Valgeir Gudbjartsson
The AIK International Tournament 2023 was conducted in Stockholm, Sweden during 26 December 2022 – 8 January 2023. Total of 803 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 324 athletes, where of 62 were women.
After 3 steps of the final then it came down to top 3 playing stepladder to win, and results as follows:
Results:
Anna Andersson, Sweden 254 3rd place
Mattias Wetterberg, Sweden 259
And then:
Mattias Wetterberg, Sweden 208 2nd place
Kim Bolleby, Sweden 279 WINNER
The highest woman became Anna Anderssen, Sweden,
As this was the first tournament on the EBT2023 then this is also the status of the ranking
The FM Mattsson Christmas Tournament 2022 was conducted in Mora, Sweden during 10 – 18 December 2022. Total of 338 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 147 athletes, where of 17 were women.
After 3 steps of the final then it came down to top 4 playing 1 game and lowest drop out etc.. Results:
Carl Eklund, Sweden 247 216 258
Kevin Lindbadh, Sweden 224 214 eliminated
Robin Noberg, Sweden 212 247 222 eliminated
Jesper Svensson, Sweden 192 Eliminated
This was the second EBT Title for this talented young athlete.
The highest woman became Peppe Kosteri, Finland, for the first time in her carrier.
The EBT Ranking was also concluded this time as this was the last tournament in the EBT Tour, and winners of the EBT Tour 2022 were in Anna Andersson and Tomas Käyhkö
The final of the Tour – The EBT Masters 2023 will be held in San Marino during the EBT 2023 stop there, on 12.07.2023
The Brunswick Open 2022 was conducted in Wittelsheim, France during 27 September -2 October 2022. Total of 483 Entries and re-entries by 192 athletes, where of 29 were women, bowled during the week.
After 3 steps of the final then it came down to top 8 playing lowest vs highest seeded, the 4 remaining were:
Maxime Dubois, France,
Dominic Barrett, England
Jesse Kallio, Finland
Tomas Kayhko, Finland.
In the next step both the Fins droped out, and that come to final as follows:
Dominic Barrett, England 238 + 256 = 494 vs Maxime Dubois France 189 + 238 = 427
The highest woman became Janin Ribguth, Germany.
There were change of the leader in the tour Mens ranking where Tomas Kayhko edged in front of Kim Bolleby
Full ranking for men and women are here.
- Correction in the men’s ranking as the administrator had the wrong info, and this affected ranking points for both Tomas Kayhko and Kim Bolleby amongst others. The administrator is apologizing to all those affected.
The Dimitris Karetsos Tournament 2022 was conducted in Athens, Greece during 16-25 September 2022. Total of 435 Entries and re-entries by 155 athletes, where of 28 were women, bowled during the week.
After four steps of the final then it came down to stepladder, and results in the stepladder as follows:
Nikolas Christofi, Cyprus 233 4th place
Ioannis Xydas, Greece 247 going forward
Ioannis Zydas, Greece 257 going forward
Anastasios Exarhou, Greece 225 3rd place
Ioannis Xydas, Greece 278 – winner
Evaggelos Krizinis, Greece 266 – second place
The highest woman became Cynthia Duca, Malta, but she did win the last Dimitris Karetsos tournament in 2019.
There were no change of the leaders in the tour ranking men or women, in the men’s ranking Kim Bolleby, Sweden is leading, and in the women’s ranking it is Anna Andersson, Sweden
The Norwegian Open 2022 by Storm was conducted in Hönefoss, Norway during 9-18 September 2022. Total of 381 Entries and re-entries by 114310 Athletes, where of 30 were women, bowled during the week.
After four final steps then top 8 played further 3 games carrying the scores forward from final step 4; in the first game then it was obvious who was ready, willing and able to land the price of 45.000 NOK…. Results for the top 3 ended as follows:
Tore Torgersen, Norway 1435
Glenn Morten Pedersen, Norway 1271
Alexander Beck, Norway 1255
The highest woman became Åsa Jacobsen, Norway.
There were change of the leaders in the tour ranking for both men and women, in the men’s ranking Kim Bolleby, Sweden is now leading, and in the women’s ranking it is Anna Andersson, Sweden
European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France.
