Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway (Sep. 29 - Oct. 7, 2007)
Robert Andersson (l.) from Sweden overtook the lead in the qualifying of the Norwegian Open in Squad 12 Friday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo. Andersson had games of 247, 235, 257, 246, 244 and 268 for 1497 pinfall total, an average of 249.50. His compatriots Martin Larsen and Nina Flack (r.) rolled the second and third 300 game of the tournament in game 1 and 4, respectively.
Stefan Nilsson shoots first 300 game of this year's event
Former Norwegian standout Tore Torgersen (l.) and Lars Lindbäck rolled six-game series of 1450 and 1448 Thursday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, but fell 16 and 18 pins short of the lead in the Norwegian Open to move into third and fourth place, respectively. Stefan Nilsson (r.), both Sweden, rolled the first 300 game. Frederik Øhrgaard, Denmark, led Squad 9 with 1387. Ingunn Øien, Norway, continued to lead the field of 108 players with 1466.Â
Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway (Sep. 29 - Oct. 7, 2007)
Five of the sixteen players in qualifying Squad 7 in the Norwegian Open scored 1340 and higher for their six games Wednesday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. Svein Åke Ek (l.) won his second consecutive squad with 1457 six-game total and an average of 242.83 en route to leap into second place in the overall qualifying standings. The Norwegian U23 national team member missed the high score of 1466, posted by Ingunn Øien (r.) in Squad 1, by nine pins.
Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway (Sep. 29 - Oct. 7, 2007)
Norwegian U23 international Svein Åke Ek (l.) posted a1370 six-game total to move into ninth place in the qualifying for the Norwegian Open finals during the sixth of 18 squads Tuesday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo. Ek (l.), the 2007 European Youth Championships Masters runner-up, played in his own league and outaveraged his nearest competitor in Squad 6, Frode Jørgen Aaneby, by more than 23 pins. For the fourth consecutive day, Ingunn Øien (r.), all from Norway, remained atop the leaderboard with the1466 pinfall total.
Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway (Sep. 29 - Oct. 7, 2007)
Just 13 players took on the lanes at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, Monday in the fifth qualifying squad of the Norwegian Open. Owe Herrmann (l.) led the squad with 87 over par (based on a 200 average) thanks to a 290 in game #2, the highest game of the tournament thus far. Herrmann's 1287 six-game total was good for 19th place in the overall qualifying standings. Ingunn Øien (r.), all from Norway, is leading the tournament since Squad 1 with 1466 pinfall total and an average of 236.33.
Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway (Sep. 29 - Oct. 7, 2007)
The number 4 turned out to be Geir Ødegård's (l.) lucky number. The Norwegian led Squad 4 with 1398 six-game total to help grab the fourth place in the overall qualifying standings in the Norwegian Open after the first weekend. The top four players from the first weekend (squads 1-4) are automatically qualified for the finals next Sunday. As the experts in Norway expect the cutoff number close to 1350, leader Ingunn Øien (right, 1466) and the next seven players should be safe.
Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway (Sep. 29 - Oct. 7, 2007)
No changes among the top 8 in the qualifying of the Norwegian Open Sunday morning at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. Lars Hagman (l.), Sweden led Squad 3 with 1318 six-game total, an average of 219.66, to move into 9th place in the overall qualifying standings. Ingunn Øien (r.), Norway, held on to the lead with 1466 six-game total including 48 pins handicap and an average of 236.33. Qualifying continues today with Squad 4 and runs through Saturday, October 6.
Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway (Sep. 29 - Oct. 7, 2007)
ECC champion Ingunn Øien (l.) had high games of 266, 258 and 247 en route to become the first leader in the European Bowling Tour's Norwegian Open at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo. Øien averaged 236.33 over six games to set the pace with 1466 pinfall total including handicap. Nils Christian Stensrud (r.) led Squad 2 with 1383 to move into fourth place. The Norwegian Open 2007 is the 17th stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour.
Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Oslo commencing Friday, Oct. 5
2007 European ranking leaders Osku Palermaa (left), Finland, and Kirsten Penny (right), England, finished second and fourth in the Ankara Open in Turkey, to widen the their lead in the men's and women's rankings. 3-time defending European ranking champions Paul Moor, England, and Britt Brøndsted, Denmark, sit in second place, 60 and 48 points off the pace, respectively.
Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway (September 29 - Oct. 7, 2007)
The Norwegian Open 2007, the 17th stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour, will be held at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway from September 29 through October 7, 2007. The tournament offers total prize money of 351.000 Norwegian Kronor, approx. 61.220 U.S. Dollar or 44.403 Euro. The winner will receive the 60.000 NOK top prize ($10.465/€7.590). Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Oslo.
Rollhouse Bowling Center in Ankara, Turkey (Sep. 15-23, 2007)
Last Sunday, Nick Froggatt (left) won the Maribor Open in Slovenia and pocketed 8.000 Euro. One week later, the Englishman defeated European ranking leader Osku Palermaa (right), 441-423, to win the European Bowling Tour Ankara Open and another 10.000 Euro. In the title match over two games total pinfall, Froggatt, left-handed, topped the two-hander from Finland by 9 pins in each of the two games, 213-204 and 228-219.
After a two-month break, Brunswick Team England events continued in Blackburn in September – unfortunately this also clashed with the adult Triple Crown in Jersey, the European Champions Cup in Luxembourg and the EBT in Ankara. Nevertheless 40 bowlers (seven ladies) took to the lanes. Jo Allsebrook added her second title in a row and this time beat the men as well. Though Rob Kendall was second over the 17 games, he did shoot more pins scratch, the seven pin ladies bonus the difference, though this should take nothing away from Jo, who is in a rich vein of form.
Ingunn Øien, Norway and Marco Reviglio, Italy won the women's and men's titles in the 30th European Champions Cup sponsored by Ebonite. Both players led the field from 40 countries after 24 games qualifying to earn the No. 1 seed for the 8-player match play finals in best-of-three games format. Øien (pictured with coach Pepe Engström) swept Therese Forsell, Sweden, and Reviglio swept Thomas Gross, Austria, 2-0, in the title matches.
Alex Krause and Tim Bhongbhibhat (r-l) from Stuttgart, Germany came back from a 1-0 deficit against Swiss Sandro Ancarani and Bigi Manico to win the 7th International Strangers Doubles Tournament, two-games-to-one. The local favorites easily won the first game, 398-337, but the Germans rebounded with a 457-403 win in game two to level the match. In a high-scoring final game Krause (266) led his teammate Bhongbhibhat (204) to a 470-447 victory.
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Tournament leader Nick Froggatt, England, defeated Tony Fransson, Sweden, in the title match of the inaugural Maribor Open Strike Tournament, 227-207, en route to win the title and the 8.000 Euro top prize. Fransson, the No. 4 seed, ousted two compatriots on his way to the title match. In the opening match, Franssen defeated Martin Larsen, 217-205, then eliminated No. 2 seeded Erik Andersin in the semi-final, 228-223. The 2nd Maribor Open is on the schedule for the 2008 European Bowling Tour and will be held September 6-14, 2008.Â
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation has announced that Florida-based Kegel Company will do the lane maintenance for 12 out of 18 tournaments or two-thirds of the 2008 European Bowling Tour. Kegel is the official lane maintenance partner of the ETBF since the company has signed a three-year contract in 2006.
Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia (Sept. 8-16, 2007)
England's Nick Froggatt earned the No. 1 seed for the Live TV Finals in the 1st Maribor Open Strike Tournament at Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia. Three Swedes, Erik Andersin (r.), qualifying winner Martin Larsen (l.) and Tony Fransson will battle it out for he right to bowl Froggatt for the title. The four-player stepladder finals will be broadcasted live on Slovenian television in a two-hour show airing at 6 p.m. local time.
