Virtanen and Glover atop European rankings after five events
03/07/06
1. Kai Virtanen, Finland, 147 (3)
2. Osku Palermaa, Finland, 134 (4)
3. Nickolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, 113 (4)
4. Paul Moor, England, 109 (4)
5. Federico Rossi, Italy, 108 (2)
6. Stuart Williams, England, 102 (4)
7. Lasse Lintilä, Finland, 100 (1)
8. Jari Ratia, Finland, 86 (2)
9. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, 85 (2)
10. Achim Grabowski, Germany, 74 (2)
11. Jason Belmonte, Australia, 70 (1)
12. Nick Plummen, Netherlands, 68 (3)
13. Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 60 (1)
(tie) Or Aviram, Israel, 60 (1)
15. Jouni Helminen, Finland, 58 (2)
16. Dominic Barrett, England, 52 (2)
(tie) Peter Smits, Netherlands, 52 (2)
18. Martin Larsen, Sweden, 50 (1)
(tie) Svein Roger Olsen, Norway, 50 (1)
20. Christian Schwarzbauer, Austria, 48 (1)
(tie) Marcial Ovide, Spain, 48 (1)
22. Michael Wouters, Belgium, 44 (4)
(tie) Juha Maja, Finland, 44 (1)
24. Jean Marc Lebon, Belgium, 42 (3)
(tie) Pär Svensson, Sweden, 42 (1)
26. Christian Racpan, Germany, 41 (2)
(tie) Ron van den Bogaard, Netherlands, 41 (2)
(tie) Wim van der Veen, Netherlands, 41 (2)
29. Peter Ljung, Sweden, 40 (2)
(tie) Ari Halme, Finland, 40 (1)
31. Bart Van Kerckhoven, Belgium, 39 (2)
32. Menno van den Heuvel, Netherlands, 34 (3)
(tie) Thomas Tybl, Austria, 34 (2)
34. Melvin Ocando, Spain, 30 (2)
(tie) Anders Öhman, Sweden, 30 (1)
(tie) Juha Immonen, Finland, 30 (1)
37. Geert-Jan Van Baest, Netherlands, 29 (2)
(tie) Michael Krämer, Germany, 29 (2)
39. Arvi Korhonen, Finland, 28 (1)
(tie) Pasi Uotila, Finland, 28 (1)
(tie) Scott Norton, USA, 28 (1)
42. Roel Mol, Netherlands, 26 (3)
(tie) Yoan Alix, France, 26 (2)
(tie) Jose Ignacio Estevez, Spain, 26 (1)
(tie) Sam Anker, Finland, 26 (1)
46. Teemu Raatikainen, Finland, 25 (2)
(tie) Eoin McLaughlin, Ireland, 25 (1)
(tie) Ron Van Zeist, Netherlands, 25 (1)
(tie) Thomas Gross, Austria, 25 (1)
50. Peter Åhlen, Sweden, 24 (2)
(tie) Andrew Frawley, Australia, 24 (1)
(tie) Bo Winther Pedersen, Denmark, 24 (1)
(tie) Chris Van Damme, Belgium, 24 (1)
(tie) Mika Oksanen, Finland, 24 (1)
(tie) Pontus Halvarsson, Sweden, 24 (1)
56. Alan Bride, Ireland, 23 (1)
57. Francois Sacco, France, 22 (1)
(tie) Leonidas Maragos, Greece, 22 (1)
(tie) Robert Andersson, Sweden, 22 (1)
60. Dirk Dreyer, Germany, 21 (2)
(tie) Maarten Pittens, Netherlands, 21 (2)
(tie) Daniel Stride, England, 21 (1)
(tie) Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 21 (1)
64. Karl-Peter Greulich, Germany, 20 (1)
(tie) Kenneth Brunell, Ireland, 20 (1)
66. Ronald Dol, Netherlands, 18 (2)
(tie) Sami Konsteri, Finland, 18 (2)
68. Nico Thienpondt, Netherlands, 17 (2)
69. Patrick Rolland, France, 16 (2)
(tie) Claes Gauffin, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Mark De Jong, Netherlands, 16 (1)
(tie) Mathias Arup, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Moshe Shienman, Israel, 16 (1)
(tie) Olli Pakonen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Petri Mannonen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 16 (1)
77. Barry Foley, Ireland, 15 (1)
(tie) Stéphane Loiselet, France, 15 (1)
79. Marco van der Griend, Netherlands, 14 (2)
(tie) Kenneth Haukaas, Norway, 14 (1)
(tie) Morton Levandovski, Denmark, 14 (1)
82. Ives Van Eyken, Belgium, 13 (2)
(tie) Erwin Pascual, Spain, 13 (1)
(tie) Jimmy Dan Mortensen, Denmark, 13 (1)
85. Oliver Blasé, Germany, 12 (2)
(tie) Jaakko Polttila, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Johnni Adsboll, Denmark, 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) Moises Perez Ibanez, Spain, 12 (1)
(tie) Selim Susiluoto, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Serge Frouvelle, France, 12 (1)
95. Mathias Lundin, Sweden, 11 (1)
(tie) Nick Froggatt, England, 11 (1)
(tie) Rene Van Vliet, Netherlands, 11 (1)
98. Michael Sassen, Netherlands, 10 (2)
99. Ray McDowell, USA, 8 (2)
(tie) Denis Bonnaire, France, 8 (1)
(tie) Dor Spheizman, Israel, 8 (1)
(tie) Koen Pellegroms, Belgium, 8 (1)
(tie) Luciano Marcone, Italy, 8 (1)
(tie) Mark Smith, England, 8 (1)
(tie) Pierre Luc Sanchez, France, 8 (1)
(tie) Selier Wesley, Netherlands, 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)
114. Pierre Ravez, Belgium, 6 (2)
(tie) Alan Gibbons, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Dave Parker, England, 6 (1)
(tie) Johnny Spil, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Joris Nico, Belgium, 6 (1)