The Masters Competition was finished on the 10 September 2022.
Medallists as follows:
Boys results:
Semi-finals:
Robin Ilhammar, SE 2 – 1 Nicolas Carter DK
Nicholas Muscat, MLT 2 – 0 Robin Noberg, SE
Final:
Robin Ilhammar, SE 2 – 0 Nicholas Muscat, MLT
Robin Ilhammar, Sweden – GOLD
Nicholas Muscat, Malta – SILVER
Robin Noberg, Sweden – BRONZE
Nicolas Carter, Denmark – BRONZE
Girls results:
Semi-finals:
Eliska Krummerová, CZ 2-0 Alja Bergauer, SI
Jenny Mathiesen, NO 2 – 0 Pinja Laukkanen, FI
Final:
Jenny Mathiesen, NO 2 – 0. Eliska Krummerová, CZ
Jenny Mathiesen, Norway – GOLD
Eliska Krummerová, Czech – SILVER
Alja Bergauer, Slovenia – BRONZE
Pinja Laukkanen, Finland – BRONZE
European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France.
All Event Medals came clear after the singles competition finalized on the 9 September 2022
Medalists as follows:
Boys:
Robin Ilhammar, Sweden – GOLD – 4163
Robin Noberg, Sweden – SILVER – 3934
Nicholas Muscat, Malta – BRONZE – 3879
Girls:
Peppi Konsteri, Finland – GOLD – 3581
Jenny Mathiesen, Norway – SILVER – 3562
Eva Krafogel, Slovenia – BRONZE – 3505
European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France.
Single competition finalized on the 9 September 2022
Finalists and medals as follow:
Results from Boys singles:
Semi-finals:
Robin Ilhammar, SE 204 – Mikolaj Czarnecki, PL 176
Jani Soukka, FI 234 – Robin Noberg, SE 191
Finals:
Robin Ilhammar, SE 236 – Jani Soukka, FI 202
Bronze goes to Robin Noberg, Sweden and Mikolaj Czarnecki, Poland
Silver goes to Jani Soukka, Finland
Gold goes to Robin Ilhammar, Sweden
Results from the Girls Singles:
Semi-finals:
Hannah Masterson, IE 155 – Jenny Mathiesen, NO 151
Tiiamari Laukkanen, FI 199 – Lea Tescher, DE 190
Finals:
Tiiamari Laukkanen, FI 191 – Hannah Masterson, IE 170
Bronze goes to Jenny Mathiesen, Norway and Lea Tischer, Germany
Silver goes to Hannah Masterson, Ireland
Gold goes to Tiiamari Laukkanen, Finland
European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France.
Team competition finalized on the 7 September 2022
Finalists and medals as follow:
Results from Boys Teams:
Semi-finals:
Finland 1004 – Slovakia 745
Sweden 857 – Malta 781
Finals:
Finland 831 – Sweden 807
Bronze goes to Slovakia and Malta
Silver goes to Sweden
Gold goes to Finland
Results from the Girls doubles:
Semi-finals:
Frnace 750 – Finland 692
Sweden 692 – Norway 636
Finals:
France 751 – Sweden 743
Bronze goes to Finland and Norway
Silver goes to Sweden
Gold goes to France
European Youth Championships 2022 are now on going in Wittelsheim France.
Doubles competition finalized on the 5 September 2022
Finalists and medals as follow, during the semi-finals of the boys doubles we saw both 300 game from Robin Ilhammar from Sweden, as well as new record in single game for dbls boys 546 by Sweden (Carl Eklund and Robin Ilhammar) old record was from 2011 also by Sweden – Jesper Svenson and Markus Janson – who are both members of the Swedish National Team today.
Results from Boys doubles:
Semi-finals:
Sweden 546 – Finland 406
Italy 391 – Denmark 381
Finals:
Italy 472 – Sweden 412
Bronze goes to Finland and Denmark
Silver goes to Sweden
Gold goes to Italy
Results from the Girls doubles:
Semi-finals:
Finland 402 – Czech 372
Sweden 411 – Slovenia 357
Finals:
Finland 444 – Sweden 332
Bronze goes to Czech and Slovenia
Silver goes to Sweden
Gold goes to Finland