Marek Talpa of the Czech Republic took the lead in the Boys Singles competition after the first of two squads have completed their six-game preliminaries at the 25 European Youth Championships in Aalborg, Denmark.

Talpa had games of 254, 223, 226, 240, 236 and 208 to lead the 49 players on Friday morning with 1387 pinfall total and an average of 231.17.

Alexander Minenko of Russia finished his series with a 248 game to move into second place with 1340 (223.33). Team champion Jeroen van Geel, Netherlands, was third with 1333 (222.17).

Christopher Lam of England currently holds the fourth and last place to advance to the finals with 1287 or an average of 214.50.

All Events leaders Filip Wilhelmsson, Emil Nilsson, both of Sweden, and two-handed Dane Markus Bergendorff take to the lanes in Squad 2 this afternoon. The top 4 will advance to the playoffs, which will be contested on Saturday afternoon after the conclusion of the girls Preliminaries.

The 25th European Youth Championships will be held from March 31 through April 9, 2012 at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

The EYC 2012 is divided in two divisions - boys and girls. Each team consists of maximum four male and four female players, who must not have reached the age of 19 before August 31st, 2012.

The players compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Doubles, Teams, Singles, All Events (18 games) and Masters (top 24 in All Events, single-elimination, best-of-three games). Competition starts on Monday, April 2 with the Boys Doubles and ends on Easter Sunday, April 8, with the Boys and Girls Masters match play.

For more information please download 2012 EYC Bulletin (MS Word document).

 

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25th European Youth Championships - Boys Singles Preliminaries (Squad 1 of 2 only)

The top 4 players will advance to the finals.

Pos	Players	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	254	223	226	703	240	236	208	684	1387	231.17
2.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	235	201	228	664	233	195	248	676	1340	223.33
3.	Jeroen van Geel	Netherlands	202	167	267	636	237	225	235	697	1333	222.17
4.	Christopher Lam	England	214	185	187	586	268	247	186	701	1287	214.50
5.	Artemii Zubkov	Russia	197	192	206	595	201	215	246	662	1257	209.50
6.	Jesse Kallio	Finland	213	171	188	572	248	194	216	658	1230	205.00
7.	Michal Mužík	Czech Republic	135	164	256	555	264	171	234	669	1224	204.00
8.	Christian Celler	Austria	209	199	246	654	205	162	195	562	1216	202.67
9.	Antonio Fiorentino	Italy	197	150	236	583	247	201	184	632	1215	202.50
10.	Nicola Pongolini	Italy	203	216	187	606	215	212	181	608	1214	202.33
11.	Stamatios Roros	Greece	192	181	218	591	224	207	187	618	1209	201.50
12.	Erich Pisarsky	Hungary	251	166	162	579	212	160	246	618	1197	199.50
13.	Viktor Stepanenko	Ukraine	181	213	181	575	201	202	213	616	1191	198.50
14.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	188	221	188	597	204	217	171	592	1189	198.17
15.	Elliot Crosby	England	204	188	206	598	218	186	181	585	1183	197.17
16.	Fabio Merkovsky	Slovakia	221	199	220	640	200	175	159	534	1174	195.67
17.	Aleksander Stepien	Poland	169	200	196	565	204	186	216	606	1171	195.17
18.	Alexandros Molfesis	Greece	203	215	175	593	174	218	178	570	1163	193.83
19.	Victor Gundersen	Denmark	180	181	195	556	220	222	162	604	1160	193.33
20.	Marco Biondi	Scotland	177	200	212	589	224	164	167	555	1144	190.67
21.	Nichlas Christensen	Denmark	167	222	196	585	225	145	188	558	1143	190.50
22.	Alexandru-Valentin Arbanas	Romania	156	219	243	618	160	175	187	522	1140	190.00
23.	Stuart Snedden	Scotland	184	210	226	620	214	159	144	517	1137	189.50
24.	Sigbjørn Eide	Norway	221	176	169	566	200	204	166	570	1136	189.33
25.	Robin Menacher	Germany	173	159	204	536	168	247	180	595	1131	188.50
26.	Christoph Schurian	Germany	144	194	185	523	168	220	213	601	1124	187.33
27.	Armands Veliks	Latvia	224	196	169	589	182	178	172	532	1121	186.83
28.	Jordi Putman	Netherlands	158	213	193	564	195	201	160	556	1120	186.67
29.	Or Speizman	Israel	152	219	198	569	151	199	194	544	1113	185.50
30.	Manfredas Ginetas	Lithuania	190	181	136	507	187	211	201	599	1106	184.33
31.	Juuso Rikkola	Finland	170	161	159	490	163	258	194	615	1105	184.17
32.	Marek Keckes	Slovakia	191	151	219	561	158	144	229	531	1092	182.00
33.	Pontus Andersson	Sweden	168	164	170	502	195	191	201	587	1089	181.50
34.	Patrick Gimmestad Emblem	Norway	231	185	161	577	201	166	145	512	1089	181.50
35.	Brajan Kastner	Poland	164	174	180	518	154	217	179	550	1068	178.00
36.	Gökhan Semih Ekici	Turkey	190	173	144	507	152	196	193	541	1048	174.67
37.	Kevin Wattimena	Ireland	178	172	180	530	187	133	193	513	1043	173.83
38.	Arturas Perminas	Lithuania	146	187	198	531	195	128	174	497	1028	171.33
39.	Tair Shechter	Israel	195	164	171	530	152	151	192	495	1025	170.83
40.	Jason Dupay	Belgium	177	151	143	471	181	185	186	552	1023	170.50
41.	Gudmundur Ingi Jonsson	Iceland	180	182	130	492	153	158	214	525	1017	169.50
42.	Edgars Juberts	Latvia	189	185	197	571	143	156	147	446	1017	169.50
43.	Milutin Drajer	Serbia	181	169	201	551	176	138	151	465	1016	169.33
44.	Maximilian Scherling	Austria	143	132	190	465	214	196	140	550	1015	169.17
45.	Kevin Mahon	Ireland	169	143	149	461	189	174	152	515	976	162.67
46.	Davy de Meerleer	Belgium	160	165	165	490	166	150	156	472	962	160.33
47.	Andri Freyr Jonsson	Iceland	138	193	129	460	159	153	179	491	951	158.50
48.	Razvan-Cristian Nitu	Romania	137	132	131	400	179	188	178	545	945	157.50
49.	Gökberk Server Ekici	Turkey	132	151	176	459	161	148	144	453	912	152.00

