The International Seniors Bowling Tour all-time title leaders Angie Brown and Ron Oldfield of England concluded the 2017 ISBT with victory in the Zeeland Senior Open 2017. Both have the highest number of ISBT wins in the men’s and women’s division since the tour started in 2010 with 16.

The final stop on the 2017 ISBT tour was the second running of the Zeeland Senior Open at Bowling Goes in the Netherlands. The entry list of 75 men and 19 women was a significant increase on the previous year, including a very strong UK entry of 26 bowlers, only one less than the 27 bowlers from the home country.

The format for the tournament was a single six-game qualifying block with unlimited re-entries. The qualification cuts were tough, with only 3 women and 18 men making the finals from the overall leaderboard.

For those not able to qualify this way, there were additional opportunities through Scratch scores, Turbo games, and a Desperado squad.

Age bonus started at age 51 (1 pin per game), then increased a pin for every additional year of age with no limit. As with all ISBT events, there was a separate division for ladies.

The tournament started on Tuesday, with Belgian bowlers heading both sections. Dominique de Nolf led the men’s entries with 1296 including age bonus, and Linda Van Kerckhove had a fine 1246 to lead the ladies’ division.

Bowling resumed with a single squad on Thursday evening, won by Ed Roberts from the USA with 1436, just a few pins ahead of Belgian Roger Pieters. Top lady was Linda Pray from England with 1146.

Friday saw three more squads, best score of the day went to Herman Wimmer of Germany with 1463, ahead of Ron Oldfield from England.

Third place went to Gery Verbruggen from Belgium, who got off to a slow start, but by the fifth game the strikes were flowing freely, and a 300 game looked on the cards. A pocket split leave late in the game killed the chance of the 300, however in the sixth game, all 12 shots were strikes, providing the only 300 game of the tournament.

In the ladies’ section, Angie Brown from England matched the top score on the leaderboard of 1246, ahead of Hilleva Huhta from Finland.

There were three final squads on Saturday, and in the first, Steven Jeeves of England took the overall lead with 1472. Martina Beckel from Germany also shot to the top of the leaderboard with 1319 in the ladies’ section.

In the second squad, another English player took the overall lead, this time Alan Jenkins with 1481. Liliane Vintens of Belgium was top lady with 1216, but this was not enough to make the top three qualification places.

The final squad scores were generally lower, André Geelen of Belgium was top man with 1349, just enough to squeeze him into a top 18 place. Karin Lischka‘s score of 1233 was not enough to make the top three, but did reward her with the scratch qualification place.

At the end of qualification, the men’s leaderboard was led by Alan Jenkins, ahead of Steven Jeeves and Herman Wimmer. The top 18 would automatically progress to the finals, 18th place was Helmut Ulber from Germany with 1335.

These 18 would be joined by two Turbo, two Scratch, and two Desperado bowlers, making a total of 24 qualifiers.

Martina Beckel led the women’s section with 1319, ahead of Linda Van Kerckhove and Angie Brown. These three were joined by three more bowlers, one each from the Scratch, Turbo and Desperado lists.

The Desperado was contested by nine men and three women. Yves Delafonteyne from Belgium was the clear men’s winner, second place resulted in a tie between Paul Newton of England and Pekka Tiironkoski of Finland. The tie was resolved by the highest scratch score going through, so Paul Newton took his place in the final. Kerstin Deter of Germany won the lady’s desperado section with a fine 224 game.

The finals started with the men bowling a four game block, starting from scratch. Alan Jenkins continued to lead with a 1025 total, ahead of Lol Ellis and Ron Oldfield making an all-England top three. The top 12 would go forward to the next round, 12th place was Gery Verbruggen with 895.

In the next round, which carried forward pinfall from the first round, Ron Oldfield had a good block of 1008 to move from third to first place, with a 76 pin lead over Lol Ellis, with Alan Jenkins still in the top three. Six bowlers would make the grand final, in sixth place was Herman Wimmer with 1894.

