Richard Teece (l.) of England and Bjørn Einar Rudshagen (r.) of Norway moved into third and fourth place in the overall standings of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger on the penultimate day of qualifying at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany. Teece led Squad 13 with 1407 and Rudshagen paced Squad 12 with 1405. Dominik Hergenröder of Germany held on to the lead with 1415.
Robert Andersson, Rebecka Larsen and Daniel Fransson lead Squads 8-10; Dominik Hergenröder of Germany holds on to the lead; cut for 50th place is 1195 (199.17)
Swedes Robert Andersson, Rebecka Larsen and Daniel Fransson led the three squads on Thursday at the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger en route to move into the top 8 in the overall qualifying standings.
Fransson (l.), who was the top scorer of the day, missed the top spot by mere two pins, to sit in second place with 1414 six-game total and an average of 235.83. Dominik Hergenröder (r.) of Germany held on to the lead with 1415.
German averages over 235 in Wednesday's Squad 7 to overtake the qualifying lead; another three players crack the top 6, who are automatically qualified for Sunday's finals; cut for 50th place is currently 1096 (182.67)
Dominik Hergenröder (l.) of Germany posted a 1415 series (235.83 average) in Wednesday's Squad 7 en route to take the pole position in the qualifying of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. Hergenröder started with games of 242, 213, 215 and 211 and closed out the day with back-to-back 267 to surpass previous leader Daria Kovalova (r.) of Ukraine by 11 pins. Qualifying continues Thursday, July 25, with Squads 8-10.
Ukrainian totals 1404 in Squad 3 to become the first player to crack the 1400-mark; another three Germany move into the top 6 on Sunday
Daria Kovalova (pictured) of Ukraine rolled totaled 1404 in Sunday's Squad 3 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany, en route to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger after 5 of 18 squads. Kovalova, a multiple national champion and winner of the 2012 European Champions Cup, averaged 226 scratch including games of 207, 159, 245, 243, 269 and 233 for 1356 and added 48 pins women's handicap to become the first player this year to crack the 1400-bar.
Local bowler shoots 1392 series to lead the opening squad at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring
Local bowler Hans Glasl (pictured) rolled six games between 206 and 264 Saturday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany to take the early lead after the opening squad of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. Glasl averaged 232.00 to hold a 36-pin lead over Daria Kovalova of Ukraine, who sits in second place with 1356. The tournament, a European Bowling Tour "gold" event, offers total prize fund of 70.000 Euro. Qualifying continues Sunday with Squads 3-5.
Alex de Vries and Ghislaine van der Tol (pictured, l-r) won the Dutch Bowling Tour finals en route to earn berths into the 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from Nov. 15-24, 2013 at Sibiryak Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. In the men's title match in best-of-three games format, De Vries topped 2011 World Cup representative Phil Hulst, two-games-to-one. On the women's side, Van der Tol swept national champion Nicole Sanders, 2-0.
Alessandra Morra (l.) of Italy and Swede Christer Danielsson (r.) captured the women's and men's title of the Böblingen Senior Open, the sixth stop on the 2013 International Seniors Bowling Tour, which was contested at Dream Bowl in Böblingen, Germany. While Danielsson flew past compatriot Olle Svensson in the men's title match, 254-218, Morra was declared the winner by higher scratch total after a 203-203 tie against Gisela Insinger, Germany.
Or Aviram of bowling club Nesher and Tali Itzhak of Super Strike club (pictured left, l-r) emerged as the men's and women's winner in the qualifying tournament for 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup and will represent Israel from Nov. 15-24, 2013 at Sibiryak Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. It will mark the fifth time after 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2010 that Aviram will represent Israel at the World Cup and the second consecutive year for Itzhak.Â
Swede wins three consecutive matches against three of Europe's finest; Larsen and his fellow countrywoman Joline Persson-Planefors overtake the lead in the men's and women's EBT point rankings; Swede Rebecka Larsen wins women's ranking in Serravalle
Martin Larsen (l.) of Sweden defeated tournament leader Petteri Salonen (r.) of Finland in the title match of the 9th San Marino Open, 235-207, en route to win his seventh career European Bowling Tour title and the 8.000 Euro top prize. While Salonen, who received 5.000 Euro for second place, was looking for his first EBT title, the other three finalists owned a combined 25 European Bowling Tour titles.