 

High Games and High Series

Individual High Scores
1 Game: Christopher Lam England, 268
3 Games: Marek Talpa, Czech Republic, 703
6 Games: Marek Talpa, Czech Republic, 1387

 

25th European Youth Championships - Boys All Events after 18/18 games (Squad 1 only)

1.	Jesse Kallio	Finland	18	1356	1120	1230	3706	205.89
2.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	18	1167	1160	1340	3667	203.72
3.	Jesper Svensson	Sweden	18	1278	1169	1189	3636	202.00
4.	Nicola Pongolini	Italy	18	1176	1242	1214	3632	201.78
5.	Stamatios Roros	Greece	18	1160	1259	1209	3628	201.56
6.	Christopher Lam	England	18	1147	1184	1287	3618	201.00
7.	Alexandros Molfesis	Greece	18	1242	1209	1163	3614	200.78
8.	Artemii Zubkov	Russia	18	1152	1195	1257	3604	200.22
9.	Jeroen van Geel	Netherlands	18	1053	1218	1333	3604	200.22
10.	Pontus Andersson	Sweden	18	1282	1232	1089	3603	200.17
11.	Marek Talpa	Czech Republic	18	1043	1172	1387	3602	200.11
12.	Juuso Rikkola	Finland	18	1205	1278	1105	3588	199.33
13.	Michal Mužík	Czech Republic	18	1102	1248	1224	3574	198.56
14.	Antonio Fiorentino	Italy	18	1164	1185	1215	3564	198.00
15.	Erich Pisarsky	Hungary	18	1112	1246	1197	3555	197.50
16.	Robin Menacher	Germany	18	1183	1213	1131	3527	195.94
17.	Victor Gundersen	Denmark	18	1212	1148	1160	3520	195.56
18.	Elliot Crosby	England	18	1196	1129	1183	3508	194.89
19.	Aleksander Stepien	Poland	18	1183	1145	1171	3499	194.39
20.	Nichlas Christensen	Denmark	18	1075	1245	1143	3463	192.39
21.	Christian Celler	Austria	18	1170	1066	1216	3452	191.78
22.	Sigbjørn Eide	Norway	18	1215	1079	1136	3430	190.56
23.	Jordi Putman	Netherlands	18	1158	1111	1120	3389	188.28
24.	Stuart Snedden	Scotland	18	1123	1121	1137	3381	187.83
25.	Jason Dupay	Belgium	18	1153	1186	1023	3362	186.78
26.	Brajan Kastner	Poland	18	1147	1129	1068	3344	185.78
27.	Fabio Merkovsky	Slovakia	18	1099	1059	1174	3332	185.11
28.	Armands Veliks	Latvia	18	1108	1087	1121	3316	184.22
29.	Christoph Schurian	Germany	18	1107	1083	1124	3314	184.11
30.	Viktor Stepanenko	Ukraine	18	1001	1104	1191	3296	183.11
31.	Edgars Juberts	Latvia	18	1150	1119	1017	3286	182.56
32.	Marco Biondi	Scotland	18	1080	1046	1144	3270	181.67
33.	Patrick Gimmestad Emblem	Norway	18	1108	1045	1089	3242	180.11
34.	Or Speizman	Israel	18	1020	1089	1113	3222	179.00
35.	Alexandru-Valentin Arbanas	Romania	18	1023	999	1140	3162	175.67
36.	Marek Keckes	Slovakia	18	1082	983	1092	3157	175.39
37.	Tair Shechter	Israel	18	1123	1006	1025	3154	175.22
38.	Manfredas Ginetas	Lithuania	18	1003	1015	1106	3124	173.56
39.	Razvan-Cristian Nitu	Romania	18	1088	1045	945	3078	171.00
40.	Gökberk Server Ekici	Turkey	18	995	1170	912	3077	170.94
41.	Davy de Meerleer	Belgium	18	1001	1099	962	3062	170.11
42.	Kevin Wattimena	Ireland	18	969	1045	1043	3057	169.83
43.	Arturas Perminas	Lithuania	18	991	958	1028	2977	165.39
44.	Kevin Mahon	Ireland	18	993	995	976	2964	164.67
45.	Maximilian Scherling	Austria	18	969	959	1015	2943	163.50
46.	Andri Freyr Jonsson	Iceland	18	942	1015	951	2908	161.56
