2011 Girls Singles and All Events champion Daria Kovalova of Ukraine came closer to defend her titles in the 25th European Youth Championships as she posted a huge 1379 six-game series in the first squad of the Singles competition Saturday morning at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

Kovalova, who won the Singles title last year with 1357, fired games of 257, 210, 195, 258, 235 and 224 to lead the 32 player-field with 1379 total and an average of 229.83. She out averaged her nearest competitor, Sanna Pasanen of Finland, by more than 16 pins.

Team champion Pasanen had six games between 200 and 235 to take second place with 1281 and an average of 213.50. Doubles gold medalist Bethany Hedley of England finished her series with 265, the highest game in the Singles event thus far, to jump into third place with 1245 (207.50).

With the 30 players of squad 2 still to bowl their preliminaries. Fanny Lindahl of Sweden holds the fourth and last place to advance to the playoffs with 1227 (204.50). The Boys and Girls semifinals and finals are scheduled to start at 5.50 and 6 p.m. CET, respectively.

Kovalova, who held a 110-pin lead in All Events (combined results of Doubles, Team and Singles preliminaries) after 12 of 18 games, improved her All Events total from 2011 (3922) by 72 pins to practically seal the victory in All Events with 3994 total and an average of 221.89.

Her nearest competitor, Sweden's Jenny Wegner needs a 1480 series or a 246.67 average in Squad 2 to beat Kovalova's All Events total by one pin.

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 - Girls 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.	Daria Kovalova	Ukraine	257	210	195	662	258	235	224	717	1379	229.83
2.	Sanna Pasanen	Finland	213	200	227	640	235	201	205	641	1281	213.50
3.	Bethany Hedley	England	191	163	232	586	206	188	265	659	1245	207.50
4.	Fanny Lindahl	Sweden	236	191	180	607	234	193	193	620	1227	204.50
5.	Tania Yusaf	Scotland	190	180	215	585	227	213	187	627	1212	202.00
6.	Adva Eliav	Israel	219	197	176	592	190	192	193	575	1167	194.50
7.	Caitlin Kerr	Scotland	203	182	182	567	193	215	191	599	1166	194.33
8.	Tamara Adler	Austria	172	238	206	616	170	180	193	543	1159	193.17
9.	Pernille W. Rasmussen	Denmark	212	183	167	562	214	195	175	584	1146	191.00
10.	Hannah Frost	England	179	181	217	577	203	176	183	562	1139	189.83
11.	Saskia Malz	Germany	170	195	198	563	170	168	232	570	1133	188.83
12.	Anna Kánová	Czech Republic	198	213	171	582	161	212	178	551	1133	188.83
13.	Amanda Larkin	Ireland	168	181	226	575	198	200	156	554	1129	188.17
14.	Hanne Nys	Belgium	194	177	205	576	167	212	170	549	1125	187.50
15.	Line Berg Almestrand	Norway	200	172	208	580	182	176	173	531	1111	185.17
16.	Stine N. Johansen	Denmark	156	189	202	547	177	185	198	560	1107	184.50
17.	Kimberley Koudstaal	Netherlands	179	208	207	594	133	159	207	499	1093	182.17
18.	Oleksandra Iakunina	Ukraine	195	231	154	580	178	141	183	502	1082	180.33
19.	Cindy Valckx	Belgium	156	146	200	502	183	221	175	579	1081	180.17
20.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	175	161	203	539	161	162	216	539	1078	179.67
21.	Lia Mojarro	Catalonia	139	193	203	535	189	132	218	539	1074	179.00
22.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	176	227	167	570	144	176	184	504	1074	179.00
23.	Stefanya Buechel	Germany	154	149	206	509	201	163	178	542	1051	175.17
24.	Ayse Akar	Turkey	154	173	199	526	167	168	187	522	1048	174.67
25.	Lisa Björklund	Sweden	147	209	139	495	193	150	209	552	1047	174.50
26.	Lynne Fishler	Israel	177	164	158	499	174	223	151	548	1047	174.50
27.	Maxime de Rooij	Netherlands	171	176	155	502	161	177	177	515	1017	169.50
28.	Ivana Pádárová	Czech Republic	144	180	158	482	161	178	173	512	994	165.67
29.	Roslyn Moore	Ireland	179	178	149	506	179	149	142	470	976	162.67
30.	Eliisa Hiltunen	Finland	171	148	136	455	176	164	180	520	975	162.50
31.	Roxana Eisner	Austria	165	111	170	446	148	189	162	499	945	157.50
32.	Begum Gulce Kogar	Turkey	133	144	158	435	170	120	149	439	874	145.67

 

High Games and High Series

Individual High Scores
1 Game: Bethany Hedley, England, 265
3 Games: Daria Kovalova, Ukraine, 717
6 Games: Daria Kovalova, Ukraine, 1379

 

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

The top 24 will advance to Masters match play.