Williams leads a field of 48 players into Sunday's finals; Carsten Warming Hansen (DEN), Osku Palermaa (FIN) and Daniel Fransson (SWE) move into the top 8 on the last qualifying day; Fransson rolls the third 300 game of the tournament; Dennis Eklund (SWE) hits cutoff number for 35th place with 1346 (224.33 average)
Stuart Williams (l.) of England won the qualifying of the 9th San Marino Open and a 1.000 Euro bonus. The six-time EBT titlist led the field of 182 players from 25 countries with 1467 pinfall total (244.50 average). Carsten Warming Hansen (r.) of Denmark, who led the penultimate squad 20 on Saturday with 1444 including high games of 289 and 279, finished his set with a 183 low game to finish qualifying in fourth place.
Down by 48 pins after the first game of the title match in the 11th Czech Open 2013, Lithuanian Kristijonas Sergejevas (pictured left) fired a near-perfect game to defeat Xavier Milet (right) of Belgium, 519-460, to win the title and the 2.500 Euro top prize. Milet, who topped Sergejevas in the opening game, 269-221, had to settle for second place worth 1.300 Euro. The tournament drew 220 players from 13 countries.
Stuart Williams continues to lead the 180-player field with 1467 (244.50 average); Dane Thomas Larsen rolls the second perfecto of the tournament; cut for 35th place is 1331 (221.83 average)
Stuart Williams (l.) of England continued to lead the qualifying of the 9th San Marino Open after Friday's Squads 15- to 17 with 1467 pinfall total. Four players rolled 1400-series to position themselves in the top 8, who will receive two byes at the end of the qualifying. Mark Clark (r.), United States, was the top scorer of the day in Squad 16 with 1457, including high games of 276 and a pair of 250s, to move into second place.
Shoot 1467 and 1442 in Squad 14 to take first and second place in qualifying standings; England's Dom Barrett rolls the first 300 game of the tournament; cut for 35th place surpasses 1300-mark (1322; 220.33 average)
Stuart Williams (l.) of England and Vaggelis Krizinis (r.) from Greece battled it out for the qualifying lead in the 9th San Marino Open in Squad 14 Thursday evening at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. When the dust had settled after a strike fest in the last game, Williams, who finished with 277, emerged as the squad winner with 1467 (244.50 average) with Krizinis, who finished with 296 and 276, in second place with 1442 (240.33).
German rolls 1403 series in Squad 8 to take over qualifying lead in San Marino Open; cut for 35th place is now 1215 (202.50 average)
Norman Neumann (l.) of Germany posted the first 1400-series of the 9th San Marino Open in Squad 8 on Tuesday evening en route to move to the top of the 101-player leaderboard. Neumann rolled six consistent games between 222 and 246 for 1403, an average of 233.83, to overtake previous leader Petteri Salonen by nine pins. Six place belonged to Serge Frouvelle (r.) of France, who led Squad 7 with 1371.
Eight players crack the 1300-bar in Monday's Squads 5 & 6; cut for 35th place rises by 116 pins to 1173 (195.50 average)
Multiple European champion Petteri Salonen (pictured) of Finland, who won the qualifying of the Brunswick Italia Challenge last week, continued hot hand Monday at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle and took over the lead in the qualifying of the 9th San Marino Open. Opposite to the Italia Challenge, the San Marino Open awards a 1.000 Euro bonus for the qualifying winner. Salonen started Squad 5 with games of 182, 216, 246 and 203 before he closed out with 268 and 279 for 1394 total and an average of 232.33.
Belgians Leroy, Fronville and Italian Domeniconi are automatically qualified for the finals
Olivier Leroy (pictured) of Belgium rolled a 1322 series Sunday at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino, to lead the 9th San Marino Open after the first weekend. Leroy averaged 220.33 to beat out day one leader Andrea Domeniconi of Italy for the top spot by 17 pins. Johnny Fronville, Belgium, toppled 1303 pins to sit in third place. By virtue of leading the standings of Squads 1-4, the top three are automatically qualified for the finals if they do not finish in the top 35 at the end of the qualifying.