Nick Froggatt (l.) from England overtook the lead in the 1st Maribor Open Strike Tournament after Final Round Four at Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia. The lefty averaged 241.17 over the last six games and felled 1447 pins. Luca Osella started the round with the tournament's second 300 game but missed the cut by 29 pins. The top 8 players advanced to the next round and will bowl another three games to cut to the top 4 for the Live TV stepladder finals starting at 6 p.m.
Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia (Sept. 8-16, 2007)
The field is down to 16 in the 1st Maribor Open at Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia. From now on pinfall will be carried forward until the top four players for the Live TV Finals will be determined. World Ranking Masters champion Stuart Williams (r.), England, finished the third round with 280 to jump to the top of the leaderboard with 723 three-game total and an average of 241. His compatriot Nick Froggatt (l.) is mere two pins behind in second place with 721.Â
Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia (Sept. 8-16, 2007)
Multiple Austrian champion Thomas Gross (left), rolled a 732 three-game series in Final Round Two, the highest series of the day thus far in the finals of the 1st Maribor Open Strike Tournament in Slovenia. Gross had back-to-back 250s and finished with 217 to lead Mathias Ã…rup (right) by one pin. The Swede started with 279-255 and closed out his series with 197 for 731.
Robert Andersson (l.) from Sweden overtook the lead in the qualifying of the Norwegian Open in Squad 12 Friday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo. Andersson had games of 247, 235, 257, 246, 244 and 268 for 1497 pinfall total, an average of 249.50. His compatriots Martin Larsen and Nina Flack (r.) rolled the second and third 300 game of the tournament in game 1 and 4, respectively. 
Former Norwegian standout Tore Torgersen (l.) and Lars Lindbäck rolled six-game series of 1450 and 1448 Thursday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, but fell 16 and 18 pins short of the lead in the Norwegian Open to move into third and fourth place, respectively. Stefan Nilsson (r.), both Sweden, rolled the first 300 game. Frederik Øhrgaard, Denmark, led Squad 9 with 1387. Ingunn Øien, Norway, continued to lead the field of 108 players with 1466. 
Five of the sixteen players in qualifying Squad 7 in the Norwegian Open scored 1340 and higher for their six games Wednesday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. Svein Åke Ek (l.) won his second consecutive squad with 1457 six-game total and an average of 242.83 en route to leap into second place in the overall qualifying standings. The Norwegian U23 national team member missed the high score of 1466, posted by Ingunn Øien (r.) in Squad 1, by nine pins. 
Norwegian U23 international Svein Åke Ek (l.) posted a 1370 six-game total to move into ninth place in the qualifying for the Norwegian Open finals during the sixth of 18 squads Tuesday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo. Ek (l.), the 2007 European Youth Championships Masters runner-up, played in his own league and outaveraged his nearest competitor in Squad 6, Frode Jørgen Aaneby, by more than 23 pins. For the fourth consecutive day, Ingunn Øien (r.), all from Norway, remained atop the leaderboard with the1466 pinfall total. 
Just 13 players took on the lanes at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway, Monday in the fifth qualifying squad of the Norwegian Open. Owe Herrmann (l.) led the squad with 87 over par (based on a 200 average) thanks to a 290 in game #2, the highest game of the tournament thus far. Herrmann's 1287 six-game total was good for 19th place in the overall qualifying standings. Ingunn Øien (r.), all from Norway, is leading the tournament since Squad 1 with 1466 pinfall total and an average of 236.33.
The number 4 turned out to be Geir Ødegård's (l.) lucky number. The Norwegian led Squad 4 with 1398 six-game total to help grab the fourth place in the overall qualifying standings in the Norwegian Open after the first weekend. The top four players from the first weekend (squads 1-4) are automatically qualified for the finals next Sunday. As the experts in Norway expect the cutoff number close to 1350, leader Ingunn Øien (right, 1466) and the next seven players should be safe.
ECC champion Ingunn Øien (l.) had high games of 266, 258 and 247 en route to become the first leader in the European Bowling Tour's Norwegian Open at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo. Øien averaged 236.33 over six games to set the pace with 1466 pinfall total including handicap. Nils Christian Stensrud (r.) led Squad 2 with 1383 to move into fourth place. The Norwegian Open 2007 is the 17th stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour. 
