Liliane Vintens, Christer Danielsson win 2017 ISBT season opener

16 March, 2017

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Liliane Vintens of Belgium and Sweden’s Christer Danielsson won the women’s and men’s division of Arthur’s 12th Senior Open, the season-opening event of the 2017 International Seniors Bowling Tour which concluded Sunday, March 12, at Vegas Bowling in Osnabrück, Germany.

This year the tournament took place over the same weekend as the ISBT Masters tournament for the 2016 season, and as a result the entry was a little higher than normal with a total of 91 men and 23 women representing 13 countries. The format for the tournament was a single six-game qualifying block, with unlimited re-entries allowed.

Age bonus started at age 51 (1 pin per game), then increased by one pin for every additional year of age with no limit.

There were additional opportunities to qualify for the finals through Early Bird and Turbo rankings, and for the men a Scratch ranking. As with all ISBT events, there was a separate division for ladies. The tournament was played on the Kegel Broadway pattern, which is from the Kegel Challenge library.

The tournament started on Thursday, with two squads bowled. The scores showed that the pattern was indeed challenging, however Paul Cosgrove, Netherlands, hit a fine 1427 with age bonus, well ahead of Jürgen Preuss of Germany, on 1284. Top lady over the day was Petra Viehweg, Germany, with 1139.

Friday saw the arrival on many of the overseas players, and Christer Danielsson of Sweden immediately showed how to score on the pattern with blocks of 1358 and 1476. Defending men’s champion Hermann Wimmer of Germany also had no problems with a block of 1397, just one pin behind Ron Oldfield of England.

In the women’s section, no-one was managing to break par. Bozena Pajak of Poland came closest with 1180, just ahead of a fine 1174 for Ruth Stander, England.

There were four more squads on Saturday, and high scores remained few and far between.

Alan Jenkins, England, was highest over the day with 1342, just ahead of Giorgio Desimio, Belgium, and Alan Keddie, Scotland. There were only three blocks over par throughout qualifying in the women’s section, two to all-time ISBT title leader Angie Brown, England, with 1211 and 1213, and one for Liliane Vintens of Belgium with 1208.

The final qualification rankings saw Christer Danielsson at the top with 1476, ahead of Paul Cosgrove (1427) and Ron Oldfield (1398). Seventh qualifier and the last to miss the first finals round was Alan Keddie on 1334.

The cut for the final 25th place was Auke Broekhuizen, Netherlands, with 1269, a very low cut by ISBT standards. These qualifiers would be joined by six Early Bird, eight Turbo and three Scratch qualifiers in the final stages.

In the women’s qualification, Angie Brown led with 1213, just ahead of Liliane Vintens and Kimberley Oakley of England. Hillevi Huhta, Finland, was the last qualifier through the normal rankings with 1155. The top 6 plus two Turbo and two Early Birds would start the finals on Sunday.

The men placed 8 to 25 and the other qualifiers had an early start on Sunday for the first finals round. Peter Todosijevic of Germany won this four game round with 933, ahead of England’s Lol Ellis and Mike Halliwell. Only the top eleven would go forward to the next round, this place was taken by Jürgen Preuss with 842.

The second final round saw the top eleven from the previous round being joined by the top seven qualifiers for a further four games. Björn Bergvall of Sweden came out on top with 957, ahead of Christer Danielsson and Lol Ellis. Only the top ten bowlers (pictured above) would make the final round, last man in was Mo Singleton of England with 823.

The final round for the men was a further four game block, with pinfall from the previous round being carried through. Christer Danielsson powered away from the field with a scratch average of 240 to easily take the win. Behind him, Hermann Wimmer took second place, with Björn Bergvall dropping from first to third place.

The ten qualifying ladies also bowled an initial four game block, with Liliane Vintens leading with 882, ahead of Bozena Pajak and last year’s winner Bianca Völkl-Brandt. The last qualifier for the final was Ruth Stander, who bowled really steadily to average 168, no mean feat at age 83.

The top four then played a further four games, again with pinfall carrying through. Liliane Vintens continued to bowl steadily to take a deserved win, ahead of Bianca Völkl-Brandt and Ruth Stander.

