Squad 1 leader Daria Kovalova of Ukraine remained unchallenged in the second squad of the Girls Singles Preliminaries en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the playoffs and to defend her title in All Events at the European Youth Championships in Denmark.

Kovalova , who is also the defending Singles champion, averaged 229.83 and totaled 1379 pins to beat out 2010 EYC Singles and All Events champion Jenny Wegner of Sweden for the top spot by 96 pins.

Wegner, who led Squad 2 with 1283, a 213.83 average, not only claimed the No. 2 seed in Singles but also wrapped up the silver medal in All Events. Kovalova finished atop 62-player leaderboard with 3994 total and an average of 221.89. Wegener was 206 pins behind in second place with 3788 (210.44).

Sanna Pasanen, who won the gold medal with the Finnish four-player team, fell one spot to third place with 1281 (213.50).

Verity Crawley started Squad 2 with bang as the English girl rolled the first 300 game of the championships en route to a 1279 total to capture the fourth and last place for the playoffs. This feat came at the expense of her teammate Bethany Hedley, who slipped out of the top 4 to fifth place with 1245.

With her 1279 series, Crawley also moved into third place in All Events to secure the bronze medal with 3729. Norway's Andrea E. Hansen was third ion Squad 2 with 1239 to land in sixth place in Singles and fourth in All Events with 3649.

The top 4 players after the boys and girls Singles Preliminaries will bowl for the title on Saturday evening. The first two rounds of the Boys Masters match play (top 24 in All Events) will follow immediately after the Singles Playoffs.

