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Pedersen (above right) averaged almost 225 for 29 games to improve on a third-place finish in singles last year and joined forces with Mads Sandbækken for a come-from-behind victory in doubles at their home center.
Heidi Thorstensen (left) of Frogner BK had no problems to win back-to-back women’s singles titles outdistancing her nearest competitor by more than 300 pins. The mother-daughter duo, Tove and Grethe Walstad Fosseide cruised to the women’s doubles title.
296 players, 57 woman and 239 men, participated in the event, which was played on the Kegel Challenge Series Beaten Path lane conditioning pattern. All players bowled a six-game opening round which also counted as Doubles Championship if played with a partner.
Playing at their home center in front of a big number of supporters, Pedersen and Sandbækken (right) had a disastrous start into doubles. The favorites followed a 341 game with 452 and 392 before they closed out strong with 446, 488 and a huge 536 (Pedersen 277, Sandbækken 259) to rocket from sixth to first place.
Pedersen toppled 1337 pins and Sandbækken added 1318 for 2655 total, an average of 221.25, to overtake Kenneth Hermansen and Steinar F. Olsen by 27. The team member of Fredrikstad BK finished in second place with 2628 (219.00).
Christer Jakobsen and Tore Torgersen of Trondheim BK, who led the field heading into the last game, had to settle for third place with 2612 (217.67). Torgersen led all players with 1447 and an average of 241.17.
On the women’s side, Tove Walstad Fosseide (right) and her daughter Grethe Walstad Fosseide of Trondheim BK led the 21 doubles after the first game (456) and never looked back. They finished atop the leaderboard with 2474 total, an average of 206.17. Tove led the mother-daughter duo with 1281 and Grethe contributed 1193.
Celine Larsen and Tone Gustafsson of Solli BK won the silver medal with distant 2366 (197.17) just two pins ahead of Grace Kristiansen and Gerd Brandett, who took silver with 2364 (197.00). Heidi Thorstensen recorded the highest six-game block of 1435 but had no partner.
The top 32 women and the top 64 men in doubles advanced to the Singles quarterfinals with the six-game individual pinfall carried over.
Advancing players bowl six additional games before the field was cut to 16 women and 32 men. At the conclusion of the six-game semifinal round, the top 8 women and top 12 men determined the champions in match play finals in Petersen system (women 7 games, men 11 games; including bonus pins).
Pedersen’s 1337 was good for eighth place. He overtook the lead with 1418 in block 2 and widened his lead to 89 pins behind 1366 in round three. After finishing third in 2015, the long-time Norwegian national team member averaged 218 for his 11 match play games and added 205 bonus pins to cruise to the title.
Pedersen won the gold medal with 6724 total. For the second consecutive year, Bjørn Einar Rudshagen of Glåmdal BK settled for second place, with 6556. Tore Torgersen took the bronze medal with 6513.
Øyvin Kulseng set the highlight in the men’s finale by rolling the lone 300 game. Kulseng is one of the Norwegian youth players, who will be going to the World Youth Championships in Lincoln, Neb., USA, in late July.
Heidi Thorstensen, who led by 154 pins after six games added 1157 and 1207 to lead the women’s finalists by 185 pins and more heading into match play. She added the highest seven-game series of 1539, an average of 219.83, and 150 bonus pins to seal her second consecutive victory in singles with 5488 total.
Tove Walstad Fosseide was 306 pins behind to add a silver medal to the doubles gold with 5182. Åse Jacobsen Trondheim BK was further 105 pins behind her team mate to take bronze with 5077.
