Karel Kutina (l.) of the Czech Republic paces a field of 84 players from eight countries after the first two days of qualifying in the BNC Open at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia. Kutina, who is the coordinator of the EBT gold tournament, averaged 219 in Squad 2 and toppled 1314 pins including games of 237, 256, 187, 242, 202 and 190. Irish two-hander Chris Sloan (r.) posted the highest total on Tuesday in Squad 6 to move into second place with 1309.
Lisanne Breeschoten wins women's ranking in Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Dominic Barrett (center) of England averaged 229.50 in last round of the finals of the Chandra Open 2013 en route to win his seventh European Bowling Tour title and the 5.000 Euro top prize Sunday at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. Barrett, a one-time PBA champion, totaled 2230 for ten games. His compatriot Richard Teece (l.) finished second with 2222 and Tanner Spacey (r.), United States, was third with 2144 to pocket 3.000 and 2.000 Euro, respectively.
PBA star leads a field of 40 players into the finals on Sunday, Sept. 22; Belgium's Mats Maggi and Finland's Osku Palermaa crack the top 8 on last qualifying day; cut for 30th place is 1269 (211.50 average)
Mika Koivuniemi (pictured) of Finland held on to the lead on the last qualifying day in the European Bowling Tour's Chandra Open 2013 en route to lead a field of 40 players into the finals on Sunday, Sept. 22, at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. The 11-time PBA Tour champion and 7-time EBT titlist led the field of 125 players from 13 countries with 1467 six-game total. Mats Maggi of Belgium and Finland's Osku Palermaa were the only players in Saturday's Squads 11-13, who cracked the top 8 to receive a first-round bye.
PBA star rolls 1467 series to lead the field of 109 players into the final qualifying day; four Englishmen crack the top 10; cut for 30th place is now 1245 (207.50 average)
PBA star Mika Koivuniemi (pictured) topped 1467 pins and averaged 244.50 in Friday's Squad 9 to take the pole position in the qualifying of Chandra Open 2013 in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. The native Finn, who lives in Hartland, Mich., rolled high games of 279 and 269 and four games between 223 and 238 to lead a field of 109 players from 12 countries heading into the final qualifying day. Koivuniemi, who owns 11 PBA Tour titles and seven European Bowling Tour titles, overtook previous leader Jimmy Ravez of Belgium by 38 pins.
Rolls 1390 series to become the top-ranked Dutch bowler in the tournament; Belgium's Jimmy Ravez continues to lead; cut for 30th place is 1210 (201.67 average)
Jeffrey van de Wakker (pictured) averaged 231.67 in Thursday's Squad 7 en route to become the top-ranked Dutch bowler in the Chandra Open 2013 in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. Van de Wakker used a high game of 269, three 240s and a pair of 194 games to improve his previous high series (1264) by 126 pins to leap from 12th to second place in the overall qualifying standings with 1390 total. Jimmy Ravez of Belgium leads the field of 86 players from seven countries since the first qualifying squad with 1429 and an average of 238.17.
Top 6 players from a separate leader board of Squads 1-4 are automatically qualified for Sunday's finals; cut for 30th place is now 1209 (201.50 average)
Dutch women's national team members Lisanne Breeschoten (l.) and Ghislaine van der Tol (r.) topped the fourth qualifying squad of the Chandra Open 2013 Tuesday at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, to move into third and sixth place in the overall standings en route to qualify for Sunday's finals. The 6 players from a separate leader board of Squads 1-4, who don't finish in the top 30 at the end of the qualifying, will earn automatic berths into the finals.
Lisanne Breeschoten becomes the top-ranked woman in seventh place; cut for 30th place is currently 1195 (199.17 average)
Mark Jacobs (pictured) of the Netherlands led the third qualifying squad Monday night at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, en route to move into third place in the overall qualifying standings of the Chandra Open 2013. Jacobs posted a 1322 series, an average of 220.33, including games of 188, 236, 203, 204, 243 and 248 and is the best Dutch bowler in the field of 62 players from four countries so far. Jimmy Ravez and Olivier Leroy of Belgium remained atop the leaderboard with 1429 and 1372, respectively.
Belgian bowlers dominate the first day of qualifying in the EBT Satellite event at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Belgian bowlers dominated the first two squads in the Chandra Open 2013 which got underway on Sunday in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. Long-time Belgian national team member Jimmy Ravez (l.) posted a big 1429 series in the very first squad to take the early lead in the European Bowling Tour Satellite event. His compatriots Olivier Leroy (r.) and Michael Coussens led the second qualifying squad with 1372 and 1315 and moved into second and third place.
