Dane Thomas Larsen remains atop the 87-player field with 1442; heading into the last qualifying day, cut for 24th place is 1266 (211 average)
Ida Andersson (l.) of Sweden and Denmark's Mai Ginge Jensen (r.), Denmark, led Friday's squads 12 & 13 to sit in fifth and 11th place in the qualifying of the Odense International. Danish bowlers are in control of leaderboard heading into the last qualifying day on Saturday. Three-time European Bowling Tour champion Thomas Larsen leads the field of 87 players from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Norway with 1442 and an average of 240.33.
Duo will represent Slovenia at 2013 Bowling World Cup in Siberia; 15-year-old Stenko achieves perfection, becomes youngest-ever Slovenian national champion
Mihela Križman (pictured left) and Nino Stenko (right) captured the women's and men's individual titles at the 2013 Slovenian National Championships. The top 27 men and the top 13 women after two qualifying rounds in November 2012 and in February 2013 advanced to the finals which were held Saturday, May 25, at Gladiator bowling center in Ljubljana.
Dane Thomas Larsen continues to lead the 62-player field with 1442; cut for 24th place is currently 1245 (207.50 average)
Søren Åhman Hansen of Denmark was the lone player of Thursday's qualifying squads 10 & 11, who made it into the top 24 in the overall standings of the Odense International at Odense Bowling Center in Denmark. Hansen was the best of only nine players, four in Squad 10 and five in Squad 11, with 1284 (214 average) to move into 14th place. Thomas Larsen (pictured), continued to lead the field of 62 players from Denmark, Sweden and Germany with a six-game average of 240.33 and 1442 total.
Daria Kovalova (l.) and Alexander Sarazhinsky (r.) claimed the women's and men's title in the Ukraine Cup 2013 from the top seeded position at Terminal bowling center in Brovari near the capital city of Kiev. In low-scoring but very close championship matches, Kovalova defeated Olga Tarasova by three pins, 356-353, while Sarazhinsky topped Andrey Andreev by two pins, 347-345, to emerge as men's champion.
Dane leads four-player Squad 8 with 1442 total; Mik Stampe rolls first 300 game of the tournament and moves into third place; Charlotte Leen takes 24th place with 1242
Just four players took to the lanes at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark, Wednesday in the eighth qualifying squad including Danish national team members Thomas Larsen and Mik Stampe and they took full advantage. Larsen (l.) posted a 1442 series to overtake the qualifying lead while Stampe (r.) finished his six-game series with the tournament's first 300 game for 1370 (228.33) en route to jump into third place.
Danes Lars Nielsen, Britt Brøndsted crack the top 10 in Squad 6; cut for 24th place is 1242 (207 average)
There were no changes atop the qualifying leaderboard at the EBT's Odense International in Squads 6 & 7 Tuesday at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark. Kamilla Kjeldsen (l.) of Denmark continued to lead the field of 57 players from Germany, Sweden and Denmark with 1378 total including 48 pins women's handicap. Danes Lars Nielsen and Britt Brøndsted (r.) led Squad 6 en route to move into sixth and ninth place, respectively.
Wim Claessens (l.) and Melissa Vallons (r.) emerged as men's and women's champions in the 2013 Belgian National Championships, which concluded Sunday, May 26, at Bowling Stones in Wemmel, Belgium. In a high-scoring men's title match, Claessens cruised to the title with a huge 277-255 victory against Jean-Marc Lebon. On the women's side, Vallons topped Veronique Perniaux, 202-179, to wrap up the title.
Three-time EBT Masters winner shoots 1378 series to pace a field of 46 players; cut for 24th place is 1202 (200.33 average)
Kamilla Kjeldsen (pictured) of Denmark posted a 1378 series including 48 pins handicap in Squad 4 Monday at Odense Bowling Center in Denmark to overtake the lead in the Odense International. The two-time European Bowling Tour women's point ranking leader and three-time EBT Masters winner had games of 201, 257, 237, 222, 182 and 231 for 1330 scratch, an average of 221.67, and added eight pins handicap per game to beat out day one leader Frederik Øhrgaard, Denmark, for the top spot by 27 pins.
Danish national team member and second-place Ida Andersson (SWE) are automatically qualified for the finals on Sunday, June 2
Frederik Øhrgaard (left) set the tone on the opening qualifying day of the Odense International Sunday at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark. The Danish national team member led the field of 31 players from Germany, Sweden and Denmark after the first three squads with 1351 total and an average of 225.17 for six games. Øhrgaard, who had games of 226, 208, 197, 245, 239 and 236, second place Ida Andersson of Sweden (1336) have already secured their spots for the Sunday, June 2, finals.
Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark (May 20-26, 2013)
Norwegian national team member Björn Einar Rudshagen (pictured) averaged 232.60 over ten games en route to claim his first European Bowling Tour title in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2013 Sunday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. The European champion and multiple Norwegian champion became the fourth Norwegian EBT champion in the 14-year history of the Tour after Tore Torgersen (3), Petter Hansen (2) and Svein Roger Olsen (1). He pocketed 5.000 Euro for accomplishing the feat.
Janne Monsen emerges as women's champion; Tore Torgersen & Patcharin Torgersen to represent Norway at 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Siberia
Mads Sandbækken and Janne Monsen won the men's and women's individual title at the 2013 Norwegian National Championships. The event was held at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo from May 9-12 and drew 301 players including 74 women and 227 men. The Championships were the fourth and last event of the
qualifying series for the 49th QubicaAMF World Cup. Tore Torgersen and Patcharin Torgersen will represent Norway in Siberia from Nov. 15-24, 2013.
Professional bowler will be competing on tour in Loudmouth apparel for the 2013-2014 season
Loudmouth Golf, the leader in bold and bright colored sports and lifestyle apparel, has announced that Swedish tenpin bowler Sandra Andersson (l.) will be wearing their clothing whilst competing in the 2013-2014 season. "We are thrilled to welcome Sandra to the Loudmouth team," says Loudmouth Executive Vice President, Alan Wallace. "Sandra's exceptional talent and personality makes her the perfect fit for our brand."
Duo will represent Israel at the 2013 European Champions Cup
Sarit Mizrahi (l.) of Nesher club and Ben Slutzki (r.) of Petach-Tikva club won the women's and men's individual titles at the 2013 Israeli National Championships which were held at Petach-Tikva bowling center. It was the fifth title for Mizrahi after 1997, 2002, 2008 and 2009 but the first for Slutzki. The duo will represent Israel at the 2013 European Champions Cup October 21-28 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Germany's Martina Beckel and Dan Stricker (r-l), United States, dominated the men's and women's division and cruised to the titles in the inaugural Hansabowl Senior Challenge Sunday, May 5 at Park Bowling in Mühlheim, Germany. Stricker averaged 245.54 over 17 games in the finals, while Beckel averaged 212.14 in the seven-game women's finale to finish the clear winners. The fourth stop of the 2013 International Seniors Bowling Tour drew 66 players from 13 countries.
Brigitte Fievet of France and Belgium's Gunther Schollen (pictured left) won the women's and men's title in the Alsace Senior Open Sunday, April 28 at Cristal Bowling in Wittelsheim, France. The third stop of the 2013 International Seniors Bowling Tour drew 106 players, 83 men and 23 women, from 11 countries. Qualifying leader Alessandra Morra (r.), Italy, rolled a 300 game in the women's finals.
Victory marks the 14th consecutive European Bowling Tour season in which a woman wins an EBT title; Persson Planefors overtakes lead in 2013 Women's Point Ranking; third-place Pasi Uotila wins men's ranking in Berlin to leap into second place in the 2013 Men's Point Ranking
The title match of the QubicaAMF German Open 2013 was a all women's affair with No. 1 seed, Lisa Kabowski (l.) of Germany and second-seeded Joline Persson Planefors (r.) of Sweden squaring off. The Swede won the final two-game total pins round, 488 to 412, to win her first European Bowling Tour title and the 7.000 Euro top prize. Kabowski (r.) received 4.000 Euro for second place. Third-place Pasi Uotila of Finland won the men's ranking in Berlin.
Konieczny and Michaela Göbel-Janka to represent Germany at 49th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup in Siberia; cut for 40th place is 1296 (216 average)
Bodo Konieczny (l.) of Germany posted a 1409 series in the first in the 12th qualifying squad Saturday morning at A10 bowling center in Berlin, Germany, en route to win the qualifying of the QubicaAMF German Open 2013 and a 1.000 Euro bonus. Konieczny beat out his fellow countrywoman Michaela Göbel-Janka (r.) for the top spot by 21 pins. The duo earned the right to represent Germany at the 49th QubicaAMF
Bowling World Cup in Siberia.
Swedes lead Thursday's qualifying quads 9, 10 and 11 to move into the top 8 at QubicaAMF German Open 2013; Germany's Michaela Göbel-Janka holds on to the lead with 1388; cut for 40th place is 1279 (213.71)
Swedish bowlers dominated Thursday's qualifying of the QubicaAMF German Open 2013 in Berlin, Germany, winning all three squads en route to move into the top 8 in the overall standings.Â
PBA touring pro Martin Larsen (l.) was the best player with 1371 to jump into third place. Following in his footprints were Elin Adolfsson (r.) and Peter Hellström, who led Squad 10 and 11 with 1356 and 1353 to overtake seventh and eight's place, resp.