The second stop of the 2017 International Seniors Bowling Tour is the Alsace Senior Open, held April 27-30 at Crystal Bowling Wittelsheim, France. Full details are available at the ISBT website.

Story and Results courtesy of Tony Brown.

Men’s top 3 from left to right: Hermann Wimmer, Christer Danielsson and Björn Bergvall.

2017 Arthur’s 12th Senior Open – Men’s Finals

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonues	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total
1.	Christer Danielsson	Sweden	12	931	236	224	269	233	962	240.50	48	1941
2.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	24	839	247	203	218	191	859	214.75	96	1794
3.	Björn Bergvall	Sweden	11	957	192	200	180	210	782	195.50	44	1783
4.	Giorgio Desimio	Belgium	17	892	175	212	211	210	808	202.00	68	1768
5.	Mo Singleton	England	23	823	177	214	246	188	825	206.25	92	1740
6.	Lol Ellis	England	17	917	200	180	180	183	743	185.75	68	1728
7.	Ron Oldfield	England	26	849	182	165	209	203	759	189.75	104	1712
8.	Peter Knopp	Germany	7	861	170	164	238	236	808	202.00	28	1697
9.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	6	832	208	190	257	180	835	208.75	24	1691
10.	Timo Mäkelä	Finland	11	826	150	207	207	174	738	184.50	44	1608

Women’s top 4 from right: Liliane Vintens, Bianca Völkl-Brandt, Ruth Stander and Bozena Pajak.

2017 Arthur’s 12th Senior Open – Women’s Finals

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonues	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total
1.	Liliane Vintens	Germany	10	882	198	188	195	192	773	193.25	40	1695
2.	Bianca Völkl-Brandt	Germany	2	845	183	237	160	209	789	197.25	8	1642
3.	Ruth Stander	England	33	806	165	151	208	171	695	173.75	132	1633
4.	Bozena Pajak	Poland	5	853	192	155	144	196	687	171.75	20	1560

2017 Arthur’s 12th Senior Open – Men’s Round Two Results

Top 10 advance to the final round.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total
1.	Björn Bergvall	Sweden	11	218	246	222	227	913	228.25	44	957
2.	Christer Danielsson	Sweden	12	196	237	215	235	883	220.75	48	931
3.	Lol Ellis	England	17	254	246	154	195	849	212.25	68	917
4.	Giorgio Desimio	Belgium	17	228	190	203	203	824	206.00	68	892
5.	Peter Knopp	Germany	7	224	181	192	236	833	208.25	28	861
6.	Ron Oldfield	England	26	186	167	191	201	745	186.25	104	849
7.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	24	154	190	168	231	743	185.75	96	839
8.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	6	208	195	198	207	808	202.00	24	832
9.	Timo Mäkelä	Finland	11	196	215	171	200	782	195.50	44	826
10.	Mo Singleton	England	23	213	186	182	150	731	182.75	92	823
11.	Jürgen Preuss	Germany	21	173	175	210	179	737	184.25	84	821
12.	Alan Jenkins	England	26	197	150	202	156	705	176.25	104	809
13.	Mike Halliwell	England	10	220	187	195	163	765	191.25	40	805
14.	Peter Todosijevic	Germany	16	161	181	217	181	740	185.00	64	804
15.	Pekka Tiironkoski	Finland	25	162	166	185	180	693	173.25	100	793
16.	Miroslaw Pajak	Poland	8	169	184	183	211	747	186.75	32	779
17.	Paul Cosgrove	Netherlands	0	208	177	198	158	741	185.25	0	741
18.	Ron Van Den Bogaard	Netherlands	5	167	133	168	186	654	163.50	20	674

