Jan Hodge and Ron Oldfield walked away the winners in the Flanders Senior Open as they swept the titles for England at Euro Bowling in Deurne, Antwerp, Belgium, Sunday. It marked the first International Seniors Bowling Tour title for Hodge, while Oldfield improved his own record for overall ISBT titles to 16.

The eleventh and penultimate stop on the 2018 ISBT tour was a return to the popular venue of Euro Bowling in Deurne, Belgium, which attracted an entry of 67 men and 17 women.

The format for the tournament was a single six-game qualifying block, with unlimited re-entries. For those not able to qualify through the main leader board, there were additional opportunities through Turbo games, Scratch scores and a Desperado squad.

Age bonus started at age 51 (1 pin per game), then increased a pin for every additional year of age with no limit. As with all ISBT events, there was a separate division for ladies.

Qualifying squads ran from Thursday to Saturday, including two squads on the opening day. John Bosch from Netherlands led the first day with a total of 1456 including age bonus, ahead of Paul Cosgrove from England. Liliane Vintens led the ladies’ section with 1319, ahead of Farida Pascoal-Blom from the Netherlands.

The second day saw a huge score of 1515 from Belgium’s Gery Verbruggen, a 250 scratch average. Behind him were good scores from two UK bowlers, Ron Oldfield with 1471, and one pin behind Alan Keddie of Scotland. Vintens was again top lady but did not improve her previous block score.

There were four squads on the final day of qualification. In the first, Uwe Tscharke led with 1412, ahead of fellow German Martina Beckel, whose 1369 block put her firmly at the top of the ladies leaderboard. In the second squad, Oldfield led with a slightly higher block of 1482, while Jan Hodge from England booked her finals place with a solid 1322 block. Helmut Ulber from Germany easily took the third squad with 1513.

The final squad saw local bowler Herman Pellegroms from Belgium take top honours with 1378, while defending women’s champion Angie Brown from England found a 1232 block to take the final ladies’ qualification place.

At the end of qualification, Verbruggen was top qualifier with 1515, ahead of Ulber, Oldfield and Keddie. These four would miss the first final round. The cut for the finals in 20th place was Serge Van Mechelen from Belgium with 1377 Joining the top twenty would be three Scratch, three Turbo, and two Desperado qualifiers.

In the women’s rankings, Beckel was clearly top with 1369, ahead of Hodge, Vintens, Pascoal-Blom and Brown. These five would go forward to the finals, joined by one Scratch, one Turbo, and one Desperado qualifier. Pictured left are the eight finalists.

10 men and 2 ladies took part in the Desperado competition. Robert Vallons and Paul Lamon, both from Belgium, gained the last qualification places, along with Anna Yang from the Netherlands.

Early on Sunday morning, 24 men played a four game block, the top 12 would progress to the later rounds. Roger Pieters led with 1001, ahead of fellow Belgian player André Geelen. Dutch John Bosch was the twelfth and final qualifier, he had tied with Frank Lindsay from England, but progressed through having the highest scratch total.

The sixteen bowlers (right) were now split into four groups of four. Each group played a two game block, with the lowest player eliminated after each block until only one player remained in each block. After some close matches, the four finalists were Roger Pieters, Herman Pellegroms, Ron Oldfield and Hermann Wimmer from Germany. The final would be decided in a stepladder format.

In the first match, Oldfield had a close win over Pieters, then easily defeated Pellegroms. In the final match, Wimmer couldn’t find strikes, leaving Oldfield to coast to an easy win 240-195, for his 16th ISBT title.

In the ladies’ section, the format was two groups of four, with the lowest player being eliminated after each two game block. The four players to make the stepladder final were Jan Hodge, Martina Beckel, Liliane Vintens, and Farida Pascoal-Blom.

Vintens had an easy win in the first match against Pascoal-Blom, then lost a close second match to Beckel. The final match against Hodge started with both players failing to make spares in the first frame. Neither player could strike freely, but Hodge did enough to take a great win over Beckel 192-179 for her first ISBT title.