Michaela Göbel-Janka (l.) of Germany led a field of 220 players after eight qualifying squads in the QubicaAMF German Open 2013 currently underway at A10 bowling center in Berlin, Germany. The long-time German national team member totaled 1388 including 48 pins women's handicap. Squad 8 leader George Stefanidis (r.) of Greece had the
highest scratch total of 1375 to sit in second place with the field-best 229.17 average.
The Dutch team roster for 2013 World Championships begins to take shape as the Netherlands Bowling Federation (NBF) announced the selection of eight women and eight men, who will battle for the six spots in each team. Jeroen van Geel (l.) led the men's selection process ahead of Johnny Spil and Roel Mol. Ghislaine van der Tol (r.) led the women's field and was followed by Lisanne Breeschoten and Wendy Kok.
Ida Andersson (l.) of Sweden and Denmark's Mai Ginge Jensen (r.), Denmark, led Friday's squads 12 & 13 to sit in fifth and 11th place in the qualifying of the Odense International. Danish bowlers are in control of leaderboard heading into the last qualifying day on Saturday. Three-time European Bowling Tour champion Thomas Larsen leads the field of 87 players from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Norway with 1442 and an average of 240.33.
Mihela Križman (pictured left) and Nino Stenko (right) captured the women's and men's individual titles at the 2013 Slovenian National Championships. The top 27 men and the top 13 women after two qualifying rounds in November 2012 and in February 2013 advanced to the finals which were held Saturday, May 25, at Gladiator bowling center in Ljubljana.
Søren Åhman Hansen of Denmark was the lone player of Thursday's qualifying squads 10 & 11, who made it into the top 24 in the overall standings of the Odense International at Odense Bowling Center in Denmark. Hansen was the best of only nine players, four in Squad 10 and five in Squad 11, with 1284 (214 average) to move into 14th place. Thomas Larsen (pictured), continued to lead the field of 62 players from Denmark, Sweden and Germany with a six-game average of 240.33 and 1442 total.
Daria Kovalova (l.) and Alexander Sarazhinsky (r.) claimed the women's and men's title in the Ukraine Cup 2013 from the top seeded position at Terminal bowling center in Brovari near the capital city of Kiev. In low-scoring but very close championship matches, Kovalova defeated Olga Tarasova by three pins, 356-353, while Sarazhinsky topped Andrey Andreev by two pins, 347-345, to emerge as men's champion.
Just four players took to the lanes at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark, Wednesday in the eighth qualifying squad including Danish national team members Thomas Larsen and Mik Stampe and they took full advantage. Larsen (l.) posted a 1442 series to overtake the qualifying lead while Stampe (r.) finished his six-game series with the tournament's first 300 game for 1370 (228.33) en route to jump into third place.
There were no changes atop the qualifying leaderboard at the EBT's Odense International in Squads 6 & 7 Tuesday at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark. Kamilla Kjeldsen (l.) of Denmark continued to lead the field of 57 players from Germany, Sweden and Denmark with 1378 total including 48 pins women's handicap. Danes Lars Nielsen and Britt Brøndsted (r.) led Squad 6 en route to move into sixth and ninth place, respectively.
Wim Claessens (l.) and Melissa Vallons (r.) emerged as men's and women's champions in the 2013 Belgian National Championships, which concluded Sunday, May 26, at Bowling Stones in Wemmel, Belgium. In a high-scoring men's title match, Claessens cruised to the title with a huge 277-255 victory against Jean-Marc Lebon. On the women's side, Vallons topped Veronique Perniaux, 202-179, to wrap up the title.
Kamilla Kjeldsen (pictured) of Denmark posted a 1378 series including 48 pins handicap in Squad 4 Monday at Odense Bowling Center in Denmark to overtake the lead in the Odense International. The two-time European Bowling Tour women's point ranking leader and three-time EBT Masters winner had games of 201, 257, 237, 222, 182 and 231 for 1330 scratch, an average of 221.67, and added eight pins handicap per game to beat out day one leader Frederik Øhrgaard, Denmark, for the top spot by 27 pins.
Frederik Øhrgaard (left) set the tone on the opening qualifying day of the Odense International Sunday at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark. The Danish national team member led the field of 31 players from Germany, Sweden and Denmark after the first three squads with 1351 total and an average of 225.17 for six games. Øhrgaard, who had games of 226, 208, 197, 245, 239 and 236, second place Ida Andersson of Sweden (1336) have already secured their spots for the Sunday, June 2, finals.