2017 Arthur’s 12th Senior Open – Men’s Round One Results

Top 11 advance to the second round.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total
1.	Peter Todosijevic	Germany	16	213	226	192	238	869	217.25	64	933
2.	Lol Ellis	England	17	234	205	221	180	840	210.00	68	908
3.	Mike Halliwell	England	10	265	220	177	204	866	216.50	40	906
4.	Timo Mäkelä	Finland	11	205	237	201	217	860	215.00	44	904
5.	Mo Singleton	England	23	164	193	188	257	802	200.50	92	894
6.	Björn Bergvall	Sweden	11	222	197	207	198	824	206.00	44	868
7.	Pekka Tiironkoski	Finland	25	156	206	211	189	762	190.50	100	862
8.	Miroslaw Pajak	Poland	8	182	187	227	231	827	206.75	32	859
9.	Peter Knopp	Germany	7	197	193	226	207	823	205.75	28	851
10.	Ron Van Den Bogaard	Netherlands	5	201	214	191	219	825	206.25	20	845
11.	Jürgen Preuss	Germany	21	195	193	169	201	758	189.50	84	842
12.	Raimo Palokoski	Finland	16	193	163	205	214	775	193.75	64	839
13.	Volkmar Wiehe	Germany	15	208	223	177	168	776	194.00	60	836
14.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	18	204	195	153	207	759	189.75	72	831
15.	Valentin Fatu	Belgium	5	201	189	215	201	806	201.50	20	826
16.	Mick Ince	England	17	208	149	202	194	753	188.25	68	821
17.	Stefan Wulcan	Sweden	6	196	216	201	175	788	197.00	24	812
18.	Klaus-Uwe Lischka	Germany	8	197	211	234	133	775	193.75	32	807
19.	Anders Hagberg	Sweden	4	228	203	173	186	790	197.50	16	806
20.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	18	179	191	194	170	734	183.50	72	806
21.	Kalle Gaiser	Germany	23	191	165	166	192	714	178.50	92	806
22.	Steve Wright	England	17	185	185	168	196	734	183.50	68	802
23.	Steve Carnall	England	11	182	166	222	181	751	187.75	44	795
24.	Ingar Gabrielsen	Norway	11	202	193	179	172	746	186.50	44	790
25.	Ekkehard Oette	Germany	22	176	145	167	213	701	175.25	88	789
26.	Krzysztof Olesinski	Poland	4	196	189	181	201	767	191.75	16	783
27.	Maarten in ‘t Veld	Netherlands	19	170	194	162	181	707	176.75	76	783
28.	Harald Punessen	Germany	4	183	196	197	184	760	190.00	16	776
29.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	5	175	193	170	216	754	188.50	20	774
30.	Bernhard Wyrwal	Germany	7	188	195	166	193	742	185.50	28	770
31.	Paul Le Louarn	Jersey	16	148	202	191	163	704	176.00	64	768
32.	Jeff Taylor	England	9	192	191	166	175	724	181.00	36	760
33.	Jack Smith	England	14	180	152	176	177	685	171.25	56	741
34.	Steven Jeeves	England	4	92	212	201	199	704	176.00	16	720
35.	Auke Broekhuizen	Netherlands	6	161	186	182	165	694	173.50	24	718

2017 Arthur’s 12th Senior Open – Women’s Round One Results

Top 4 advance to the final round

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Bonus	Total
1.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	10	213	214	181	234	842	210.50	40	882
2.	Bozena Pajak	Poland	5	190	211	178	254	833	208.25	20	853
3.	Bianca Völkl-Brandt	Germany	2	212	236	166	223	837	209.25	8	845
4.	Ruth Stander	England	33	167	161	179	167	674	168.50	132	806
5.	Kimberley Oakley	England	4	159	187	246	196	788	197.00	16	804
6.	Hillevi Huhta	Finland	12	177	192	180	181	730	182.50	48	778
7.	Angie Brown	England	9	176	200	161	173	710	177.50	36	746
8.	Gisela Insinger	Germany	24	152	143	147	162	604	151.00	96	700
9.	Petra Viehweg	Germany	9	158	150	156	169	633	158.25	36	669
10.	Marie Ahlstrand	Sweden	16	184	115	135	155	589	147.25	64	653

