Russian bowler leads field of 37 players with 1262; all squad leaders position themselves in the top 6; cut for 32nd place is currently 988 (164.67 average)
Alexey Parshukov (l.) of Russia posted a 1262 series in Squad 3, an average of 210.33, to lead a field of 37 players from three countries as the qualifying in the Ekaterinburg Open 2014 nears its halfway point on Wednesday. Parshukov started with games of 190, 226, 186, 176 and 216 before he closed the series with 268, the highest game of the tournament so far, to overtake previous leader Yuliya Gorbacheva (r.), Russia, by six pins.
The 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge was a European Bowling Tour and World Bowling Tour event that offered a PBA International title if won by a PBA member. The last day of qualifying and all rounds of the finals were covered live on Bowlingdigital's YouTube channel. Marshall Kent, United States, Daniel Fransson, Sweden and Chris Loschetter, United States, battled it out for the title and the 11.111 Euro top prize in a stepladder final at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany.
Swede leads the top 8 (all men) into the round robin match play portion; cut for 8th place is 1420 (236.67 average); 9th place Kamilla Kjeldsen wins the women's ranking for the third consecutive tournament
Daniel Fransson (pictured) of Sweden did not expect to roll any 300 game in the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge as he did not pay the entry fee for the 300 Game Jackpot. When Fransson struck on 12 consecutive shots in the game in the Round of 28, he recorded his third perfecto and the 10th overall in this tournament. Fransson, who started with games of 201 and 224 and closed out with 267, 248 and 243, led the round with 1483, an average of 247.17, to lead the top 8 into the round robin match play portion. All pins carry over.
PBA champion leads the top 16 players into a second-round clash with the top 12 qualifiers; Joonas Jehkinen rolls the tournament's 9th 300 game; cut for 16th place is 1385 (230.83 average)
PBA champion Mike Fagan (l.), USA, posted the highest six-game series of 1552 in the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge so far to pace the Round of 64 Sunday morning at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany. Fagan, who targets to win his fifth career PBA title and his sixth title on the European Bowling Tour, was 36 pins ahead of 2012-13 PBA Player of the Year, Sean Rash (r.), who was second with 1516 including back-to-back 277 opening games.
Dane shoots 1451 series and is the lone player of Squad 18 who survived the qualifying cut; Germany's Tobias Gäbler rolls the eighth 300 game of the tournament; Joonas Jähi wins the qualifying with 1545 (257.50 avg.), leads a group of 64 players, 52 men and 12 women, into the finals; cut for 12th place is 1480 (246.67) and cut for 52nd place is 1413 (235.50)
Danish national team member Carsten Warming Hansen (l.) averaged 241.83 in the 18th and last qualifying squad of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge en route to become the only player in the Saturday night squad who made the cut to the top 52. Hansen toppled 1451 pins to rocket from 93rd to 20th place in the overall qualifying standings. Joonas Jähi (r.) of Finland led a field of 338 players from 31 countries with 1545 and an average of 257.50.
Fellow Finn Joonas Jähi continues to lead the 330-player field from 31 countries with 1545 (257.50 avg.); Swede Daniel Fransson rolls his second perfecto and sixth overall; Singapore's New Hui Fen rolls the first 300 by a woman; cut for 12th place is still 1480 (246.67) and cut for 52nd place improved by one pin to 1412 (235.33)
Joonas Jehkinen (pictured) of Finland was the only player of 99 participants in the penultimate squad, who moved into the top 52 as the qualifying of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge nears conclusion. Jehkinen, who won last year's qualifying with 1523, rolled a 1469 series (244.83 average) to lead Squad 17 Saturday evening at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany, en route to move from 100th to 15th place. His compatriot Joonas Jähi leads the field of 330 players from 31 countries heading into the last squad with 1545 (257.50).