Marianne Pelz of Germany and Belgium's Chris Vandamme (center, l-r) claimed the women's and men's title in the Belgium Senior Open. The ninth stop on the 2013 International Seniors Bowling Tour (ISBT) was held at Bowlmaster Club in Brussels, Belgium Aug. 28-Sept. 1. The Belgium Senior Open is a long standing European Seniors event, and this year it attracted 75 men and 24 women from twelve countries. The last stop of the 2013 ISBT is the French Senior Open from Sept. 25-29.
14-year-old Russian becomes the youngest player ever to win a European Bowling Tour title
Maria Bulanova of Russia defeated qualifying leader and No. 1 seed, Mykhaylo Kalika of Ukraine, 420-413, to win the RedExpress Russian Open Saturday at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia. The 14-year-old Russian youth national team member (pictured left with her coach Sergey Starchenkov) is the youngest player ever to win a European Bowling Tour title. Bulanova is just the second Russian EBT champion after Ivan Semenov in 2010. She earned the 5.500 Euro for accomplishing the feat.
Ukrainian leads the top 36 players into the finals on Saturday; no changes atop the leaderboard on Friday; cut for 32nd place is 1240 (206.67 average)
Mykhaylo Kalika (pictured) of Ukraine won the qualifying of the RedExpress Russian Open to lead a field of 36 players into Saturday's finals at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow. Kalika, who won the penultimate qualifying squad 11 on Friday with 1279, led the field of 152 players from eight Eastern European countries since squad 5 with 1394 and an average of 232.33. The top 32 qualifiiers will be joined in the finals by the top 4 of the Desperado Squad. The top 8 qualifiers received a first-round bye.
Ukrainian rolls a 1394 series Thursday morning to lead a field of 106 players by 64 pins; cut for 32nd place is currently 1203
Ukrainian national team member Mykhaylo Kalika (pictured) posted a 1394 series, an average of 232.33, in Thursday morning's squad 5 en route to take a dominating 64-pin lead in the qualifying of the RedExpress Russian Open currently underway at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow. Kalika came out of the gates quickly with back-to-back to 250s (258 & 257), slowed down the next two (202 & 158) but finished strong with 253 and 266 to lead the field of 106 players from five countries, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Ukraine and Russia.
76 Russian bowlers kick off European Bowling Tour Satellite event in Tuesday's Squads 1 & 2
76 Russian bowlers, 54 men and 22 women, kicked off the RedExpress Russian Open Tuesday at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia. Maksim Okorokov set the pace with 1330 and an average of 221.67. Okorov rolled games of 199, 235, 200, 227, 224 and 245 to beat out Daria Voronkova for the top spot by ten pins. Qualifying continues Wednesday, September 11, with squads 3 and 4 scheduled to start at noon and 4 p.m. Moscow Standard Time (CEST +2).
Winners book the tickets to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia to represent Switzerland at the 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup
Chantal Hügin and Gregor Ramsak (l-r) will represent Switzerland at the 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Siberia after they won the finals of the Swiss BWC qualifier Sunday at bowling center BeSeCo in Rümikon. Hügin led the women's division from wire-to-wire to finish 229 pins ahead of second-place Bigi Manico. The men's winner was decided in the 29th and last game. Ramsak topped Junior Team Switzerland member Kevin Haasper by mere four pins to take the ticket to Siberia.
Ana Vieira and Paulo Lopes (l-r) captured the women's and men's title in the Portuguese qualifying tournament for the 2013 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup and earned berth in the 49th edition of the event, which will take place Nov. 15-24 at Sibiryak Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. In the stepladder finals in best-of-three- game format, top seeded Vieira and Lopez, topped their opponents Fatima Jordão and Alex Fortuna, who both came from the No. 4 seed, two-games-to-none.
German bowlers dominated the Schiedam Senior Open as Martina Beckel (l.) and defending champion Carlo Greulich (r.) swept the women's and men's title. The eighth stop on the 2013 International Seniors Bowling Tour was held at the Chandra Bowling center in Schiedam, Netherlands. Beckel wrapped up the women's title in the final game, while Greulich finished round robin match play with games of 300, 259 and 255 to cruise to the men's title.
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation has announced two events for bowling coaches, pro shop owners and bowlers to be held in the second half of 2013. The ETBF will host its iCoach 2013 International Coaching Conference presented by Kegel in Kuortane, Finland, from September 27-29 and will present a Ball Drilling & Pro Shop Certification Seminar supported by IBPSIA at Bowltech in Made, Netherlands, from November 2-5, 2013.Â
Runner-up Mai Ginge Jensen (DEN) wins women's ranking en route to regain lead in the 2013 EBT women's point ranking
Joonas Jehkinen (l.) of Finland averaged 251.33 in the final round of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger en route to win his first European Bowling Tour title and the 6.500 Euro first prize Sunday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany. Jehkinen totaled 3086 pins and averaged 237.83 for 13 games to beat out Mai Ginge Jensen (r.) of Denmark for the title by 55 pins.