(tie) Jukka Pesonen, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Lars Lundahl, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Luc Jansen, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Magnus Lönnroth, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Matthew Giles, England, 6 (1)
(tie) Matti Nokelainen, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Nicolas Forestier, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Robert Spigner, United States, 6 (1)
(tie) Thierry Sacco, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Thomas Block, Germany, 6 (1)
129. André Van Gurp, Netherlands, 5 (2)
(tie) Ulf Bolleby, Sweden, 5 (2)
131. Alexandre Beguin, France, 4 (1)
(tie) Antti-Pekka Lax, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Bard Jensen, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Ed Roberts, USA, 4 (1)
(tie) Jens Nickel, Germany, 4 (1)
(tie) Jouko Kuossari, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Marco De Bruijn, Netherlands, 4 (1)
(tie) Marcus Nyberg, Sweden, 4 (1)
(tie) Mario Zazzera, Italy, 4 (1)
(tie) Owe Herrmann, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Palka Rafal, Poland, 4 (1)
(tie) Paul Evans, England, 4 (1)
(tie) Philippe Andre, France, 4 (1)
(tie) Thomas Allerod, Denmark, 4 (1)
(tie) Timo Mäkelä, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Vincent Cayez, France, 4 (1)
148. Anthony Fabre, France, 3 (1)
(tie) Boon Kok, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Christaan Kweens, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Kevin Fitzgerald, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Lukasz Zjawiony, Poland, 3 (1)
(tie) Michael Holzapfel, Germany, 3 (1)
(tie) Paul Magee, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Ray Love, Germany, 3 (1)
(tie) Richard Beck, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Tom Byrne, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Uwe Tscharke, Germany, 3 (1)
159. Andrius Pocius, Latvia, 2 (1)
(tie) Arnaud Cadart, France, 2 (1)
(tie) Cliff Dew, England, 2 (1)
(tie) Dominic Neldner, Germany, 2 (1)
(tie) Francis Escaliere, France, 2 (1)
(tie) Garreth Hechter, South Africa, 2 (1)
(tie) Jussi Turtiainen, Finland, 2 (1)
(tie) Kenneth Bland, USA, 2 (1)
(tie) Kristof Vaes, Belgium, 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) Pau Ortega Sanz, Spain, 2 (1)
(tie) Remco Verboon, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Tjeu Thompson, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Toby Contreras, USA, 2 (1)
(tie) Ton Plummen, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Ulf Arnesen, Norway, 2 (1)
(tie) Wesley Selier, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Zoltan Kiss, Hungary, 2 (1)
180. Adam Scott, England, 1 (1)
(tie) Alexander Tarsoly, Germany, 1 (1)
(tie) David Williamson, Northern Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Greg Gardner, Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Jamie Griffiths, Wales, 1 (1)
(tie) Jeroen Weideman, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Maarten Krull, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Mattias Melin, Sweden, 1 (1)
(tie) Romain Oberweis, Luxembourg, 1 (1)
(tie) Thilo Diesener, Germany, 1 (1)
(tie) Tobias Gäbler, Germany, 1 (1)
(tie) Tom Sroczyk, USA, 1 (1)
(tie) Tomasz Janicki, Poland, 1 (1)
1. Zara Glover, England, 159 (5)
2. Britt Bröndsted, Denmark, 120 (4)
3. Isabelle Saldjian, France, 110 (2)
4. Nina Flack, Sweden, 108 (3)
5. Jenni Mäkelä, Finland, 100 (2)
(tie) Helen Johnsson, Sweden, 100 (1)
(tie) Patricia Schwarz, Germany, 100 (1)
8. Reija Lundén, Finland, 94 (2)
9. Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, 91 (4)
10. Krista Pöllänen, Finland, 80 (1)
11. Sonja Uhlich, Germany, 78 (3)
12. Kamilla Kjeldsen, Denmark, 75 (2)
13. Wendy van der List, Netherlands, 72 (3)
14. Melissa Bellinder, USA, 70 (1)
15. Kirsten Horemans, Belgium, 66 (3)
16. Jaana Strömbeg, Finland, 64 (2)
17. Christine van Boom, Belgium, 59 (3)
(tie) Marilyn Planchard, France, 59 (2)
19. Anita Pohjanlahti, Finland, 56 (2)
(tie) Piritta Kantola, Finland, 56 (2)
21. Laura Rhoney, Scotland, 50 (1)
(tie) Tiia Einola, Finland, 50 (1)
(tie) Tina Hulsch, Germany, 50 (1)
24. Mari Santonen, Finland, 46 (1)
25. Asa Wetterlund, Sweden, 44 (2)
(tie) Martina Beckel, Germany, 44 (2)
27. Minna Mäkelä, Finland, 42 (2)
(tie) Eva Jönsson, Sweden, 42 (1)
29. Sonja Mäkelä, Finland, 40 (2)