2017 Arthur’s 12th Senior Open – Men’s Qualifying

Top 25 qualifiers plus six Early Bird qualifiers (places 26-31), eight Turbo qualifiers (places 32-39) and three scratch bowlers (places 40-42) advance to the finals; top seven players receive one bye.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	Pinfall	Avg.	Total
1.	Christer Danielsson	Sweden	12	1404	234.00	1476
2.	Paul Cosgrove	Netherlands	0	1427	237.83	1427
3.	Ron Oldfield	England	26	1242	207.00	1398
4.	Hermann Wimmer	Germany	24	1253	208.83	1397
5.	Alan Jenkins	England	26	1186	197.67	1342
6.	Giorgio Desimio	Belgium	17	1237	206.17	1339
7.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	6	1298	216.33	1334
8.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	5	1303	217.17	1333
9.	Ingar Gabrielsen	Norway	11	1253	208.83	1319
10.	Mike Halliwell	England	10	1255	209.17	1315
11.	Björn Bergvall	Sweden	11	1247	207.83	1313
12.	Krzysztof Olesinski	Poland	4	1288	214.67	1312
13.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	18	1202	200.33	1310
14.	Timo Mäkelä	Finland	11	1238	206.33	1304
15.	Pekka Tiironkoski	Finland	25	1153	192.17	1303
16.	Jack Smith	England	14	1213	202.17	1297
17.	Miroslaw Pajak	Poland	8	1244	207.33	1292
18.	Lol Ellis	England	17	1189	198.17	1291
19.	Peter Knopp	Germany	7	1245	207.50	1287
20.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	18	1177	196.17	1285
21.	Jürgen Preuss	Germany	21	1158	193.00	1284
22.	Mo Singleton	England	23	1144	190.67	1282
23.	Steven Jeeves	England	4	1254	209.00	1278
24.	Maarten in ‘t Veld	Netherlands	19	1159	193.17	1273
25.	Auke Broekhuizen	Netherlands	6	1233	205.50	1269
26.	Stefan Wulcan	Sweden	6	1216	202.67	1252
27.	Bernhard Wyrwal	Germany	7	1208	201.33	1250
28.	Ekkehard Oette	Germany	22	1100	183.33	1232
29.	Steve Wright	England	17	1125	187.50	1227
30.	Kalle Gaiser	Germany	23	1089	181.50	1227
31.	Harald Punessen	Germany	4	1202	200.33	1226
32.	Jeff Taylor	England	9	1180	196.67	1234
33.	Steve Carnall	England	11	1164	194.00	1230
34.	Raimo Palokoski	Finland	16	1115	185.83	1211
35.	Valentin Fatu	Belgium	5	1168	194.67	1198
36.	Mick Ince	England	17	1072	178.67	1174
37.	Paul Le Louarn	Jersey	16	1065	177.50	1161
38.	Peter Todosijevic	Germany	16	1040	173.33	1136
39.	Volkmar Wiehe	Germany	15	1022	170.33	1112
40.	Anders Hagberg	Sweden	4	1240	206.67	1264
41.	Ron Van Den Bogaard	Netherlands	5	1207	201.17	1237
42.	Klaus-Uwe Lischka	Germany	8	1206	201.00	1254
43.	Dan Ahlquist	Sweden	17	1151	191.83	1253
44.	Frank Lindsay	England	17	1149	191.50	1251
45.	Gianni Marchiori	Italy	12	1177	196.17	1249
46.	Les Grant	England	23	1111	185.17	1249
47.	Steve Coates	England	6	1199	199.83	1235
48.	Doug Sinclair	England	22	1103	183.83	1235
49.	Berny Stöckl	Germany	13	1154	192.33	1232
50.	Pierre Prou	France	18	1121	186.83	1229
51.	Ian Buckland	England	12	1154	192.33	1226
52.	Werner Knöbl	Germany	10	1150	191.67	1210
53.	Harry Sanders	Netherlands	10	1150	191.67	1210
54.	Werner Prietz	Germany	17	1105	184.17	1207
55.	Rene Gooyers	Netherlands	13	1126	187.67	1204
56.	Dominique De Nolf	Belgium	11	1136	189.33	1202
57.	Bogdan Gula	Poland	8	1153	192.17	1201
58.	Ralf Gräwe	Germany	8	1151	191.83	1199
59.	Andre Geelen	Belgium	21	1073	178.83	1199
60.	Arthur Dähn	Germany	16	1102	183.67	1198
61.	Carlo Greulich	Germany	9	1136	189.33	1190
62.	Andreas Janssen	Germany	1	1181	196.83	1187
63.	Miroslav Chylo	Germany	22	1054	175.67	1186
64.	Ian Oakley	England	13	1104	184.00	1182
65.	Robert Vallons	Belgium	11	1111	185.17	1177
66.	Michel Ligier	France	12	1103	183.83	1175
67.	Poul Hansen	Denmark	10	1114	185.67	1174
68.	Peter Gremmert	Germany	8	1125	187.50	1173
69.	Paul Newton	England	20	1037	172.83	1157
70.	Janusz Hulecki	Poland	14	1068	178.00	1152
71.	Manfred Meier	Germany	15	1061	176.83	1151
72.	Gerth Reuter	Germany	9	1090	181.67	1144
73.	Bengt Ahlstrand	Sweden	20	1022	170.33	1142
74.	Ralf Beenken	Germany	4	1117	186.17	1141
75.	Dieter Rau	Germany	18	1022	170.33	1130
76.	Gerhard Machner	Germany	9	1067	177.83	1121
77.	Louis Hendriks	Netherlands	2	1102	183.67	1114
78.	Andy Clough	England	10	1049	174.83	1109
79.	Yves Delafonteyne	Belgium	3	1086	181.00	1104
80.	Greg Jerome	England	11	1032	172.00	1098
81.	Gerd Ahrens	Germany	13	1008	168.00	1086
82.	Leen van Haaften	Netherlands	14	1001	166.83	1085
83.	Klaus Hinney	Germany	9	1028	171.33	1082
84.	Hans Werner Frerix	Germany	19	961	160.17	1075
85.	Jochen Diekhoff	Germany	18	961	160.17	1069
86.	Allen Poulson	Germany	4	1044	174.00	1068
87.	Dieter Schüttforth	Germany	12	985	164.17	1057
88.	Peter Lüdecke	Germany	8	1005	167.50	1053
89.	Thomas Schwermer	Germany	4	1021	170.17	1045
90.	Gerd Wien0	Germany	12	948	158.00	1020
91.	Walter Gehring	Germany	13	932	155.33	1010