German uses lone perfecto in the qualifying for 1475 series (245.83 average); leaders of the last three squads finish 1-3; cut for 50th place is 1314 (219 average)
Local bowler Hansi Glasl (pictured) put together a 1475 series Saturday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany, en route to win the qualifying of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. Glasl, who led the tournament after the first squad with 1392, followed a 213 opening game in the penultimate Squad 17 with twelve consecutive strikes for the lone 300 game of the tournament so far. Glasl closed out the series with 210, 241, 266 and 245, an average of 245.83 for six games.
Karel Kutina (l.) of the Czech Republic paces a field of 84 players from eight countries after the first two days of qualifying in the BNC Open at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia. Kutina, who is the coordinator of the EBT gold tournament, averaged 219 in Squad 2 and toppled 1314 pins including games of 237, 256, 187, 242, 202 and 190. Irish two-hander Chris Sloan (r.) posted the highest total on Tuesday in Squad 6 to move into second place with 1309.
Dominic Barrett (center) of England averaged 229.50 in last round of the finals of the Chandra Open 2013 en route to win his seventh European Bowling Tour title and the 5.000 Euro top prize Sunday at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. Barrett, a one-time PBA champion, totaled 2230 for ten games. His compatriot Richard Teece (l.) finished second with 2222 and Tanner Spacey (r.), United States, was third with 2144 to pocket 3.000 and 2.000 Euro, respectively.
Mika Koivuniemi (pictured) of Finland held on to the lead on the last qualifying day in the European Bowling Tour's Chandra Open 2013 en route to lead a field of 40 players into the finals on Sunday, Sept. 22, at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. The 11-time PBA Tour champion and 7-time EBT titlist led the field of 125 players from 13 countries with 1467 six-game total. Mats Maggi of Belgium and Finland's Osku Palermaa were the only players in Saturday's Squads 11-13, who cracked the top 8 to receive a first-round bye. 
PBA star Mika Koivuniemi (pictured) topped 1467 pins and averaged 244.50 in Friday's Squad 9 to take the pole position in the qualifying of Chandra Open 2013 in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. The native Finn, who lives in Hartland, Mich., rolled high games of 279 and 269 and four games between 223 and 238 to lead a field of 109 players from 12 countries heading into the final qualifying day. Koivuniemi, who owns 11 PBA Tour titles and seven European Bowling Tour titles, overtook previous leader Jimmy Ravez of Belgium by 38 pins.
Jeffrey van de Wakker (pictured) averaged 231.67 in Thursday's Squad 7 en route to become the top-ranked Dutch bowler in the Chandra Open 2013 in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. Van de Wakker used a high game of 269, three 240s and a pair of 194 games to improve his previous high series (1264) by 126 pins to leap from 12th to second place in the overall qualifying standings with 1390 total. Jimmy Ravez of Belgium leads the field of 86 players from seven countries since the first qualifying squad with 1429 and an average of 238.17.
Dutch women's national team members Lisanne Breeschoten (l.) and Ghislaine van der Tol (r.) topped the fourth qualifying squad of the Chandra Open 2013 Tuesday at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, to move into third and sixth place in the overall standings en route to qualify for Sunday's finals. The 6 players from a separate leader board of Squads 1-4, who don't finish in the top 30 at the end of the qualifying, will earn automatic berths into the finals.
Mark Jacobs (pictured) of the Netherlands led the third qualifying squad Monday night at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, en route to move into third place in the overall qualifying standings of the Chandra Open 2013. Jacobs posted a 1322 series, an average of 220.33, including games of 188, 236, 203, 204, 243 and 248 and is the best Dutch bowler in the field of 62 players from four countries so far. Jimmy Ravez and Olivier Leroy of Belgium remained atop the leaderboard with 1429 and 1372, respectively.
Belgian bowlers dominated the first two squads in the Chandra Open 2013 which got underway on Sunday in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. Long-time Belgian national team member Jimmy Ravez (l.) posted a big 1429 series in the very first squad to take the early lead in the European Bowling Tour Satellite event. His compatriots Olivier Leroy (r.) and Michael Coussens led the second qualifying squad with 1372 and 1315 and moved into second and third place.