Englishman Wells brings the perfect game tally at the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge to 5; Joonas Jähi (FIN) continues to lead the 322-player field from 31 countries with 1545 (257.50 avg.); cut for 12th place is now 1480 (246.67) and cut for 52nd place is 1411 (235.17)
Singapore's Jazreel Tan (l.) and John Wells (r.) of England became the 7th and 8th player who cracked the 1500-bar in the qualifying of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge in Squad 16 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany. Tan is the the best of 67 women in the 322-player field from 31 countries in fifth place with 1506. Wells took over eighth place with 1502 including the tournament's fifth 300 game and the squad-best average of 250.33.
Team USA's Kent leads Squad 15 with 1522 to climb into third place; Germany's Tangermann, Gripp rise into the top 12; Joonas Jähi (FIN) continues to lead the 306-player field from 30 countries with 1545 (257.50 avg.); cut for 12th place is still 1472 (245.33) and cut for 52nd place surpasses the 1400-mark (1406; 234.33)
Collegiate standout Marshall Kent (pictured), United States, started the last day of qualifying in the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge by rolling a 1522 series en route to climb into third place in the overall qualifying standings. The Team USA member had games of 235, 261, 222, 300, 256 and 248, an average of 253.37. Kent and Germany's Andreas Gripp brought the number of 300 games to four. Joonas Jähi of Finland remained atop the 306 players from 30 countries with 1545 and the field-best 257.50 average.
Squad leader Anthony Pepe (USA) and three other players surpass the 1400-bar as the field reaches the 300-mark; Joonas Jähi (FIN) remains in the lead with 1545; cut for 12th place is still 1454 (242.33) and cut for 52nd place is 1396 (232.67)
There were no changes atop the leaderboard in the 14th qualifying squad of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge Friday night as the number of participating players reached the 300-mark. Anthony Pepe (l.), USA, toppled 1449 pins to lead the squad and to leap into 14th place. Joonas Jähi (r.) of Finland, who posted a 1545 series in Squad 10 (257.50 average), leads the field of 303 players from 30 countries into the last day of qualifying on Saturday.
17-time PBA champion topples 1508 pins to take over second place in the overall qualifying standings; Kelly Kulick (USA), Kim Bolleby (SWE) move into top 12; cut for 12th is 1441 (240.17) and cut for 52nd place is 1372 (228.67)
Chris Barnes (pictured), United States, averaged 251.33 in Squad 12 Friday afternoon at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany, including the second perfecto of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge to overtake second place in the overall qualifying standings. Barnes, who recently won the H.H. Emir Cup in Doha, Qatar for his 17th career PBA title, started with games of 229, 247. 246 and 237 before making his run at perfection in game five. The four-time WTBA World Champion closed out with 249 for 1508.
Finn shoots 1545 in Squad 10 to lead 214-player field from 26 countries; Squad 9 leader Shayna Ng (SIN) is the best of 34 women in sixth place; Squad 12 leader Paul Moor (ENG) overtakes seventh place; cut for top 12 is 1436 (239.33) and cut for 52nd place is 1351 (225.17)
Joonas Jähi (l.) of Finland averaged 257.50 in Thursday's Squad 10 and powered his way into the lead in the qualifying of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany. Jähi started his six-game series with low games of 237 and 238 before he closed out with 1070 for the last four games (256, 268, 257 and 289; 267.50 average) for 1545. The right-hander overtook previous leader Joachim Karlsson (r.) of Sweden by 40 pins.
Swede becomes the first player to surpass the 1500-mark; 14 players of Wednesday's Squads 7 & 8 move into the top 16; Daniel Fransson shoots the first 300 game; cut for 52nd place raises by 171 pins to 1287 (214.50 average)
The leaderboard of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge got a new look after Wednesday's squads 7 & 8 as 14 players moved into the top 16 in the qualifying currently underway at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany. Joachim Karlsson (pictured) of Sweden topped the high-scoring eighth squad and became the first player who surpassed the 1500-mark finishing his six games with 1505 and an average of 250.83. Karlsson had games of 230, 278, 255, 245, 218 and 279 to overtake previous leader Tim Mack, United States, by 17 pins.