The 12th and final stop on the 2018 International Seniors Bowling Tour is the Zeeland Senior Open, which will be held from December 69 at Bowling Goes in the Netherlands. Full details are available at the ISBT website.

Story and Results courtesy of Tony Brown.

Flanders Senior Open – Men’s Stepladder Finals

Euro Bowling in Deurne, Antwerp, Belgium (Nov. 8-11, 2018)

Championship Round:
1. Ron Oldfield, England
2. Hermann Wimmer, Germany
3. Herman Pellegroms, Belgium
4. Roger Pieters, Belgium

Playoff Results:
First Match: Oldfield (27) def. Pieters (19), 255-245
Semi-final Match: Oldfield def. Pellegroms (13), 220-182
Championship: Oldfield def. Wimmer (25), 240-195
Age bonus in parenthesis.

Flanders Senior Open – Women’s Stepladder Finals

Euro Bowling in Deurne, Antwerp, Belgium (Nov. 8-11, 2018)

Championship Round:
1. Jan Hodge, England
2. Martina Beckel, Germany
3. Liliane Vintens, Belgium
4. Farida Pascoal-Blom, Netherlands

Playoff Results:
First Match: Vintens (11) def. Pascoal-Blom (23), 213-170
Semi-final Match: Beckel (9) def. Vintens, 215-203
Championship: Hodge (13) def. Beckel, 192-189
Age bonus in parenthesis.

Flanders Senior Open – Men’s Eliminator Round 3

Group leaders advance to the stepladder finals.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	Pins	Ave.	Total
1.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	25	169	197	366	183.00	416
2.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	2	168	201	369	184.50	373
1.	Herman Pellegroms	Belgium	13	225	225	450	225.00	476
2.	Alan Jenkins	England	27	192	184	376	188.00	430
1.	Ronald Oldfield	England	27	206	162	368	184.00	422
2.	Serge Van Mechelen	Belgium	0	225	193	418	209.00	418
1.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	19	237	192	429	214.50	467
2.	Arthur Dähn	Germany	17	158	162	320	160.00	354

Flanders Senior Open – Men’s Eliminator Round 2

Top 2 in each group advance.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	Pins	Ave.	Total
1.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	2	226	247	473	236.50	477
2.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	25	204	213	417	208.50	467
3.	John Bosch	Netherlands	14	199	210	409	204.50	437
1.	Herman Pellegroms	Belgium	13	258	259	517	258.50	543
2.	Alan Jenkins	England	27	184	226	410	205.00	464
3.	Harald Punessen	Germany	5	183	192	375	187.50	385
1.	Ronald Oldfield	England	27	226	208	434	217.00	488
2.	Serge Van Mechelen	Belgium	0	213	243	456	228.00	456
3.	André Geelen	Belgium	22	213	192	405	202.50	449
1.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	19	215	216	431	215.50	469
2.	Arthur Dähn	Germany	17	207	211	418	209.00	452
3.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	7	204	219	423	211.50	437

Flanders Senior Open – Women’s Eliminator Round 2

Top 2 in each group advance to stepladder finals.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	Pins	Ave.	Total
1.	Martina Beckel	Germany	9	195	235	430	215.00	448
2.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	23	186	179	365	182.50	411
3.	Angie Brown	England	10	193	176	369	184.50	389
1.	Jan Hodge	England	13	212	204	416	208.00	442
2.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	11	171	206	377	188.50	399
3.	Bianca Völkl-Brandt	Germany	3	199	169	368	184.00	374

