Liliane Vintens of Belgium and Hermann Wimmer of Germany won the men’s and women’s title to conclude the 2018 International Seniors Bowling Tour with victory in the Zeeland Senior Open at Bowling Goes in Goes, Netherlands, Sunday.

The final stop on the 2018 ISBT tour was the third running of the Zeeland Senior Open with 75 men and 20 women taking part.

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

The tournament started on Tuesday, with Belgian bowlers heading both sections. Vladimir Dvorak led the men’s entries with 1363 including age bonus, and Liliane Vintens started with 1242 to lead the ladies’ section.

Bowling resumed with a single squad on Thursday evening, won by André Geelen from Belgium with 1355, while Linda Pray from England had a good block to finish with 1164.

Friday saw three more squads, best score of the day went to Alan Keddie of Scotland with a solid 1444, well ahead of Georgio Desimio from Belgium’s 1354. In the ladies’ section, Farida Pascoal-Blom from the Netherlands was top with 1193, ahead of Hillevi Huhta from Finland.

There were three final squads on Saturday, and in the first, Lol Ellis from England won with 1394. Martina Beckel from Germany shot to the top of the leaderboard with 1334 in the ladies’ section.

In the second squad, Gery Verbruggen from Belgium hit 1448 to just lead the overall standings, while his compatriot Roger Pieters had a good block of 1397. Hillevi Huhta improved from her previous squad with 1187 to improve her position on the leaderboard.

The final squad of qualifying was led by Valentin Fatu from Romania with 1339, to secure him a place in the finals, no other man was able to score enough in this squad join the finalists. The story was the same in the ladies’ section, with only Angie Brown from England able to gain a top eight finals place with her block of 1233.

At the end of qualification, the men’s leaderboard was led by Gery Verbruggen, ahead of Alan Keddie and Roger Pieters. The top 18 would automatically progress to the finals, 18th place was Les Grant from England with 1315. These 18 would be joined by three Turbo and three Scratch qualifiers, making a total of 24 qualifiers.

Martina Beckel led the women’s section, ahead of Liliane Vintens and Angie Brown. The top six were joined by two more bowlers, one each from the Scratch, and Turbo lists (pictured right).

The finals started with the men bowling a four game block, starting from scratch. Gery Verbruggen continued to lead with a 1047 total, well ahead of Frank Oing from Germany, and Alan Keddie. The top 16 (left) would go forward to the next round, 16th place was Alan Jenkins from England with 836.

In the next round, which carried forward pinfall from the first round, Hermann Wimmer from Germany had an excellent block of 1055, including a 290 scratch game. This gave him a substantial lead of 110 pins ahead of Gery Verbruggen, with Alan Keddie in third place. Eight bowlers (right) would make the grand final, in eighth place was Pekka Tiironkoski from Finland with 1785.

The final round was a further two games, again with pinfall carrying forward. With a 110 pin lead, and 25 pins per game age bonus, Hermann Wimmer looked in a very strong position, and two solid games gave him the overall victory for his sixth career ISBT title and the lone this season.

Behind Wimmer there was a major battle for the next three places. Alan Keddie needed to strike off the sheet to go ahead of Gery Verbruggen, and this he did to finish in second place by just two pins. R-L Wimmer, Keddie, Verbruggen and Ellis.

A strong finish by Lol Ellis from England would also put him close, and three strikes in the tenth frame gave him the same pinfall score as Gery Verbruggen, however he finished in fourth place having the higher age bonus.

In the ladies’ section, the eight qualifiers also bowled a four game block. Linda van Kerckhove of Belgium opened up a 21-pin lead over Liliane Vintens, with Uschi Diekhoff from Germany and Martina Beckel making up the four grand finalists.

The two game final was played with pinfall carrying forward. Linda Van Kerckhove finished strongly to get ahead of Martina Beckel by a single pin, which left Liliane Vintens needing strikes in the tenth frame to finish victorious. This she did, finishing just 13 pins ahead of Linda Van Kerckhove, for her twelfth ISBT win and the third this season. R-L Vintens, Van Kerckhove, Beckel and Diekhoff.