(tie) Tanja Theissen, Germany, 40 (1)
31. Anja Ginge Jensen, Denmark, 39 (2)
32. Fiona De Konig, Netherlands, 36 (2)
(tie) Leena Pulliainen, Finland, 36 (2)
34. Christel Carlsson, Sweden, 35 (1)
35. Audrey Maffre, France, 34 (2)
(tie) Rebecka Larsen, Sweden, 34 (2)
37. Christelle Hannecart, France, 33 (3)
38. Marieke de Jong, Netherlands, 30 (2)
(tie) Angelique De Win, Netherlands, 30 (1)
(tie) Mai Gine Jensen, Denmark, 30 (1)
(tie) Mari Kalliokoski, Finland, 30 (1)
42. Sophie van der Meer, Netherlands, 29 (2)
43. Kati Lepistö, Finland, 28 (1)
44. Priscilla Maaswinkel, Netherlands, 26 (3)
(tie) Ivonne Gross, Austria, 26 (1)
46. Donna Adams, England, 25 (1)
(tie) Tanja Petty, Germany, 25 (1)
48. Suvi Lehtikangas, Finland, 24 (1)
49. Liliane Vintens, Belgium, 23 (2)
(tie) Paula van Hemert, Netherlands, 23 (2)
(tie) Lisa Gardner, England, 23 (1)
(tie) Marie Bengtsson, Sweden, 23 (1)
53. Cheska Tomas, Netherlands, 22 (4)
(tie) Bettina Lund, Denmark, 22 (1)
(tie) Elina Vuorio, Finland, 22 (1)
(tie) Janne Monsen, Norway, 22 (1)
(tie) Margarita Roa, Colombia, 22 (1)
(tie) Nina Manninen, Finland, 22 (1)
59. Jo Allsebrook, England, 20 (2)
(tie) Marie Anne Baudisson, France, 20 (2)
(tie) Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, 20 (2)
62. Anna Mattsson-Baard, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Daniela Lönnroth, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Gabriella Szabo, Hungary, 16 (1)
(tie) Jessica Kauhanen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Laurence Gaillard, France, 16 (1)
(tie) Reija Nurmi, Finland, 16 (1)
68. Nadege Maitre, France, 15 (1)
69. Celia Choukroun, France, 14 (2)
(tie) Bigi Manico, Switzerland, 14 (1)
(tie) Dana HanuÅ¡ová, Czech Republic, 14 (1)
(tie) Greta Frost, Poland, 14 (1)
73. Jana MareÅ¡ová, Czech Republic, 13 (1)
74. Vicky van de Craen, Belgium, 12 (2)
(tie) Galina Alekseechkina, Russia, 12 (1)
(tie) Heidi Manninen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Jenni Blomberg, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Johanne Justesen, Denmark, 12 (1)
(tie) Kira Kerbs, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Marjo Pöntinen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Stephanie Huijden, Netherlands, 12 (1)
(tie) Yvonne Gross, Austria, 12 (1)
83. Aurelie Gauton, France, 11 (1)
(tie) Carla Dekkers, Netherlands, 11 (1)
85. Nicole Herberle, Germany, 10 (2)
(tie) Stephanie Nicolas, Belgium, 10 (2)
87. Jolanda Visser, Netherlands, 9 (2)
88. Alexandra Göbel, Germany, 8 (1)
(tie) Elina Sievänen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Elise Bretteville, France, 8 (1)
(tie) Gabriele Suchanek, Austria, 8 (1)
(tie) Helena Morávková, Czech Republic, 8 (1)
(tie) Iina Kämäräinen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Kerena Dykes, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Kim Gaskin, France, 8 (1)
(tie) Merce Burgues Flamarich, Spain, 8 (1)
(tie) Monique Zwaal, Netherlands, 8 (1)
(tie) Petra Koukkari, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Pilar Perales, Spain, 8 (1)
(tie) Sandra Torrents Pelaez, Spain, 8 (1)
(tie) Sara Stott, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Vibeke Vestergaard, Denmark, 8 (1)
(tie) Yolanda van Regenmortel, Belgium, 8 (1)
104. Bianca Mass, Netherlands, 7 (2)
105. Anne Lorraine Gales, Denmark, 6 (1)
(tie) Anne-Sofie Ardal, Denmark, 6 (1)
(tie) Christina Dahlgren, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Daniëlle Pelle, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Daniëlle van der Meer, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Emelie Roth, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Florie Biguet, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Hannah Cullen, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Laura Meade, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Lucie Barois, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Mandy Linton, England, 6 (1)
(tie) Pascale Moynot, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Roser Romero Burgos, Spain, 6 (1)
(tie) Sofie Sjöström, Sweden, 6 (1)
119. Alyona Mishchenko, Ukraine, 4 (1)
(tie) Cathy Rajaud, France, 4 (1)
(tie) Debbie Zwart, Netherlands, 4 (1)
(tie) Florence Dufour, France, 4 (1)
(tie) Francesca Del Buono, Italy, 4 (1)
(tie) Irene Kragh-Eckell, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Janin Ribguth, Germany, 4 (1)
(tie) Karen Parslow, England, 4 (1)
(tie) Mandy van de Louw, Netherlands, 4 (1)
