Lintilä and Schwarz continue to lead European Rankings
02/01/06
As the second stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour, Irish Open Championships, was a "regular" tournament and awarded half of the ranking points of a "major" tournament, Lasse Lintilä (pictured left) of Finland and Patricia Schwarz of Germany, who won the Ballmaster Open (major), remained unchallenged atop of the European Rankings.
Both players lead the list of 98 men and 80 women with 100 points. Mere five players, two men and three women, who have participated in the Ballmaster Open appeared in Dublin.
Two-time defending ranking champion Paul Moor of England leaped into fourth place thanks to his second-place finish in Ireland. The other player, who bowled both ranking tournament thus far, Nickolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, ranks 28th after a 15th place finish in Dublin.
On the women's side, Nina Flack of Sweden and England's Zara Glover are tied for fourth place behind a 6th and 10th place finish in the women's standings last weekend. Moor's female counterpart, two-time defending ranking champion Britt Bröndsted, Denmark, moved into 11th place due to a 15th place finish in Ireland.
The top 8 men and top 8 women in the rankings at the end of the season qualify for the 2007 World ranking Masters to be held in Doha, Qatar.
1. Lasse Lintilä, Finland, 100 (1)
2. Kai Virtanen, Finland, 80 (1)
3. Jason Belmonte, Australia, 70 (1)
4. Paul Moor, England, 62 (2)
5. Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 60 (1)
6. Martin Larsen, Sweden, 50 (1)
(tie) Svein Roger Olsen, Norway, 50 (1)
8. Christian Schwarzbauer, Austria, 48 (1)
9. Jari Ratia, Finland, 46 (1)
10. Juha Maja, Finland, 44 (1)
11. Pär Svensson, Sweden, 42 (1)
12. Ari Halme, Finland, 40 (1)
13. Nick Plummen, Netherlands, 35 (1)
14. Anders Öhman, Sweden, 30 (1)
(tie) Juha Immonen, Finland, 30 (1)
(tie) Wim van der Veen, Netherlands, 30 (1)
17. Arvi Korhonen, Finland, 28 (1)
(tie) Pasi Uotila, Finland, 28 (1)
19. Sam Anker, Finland, 26 (1)
(tie) Thomas Tybl, Austria, 26 (1)
21. Eoin McLaughlin, Ireland, 25 (1)
22. Andrew Frawley, Australia, 24 (1)
(tie) Chris Van Damme, Belgium, 24 (1)
(tie) Mika Oksanen, Finland, 24 (1)
25. Alan Bride, Ireland, 23 (1)
26. Dominic Barrett, England, 22 (1)
(tie) Robert Andersson, Sweden, 22 (1)
28. Nickolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, 21 (2)
(tie) Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 21 (1)
30. Kenneth Brunell, Ireland, 20 (1)
31. Claes Gauffin, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Jouni Helminen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Olli Pakonen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Peter Ljung, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Petri Mannonen, Finland, 16 (1)
36. Barry Foley, Ireland, 15 (1)
(tie) Nico Thienpondt, Netherlands, 15 (1)
38. Kenneth Haukaas, Norway, 14 (1)
(tie) Melvin Ocando, Spain, 14 (1)
40. Ron van den Bogaard, Netherlands, 13 (1)
41. Jaakko Polttila, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Kari Jehkinen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Lasse Ingebrigtsen, Norway, 12 (1)
(tie) Lee Chatfield, England, 12 (1)
(tie) Mikko Kalliomäki, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Peter Åhlen, Sweden, 12 (1)
(tie) Selim Susiluoto, Finland, 12 (1)
48. Mathias Lundin, Sweden, 11 (1)
(tie) Nick Froggatt, England, 11 (1)
50. Federico Rossi, Italy, 8 (1)
(tie) Mark Smith, England, 8 (1)
(tie) Stephen Joyce, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Stephen O'Connor, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Steve Hardy, USA, 8 (1)