Flanders Senior Open – Men’s Eliminator Round 1

Top 3 in each group advance.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	Pins	Ave.	Total
1.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	25	256	265	521	260.50	571
2.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	2	267	279	546	273.00	550
3.	John Bosch	Netherlands	14	222	228	450	225.00	478
4.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	6	232	226	458	229.00	470
1.	Harald Punessen	Germany	5	299	224	523	261.50	533
2.	Alan Jenkins	England	27	246	227	473	236.50	527
3.	Herman Pellegroms	Belgium	13	186	202	388	194.00	414
4.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	19	183	183	366	183.00	404
1.	Ronald Oldfield	England	27	196	248	444	222.00	498
2.	André Geelen	Belgium	22	192	218	410	205.00	454
3.	Serge Van Mechelen	Belgium	0	227	214	441	220.50	441
4.	Mo Singleton	England	24	183	182	365	182.50	413
1.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	19	216	195	411	205.50	449
2.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	7	205	228	433	216.50	447
3.	Arthur Dähn	Germany	17	192	217	409	204.50	443
4.	Giorgio Desimio	Belgium	18	202	198	400	200.00	436

Flanders Senior Open – Women’s Eliminator Round 1

Top 3 in each group advance.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	Pins	Ave.	Total
1.	Angie Brown	England	10	205	216	421	210.50	441
2.	Martina Beckel	Germany	9	224	191	415	207.50	433
3.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	23	180	190	370	185.00	416
4.	Anna Yang	Netherlands	9	218	165	383	191.50	401
1.	Jan Hodge	England	13	211	204	415	207.50	441
2.	Bianca Völkl-Brandt	Germany	3	198	216	414	207.00	420
3.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	11	181	208	389	194.50	411
4.	Daniele Guigon	France	11	180	171	351	175.50	373

Flanders Senior Open – Men’s Round 1

Top 12 advance to Eliminator Round 1

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	19	237	255	208	225	925	1001	231.25
2.	André Geelen	Belgium	22	224	222	244	212	902	990	225.50
3.	Alan Jenkins	England	27	193	247	211	191	842	950	210.50
4.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	6	246	246	245	184	921	945	230.25
5.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	25	205	191	217	226	839	939	209.75
6.	Harald Punessen	Germany	5	216	233	224	226	899	919	224.75
7.	Mo Singleton	England	24	159	241	223	198	821	917	205.25
8.	Arthur Dähn	Germany	17	205	207	210	226	848	916	212.00
9.	Giorgio Desimio	Belgium	18	174	210	208	247	839	911	209.75
10.	Serge Van Mechelen	Belgium	0	256	180	269	194	899	899	224.75
11.	Herman Pellegroms	Belgium	13	239	195	223	190	847	899	211.75
12.	John Bosch	Netherlands	14	214	209	193	225	841	897	210.25
13.	Frank Lindsay	England	18	208	190	205	222	825	897	206.25
14.	Owe Herrmann	Norway	18	203	159	181	270	813	885	203.25
15.	Marc Franceus	Belgium	3	234	203	203	221	861	873	215.25
16.	Mike Halliwell	England	11	245	173	183	213	814	858	203.50
17.	Jeff Taylor	England	10	202	173	213	229	817	857	204.25
18.	Robert Vallons	Belgium	12	191	213	180	206	790	838	197.50
19.	Henry Van Steenis	Netherlands	11	190	202	203	197	792	836	198.00
20.	Frank Stander	England	38	159	138	160	193	650	802	162.50
21.	Mick Ince	England	18	180	162	173	212	727	799	181.75
22.	Paul Lamon	Belgium	14	165	197	174	203	739	795	184.75
23.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	6	221	193	168	173	755	779	188.75
24.	Paul Cosgrove	England	1	227	196	159	157	739	743	184.75