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Daria Kovalova	Ukraine	18	1211	1404	1379	3994	221.89
2.	Hannah Frost	England	18	1284	1194	1139	3617	200.94
3.	Tania Yusaf	Scotland	18	1197	1131	1212	3540	196.67
4.	Pernille W. Rasmussen	Denmark	18	1159	1187	1146	3492	194.00
5.	Fanny Lindahl	Sweden	18	1086	1169	1227	3482	193.44
6.	Sanna Pasanen	Finland	18	1145	1041	1281	3467	192.61
7.	Saskia Malz	Germany	18	1160	1164	1133	3457	192.06
8.	Stine N. Johansen	Denmark	18	1179	1135	1107	3421	190.06
9.	Bethany Hedley	England	18	1069	1096	1245	3410	189.44
10.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	18	1183	1110	1078	3371	187.28
11.	Line Berg Almestrand	Norway	18	1106	1146	1111	3363	186.83
12.	Oleksandra Iakunina	Ukraine	18	1100	1175	1082	3357	186.50
13.	Adva Eliav	Israel	18	1151	1013	1167	3331	185.06
14.	Caitlin Kerr	Scotland	18	1023	1134	1166	3323	184.61
15.	Tamara Adler	Austria	18	1043	1092	1159	3294	183.00
16.	Hanne Nys	Belgium	18	1056	1108	1125	3289	182.72
17.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	18	1075	1092	1074	3241	180.06
18.	Anna Kánová	Czech Republic	18	1003	1071	1133	3207	178.17
19.	Amanda Larkin	Ireland	18	914	1160	1129	3203	177.94
20.	Lia Mojarro	Catalonia	18	978	1144	1074	3196	177.56
21.	Lisa Björklund	Sweden	18	1076	1065	1047	3188	177.11
22.	Cindy Valckx	Belgium	18	1047	1056	1081	3184	176.89
23.	Eliisa Hiltunen	Finland	18	1090	1114	975	3179	176.61
24.	Lynne Fishler	Israel	18	1032	1082	1047	3161	175.61
25.	Stefanya Buechel	Germany	18	1029	1065	1051	3145	174.72
26.	Ayse Akar	Turkey	18	989	1084	1048	3121	173.39
27.	Ivana Pádárová	Czech Republic	18	1048	1043	994	3085	171.39
28.	Kimberley Koudstaal	Netherlands	18	982	998	1093	3073	170.72
29.	Maxime de Rooij	Netherlands	18	999	991	1017	3007	167.06
30.	Roxana Eisner	Austria	18	1010	1024	945	2979	165.50
31.	Roslyn Moore	Ireland	18	810	962	976	2748	152.67
32.	Begum Gulce Kogar	Turkey	18	936	905	874	2715	150.83
33.	Jenny Wegner	Sweden	12	1222	1283		2505	208.75
34.	Verity Crawley	England	12	1190	1260		2450	204.17
35.	Andrea E. Hansen	Norway	12	1184	1226		2410	200.83
36.	Roosa Lundén	Finland	12	1130	1241		2371	197.58
37.	Pernille F. Nielsen	Denmark	12	1206	1165		2371	197.58
38.	Sarah Finlay	Ireland	12	1121	1222		2343	195.25
39.	Shir Azulay	Israel	12	1046	1296		2342	195.17
40.	Maria Bulanova	Russia	12	1174	1146		2320	193.33
41.	Lisanne Borst	Netherlands	12	1119	1196		2315	192.92
42.	Rikke N. Johansen	Denmark	12	1150	1148		2298	191.50
43.	Sandra Bakken	Norway	12	1117	1148		2265	188.75
44.	Adina Kindzule	Latvia	12	1114	1137		2251	187.58
45.	Annie Thorell	Sweden	12	1147	1097		2244	187.00
46.	Heidi Poikonen	Finland	12	1159	1059		2218	184.83
47.	Bo Gielen	Belgium	12	1102	1048		2150	179.17
48.	Bauke Jespers	Belgium	12	1046	1095		2141	178.42
49.	Ellanor Thurston	England	12	1038	1097		2135	177.92
50.	Margarita Verkhova	Russia	12	1076	1038		2114	176.17
51.	Hande Yesilkaya	Turkey	12	1121	925		2046	170.50
52.	Joana Miessner	Germany	12	1057	975		2032	169.33
53.	Mirijam Budich	Germany	12	1022	932		1954	162.83
54.	Chelsea van de Laar	Netherlands	12	946	1004		1950	162.50
55.	Rachel Bermingham	Ireland	12	1007	935		1942	161.83
56.	Ashleigh Gill	Scotland	12	1021	885		1906	158.83
57.	Laura Murphy	Scotland	12	938	928		1866	155.50
58.	Petra Stankova	Slovakia	12	971	885		1856	154.67
59.	Hafdís Pala Jonasdottir	Iceland	12	931	918		1849	154.08
60.	Katrin Fjola Bragadottir	Iceland	12	910	890		1800	150.00
61.	Dilara Bingul	Turkey	12	894	873		1767	147.25
62.	Julia Habich	Austria	12	850	764		1614	134.50