(tie) Mie Agerbo, Denmark, 4 (1)
(tie) Pavla Nosková, Czech Republic, 4 (1)
(tie) Petra Brzicová, Czech Republic, 4 (1)
(tie) Rafaela Carneiro, Spain, 4 (1)
(tie) Rod. Dulce Fernandez, Spain, 4 (1)
(tie) Rosa Mas Puiggros, Spain, 4 (1)
(tie) Tina Gustafzon, Sweden, 4 (1)
135. Annouschka Voets, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Christiane Kühn, Germany, 3 (1)
(tie) Debbie Watson, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Helen Tamblyn, Northern Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Inge Lenssen, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Irena Straková, Czech Republic, 3 (1)
(tie) Laetitia Maitre, France, 3 (1)
(tie) Marie Gauton, France, 3 (1)
(tie) Nicole Knopp, Germany, 3 (1)
(tie) Rikke Rasmussen, Denmark, 3 (1)
(tie) Solange Racca, France, 3 (1)
(tie) Vibeke Bøgetoft, Denmark, 3 (1)
(tie) Victoria Sofkova, Sweden, 3 (1)
148. Amanda McDermott, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Anita Watts, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Aoife Hall, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Cristina Sanz, Spain, 2 (1)
(tie) Elisa Virlogeux, France, 2 (1)
(tie) Farida Pascoal-Blom, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Julie Eason, England, 2 (1)
(tie) Marilou Pangilinan, Phillipines, 2 (1)
(tie) Stephanie Samson, France, 2 (1)
(tie) Valerie Murat, France, 2 (1)
(tie) VÄ›ra MaÅ¡atová, Czech Republic, 2 (1)
(tie) Veronique Desloovere, Belgium, 2 (1)
160. Aisha Cramer, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Donna Horton, Northern Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Felinda Grzybowska, Poland, 1 (1)
(tie) Fely Wisniewski, France, 1 (1)
(tie) Karen Constantine, England, 1 (1)
(tie) Kristýna HanuÅ¡ová, Czech Republic, 1 (1)
(tie) Markéta HarbáÄková, Czech Republic, 1 (1)
(tie) Michaela Morávková, Czech Republic, 1 (1)
(tie) Nathalie Di Martino, France, 1 (1)
(tie) Petra ÄŒermáková, Czech Republic, 1 (1)
(tie) Roxy Lotheringham, South Africa, 1 (1)
(tie) Vibeke Lie Mortensen, Denmark, 1 (1)
(tie) Wendy Kok, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Yvonne Fischer, Germany, 1 (1)
2006 European Rankings
Major changes in women's rankings
Kai Virtanen of Finland and Zara Glover of England sit atop leaderboard in the men's and women's European rankings after five of twenty events of the 2006 European Bowling Tour.
Virtanen (left), a World Games and World Cup champion, received 44 ranking points in the Catalonia Open to maintain his lead in the men's division with 147 points. Trailing Virtanen by 13 points is his compatriot Osku Palermaa, who has 134 points. Nickolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, used the 80 points for his second-place finish yesterday to move into third place with 113 points.
Two-time defending ranking champion Paul Moor, England, is fourth with 109 points. Catalonia champion Federico Rossi mad a huge leapfrog into fifth place. The Italian, who had eight points to his credit from the Ballmaster Open, was awarded the maximum of 100 points for winning an EBT 'major' tournament. Stuart Williams, England, moved up into sixth place with 102 points. Lasse Lintilä, Finland, who won the first 'major' of the season, the Ballmaster Open, fell to seventh place with 100 points.
Lintilä's female counterpart, Patricia Schwarz of Germany, who cashed 100 points for being the top-ranked woman in the Ballmaster Open, lost the pole position in the women's rankings as she was overtaken by four players. Schwarz is tied for fifth place with Jenni Mäkelä, Finland, and Helen Johnsson, Sweden, who was the top-ranked female bowler in Catalonia.
Three-time World Champion Zara Glover (pictured), England, was the fourth-best women in Catalonia and earned 60 points en route to take the lead in the women's rankings with 159 points. Glover is the sole player - man or woman - in this year's rankings, who has cashed ranking points in all five events thus far. Two-time defending ranking champion Britt Bröndsted of Denmark leaped into second place with 120 points, followed by Isabelle Saldjian, France, 110, and Nina Flack, Sweden, 108.
The European Bowling Tour will take a brief hiatus before heading to Greece for the Brunswick Euro Challenge at Strike Bowling Club in Thessalonica, March 10-19, 2006. The tournament is the sixth stop of the 2006 Tour and its third major.
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.
