For the second consecutive day the leaderboard of the
Roto Grip Polish Open got a whole new look as nine bowlers of squads 12-14 moved into the top 10 Friday at Sky Bowling in Wroclaw, Poland.
Richard Teece (pictured) of England posted games of 279, 205, 213, 238, 268 and 266 in Squad 12 to shoot into the lead with 1469 total and an average of 244.83. Teece, who overtook previous leader
Mari Lukkari of Finland (1364) by 105 pins, leads the 85-player field from 15 countries into the last qualifying day.
Long-time Venezuelan national team members Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. and Karen Marcano led qualifying squads 11 & 12 Tuesday at Bowling ChamartĂn in Madrid, Spain, en route to take over the qualifying lead in the III Brunswick Madrid Challenge. Ruiz (l.), who bowls regularly on the PBA Tour, lead the 89 players from eight countries with 1487 pinfall total and an average of 247.83. Marcano (r.), who posted 1419 in Squad 11, sits in second place.
Tanner Spacey of the United States, Spain's Ruben Orche, and Noe Gamazo of Venezuela led Squads 9 & 10 Monday at Bowling ChamartĂn in Madrid, Spain, to position themselves in the top 10 in the qualifying of the III Brunswick Madrid Challenge. Spacey (l.) averaged 225.50 to lead Squad 9 with 1335 total and to leap into third place in the overall standings. Orche (r.) toppled 1332 pins in the next squad to jump into fourth place.
The 24th edition of the Malta Open Championships was held from June 17-21 at 20-lane Eden Super Bowl located at St. George's Bay in St. Julian's, Malta. The tournament, which was won by Ramon Hilferink of the Netherlands, drew 115 players. This slow motion video focuses on the hand position and ball release of the players and the various styles and different lines played by the bowlers from 18 participating countries. To watch the video
Carsten Warming Hansen (center) of Denmark defeated Daniel Fransson (l.) of Sweden, 213-205, to win his first European Bowling Tour title in the inaugural Roto Grip Polish Open Sunday evening at Sky Bowling in Wroclaw, Poland. Hansen earned the 6.000 Euro top prize for the victory in the EBT "Satellite" event. Fransson took home 4.000 Euro for his third career runner-up finish in an EBT event and Richard Teece (r.) of England got 2.500 Euro for third place.
Despite a slow start, Cajsa Wegner (l.) of Sweden led Squad 5 (squads 6, 7 and 8 have been canceled) with 1347 total Sunday at Bowling ChamartĂn in Madrid, Spain, to overtake the lead in the III Brunswick Madrid Challenge. Wegner rebounded from a 160 game with 217, 237, 238, 224 and 223 for 1299 scratch, an average of 216.50, and added 48 pins women's handicap to beat out Pablo Barriopedro (r.) of Spain for the top spot by four pins.
Patricia Ciotti (l.) of Italy averaged 202.50 in the first squad of the 3rd Brunswick Madrid Challenge to take the first pole position in the European Bowling Tour "Silver" tournament with 1263 total including women's handicap. The native Venezuelan paced the field of 36 players after the first day of qualifying (squads 2-4 have been canceled). Pablo Barriopedro (r.) of Spain was second with 1261 and the field-best 210.67 average.
The leaderboard in the Roto Grip Polish Open got a whole new look as eight players moved into the top 10 in Thursday's Squads 8, 9 and 10 at Sky Bowling in Wroclaw, Poland. Mari Lukkari (l.) of Finland toppled 1316 pins in Squad 9 and added 48 pins women's handicap to take the pole position with 1364 total. Ildemaro Ruiz (r.) of Venezuela was the first of four players, who cracked the 1300-bar Thursday, to sit in second place with 1320.
Rodolfo Madriz (l.) of Costa Rica and Mexico's Carlos Lee (r.) rolled six-game series of 1254 and 1251 Wednesday at Sky Bowling in Wroclaw, Poland, to move to the top of the leaderboard in the Roto Grip Polish Open. Madriz started Squad 5 with back-to-back 222 games and added 202 and 224 before he close out with two consecutive 192 games to lead the 37-player field from seven countries with an average of 209.