2017 Arthur’s 12th Senior Open – Women’s Qualifying

Top 6 qualifiers plus two Early Bird qualifiers (places 7 & 8) and two Turbo qualifiers (places 9 & 10) advance to the finals.

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	Pinfall	Avg.	Total
1.	Angie Brown	England	9	1159	193.17	1213
2.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	10	1148	191.33	1208
3.	Kimberley Oakley	England	4	1167	194.50	1191
4.	Bozena Pajak	Poland	5	1150	191.67	1180
5.	Ruth Stander	England	33	976	162.67	1174
6.	Hillevi Huhta	Finland	12	1083	180.50	1155
7.	Bianca Völkl-Brandt	Germany	2	1142	190.33	1154
8.	Petra Viehweg	Germany	9	1085	180.83	1139
9.	Gisela Insinger	Germany	24	943	157.17	1087
10.	Marie Ahlstrand	Sweden	16	927	154.50	1023
11.	Farida Pascoal -Blom	Netherlands	22	994	165.67	1126
12.	Elke Gräwe	Germany	3	1077	179.50	1095
13.	Inge Hazeleger	Netherlands	3	1062	177.00	1080
14.	Uschi Diekhoff	Germany	16	973	162.17	1069
15.	Claribel Muis	Netherlands	9	1014	169.00	1068
16.	Henny van der Jagt	Netherlands	22	935	155.83	1067
17.	Christine Prietz	Germany	11	964	160.67	1030
18.	Franziska Knöbl	Germany	8	965	160.83	1013
19.	Sharon Le Louarn	Jersey	6	947	157.83	983
20.	Marita Jansson	Sweden	12	904	150.67	976
21.	Solveig Johansson	Sweden	9	904	150.67	958
22.	Maggie Andersson	Sweden	15	868	144.67	958
23.	Lisbet Hedberg	Sweden	9	742	123.67	796