Two-time PBA champion rolls 1375 series in Squad 6/18; fellow PBAer Tim Mack leads field of 82 players with 1488; Germany's Christiane Kühn is the lone woman above the cut line; cut for 52nd place is currently 1116 (186 average)
Two-time PBA champion Ryan Ciminelli (l.), United States, posted the highest series on the third day of qualifying at the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge to move into fifth place with 1375. Ciminelli, who finished seventh in the 11th Kuwait International Open last week, averaged 229.17 in Squad 6 including games of 227, 248, 213, 222, 227 and 238. Fellow PBAers Tim Mack (r.), United States, continued to lead the field of 82 players with 1488.
PBA bowlers take control of the leaderboard on Day Two Qualifying at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany
PBA bowlers Tim Mack and Tom Hess rolled 1488 and 1413 series Sunday afternoon at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany, to become the first players in the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge, who cracked the 1400-bar. Mack; who averaged 248 to overtake the lead, had games of 254, 177, 243, 258, 288 and 268. Hess (r.) averaged 235.50 including five games between 208 and 244 and a high game of 289 to overtake second place.
Ukrainian Andrey Suslov rolls 1308 series to take the early lead in the European Bowling Tour "Platinum" event
The 11th Brunswick Euro Challenge 2014 got underway Saturday, March 15, at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring the Greater Munich area in Germany. 19 players from seven countries took to the lanes with Andrey Suslov (l.) of Ukraine taking the early lead with 1308 or an average of 218.00 for six games. Second place belonged to Austrian standout Thomas Gross (r.), who toppled 1277 pins including the highest game of the day (248).
World & European Bowling Tour event offers 111.111 Euro total prize fund; 11.111 Euro and a PBA International title at stake for the winner
The 11th Brunswick Euro Challenge, a World & European Bowling Tour event, will kick off its eight-day run Saturday, March 15, at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany. Nearly 350 players from 34 countries are expected to compete for an increased total prize fund of 111.111 Euro. The winner will walk away with the 11.111 Euro top prize and a PBA International title, if won by a PBA member. Bowlingdigital.com will be onsite March 22-23 to provide Live Coverage and Live Streaming.
Englishman John Wells wins his first EBT title in Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2014; ties Dane Thomas Larsen in final round, 429-429, and becomes the winner by the higher last game, 176 to 173
John Wells of England won his first European Bowling Tour title in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2014 in the closest decision in EBT history. Wells tied defending champion Thomas Larsen of Denmark in the fourth and last Eliminator Round after two games, 429-429, and became the winner due to the "higher last game" rule, 176 to 173. As all ties in this tournament were broken by the higher last game, Wells emerged as the champion and received the 6.000 Euro top prize.
Dutch bowler leads a field of 46 players into Sunday's finals; Sweden's Jesper Svensson, Danes Larsen, Hansen make the top 6 on Saturday; top 20 shoot 1404 or higher; cut for 36th place is 1377 (229.50 average)
With his 1499 series of Squad 7, Johnny Spil (l.), Netherlands, won the qualifying of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2014 at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg, Netherlands, and a 1.000 Euro bonus. Spil, who had games of 253, 268, 279, 213, 239 and 247, leads 46 of 213 bowlers from 17 countries into Sunday's finals. Jesper Svensson (r.), a two-handed lefty from Sweden, posted the highest series on Saturday to jump into third place with 1477.
PBA Hall of Famer shoots 1456 series in Squad 9; Dutch Johnny Spil leads the 185-player field from 17 countries with 1499; cut for 36th place is 1345 (224.17 average)
PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss (pictured), United States, posted the highest series of Friday's squads 9-11 en route to move into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament. Voss, who owns 25 PBA and three EBT titles, toppled 1456 pins including a 256 triplicate in games 2-4. Heading into the final qualifying day, Johnny Spil of the Netherlands leads the 185-player field from 17 countries with 1499 and an average of 249.83.
