Manolo Rocchi, Federico Rossi and Marco Reviglio from Italy felled 1976 pins in the third and final squad on 35-feet short oil pattern at the 2007 Men's European Championships to jump into fifth place in the overall standings. Joonas Jehkinen, Jari Ratia and Kimmo Lehtonen from Finland (l-r with coach Sami Konsteri on the far left) led the field of 67 trios from 35 countries with 2167, a 240.78 average. All players will return on Friday for the second 3-game block on long oil (45 feet).
Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (June 30 - July 10, 2007)
Defending European Trios champion Petteri Salonen and team mates Osku Palermaa and Timo Alho led the second of three squads in the Trios event to move into third place in the overall standing with 1981 pinfall total and an average of 220.11. Their compatriots Joonas Jehkinen, Jari Ratia and Kimmo Lehtonen remained unchallenged after posting a new championship record of 2167, a 240.78 average, in the first squad, which was high lighted by a 300 game by Ratia.
Jari Ratia from Finland shot the first 300 game of the 2007 Men's European Championships this morning at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, to help his team mates, southpaws Joonas Jehkinen and Kimmo Lehtonen, grab the lead in the Trios event. The three-some set two championship records for one and three games as the started with an 803 games en route to a 2167 three-game total on the short-oil condition (35 feet), an average of 240,78 per game. L-R Coach Sami Konsteri, Jehkinen, Ratia and Lehtonen.
Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (June 30 - July 10, 2007)
Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen, the reigning World Champions in Doubles were targeting another Doubles title at the 2007 Men's European Championships in Vienna, Austria. However, local favorites Thomas Tybl and Thomas Gross had other plans as they defeated the Swedes, 495-446, in the title match to claim the first gold medal of the event. Sweden won the silver medal and Germany and Denmark shared the bronze medal.
Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (June 30 - July 10, 2007)
Reigning World Champions in Doubles, Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen (r-l) from Sweden, earned the No. 1 seed for the Doubles finals in the 2007 Men's European Championships at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The duo posted a new championship record on long oil (45 ft.) with 2818 (243.83 average) en route to finish with 5450 12-game total and an average of 227.08.
Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (June 30 - July 10, 2007)
Multiple Austrian champion Thomas Gross and former national coach Thomas "TT" Tybl averaged 226.58 for their final six games on the long oil pattern (45 ft.) to set the pace in the Doubles event at the 2007 Men's European Championships in Vienna, Austria. With 26 duos having completed their 12 games Tom-Tom lead the field with 5280 pinfall total and an average of 220.00. England's Mike Quarry and Mark Smith led Squad two with 5063 pinfall total to move into second place. Squads 3 and 4 will bowl their final block on Wednesday.
Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (June 30 - July 10, 2007)
With 112 teams from 35 countries having completed the first of two six-game blocks, Jesper Agerbo and Bo Winther Pedersen from Denmark lead the Doubles event in the 2007 Men's European Championships at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, with 2713 pinfall total and an average of 226.08. Pedersen posted a 1385 series on the short oil pattern (35 feet) and Agerbo added 1328. The top 4 teams after another six game block on long oil will will advance to the match play finals on Wednesday, July 4.
Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (June 30 - July 10, 2007)
The second men's Men's European Championships will be held from June 30 through July 10, 2007 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. 35 of the 48 member federations of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) have confirmed to participate. Players will compete for medals in Doubles, Trios, 5-Player Teams, All Events and Masters. Finland is the defending champion in all disciplines. Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Vienna.
Andy Giles (l.), who has been on a reduced bowling schedule for the last three years since last making the Brunswick Team England squad, won his first ranking event with a 2490 (226 average) total over the 11 games of the singles and team event. In the ladies event, Zara Glover (r.) won her fourth title of the season shooting 2350 (213 average).
745 players representing 19 European countries participated in the 16th European Senior Bowling Championship at five bowling centers in Sicily, Italy from June 23-29, 2007. Hildegard Kuhn, Italy (left) won the Women's A finals, while Helena Karkkainen, Finland and Sonja Östlund-Carlsson, Sweden earned the gold medal in Categories B and C, resp. The men's Masters champions were (l-r) John de Vries, Netherlands (A), Giovanni la Bianca (B) and Enrico Canevari (C), both Italy.
With only a handful of top-ranked bowlers participating in the 2007 Malta Open Championships, the 11th tournament of the European Bowling Tour, the top 5 in the men's and women's European rankings remained unchanged. Osku Palermaa (l.), Finland, and Kirsten Penny (r.), England continued to lead. Malta Open champions Stuart Williams, England, and Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, moved into 6th and 7th place, respectively.
