan Cup which was held May 12-13 at Bowling Club Olimp in Almaty. The winners will represent Kazakhstan in the 2012 Bowling World Cup in Poland.
Sazonov led the men's division with 4148 pinfall total including 135 bonus pins to earn his first career BWC berth. Grishinenko dominated the women's field and finished 442 pins ahead of her nearest competitor.
The 2012 Swiss National Championships concluded Sunday, May 13, with the men's and women's Petersen finals at bowling center White Line in Meierskappel, Switzerland. The top 10 women and the top 10 men after 24 games preliminaries bowled further nine games to determine the champions. Bowlingdigital's Flavio Cuva and Beat Grauwiler provided Live Streaming of both finals.
The 10th Columbia 300 Vienna Open is the 16th event and the last "gold" tournament of the 2012 European Bowling Tour season as well as the 12th and penultimate event on the 2012 World Bowling Tour schedule. The $100.000 Dollar tournament will run from Oct. 2-7, 2012 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch portions of the qualifying as well as all the final rounds including the stepladder finals live on 
Online registration is open for the Norwegian Open 2012, the 17th event of the 2012 European Bowling Tour season and the sixth out of seven EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season. The tournament offers an increased prize fund of 194.000 Norwegian Kronor or approx. 25.700 Euro and runs from Oct. 5-14, 2012 at 26-lane Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. Bowlingdigital.com will provide Live Coverage commencing Thursday Oct. 11 all the way through to the finals on Sunday, Oct. 14.
Qualifying leaders Martin Larsen (l.) and Rebecka Larsen (r.) of Sweden refused to fall in round robin match play and emerged as men's and women's champions in the 5th European Bowling Tour Masters. Martin was forced into a roll-off against defending champion Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, and sealed the victory, 49-40. Rebecka wrapped up the women's title with a 278-277 win in a final strike-fest against Clara Juliana Guerrero, Colombia.
Swedes Martin Larsen (l:) and Rebecka Larsen (r.) led the 18-game preliminaries of the 5th EBT Masters, the season-ending event of the 2011 European Bowling Tour, to lead the top 8 men and women into the round robin match play finals. Martin (no relation to Rebecka) averaged 236.44 to lead defending champion Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, by 57 pins. Rebecka averaged 222.28 to hold a 15-pin cushion over Clara Guerrero of Colombia.
Four-time PBA champion and PBA Player of the Year contender, Mike Fagan (l.) of Dallas, United States, defeated two-time world champion Clara Juliana Guerrero (r.) of Colombia in the title match, 469-446, to win the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open Sunday afternoon at Dream Bowl Palace in suburban Munich, Germany. It was the fifth career European Bowling Tour title for Fagan and the second this season after the Brunswick Euro Challenge in March. 
The 2012 European Bowling Tour features 21 tournaments in 16 countries. In its 13th season, the EBT consists of two Platinum, four Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund exceeds one million Euro. The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 16 men and top 16 women who will compete in the sixth EBT Masters in Bratislava, Slovakia, in Sept. 2013.
Colombian national team member Clara Juliana Guerrero (pictured left) posted a 1436 six-game series in the last qualifying squad of the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open to lead a group of 48 players into Sunday's finals at Dream Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany. The two-time World Champion and World Ranking Masters winner had games of 245, 246, 257, 214, 177 and 249 for 1388, an average of 231.33, and added 48 pins women's handicap to lead the field of 219 players from 26 countries.
Sean Rash (l.), United States, maintained a slim one-pin lead in the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open after the completion of two-thirds of the qualifying squads at Dream Bowl Palace in suburban Munich, Germany. Rash leads the field of 209 players from 26 countries with 1426 total and an average of 237.67. Krista Pöllänen (r.), Finland led Squad 7 on Friday afternoon to jump into second place with 1425 including 48 pins women's handicap.
Five-time PBA champion Sean Rash (pictured), United States, averaged 237.67 in the fifth qualifying squad Thursday evening to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open. The 29-year-old right-hander of Montgomery, Ill, who has won his second PBA major title in the PBA Tournament of Champions two weeks ago, had games of 279, 226, 228, 202, 246 and 245 to lead the 159-player field from 24 countries with 1426 total. Qualifying continues on Friday, April 27, with Squad 6-8.
84 players including six women from 14 countries took to the lanes at Dream Bowl Palace in suburban Munich, Germany on the first day of qualifying in the 3rd Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open, an European Bowling Tour silver level event. Anze Grabrijan (pictured) of Slovenia set the pace after two of 12 qualifying squads with 1376 six-game total and an average of 229.33. Local favorite Rainer Köpf, who led Squad 1 with 1331, slipped to fourth place. Qualifying continues on Thursday, April 26, with Squad 3-5.
Three-time PBA champion Osku Palermaa (pictured left) captured his 12th career European Bowling Tour title when he defeated compatriot Jarmo Ahokas, 214-196, to win the 6th QubicaAMF Open 2012 at Gladiator Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The four time EBT point ranking leader (2007-09, 2011), who finished third in the QubicaAMF Open in the past years, pocketed the received the 6.000 Euro top prize and 100 ranking points, which propelled him into third place in the current EBT men's point ranking.