Belgian girls win gold in Doubles at European Youth Championships

11 April, 2017

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Jolien Thys and Shinya Haest of Belgium used a flawless spare effort by Thy and a four-bagger by Haest to defeat Helene Johnsrud and Sofia Hultstedt of Norway, 404-345, to capture the gold medal in Girls’ Doubles Tuesday at the 30th European Youth Championships.

Thys (center, with coach Melissa Vallons, left), who had two strikes and eight spares, scored 191 at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland, while Haest (right), posted 213.

She started with a strike and three spares and rebounded from a single-pin miss with four consecutive strikes to put the match out of reach for the Norwegians, who had combined six opens.

Hulstedt (center, with coach Peppe Engstrøm, left), who had three strikes in a row from frame five and all three in the 10th frame, hit 200 on the nose and Johnsrud (right), who suffered four opens, including three splits, added 145 on the way to the silver medal.

In the semi-finals, the favorites from Russia and Sweden, who out averaged their opponents by 15 and 12 pins and more, respectively, were sidelined. The Norwegians won their match against top-seeded Maria Koshel and Daria Minenko (right, r-l) by a whisker as the Russians fell one point short of a tie, 389-388.

The Belgian girls matched that effort, but other than the Russians to win against second-seeded Mathilda Tidbeck and Hanna Engberg of Sweden, 388-349.

As the semi-final losers, Russia and Sweden shared the bronze medal.

The 24 doubles were split into two squads for six games of preliminaries after which the top 4 advanced to the medal round featuring one-game matches.

The top three duos came from the second squad. Heading into the last game, Russia and Sweden were tied for the lead at 2054. Koshel and Minenko closed the six-game block with 413, their fourth game over 400 (200 average), to earn the No. 1 seed with 2467 total and an average of 205.58.

Tidbeck and Engberg managed 380 to finish the preliminaries in second place with 2434 (202.83). Belgium’s Thys and Haest, who finished with a low game of 331, maintained third place by 12 pins with 2284 (190.33).

Norwegians Johnsrud and Hultstedt, who led the first squad by 10 pins over The Netherlands and 19 pins over Finland, took the fourth and last place to advance with 2272 or an average of 189.33.

Only three of the 52 girls from 18 countries surpassed the 1200 mark (200 average) to take the top three positions in all-events (total pinfall in singles, doubles and team preliminaries) after six out of 18 games.

Koshel led the way with 1269 and an average of 211.50, including five games between 212 and 222 and a low of 174.

Tidbeck was just 17 pins behind in second place with 1252 (208.67) and Hultstedt was third with 1209. Teea Mäkelä from the host country Finland posted the highest game of the day with 257.

Action shifts to the four-player team events on Wednesday and Thursday. The girls’ and boys’ teams will bowl the first three-game block on Wednesday (9 a.m. boys; 1.15 p.m. girls) and the second block on Thursday (9 a.m. girls; 1.15 p.m. boys). The semi-finals and the gold medal matches will follow at 5.30 and 6.30 p.m. All times Eastern European Summer Time.

The 30th European Youth Championships will be held from April 8-17, 2017 at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland.

The Championships drew 146 players, 94 boys and 52 girls, from 28 member countries of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) – Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and the host country Finland.

Up to four boys and four girls per country who must not be born before September 1, 1998 will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in five disciplines: Singles, Doubles and four-player Teams, All-Events and Masters.

The 2017 EYC will be played on a 41-foot lane conditioning pattern with 25.485 mL volume oil total.

Singles, Doubles and Team preliminaries feature six games with the top 4 advancing to the medal round. No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3 in the semi-finals. The winners bowl for gold and silver while the losers share the bronze medal. All matches will be decided in one game.

The three players with highest 18-game total of the Singles, Doubles and Teams preliminaries earn the medals in All-Events. The top 24 in All-Events determine the Masters champion in single-elimination match play in best-of-three games format. Top 8 players receive a first-round bye.

Photos courtesy of Seija Lankinen.

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The medalists in Girls’ Doubles with their coaches, from left to right:
Norway (2nd), Belgium (1st), Sweden and Russia (tied for 3rd).

30th EYC 2017 – Girls Doubles Medal Round

Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland (April 11, 2017)

Championship Round:
1. Belgium (Jolien Thys, Shinya Haest), 792 (2 games)
2. Norway (Helene J Johnsrud, Sofia Hultstedt), 734 (2 games)
3. Russia (Maria Koshel, Daria Minenko), 388 (1 game)
(tie) Sweden (Mathilda Tidbeck, Hanna Engberg), 349 (1 game)

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1:
No. 4 Norway (Johnsrud 178/Hultstedt 211) def.
No 1 Russia (Koshel 216/Minenko 172), 389-388
Semifinal Match 2:
No. 3 Belgium (Thys 188/Haest 200) def.
No. 2 Sweden (Tidbeck 165/Engberg 184), 388-349
Gold Medal Match:
Belgium (Thys 191/Haest 213) def.
Norway (Johnsrud 145/Hultstedt 200), 404-345.