The final round was a further two games, again with pinfall carrying forward. A good last game from Lol Ellis closed the gap a little, but Ron Oldfield (center) finished the comfortable winner, ahead of Lol Ellis (left) and Helmut Ulber (right), making him the two-time winner of the Zeeland Senior Open, and a two time winner in 2017 on the ISBT tour.

In the ladies’ section, the six qualifiers also bowled a four game block, playing on the burnt condition left by the first men’s round. Angie Brown hit 920 to open up a large lead over the rest of the field, with Martina Beckel in second place, 76 pins behind. Only the top three would make the final round, with Liliane Vintens just making it through.

The two game final was played on a fresh condition, with pinfall carrying forward. Angie Brown struggled to repeat her early scoring place, and Martina Beckel slowly closed the gap.

Beckel (right) needed three strikes in the tenth frame to tie the scores, she got the first strike, but a stubborn 10 pin on her second ball meant she would finish in second place, with Vintens (left) in third place. Angie Brown (center) now has back-to-back wins after her victory in Deurne in November.

The International Seniors Bowling Tour will resume in 2018 for Arthur’s Senior Open in Osnabrück, Germany, which takes place March 7-11 at Vegas Bowling.

Full details are available at the ISBT website.

Story and Results courtesy of Tony Brown.

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2017 ISBT Schedule & Champions

Zeeland Senior Open – Men’s Round 3 Results (final standings)

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	B/F	G1	G2	Pins	Rd. 3	Avg.	Total
1.	Ron Oldfield	England	26	2008	236	202	438	490	219.00	2498
2.	Lol Ellis	England	17	1932	204	277	481	515	240.50	2447
3.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	18	1914	248	237	485	521	242.50	2435
4.	Alan Jenkins	England	26	1928	214	226	440	492	220.00	2420
5.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	5	1896	259	203	462	472	231.00	2368
6.	Herman Wimmer	Germany	24	1894	195	217	412	460	206.00	2354

Zeeland Senior Open – Women’s Round 2 Results (final standings)

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	B/F	G1	G2	Pins	Rd. 2	Avg.	Total
1.	Angie Brown	England	9	920	184	167	351	369	175.50	1289
2.	Martina Beckel	Germany	8	844	203	216	419	435	209.50	1279
3.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	10	815	193	188	381	401	190.50	1216

Zeeland Senior Open – Men’s Round 2 Results

Top 6 advance to Round 3

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Ron Oldfield	England	26	1000	247	226	216	215	904	226.00	2008
2.	Lol Ellis	England	17	1001	237	183	211	232	863	215.75	1932
3.	Alan Jenkins	England	26	1025	194	212	190	203	799	199.75	1928
4.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	18	980	185	224	217	236	862	215.50	1914
5.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	5	989	215	212	247	213	887	221.75	1896
6.	Herman Wimmer	Germany	24	984	278	182	203	151	814	203.50	1894
7.	Edward J. Roberts	United States	24	954	178	234	226	197	835	208.75	1885
8.	Steven Jeeves	England	4	963	193	194	224	247	858	214.50	1837
9.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	18	942	182	191	223	191	787	196.75	1801
10.	Frank Lindsay	England	17	915	255	161	182	200	798	199.50	1781
11.	Andy Clough	England	10	902	234	195	169	236	834	208.50	1776
12.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	1	895	257	190	196	192	835	208.75	1734

