Nina Flack from Sweden and Finn Osku Palermaa are the 2008 women's and men's European Bowling Tour ranking champions. It marks the first victory of a Swedish bowler - man or woman - in the 9-year history of the EBT, while Palermaa followed in the footprints of former men's champions Gery Verbruggen, Belgium (2000-03) and Paul Moor (2004-06) as repeat champion. The top 8 women and top 8 men qualified for the 2009 World Ranking Masters in Naples, Italy. In addition, the top 16 men and the top 16 women qualified for the EBT Masters in May 2009 in Aalborg, Denmark.
For the third time this season Nina Flack (l.) won the women's rankings in a European Bowling Tour tournament. The Swedish national team member, who defeated Norwegian Tore Torgersen (r.) in the title match of the 5th Oltremare Columbia 300 Open, received 100 ranking points to overtake the lead in the women's standings with 644 points. Torgersen moved up one spot to second place in the men's rankings with 593 points narrowing the gap to leader Osku Palermaa from Finland to 64 points.
Osku Palermaa (l.), Finland, won his second European Bowling Tour title this season and the seventh of his career since 2005 Sunday in the Ebonite Lahti Open in Finland. Palermaa targets to win his second consecutive EBT ranking title as he widened his lead to his nearest competitor, Dominic Barrett, England, to 69 points. Nina Flack (right), Sweden, second in the women's rankings in Lahti, and third-placed Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, narrowed the gap to ranking leader and 2008 winner Kirsten Penny, England.
With four events remaining on the schedule for the 2008 European Bowling Tour, Osku Palermaa (l.) from Finland and Kirsten Penny (r.), England sit in the driver's seat in the men's and women's European rankings.There was only one change each in the men's and women's top 8 after the concluson of the 6th Columbia Vienna Open in Austria. The European Bowling Tour will continue this week with the Ebonite Lahti Open, an EBT Challenger event, at Jouni Helminen's Lahti Bowl in Lahti, Finland from Oct. 12-19, 2008.
Osku Palermaa (l.) from Finland and Kirsten Penny (r.), England, held on to the lead in the European rankings after the conclusion of the Ankara Open Sunday, Sep. 21, with 544 and 523 ranking point total, resp. With the help of 150 points from Ankara - the first-ever EBT "Premier" event offered triple ranking points, women's ranking winner, Britt Brøndsted, Denmark, and tournament winner and men's ranking winner, Dominic Barrett, England, jumped into 5th and second place, respectively.
Tour continues with its "premier" event, the Ankara Open (Sep. 13-21, 2008)
Kirsten Penny (l.), England and Osku Palermaa (r.), Finland, maintained their lead in the women's and men's European Bowling Tour rankings after the conclusion of the 30th Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona, Spain, the 11th out of 18 Tour stops this season. Barcelona champion Pete Weber is 53 points off the top 8 in a tied 16th place with 170 points. With the last-minute cancellation of the 12th EBT event, the 2nd Maribor Open Strike Tournament (Sep. 6-14, 2008), the Tour will continue with its sole "premier" tournament, the Ankara Open at Rollhouse Bowling Center in Ankara, Turkey from Sep. 13-21, 2008.
Defending ranking champions Osku Palermaa, Finland and Kirsten Penny, England, regained the lead in the 2008 European Bowling Tour rankings in the 4th Storm San Marino Open, the 10th of 18 ranking events this season. Palermaa finished the tournament, a major on the EBT, in 9th position, while Penny was 15th overall and second in the women's rankings. Palermaa has a total of 391 ranking points and Penny 419.
With 9 out of 18 Tour stops in the books, Nina Flack from Sweden and Dominic Barrett, England, have positioned themselves atop the women's and men's European Bowling Tour rankings. Barrett, who finished third in Scheveningen, Netherlands, has cashed ranking points in all nine events to lead the men's division with 375 points. European Masters Champion Flack used one second-place finish and two first-place finishes in the last three events to take the lead in the women's rankings with 382 points.
2007 European Bowling Tour ranking champions Kirsten Penny (l.), England and Osku Palermaa (r.), Finland finished the men's and women's rankings in the Brunswick Belgian Open in third place to lead the EBT rankings after 8 out of 18 events with 309 and 337 points, respectively. The EBT Tour will continue with the Storm Dutch Open 2008, which will be held at Dolfijn Bowling in Scheveningen, Netherlands from June 25-29, 2008.