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

The top 4 players 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.	Jenny Wegner	Sweden	190	214	202	606	233	206	238	677	1283	213.83
3.	Sanna Pasanen	Finland	213	200	227	640	235	201	205	641	1281	213.50
4.	Verity Crawley	England	300	215	200	715	205	172	187	564	1279	213.17
5.	Bethany Hedley	England	191	163	232	586	206	188	265	659	1245	207.50
6.	Andrea E. Hansen	Norway	213	182	212	607	235	202	195	632	1239	206.50
7.	Fanny Lindahl	Sweden	236	191	180	607	234	193	193	620	1227	204.50
8.	Tania Yusaf	Scotland	190	180	215	585	227	213	187	627	1212	202.00
9.	Annie Thorell	Sweden	224	209	194	627	197	180	196	573	1200	200.00
10.	Rikke N. Johansen	Denmark	134	206	218	558	178	231	214	623	1181	196.83
11.	Sarah Finlay	Ireland	246	171	244	661	138	201	179	518	1179	196.50
12.	Margarita Verkhova	Russia	182	175	243	600	182	149	243	574	1174	195.67
13.	Adva Eliav	Israel	219	197	176	592	190	192	193	575	1167	194.50
14.	Caitlin Kerr	Scotland	203	182	182	567	193	215	191	599	1166	194.33
15.	Tamara Adler	Austria	172	238	206	616	170	180	193	543	1159	193.17
16.	Roosa Lundén	Finland	199	212	206	617	178	223	135	536	1153	192.17
17.	Pernille F. Nielsen	Denmark	203	224	216	643	172	166	170	508	1151	191.83
18.	Pernille W. Rasmussen	Denmark	212	183	167	562	214	195	175	584	1146	191.00
19.	Adina Kindzule	Latvia	172	183	221	576	180	158	231	569	1145	190.83
20.	Hannah Frost	England	179	181	217	577	203	176	183	562	1139	189.83
21.	Saskia Malz	Germany	170	195	198	563	170	168	232	570	1133	188.83
22.	Anna Kánová	Czech Republic	198	213	171	582	161	212	178	551	1133	188.83
23.	Amanda Larkin	Ireland	168	181	226	575	198	200	156	554	1129	188.17
24.	Hanne Nys	Belgium	194	177	205	576	167	212	170	549	1125	187.50
25.	Line Berg Almestrand	Norway	200	172	208	580	182	176	173	531	1111	185.17
26.	Stine N. Johansen	Denmark	156	189	202	547	177	185	198	560	1107	184.50
27.	Bauke Jespers	Belgium	169	200	202	571	202	168	163	533	1104	184.00
28.	Shir Azulay	Israel	144	186	196	526	224	189	162	575	1101	183.50
29.	Mirijam Budich	Germany	170	187	172	529	195	196	177	568	1097	182.83
30.	Kimberley Koudstaal	Netherlands	179	208	207	594	133	159	207	499	1093	182.17
31.	Lisanne Borst	Netherlands	219	168	138	525	211	191	166	568	1093	182.17
32.	Oleksandra Iakunina	Ukraine	195	231	154	580	178	141	183	502	1082	180.33
33.	Cindy Valckx	Belgium	156	146	200	502	183	221	175	579	1081	180.17
34.	Maria Bulanova	Russia	181	145	168	494	183	203	199	585	1079	179.83
35.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	175	161	203	539	161	162	216	539	1078	179.67
36.	Lia Mojarro	Catalonia	139	193	203	535	189	132	218	539	1074	179.00
37.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	176	227	167	570	144	176	184	504	1074	179.00
38.	Chelsea van de Laar	Netherlands	195	187	134	516	181	199	170	550	1066	177.67
39.	Joana Miessner	Germany	189	163	182	534	187	194	138	519	1053	175.50
40.	Stefanya Buechel	Germany	154	149	206	509	201	163	178	542	1051	175.17
41.	Ayse Akar	Turkey	154	173	199	526	167	168	187	522	1048	174.67
42.	Lisa Björklund	Sweden	147	209	139	495	193	150	209	552	1047	174.50
43.	Petra Stankova	Slovakia	146	178	182	506	181	156	204	541	1047	174.50
44.	Lynne Fishler	Israel	177	164	158	499	174	223	151	548	1047	174.50
45.	Ellanor Thurston	England	204	163	182	549	148	168	181	497	1046	174.33
46.	Rachel Bermingham	Ireland	140	202	200	542	178	167	150	495	1037	172.83
47.	Bo Gielen	Belgium	191	157	180	528	155	166	187	508	1036	172.67
48.	Hande Yesilkaya	Turkey	150	173	166	489	204	156	175	535	1024	170.67
49.	Heidi Poikonen	Finland	160	160	203	523	168	157	170	495	1018	169.67
50.	Maxime de Rooij	Netherlands	171	176	155	502	161	177	177	515	1017	169.50
51.	Ashleigh Gill	Scotland	181	138	156	475	153	223	144	520	995	165.83
52.	Ivana Pádárová	Czech Republic	144	180	158	482	161	178	173	512	994	165.67
53.	Sandra Bakken	Norway	160	168	158	486	186	180	137	503	989	164.83
54.	Laura Murphy	Scotland	146	188	134	468	197	179	141	517	985	164.17
55.	Roslyn Moore	Ireland	179	178	149	506	179	149	142	470	976	162.67
56.	Eliisa Hiltunen	Finland	171	148	136	455	176	164	180	520	975	162.50
57.	Roxana Eisner	Austria	165	111	170	446	148	189	162	499	945	157.50
58.	Hafdís Pala Jonasdottir	Iceland	151	153	162	466	149	185	137	471	937	156.17
59.	Begum Gulce Kogar	Turkey	133	144	158	435	170	120	149	439	874	145.67
60.	Julia Habich	Austria	143	142	156	441	159	136	128	423	864	144.00
61.	Katrin Fjola Bragadottir	Iceland	165	133	148	446	164	129	110	403	849	141.50
62.	Dilara Bingul	Turkey	105	132	138	375	109	112	147	368	743	123.83

 

High Games and High Series

Individual High Scores
1 Game: Verity Crawley, England, 300
3 Games: Daria Kovalova, Ukraine, 717
6 Games: Daria Kovalova, Ukraine, 1379

 

25th European Youth Championships - Girls All Events

Final standings after 18 games. The top 24 advance to Masters match play. The top 8 earn one bye.