Flanders Senior Open – Men’s Qualifying

Top 20 plus top 3 from Scratch (21-23), top 3 from Turbo (24-26) and top 2 from Desperado Squad (27&28) advance to the first round. Top 4 qualifiers earn one bye.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Total
1.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	2	257	279	255	206	249	257	1503	1515	250.50
2.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	19	216	216	257	217	214	279	1399	1513	233.17
3.	Ronald Oldfield	England	27	215	205	215	244	216	225	1320	1482	220.00
4.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	7	214	245	227	278	259	205	1428	1470	238.00
5.	Mike Halliwell	England	11	226	214	254	257	224	224	1399	1465	233.17
6.	John Bosch	Netherlands	14	243	178	222	226	244	259	1372	1456	228.67
7.	Owe Herrmann	Norway	18	224	194	235	204	248	237	1342	1450	223.67
8.	Marc Franceus	Belgium	3	223	219	258	244	258	224	1426	1444	237.67
9.	Arthur Dähn	Germany	17	228	263	186	233	183	245	1338	1440	223.00
10.	Alan Jenkins	England	27	192	216	207	259	187	200	1261	1423	210.17
11.	Frank Stander	England	38	217	161	202	202	247	166	1195	1423	199.17
12.	Frank Lindsay	England	18	205	202	223	226	212	246	1314	1422	219.00
13.	Mo Singleton	England	24	172	236	188	240	247	193	1276	1420	212.67
14.	Paul Cosgrove	England	1	200	213	279	237	248	236	1413	1419	235.50
15.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	19	202	214	244	221	224	196	1301	1415	216.83
16.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	25	233	187	203	204	233	205	1265	1415	210.83
17.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	6	180	257	233	244	257	205	1376	1412	229.33
18.	Herman Pellegroms	Belgium	13	193	184	258	259	214	216	1324	1402	220.67
19.	André Geelen	Belgium	22	216	235	194	235	194	178	1252	1384	208.67
20.	Serge Van Mechelen	Belgium	0	224	234	226	235	248	210	1377	1377	229.50
21.	Henry Van Steenis	Netherlands	11	245	182	206	197	220	259	1309	1375	218.17
22.	Harald Punessen	Germany	5	212	239	223	212	228	224	1338	1368	223.00
23.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	6	244	235	242	246	210	152	1329	1365	221.50
24.	Giorgio Desimio	Belgium	18	196	193	263	187	224	200	1263	1371	210.50
25.	Jeff Taylor	England	10	223	153	244	234	218	199	1271	1331	211.83
26.	Mick Ince	England	18	137	256	190	215	214	180	1192	1300	198.67
27.	Robert Vallons	Belgium	12	174	238	180	213	207	229	1241	1313	206.83
28.	Paul Lamon	Belgium	14	182	166	188	175	170	190	1071	1155	178.50
29.	Bruno Schmitt	France	12	214	194	191	244	237	199	1279	1351	213.17
30.	Les Grant	England	24	191	152	234	171	203	250	1201	1345	200.17
31.	Auke Broekhuizen	Netherlands	7	236	201	216	202	206	236	1297	1339	216.17
32.	Steve Coates	England	7	207	206	224	223	234	201	1295	1337	215.83
33.	Chris Ellis	England	9	187	235	191	177	257	213	1260	1314	210.00
34.	Alfred Metz	Germany	10	213	227	192	195	222	204	1253	1313	208.83
35.	Marin Jean	France	6	214	226	211	199	205	218	1273	1309	212.17
36.	Erwin Groen	Netherlands	7	219	226	212	196	186	227	1266	1308	211.00
37.	Swa Apers	Belgium	31	210	169	169	194	194	168	1104	1290	184.00
38.	Gunnar Trouillard	Belgium	9	196	203	225	220	187	198	1229	1283	204.83
39.	Dominique Brosens	Belgium	9	159	247	196	183	225	215	1225	1279	204.17
40.	Keith Hodge	England	20	236	200	139	180	207	195	1157	1277	192.83
41.	Rene Gooyers	Netherlands	14	169	245	209	180	215	171	1189	1273	198.17
42.	Douglas Sinclair	England	23	214	187	154	180	178	221	1134	1272	189.00
43.	Ron Van Den Bogaard	Netherlands	6	226	149	217	210	235	192	1229	1265	204.83
44.	Freddy Schijf	Netherlands	7	171	238	194	212	208	193	1216	1258	202.67
45.	Peter Knopp	Germany	8	165	245	205	216	200	178	1209	1257	201.50
46.	Yves Delafonteyne	Belgium	4	192	214	199	199	202	225	1231	1255	205.17
47.	Pierre Prou	France	19	195	172	146	214	220	190	1137	1251	189.50
48.	Steve Wright	England	18	235	184	172	184	200	167	1142	1250	190.33
49.	Greg Jerome	England	12	224	236	188	192	156	175	1171	1243	195.17
50.	Jürgen Louia-Kretz	Germany	2	236	194	194	257	203	138	1222	1234	203.67
51.	Guy Latry	Belgium	24	171	193	183	192	164	184	1087	1231	181.17
52.	Jurgen Laermans	Belgium	3	185	231	182	203	218	191	1210	1228	201.67
53.	Ben Van Denzel	Netherlands	10	215	176	228	148	197	203	1167	1227	194.50
54.	Norbert Rondelez	Belgium	10	190	200	197	202	161	209	1159	1219	193.17
55.	Louis Hendriks	Netherlands	3	182	183	201	215	214	204	1199	1217	199.83
56.	Paul Newton	England	21	190	179	185	175	172	178	1079	1205	179.83
57.	Jochen Diekhoff	Germany	19	139	189	188	196	213	157	1082	1196	180.33
58.	Dave Goodwin	England	18	210	179	200	168	158	165	1080	1188	180.00
59.	Ivan Burian	Czech Republic	6	173	214	195	180	184	204	1150	1186	191.67
60.	Gino Di Giorno	Netherlands	14	180	179	181	191	166	187	1084	1168	180.67
61.	Hans Bakker	Netherlands	19	196	195	168	158	164	170	1051	1165	175.17
62.	Ad Van Der Jagt	Netherlands	22	180	180	211	163	142	146	1022	1154	170.33
63.	Michel Ligier	France	13	175	157	187	197	153	205	1074	1152	179.00
64.	Danny Maes	Belgium	11	165	166	192	148	176	210	1057	1123	176.17
65.	Marc Van Wuytswin	Belgium	10	173	203	178	191	191	126	1062	1122	177.00
66.	Wilbert Anthonisee	Netherlands	2	161	140	184	198	169	174	1026	1038	171.00
67.	Jens Muth	Germany	7	213	238	169	191	0	0	811	853	135.17