Zeeland Senior Open – Men’s Round 1 Results

Top 12 advance to Round 2

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Alan Jenkins	England	26	236	224	237	224	921	230.25	1025
2.	Lol Ellis	England	17	279	212	238	204	933	233.25	1001
3.	Ron Oldfield	England	26	265	247	202	182	896	224.00	1000
4.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	5	255	236	255	223	969	242.25	989
5.	Herman Wimmer	Germany	24	245	183	214	246	888	222.00	984
6.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	18	257	210	215	226	908	227.00	980
7.	Steven Jeeves	England	4	237	193	269	248	947	236.75	963
8.	Edward J. Roberts	United States	24	194	221	218	225	858	214.50	954
9.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	18	197	201	245	227	870	217.50	942
10.	Frank Lindsay	England	17	192	231	216	208	847	211.75	915
11.	Andy Clough	England	10	263	205	182	212	862	215.50	902
12.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	1	215	234	246	196	891	222.75	895
13.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	6	194	258	212	199	863	215.75	887
14.	Harald Punessen	Germany	4	257	247	186	176	866	216.50	882
15.	Leen Schaap	Netherlands	20	212	229	166	183	790	197.50	870
16.	Raimo Palokoski	Finland	16	193	208	217	175	793	198.25	857
17.	Etienne Couvent	Belgium	11	235	184	191	202	812	203.00	856
18.	André Geelen	Belgium	21	174	188	191	204	757	189.25	841
19.	Henry Van Steenis	Netherlands	10	215	170	199	204	788	197.00	828
20.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	5	237	213	192	160	802	200.50	822
21.	Auke Broekhuizen	Netherlands	6	164	228	201	191	784	196.00	808
22.	Lasse Jalava	Finland	15	181	171	182	199	733	183.25	793
23.	Yves Delafonteyne	Belgium	3	178	200	191	198	767	191.75	779
24.	Paul Newton	England	20	130	178	167	191	666	166.50	746

Zeeland Senior Open – Women’s Round 1 Results

Top 3 advance to Round 2

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Angie Brown	England	9	215	268	205	196	884	221.00	920
2.	Martina Beckel	Germany	8	214	187	215	196	812	203.00	844
3.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	10	184	214	178	199	775	193.75	815
4.	Karin Lischka	Germany	7	202	191	216	166	775	193.75	803
5.	Kerstin Deter	Germany	1	185	202	183	180	750	187.50	754
6.	Linda Van Kerckhove	Belgium	1	145	175	213	195	728	182.00	732

Zeeland Senior Open – Men’s Qualifying

Top 18 plus two Turbo (places 19 & 20), two Scratch (places 21 & 22) and two Desperado (places 23 & 24) bowlers advance to Round 1