(tie) Thomas Janicki, Poland, 8 (1)
(tie) Tobias Karlsson, Sweden, 8 (1)
(tie) Tomi Väänänen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Toni Laine, Finland, 8 (1)
59. Alan Gibbons, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Dave Parker, England, 6 (1)
(tie) Jukka Pesonen, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Lars Lundahl, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Maarten Pittens, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Magnus Lönnroth, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Marco van der Griend, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Matti Nokelainen, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Robert Spigner, United States, 6 (1)
(tie) Sami Konsteri, Finland, 6 (1)
69. Antti-Pekka Lax, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Bard Jensen, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Ed Roberts, USA, 4 (1)
(tie) Jouko Kuossari, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Marcus Nyberg, Sweden, 4 (1)
(tie) Michael Wouters, Belgium, 4 (1)
(tie) Osku Palermaa, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Owe Herrmann, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Roel Mol, Netherlands, 4 (1)
79. Kevin Fitzgerald, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Paul Magee, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Richard Beck, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Stuart Williams, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Tom Byrne, Ireland, 3 (1)
84. Garreth Hechter, South Africa, 2 (1)
(tie) Jussi Turtiainen, Finland, 2 (1)
(tie) Kenneth Bland, USA, 2 (1)
(tie) Mauro Malchiodi, Italy, 2 (1)
(tie) Miikka Törhönen, Finland, 2 (1)
(tie) Mika Manner, Finland, 2 (1)
(tie) Mikael Kanold, Sweden, 2 (1)
(tie) Ray McDowell, USA, 2 (1)
(tie) Ton Plummen, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Ulf Arnesen, Norway, 2 (1)
94. Adam Scott, England, 1 (1)
(tie) David Williamson, Northern Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Greg Gardner, Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Jamie Griffiths, Wales, 1 (1)
(tie) Mattias Melin, Sweden, 1 (1)
1. Patricia Schwarz, Germany, 100 (1)
2. Krista Pöllänen, Finland, 80 (1)
3. Reija Lundén, Finland, 70 (1)
4. Nina Flack, Sweden, 64 (2)
(tie) Zara Glover, England, 64 (2)
6. Jenni Mäkelä, Finland, 60 (1)
7. Laura Rhoney, Scotland, 50 (1)
(tie) Tiia Einola, Finland, 50 (1)
9. Jaana Strömbeg, Finland, 48 (1)
10. Mari Santonen, Finland, 46 (1)
11. Britt Bröndsted, Denmark, 43 (2)
12. Eva Jönsson, Sweden, 42 (1)
13. Kamilla Kjeldsen, Denmark, 40 (1)
14. Christel Carlsson, Sweden, 35 (1)
15. Mai Gine Jensen, Denmark, 30 (1)
(tie) Mari Kalliokoski, Finland, 30 (1)
17. Anita Pohjanlahti, Finland, 28 (1)
(tie) Kati Lepistö, Finland, 28 (1)
19. Piritta Kantola, Finland, 26 (1)
(tie) Rebecka Larsen, Sweden, 26 (1)
21. Donna Adams, England, 25 (1)
22. Leena Pulliainen, Finland, 24 (1)
(tie) Suvi Lehtikangas, Finland, 24 (1)
24. Marie Bengtsson, Sweden, 23 (1)
25. Elina Vuorio, Finland, 22 (1)
(tie) Janne Monsen, Norway, 22 (1)
(tie) Nina Manninen, Finland, 22 (1)
28. Fiona De Konig, Netherlands, 21 (1)
29. Daniela Lönnroth, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Jessica Kauhanen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Minna Mäkelä, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Reija Nurmi, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Sonja Mäkelä, Finland, 16 (1)
34. Christine van Boom, Belgium, 15 (1)
(tie) Marieke de Jong, Netherlands, 15 (1)
36. Asa Wetterlund, Sweden, 14 (1)
