Swedish Girls follow in the footsteps of their male counterparts

28 March, 2018

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Hanna Engberg, Emma Lejman, Judith Friman and Ellen Ekholm of Sweden led the girls’ four-player team event at the 31st European Youth Championships after three of six games to follow in the footsteps of their male counterparts, who led the boys’ event earlier on Wednesday in Aalborg, Denmark.

The Swedish girls sandwiched games of 780 and 798 around an 870 effort, the highest game of first block, to lead the 12 girls’ teams with 2448 pinfall and an average of 204.

Denmark was the only other team that averaged over 200 to sit in second place with 2439. Germany was third with 2392 and Russia had 2346 to round out the top 4, who will bowl for the medals after the conclusion of the second block.

Sweden’s Hanna Engberg used the field-best 697 series today to take the lead in all-events (total pinfall in singles, doubles, trios and team event) with 1997 and an average of 221.89 as the competition has reached the halfway mark.

Mika Guldbäk of Denmark was 38 pins back in second place with 1959, while Jaqueline Witura of Austria slipped from first to third place with 1890.

The girls will bowl their second block on Thursday morning with the boys to follow in the afternoon. The medal rounds will be contested simultaneously starting Thursday a 5.30 p.m. Central European Time (CET) 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, Jan Jaap van der Sar and Valgeir Guðbjartsson.

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31st EYC 2018 – Girls’ Team Preliminaries after Block 1/2

Top 4 after six games advance to the medal round

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Sweden	780	870	798	2448					2448	204.00
	Hanna Engberg	235	244	218	697					697	232.33
	Emma Lejman	197	239	191	627					627	209.00
	Judith Friman	198	206	203	607					607	202.33
	Ellen Ekholm	150	181	186	517					517	172.33
2.	Denmark	847	828	764	2439					2439	203.25
	Cecilie Dam	177	266	227	670					670	223.33
	Mika Guldbäk	245	201	196	642					642	214.00
	Megan Dicay	209	201	182	592					592	197.33
	Line B. Christiansen	216	160	159	535					535	178.33
3.	Germany	787	818	787	2392					2392	199.33
	Florentine Weibrich	193	198	223	614					614	204.67
	Marissa Meyer	231	232	148	611					611	203.67
	Pia von Gierszewski	180	194	214	588					588	196.00
	Franziska Czech	183	194	202	579					579	193.00
4.	Russia	791	786	769	2346					2346	195.50
	Polina Shutova	257	193	182	632					632	210.67
	Maria Koshel	200	223	201	624					624	208.00
	Daria Nedoseeva	178	193	175	546					546	182.00
	Maria Belinskaya	156	177	211	544					544	181.33
5.	England	809	801	722	2332					2332	194.33
	Elyse Giddens	226	206	220	652					652	217.33
	Sophie Thompson	214	235	163	612					612	204.00
	Lucy Williams	201	191	172	564					564	188.00
	Isabel Allen	168	169	167	504					504	168.00
6.	Czech Republic	722	769	772	2263					2263	188.58
	Anna Petakova	204	188	219	611					611	203.67
	Zuzana Uhlírova	179	202	196	577					577	192.33
	Eliska Krummerova	152	207	195	554					554	184.67
	Marketa Vojtechova	187	172	162	521					521	173.67
7.	Finland	685	733	798	2216					2216	184.67
	Mila Nevalainen	187	213	211	611					611	203.67
	Marjaana Hytönen	155	213	214	582					582	194.00
	Peppi Konsteri	209	149	198	556					556	185.33
	Elice Piksilä	134	158	175	467					467	155.67
8.	Netherlands	714	669	747	2130					2130	177.50
	Bianca Brommer	200	171	185	556					556	185.33
	Anique van Ewijck	178	204	166	548					548	182.67
	Beaudine Kriele	180	138	204	522					522	174.00
	Denise Blankenzee	156	156	192	504					504	168.00
9.	Ukraine	649	698	729	2076					2076	173.00
	Mariia Kucherenko	186	211	211	608					608	202.67
	Daria Niechetova	174	148	208	530					530	176.67
	Sofiia Druchyna	129	183	158	470					470	156.67
	Oleksandra Bezridna	160	156	152	468					468	156.00
10.	Iceland	620	706	674	2000					2000	166.67
	Gudbjörg Harpa Sigurdardottir	171	185	163	519					519	173.00
	Helga Osk Freysdottir	159	177	166	502					502	167.33
	Elva Ros Hannesdottir	157	172	167	496					496	165.33
	Malfridur Jona Freysdottir	133	172	178	483					483	161.00
11.	Switzerland	734	610	642	1986					1986	165.50
	Annina Gerla	209	172	168	549					549	183.00
	Myriel Maurer	161	189	169	519					519	173.00
	Livia Habersaat	181	130	191	502					502	167.33
	Stefanie Zeberli	183	119	114	416					416	138.67
12.	Turkey	602	664	651	1917					1917	159.75
	Öykü Danisik	139	175	198	512					512	170.67
	Fatma Cise Kayiran	148	162	167	477					477	159.00
	Serife Songül	154	178	140	472					472	157.33
	Ayda Acar	161	149	146	456					456	152.00

