Shoots 1424 series; out-averages nearest competitor by more than 20 pins
25 men helped to kick off the 5th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer on Monday at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw. Tilo Matthies of Germany, had six games between 223 and 254, the highest game in the tournament so far, to take the early lead with 1424 six-game series. With a 237.33 average, Matthies out-averaged his nearest competitor, Dawid Szpański, Poland, by more than 20 pins. Qualifying continues on Tuesday with Squad 3 and 4. The top 40 after qualifying will advance to the finals on Sunday.
2011 European Bowling Tour continues with Satellite event in Poland (Feb., 14-20, 2011)
The 5th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer (IWO) is the first of six European Bowling Tour "Satellite" events of the 2011 season. The tournament will be held from Monday Feb. 14 through Sunday Feb. 20, 2011 at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz, a 10-laner in Wroclaw, Poland. Participants in the IWO will compete for total prize money of 26.000 Euro or approximately US $35,200 with 4.250 Euro going to the winner. Qualifying runs through Saturday, Feb. 19 with the top 40 players advancing to Sunday's finals.
Extends Finnish winning streak to 15 and becomes fourth player to win three Ballmaster titles
Defending champion Mika Koivuniemi (l.) won three consecutive matches to claim his third Brunswick Ballmaster Open title in the 41st running of Europe's most prestigious event Sunday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland. In the title match, Koivuniemi topped fellow PBA champion and No. 1 seed Sean Rash (r.), United States, 236-191, to earn the 12.000 Euro top prize and 150 ranking points. Koivuniemi will automatically overtake the lead in the 2011 ranking.
Mathias Årup rolls fourth 300 game, Finn Krista Pöllänen wins women's rankings
Three PBA champions finished the first round of the finals in the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open atop the leaderboard to lead the top 16 into the match play portion Sunday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. Four-time PBA champion Sean Rash (l.), United States, led the way with 1932 (241.50 Ave.). Defending champion Mika Koivuniemi (r.) and qualifying leader Osku Palermaa, both Finland, were second and third with 1930 and 1900, resp.
Määttä, Jussila shoot perfectos No. 2 and 3; cut for 44th place is 1345
Mika Määttä and Perttu Jussila rolled the second and third 300 game in qualifying squads 14 and 15 of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open Saturday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki,. Defending champion Mika Koivuniemi led Squad 15 with 1451 to move into second place, trailing qualifying winner Osku Palermaa (left, 1467) by 16 pins. Squad 14 leader Tony Ranta is fourth with 1425, Squad 13 leader Määttä, all Finland, 15th with 1397, and Squad 16 leader Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 19th with 1382.
Palermaa leads 385-player field into final qualifying day; cut for 44th place is 1323
Five players cracked the top 6 in the qualifying of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open during squads 10-12 Saturday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. Four-time PBA champion Sean Rash (l.) led the penultimate qualifying day with 1447 en route to jump into second place in the overall qualifying standings. Osku Palermaa (r.), Finland, leads the 385-player field from 22 countries since the first day with 1467.
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Scott Boyle of Salida, Calif., and Shannon Pluhowsky (pictured) of Kettering, Ohio, pulled away for victories Friday at the 2011 USBC Team USA Trials. Boyle led the men's field with a 36-game total of 8,180, an average of 227.2, while Pluhowsky shot 7,933, an average of 220.3, at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas. Boyle won by a 150-pin margin over Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., while Pluhowsky topped Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., by 103 pins.
Lehtonen, Dorin-Ballard, Tonteri lead squads 7-9 on Thursday; cut for 44th place 1288
Finnish standout Osku Palermaa (l.) continued to lead the qualifying of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open for the fifth consecutive day at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland. The two-handerd PBA champion had a 1467 six-game series on Jan. 1st to lead the field of now 297 players from 14 countries.Petri Lehtonen (r.) led Squad 7 and Thursday's qualifying with 1396 to jump into seventh place. Qualifying continues on Friday with Squads 10-12.
The top 5 players move into the top 44; cut for 44th place is currently 1256
Reijo Saarinen of Finland led the "Senior" Squad 6 in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open Wednesday afternoon with 1333 six-game total to move into 17th place in the overall qualifying standings. Finland's two-hander Osku Palermaa (l.) leads the 238-player field with 1467 and an average of 244.50. His fellow countrywoman Krista Pöllänen (r.) is the best of 30 women in second place with 1412 including 48 pins handicap.
Carolyn Dorin-Ballard overtakes 19th place; cut for 44th place is currently 1249
Teppo Ryhänen and Kari Hurri, both of Finland, led the fifth qualifying squad of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open Tuesday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland, en route to leap into sixth and tenth place in the overall qualifying standings. Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, United States, otertook 19th place. Finland's twohander Osku Palermaa held on to the lead with 1467 and an average of 244.50. Qualifying continues on Wednesday, Jam. 5 with Squads 6.
Osku Palermaa holds onto qualifying lead; cut for 44th place is 1239
Three players, Krista Pöllänen (l.) of Finland, Belgium's Gery Verbruggen (r.) and Pasi Uotila, Finland cracked the 1400-bar during the fourth qualifying squad of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open Sunday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland. Pölllänen won the squad by a whisker, finishing with 1412 including 48 pins handicap to move into second place in the overall qualifying standings. Verbruggen is third with 1411 and Uotila fourth with 1410.
PBA champion shoots 1467 series to lead a field of 112 players
Europe's leading two-handed player, Osku Palermaa (l.), Finland, averaged 244.50 and knocked down 1467 pins to lead the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open after the first day of qualifying Saturday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. 112 players - 110 Finns and two Swedes - participated in the first two squads at 36-lane Tali Bowl. Lefty Kimmo Lehtonen (r.) set the pace in Squad 1 with 1354, but fell to sixth place at the end of day one.
