Jesse Kallio from Finland averaged 217.66 over 18 games (combined results in Singles, Doubles and Team) to win the gold medal in Boys All Events in the 23rd European Youth Championships at Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France.

Kallio's team mate Niko Kurppa earned the bronze medal with 3865. Sandwiched between the two Finns to claim silver was Lars Wouters, Belgium, with 3885.

The top 24 players in All Events advanced to the Masters finals. Kallio and Wouters have already secured another medal on their way to the All Events medals.

Wouters posted a 1426 six-game series (237.66 average) en route to earn the No. 1 seed for the Boys Singles finals on Saturday afternoon. Kallio took the No. 2 seed with 1401. Kallio will bowl Doubles gold medalist Mik Stampe (1371), Denmark, in the semifinal, while Wouters takes on No. 4 seed, Daniels Vezis (1360), Latvia, in the other semifinal match.

The winners of the single-game matches will bowl for the title while the losers will share the bronze medal.

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Boys Singles Preliminaries (pdf file)
Boys All Events (final) (pdf file)