(tie) Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, 14 (1)
38. Priscilla Maaswinkel, Netherlands, 13 (1)
39. Galina Alekseechkina, Russia, 12 (1)
(tie) Heidi Manninen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Jenni Blomberg, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Kira Kerbs, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Marjo Pöntinen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, 12 (1)
(tie) Paula van Hemert, Netherlands, 12 (1)
46. Anja Ginge Jensen, Denmark, 11 (1)
(tie) Wendy van der List, Netherlands, 11 (1)
48. Elina Sievänen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Iina Kämäräinen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Jo Allsebrook, England, 8 (1)
(tie) Kerena Dykes, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Monique Zwaal, Netherlands, 8 (1)
(tie) Petra Koukkari, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Sara Stott, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Vibeke Vestergaard, Denmark, 8 (1)
56. Anne Lorraine Gales, Denmark, 6 (1)
(tie) Christina Dahlgren, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Hannah Cullen, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Laura Meade, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Mandy Linton, England, 6 (1)
61. Alyona Mishchenko, Ukraine, 4 (1)
(tie) Irene Kragh-Eckell, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Karen Parslow, England, 4 (1)
(tie) Mie Agerbo, Denmark, 4 (1)
(tie) Tina Gustafzon, Sweden, 4 (1)
66. Bianca Mass, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Debbie Watson, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Helen Tamblyn, Northern Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Rikke Rasmussen, Denmark, 3 (1)
(tie) Victoria Sofkova, Sweden, 3 (1)
71. Amanda McDermott, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Anita Watts, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Aoife Hall, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Cheska Tomas, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Marilou Pangilinan, Phillipines, 2 (1)
76. Aisha Cramer, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Donna Horton, Northern Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Karen Constantine, England, 1 (1)
(tie) Roxy Lotheringham, South Africa, 1 (1)
(tie) Wendy Kok, Netherlands, 1 (1)
2006 European Bowling Tour
As the second stop of the 2006 European Bowling Tour, Irish Open Championships, was a "regular" tournament and awarded half of the ranking points of a "major" tournament, Lasse Lintilä (pictured left) of Finland and Patricia Schwarz of Germany, who won the Ballmaster Open (major), remained unchallenged atop of the European Rankings. Both players lead the list of 98 men and 80 women with 100 points. Mere five players, two men and three women, who have participated in the Ballmaster Open appeared in Dublin.
Two-time defending ranking champion Paul Moor of England leaped into fourth place thanks to his second-place finish in Ireland. The other player, who bowled both ranking tournament thus far, Nickolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, ranks 28th after a 15th place finish in Dublin.
On the women's side, Nina Flack of Sweden and England's Zara Glover are tied for fourth place behind a 6th and 10th place finish in the women's standings last weekend. Moor's female counterpart, two-time defending ranking champion Britt Bröndsted, Denmark, moved into 11th place due to a 15th place finish in Ireland.
The top 8 men and top 8 women in the rankings at the end of the season qualify for the 2007 World ranking Masters to be held in Doha, Qatar.