Maria Bulanova of Russia defeated qualifying leader and No. 1 seed, Mykhaylo Kalika of Ukraine, 420-413, to win the RedExpress Russian Open Saturday at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia. The 14-year-old Russian youth national team member (pictured left with her coach Sergey Starchenkov) is the youngest player ever to win a European Bowling Tour title. Bulanova is just the second Russian EBT champion after Ivan Semenov in 2010. She earned the 5.500 Euro for accomplishing the feat.
Mykhaylo Kalika (pictured) of Ukraine won the qualifying of the RedExpress Russian Open to lead a field of 36 players into Saturday's finals at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow. Kalika, who won the penultimate qualifying squad 11 on Friday with 1279, led the field of 152 players from eight Eastern European countries since squad 5 with 1394 and an average of 232.33. The top 32 qualifiiers will be joined in the finals by the top 4 of the Desperado Squad. The top 8 qualifiers received a first-round bye. 
Ukrainian national team member Mykhaylo Kalika (pictured) posted a 1394 series, an average of 232.33, in Thursday morning's squad 5 en route to take a dominating 64-pin lead in the qualifying of the RedExpress Russian Open currently underway at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow. Kalika came out of the gates quickly with back-to-back to 250s (258 & 257), slowed down the next two (202 & 158) but finished strong with 253 and 266 to lead the field of 106 players from five countries, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Ukraine and Russia.
76 Russian bowlers, 54 men and 22 women, kicked off the RedExpress Russian Open Tuesday at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia. Maksim Okorokov set the pace with 1330 and an average of 221.67. Okorov rolled games of 199, 235, 200, 227, 224 and 245 to beat out Daria Voronkova for the top spot by ten pins. Qualifying continues Wednesday, September 11, with squads 3 and 4 scheduled to start at noon and 4 p.m. Moscow Standard Time (CEST +2).
Chantal Hügin and Gregor Ramsak (l-r) will represent Switzerland at the 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Siberia after they won the finals of the Swiss BWC qualifier Sunday at bowling center BeSeCo in Rümikon. Hügin led the women's division from wire-to-wire to finish 229 pins ahead of second-place Bigi Manico. The men's winner was decided in the 29th and last game. Ramsak topped Junior Team Switzerland member Kevin Haasper by mere four pins to take the ticket to Siberia.
Ana Vieira and Paulo Lopes (l-r) captured the women's and men's title in the Portuguese qualifying tournament for the 2013 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup and earned berth in the 49th edition of the event, which will take place Nov. 15-24 at Sibiryak Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. In the stepladder finals in best-of-three- game format, top seeded Vieira and Lopez, topped their opponents Fatima Jordão and Alex Fortuna, who both came from the No. 4 seed, two-games-to-none.
German bowlers dominated the Schiedam Senior Open as Martina Beckel (l.) and defending champion Carlo Greulich (r.) swept the women's and men's title. The eighth stop on the 2013 International Seniors Bowling Tour was held at the Chandra Bowling center in Schiedam, Netherlands. Beckel wrapped up the women's title in the final game, while Greulich finished round robin match play with games of 300, 259 and 255 to cruise to the men's title.
Hermann Wimmer of Germany (r.) prevailed by one pin over compatriot Peter Knopp and André Geelen of Belgium to win the closest finish ever on the International Seniors Bowling Tour en route to claim the men's title of the Flanders Senior Open at Euro Bowling in Deurne, Antwerp, Belgium. Alessandra Morra (l.) dominated the women's division to win her second consecutive ISBT title and the third this season. The tournament drew 68 men and 21 women.
The European Tenpin Bowling Federation has announced two events for bowling coaches, pro shop owners and bowlers to be held in the second half of 2013. The ETBF will host its iCoach 2013 International Coaching Conference presented by Kegel in Kuortane, Finland, from September 27-29 and will present a Ball Drilling & Pro Shop Certification Seminar supported by IBPSIA at Bowltech in Made, Netherlands, from November 2-5, 2013. 
Joonas Jehkinen (l.) of Finland averaged 251.33 in the final round of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger en route to win his first European Bowling Tour title and the 6.500 Euro first prize Sunday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany. Jehkinen totaled 3086 pins and averaged 237.83 for 13 games to beat out Mai Ginge Jensen (r.) of Denmark for the title by 55 pins.
Local bowler Hansi Glasl (pictured) put together a 1475 series Saturday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany, en route to win the qualifying of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. Glasl, who led the tournament after the first squad with 1392, followed a 213 opening game in the penultimate Squad 17 with twelve consecutive strikes for the lone 300 game of the tournament so far. Glasl closed out the series with 210, 241, 266 and 245, an average of 245.83 for six games.