Kirsten Penny (l.), England, and Peter Ljung (r.), Sweden held on to the lead in the women's and men's European Bowling Tour rankings after the Brunswick Aalborg International 2008, the seventh out of 18 events this season. Penny, who won the women's rankings last year, has accumulated 274 ranking points. Peter Ljung, champion in the Brunswick Euro Challenge, remained atop the leaderboard with 313 points, 11 ahead of defending ranking champion Palermaa, who moved to second place with 302.
Peter Ljung, Sweden and defending women's ranking champion Kirsten Penny, England, have positioned themselves atop the men's and women's European Bowling Tour rankings after one-third of the season. Ljung (r.), who won the title in Paris and finished second yesterday in Istanbul, the 6th of 18 events, overtook fellow countryman Martin Larsen, 267-234 points. Penny (l.) finished fourth in the women's rankings in Istanbul to move up two spots with 246 points.
Martin Larsen (l.) remained atop the men's European Bowling Tour rankings after the conclusion of the fifth event this season, the Brunswick Euro Challenge. BEC champion Peter Ljung, both Sweden, moved into second place trailing his team mate by 17 points, 204-187. Ghislaine van der Tol (r.), Netherlands, overtook her fellow countrywoman Wendy Kok, by 35 pins to lead the women's division with 225 points.
Swede Martin Larsen (l.) and Dutch Wendy Kok (r.) finished 11th and 6th in the men's and women's rankings of the Catalonia Open, the fourth stop of the 2008 European Bowling Tour, to stay atop the EBT rankings. Larsen, who won the second stop in Luxembourg, has cashed ranking points in all four events thus far totaling 176 points. Dutch national team member Kok, the daughter of former Dutch standout Eric Kok, has totaled 178 points including the victory in the Luxembourg rankings.
Swede Martin Larsen (left) and Wendy Kok, Netherlands moved to the top of the men's and women's rankings after the third stop of the 2008 European Bowling Tour in Tilburg. Larsen, who won the second event in Luxembourg and finished third in Tilburg, overtook the lead in the men's division with 146 pints. Tilburg winner, Mikael Kanold, Sweden is second with 116 points. Kok, who won the women's rankings in Tilburg, jumped to the top in the women's rankings with 30 points.
Ballmaster Open champion Jouni Helminen and women's ranking leader Krista Pöllänen, both Finland, remained atop the men's and women's European Bowling Tour rankings though they did not compete in the second tour stop, the Ebonite International Luxembourg Open. Luxembourg champion Martin Larsen (l.), Sweden, moved into fourth place while women's rankings winner Marilyn Planchard (r.), France, jumped into sixth place in their respective divisions.
Finns Jouni Helminen and Krista Pöllänen became the early leaders in the 2008 European Bowling Tour rankings. Helminen extended the winning streak of the Finns in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open after defeating American Tim Mack in the title match. Pöllänen beat out Jenni Mäkelä for the women's top spot. Since the inception of the Tour in the year 2000, the EBT starts with the prestigious tournament at Tali Bowling in Helsinki, Finland.
Nina Flack from Sweden and Finn Osku Palermaa are the 2008 women's and men's European Bowling Tour ranking champions. It marks the first victory of a Swedish bowler - man or woman - in the 9-year history of the EBT, while Palermaa followed in the footprints of former men's champions Gery Verbruggen, Belgium (2000-03) and Paul Moor (2004-06) as repeat champion. The top 8 women and top 8 men qualified for the 2009 World Ranking Masters in Naples, Italy. In addition, the top 16 men and the top 16 women qualified for the EBT Masters in May 2009 in Aalborg, Denmark. 
For the third time this season Nina Flack (l.) won the women's rankings in a European Bowling Tour tournament. The Swedish national team member, who defeated Norwegian Tore Torgersen (r.) in the title match of the 5th Oltremare Columbia 300 Open, received 100 ranking points to overtake the lead in the women's standings with 644 points. Torgersen moved up one spot to second place in the men's rankings with 593 points narrowing the gap to leader Osku Palermaa from Finland to 64 points. 
Osku Palermaa (l.), Finland, won his second European Bowling Tour title this season and the seventh of his career since 2005 Sunday in the Ebonite Lahti Open in Finland. Palermaa targets to win his second consecutive EBT ranking title as he widened his lead to his nearest competitor, Dominic Barrett, England, to 69 points. Nina Flack (right), Sweden, second in the women's rankings in Lahti, and third-placed Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, narrowed the gap to ranking leader and 2008 winner Kirsten Penny, England. 