Virtanen (left), a World Games and World Cup champion, received 44 ranking points in the Catalonia Open to maintain his lead in the men's division with 147 points. Trailing Virtanen by 13 points is his compatriot Osku Palermaa, who has 134 points. Nickolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, used the 80 points for his second-place finish yesterday to move into third place with 113 points. Two-time defending ranking champion Paul Moor, England, is fourth with 109 points. Catalonia champion Federico Rossi mad a huge leapfrog into fifth place. The Italian, who had eight points to his credit from the Ballmaster Open, was awarded the maximum of 100 points for winning an EBT 'major' tournament. Stuart Williams, England, moved up into sixth place with 102 points. Lasse Lintilä, Finland, who won the first 'major' of the season, the Ballmaster Open, fell to seventh place with 100 points.
Lintilä's female counterpart, Patricia Schwarz of Germany, who cashed 100 points for being the top-ranked woman in the Ballmaster Open, lost the pole position in the women's rankings as she was overtaken by four players. Schwarz is tied for fifth place with Jenni Mäkelä, Finland, and Helen Johnsson, Sweden, who was the top-ranked female bowler in Catalonia.
Three-time World Champion Zara Glover (pictured), England, was the fourth-best women in Catalonia and earned 60 points en route to take the lead in the women's rankings with 159 points. Glover is the sole player - man or woman - in this year's rankings, who has cashed ranking points in all five events thus far. Two-time defending ranking champion Britt Bröndsted of Denmark leaped into second place with 120 points, followed by Isabelle Saldjian, France, 110, and Nina Flack, Sweden, 108. The European Bowling Tour will take a brief hiatus before heading to Greece for the Brunswick Euro Challenge at Strike Bowling Club in Thessalonica, March 10-19, 2006. The tournament is the sixth stop of the 2006 Tour and its third major.
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. Kai Virtanen, Finland, 147 (3)
2. Osku Palermaa, Finland, 134 (4)
3. Nickolay Ovchinnikovs, Latvia, 113 (4)
4. Paul Moor, England, 109 (4)
5. Federico Rossi, Italy, 108 (2)
6. Stuart Williams, England, 102 (4)
7. Lasse Lintilä, Finland, 100 (1)
8. Jari Ratia, Finland, 86 (2)
9. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, 85 (2)
10. Achim Grabowski, Germany, 74 (2)
11. Jason Belmonte, Australia, 70 (1)
12. Nick Plummen, Netherlands, 68 (3)
13. Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland, 60 (1)
(tie) Or Aviram, Israel, 60 (1)
15. Jouni Helminen, Finland, 58 (2)
16. Dominic Barrett, England, 52 (2)
(tie) Peter Smits, Netherlands, 52 (2)
18. Martin Larsen, Sweden, 50 (1)
(tie) Svein Roger Olsen, Norway, 50 (1)
20. Christian Schwarzbauer, Austria, 48 (1)
(tie) Marcial Ovide, Spain, 48 (1)
22. Michael Wouters, Belgium, 44 (4)
(tie) Juha Maja, Finland, 44 (1)
24. Jean Marc Lebon, Belgium, 42 (3)
(tie) Pär Svensson, Sweden, 42 (1)
26. Christian Racpan, Germany, 41 (2)
(tie) Ron van den Bogaard, Netherlands, 41 (2)
(tie) Wim van der Veen, Netherlands, 41 (2)
29. Peter Ljung, Sweden, 40 (2)
(tie) Ari Halme, Finland, 40 (1)
31. Bart Van Kerckhoven, Belgium, 39 (2)
32. Menno van den Heuvel, Netherlands, 34 (3)
(tie) Thomas Tybl, Austria, 34 (2)
34. Melvin Ocando, Spain, 30 (2)
(tie) Anders Öhman, Sweden, 30 (1)
(tie) Juha Immonen, Finland, 30 (1)
37. Geert-Jan Van Baest, Netherlands, 29 (2)
(tie) Michael Krämer, Germany, 29 (2)
39. Arvi Korhonen, Finland, 28 (1)
(tie) Pasi Uotila, Finland, 28 (1)
(tie) Scott Norton, USA, 28 (1)
42. Roel Mol, Netherlands, 26 (3)
(tie) Yoan Alix, France, 26 (2)
(tie) Jose Ignacio Estevez, Spain, 26 (1)
(tie) Sam Anker, Finland, 26 (1)
46. Teemu Raatikainen, Finland, 25 (2)
(tie) Eoin McLaughlin, Ireland, 25 (1)
(tie) Ron Van Zeist, Netherlands, 25 (1)
(tie) Thomas Gross, Austria, 25 (1)
50. Peter Åhlen, Sweden, 24 (2)
(tie) Andrew Frawley, Australia, 24 (1)
(tie) Bo Winther Pedersen, Denmark, 24 (1)
(tie) Chris Van Damme, Belgium, 24 (1)
(tie) Mika Oksanen, Finland, 24 (1)
(tie) Pontus Halvarsson, Sweden, 24 (1)
56. Alan Bride, Ireland, 23 (1)
57. Francois Sacco, France, 22 (1)
(tie) Leonidas Maragos, Greece, 22 (1)
