Wolfgang Lohschmid, tournament director of the Vienna Open, a major tournament on the European Bowling Tour, has announced today that the Presidium of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation has decided at its meeting, February 6-7 in Vienna, to accept his offer to host the
2010 EBT Masters. The third ETB Masters will be held May 3-4, 2010 at 32-lane Plus Bowling, home of the Vienna Open, immediately following a newly formed tournament -
The Austria Challenge. The inaugural Austria Challenge, which will be contested from Wednesday, April 28 through Sunday, May 2, 2010, will offer a total prize fund of
41.900 Euro.
The European Bowling Tour has announced that Dutch Priscilla Maaswinkel (l.) will replace Marilyn Planchard (r.), France in the women's division of the second EBT Masters. Planchard cited "personal reasons" for her decision. The Masters is the 2008 season-ending event of the European rankings featuring the top 16 men and women and will be held at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark, May 25-26, 2009.
The European Bowling Tour has announced that Pasi Uotila (pictured left), Finland, has withdrawn from participating in the 2nd EBT Masters which will be held at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark, May 25-26, 2009. The Masters is the 2008 season-ending event of the European rankings featuring the top 16 men and women. Uotila, ranked 9th, has a hand injury and will be replaced by No. 18 Remy Ong (right), Singapore.
2007 World Ranking Masters champion Stuart Williams (pictured left) has withdrawn from 2009 European Bowling Tour Masters. Instead of participating in the Masters to be held at May 25-26 at Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark.
The top 16 men and the top 16 women from the rankings of the 2008 EBT season earned a spot in the 2nd EBT Masters. Williams will be replaced by No. 17 Mads Sandbækken (right), Norway.
As reported earlier the Professional Bowlers Association will start the 2009-10 PBA Tour season with a seven-tournament Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour World Series of Bowling to be held in Metro Detroit in August 2009. Kim Thorsgaard Jensen, Vice President of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation, EBT Director and tournament organizer of the EBT Brunswick Aalborg International has announced today that the EBT exemption will be given to the "highest ranked player in the men’s division of the European Bowling Tour after the Brunswick Aalborg International."
2007 European ranking champion and last year's runner-up, Kirsten Penny (pictured left), England, has withdrawn from the 2009 World Ranking Masters and will be replaced by 11th ranked, Wendy Kok, Netherlands. The 2009 WRM will be held at Oltremare Bowling Arena in Naples, Italy from April 27 through May 3, 2009. Since its inception in the year 2001, the WRM concludes the ranking season of the three WTBA zones - America, Asia and Europe. With no host or sponsor for the 2010 World Ranking Masters on the horizon, the 2009 edition could be the last event of its kind.
The 2009 World Ranking Masters will be held at Oltremare Bowling Arena in Naples, Italy from April 27 through May 3, 2009. Three of the 16 European qualifiers, No. 4 Martin Larsen (pictured left) and No. 5 Peter Ljung (right), both from Sweden, on the men's side as well as women's No. 6 Britt Brøndsted, Denmark, have announced that they will not participate in the event. In addition the first men's substitute, 9th ranked Pasi Uotila, Finland, will not be available.
According to Kim Thorsgaard Jensen, ETBF Vice President and Director of the European Bowling Tour (EBT), the presidium of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) has made two important decisions for the European Bowling Tour effective in 2010. The presidium added a fourth category and changed the names of the three others. With the beginning of the 2010 season the EBT features Platinum (formerly Premier), Gold (Major), Silver (Challenger) and Satellite Tournaments, a new category with minimum 20.000 prize fund plus some other requirements. To read the full press release 
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) has announced the European Bowling Tour tournaments and ETBF championships where the lane maintenance will be handled by Florida-based Kegel Company. Kegel is the Official Lane Maintenance Partner for the ETBF and offers its lane maintenance to the organizers of EBT Majors and Premiers. The provisional list includes 9 European Bowling Tour stops and four ETBF Championships. 
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) has announced that the format for the 2nd EBT Masters to be held in Aalborg, Denmark, in 2009 will be changed. In 2009 the tournament will be shortened to two days as the preliminaries will be reduced to three 6-game series with a round robin match play final (of the top 8 men and the top 8 women to determine the champions. The total prize fund of the EBT Masters will be reduced by 4.000 Euro to 36.000 Euro - 18.000 Euro each for men and women. 
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation, along with its ever increasing popular European Bowling Tour, has extended their partnership with Kegel to be recognized as the Official Lane Maintenance Company for the ETBF and to provide lane maintenance at all EBTF Championships and selected EBT stops through 2011. Kegel Founder and CEO John Davis said, "With the new agreement, Kegel will continue this mission by offering lane maintenance training sessions for Federation Technical Delegates and bowling center personnel at select Championship events and EBT stops."
As the organizers of the 6th Vienna Open and the Lahti Open could not find enough hotels to accommodate the large number of players both tournaments expect, they had to switch their spots on the 2008 European Bowling Tour. The 6th Vienna Open will now be held from Sept. 30 through Oct. 5 as the 14th stop of the 2008 EBT. The Vienna Open is an EBT Major. The Lahti Open will become the 15th stop of the 2008 EBT. The tournament will now take place from Oct. 12-19, 2008. The Lahti Open is an EBT Challenger. 