Canadian George Lambert IV and Shalin Zulkifli from Malaysia, won the gold medals in the men's and women's Masters to end the II Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship at Cosmic Bowling Center in Paphos, Cyprus. Lambert topped Alex Liew, Malaysia, in three games, 2-1, en route to win the first gold medal for Canada. In the women's Masters finals, Zulkifli swept Caroline Lagrange, Canada, in two games, 2-0, to win the title. Bronze went to Zulmazran Zulkifli, Malaysia, and Ann-Maree Putney, Australia.
The 8th Mediterranean Challenge Cup was held at Eden SuperBowl in St. Julian's, Malta. Spain (2), Greece (2), Israel (1) and host country Malta (2) shared the gold medals in men's and women's Singles, Doubles, All Events and 4-Player Mixed Teams. Three players - Sue Abela (left), Malta; Anastasia Rovithaki, Greece; Marcial Ovide (right), Spain - took home two gold medals each. 
The stepladder final of the 4th Baker Trophy in Zurich, Switzerland was an all-Swiss affair. Bowling Team Bern, seeded third, climbed up the ladder with three straight victories to win the 2005 trophy. In the championship match, Bern defeated BC Strangers Juniors, the sole team that averaged 200+ in the Peterson Finals and shot a perfect 300-game in Baker-style, with 379-302, two game total.
Defending women's champion and long-time international Bigi Manico and youth bowler Mathieu Berges won the women's and men's title in the 2005 Swiss National Championships. Both champions will represent Switzerland in the European Cup for Individuals in Böblingen, Germany, September 5-11. 
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) has announced that the German Bowling Federation (DBU) has accepted to host the first Women's European Championships in 2006. The championships are supposed to be conducted at a 22-laner in Böblingen near Stuttgart from August 25 through September 2, 2006. 
Italian league bowler Delfino Ceracchi wrote history when he bowled in the regional qualifying for the Italian National Championships on Sunday, February 22, at Bowling Odissea 2000 in Rome. The 60-year-old from Rome connected for 27 consecutive strikes to become the first bowler in Italy to roll first back-to-back 300-games.
French Laurent Plantard defeated Chris Van Damme, Belgium, in two games, 465-424, en route to capture the title in the Luxembourg Open at Inter Bowling in Foetz/Mondercange. Plantard, seeded fourth in the 4-player shoot-out, posted two high scores of 224 and 241 to earn 2.000 Euro top prize. Francois Sacco and Anthony Fabre, both of France, rolled 300-games. 
3-time World Champion Anders Öhman of Sweden impressively won the Vienna Open, the 11th European ranking event, and the 11.111 Euro first prize. "Linus", who has won the Eliminator and 1.600 Euro two days ago, defeated equally-tough Amedeo Spada of Italy in two straight games, 2-0, in the best-of-three game format. Spada was consoled with 6.666 Euro. Jouni Helminen and Heta Allen of Finland waited until the last minute to celebrate their victory in the Vienna Doubles. 