The ISBT Masters rankings for 2018 were finalized after this tournament, and Hermann Wimmer finished top of the men’s division for the third successive year, ahead of Georgio Desimio and Roger Pieters.

In the ladies’ division, Liliane Vintens finished top, ahead of Angie Brown and Martina Beckel. The top 32 men and 12 ladies will be invited to compete in the Masters competition, which will be held in Böblingen, Germany on the 13th May 2019.

The 2019 International Seniors Bowling Tour will kick off with the French Brunswick Senior Open, which takes place from the January 23-27 at Van Gogh Bowling in Villeneuve D’Ascq, France.

Full details are available at the ISBT website.

Story and Results courtesy of Tony Brown.

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2018 ISBT Schedule & Champions

2018 Zeeland Senior Open – Men’s Finals

Pos	Name	Country	Age Bonus	B/F	G1	G2	Pins	Average	Total
1.	Herman Wimmer	Germany	25	2022	216	198	414	207.00	2486
2.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	7	1857	233	244	477	238.50	2348
3.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	2	1912	238	192	430	215.00	2346
4.	Lol Ellis	England	18	1820	235	255	490	245.00	2346
5.	Frank Oing	Germany	2	1802	267	170	437	218.50	2243
6.	Jack Smith	England	15	1794	207	184	391	195.50	2215
7.	Steven Jeeves	England	5	1785	197	216	413	206.50	2208
8.	Pekka Tiironkoski	Finland	26	1785	203	165	368	184.00	2205

2018 Zeeland Senior Open – Women’s Finals

Pos	Name	Country	Age Bonus	B/F	G1	G2	Pins	Average	Total
1.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	11	823	185	209	394	197.00	1239
2.	Linda Van Kerckhove	Belgium	2	844	181	197	378	189.00	1226
3.	Martina Beckel	Germany	9	810	194	203	397	198.50	1225
4.	Uschi Diekhoff	Germany	17	813	151	156	307	153.50	1154

2018 Zeeland Senior Open – Men’s Round 2 Results

Top 8 advance to the Finals

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	B/F	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Herman Wimmer	Germany	25	967	235	215	290	215	955	238.75	2022
2.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	2	1047	195	258	178	226	857	214.25	1912
3.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	7	980	133	267	237	212	849	212.25	1857
4.	Lol Ellis	England	18	941	165	269	169	204	807	201.75	1820
5.	Frank Oing	Germany	2	981	210	213	204	186	813	203.25	1802
6.	Jack Smith	England	15	862	235	234	195	208	872	218.00	1794
7.	Steven Jeeves	England	5	862	228	225	226	224	903	225.75	1785
8.	Pekka Tiironkoski	Finland	26	936	190	173	190	192	745	186.25	1785
9.	Mike Halliwell	England	11	857	195	228	213	201	837	209.25	1738
10.	Henry Van Steenis	Netherlands	11	905	173	222	160	216	771	192.75	1720
11.	Keith Hodge	England	20	860	244	169	169	198	780	195.00	1720
12.	Giorgio Desimio	Italy	18	866	166	193	195	213	767	191.75	1705
13.	Erwin Groen	Netherlands	7	879	180	232	192	189	793	198.25	1700
14.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	19	877	196	183	156	212	747	186.75	1700
15.	Alan Jenkins	England	27	836	165	153	200	201	719	179.75	1663
16.	André Geelen	Belgium	22	848	191	160	181	169	701	175.25	1637