(tie) Robert Andersson, Sweden, 22 (1)
60. Dirk Dreyer, Germany, 21 (2)
(tie) Maarten Pittens, Netherlands, 21 (2)
(tie) Daniel Stride, England, 21 (1)
(tie) Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 21 (1)
64. Karl-Peter Greulich, Germany, 20 (1)
(tie) Kenneth Brunell, Ireland, 20 (1)
66. Ronald Dol, Netherlands, 18 (2)
(tie) Sami Konsteri, Finland, 18 (2)
68. Nico Thienpondt, Netherlands, 17 (2)
69. Patrick Rolland, France, 16 (2)
(tie) Claes Gauffin, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Mark De Jong, Netherlands, 16 (1)
(tie) Mathias Arup, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Moshe Shienman, Israel, 16 (1)
(tie) Olli Pakonen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Petri Mannonen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 16 (1)
77. Barry Foley, Ireland, 15 (1)
(tie) Stéphane Loiselet, France, 15 (1)
79. Marco van der Griend, Netherlands, 14 (2)
(tie) Kenneth Haukaas, Norway, 14 (1)
(tie) Morton Levandovski, Denmark, 14 (1)
82. Ives Van Eyken, Belgium, 13 (2)
(tie) Erwin Pascual, Spain, 13 (1)
(tie) Jimmy Dan Mortensen, Denmark, 13 (1)
85. Oliver Blasé, Germany, 12 (2)
(tie) Jaakko Polttila, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Johnni Adsboll, Denmark, 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) Moises Perez Ibanez, Spain, 12 (1)
(tie) Selim Susiluoto, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Serge Frouvelle, France, 12 (1)
95. Mathias Lundin, Sweden, 11 (1)
(tie) Nick Froggatt, England, 11 (1)
(tie) Rene Van Vliet, Netherlands, 11 (1)
98. Michael Sassen, Netherlands, 10 (2)
99. Ray McDowell, USA, 8 (2)
(tie) Denis Bonnaire, France, 8 (1)
(tie) Dor Spheizman, Israel, 8 (1)
(tie) Koen Pellegroms, Belgium, 8 (1)
(tie) Luciano Marcone, Italy, 8 (1)
(tie) Mark Smith, England, 8 (1)
(tie) Pierre Luc Sanchez, France, 8 (1)
(tie) Selier Wesley, Netherlands, 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)
114. Pierre Ravez, Belgium, 6 (2)
(tie) Alan Gibbons, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Dave Parker, England, 6 (1)
(tie) Johnny Spil, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Joris Nico, Belgium, 6 (1)
(tie) Jukka Pesonen, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Lars Lundahl, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Luc Jansen, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Magnus Lönnroth, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Matthew Giles, England, 6 (1)
(tie) Matti Nokelainen, Finland, 6 (1)
(tie) Nicolas Forestier, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Robert Spigner, United States, 6 (1)
(tie) Thierry Sacco, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Thomas Block, Germany, 6 (1)
129. André Van Gurp, Netherlands, 5 (2)
(tie) Ulf Bolleby, Sweden, 5 (2)
131. Alexandre Beguin, France, 4 (1)
(tie) Antti-Pekka Lax, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Bard Jensen, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Ed Roberts, USA, 4 (1)
(tie) Jens Nickel, Germany, 4 (1)
(tie) Jouko Kuossari, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Juhani Tonteri, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Marco De Bruijn, Netherlands, 4 (1)
(tie) Marcus Nyberg, Sweden, 4 (1)
(tie) Mario Zazzera, Italy, 4 (1)
(tie) Owe Herrmann, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Palka Rafal, Poland, 4 (1)
(tie) Paul Evans, England, 4 (1)
(tie) Philippe Andre, France, 4 (1)
(tie) Thomas Allerod, Denmark, 4 (1)
(tie) Timo Mäkelä, Finland, 4 (1)
(tie) Vincent Cayez, France, 4 (1)
148. Anthony Fabre, France, 3 (1)
(tie) Boon Kok, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Christaan Kweens, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Kevin Fitzgerald, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Lukasz Zjawiony, Poland, 3 (1)
(tie) Michael Holzapfel, Germany, 3 (1)
(tie) Paul Magee, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Ray Love, Germany, 3 (1)
(tie) Richard Beck, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Tom Byrne, Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Uwe Tscharke, Germany, 3 (1)
159. Andrius Pocius, Latvia, 2 (1)
(tie) Arnaud Cadart, France, 2 (1)
(tie) Cliff Dew, England, 2 (1)
(tie) Dominic Neldner, Germany, 2 (1)