Dutch bowler rolls 1499 series in Squad 7 to overtake the lead in the 135-player field; Bjørn Einar Rudshagen (NOR), Thomas Larsen (DEN) crack the top 5; Jeroen van der Heide (NED) rolls the second 300 game of the tournament; cut for 36th place surpasses the 1300 mark (1311, 218.50 average)
Starting Thursday in fourth place, Johnny Spil (l.), Netherlands, rolled a 1499 series in Squad 7 to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg, Netherlands. The qualifying winner will receive a 1.000 Euro bonus. Squad 8 was highlighted by the second perfecto of the tournament. Jeroen van der Heide (r.), Netherlands, accomplished the feat in the second game of a 1229 series.
Alexey Parshukov (l.) of Russia posted a 1262 series in Squad 3, an average of 210.33, to lead a field of 37 players from three countries as the qualifying in the Ekaterinburg Open 2014 nears its halfway point on Wednesday. Parshukov started with games of 190, 226, 186, 176 and 216 before he closed the series with 268, the highest game of the tournament so far, to overtake previous leader Yuliya Gorbacheva (r.), Russia, by six pins.
The 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge was a European Bowling Tour and World Bowling Tour event that offered a PBA International title if won by a PBA member. The last day of qualifying and all rounds of the finals were covered live on Bowlingdigital's YouTube channel. Marshall Kent, United States, Daniel Fransson, Sweden and Chris Loschetter, United States, battled it out for the title and the 11.111 Euro top prize in a stepladder final at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany.
Daniel Fransson (pictured) of Sweden did not expect to roll any 300 game in the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge as he did not pay the entry fee for the 300 Game Jackpot. When Fransson struck on 12 consecutive shots in the game in the Round of 28, he recorded his third perfecto and the 10th overall in this tournament. Fransson, who started with games of 201 and 224 and closed out with 267, 248 and 243, led the round with 1483, an average of 247.17, to lead the top 8 into the round robin match play portion. All pins carry over.
PBA champion Mike Fagan (l.), USA, posted the highest six-game series of 1552 in the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge so far to pace the Round of 64 Sunday morning at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany. Fagan, who targets to win his fifth career PBA title and his sixth title on the European Bowling Tour, was 36 pins ahead of 2012-13 PBA Player of the Year, Sean Rash (r.), who was second with 1516 including back-to-back 277 opening games.
Danish national team member Carsten Warming Hansen (l.) averaged 241.83 in the 18th and last qualifying squad of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge en route to become the only player in the Saturday night squad who made the cut to the top 52. Hansen toppled 1451 pins to rocket from 93rd to 20th place in the overall qualifying standings. Joonas Jähi (r.) of Finland led a field of 338 players from 31 countries with 1545 and an average of 257.50.
Joonas Jehkinen (pictured) of Finland was the only player of 99 participants in the penultimate squad, who moved into the top 52 as the qualifying of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge nears conclusion. Jehkinen, who won last year's qualifying with 1523, rolled a 1469 series (244.83 average) to lead Squad 17 Saturday evening at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany, en route to move from 100th to 15th place. His compatriot Joonas Jähi leads the field of 330 players from 31 countries heading into the last squad with 1545 (257.50).
Singapore's Jazreel Tan (l.) and John Wells (r.) of England became the 7th and 8th player who cracked the 1500-bar in the qualifying of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge in Squad 16 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany. Tan is the the best of 67 women in the 322-player field from 31 countries in fifth place with 1506. Wells took over eighth place with 1502 including the tournament's fifth 300 game and the squad-best average of 250.33.