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Daria Kovalova	Ukraine	18	1211	1404	1379	3994	221.89
2.	Jenny Wegner	Sweden	18	1222	1283	1283	3788	210.44
3.	Verity Crawley	England	18	1190	1260	1279	3729	207.17
4.	Andrea E. Hansen	Norway	18	1184	1226	1239	3649	202.72
5.	Hannah Frost	England	18	1284	1194	1139	3617	200.94
6.	Tania Yusaf	Scotland	18	1197	1131	1212	3540	196.67
7.	Roosa Lundén	Finland	18	1130	1241	1153	3524	195.78
8.	Sarah Finlay	Ireland	18	1121	1222	1179	3522	195.67
9.	Pernille F. Nielsen	Denmark	18	1206	1165	1151	3522	195.67
10.	Pernille W. Rasmussen	Denmark	18	1159	1187	1146	3492	194.00
11.	Fanny Lindahl	Sweden	18	1086	1169	1227	3482	193.44
12.	Rikke N. Johansen	Denmark	18	1150	1148	1181	3479	193.28
13.	Sanna Pasanen	Finland	18	1145	1041	1281	3467	192.61
14.	Saskia Malz	Germany	18	1160	1164	1133	3457	192.06
15.	Annie Thorell	Sweden	18	1147	1097	1200	3444	191.33
16.	Shir Azulay	Israel	18	1046	1296	1101	3443	191.28
17.	Stine N. Johansen	Denmark	18	1179	1135	1107	3421	190.06
18.	Bethany Hedley	England	18	1069	1096	1245	3410	189.44
19.	Lisanne Borst	Netherlands	18	1119	1196	1093	3408	189.33
20.	Maria Bulanova	Russia	18	1174	1146	1079	3399	188.83
21.	Adina Kindzule	Latvia	18	1114	1137	1145	3396	188.67
22.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	18	1183	1110	1078	3371	187.28
23.	Line Berg Almestrand	Norway	18	1106	1146	1111	3363	186.83
24.	Oleksandra Iakunina	Ukraine	18	1100	1175	1082	3357	186.50
25.	Adva Eliav	Israel	18	1151	1013	1167	3331	185.06
26.	Caitlin Kerr	Scotland	18	1023	1134	1166	3323	184.61
27.	Tamara Adler	Austria	18	1043	1092	1159	3294	183.00
28.	Hanne Nys	Belgium	18	1056	1108	1125	3289	182.72
29.	Margarita Verkhova	Russia	18	1076	1038	1174	3288	182.67
30.	Sandra Bakken	Norway	18	1117	1148	989	3254	180.78
31.	Bauke Jespers	Belgium	18	1046	1095	1104	3245	180.28
32.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	18	1075	1092	1074	3241	180.06
33.	Heidi Poikonen	Finland	18	1159	1059	1018	3236	179.78
34.	Anna Kánová	Czech Republic	18	1003	1071	1133	3207	178.17
35.	Amanda Larkin	Ireland	18	914	1160	1129	3203	177.94
36.	Lia Mojarro	Catalonia	18	978	1144	1074	3196	177.56
37.	Lisa Björklund	Sweden	18	1076	1065	1047	3188	177.11
38.	Bo Gielen	Belgium	18	1102	1048	1036	3186	177.00
39.	Cindy Valckx	Belgium	18	1047	1056	1081	3184	176.89
40.	Ellanor Thurston	England	18	1038	1097	1046	3181	176.72
41.	Eliisa Hiltunen	Finland	18	1090	1114	975	3179	176.61
42.	Lynne Fishler	Israel	18	1032	1082	1047	3161	175.61
43.	Stefanya Buechel	Germany	18	1029	1065	1051	3145	174.72
44.	Ayse Akar	Turkey	18	989	1084	1048	3121	173.39
45.	Ivana Pádárová	Czech Republic	18	1048	1043	994	3085	171.39
46.	Joana Miessner	Germany	18	1057	975	1053	3085	171.39
47.	Kimberley Koudstaal	Netherlands	18	982	998	1093	3073	170.72
48.	Hande Yesilkaya	Turkey	18	1121	925	1024	3070	170.56
49.	Mirijam Budich	Germany	18	1022	932	1097	3051	169.50
50.	Chelsea van de Laar	Netherlands	18	946	1004	1066	3016	167.56
51.	Maxime de Rooij	Netherlands	18	999	991	1017	3007	167.06
52.	Roxana Eisner	Austria	18	1010	1024	945	2979	165.50
53.	Rachel Bermingham	Ireland	18	1007	935	1037	2979	165.50
54.	Petra Stankova	Slovakia	18	971	885	1047	2903	161.28
55.	Ashleigh Gill	Scotland	18	1021	885	995	2901	161.17
56.	Laura Murphy	Scotland	18	938	928	985	2851	158.39
57.	Hafdís Pala Jonasdottir	Iceland	18	931	918	937	2786	154.78
58.	Roslyn Moore	Ireland	18	810	962	976	2748	152.67
59.	Begum Gulce Kogar	Turkey	18	936	905	874	2715	150.83
60.	Katrin Fjola Bragadottir	Iceland	18	910	890	849	2649	147.17
61.	Dilara Bingul	Turkey	18	894	873	743	2510	139.44
62.	Julia Habich	Austria	18	850	764	864	2478	137.67