England repeats as Girls’ Team champion at European Youth Championships

29 March, 2018

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2017 European Youth champion England topped the Czech Republic, 736-716, to successfully defend the girls’ team title in the 31st European Youth Championships Thursday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

Elyse Giddens (181), Lucy Williams (180), doubles champions Sophie Thompson (193) and Isabel Allen (182), who was on the 2017 team that defeated Finland in the second one-ball team roll-off to claim the gold medal, captured the second gold medal for the English girls in as many events.

In the semi-final match, England (featured photo), seeded second, ousted third-seeded Sweden with Judith Friman, Emma Lejman, Ellen Ekholm and Hanna Engberg in the highest-scoring match of the finals, 844-806.

The underdogs from Czech Republic, Zuzana Uhlírova, Anna Petakova, Marketa Vojtechova and Eliska Krummerova, who took the last spot for the medal round, stunned top seeded Mika Guldbäk, Cecilie Dam, Line B. Christiansen and 2017 EYC singles champion Megan Dicay of Denmark in the other semi-final match, 768-715.

The Czech Republic earned the silver medal. Sweden and Denmark both got bronze.

Action shifts to the singles competitions on Friday (boys) and Saturday (girls). The 90 boys and the 66 girls will be split into two squads to bowl six games preliminaries after which the field will be trimmed to the top 4 boys and top 4 girls for the medal round starting Saturday at 5.30 p.m. CEST with the semi-finals.

The 31st European Youth Championships will be held from March 24 to April 2 at 30-lane Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

The championships drew 156 players, 90 boys and 66 girls, from 28 member countries of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) – Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the host country Denmark.

Up to four boys and four girls per country who must not be born before September 1, 1999 will bowl in separate divisions for gold, silver and bronze medals in five disciplines: Singles, Doubles and four-player Teams, All-Events and Masters.

The 2018 EYC will be played on a 39-foot lane conditioning pattern with 26.73 mL volume oil total.

Singles, Doubles and Team preliminaries feature six games with the top 4 advancing to the medal round. No. 1 bowls No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3 in the semi-finals. The winners bowl for gold and silver while the losers share the bronze medal. All matches will be decided in one game.

The three players with highest 18-game total of the Singles, Doubles and Teams preliminaries earn the medals in All-Events. The top 24 in All-Events determine the Masters champion in single-elimination match play in best-of-three games format. The top 8 players receive a first-round bye.

Photos courtesy of Markus Hegnelius.

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Swedish Girls follow in the footsteps of their male counterparts
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English girls shoot big games to win gold in Doubles at EYC
Finland starts 31st European Youth Championships with victory in Boys’ Doubles
Germany earns the No. 1 seed for Boys’ Doubles finals
28 countries to participate in 31st European Youth Championships

31st EYC 2018 – Girls’ Team Medal Round

Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark (March 29, 2018)

Championship Round:
1. England (Elyse Giddens, Sophie Thompson, Lucy Williams, Isabel Allen), 1580 (2 games)
2. Czech Republic (Zuzana Uhlírova, Anna Petakova, Marketa Vojtechova, Eliska Krummerova), 1484 (2 games)
3. Denmark (Mika Guldbäk, Cecilie Dam, Megan Dicay, Line B. Christiansen), 715 (1 game)
(tie) Sweden (Hanna Engberg, Judith Friman, Emma Lejman, Ellen Ekholm), 806 (1 game)

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match 1:
No. 4 Czech Republic (Vojtechova 158/Krummerova 186/Uhlírova 238/Petakova 186) def.
No. 1 Denmark (Dam 191/Christiansen 161/Dicay 191/Guldbäk 172), 768-715
Semifinal Match 2:
No. 2 England (Thompson 255/Williams 234/Giddens 190/Allen 165) def.
No. 3 Sweden (Ekholm 190/Lejman 170/Friman 224/Engberg 222), 844-806
Gold Medal Match:
England (Thompson 193/Williams 180/Giddens 181/Allen 182) def.
Czech Republic (Vojtechova 204/Krummerova 188/Uhlírova 155/Petakova 169), 736-716.