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Alan Jenkins	England	26	205	247	199	258	223	193	1325	220.83	1481
2.	Steven Jeeves	England	4	234	257	259	215	238	245	1448	241.33	1472
3.	Herman Wimmer	Germany	24	200	197	236	223	225	238	1319	219.83	1463
4.	Ron Oldfield	England	26	191	181	183	235	256	245	1291	215.17	1447
5.	Edward J. Roberts	United States	24	217	223	215	207	218	212	1292	215.33	1436
6.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	18	205	255	177	232	225	227	1321	220.17	1429
7.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	1	180	202	244	235	256	300	1417	236.17	1423
8.	Frank Lindsay	England	17	243	204	202	218	215	232	1314	219.00	1416
9.	Lol Ellis	England	17	169	204	248	222	212	246	1301	216.83	1403
10.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	6	239	268	185	214	223	211	1340	223.33	1376
11.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	5	166	217	246	227	256	231	1343	223.83	1373
12.	Leen Schaap	Netherlands	20	194	214	182	216	222	225	1253	208.83	1373
13.	Harald Punessen	Germany	4	244	173	267	202	211	235	1332	222.00	1356
14.	Lasse Jalava	Finland	15	202	172	194	259	206	232	1265	210.83	1355
15.	Andy Clough	England	10	193	228	200	233	257	178	1289	214.83	1349
16.	André Geelen	Belgium	21	179	201	216	227	214	186	1223	203.83	1349
17.	Henry Van Steenis	Netherlands	10	230	242	233	190	180	211	1286	214.33	1346
18.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	18	227	164	208	201	192	235	1227	204.50	1335
19.	Auke Broekhuizen	Netherlands	6	232	194	210	279	168	204	1287	214.50	1323
20.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	5	246	217	203	194	189	233	1282	213.67	1312
21.	Raimo Palokoski	Finland	16	204	261	162	177	206	191	1201	200.17	1297
22.	Etienne Couvent	Belgium	11	146	195	201	268	155	146	1111	185.17	1177
23.	Paul Newton	England	20	167	186	167	165	233	168	1086	181.00	1206
24.	Yves Delafonteyne	Belgium	3	201	186	222	204	154	193	1160	193.33	1178
25.	Ekkehard Oette	Germany	22	207	165	211	183	195	242	1203	200.50	1335
26.	Jack Smith	England	14	227	192	168	192	246	222	1247	207.83	1331
27.	Giorgio Desimio	France	17	210	180	203	238	215	177	1223	203.83	1325
28.	Mo Singleton	England	23	216	204	217	189	156	194	1176	196.00	1314
29.	Robert Vallons	Belgium	11	204	214	215	204	212	196	1245	207.50	1311
30.	Erwin Groen	Netherlands	6	184	221	210	236	188	233	1272	212.00	1308
31.	Ben Van Denzel	Netherlands	9	204	194	222	217	193	220	1250	208.33	1304
32.	John De Vries	Netherlands	16	211	172	152	214	259	195	1203	200.50	1299
33.	Les Grant	England	23	213	158	203	169	222	194	1159	193.17	1297
34.	Dominique De Nolf	Belgium	11	247	219	222	164	176	202	1230	205.00	1296
35.	François Apers	Belgium	30	191	199	198	189	182	157	1116	186.00	1296
36.	Ian Buckland	England	12	208	195	170	237	213	199	1222	203.67	1294
37.	Mike Halliwell	England	10	214	210	244	191	192	179	1230	205.00	1290
38.	Frank Stander	England	37	177	154	187	159	208	179	1064	177.33	1286
39.	Nico Thienpondt	Netherlands	3	216	194	209	221	224	193	1257	209.50	1275
40.	Nick Wright	England	1	210	163	265	225	225	178	1266	211.00	1272
41.	Rob Gorter	Netherlands	10	167	187	280	211	182	179	1206	201.00	1266
42.	Dominique Wallet	France	2	192	245	204	200	201	211	1253	208.83	1265
43.	Jeff Taylor	England	9	176	210	148	235	214	225	1208	201.33	1262
44.	Bruno Schmitt	France	11	170	175	203	239	223	186	1196	199.33	1262
45.	Tini Van Dorst	Netherlands	16	254	170	190	182	183	180	1159	193.17	1255
46.	Mick Ince	England	17	182	235	142	183	204	205	1151	191.83	1253
47.	Louis Hendriks	Netherlands	2	169	225	205	217	246	171	1233	205.50	1245
48.	Jan De Bruijn	Netherlands	16	191	226	169	177	149	233	1145	190.83	1241
49.	Jochen Diekhoff	Germany	18	186	184	203	180	204	174	1131	188.50	1239
50.	Vladimir Dvorak	Belgium	17	170	181	201	217	173	192	1134	189.00	1236
51.	Peter Verlaan	Netherlands	8	211	210	172	210	166	214	1183	197.17	1231
52.	René Gooyers	Netherlands	13	191	188	192	195	205	172	1143	190.50	1221
53.	Arthur Dähn	Germany	16	196	180	189	213	172	173	1123	187.17	1219
54.	Pekka Tiironkoski	Finland	25	172	178	183	175	147	212	1067	177.83	1217
55.	Peter Van Den Oever	Netherlands	6	234	185	197	189	186	186	1177	196.17	1213
56.	Harry Meijer	Netherlands	12	183	184	213	184	181	182	1127	187.83	1199
57.	Jurgen Laermans	Belgium	2	239	179	187	180	214	182	1181	196.83	1193
58.	Freddy Schijf	Netherlands	6	232	151	199	182	177	216	1157	192.83	1193
59.	Steve Wright	England	17	161	154	203	190	206	171	1085	180.83	1187
60.	Paul Cosgrove	England	0	173	190	213	256	181	169	1182	197.00	1182
61.	Douglas Sinclair	England	22	176	185	151	187	183	165	1047	174.50	1179
62.	Pierre Prou	France	18	188	188	172	163	179	180	1070	178.33	1178
63.	Roger Verhasselt	Belgium	25	152	142	188	215	184	141	1022	170.33	1172
64.	Leen Van Haaften	Netherlands	14	171	191	138	213	166	206	1085	180.83	1169
65.	Kees Ringelberg	Netherlands	13	203	131	205	210	148	186	1083	180.50	1161
66.	Luciano Casagrande	Belgium	2	164	204	234	164	165	214	1145	190.83	1157
67.	Steve Coates	England	6	181	165	202	178	193	200	1119	186.50	1155
68.	Wilbert Anthonisse	Netherlands	1	168	193	171	162	206	246	1146	191.00	1152
69.	Ad Van Der Jagt	Netherlands	21	143	160	185	217	160	159	1024	170.67	1150
70.	Norbert Rondelez	Belgium	9	176	211	161	174	136	235	1093	182.17	1147
71.	Eddy Jeziorski	Belgium	11	203	182	151	171	172	193	1072	178.67	1138
72.	Walter Kindschuh	Germany	2	188	204	190	172	169	171	1094	182.33	1106
73.	Michael Pray	England	18	146	169	168	154	187	122	946	157.67	1054
74.	Wim Louwerse	Netherlands	15	136	119	121	196	165	208	945	157.50	1035
75.	Roel Mol	Netherlands	1	163	190	184	135	177	173	1022	170.33	1028