30th EYC 2017 – Girls Doubles Preliminaries

Top 4 advance to the medal round.

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Russia	430	442	355	1227	433	394	413	1240	2467	205.58
	Maria Koshel	222	219	174	615	221	212	221	654	1269	211.50
	Daria Minenko	208	223	181	612	212	182	192	586	1198	199.67
2.	Sweden	425	459	350	1234	357	463	380	1200	2434	202.83
	Mathilda Tidbeck	235	247	168	650	213	221	168	602	1252	208.67
	Hanna Engberg	190	212	182	584	144	242	212	598	1182	197.00
3.	Belgium	377	403	374	1154	383	416	331	1130	2284	190.33
	Jolien Thys	176	200	195	571	211	196	159	566	1137	189.50
	Shinya Haest	201	203	179	583	172	220	172	564	1147	191.17
4.	Norway	374	362	417	1153	379	380	360	1119	2272	189.33
	Helene J Johnsrud	176	159	181	516	179	167	201	547	1063	177.17
	Sofia Hultstedt	198	203	236	637	200	213	159	572	1209	201.50
5.	Netherlands	353	382	408	1143	347	377	395	1119	2262	188.50
	Bianca Brommer	139	169	186	494	178	208	225	611	1105	184.17
	Denise Blankenzee	214	213	222	649	169	169	170	508	1157	192.83
6.	Finland	340	383	378	1101	360	342	450	1152	2253	187.75
	Elice Piksilä	160	181	201	542	183	180	193	556	1098	183.00
	Teea Mäkelä	180	202	177	559	177	162	257	596	1155	192.50
7.	Germany	322	380	375	1077	371	330	468	1169	2246	187.17
	Lisa‐Marie Felger	177	211	202	590	150	154	211	515	1105	184.17
	Carolin Schulz	145	169	173	487	221	176	257	654	1141	190.17
8.	England	342	439	348	1129	366	385	362	1113	2242	186.83
	Mia Bewley	172	215	173	560	165	207	196	568	1128	188.00
	Lorna Scott	170	224	175	569	201	178	166	545	1114	185.67
9.	Denmark	370	340	377	1087	400	330	407	1137	2224	185.33
	Megan G. Dicay	199	144	221	564	184	153	238	575	1139	189.83
	Mika G. Guldbæk	171	196	156	523	216	177	169	562	1085	180.83
10.	Scotland	349	400	362	1111	355	347	383	1085	2196	183.00
	Eilidh Groden	154	177	156	487	172	189	171	532	1019	169.83
	Megan Philip	195	223	206	624	183	158	212	553	1177	196.17
11.	England	311	334	387	1032	368	367	423	1158	2190	182.50
	Isabel Allen	150	173	187	510	154	205	188	547	1057	176.17
	Natasja Ailes	161	161	200	522	214	162	235	611	1133	188.83
12.	Sweden	375	336	385	1096	328	360	397	1085	2181	181.75
	Amanda Gadd	192	166	165	523	159	182	200	541	1064	177.33
	Ellen Ekholm	183	170	220	573	169	178	197	544	1117	186.17
13.	Russia	410	388	343	1141	323	347	362	1032	2173	181.08
	Anastasiia Fedorova	211	189	187	587	164	162	175	501	1088	181.33
	Maria Belinskaya	199	199	156	554	159	185	187	531	1085	180.83
14.	Czech Republic	395	306	373	1074	317	343	424	1084	2158	179.83
	Anna Petáková	210	156	214	580	180	174	190	544	1124	187.33
	Lucie Kubelková	185	150	159	494	137	169	234	540	1034	172.33
15.	Finland	364	387	369	1120	374	312	347	1033	2153	179.42
	Essi Pakarinen	191	182	174	547	183	184	189	556	1103	183.83
	Vilma Salo	173	205	195	573	191	128	158	477	1050	175.00
16.	Denmark	356	339	357	1052	395	364	338	1097	2149	179.08
	Sofie K. Rasmussen	161	156	194	511	188	173	169	530	1041	173.50
	Line B. Christiansen	195	183	163	541	207	191	169	567	1108	184.67
17.	Germany	337	327	384	1048	372	379	328	1079	2127	177.25
	Alina Schmidt	157	149	180	486	174	179	161	514	1000	166.67
	Tessa Solger	180	178	204	562	198	200	167	565	1127	187.83
18.	Ukraine	338	394	349	1081	368	275	338	981	2062	171.83
	Daria Niechetova	162	191	169	522	223	146	170	539	1061	176.83
	Mariia Kucherenko	176	203	180	559	145	129	168	442	1001	166.83
19.	Netherlands	292	340	353	985	371	329	372	1072	2057	171.42
	Beaudine Kriele	153	192	134	479	179	158	204	541	1020	170.00
	Sharon Rietveld	139	148	219	506	192	171	168	531	1037	172.83
20.	Iceland	302	315	364	981	333	401	332	1066	2047	170.58
	Helga Ósk Freysdóttir	150	159	167	476	190	176	187	553	1029	171.50
	Elva Rós Hannesdóttir	152	156	197	505	143	225	145	513	1018	169.67
21.	Austria	267	345	341	953	321	293	312	926	1879	156.58
	Michelle Übelher	106	179	157	442	174	149	155	478	920	153.33
	Angelina Strobl	161	166	184	511	147	144	157	448	959	159.83
22.	Iceland	353	259	322	934	285	260	340	885	1819	151.58
	Málfríður Jóna Freysdóttir	133	121	136	390	139	125	142	406	796	132.67
	Guðbjörg Harpa Sigurðardóttir	220	138	186	544	146	135	198	479	1023	170.50
23.	Romania	316	269	275	860	269	281	328	878	1738	144.83
	Zsofia Verzar	137	108	104	349	91	124	114	329	678	113.00
	Dora Soos	179	161	171	511	178	157	214	549	1060	176.67
24.	Ukraine	257	268	255	780	260	279	269	808	1588	132.33
	Oleksandra Bezridna	159	135	132	426	136	134	139	409	835	139.17
	Diana Baltian	98	133	123	354	124	145	130	399	753	125.50