31st EYC 2018 – Girls’ Team Preliminaries

Top 4 advance to the medal round

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Denmark	847	828	764	2439	866	813	800	2479	4918	204.92
	Mika Guldbäk	245	201	196	642	238	246	192	676	1318	219.67
	Cecilie Dam	177	266	227	670	190	206	197	593	1263	210.50
	Megan Dicay	209	201	182	592	237	166	203	606	1198	199.67
	Line B. Christiansen	216	160	159	535	201	195	208	604	1139	189.83
2.	England	809	801	722	2332	843	853	765	2461	4793	199.71
	Elyse Giddens	226	206	220	652	244	233	156	633	1285	214.17
	Sophie Thompson	214	235	163	612	223	223	208	654	1266	211.00
	Lucy Williams	201	191	172	564	201	205	212	618	1182	197.00
	Isabel Allen	168	169	167	504	175	192	189	556	1060	176.67
3.	Sweden	780	870	798	2448	809	755	680	2244	4692	195.50
	Hanna Engberg	235	244	218	697	216	226	131	573	1270	211.67
	Judith Friman	198	206	203	607	169	189	233	591	1198	199.67
	Emma Lejman	197	239	191	627	225	149	154	528	1155	192.50
	Ellen Ekholm	150	181	186	517	199	191	162	552	1069	178.17
4.	Czech Republic	722	769	772	2263	747	838	825	2410	4673	194.71
	Zuzana Uhlírova	179	202	196	577	206	217	232	655	1232	205.33
	Anna Petakova	204	188	219	611	209	204	202	615	1226	204.33
	Marketa Vojtechova	187	172	162	521	168	224	196	588	1109	184.83
	Eliska Krummerova	152	207	195	554	164	193	195	552	1106	184.33
5.	Russia	791	786	769	2346	729	808	754	2291	4637	193.21
	Maria Koshel	200	223	201	624	193	225	184	602	1226	204.33
	Polina Shutova	257	193	182	632	184	173	182	539	1171	195.17
	Maria Belinskaya	156	177	211	544	192	207	184	583	1127	187.83
	Daria Nedoseeva	178	193	175	546	160	203	204	567	1113	185.50
6.	Germany	787	818	787	2392	680	695	768	2143	4535	188.96
	Franziska Czech	183	194	202	579	193	192	213	598	1177	196.17
	Florentine Weibrich	193	198	223	614	179	147	192	518	1132	188.67
	Marissa Meyer	231	232	148	611	168	182	155	505	1116	186.00
	Pia von Gierszewski	180	194	214	588	140	174	208	522	1110	185.00
7.	Netherlands	714	669	747	2130	717	781	765	2263	4393	183.04
	Denise Blankenzee	156	156	192	504	219	204	214	637	1141	190.17
	Beaudine Kriele	180	138	204	522	194	213	205	612	1134	189.00
	Bianca Brommer	200	171	185	556	161	193	194	548	1104	184.00
	Anique van Ewijck	178	204	166	548	143	171	152	466	1014	169.00
8.	Finland	685	733	798	2216	737	731	642	2110	4326	180.25
	Mila Nevalainen	187	213	211	611	183	235	171	589	1200	200.00
	Peppi Konsteri	209	149	198	556	236	182	183	601	1157	192.83
	Marjaana Hytönen	155	213	214	582	141	167	159	467	1049	174.83
	Elice Piksilä	134	158	175	467	177	147	129	453	920	153.33
9.	Ukraine	649	698	729	2076	647	717	670	2034	4110	171.25
	Mariia Kucherenko	186	211	211	608	157	224	183	564	1172	195.33
	Daria Niechetova	174	148	208	530	181	181	174	536	1066	177.67
	Sofiia Druchyna	129	183	158	470	170	166	161	497	967	161.17
	Oleksandra Bezridna	160	156	152	468	139	146	152	437	905	150.83
10.	Switzerland	734	610	642	1986	665	669	611	1945	3931	163.79
	Annina Gerla	209	172	168	549	179	189	159	527	1076	179.33
	Myriel Maurer	161	189	169	519	187	189	145	521	1040	173.33
	Livia Habersaat	181	130	191	502	154	176	171	501	1003	167.17
	Stefanie Zeberli	183	119	114	416	145	115	136	396	812	135.33
11.	Iceland	620	706	674	2000	594	653	568	1815	3815	158.96
	Gudbjörg Harpa Sigurdardottir	171	185	163	519	164	161	148	473	992	165.33
	Elva Ros Hannesdottir	157	172	167	496	153	148	163	464	960	160.00
	Helga Osk Freysdottir	159	177	166	502	135	180	134	449	951	158.50
	Malfridur Jona Freysdottir	133	172	178	483	142	164	123	429	912	152.00
12.	Turkey	602	664	651	1917	547	655	632	1834	3751	156.29
	Öykü Danisik	139	175	198	512	142	156	201	499	1011	168.50
	Ayda Acar	161	149	146	456	133	205	155	493	949	158.17
	Fatma Cise Kayiran	148	162	167	477	135	177	142	454	931	155.17
	Serife Songül	154	178	140	472	137	117	134	388	860	143.33

Individual High Game/High Series
1 Game – Cecilie Dam, Denmark, 266
3 Games – Hanna Engberg, Sweden, 697
6 Games – Mika Guldbäk, Denmark, 1318

Team High Game/High Series
1 Game – Sweden, 870
3 Games – Denmark, 2479
6 Games – Denmark, 4918

31st EYC 2018 – Girls’ All-Events after 12/18 games

Top three will earn the medals in All-Events; top 24 advance to Masters match play, top 8 will earn one bye

