Vicki Bowman of Gladstone, Mo., Madeline Dotta of Washington, Ill., and Michael Nyitray of Parkland, Fla., have been selected to receive 2013 USBC Recognition Awards. Bowman was selected as USBC Proprietor of the Year, Dotta was named the Helen Baker Outstanding Association Service Award winner, and Nyitray is the Joyce Deitch Unity Award winner. The winners will be formally recognized during the 2013 USBC Convention in Reno, Nev.
Friday's squad leaders Wegner, Ahokas, Andersson and Krizinis crack the 1300-mark to move to the top of the leaderboard; cut for 40th place is 1180 (196.67 average)
All four leaders of Friday's squads 11-14 cracked the 1300-bar to move to the top of the 97-player leaderboard in the qualifying of the 7th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer currently underway at Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw, Poland. Jenny Wegner (pictured left) of Sweden took over the pole position with 1355 six-game total including 48 pins handicap. Wegner became the first woman to lead a squad when she rolled games of 245, 187, 213, 224, 256 and 182 in Squad 13 for 1307, an average of 217.83 scratch.
The local bowler leads field of 60 players after 10 of 18 qualifying squads with 1299; cut for 40th place is 1122 (187 average)
Emil Polanisz (pictured) of Poland led the eight qualifying squad Thursday at Galeria Rozrywki Miraz, a 10-laner in Wroclaw, Poland, with 1299 total to lead the qualifying of the 7th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer after 10 of 18 squads. Polanisz alternated three 190 games with high games of 227, 257 and 227 to overtake Falco Gutsche of Germany by seven pins. Gutsche slipped to second place with 1292. Qualifying continues Friday, February 15, with Squad 11-14.
Falco Gutsche of Germany and Finn Niko Kurppa led the fifth and sixth qualifying squad Wednesday at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw, Poland en route to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the 7th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer. Gutsche roller coasted his way into the lead with games of 235, 170, 249, 162, 231 and 245 leading Squad 5 with 1292 total and an average of 215.33 over six games. Qualifying continues Thursday, February 14, with Squad 7-10.
Jacek Skorupa continues to lead 18 players from three countries with 1223 (203.83 average)
Adam Błaszczak of Poland dominated the second qualifying day at 10-lane Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw, Poland en route to move into third place in the overall qualifying standings in the 7th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer. Błaszczak led Squad 4 with 1199 six-game total or an average of 199.83. Squad 2 leaders Jacek Skorupa and Patryk Preus continued to lead the European Bowling Tour event with 1223 (203.83) and 1205 (200.83), respectively.
European Bowling Tour "Satellite" tournament runs Feb. 11-17 at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw, Poland
Just eight bowlers, seven from Poland and Kazakh Alexandr Panchenko, took to the ten lanes at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz Monday to get the 7th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer started in Wroclaw, Poland. Squad 2 leaders Jacek Skorupa and Patryk Preus were the only players who surpassed the 1200-mark to take the early lead in the tournament with 1223 and 1205. Łukasz Zjawiony, who led Squad 1, was in third place 1172.
Monday European Bowling Tour "Satellite" tournament runs Feb. 11-17 at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw, Poland
The 7th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer is the third stop of the 2013 European Bowling Tour and the first of seven EBT "Satellite" events this season. The tournament will be held from Monday, Feb. 11 through Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz, a 10-laner in Wroclaw, Poland. As in the past two years, participants in the IWO will compete for total prize money of 26.000 Euro with 4.250 Euro going to the winner.
Birgit Pöppler of Germany wins Women's Ranking in Tilburg
Thomas Larsen (pictured left) of Denmark toppled 469 pins in the finals of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 en route to win his third title on the European Bowling Tour Sunday at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands. The four survivors after three eliminator rounds, in which the players with the lowest two-game totals were eliminated, battled it out for the title and the 8.000 Euro first prize. Birgit Pöppler, Germany, finished in fifth place to win the
women's ranking.