EBT Gold tournament offers 90.000 Euro and a 12.000 Euro top prize
The 2011 European Bowling Tour will traditionally kick off with
the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki,
Finland. The EBT Gold event, which offers 90.000 Euro total prize fund
and a 12.000 Euro top prize, starts its nine-day run on Saturday Jan. 1,
2011 with Squad 1 (Under-24) and 2 (Early Bird) at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
local time (CET -1). Among the players who have registered for the prestigious event are
several PBA champions.
EBT Platinum tournament offers total prize fund of 106.000 Euro
The 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be held from March 4-13, 2011 at Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin at the outskirts of Paris, France. The tournament has been granted "Platinum" status for the 2011 European Bowling Tour and offers total prize fund of 106.000 Euro with 15.000 Euro going to the winner. The online registration for the 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge will open its doors on November 1st on the completely redesigned BEC website.
Tournament features 106.000 Euro prize fund, round robin and 3-player stepladder final
The 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge has been granted "Platinum" status for the 2011 European Bowling Tour by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF). The total prize fund will increase by 16.000 Euro to a total prize fund of 106.000 Euro. The organizers have also changed the format of the finals. The 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be held from March 4th through 13th at Le Plaza Bowling in St. Maxim at the outskirts of Paris, France. The 2011 EBT consists of 22 tournaments.
25 men helped to kick off the 5th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer on Monday at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw. Tilo Matthies of Germany, had six games between 223 and 254, the highest game in the tournament so far, to take the early lead with 1424 six-game series. With a 237.33 average, Matthies out-averaged his nearest competitor, Dawid Szpański, Poland, by more than 20 pins. Qualifying continues on Tuesday with Squad 3 and 4. The top 40 after qualifying will advance to the finals on Sunday. 
Defending champion Mika Koivuniemi (l.) won three consecutive matches to claim his third Brunswick Ballmaster Open title in the 41st running of Europe's most prestigious event Sunday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland. In the title match, Koivuniemi topped fellow PBA champion and No. 1 seed Sean Rash (r.), United States, 236-191, to earn the 12.000 Euro top prize and 150 ranking points. Koivuniemi will automatically overtake the lead in the 2011 ranking.
Mika Määttä and Perttu Jussila rolled the second and third 300 game in qualifying squads 14 and 15 of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open Saturday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki,. Defending champion Mika Koivuniemi led Squad 15 with 1451 to move into second place, trailing qualifying winner Osku Palermaa (left, 1467) by 16 pins. Squad 14 leader Tony Ranta is fourth with 1425, Squad 13 leader Määttä, all Finland, 15th with 1397, and Squad 16 leader Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 19th with 1382.
Five players cracked the top 6 in the qualifying of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open during squads 10-12 Saturday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. Four-time PBA champion Sean Rash (l.) led the penultimate qualifying day with 1447 en route to jump into second place in the overall qualifying standings. Osku Palermaa (r.), Finland, leads the 385-player field from 22 countries since the first day with 1467.
Scott Boyle of Salida, Calif., and Shannon Pluhowsky (pictured) of Kettering, Ohio, pulled away for victories Friday at the 2011 USBC Team USA Trials. Boyle led the men's field with a 36-game total of 8,180, an average of 227.2, while Pluhowsky shot 7,933, an average of 220.3, at Sunset Station's Strike Zone Bowling Center in suburban Las Vegas. Boyle won by a 150-pin margin over Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., while Pluhowsky topped Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., by 103 pins.
Reijo Saarinen of Finland led the "Senior" Squad 6 in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open Wednesday afternoon with 1333 six-game total to move into 17th place in the overall qualifying standings. Finland's two-hander Osku Palermaa (l.) leads the 238-player field with 1467 and an average of 244.50. His fellow countrywoman Krista Pöllänen (r.) is the best of 30 women in second place with 1412 including 48 pins handicap.
Teppo Ryhänen and Kari Hurri, both of Finland, led the fifth qualifying squad of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open Tuesday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland, en route to leap into sixth and tenth place in the overall qualifying standings. Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, United States, otertook 19th place. Finland's twohander Osku Palermaa held on to the lead with 1467 and an average of 244.50. Qualifying continues on Wednesday, Jam. 5 with Squads 6. 
Three players, Krista Pöllänen (l.) of Finland, Belgium's Gery Verbruggen (r.) and Pasi Uotila, Finland cracked the 1400-bar during the fourth qualifying squad of the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open Sunday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland. Pölllänen won the squad by a whisker, finishing with 1412 including 48 pins handicap to move into second place in the overall qualifying standings. Verbruggen is third with 1411 and Uotila fourth with 1410.
The 2011 European Bowling Tour will traditionally kick off with
the 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki,
Finland. The EBT Gold event, which offers 90.000 Euro total prize fund
and a 12.000 Euro top prize, starts its nine-day run on Saturday Jan. 1,
2011 with Squad 1 (Under-24) and 2 (Early Bird) at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
local time (CET -1). Among the players who have registered for the prestigious event are
several PBA champions.
The 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be held from March 4-13, 2011 at Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin at the outskirts of Paris, France. The tournament has been granted "Platinum" status for the 2011 European Bowling Tour and offers total prize fund of 106.000 Euro with 15.000 Euro going to the winner. The online registration for the 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge will open its doors on November 1st on the completely redesigned BEC website.
The 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge has been granted "Platinum" status for the 2011 European Bowling Tour by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF). The total prize fund will increase by 16.000 Euro to a total prize fund of 106.000 Euro. The organizers have also changed the format of the finals. The 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be held from March 4th through 13th at Le Plaza Bowling in St. Maxim at the outskirts of Paris, France. The 2011 EBT consists of 22 tournaments. 