2007 European ranking leaders Osku Palermaa (left), Finland, and Kirsten Penny (right), England, finished second and fourth in the Ankara Open in Turkey, to widen the their lead in the men's and women's rankings. 3-time defending European ranking champions Paul Moor, England, and Britt Brøndsted, Denmark, sit in second place, 60 and 48 points off the pace, respectively. 
The Norwegian Open 2007, the 17th stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour, will be held at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway from September 29 through October 7, 2007. The tournament offers total prize money of 351.000 Norwegian Kronor, approx. 61.220 U.S. Dollar or 44.403 Euro. The winner will receive the 60.000 NOK top prize ($10.465/€7.590). Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Oslo. 
Ingunn Øien, Norway and Marco Reviglio, Italy won the women's and men's titles in the 30th European Champions Cup sponsored by Ebonite. Both players led the field from 40 countries after 24 games qualifying to earn the No. 1 seed for the 8-player match play finals in best-of-three games format. Øien (pictured with coach Pepe Engström) swept Therese Forsell, Sweden, and Reviglio swept Thomas Gross, Austria, 2-0, in the title matches. 
Alex Krause and Tim Bhongbhibhat (r-l) from Stuttgart, Germany came back from a 1-0 deficit against Swiss Sandro Ancarani and Bigi Manico to win the 7th International Strangers Doubles Tournament, two-games-to-one. The local favorites easily won the first game, 398-337, but the Germans rebounded with a 457-403 win in game two to level the match. In a high-scoring final game Krause (266) led his teammate Bhongbhibhat (204) to a 470-447 victory.
Tournament leader Nick Froggatt, England, defeated Tony Fransson, Sweden, in the title match of the inaugural Maribor Open Strike Tournament, 227-207, en route to win the title and the 8.000 Euro top prize. Fransson, the No. 4 seed, ousted two compatriots on his way to the title match. In the opening match, Franssen defeated Martin Larsen, 217-205, then eliminated No. 2 seeded Erik Andersin in the semi-final, 228-223. The 2nd Maribor Open is on the schedule for the 2008 European Bowling Tour and will be held September 6-14, 2008. 
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation has announced that Florida-based Kegel Company will do the lane maintenance for 12 out of 18 tournaments or two-thirds of the 2008 European Bowling Tour. Kegel is the official lane maintenance partner of the ETBF since the company has signed a three-year contract in 2006.
England's Nick Froggatt earned the No. 1 seed for the Live TV Finals in the 1st Maribor Open Strike Tournament at Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia. Three Swedes, Erik Andersin (r.), qualifying winner Martin Larsen (l.) and Tony Fransson will battle it out for he right to bowl Froggatt for the title. The four-player stepladder finals will be broadcasted live on Slovenian television in a two-hour show airing at 6 p.m. local time.
Nick Froggatt (l.) from England overtook the lead in the 1st Maribor Open Strike Tournament after Final Round Four at Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia. The lefty averaged 241.17 over the last six games and felled 1447 pins. Luca Osella started the round with the tournament's second 300 game but missed the cut by 29 pins. The top 8 players advanced to the next round and will bowl another three games to cut to the top 4 for the Live TV stepladder finals starting at 6 p.m. 
The field is down to 16 in the 1st Maribor Open at Strike Bowling Center in Maribor, Slovenia. From now on pinfall will be carried forward until the top four players for the Live TV Finals will be determined. World Ranking Masters champion Stuart Williams (r.), England, finished the third round with 280 to jump to the top of the leaderboard with 723 three-game total and an average of 241. His compatriot Nick Froggatt (l.) is mere two pins behind in second place with 721. 
Multiple Austrian champion Thomas Gross (left), rolled a 732 three-game series in Final Round Two, the highest series of the day thus far in the finals of the 1st Maribor Open Strike Tournament in Slovenia. Gross had back-to-back 250s and finished with 217 to lead Mathias Ã…rup (right) by one pin. The Swede started with 279-255 and closed out his series with 197 for 731. 