(tie) Francis Escaliere, France, 2 (1)
(tie) Garreth Hechter, South Africa, 2 (1)
(tie) Jussi Turtiainen, Finland, 2 (1)
(tie) Kenneth Bland, USA, 2 (1)
(tie) Kristof Vaes, Belgium, 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) Pau Ortega Sanz, Spain, 2 (1)
(tie) Remco Verboon, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Tjeu Thompson, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Toby Contreras, USA, 2 (1)
(tie) Ton Plummen, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Ulf Arnesen, Norway, 2 (1)
(tie) Wesley Selier, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Zoltan Kiss, Hungary, 2 (1)
180. Adam Scott, England, 1 (1)
(tie) Alexander Tarsoly, Germany, 1 (1)
(tie) David Williamson, Northern Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Greg Gardner, Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Jamie Griffiths, Wales, 1 (1)
(tie) Jeroen Weideman, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Maarten Krull, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Mattias Melin, Sweden, 1 (1)
(tie) Romain Oberweis, Luxembourg, 1 (1)
(tie) Thilo Diesener, Germany, 1 (1)
(tie) Tobias Gäbler, Germany, 1 (1)
(tie) Tom Sroczyk, USA, 1 (1)
(tie) Tomasz Janicki, Poland, 1 (1)
2006 European Rankings - Women's division
Players with position, country, ranking point total and Top 50 finishes1. Zara Glover, England, 159 (5)
2. Britt Bröndsted, Denmark, 120 (4)
3. Isabelle Saldjian, France, 110 (2)
4. Nina Flack, Sweden, 108 (3)
5. Jenni Mäkelä, Finland, 100 (2)
(tie) Helen Johnsson, Sweden, 100 (1)
(tie) Patricia Schwarz, Germany, 100 (1)
8. Reija Lundén, Finland, 94 (2)
9. Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, 91 (4)
10. Krista Pöllänen, Finland, 80 (1)
11. Sonja Uhlich, Germany, 78 (3)
12. Kamilla Kjeldsen, Denmark, 75 (2)
13. Wendy van der List, Netherlands, 72 (3)
14. Melissa Bellinder, USA, 70 (1)
15. Kirsten Horemans, Belgium, 66 (3)
16. Jaana Strömbeg, Finland, 64 (2)
17. Christine van Boom, Belgium, 59 (3)
(tie) Marilyn Planchard, France, 59 (2)
19. Anita Pohjanlahti, Finland, 56 (2)
(tie) Piritta Kantola, Finland, 56 (2)
21. Laura Rhoney, Scotland, 50 (1)
(tie) Tiia Einola, Finland, 50 (1)
(tie) Tina Hulsch, Germany, 50 (1)
24. Mari Santonen, Finland, 46 (1)
25. Asa Wetterlund, Sweden, 44 (2)
(tie) Martina Beckel, Germany, 44 (2)
27. Minna Mäkelä, Finland, 42 (2)
(tie) Eva Jönsson, Sweden, 42 (1)
29. Sonja Mäkelä, Finland, 40 (2)
(tie) Tanja Theissen, Germany, 40 (1)
31. Anja Ginge Jensen, Denmark, 39 (2)
32. Fiona De Konig, Netherlands, 36 (2)
(tie) Leena Pulliainen, Finland, 36 (2)
34. Christel Carlsson, Sweden, 35 (1)
35. Audrey Maffre, France, 34 (2)
(tie) Rebecka Larsen, Sweden, 34 (2)
37. Christelle Hannecart, France, 33 (3)
38. Marieke de Jong, Netherlands, 30 (2)
(tie) Angelique De Win, Netherlands, 30 (1)
(tie) Mai Gine Jensen, Denmark, 30 (1)
(tie) Mari Kalliokoski, Finland, 30 (1)
42. Sophie van der Meer, Netherlands, 29 (2)
43. Kati Lepistö, Finland, 28 (1)
44. Priscilla Maaswinkel, Netherlands, 26 (3)
(tie) Ivonne Gross, Austria, 26 (1)
46. Donna Adams, England, 25 (1)
(tie) Tanja Petty, Germany, 25 (1)
48. Suvi Lehtikangas, Finland, 24 (1)
49. Liliane Vintens, Belgium, 23 (2)
(tie) Paula van Hemert, Netherlands, 23 (2)
(tie) Lisa Gardner, England, 23 (1)
(tie) Marie Bengtsson, Sweden, 23 (1)
53. Cheska Tomas, Netherlands, 22 (4)
(tie) Bettina Lund, Denmark, 22 (1)
(tie) Elina Vuorio, Finland, 22 (1)
(tie) Janne Monsen, Norway, 22 (1)
(tie) Margarita Roa, Colombia, 22 (1)
(tie) Nina Manninen, Finland, 22 (1)
59. Jo Allsebrook, England, 20 (2)
(tie) Marie Anne Baudisson, France, 20 (2)
(tie) Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, 20 (2)
62. Anna Mattsson-Baard, Sweden, 16 (1)
(tie) Daniela Lönnroth, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Gabriella Szabo, Hungary, 16 (1)
(tie) Jessica Kauhanen, Finland, 16 (1)
(tie) Laurence Gaillard, France, 16 (1)
(tie) Reija Nurmi, Finland, 16 (1)
68. Nadege Maitre, France, 15 (1)
69. Celia Choukroun, France, 14 (2)
(tie) Bigi Manico, Switzerland, 14 (1)
(tie) Dana HanuÅ¡ová, Czech Republic, 14 (1)
(tie) Greta Frost, Poland, 14 (1)
73. Jana MareÅ¡ová, Czech Republic, 13 (1)
74. Vicky van de Craen, Belgium, 12 (2)
(tie) Galina Alekseechkina, Russia, 12 (1)