2018 Zeeland Senior Open – Men’s Round 1 Results

Top 16 advance to Round 2

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	2	278	225	268	268	1039	259.75	1047
2.	Frank Oing	Germany	2	278	234	245	216	973	243.25	981
3.	Alan Keddie	England	7	236	255	247	214	952	238.00	980
4.	Herman Wimmer	Germany	25	188	204	259	216	867	216.75	967
5.	Lol Ellis	England	18	206	233	258	172	869	217.25	941
6.	Pekka Tiironkoski	Finland	26	234	205	199	194	832	208.00	936
7.	Henry Van Steenis	Netherlands	11	214	211	225	211	861	215.25	905
8.	Erwin Groen	Netherlands	7	213	258	204	176	851	212.75	879
9.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	19	175	181	221	224	801	200.25	877
10.	Giorgio Desimio	Italy	18	208	197	188	201	794	198.50	866
11.	Steven Jeeves	England	5	205	231	231	175	842	210.50	862
12.	Jack Smith	England	15	180	193	215	214	802	200.50	862
13.	Keith Hodge	England	20	157	254	170	199	780	195.00	860
14.	Mike Halliwell	England	11	190	233	188	202	813	203.25	857
15.	André Geelen	Belgium	22	206	171	169	214	760	190.00	848
16.	Alan Jenkins	England	27	171	132	225	200	728	182.00	836
17.	Harald Punessen	Germany	5	187	213	179	236	815	203.75	835
18.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	6	201	223	168	210	802	200.50	826
19.	Frank Stander	England	38	169	163	154	180	666	166.50	818
20.	Jochen Diekhoff	Germany	19	185	191	177	173	726	181.50	802
21.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	6	170	164	236	170	740	185.00	764
22.	Les Grant	England	24	159	184	158	162	663	165.75	759
23.	Freddy Schijf	Netherlands	7	149	201	162	168	680	170.00	708
24.	Vladimir Dvorak	Belgium	18	212	0	0	0	212	DNF	230

2018 Zeeland Senior Open – Women’s Round 1 Results

Top 4 advance to the Finals

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Linda Van Kerckhove	Belgium	2	191	223	221	201	836	209.00	844
2.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	11	185	177	203	214	779	194.75	823
3.	Uschi Diekhoff	Germany	17	170	224	179	172	745	186.25	813
4.	Martina Beckel	Germany	9	194	198	183	199	774	193.50	810
5.	Karin Lischka	Germany	8	166	214	190	193	763	190.75	795
6.	Lynne Walker	Wales	1	189	181	209	184	763	190.75	767
7.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	23	153	171	152	176	652	163.00	744
8.	Angie Brown	England	10	185	140	212	166	703	175.75	743

2018 Zeeland Senior Open – Men’s Qualifying

Top 18 plus three Scratch (places 19 & 20) and three Turbo (places 21 & 22) bowlers advance to Round 1