47.	Gökhan Semih Ekici	Turkey	18	941	879	1048	2868	159.33
48.	Gudmundur Ingi Jonsson	Iceland	18	917	929	1017	2863	159.06
49.	Milutin Drajer	Serbia	18	854	893	1016	2763	153.50
50.	Filip Wilhelmsson	Sweden	12	1304	1392		2696	224.67
51.	Emil Nilsson	Sweden	12	1236	1375		2611	217.58
52.	Markus Bergendorff	Denmark	12	1365	1229		2594	216.17
53.	Arnar David Jonsson	Iceland	12	1279	1257		2536	211.33
54.	Daniels Vezis	Latvia	12	1273	1225		2498	208.17
55.	Mathias Reinertsen	Norway	12	1186	1310		2496	208.00
56.	Øyvin Kulseng	Norway	12	1282	1205		2487	207.25
57.	Oleksandr Kondratyev	Ukraine	12	1172	1282		2454	204.50
58.	Christian Birlinger	Germany	12	1271	1158		2429	202.42
59.	Joshua Schuurman	Netherlands	12	1143	1286		2429	202.42
60.	Francisco Suarez	Catalonia	12	1251	1165		2416	201.33
61.	Jord van Weeren	Netherlands	12	1207	1206		2413	201.08
62.	Saku Konttila	Finland	12	1156	1251		2407	200.58
63.	Lukas Pereckas	Lithuania	12	1243	1151		2394	199.50
64.	Dominic Buchmann	Germany	12	1183	1199		2382	198.50
65.	Lukáš Hurych	Czech Republic	12	1246	1111		2357	196.42
66.	Christopher Sloan	Ireland	12	1198	1151		2349	195.75
67.	Ido Sharet	Israel	12	1191	1151		2342	195.17
68.	Clement Dubus	Belgium	12	1175	1160		2335	194.58
69.	Mikhail Belenkiy	Russia	12	1174	1152		2326	193.83
70.	Martin Ø. Pedersen	Denmark	12	1170	1150		2320	193.33
71.	Verners Veidulis	Latvia	12	1113	1197		2310	192.50
72.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	12	1202	1106		2308	192.33
73.	Daniel Wisniewski	Poland	12	1124	1181		2305	192.08
74.	Konstantinos Xagoraris	Greece	12	1116	1172		2288	190.67
75.	Thomas Moeller Petersen	Greece	12	1134	1142		2276	189.67
76.	Juraj Voskar	Slovakia	12	1136	1135		2271	189.25
77.	Patryk Preus	Poland	12	957	1300		2257	188.08
78.	Hadley Morgan	England	12	1109	1128		2237	186.42
79.	Antonio Carafa	Italy	12	1092	1142		2234	186.17
80.	Niko Kurppa	Finland	12	1149	1080		2229	185.75
81.	Pordur Örn Reynisson	Iceland	12	1099	1127		2226	185.50
82.	Scott Connelly	Scotland	12	1119	1075		2194	182.83
83.	Olari Nebokat	Estonia	12	1080	1102		2182	181.83
84.	Matej Jakabovic	Slovakia	12	1045	1123		2168	180.67
85.	Sergi Montanya	Catalonia	12	981	1185		2166	180.50
86.	Lars Wouters	Belgium	12	1127	1020		2147	178.92
87.	Matthew Kestell	Ireland	12	1094	1051		2145	178.75
88.	David Vítek	Czech Republic	12	1027	1118		2145	178.75
89.	Paul Valla	Austria	12	1163	969		2132	177.67
90.	Nino Stenko	Slovenia	12	970	1160		2130	177.50
91.	Shahar Efraty	Israel	12	1123	1000		2123	176.92
92.	Giuseppe Tonno	Italy	12	1116	1007		2123	176.92
93.	Gytis Dailidenas	Lithuania	12	1031	1087		2118	176.50
94.	Marco Pilecky	Austria	12	982	1135		2117	176.42
95.	Ben Howison-Johnstone	England	12	1045	1068		2113	176.08
96.	Daniel McKay	Scotland	12	1105	969		2074	172.83
97.	Mihai-Robert Pavel	Romania	12	1045	1000		2045	170.42
98.	Anton Chepov	Ukraine	12	1002	1018		2020	168.33
99.	Martin-David Orlanda	Romania	12	970	978		1948	162.33
100.	Mert Aydin	Turkey	12	900	951		1851	154.25
101.	Umut Corak	Turkey	12	779	809		1588	132.33