(tie) Heidi Manninen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Jenni Blomberg, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Johanne Justesen, Denmark, 12 (1)
(tie) Kira Kerbs, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Marjo Pöntinen, Finland, 12 (1)
(tie) Stephanie Huijden, Netherlands, 12 (1)
(tie) Yvonne Gross, Austria, 12 (1)
83. Aurelie Gauton, France, 11 (1)
(tie) Carla Dekkers, Netherlands, 11 (1)
85. Nicole Herberle, Germany, 10 (2)
(tie) Stephanie Nicolas, Belgium, 10 (2)
87. Jolanda Visser, Netherlands, 9 (2)
88. Alexandra Göbel, Germany, 8 (1)
(tie) Elina Sievänen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Elise Bretteville, France, 8 (1)
(tie) Gabriele Suchanek, Austria, 8 (1)
(tie) Helena Morávková, Czech Republic, 8 (1)
(tie) Iina Kämäräinen, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Kerena Dykes, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Kim Gaskin, France, 8 (1)
(tie) Merce Burgues Flamarich, Spain, 8 (1)
(tie) Monique Zwaal, Netherlands, 8 (1)
(tie) Petra Koukkari, Finland, 8 (1)
(tie) Pilar Perales, Spain, 8 (1)
(tie) Sandra Torrents Pelaez, Spain, 8 (1)
(tie) Sara Stott, Ireland, 8 (1)
(tie) Vibeke Vestergaard, Denmark, 8 (1)
(tie) Yolanda van Regenmortel, Belgium, 8 (1)
104. Bianca Mass, Netherlands, 7 (2)
105. Anne Lorraine Gales, Denmark, 6 (1)
(tie) Anne-Sofie Ardal, Denmark, 6 (1)
(tie) Christina Dahlgren, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Daniëlle Pelle, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Daniëlle van der Meer, Netherlands, 6 (1)
(tie) Emelie Roth, Sweden, 6 (1)
(tie) Florie Biguet, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Hannah Cullen, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Laura Meade, Ireland, 6 (1)
(tie) Lucie Barois, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Mandy Linton, England, 6 (1)
(tie) Pascale Moynot, France, 6 (1)
(tie) Roser Romero Burgos, Spain, 6 (1)
(tie) Sofie Sjöström, Sweden, 6 (1)
119. Alyona Mishchenko, Ukraine, 4 (1)
(tie) Cathy Rajaud, France, 4 (1)
(tie) Debbie Zwart, Netherlands, 4 (1)
(tie) Florence Dufour, France, 4 (1)
(tie) Francesca Del Buono, Italy, 4 (1)
(tie) Irene Kragh-Eckell, Norway, 4 (1)
(tie) Janin Ribguth, Germany, 4 (1)
(tie) Karen Parslow, England, 4 (1)
(tie) Mandy van de Louw, Netherlands, 4 (1)
(tie) Mie Agerbo, Denmark, 4 (1)
(tie) Pavla Nosková, Czech Republic, 4 (1)
(tie) Petra Brzicová, Czech Republic, 4 (1)
(tie) Rafaela Carneiro, Spain, 4 (1)
(tie) Rod. Dulce Fernandez, Spain, 4 (1)
(tie) Rosa Mas Puiggros, Spain, 4 (1)
(tie) Tina Gustafzon, Sweden, 4 (1)
135. Annouschka Voets, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Christiane Kühn, Germany, 3 (1)
(tie) Debbie Watson, England, 3 (1)
(tie) Helen Tamblyn, Northern Ireland, 3 (1)
(tie) Inge Lenssen, Netherlands, 3 (1)
(tie) Irena Straková, Czech Republic, 3 (1)
(tie) Laetitia Maitre, France, 3 (1)
(tie) Marie Gauton, France, 3 (1)
(tie) Nicole Knopp, Germany, 3 (1)
(tie) Rikke Rasmussen, Denmark, 3 (1)
(tie) Solange Racca, France, 3 (1)
(tie) Vibeke Bøgetoft, Denmark, 3 (1)
(tie) Victoria Sofkova, Sweden, 3 (1)
148. Amanda McDermott, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Anita Watts, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Aoife Hall, Ireland, 2 (1)
(tie) Cristina Sanz, Spain, 2 (1)
(tie) Elisa Virlogeux, France, 2 (1)
(tie) Farida Pascoal-Blom, Netherlands, 2 (1)
(tie) Julie Eason, England, 2 (1)
(tie) Marilou Pangilinan, Phillipines, 2 (1)
(tie) Stephanie Samson, France, 2 (1)
(tie) Valerie Murat, France, 2 (1)
(tie) VÄ›ra MaÅ¡atová, Czech Republic, 2 (1)
(tie) Veronique Desloovere, Belgium, 2 (1)
160. Aisha Cramer, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Donna Horton, Northern Ireland, 1 (1)
(tie) Felinda Grzybowska, Poland, 1 (1)
(tie) Fely Wisniewski, France, 1 (1)
(tie) Karen Constantine, England, 1 (1)
(tie) Kristýna HanuÅ¡ová, Czech Republic, 1 (1)
(tie) Markéta HarbáÄková, Czech Republic, 1 (1)
(tie) Michaela Morávková, Czech Republic, 1 (1)
(tie) Nathalie Di Martino, France, 1 (1)
(tie) Petra ÄŒermáková, Czech Republic, 1 (1)
(tie) Roxy Lotheringham, South Africa, 1 (1)
(tie) Vibeke Lie Mortensen, Denmark, 1 (1)
(tie) Wendy Kok, Netherlands, 1 (1)
(tie) Yvonne Fischer, Germany, 1 (1)