30th EYC 2017 – Girls All-Events after 6 of 18 games

Top three earn the medals in All-Events; top 24 advance to Masters match play, top 8 earn one bye

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Maria Koshel	Russia	6	1269			1269	211.50
2.	Mathilda Tidbeck	Sweden	6	1252			1252	208.67
3.	Sofia Hultstedt	Norway	6	1209			1209	201.50
4.	Daria Minenko	Russia	6	1198			1198	199.67
5.	Hanna Engberg	Sweden	6	1182			1182	197.00
6.	Megan Philip	Scotland	6	1177			1177	196.17
7.	Sara Xuereb	Malta	6	1160			1160	193.33
8.	Denise Blankenzee	Netherlands	6	1157			1157	192.83
9.	Teea Mäkelä	Finland	6	1155			1155	192.50
10.	Shinya Haest	Belgium	6	1147			1147	191.17
11.	Carolin Schulz	Germany	6	1141			1141	190.17
12.	Megan G. Dicay	Denmark	6	1139			1139	189.83
13.	Jolien Thys	Belgium	6	1137			1137	189.50
14.	Natasja Ailes	England	6	1133			1133	188.83
15.	Mia Bewley	England	6	1128			1128	188.00
16.	Tessa Solger	Germany	6	1127			1127	187.83
17.	Anna Petáková	Czech Republic	6	1124			1124	187.33
18.	Ellen Ekholm	Sweden	6	1117			1117	186.17
19.	Lorna Scott	England	6	1114			1114	185.67
20.	Line B. Christiansen	Denmark	6	1108			1108	184.67
21.	Bianca Brommer	Netherlands	6	1105			1105	184.17
22.	Lisa‐Marie Felger	Germany	6	1105			1105	184.17
23.	Essi Pakarinen	Finland	6	1103			1103	183.83
24.	Elice Piksilä	Finland	6	1098			1098	183.00
25.	Anastasiia Fedorova	Russia	6	1088			1088	181.33
26.	Sarah Giwiser	Austria	6	1086			1086	181.00
27.	Maria Belinskaya	Russia	6	1085			1085	180.83
28.	Mika G. Guldbæk	Denmark	6	1085			1085	180.83
29.	liron Gal Peled	Israel	6	1083			1083	180.50
30.	Amanda Gadd	Sweden	6	1064			1064	177.33
31.	Helene J Johnsrud	Norway	6	1063			1063	177.17
32.	Daria Niechetova	Ukraine	6	1061			1061	176.83
33.	Dora Soos	Romania	6	1060			1060	176.67
34.	Isabel Allen	England	6	1057			1057	176.17
35.	Natália Kráľová	Slovakia	6	1054			1054	175.67
36.	Vilma Salo	Finland	6	1050			1050	175.00
37.	Sofie K. Rasmussen	Denmark	6	1041			1041	173.50
38.	Sharon Rietveld	Netherlands	6	1037			1037	172.83
39.	Lucie Kubelková	Czech Republic	6	1034			1034	172.33
40.	Helga Ósk Freysdóttir	Iceland	6	1029			1029	171.50
41.	Guðbjörg Harpa Sigurðardóttir	Iceland	6	1023			1023	170.50
42.	Beaudine Kriele	Netherlands	6	1020			1020	170.00
43.	Eilidh Groden	Scotland	6	1019			1019	169.83
44.	Elva Rós Hannesdóttir	Iceland	6	1018			1018	169.67
45.	Mariia Kucherenko	Ukraine	6	1001			1001	166.83
46.	Alina Schmidt	Germany	6	1000			1000	166.67
47.	Angelina Strobl	Austria	6	959			959	159.83
48.	Michelle Übelher	Austria	6	920			920	153.33
49.	Oleksandra Bezridna	Ukraine	6	835			835	139.17
50.	Málfríður Jóna Freysdóttir	Iceland	6	796			796	132.67
51.	Diana Baltian	Ukraine	6	753			753	125.50
52.	Zsofia Verzar	Romania	6	678			678	113.00