Norwegian national team member Björn Einar Rudshagen (pictured) averaged 232.60 over ten games en route to claim his first European Bowling Tour title in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2013 Sunday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. The European champion and multiple Norwegian champion became the fourth Norwegian EBT champion in the 14-year history of the Tour after Tore Torgersen (3), Petter Hansen (2) and Svein Roger Olsen (1). He pocketed 5.000 Euro for accomplishing the feat.
Mads Sandbækken and Janne Monsen won the men's and women's individual title at the 2013 Norwegian National Championships. The event was held at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo from May 9-12 and drew 301 players including 74 women and 227 men. The Championships were the fourth and last event of the
qualifying series for the 49th QubicaAMF World Cup. Tore Torgersen and Patcharin Torgersen will represent Norway in Siberia from Nov. 15-24, 2013.
Loudmouth Golf, the leader in bold and bright colored sports and lifestyle apparel, has announced that Swedish tenpin bowler Sandra Andersson (l.) will be wearing their clothing whilst competing in the 2013-2014 season. "We are thrilled to welcome Sandra to the Loudmouth team," says Loudmouth Executive Vice President, Alan Wallace. "Sandra's exceptional talent and personality makes her the perfect fit for our brand."
Sarit Mizrahi (l.) of Nesher club and Ben Slutzki (r.) of Petach-Tikva club won the women's and men's individual titles at the 2013 Israeli National Championships which were held at Petach-Tikva bowling center. It was the fifth title for Mizrahi after 1997, 2002, 2008 and 2009 but the first for Slutzki. The duo will represent Israel at the 2013 European Champions Cup October 21-28 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Germany's Martina Beckel and Dan Stricker (r-l), United States, dominated the men's and women's division and cruised to the titles in the inaugural Hansabowl Senior Challenge Sunday, May 5 at Park Bowling in Mühlheim, Germany. Stricker averaged 245.54 over 17 games in the finals, while Beckel averaged 212.14 in the seven-game women's finale to finish the clear winners. The fourth stop of the 2013 International Seniors Bowling Tour drew 66 players from 13 countries.
Brigitte Fievet of France and Belgium's Gunther Schollen (pictured left) won the women's and men's title in the Alsace Senior Open Sunday, April 28 at Cristal Bowling in Wittelsheim, France. The third stop of the 2013 International Seniors Bowling Tour drew 106 players, 83 men and 23 women, from 11 countries. Qualifying leader Alessandra Morra (r.), Italy, rolled a 300 game in the women's finals.
The title match of the QubicaAMF German Open 2013 was a all women's affair with No. 1 seed, Lisa Kabowski (l.) of Germany and second-seeded Joline Persson Planefors (r.) of Sweden squaring off. The Swede won the final two-game total pins round, 488 to 412, to win her first European Bowling Tour title and the 7.000 Euro top prize. Kabowski (r.) received 4.000 Euro for second place. Third-place Pasi Uotila of Finland won the men's ranking in Berlin.
Bodo Konieczny (l.) of Germany posted a 1409 series in the first in the 12th qualifying squad Saturday morning at A10 bowling center in Berlin, Germany, en route to win the qualifying of the QubicaAMF German Open 2013 and a 1.000 Euro bonus. Konieczny beat out his fellow countrywoman Michaela Göbel-Janka (r.) for the top spot by 21 pins. The duo earned the right to represent Germany at the 49th QubicaAMF
Bowling World Cup in Siberia.
Swedish bowlers dominated Thursday's qualifying of the QubicaAMF German Open 2013 in Berlin, Germany, winning all three squads en route to move into the top 8 in the overall standings.Â
PBA touring pro Martin Larsen (l.) was the best player with 1371 to jump into third place. Following in his footprints were Elin Adolfsson (r.) and Peter Hellström, who led Squad 10 and 11 with 1356 and 1353 to overtake seventh and eight's place, resp.
Michaela Göbel-Janka (l.) of Germany led a field of 220 players after eight qualifying squads in the QubicaAMF German Open 2013 currently underway at A10 bowling center in Berlin, Germany. The long-time German national team member totaled 1388 including 48 pins women's handicap. Squad 8 leader George Stefanidis (r.) of Greece had the
highest scratch total of 1375 to sit in second place with the field-best 229.17 average. 
The Dutch team roster for 2013 World Championships begins to take shape as the Netherlands Bowling Federation (NBF) announced the selection of eight women and eight men, who will battle for the six spots in each team. Jeroen van Geel (l.) led the men's selection process ahead of Johnny Spil and Roel Mol. Ghislaine van der Tol (r.) led the women's field and was followed by Lisanne Breeschoten and Wendy Kok.