With four events remaining on the schedule for the 2008 European Bowling Tour, Osku Palermaa (l.) from Finland and Kirsten Penny (r.), England sit in the driver's seat in the men's and women's European rankings.There was only one change each in the men's and women's top 8 after the concluson of the 6th Columbia Vienna Open in Austria. The European Bowling Tour will continue this week with the Ebonite Lahti Open, an EBT Challenger event, at Jouni Helminen's Lahti Bowl in Lahti, Finland from Oct. 12-19, 2008. 
Kirsten Penny (l.), England and Osku Palermaa (r.), Finland, maintained their lead in the women's and men's European Bowling Tour rankings after the conclusion of the 30th Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona, Spain, the 11th out of 18 Tour stops this season. Barcelona champion Pete Weber is 53 points off the top 8 in a tied 16th place with 170 points. With the last-minute cancellation of the 12th EBT event, the 2nd Maribor Open Strike Tournament (Sep. 6-14, 2008), the Tour will continue with its sole "premier" tournament, the Ankara Open at Rollhouse Bowling Center in Ankara, Turkey from Sep. 13-21, 2008.
Defending ranking champions Osku Palermaa, Finland and Kirsten Penny, England, regained the lead in the 2008 European Bowling Tour rankings in the 4th Storm San Marino Open, the 10th of 18 ranking events this season. Palermaa finished the tournament, a major on the EBT, in 9th position, while Penny was 15th overall and second in the women's rankings. Palermaa has a total of 391 ranking points and Penny 419. 
With 9 out of 18 Tour stops in the books, Nina Flack from Sweden and Dominic Barrett, England, have positioned themselves atop the women's and men's European Bowling Tour rankings. Barrett, who finished third in Scheveningen, Netherlands, has cashed ranking points in all nine events to lead the men's division with 375 points. European Masters Champion Flack used one second-place finish and two first-place finishes in the last three events to take the lead in the women's rankings with 382 points.
Kirsten Penny (l.), England, and Peter Ljung (r.), Sweden held on to the lead in the women's and men's European Bowling Tour rankings after the Brunswick Aalborg International 2008, the seventh out of 18 events this season. Penny, who won the women's rankings last year, has accumulated 274 ranking points. Peter Ljung, champion in the Brunswick Euro Challenge, remained atop the leaderboard with 313 points, 11 ahead of defending ranking champion Palermaa, who moved to second place with 302. 
Martin Larsen (l.) remained atop the men's European Bowling Tour rankings after the conclusion of the fifth event this season, the Brunswick Euro Challenge. BEC champion Peter Ljung, both Sweden, moved into second place trailing his team mate by 17 points, 204-187. Ghislaine van der Tol (r.), Netherlands, overtook her fellow countrywoman Wendy Kok, by 35 pins to lead the women's division with 225 points. 
Swede Martin Larsen (l.) and Dutch Wendy Kok (r.) finished 11th and 6th in the men's and women's rankings of the Catalonia Open, the fourth stop of the 2008 European Bowling Tour, to stay atop the EBT rankings. Larsen, who won the second stop in Luxembourg, has cashed ranking points in all four events thus far totaling 176 points. Dutch national team member Kok, the daughter of former Dutch standout Eric Kok, has totaled 178 points including the victory in the Luxembourg rankings. 
Swede Martin Larsen (left) and Wendy Kok, Netherlands moved to the top of the men's and women's rankings after the third stop of the 2008 European Bowling Tour in Tilburg. Larsen, who won the second event in Luxembourg and finished third in Tilburg, overtook the lead in the men's division with 146 pints. Tilburg winner, Mikael Kanold, Sweden is second with 116 points. Kok, who won the women's rankings in Tilburg, jumped to the top in the women's rankings with 30 points.
Ballmaster Open champion Jouni Helminen and women's ranking leader Krista Pöllänen, both Finland, remained atop the men's and women's European Bowling Tour rankings though they did not compete in the second tour stop, the Ebonite International Luxembourg Open. Luxembourg champion Martin Larsen (l.), Sweden, moved into fourth place while women's rankings winner Marilyn Planchard (r.), France, jumped into sixth place in their respective divisions.
Finns Jouni Helminen and Krista Pöllänen became the early leaders in the 2008 European Bowling Tour rankings. Helminen extended the winning streak of the Finns in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open after defeating American Tim Mack in the title match. Pöllänen beat out Jenni Mäkelä for the women's top spot. Since the inception of the Tour in the year 2000, the EBT starts with the prestigious tournament at Tali Bowling in Helsinki, Finland. 