300 games (1) – Gery Verbruggen.

Zeeland Senior Open – Women’s Qualifying

Top 3 plus one Scratch (4th), one Turbo (5th) and one Desperado (6th) bowler advance to Round 1

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Martina Beckel	Germany	8	204	235	218	220	202	192	1271	211.83	1319
2.	Linda Van Kerckhove	Belgium	1	226	191	201	224	201	197	1240	206.67	1246
3.	Angie Brown	England	9	236	168	199	171	243	175	1192	198.67	1246
4.	Karin Lischka	Germany	7	214	214	180	203	178	202	1191	198.50	1233
5.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	10	206	216	213	195	160	166	1156	192.67	1216
6.	Kerstin Deter	Germany	1	184	194	194	190	195	193	1150	191.67	1156
7.	Hillevi Huhta	Finland	12	199	172	170	231	192	170	1134	189.00	1206
8.	Odile Verlinde	France	3	213	222	202	197	179	167	1180	196.67	1198
9.	Daniele Guigon	France	10	183	211	188	216	184	156	1138	189.67	1198
10.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	22	156	160	157	195	229	147	1044	174.00	1176
11.	Linda Pray	England	15	160	156	170	180	196	194	1056	176.00	1146
12.	Uschi Diekhoff	Germany	16	171	170	161	195	181	168	1046	174.33	1142
13.	Ruth Stander	England	33	168	161	173	117	151	164	934	155.67	1132
14.	Marion De Leux	Netherlands	5	170	180	221	156	176	185	1088	181.33	1118
15.	Claribel Muis	Netherlands	9	166	195	153	136	184	204	1038	173.00	1092
16.	Marian Verhoef	Netherlands	12	161	116	180	183	191	180	1011	168.50	1083
17.	Anna Yang	Netherlands	8	155	176	167	145	166	193	1002	167.00	1050
18.	Maria Luisa Carola	Belgium	6	158	187	193	149	154	147	988	164.67	1024
19.	Linda Buckland	England	15	135	142	125	120	165	155	842	140.33	932