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

Team High Game/High Series
1 Game – Sweden – 870
3 Games – Sweden – 2448

31st EYC 2018 – Girls’ All-Events after 9/18 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.	Hanna Engberg	Sweden	9	1300	697		1997	221.89
2.	Mika Guldbäk	Denmark	9	1317	642		1959	217.67
3.	Jaqueline Witura	Austria	9	1320	570		1890	210.00
4.	Judith Friman	Sweden	9	1225	607		1832	203.56
5.	Sara Xuereb	Malta	9	1237	594		1831	203.44
6.	Sophie Thompson	England	9	1212	612		1824	202.67
7.	Elyse Giddens	England	9	1155	652		1807	200.78
8.	Bianca Brommer	Netherlands	9	1240	556		1796	199.56
9.	Denise Blankenzee	Netherlands	9	1291	504		1795	199.44
10.	Maria Koshel	Russia	9	1162	624		1786	198.44
11.	Marissa Meyer	Germany	9	1173	611		1784	198.22
12.	Mila Nevalainen	Finland	9	1168	611		1779	197.67
13.	Emma Lejman	Sweden	9	1151	627		1778	197.56
14.	Polina Shutova	Russia	9	1130	632		1762	195.78
15.	Shinya Haest	Belgium	9	1189	572		1761	195.67
16.	Megan Dicay	Denmark	9	1162	592		1754	194.89
17.	Cecilie Dam	Denmark	9	1075	670		1745	193.89
18.	Franziska Czech	Germany	9	1163	579		1742	193.56
19.	Sofia Hultstedt	Norway	9	1153	580		1733	192.56
20.	Daria Niechetova	Ukraine	9	1176	530		1706	189.56
21.	Mariia Kucherenko	Ukraine	9	1092	608		1700	188.89
22.	Daria Nedoseeva	Russia	9	1152	546		1698	188.67
23.	Peppi Konsteri	Finland	9	1139	556		1695	188.33
24.	Lucy Williams	England	9	1128	564		1692	188.00
25.	Raquel Xuereb	Malta	9	1134	550		1684	187.11
26.	Marjaana Hytönen	Finland	9	1099	582		1681	186.78
27.	Pia von Gierszewski	Germany	9	1085	588		1673	185.89
28.	Alja Bergauer	Slovenia	9	1087	581		1668	185.33
29.	Ellen Ekholm	Sweden	9	1146	517		1663	184.78
30.	Isabel Allen	England	9	1159	504		1663	184.78
31.	Line B. Christiansen	Denmark	9	1102	535		1637	181.89
32.	Beaudine Kriele	Netherlands	9	1114	522		1636	181.78
33.	Szilvia Horváth	Hungary	9	1104	530		1634	181.56
34.	Anique van Ewijck	Netherlands	9	1080	548		1628	180.89
35.	Marketa Vojtechova	Czech Republic	9	1102	521		1623	180.33
36.	Nora Kjellaas	Norway	9	1118	503		1621	180.11
37.	Chloe Colton	Ireland	9	1176	445		1621	180.11
38.	Florentine Weibrich	Germany	9	995	614		1609	178.78
39.	Anna Petakova	Czech Republic	9	994	611		1605	178.33
40.	Livia Habersaat	Switzerland	9	1079	502		1581	175.67
41.	Myriel Maurer	Switzerland	9	1048	519		1567	174.11
42.	Eliska Krummerova	Czech Republic	9	1011	554		1565	173.89
43.	Andrea Kvernhuslökken	Norway	9	1028	520		1548	172.00
44.	Zuzana Uhlírova	Czech Republic	9	965	577		1542	171.33
45.	Gudbjörg Harpa Sigurdardottir	Iceland	9	1013	519		1532	170.22
46.	Oleksandra Bezridna	Ukraine	9	1063	468		1531	170.11
47.	Egle Daunoraite	Lithuania	9	991	536		1527	169.67
48.	Maria Belinskaya	Russia	9	982	544		1526	169.56
49.	Elva Ros Hannesdottir	Iceland	9	1019	496		1515	168.33
50.	Annina Gerla	Switzerland	9	949	549		1498	166.44
51.	Sofiia Druchyna	Ukraine	9	1027	470		1497	166.33
52.	Öykü Danisik	Turkey	9	981	512		1493	165.89
53.	Erin Pellegroms	Belgium	9	957	534		1491	165.67
54.	Michelle Übelher	Austria	9	986	503		1489	165.44
55.	Eva Krafogel	Slovenia	9	986	497		1483	164.78
56.	Helga Osk Freysdottir	Iceland	9	976	502		1478	164.22
57.	Dora Soos	Romania	9	979	476		1455	161.67
58.	Elice Piksilä	Finland	9	979	467		1446	160.67
59.	Angelina Strobl	Austria	9	972	473		1445	160.56
60.	Aoife Lawlor	Ireland	9	991	437		1428	158.67
61.	Serife Songül	Turkey	9	904	472		1376	152.89
62.	Fatma Cise Kayiran	Turkey	9	887	477		1364	151.56
63.	Ayda Acar	Turkey	9	895	456		1351	150.11
64.	Malfridur Jona Freysdottir	Iceland	9	866	483		1349	149.89
65.	Natalia Polakowska	Poland	9	786	433		1219	135.44
66.	Stefanie Zeberli	Switzerland	9	744	416		1160	128.89