The inaugural Roto Grip Polish Open kicked off Monday as 13 Polish bowlers hit the lanes at Sky Bowling in Wroclaw for the first two of 18 qualifying squads. Przemysław Nowak (l.) led both squads to take the early lead in qualifying with 1222 six-game total and an average of 203.67. He received a bowling ball for accomplishing the feat. Lucy Charezinska (r.) averaged 191.83 scratch and added 48 pins women's handicap to take second place with 1199.
The Roto Grip Polish Open, a newcomer on the European Bowling Tour, is the ninth stop of the 2015 season and the fifth out of eight EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season. The tournament will be held from June 22-28 at 24-lane Sky Bowling in Wroclaw, Poland, host of the 2012 and 2014 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. Players will compete for total prize money of 30.000 Euro with 6.000 Euro going to the winner, 4.000 to the runner-up and 2.500 to the third place finisher. Last-to-cash payout (40th place) is 250 Euro.
In his third consecutive title match in Malta, Dutch national team member Ramon Hilferink (pictured left) defeated Norway's Bjørn Einar Rudshagen, 447-438, to win his first title and the 2.100 Euro top prize in the 24th Malta Open Championships after finishing second in the past two years. In the semifinal matches, Hilferink defeated Malta's Neil Sullivan, 454-421, while Rudshagen ousted England's
Darren Cundy, 451-380. 
The top six players remained unchallenged during the last three of 15 qualifying squads in the 24th Malta Open Championships Saturday at Eden Super Bowl in St. Julian's, Malta. Ramon Hilferink (pictured) of the Netherlands led the 115-player field from 18 countries with 2990 pinfall total and an average of 249.17. The bronze medalist in Singles at the Men's European Championships in Denmark earlier this month, leads a group of 36 players into Sunday's finals. The top 6 qualifiers receive two byes, qualifiers 7-12 get one bye.
Annie Thorell (pictured) had a career day Thursday at Eden Super Bowl in St. Julian's, Malta, when the Swede rolled scratch series of 1351 and 1507 to take the lead in the qualifying of the 24th Malta Open Championships. Thorell started the day in Squad 6 with 1351, an average of 225.17, and added 48 pins women's handicap for 1399. She took a break and returned in Squad 8 and fired games of 248, 268, 288, 248, 248 and 207 for 1507 scratch, an average of 251.17, and 1555 to lead the tournament after day two qualifying with 2954 total.
Brunswick Bowling officials have announced that the Dream-Bowl Palace will continue to host the annual Brunswick Euro Challenge through 2018. Since its start in 2004, the Brunswick Euro Challenge has established itself as one of the largest bowling events in Europe, attracting a mix of promising amateur players and PBA stars from Europe, Asia, and the U.S. The tournament has been held at the state-of-the-art, 52-lane facility in Unterföhring, Germany, for the past four years.
Erik Ahlstrand (pictured) of Sweden finished Squad 3 with a big 259 game to take the early lead in the qualifying of the 24th Malta Open Championships at Eden Super Bowl in St. Julian's, Malta. Ahlstrand averaged 243.17 and toppled 1459 pins to beat out England's Rob Thurlby for the top spot by just one pin. Thurlby (pictured) fired the first 300 game of the tournament in game five. Paul Stott Jr. of Ireland and Alexander Larsson of Sweden also surpassed the 1400-mark to overtake third and fourth place with 1421 and 1402, respectively.
The 24th edition of the Malta Open Championships will be held from June 17-21 at 20-lane Eden Super Bowl located at St. George's Bay in St. Julian's, Malta. Players will compete for total prize money of minimum 10.000 Euro increasing to € 15.000 in case of more than 150 participants. In cooperation with Bowlingdigital and Talktenpin, the event will be streamed live in its entirety on Dutch Bowling TV, enabling bowling fans to watch all all the action from Eden Super Bowl from start to finish free of charge.
In the title match between two of the most decorated European bowlers, Martin Larsen of Sweden swept Norway's Tore Torgersen, 2-0, to win the gold medal in Masters at the 2015 Men's European Championships. Larsen rolled two solid games of 212 and 215, while Torgersen, who averaged almost 220 in the first four rounds, managed only 164 and 171 to settle for the silver medal. Markus Jansson, Sweden, and Mik Stampe, Denmark, shared the bronze medal.