Flanders Senior Open – Women’s Qualifying

Top 5 plus one player each from Scratch (6th), Turbo (7th) and Desperado Squad (8th) advance to the first round. Top 4 qualifiers earn one bye.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Ave.	Total
1.	Martina Beckel	Germany	9	257	184	181	252	225	216	1315	1369	219.17
2.	Jan Hodge	England	13	166	230	208	245	170	225	1244	1322	207.33
3.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	11	215	213	219	226	216	164	1253	1319	208.83
4.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	23	154	190	214	178	233	170	1139	1277	189.83
5.	Angie Brown	England	10	177	182	214	201	199	199	1172	1232	195.33
6.	Bianca Völkl-Brandt	Germany	3	197	192	168	245	202	178	1182	1200	197.00
7.	Daniele Guigon	France	11	243	183	183	163	184	193	1149	1215	191.50
8.	Anna Yang	Netherlands	9	203	172	181	165	164	198	1083	1137	180.50
9.	Marja Van Dijk-Uittenbogaard	Netherlands	7	185	202	211	237	155	182	1172	1214	195.33
10.	Claribel Muis	Netherlands	10	228	148	192	212	149	194	1123	1183	187.17
11.	Inge Hazeleger	Netherlands	4	158	192	179	182	219	213	1143	1167	190.50
12.	Marian Verhoef	Netherlands	13	172	199	182	181	181	124	1039	1117	173.17
13.	Sabine Magam	Belgium	9	185	138	169	188	164	179	1023	1077	170.50
14.	Uschi Diekhoff	Germany	17	153	171	155	137	137	210	963	1065	160.50
15.	Ruth Stander	England	34	135	153	119	139	153	143	842	1046	140.33
16.	Wilma Di Giorno	Netherlands	7	152	203	140	112	158	154	919	961	153.17
17.	Henny Van Der Jagt	Netherlands	23	148	137	171	134	124	106	820	958	136.67