Talpa beats Robert Andersson (SWE), Alejandro Reyna (CRC) and Yoan Alix (FRA) in Round Robin finals to become the first EBT titlist from Czech Republic; Reyna and Alix shoot 300 on the way to the finals; Mai Ginge Jensen (DEN) wins Women's Ranking in Asti and overtakes lead in 2013 EBT Women's Ranking
Marek Talpa (pictured) became the first bowler from the Czech Republic to win an European Bowling Tour title when he defeated three more experienced players in the Round Robin Match Play finals of the Brunswick Italia Challenge Sunday, July 7, at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy. Talpa, Swede Robert Andersson, Alejandro Reyna from Costa Rica and Yoan Alix of France had to survive three Eliminator rounds to advance to the Round Robin finals featuring three matches with bonus pins.
Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino (July 6-14, 2013)
The 9th San Marino Open got underway Saturday, July 6, at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino with the first two qualifying squads. Andrea Domeniconi (l.) of Italy set the pace in the opening squad with 1305 to lead the European Bowling Tour "gold" tournament after day one qualifying. Italians Alessandro Boschi (r.) and Thomas Gayet topped the second squad with 1283 and 1271 to take second and third place, resp.
Saturday's qualifying leaders Williams, Barrett & Jensen land in 2nd, 3rd and 4th place; USA's Ed Smaglik hits cutoff number for 36th place (1321; 220.17 average)
Petteri Salonen (pictured) of Finland finished the qualifying of the Brunswick Italia Challenge atop the leaderboard to lead 52 players into the finals on Sunday, July 7, at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy. Salonen led the 254-player field from 25 countries with 1447 and an average of 241.17. Three of the four squad leaders from Saturday, England's England's PBA champion Stuart Williams, Dominic Barrett and Mai Ginge Jensen of Denmark, positioned themselves in second thru fourth place in the overall standings.
Finn Petteri Salonen holds onto the lead; compatriot Nina Kovanen becomes first woman to crack the 1400-bar; cut for 36th place surpasses 1300-mark (1306, 217.67 ave.)
Three men and one women moved into the top 8 in the qualifying of the Brunswick Italia Challenge in Friday's Squads 17-19 at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy. Petteri Salonen of Finland continued to lead the 241 players from 25 countries with 1447 pinfall and an average of 241.17. His compatriot Nina Kovanen (pictured) became the first woman to crack the 1400-bar en route to jump into fourth place. Kovanen averaged 228.33 including high games 277 and 264 for 1370 scratch and 1418 total including handicap.
Richard Teece (l.) of England and Bjørn Einar Rudshagen (r.) of Norway moved into third and fourth place in the overall standings of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger on the penultimate day of qualifying at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany. Teece led Squad 13 with 1407 and Rudshagen paced Squad 12 with 1405. Dominik Hergenröder of Germany held on to the lead with 1415.
Swedes Robert Andersson, Rebecka Larsen and Daniel Fransson led the three squads on Thursday at the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger en route to move into the top 8 in the overall qualifying standings.
Fransson (l.), who was the top scorer of the day, missed the top spot by mere two pins, to sit in second place with 1414 six-game total and an average of 235.83. Dominik Hergenröder (r.) of Germany held on to the lead with 1415.
Local bowler Hans Glasl (pictured) rolled six games between 206 and 264 Saturday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring/Munich, Germany to take the early lead after the opening squad of the 4th Track Dream-Bowl Palace Open by Erdinger. Glasl averaged 232.00 to hold a 36-pin lead over Daria Kovalova of Ukraine, who sits in second place with 1356. The tournament, a European Bowling Tour "gold" event, offers total prize fund of 70.000 Euro. Qualifying continues Sunday with Squads 3-5.
Alex de Vries and Ghislaine van der Tol (pictured, l-r) won the Dutch Bowling Tour finals en route to earn berths into the 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup from Nov. 15-24, 2013 at Sibiryak Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. In the men's title match in best-of-three games format, De Vries topped 2011 World Cup representative Phil Hulst, two-games-to-one. On the women's side, Van der Tol swept national champion Nicole Sanders, 2-0. 
Or Aviram of bowling club Nesher and Tali Itzhak of Super Strike club (pictured left, l-r) emerged as the men's and women's winner in the qualifying tournament for 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup and will represent Israel from Nov. 15-24, 2013 at Sibiryak Bowling Center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. It will mark the fifth time after 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2010 that Aviram will represent Israel at the World Cup and the second consecutive year for Itzhak. 
Martin Larsen (l.) of Sweden defeated tournament leader Petteri Salonen (r.) of Finland in the title match of the 9th San Marino Open, 235-207, en route to win his seventh career European Bowling Tour title and the 8.000 Euro top prize. While Salonen, who received 5.000 Euro for second place, was looking for his first EBT title, the other three finalists owned a combined 25 European Bowling Tour titles.