Dane leads field of 196 players from 16 countries with 1494 (249 average); earns 1.000 Euro bonus and leads 46 players into Sunday's finals; England's Richard Teece achieves perfection; cut for 36th place is 1346 (224.33 average)
Carsten Warming Hansen (pictured) of Denmark finished the qualifying at the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 atop the 196-player leaderboard from 16 countries, en route to lead a group of 46 players into Sunday's finals at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands. Hansen, who toppled 1494 pins, earned a 1.000 Euro bonus, 500 for leading Squad 6 and another 500 for winning the qualifying. The top six also received one bye for the finals.
Norwegian, Finn move into second and fourth place heading into the last day of qualifying; Tore Torgersen shoots the first 300 game of the tournament; cut for 36th place is 1316 (219.33 average)
Bjørn Einar Rudshagen (l.) of Norway and Finland's two-handed star Osku Palermaa (r.) topped Friday's qualifying en route to leap into second and fourth place in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament. Carsten Warming Hansen of Denmark continued to lead the 165-player field from 15 countries with 1494 total and an average of 249.00. Qualifying concludes Saturday with Squads 12-14 and the Desperado Squad.
Dane Carsten Warming Hansen averages 249 to pace the 130-player field from 12 countries with 1494 total; cut for 36th place raises by 38 pins on Thursday to 1280 (213.33 average)
Danes Carsten Warming Hansen, Jimmy Mortensen and Dominic Barrett of England overtook the lead in the qualifying of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 on Thursday. Hansen (pictured left) got off to a great start and sprung into the top spot in Squad 6 with 1494 pinfall and an average of 249. Mortensen was close behind with 1436 to finish the day in third place. PBA champion Barrett led Squad 7 with 1447 to jump into second place.
Four-time EBT Ranking winner rolls 1377 series in Squad 5; Birgit Pöppler remains atop the 100-player leaderboard with 1428; cut for 36th place is 1242 (207 average)
Gery Verbruggen (pictured) of Belgium improved his previous high series in the fifth squad of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 by 275 pins to rocket from 76th to third place Wednesday evening at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg in Tilburg, Netherlands. The lefty, who led the European Bowling Tour men's ranking in the Tour's first four years (2000-2003) used games of 267, 228, 203, 212, 234 and 233 for 1377 series. Birgit Pöppler of Germany remained atop the 100-player leaderboard with 1428.
Germany international continues to lead the 94-player field from seven countries with 1428; top six players of the first four squads are automatically qualified for the finals; cut for 36th place is 1235 (205.83 average)
Tournament leader Birgit Pöppler (pictured) of Germany posted a 1379 series Tuesday to win her second squad in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013. The German international continued to lead the 94-player field from seven countries with her 1428 high series, which she has rolled in the opening squad. The top 6 from the separate leaderboard of Squads 1-4 are automatically
qualified for the finals, if they miss the cut to the top 36. The top 6
players at the end of the qualifying will receive one bye.
Germany's Birgit Pöppler holds on to the lead with 1428; cut for 36th place is 1222 (203.67 average)
Lisanne Breeschoten (l.), Netherlands, led the third qualifying squad Monday evening in Tilburg, Netherlands, with 1390 total en route to leap into second place in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament. Birgit Pöppler (r.) of Germany, who posted 1428 in the opening squad on Sunday, held on to lead the field of 83 players from seven countries. Her compatriot Michael Krämer is the best male bowler in third place with 1377.
German international shoots 1380 scratch for six games and 1428 including handicap on the opening squad of the European Bowling Tour "Silver" tournament
Birgit Pöppler (l.) of Germany averaged 230 scratch on the opening squad at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands, to take the early lead in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013. The German international had a 1380 scratch series on dual lane condition and added 48 pins women's handicap for 1428 total. Her fellow countryman Michael Krämer (r.) topped the second squad to sit in second place with 1377.
Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg in Tilburg, Netherlands (Feb. 3-10, 2013)
The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 is the second stop of the 2013 European Bowling Tour and the first of five EBT "Silver" tournaments this season. The tournament will be held from Sunday Feb. 3 through Sunday Feb. 10, 2013 at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg, a 20-laner in Tilburg, Netherlands. Players will compete for total prize money of 51.500 Euro with 8.000 Euro going to the winner, 5.000 to the runner-up and 3.000 and 2.000 to third and fourth place finishers, respectively.
European Youth Champion from Sweden defeats three-time Ballmaster champion Pasi Uotila to become the youngest Ballmaster winner the youngest player ever to win an EBT title
Jesper Svensson (pictured), a 17-year-old Swedish youth national team member, defeated long-time Finnish international Pasi Uotila, 206-163, to win the 43rd edition of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open and the 12.000 Euro top prize. Svensson, who won the gold medal in Masters at the 2012 European Youth Championships, became the youngest player ever to win an EBT title and is also the youngest Ballmaster champion in the 43-year history of the prestigious event.
Finn lead 476 players from 19 countries with 1497; second-place Thomas Larsen rolls the second 300 game of the tournament; two out of 48 women survive the first cut; cutoff number for 44th place is 1365 (227.50 average)
Finnish national team member Joonas Jehkinen (l.) won the qualifying of the 43rd Brunswick Ballmaster Open Saturday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland, to lead 48 players including two women into Sunday's finals. Jehkinen rolled games of 248, 280, 210, 290, 249 and 220 to lead the 476-player field with 1497 total (249.50). Two-time Ballmaster champion Kimmo Lehtonen (r.), Finland, took the 44th and last qualifying spot with 1365.
American averages over 247 to lead 448-player field from 18 countries; seven players crack top 10 on Friday; Germany's Christian Racpan shoots first 300 game of the tournament; cut for 44th place is 1326 (221 average)
Four-time PBA champion Mike Fagan (l.), United States, averaged 247.67 in the 11th squad Friday night en route to take the lead in the qualifying of the 43rd Brunswick Ballmaster Open with 1486 pins. Total seven players cracked the top 10 on Friday. Three-time World champion Martin Larsen (r.) of Sweden and three-time European Bowling Tour point ranking leader Paul Moor, England, moved into second and third place with 1441 and 1439, resp.
Ronnie Russell, Jouni Helminen, Thomas Larsen move to the top of the leaderboard in Helsinki; cut for 44th place is now 1294 (215.67 average)
Ronnie Russell (l.), United States, Jouni Helminen of Finland and Dane Thomas Larsen (r.) moved to the top of the 380-player leaderboard of the 43rd Brunswick Ballmaster Open Thursday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. Russell rolled games of 209, 232, 254, 234, 266 and 237 in Squad 7 to overtake the lead with 1432 total (238.67 average). Helminen was mere 13 pins behind with 1419 while Larsen led Squad 8 with 1406.
All four leaders of Friday's squads 11-14 cracked the 1300-bar to move to the top of the 97-player leaderboard in the qualifying of the 7th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer currently underway at Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw, Poland. Jenny Wegner (pictured left) of Sweden took over the pole position with 1355 six-game total including 48 pins handicap. Wegner became the first woman to lead a squad when she rolled games of 245, 187, 213, 224, 256 and 182 in Squad 13 for 1307, an average of 217.83 scratch.
Falco Gutsche of Germany and Finn Niko Kurppa led the fifth and sixth qualifying squad Wednesday at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw, Poland en route to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the 7th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer. Gutsche roller coasted his way into the lead with games of 235, 170, 249, 162, 231 and 245 leading Squad 5 with 1292 total and an average of 215.33 over six games. Qualifying continues Thursday, February 14, with Squad 7-10.