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Doubles	Team	Singles	Total	Ave.
1.	Mika Guldbäk	Denmark	12	1317	1318		2635	219.58
2.	Hanna Engberg	Sweden	12	1300	1270		2570	214.17
3.	Jaqueline Witura	Austria	12	1320	1231		2551	212.58
4.	Sophie Thompson	England	12	1212	1266		2478	206.50
5.	Elyse Giddens	England	12	1155	1285		2440	203.33
6.	Denise Blankenzee	Netherlands	12	1291	1141		2432	202.67
7.	Sara Xuereb	Malta	12	1237	1189		2426	202.17
8.	Judith Friman	Sweden	12	1225	1198		2423	201.92
9.	Maria Koshel	Russia	12	1162	1226		2388	199.00
10.	Mila Nevalainen	Finland	12	1168	1200		2368	197.33
11.	Megan Dicay	Denmark	12	1162	1198		2360	196.67
12.	Bianca Brommer	Netherlands	12	1240	1104		2344	195.33
13.	Franziska Czech	Germany	12	1163	1177		2340	195.00
14.	Cecilie Dam	Denmark	12	1075	1263		2338	194.83
15.	Shinya Haest	Belgium	12	1189	1147		2336	194.67
16.	Lucy Williams	England	12	1128	1182		2310	192.50
17.	Emma Lejman	Sweden	12	1151	1155		2306	192.17
18.	Polina Shutova	Russia	12	1130	1171		2301	191.75
19.	Peppi Konsteri	Finland	12	1139	1157		2296	191.33
20.	Sofia Hultstedt	Norway	12	1153	1143		2296	191.33
21.	Marissa Meyer	Germany	12	1173	1116		2289	190.75
22.	Alja Bergauer	Slovenia	12	1087	1182		2269	189.08
23.	Daria Nedoseeva	Russia	12	1152	1113		2265	188.75
24.	Mariia Kucherenko	Ukraine	12	1092	1172		2264	188.67
25.	Raquel Xuereb	Malta	12	1134	1127		2261	188.42
26.	Beaudine Kriele	Netherlands	12	1114	1134		2248	187.33
27.	Daria Niechetova	Ukraine	12	1176	1066		2242	186.83
28.	Line B. Christiansen	Denmark	12	1102	1139		2241	186.75
29.	Anna Petakova	Czech Republic	12	994	1226		2220	185.00
30.	Isabel Allen	England	12	1159	1060		2219	184.92
31.	Ellen Ekholm	Sweden	12	1146	1069		2215	184.58
32.	Marketa Vojtechova	Czech Republic	12	1102	1109		2211	184.25
33.	Zuzana Uhlírova	Czech Republic	12	965	1232		2197	183.08
34.	Pia von Gierszewski	Germany	12	1085	1110		2195	182.92
35.	Chloe Colton	Ireland	12	1176	989		2165	180.42
36.	Nora Kjellaas	Norway	12	1118	1036		2154	179.50
37.	Marjaana Hytönen	Finland	12	1099	1049		2148	179.00
38.	Szilvia Horváth	Hungary	12	1104	1036		2140	178.33
39.	Florentine Weibrich	Germany	12	995	1132		2127	177.25
40.	Eliska Krummerova	Czech Republic	12	1011	1106		2117	176.42
41.	Andrea Kvernhuslökken	Norway	12	1028	1089		2117	176.42
42.	Maria Belinskaya	Russia	12	982	1127		2109	175.75
43.	Anique van Ewijck	Netherlands	12	1080	1014		2094	174.50
44.	Myriel Maurer	Switzerland	12	1048	1040		2088	174.00
45.	Livia Habersaat	Switzerland	12	1079	1003		2082	173.50
46.	Eva Krafogel	Slovenia	12	986	1082		2068	172.33
47.	Dora Soos	Romania	12	979	1076		2055	171.25
48.	Annina Gerla	Switzerland	12	949	1076		2025	168.75
49.	Erin Pellegroms	Belgium	12	957	1060		2017	168.08
50.	Gudbjörg Harpa Sigurdardottir	Iceland	12	1013	992		2005	167.08
51.	Michelle Übelher	Austria	12	986	1010		1996	166.33
52.	Sofiia Druchyna	Ukraine	12	1027	967		1994	166.17
53.	Öykü Danisik	Turkey	12	981	1011		1992	166.00
54.	Egle Daunoraite	Lithuania	12	991	990		1981	165.08
55.	Elva Ros Hannesdottir	Iceland	12	1019	960		1979	164.92
56.	Angelina Strobl	Austria	12	972	998		1970	164.17
57.	Oleksandra Bezridna	Ukraine	12	1063	905		1968	164.00
58.	Aoife Lawlor	Ireland	12	991	937		1928	160.67
59.	Helga Osk Freysdottir	Iceland	12	976	951		1927	160.58
60.	Elice Piksilä	Finland	12	979	920		1899	158.25
61.	Ayda Acar	Turkey	12	895	949		1844	153.67
62.	Fatma Cise Kayiran	Turkey	12	887	931		1818	151.50
63.	Malfridur Jona Freysdottir	Iceland	12	866	912		1778	148.17
64.	Serife Songül	Turkey	12	904	860		1764	147.00
65.	Natalia Polakowska	Poland	12	786	795		1581	131.75
66.	Stefanie Zeberli	Switzerland	12	744	812		1556	129.67