Collegiate standout Marshall Kent (pictured), United States, started the last day of qualifying in the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge by rolling a 1522 series en route to climb into third place in the overall qualifying standings. The Team USA member had games of 235, 261, 222, 300, 256 and 248, an average of 253.37. Kent and Germany's Andreas Gripp brought the number of 300 games to four. Joonas Jähi of Finland remained atop the 306 players from 30 countries with 1545 and the field-best 257.50 average.
There were no changes atop the leaderboard in the 14th qualifying squad of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge Friday night as the number of participating players reached the 300-mark. Anthony Pepe (l.), USA, toppled 1449 pins to lead the squad and to leap into 14th place. Joonas Jähi (r.) of Finland, who posted a 1545 series in Squad 10 (257.50 average), leads the field of 303 players from 30 countries into the last day of qualifying on Saturday.
Chris Barnes (pictured), United States, averaged 251.33 in Squad 12 Friday afternoon at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany, including the second perfecto of the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge to overtake second place in the overall qualifying standings. Barnes, who recently won the H.H. Emir Cup in Doha, Qatar for his 17th career PBA title, started with games of 229, 247. 246 and 237 before making his run at perfection in game five. The four-time WTBA World Champion closed out with 249 for 1508.
Two-time PBA champion Ryan Ciminelli (l.), United States, posted the highest series on the third day of qualifying at the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge to move into fifth place with 1375. Ciminelli, who finished seventh in the 11th Kuwait International Open last week, averaged 229.17 in Squad 6 including games of 227, 248, 213, 222, 227 and 238. Fellow PBAers Tim Mack (r.), United States, continued to lead the field of 82 players with 1488.
PBA bowlers Tim Mack and Tom Hess rolled 1488 and 1413 series Sunday afternoon at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany, to become the first players in the 2014 Brunswick Euro Challenge, who cracked the 1400-bar. Mack; who averaged 248 to overtake the lead, had games of 254, 177, 243, 258, 288 and 268. Hess (r.) averaged 235.50 including five games between 208 and 244 and a high game of 289 to overtake second place.
The 11th Brunswick Euro Challenge 2014 got underway Saturday, March 15, at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring the Greater Munich area in Germany. 19 players from seven countries took to the lanes with Andrey Suslov (l.) of Ukraine taking the early lead with 1308 or an average of 218.00 for six games. Second place belonged to Austrian standout Thomas Gross (r.), who toppled 1277 pins including the highest game of the day (248).
Bowlingdigital.com will be onsite March 22-23 to provide Live Coverage and Live Streaming.
John Wells of England won his first European Bowling Tour title in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2014 in the closest decision in EBT history. Wells tied defending champion Thomas Larsen of Denmark in the fourth and last Eliminator Round after two games, 429-429, and became the winner due to the "higher last game" rule, 176 to 173. As all ties in this tournament were broken by the higher last game, Wells emerged as the champion and received the 6.000 Euro top prize.
With his 1499 series of Squad 7, Johnny Spil (l.), Netherlands, won the qualifying of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2014 at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg, Netherlands, and a 1.000 Euro bonus. Spil, who had games of 253, 268, 279, 213, 239 and 247, leads 46 of 213 bowlers from 17 countries into Sunday's finals. Jesper Svensson (r.), a two-handed lefty from Sweden, posted the highest series on Saturday to jump into third place with 1477.
PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss (pictured), United States, posted the highest series of Friday's squads 9-11 en route to move into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament. Voss, who owns 25 PBA and three EBT titles, toppled 1456 pins including a 256 triplicate in games 2-4. Heading into the final qualifying day, Johnny Spil of the Netherlands leads the 185-player field from 17 countries with 1499 and an average of 249.83. 
Starting Thursday in fourth place, Johnny Spil (l.), Netherlands, rolled a 1499 series in Squad 7 to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg, Netherlands. The qualifying winner will receive a 1.000 Euro bonus. Squad 8 was highlighted by the second perfecto of the tournament. Jeroen van der Heide (r.), Netherlands, accomplished the feat in the second game of a 1229 series.