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	2	268	257	258	242	183	228	1436	239.33	1448
2.	Alan Keddie	Scotland	7	211	265	237	235	234	220	1402	233.67	1444
3.	Roger Pieters	Belgium	19	246	187	178	200	215	257	1283	213.83	1397
4.	Lol Ellis	England	18	212	198	177	235	227	237	1286	214.33	1394
5.	Herman Wimmer	Germany	25	206	247	137	225	195	205	1215	202.50	1365
6.	Pekka Tiironkoski	Finland	26	235	202	173	174	196	228	1208	201.33	1364
7.	Vladimir Dvorak	Belgium	18	212	254	188	184	201	216	1255	209.17	1363
8.	André Geelen	Belgium	22	244	214	163	201	204	197	1223	203.83	1355
9.	Giorgio Desimio	Italy	18	163	224	204	207	200	248	1246	207.67	1354
10.	Frank Stander	England	38	202	191	162	204	172	189	1120	186.67	1348
11.	Alan Jenkins	England	27	191	210	184	172	205	221	1183	197.17	1345
12.	Harald Punessen	Germany	5	214	203	288	158	223	226	1312	218.67	1342
13.	Mike Halliwell	England	11	193	224	196	211	263	189	1276	212.67	1342
14.	Valentin Fatu	Romania	6	184	216	163	237	257	246	1303	217.17	1339
15.	Henry Van Steenis	Netherlands	11	198	226	248	191	188	210	1261	210.17	1327
16.	Keith Hodge	England	20	192	177	169	218	190	257	1203	200.50	1323
17.	Frank Oing	Germany	2	203	258	181	269	214	180	1305	217.50	1317
18.	Les Grant	England	24	160	161	188	221	232	209	1171	195.17	1315
19.	Steven Jeeves	England	5	199	238	214	203	222	206	1282	213.67	1312
20.	Uwe Tscharke	Germany	6	210	168	255	225	186	225	1269	211.50	1305
21.	Erwin Groen	Netherlands	7	179	222	214	228	223	197	1263	210.50	1305
22.	Jack Smith	England	15	174	255	199	200	185	203	1216	202.67	1306
23.	Freddy Schijf	Netherlands	7	256	192	181	203	159	267	1258	209.67	1300
24.	Jochen Diekhoff	Germany	19	186	205	189	175	136	276	1167	194.50	1281
25.	Klaus-Uwe Lischka	Germany	9	223	200	202	221	206	202	1254	209.00	1308
26.	Raimo Palokoski	Finland	17	154	213	234	210	189	210	1210	201.67	1312
27.	Ron Oldfield	England	27	201	201	212	166	203	164	1147	191.17	1309
28.	Tini Van Dorst	Netherlands	17	185	194	191	200	203	225	1198	199.67	1300
29.	Mick Ince	England	18	165	168	237	232	198	190	1190	198.33	1298
30.	Helmut Ulber	Germany	19	191	192	170	209	210	202	1174	195.67	1288
31.	Paul Gray	Malta	8	215	203	191	161	199	258	1227	204.50	1275
32.	Stephan Verheijen	Netherlands	7	171	224	182	218	217	214	1226	204.33	1268
33.	Mo Singleton	England	24	202	185	159	188	157	233	1124	187.33	1268
34.	Arthur Dähn	Germany	17	189	176	189	228	167	213	1162	193.67	1264
35.	Robert Vallons	Belgium	12	181	202	183	191	216	214	1187	197.83	1259
36.	Ken Wray	England	22	191	173	218	134	193	217	1126	187.67	1258
37.	Jens Schoon	Germany	1	210	245	200	184	203	209	1251	208.50	1257
38.	Leen Schaap	Netherlands	21	219	181	188	199	167	176	1130	188.33	1256
39.	Ben Penninkhof	Netherlands	21	175	176	236	178	173	191	1129	188.17	1255
40.	Frank Lindsay	England	18	144	167	195	231	200	209	1146	191.00	1254
41.	Kris Gorteman	Belgium	6	232	180	202	203	181	212	1210	201.67	1246
42.	Auke Broekhuizen	Netherlands	7	224	219	189	225	161	186	1204	200.67	1246
43.	Steve Carnall	England	12	206	181	219	216	176	176	1174	195.67	1246
44.	Bruno Schmitt	France	12	166	202	210	201	219	175	1173	195.50	1245
45.	Norbert Rondelez	Belgium	10	191	213	236	163	167	214	1184	197.33	1244
46.	Herman Pellegroms	Belgium	13	205	205	215	199	152	190	1166	194.33	1244
47.	Pierre Prou	France	19	137	221	182	205	158	227	1130	188.33	1244
48.	Paul Lamon	Belgium	14	179	225	186	194	172	189	1145	190.83	1229
49.	Greg Jerome	England	12	202	177	197	194	194	187	1151	191.83	1223
50.	Jurgen Laermans	Belgium	3	215	193	186	215	196	199	1204	200.67	1222
51.	Lasse Jalava	Finland	16	210	171	157	192	211	171	1112	185.33	1208
52.	Yves Strobbe	Belgium	7	165	164	213	180	216	208	1146	191.00	1188
53.	René Gooyers	Netherlands	14	149	174	193	209	212	166	1103	183.83	1187
54.	John Bosch	Netherlands	14	213	164	171	169	197	187	1101	183.50	1185
55.	Ekkehard Oette	Germany	23	160	223	190	145	170	159	1047	174.50	1185
56.	Michael Pray	England	19	154	157	228	186	180	164	1069	178.17	1183
57.	John De Vries	Netherlands	17	169	175	180	156	195	202	1077	179.50	1179
58.	Harry Meijer	Netherlands	13	168	227	214	173	157	159	1098	183.00	1176
59.	Paul Newton	England	21	146	182	171	196	162	190	1047	174.50	1173
60.	Ad Van Der Jagt	Netherlands	22	142	175	154	182	179	209	1041	173.50	1173
61.	Luciano Casagrande	Belgium	3	160	208	224	186	180	194	1152	192.00	1170
62.	Robert Bruce	England	0	182	185	220	214	173	192	1166	194.33	1166
63.	Andy Clough	England	11	139	192	159	204	225	181	1100	183.33	1166
64.	Yves Delafonteyne	Belgium	4	160	171	210	211	192	193	1137	189.50	1161
65.	Michel Ligier	France	13	146	147	193	200	192	175	1053	175.50	1131
66.	Rutger Kloen	Netherlands	14	166	175	166	182	170	163	1022	170.33	1106
67.	Erik Huyghe	Belgium	1	192	158	204	214	169	159	1096	182.67	1102
68.	Peter Van Den Oever	Netherlands	7	178	181	177	164	202	154	1056	176.00	1098
69.	Wilbert Anthonisse	Netherlands	2	222	182	138	200	136	200	1078	179.67	1090
70.	Peter De Winter	Netherlands	1	152	233	204	182	161	134	1066	177.67	1072
71.	Leen Van Haaften	Netherlands	15	165	152	169	142	176	176	980	163.33	1070
72.	Robert Van Alen	Netherlands	2	172	180	177	192	150	151	1022	170.33	1034
73.	Kees Ringelberg	Netherlands	14	167	172	144	150	166	142	941	156.83	1025
74.	Rob Van Kordenoordt	Netherlands	6	162	167	140	174	142	144	929	154.83	965
75.	Roel Mol	Netherlands	1	163	190	184	135	177	173	1022	170.33	1028