Europe's richest bowling tournament and one of the European Bowling Tour's "Majors", the 90.000 Euro Brunswick Euro Challenge, will move from Thessaloniki, Greece to France in the year 2008. The 2008 BEC will be held from March 7-16, 2008 at Plaza Bowling in Saint-Maximin. The 28-lane Brunswick-equipped bowling center is located about 40 km north of Paris at the Route A1 and approx. 25 km from Roissy-Charles De Gaulle International Airport.
Brunswick Bowling Aupark in Bratislava, Slovakia (June 21-24, 2007)
Roel Mol (pictured), Netherlands maintained a slim 5-pin lead over Mariusz Musialik, Poland in the position round en route to win the Slovakia Open and the 2.500 top prize. Mol finished with 1908 pinfall total including bonus, while Musialik settled for second place with 1903 and pocketed 1.000 Euro. Third place belonged to Swede Christian Karlsson with 1829, worth 700 Euro. Marek Husár was the top-ranked Slovakian player in fourth place with 1819.
Al those, who were waiting for the 30 minute TV special with the highlights of the 2007 European Youth Championships on Greek satellite channel ERT on Monday, experienced a huge disappointment. All they could follow was a live political discussion (in Greek), which did not finish on time but took half an hour longer.
Gert Nielsen, organizer of the Danish Masters Classic, the 14th stop on the 2007 European Bowling Tour, has announced the tournament scheduled for August 3-12 has been cancelled. As in 2005, when the tournament was off the EBT schedule, Nielsen cited a lack of participants as the main reason. After the Viernheim Open and the Kungsbacka International, this is the third event and the second "major" tournament that disappeared from the EBT schedule during the season.
Eden SuperBowl in St. Julians, Malta (June 20-24, 2007)
Stuart Williams, England, and Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands claimed the men's and women's title in the Malta Open Championships at Eden SuperBowl in St. Julians, Malta. Williams, who won the World Ranking Masters last month, defeated his compatriot and No. 1 seed Nick Froggatt by the closest possible margin, 225-224, to earn the 4.400 Euro top prize. Van der Tol, seeded second, topped No. 1 seed Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark, 198-191, for the women's title, worth 3.000 Euro. ##
After a slow start in qualifying, a lowly 19th place, Stuart Williams (right) blasted through five knockout rounds averaging 233 over 13 games to take the PTBC title at the Bowl in Bromborough. In the championship match in best-of-three games format, Rob Kendall (left) beat Williams in the final first game 227-196, but Williams replied with 234 and 247 to take the title.
As earlier reported, Igor Kononenko, President of the of All-Ukrainian Sports Tenpin Bowling Federation has announced that Kiev (Kyiv), capital and largest city of the Ukraine, will host the First European Sport Games from July 19 through 25, 2007. Participating countries in the bowling event are: Belarus, Belgium, England, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova and Ukraine.
The Hellenic Bowling Federation has announced that a 30 minute TV special with the highlights of the 2007 European Youth Championships, April 6-15 at Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece, will be aired on Greek satellite channel ERT on Monday June 25 at 21:00 (GMT).
Republished courtesy of juniorbowling.co.uk (June 3, 2007)
Ted, firstly can you explain to use your role in Kegel? For the past three years my main role has been supporting the Kegel distribution network throughout Europe. Just recently however Kegel has shifted that responsibility to Kegel Master Technician Don Agent. I have also been the liaison with the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) and their highly successful European Bowling Tour (EBT) which I will continue to do as well as some other sporting responsibilities.
Manolo Rocchi, Federico Rossi and Marco Reviglio from Italy felled 1976 pins in the third and final squad on 35-feet short oil pattern at the 2007 Men's European Championships to jump into fifth place in the overall standings. Joonas Jehkinen, Jari Ratia and Kimmo Lehtonen from Finland (l-r with coach Sami Konsteri on the far left) led the field of 67 trios from 35 countries with 2167, a 240.78 average. All players will return on Friday for the second 3-game block on long oil (45 feet). 
Defending European Trios champion Petteri Salonen and team mates Osku Palermaa and Timo Alho led the second of three squads in the Trios event to move into third place in the overall standing with 1981 pinfall total and an average of 220.11. Their compatriots Joonas Jehkinen, Jari Ratia and Kimmo Lehtonen remained unchallenged after posting a new championship record of 2167, a 240.78 average, in the first squad, which was high lighted by a 300 game by Ratia. 
Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen, the reigning World Champions in Doubles were targeting another Doubles title at the 2007 Men's European Championships in Vienna, Austria. However, local favorites Thomas Tybl and Thomas Gross had other plans as they defeated the Swedes, 495-446, in the title match to claim the first gold medal of the event. Sweden won the silver medal and Germany and Denmark shared the bronze medal. 
Reigning World Champions in Doubles, Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen (r-l) from Sweden, earned the No. 1 seed for the Doubles finals in the 2007 Men's European Championships at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The duo posted a new championship record on long oil (45 ft.) with 2818 (243.83 average) en route to finish with 5450 12-game total and an average of 227.08.