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Pos | Player | Club | B/F | Match Play | Pins | Avg. | Bonus | Total |
1. | Glenn Morten Pedersen | Ringerike BK | 4121 | 246 207 213 244 238 189 172 236 210 223 220 | 2398 | 218.00 | 205 | 6724 |
2. | Bjørn Einar Rudshagen | Glåmdal BK | 4032 | 193 232 232 209 224 180 215 228 214 216 216 | 2359 | 214.45 | 165 | 6556 |
3. | Tore Torgersen | Trondheim BK | 3956 | 242 185 258 222 204 220 214 181 202 257 182 | 2367 | 215.18 | 190 | 6513 |
4. | Kenneth Haukås | Mascot BK | 3890 | 179 213 238 232 244 204 201 214 213 193 222 | 2353 | 213.91 | 225 | 6468 |
5. | Øyvin Kulseng | Ringerike BK | 3886 | 243 141 200 202 208 219 278 300 177 218 201 | 2387 | 217.00 | 195 | 6468 |
6. | Patrick Gimmestad Emblem | Briskebyen BK | 3900 | 208 205 213 187 210 223 212 239 234 224 188 | 2343 | 213.00 | 145 | 6388 |
7. | Mads Sandbækken | Ringerike BK | 3863 | 258 186 185 210 197 231 179 165 236 207 181 | 2235 | 203.18 | 130 | 6228 |
8. | Arvid Espen | Trondheim BK | 3918 | 203 217 279 171 146 200 205 176 179 169 237 | 2182 | 198.36 | 115 | 6215 |
9. | Finn Langeland | Drammen Tigers BK | 3805 | 211 226 216 199 154 235 211 197 169 254 162 | 2234 | 203.09 | 135 | 6174 |
10. | Mathias Reinertsen | Syv Søstre BK | 3931 | 222 188 199 193 190 168 191 222 180 191 159 | 2103 | 191.18 | 90 | 6124 |
11. | Alexander Beck | Glåmdal BK | 3907 | 192 258 212 217 188 156 190 162 159 175 176 | 2085 | 189.55 | 100 | 6092 |
12. | Kenneth Hermansen | Fredrikstad BK | 3968 | 157 181 215 192 185 196 190 193 137 207 188 | 2041 | 185.55 | 50 | 6059 |
Pos | Player | Club | B/F | Match Play | Pins | Avg. | Bonus | Total |
1. | Heidi Thorstensen | Frogner BK | 3799 | 234 190 216 210 246 231 212 | 1539 | 219.86 | 150 | 5488 |
2. | Tove Walstad Fosseide | Trondheim BK | 3614 | 224 182 213 126 246 257 210 | 1458 | 208.29 | 110 | 5182 |
3. | Åse Jacobsen | Trondheim BK | 3591 | 211 253 198 225 236 148 140 | 1411 | 201.57 | 75 | 5077 |
4. | Mette Hansen | Fredrikstad BK | 3504 | 223 202 176 193 218 183 190 | 1385 | 197.86 | 95 | 4984 |
5. | Grethe Walstad Fosseide | Trondheim BK | 3454 | 181 162 260 194 232 212 190 | 1431 | 204.43 | 80 | 4965 |
6. | Grace Kristiansen | Glåmdal BK | 3480 | 149 204 204 189 184 236 191 | 1357 | 193.86 | 115 | 4952 |
7. | Mariann Kleiven | Arctic Strike BK | 3546 | 163 191 206 207 180 176 186 | 1309 | 187.00 | 30 | 4885 |
8. | Celine Larsen | Solli BK | 3580 | 198 127 169 211 159 159 140 | 1163 | 166.14 | 55 | 4798 |
Top 10 of 106 Doubles
Pos | Player | Club | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | Pins | Avg. | Total | Avg. |
1. | Glenn Morten Pedersen | Ringerike BK | 157 | 235 | 182 | 245 | 241 | 277 | 1337 | 222.83 | 2655 | 221.25 |
Mads Sandbækken | 184 | 217 | 210 | 201 | 247 | 259 | 1318 | 219.67 | ||||
2. | Kenneth Hermansen | Fredrikstad BK | 236 | 193 | 223 | 246 | 235 | 247 | 1380 | 230.00 | 2628 | 219.00 |
Steinar F. Olsen | 196 | 227 | 235 | 164 | 244 | 182 | 1248 | 208.00 | ||||
3. | Christer Jakobsen | Trondheim BK | 174 | 182 | 213 | 223 | 187 | 186 | 1165 | 194.17 | 2612 | 217.67 |
Tore Torgersen | 286 | 245 | 230 | 224 | 237 | 225 | 1447 | 241.17 | ||||
4. | Bjørn Einar Rudshagen | Glåmdal BK | 209 | 175 | 234 | 246 | 245 | 234 | 1343 | 223.83 | 2605 | 217.08 |