Thomas Larsen (pictured left) of Denmark toppled 469 pins in the finals of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 en route to win his third title on the European Bowling Tour Sunday at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands. The four survivors after three eliminator rounds, in which the players with the lowest two-game totals were eliminated, battled it out for the title and the 8.000 Euro first prize. Birgit Pöppler, Germany, finished in fifth place to win the
women's ranking. 
Carsten Warming Hansen (pictured) of Denmark finished the qualifying at the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 atop the 196-player leaderboard from 16 countries, en route to lead a group of 46 players into Sunday's finals at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands. Hansen, who toppled 1494 pins, earned a 1.000 Euro bonus, 500 for leading Squad 6 and another 500 for winning the qualifying. The top six also received one bye for the finals.
Bjørn Einar Rudshagen (l.) of Norway and Finland's two-handed star Osku Palermaa (r.) topped Friday's qualifying en route to leap into second and fourth place in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament. Carsten Warming Hansen of Denmark continued to lead the 165-player field from 15 countries with 1494 total and an average of 249.00. Qualifying concludes Saturday with Squads 12-14 and the Desperado Squad.
Gery Verbruggen (pictured) of Belgium improved his previous high series in the fifth squad of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 by 275 pins to rocket from 76th to third place Wednesday evening at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg in Tilburg, Netherlands. The lefty, who led the European Bowling Tour men's ranking in the Tour's first four years (2000-2003) used games of 267, 228, 203, 212, 234 and 233 for 1377 series. Birgit Pöppler of Germany remained atop the 100-player leaderboard with 1428.
Tournament leader Birgit Pöppler (pictured) of Germany posted a 1379 series Tuesday to win her second squad in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013. The German international continued to lead the 94-player field from seven countries with her 1428 high series, which she has rolled in the opening squad. The top 6 from the separate leaderboard of Squads 1-4 are automatically
qualified for the finals, if they miss the cut to the top 36. The top 6
players at the end of the qualifying will receive one bye.
Birgit Pöppler (l.) of Germany averaged 230 scratch on the opening squad at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands, to take the early lead in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013. The German international had a 1380 scratch series on dual lane condition and added 48 pins women's handicap for 1428 total. Her fellow countryman Michael Krämer (r.) topped the second squad to sit in second place with 1377.
Jesper Svensson (pictured), a 17-year-old Swedish youth national team member, defeated long-time Finnish international Pasi Uotila, 206-163, to win the 43rd edition of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open and the 12.000 Euro top prize. Svensson, who won the gold medal in Masters at the 2012 European Youth Championships, became the youngest player ever to win an EBT title and is also the youngest Ballmaster champion in the 43-year history of the prestigious event.
Finnish national team member Joonas Jehkinen (l.) won the qualifying of the 43rd Brunswick Ballmaster Open Saturday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland, to lead 48 players including two women into Sunday's finals. Jehkinen rolled games of 248, 280, 210, 290, 249 and 220 to lead the 476-player field with 1497 total (249.50). Two-time Ballmaster champion Kimmo Lehtonen (r.), Finland, took the 44th and last qualifying spot with 1365. 
Four-time PBA champion Mike Fagan (l.), United States, averaged 247.67 in the 11th squad Friday night en route to take the lead in the qualifying of the 43rd Brunswick Ballmaster Open with 1486 pins. Total seven players cracked the top 10 on Friday. Three-time World champion Martin Larsen (r.) of Sweden and three-time European Bowling Tour point ranking leader Paul Moor, England, moved into second and third place with 1441 and 1439, resp.
Ronnie Russell (l.), United States, Jouni Helminen of Finland and Dane Thomas Larsen (r.) moved to the top of the 380-player leaderboard of the 43rd Brunswick Ballmaster Open Thursday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. Russell rolled games of 209, 232, 254, 234, 266 and 237 in Squad 7 to overtake the lead with 1432 total (238.67 average). Helminen was mere 13 pins behind with 1419 while Larsen led Squad 8 with 1406. 