2006 European Rankings - Men's division
Players with position, country, ranking point total and Top 50 finishes1. Lasse Lintilä, Finland, 100 (1)
2. Kai Virtanen, Finland, 80 (1)
3. Jason Belmonte, Australia, 70 (1)
4. Paul Moor, England, 62 (2)
5. Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 60 (1)
6. Martin Larsen, Sweden, 50 (1)
(tie) Svein Roger Olsen, Norway, 50 (1)
8. Christian Schwarzbauer, Austria, 48 (1)
9. Jari Ratia, Finland, 46 (1)
10. Juha Maja, Finland, 44 (1)
11. Pär Svensson, Sweden, 42 (1)
12. Ari Halme, Finland, 40 (1)
13. Nick Plummen, Netherlands, 35 (1)
14. Anders Öhman, Sweden, 30 (1)
(tie) Juha Immonen, Finland, 30 (1)
(tie) Wim van der Veen, Netherlands, 30 (1)
17. Arvi Korhonen, Finland, 28 (1)
(tie) Pasi Uotila, Finland, 28 (1)
19. Sam Anker, Finland, 26 (1)
(tie) Thomas Tybl, Austria, 26 (1)
21. Eoin McLaughlin, Ireland, 25 (1)
22. Andrew Frawley, Australia, 24 (1)
(tie) Chris Van Damme, Belgium, 24 (1)
(tie) Mika Oksanen, Finland, 24 (1)
25. Alan Bride, Ireland, 23 (1)
26. Dominic Barrett, England, 22 (1)
(tie) Robert Andersson, Sweden, 22 (1)
28. Nickolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, 21 (2)
(tie) Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 21 (1)
30. Kenneth Brunell, Ireland, 20 (1)
31. Claes Gauffin, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Jouni Helminen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Olli Pakonen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Peter Ljung, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Petri Mannonen, Finland, 16 (1)
36. Barry Foley, Ireland, 15 (1)
(tie) Nico Thienpondt, Netherlands, 15 (1)
38. Kenneth Haukaas, Norway, 14 (1)
(tie) Melvin Ocando, Spain, 14 (1)
40. Ron van den Bogaard, Netherlands, 13 (1)
41. Jaakko Polttila, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Kari Jehkinen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Lasse Ingebrigtsen, Norway, 12 (1)
(tie) Lee Chatfield, England, 12 (1)
(tie) Mikko Kalliomäki, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Peter Åhlen, Sweden, 12 (1)
(tie) Selim Susiluoto, Finland, 12 (1)
48. Mathias Lundin, Sweden, 11 (1)
(tie) Nick Froggatt, England, 11 (1)
50. Federico Rossi, Italy, 8 (1)
(tie) Mark Smith, England, 8 (1)
(tie) Stephen Joyce, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Stephen O'Connor, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Steve Hardy, USA, 8 (1)
(tie) Thomas Janicki, Poland, 8 (1)
(tie) Tobias Karlsson, Sweden, 8 (1)
(tie) Tomi Väänänen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Toni Laine, Finland, 8 (1)
59. Alan Gibbons, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Dave Parker, England, 6 (1)
(tie) Jukka Pesonen, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Lars Lundahl, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Maarten Pittens, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Magnus Lönnroth, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Marco van der Griend, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Matti Nokelainen, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Robert Spigner, United States, 6 (1)
(tie) Sami Konsteri, Finland, 6 (1)
69. Antti-Pekka Lax, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Bard Jensen, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Ed Roberts, USA, 4 (1)
(tie) Jouko Kuossari, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Marcus Nyberg, Sweden, 4 (1)
(tie) Michael Wouters, Belgium, 4 (1)
(tie) Osku Palermaa, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Owe Herrmann, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Roel Mol, Netherlands, 4 (1)
79. Kevin Fitzgerald, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Paul Magee, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Richard Beck, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Stuart Williams, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Tom Byrne, Ireland, 3 (1)
84. Garreth Hechter, South Africa, 2 (1)
(tie) Jussi Turtiainen, Finland, 2 (1)
(tie) Kenneth Bland, USA, 2 (1)
(tie) Mauro Malchiodi, Italy, 2 (1)
(tie) Miikka Törhönen, Finland, 2 (1)
(tie) Mika Manner, Finland, 2 (1)
(tie) Mikael Kanold, Sweden, 2 (1)
(tie) Ray McDowell, USA, 2 (1)