2018 Zeeland Senior Open – Women’s Qualifying

Top 6 plus one Scratch (7th) and one Turbo (8th) bowler advance to Round 1

Pos	Player	Country	Age Bonus	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Total
1.	Martina Beckel	Germany	9	213	203	206	246	197	215	1280	213.33	1334
2.	Liliane Vintens	Belgium	11	213	199	199	192	181	192	1176	196.00	1242
3.	Angie Brown	England	10	217	215	221	184	175	161	1173	195.50	1233
4.	Karin Lischka	Germany	8	243	169	165	189	204	203	1173	195.50	1221
5.	Linda Van Kerckhove	Belgium	2	211	230	209	160	200	183	1193	198.83	1205
6.	Farida Pascoal-Blom	Netherlands	23	185	194	182	145	159	190	1055	175.83	1193
7.	Lynne Walker	Wales	1	225	204	180	169	175	197	1150	191.67	1156
8.	Uschi Diekhoff	Germany	17	165	168	181	179	180	169	1042	173.67	1144
9.	Hillevi Huhta	Finland	13	235	196	158	157	159	196	1101	183.50	1179
10.	Linda Pray	England	16	153	183	220	178	176	158	1068	178.00	1164
11.	Inge Hazeleger	Netherlands	4	152	175	201	181	195	180	1084	180.67	1108
12.	Odile Verlinde	France	4	194	160	171	162	201	175	1063	177.17	1087
13.	Jan Hodge	England	13	173	176	214	136	144	166	1009	168.17	1087
14.	Marion De Leux	Netherlands	6	201	194	158	156	180	155	1044	174.00	1080
15.	Marja Van Dijk	Netherlands	7	184	155	175	181	191	145	1031	171.83	1073
16.	Anna Yang	Netherlands	9	157	160	185	174	142	183	1001	166.83	1055
17.	Daniele Guigon	France	11	160	177	190	127	153	175	982	163.67	1048
18.	Henny Van Der Jagt	Netherlands	23	164	159	130	143	131	168	895	149.17	1033
19.	Marian Verhoef	Netherlands	13	175	131	124	180	157	151	918	153.00	996
20.	Ans Van Kordenoordt	Netherlands	9	163	149	143	133	147	162	897	149.50	951