Magnus Johansson | 241 | 182 | 211 | 200 | 201 | 227 | 1262 | 210.33 | ||||
5. | Stig Kjær | Mascot BK | 217 | 224 | 212 | 226 | 201 | 208 | 1288 | 214.67 | 2545 | 212.08 |
Thomas Samuelsen | 226 | 235 | 222 | 236 | 162 | 176 | 1257 | 209.50 | ||||
6. | Kenneth Haukås | Mascot BK | 212 | 236 | 212 | 232 | 246 | 259 | 1397 | 232.83 | 2528 | 210.67 |
Stefan Palmèr | 200 | 192 | 180 | 169 | 198 | 192 | 1131 | 188.50 | ||||
7. | John Stubsve Bang | Hallingkast BK | 205 | 237 | 198 | 207 | 229 | 269 | 1345 | 224.17 | 2522 | 210.17 |
Guttorm Bjørøen | 225 | 152 | 181 | 210 | 198 | 211 | 1177 | 196.17 | ||||
8. | Gjermund Mathiesen | Solør BK | 242 | 213 | 202 | 205 | 202 | 226 | 1290 | 215.00 | 2518 | 209.83 |
Andreas Skoglund | 179 | 171 | 201 | 249 | 199 | 229 | 1228 | 204.67 | ||||
9. | Thor Kristian Østlie Solberg | Sofiemyr BK | 248 | 166 | 223 | 224 | 245 | 209 | 1315 | 219.17 | 2509 | 209.08 |
Fredrik Finstad Anshus | 235 | 183 | 228 | 206 | 174 | 168 | 1194 | 199.00 | ||||
10. | Tor Inge Jansen | Briskebyen BK | 211 | 191 | 207 | 228 | 189 | 173 | 1199 | 199.83 | 2505 | 208.75 |
Patrick Gimmestad Emblem | 200 | 214 | 247 | 178 | 201 | 266 | 1306 | 217.67 |
Top 10 of 21 Doubles
Pos | Player | Club | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | Pins | Avg. | Total | Avg. |
1. | Grethe Walstad Fosseide | Trondheim BK | 224 | 206 | 179 | 174 | 172 | 238 | 1193 | 198.83 | 2474 | 206.17 |
Tove Walstad Fosseide | 232 | 215 | 205 | 205 | 207 | 217 | 1281 | 213.50 | ||||
2. | Celine Larsen | Solli BK | 181 | 166 | 234 | 247 | 199 | 220 | 1247 | 207.83 | 2366 | 197.17 |
Tone Gustafsson | 153 | 191 | 211 | 173 | 172 | 219 | 1119 | 186.50 | ||||
3. | Grace Kristiansen | Glåmdal BK | 210 | 220 | 190 | 231 | 193 | 171 | 1215 | 202.50 | 2364 | 197.00 |
Gerd Brandett | 199 | 185 | 190 | 204 | 147 | 224 | 1149 | 191.50 | ||||
4. | Miriam Lindgaard Stivang | Trondheim BK | 160 | 212 | 148 | 185 | 265 | 145 | 1115 | 185.83 | 2316 | 193.00 |
Åse Jacobsen | 191 | 201 | 191 | 205 | 226 | 187 | 1201 | 200.17 | ||||
5. | Mette Ertsgaard | Trondheim BK | 211 | 181 | 212 | 209 | 164 | 213 | 1190 | 198.33 | 2264 | 188.67 |
Torill Tvedt | 181 | 172 | 184 | 177 | 160 | 200 | 1074 | 179.00 | ||||
6. | Mette Hansen | Fredrikstad BK | 214 | 205 | 161 | 201 | 181 | 202 | 1164 | 194.00 | 2237 | 186.42 |
Christin Andersen Löfman | 196 | 148 | 154 | 189 | 182 | 204 | 1073 | 178.83 | ||||
7. | Mariann Kleiven | Arctic Strike BK | 181 | 215 | 215 | 171 | 189 | 246 | 1217 | 202.83 | 2234 | 186.17 |
Roshild Jensen | 170 | 185 | 145 | 190 | 161 | 166 | 1017 | 169.50 | ||||
8. | Janne Monsen | Askøy BK | 211 | 213 | 190 | 165 | 155 | 192 | 1126 | 187.67 | 2188 | 182.33 |
Marianne Ø Knudsen | 180 | 203 | 192 | 168 | 159 | 160 | 1062 | 177.00 | ||||
9. | Sylvia Ingebrigtsen | Fyllingen BC | 173 | 187 | 215 | 204 | 195 | 157 | 1131 | 188.50 | 2161 | 180.08 |
Hilde Amundsen | 224 | 164 | 159 | 163 | 164 | 156 | 1030 | 171.67 | ||||
10. | Lene Lillelien | Larvik BK | 201 | 170 | 178 | 196 | 188 | 181 | 1114 | 185.67 | 2156 | 179.67 |
Merete Gjertsen Stensrud | 140 | 181 | 190 | 211 | 173 | 147 | 1042 | 173.67 |
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