Stuart Williams (l.) of England won the qualifying of the 9th San Marino Open and a 1.000 Euro bonus. The six-time EBT titlist led the field of 182 players from 25 countries with 1467 pinfall total (244.50 average). Carsten Warming Hansen (r.) of Denmark, who led the penultimate squad 20 on Saturday with 1444 including high games of 289 and 279, finished his set with a 183 low game to finish qualifying in fourth place.
Down by 48 pins after the first game of the title match in the 11th Czech Open 2013, Lithuanian Kristijonas Sergejevas (pictured left) fired a near-perfect game to defeat Xavier Milet (right) of Belgium, 519-460, to win the title and the 2.500 Euro top prize. Milet, who topped Sergejevas in the opening game, 269-221, had to settle for second place worth 1.300 Euro. The tournament drew 220 players from 13 countries.
Stuart Williams (l.) of England continued to lead the qualifying of the 9th San Marino Open after Friday's Squads 15- to 17 with 1467 pinfall total. Four players rolled 1400-series to position themselves in the top 8, who will receive two byes at the end of the qualifying. Mark Clark (r.), United States, was the top scorer of the day in Squad 16 with 1457, including high games of 276 and a pair of 250s, to move into second place.
Stuart Williams (l.) of England and Vaggelis Krizinis (r.) from Greece battled it out for the qualifying lead in the 9th San Marino Open in Squad 14 Thursday evening at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. When the dust had settled after a strike fest in the last game, Williams, who finished with 277, emerged as the squad winner with 1467 (244.50 average) with Krizinis, who finished with 296 and 276, in second place with 1442 (240.33).
Norman Neumann (l.) of Germany posted the first 1400-series of the 9th San Marino Open in Squad 8 on Tuesday evening en route to move to the top of the 101-player leaderboard. Neumann rolled six consistent games between 222 and 246 for 1403, an average of 233.83, to overtake previous leader Petteri Salonen by nine pins. Six place belonged to Serge Frouvelle (r.) of France, who led Squad 7 with 1371.
Olivier Leroy (pictured) of Belgium rolled a 1322 series Sunday at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino, to lead the 9th San Marino Open after the first weekend. Leroy averaged 220.33 to beat out day one leader Andrea Domeniconi of Italy for the top spot by 17 pins. Johnny Fronville, Belgium, toppled 1303 pins to sit in third place. By virtue of leading the standings of Squads 1-4, the top three are automatically qualified for the finals if they do not finish in the top 35 at the end of the qualifying.
Marek Talpa (pictured) became the first bowler from the Czech Republic to win an European Bowling Tour title when he defeated three more experienced players in the Round Robin Match Play finals of the Brunswick Italia Challenge Sunday, July 7, at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy. Talpa, Swede Robert Andersson, Alejandro Reyna from Costa Rica and Yoan Alix of France had to survive three Eliminator rounds to advance to the Round Robin finals featuring three matches with bonus pins. 
The 9th San Marino Open got underway Saturday, July 6, at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino with the first two qualifying squads. Andrea Domeniconi (l.) of Italy set the pace in the opening squad with 1305 to lead the European Bowling Tour "gold" tournament after day one qualifying. Italians Alessandro Boschi (r.) and Thomas Gayet topped the second squad with 1283 and 1271 to take second and third place, resp.
Petteri Salonen (pictured) of Finland finished the qualifying of the Brunswick Italia Challenge atop the leaderboard to lead 52 players into the finals on Sunday, July 7, at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy. Salonen led the 254-player field from 25 countries with 1447 and an average of 241.17. Three of the four squad leaders from Saturday, England's England's PBA champion Stuart Williams, Dominic Barrett and Mai Ginge Jensen of Denmark, positioned themselves in second thru fourth place in the overall standings.
Three men and one women moved into the top 8 in the qualifying of the Brunswick Italia Challenge in Friday's Squads 17-19 at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy. Petteri Salonen of Finland continued to lead the 241 players from 25 countries with 1447 pinfall and an average of 241.17. His compatriot Nina Kovanen (pictured) became the first woman to crack the 1400-bar en route to jump into fourth place. Kovanen averaged 228.33 including high games 277 and 264 for 1370 scratch and 1418 total including handicap.