(tie) Ton Plummen, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Ulf Arnesen, Norway, 2 (1)
94. Adam Scott, England, 1 (1)
(tie) David Williamson, Northern Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Greg Gardner, Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Jamie Griffiths, Wales, 1 (1)
(tie) Mattias Melin, Sweden, 1 (1)
2006 European Rankings - Women's division
Players with position, country, ranking point total and Top 50 finishes1. Patricia Schwarz, Germany, 100 (1)
2. Krista Pöllänen, Finland, 80 (1)
3. Reija Lundén, Finland, 70 (1)
4. Nina Flack, Sweden, 64 (2)
(tie) Zara Glover, England, 64 (2)
6. Jenni Mäkelä, Finland, 60 (1)
7. Laura Rhoney, Scotland, 50 (1)
(tie) Tiia Einola, Finland, 50 (1)
9. Jaana Strömbeg, Finland, 48 (1)
10. Mari Santonen, Finland, 46 (1)
11. Britt Bröndsted, Denmark, 43 (2)
12. Eva Jönsson, Sweden, 42 (1)
13. Kamilla Kjeldsen, Denmark, 40 (1)
14. Christel Carlsson, Sweden, 35 (1)
15. Mai Gine Jensen, Denmark, 30 (1)
(tie) Mari Kalliokoski, Finland, 30 (1)
17. Anita Pohjanlahti, Finland, 28 (1)
(tie) Kati Lepistö, Finland, 28 (1)
19. Piritta Kantola, Finland, 26 (1)
(tie) Rebecka Larsen, Sweden, 26 (1)
21. Donna Adams, England, 25 (1)
22. Leena Pulliainen, Finland, 24 (1)
(tie) Suvi Lehtikangas, Finland, 24 (1)
24. Marie Bengtsson, Sweden, 23 (1)
25. Elina Vuorio, Finland, 22 (1)
(tie) Janne Monsen, Norway, 22 (1)
(tie) Nina Manninen, Finland, 22 (1)
28. Fiona De Konig, Netherlands, 21 (1)
29. Daniela Lönnroth, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Jessica Kauhanen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Minna Mäkelä, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Reija Nurmi, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Sonja Mäkelä, Finland, 16 (1)
34. Christine van Boom, Belgium, 15 (1)
(tie) Marieke de Jong, Netherlands, 15 (1)
36. Asa Wetterlund, Sweden, 14 (1)
(tie) Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, 14 (1)
38. Priscilla Maaswinkel, Netherlands, 13 (1)
39. Galina Alekseechkina, Russia, 12 (1)
(tie) Heidi Manninen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Jenni Blomberg, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Kira Kerbs, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Marjo Pöntinen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, 12 (1)
(tie) Paula van Hemert, Netherlands, 12 (1)
46. Anja Ginge Jensen, Denmark, 11 (1)
(tie) Wendy van der List, Netherlands, 11 (1)
48. Elina Sievänen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Iina Kämäräinen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Jo Allsebrook, England, 8 (1)
(tie) Kerena Dykes, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Monique Zwaal, Netherlands, 8 (1)
(tie) Petra Koukkari, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Sara Stott, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Vibeke Vestergaard, Denmark, 8 (1)
56. Anne Lorraine Gales, Denmark, 6 (1)
(tie) Christina Dahlgren, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Hannah Cullen, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Laura Meade, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Mandy Linton, England, 6 (1)
61. Alyona Mishchenko, Ukraine, 4 (1)
(tie) Irene Kragh-Eckell, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Karen Parslow, England, 4 (1)
(tie) Mie Agerbo, Denmark, 4 (1)
(tie) Tina Gustafzon, Sweden, 4 (1)
66. Bianca Mass, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Debbie Watson, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Helen Tamblyn, Northern Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Rikke Rasmussen, Denmark, 3 (1)
(tie) Victoria Sofkova, Sweden, 3 (1)
71. Amanda McDermott, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Anita Watts, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Aoife Hall, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Cheska Tomas, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Marilou Pangilinan, Phillipines, 2 (1)
76. Aisha Cramer, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Donna Horton, Northern Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Karen Constantine, England, 1 (1)
(tie) Roxy Lotheringham, South Africa, 1 (1)
(tie) Wendy Kok, Netherlands, 1 (1)