Multiple Austrian champion Thomas Gross and former national coach Thomas "TT" Tybl averaged 226.58 for their final six games on the long oil pattern (45 ft.) to set the pace in the Doubles event at the 2007 Men's European Championships in Vienna, Austria. With 26 duos having completed their 12 games Tom-Tom lead the field with 5280 pinfall total and an average of 220.00. England's Mike Quarry and Mark Smith led Squad two with 5063 pinfall total to move into second place. Squads 3 and 4 will bowl their final block on Wednesday.
Andy Giles (l.), who has been on a reduced bowling schedule for the last three years since last making the Brunswick Team England squad, won his first ranking event with a 2490 (226 average) total over the 11 games of the singles and team event. In the ladies event, Zara Glover (r.) won her fourth title of the season shooting 2350 (213 average). 
745 players representing 19 European countries participated in the 16th European Senior Bowling Championship at five bowling centers in Sicily, Italy from June 23-29, 2007. Hildegard Kuhn, Italy (left) won the Women's A finals, while Helena Karkkainen, Finland and Sonja Östlund-Carlsson, Sweden earned the gold medal in Categories B and C, resp. The men's Masters champions were (l-r) John de Vries, Netherlands (A), Giovanni la Bianca (B) and Enrico Canevari (C), both Italy.
With only a handful of top-ranked bowlers participating in the 2007 Malta Open Championships, the 11th tournament of the European Bowling Tour, the top 5 in the men's and women's European rankings remained unchanged. Osku Palermaa (l.), Finland, and Kirsten Penny (r.), England continued to lead. Malta Open champions Stuart Williams, England, and Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, moved into 6th and 7th place, respectively.
Europe's richest bowling tournament and one of the European Bowling Tour's "Majors", the 90.000 Euro Brunswick Euro Challenge, will move from Thessaloniki, Greece to France in the year 2008. The 2008 BEC will be held from March 7-16, 2008 at Plaza Bowling in Saint-Maximin. The 28-lane Brunswick-equipped bowling center is located about 40 km north of Paris at the Route A1 and approx. 25 km from Roissy-Charles De Gaulle International Airport.
Roel Mol (pictured), Netherlands maintained a slim 5-pin lead over Mariusz Musialik, Poland in the position round en route to win the Slovakia Open and the 2.500 top prize. Mol finished with 1908 pinfall total including bonus, while Musialik settled for second place with 1903 and pocketed 1.000 Euro. Third place belonged to Swede Christian Karlsson with 1829, worth 700 Euro. Marek Husár was the top-ranked Slovakian player in fourth place with 1819. 
Al those, who were waiting for the 30 minute TV special with the highlights of the 2007 European Youth Championships on Greek satellite channel ERT on Monday, experienced a huge disappointment. All they could follow was a live political discussion (in Greek), which did not finish on time but took half an hour longer. 
Gert Nielsen, organizer of the Danish Masters Classic, the 14th stop on the 2007 European Bowling Tour, has announced the tournament scheduled for August 3-12 has been cancelled. As in 2005, when the tournament was off the EBT schedule, Nielsen cited a lack of participants as the main reason. After the Viernheim Open and the Kungsbacka International, this is the third event and the second "major" tournament that disappeared from the EBT schedule during the season. 
Stuart Williams, England, and Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands claimed the men's and women's title in the Malta Open Championships at Eden SuperBowl in St. Julians, Malta. Williams, who won the World Ranking Masters last month, defeated his compatriot and No. 1 seed Nick Froggatt by the closest possible margin, 225-224, to earn the 4.400 Euro top prize. Van der Tol, seeded second, topped No. 1 seed Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark, 198-191, for the women's title, worth 3.000 Euro. ##
After a slow start in qualifying, a lowly 19th place, Stuart Williams (right) blasted through five knockout rounds averaging 233 over 13 games to take the PTBC title at the Bowl in Bromborough. In the championship match in best-of-three games format, Rob Kendall (left) beat Williams in the final first game 227-196, but Williams replied with 234 and 247 to take the title. 
As earlier reported, Igor Kononenko, President of the of All-Ukrainian Sports Tenpin Bowling Federation has announced that Kiev (Kyiv), capital and largest city of the Ukraine, will host the First European Sport Games from July 19 through 25, 2007. Participating countries in the bowling event are: Belarus, Belgium, England, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova and Ukraine. 
For the past three years my main role has been supporting the Kegel distribution network throughout Europe. Just recently however Kegel has shifted that responsibility to Kegel Master Technician Don Agent. I have also been the liaison with the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) and their highly successful European Bowling Tour (EBT) which I will continue to do as well as some other sporting responsibilities. 