Valgeir Gudbjartsson
The Storm Lucky Larsen Masters 2022 came to an end 4 September with young talent from Denmark winning his 2nd EBT title…
The Storm Lucky Larsen Masters 2022 was conducted in Helsingborg, Sweden during 26 August to 4 September 2022. Total of 486 Entries and re-entries by 219 Athletes, where of 29 were women.
After the final step 4 then the following 4 athletes were left:
Mathias Ankerdal, Denmark
James Blomgren, Sweden
Osku Palermaa, Finland
Thomas Larsen, Denmark.
In final Step 5 James Blomgren was eliminated, and in final step 6 Osku Palermaa was eliminated, so it came a battle between two Danish athletes, one seasoned athlete having been playing the pro tour vs young talent.
In the final the young talent was having the overhand and, in the end, it came down to:
Mathias Ankerdal won Thomas Larsen 245 vs 217 – This was the second EBT title for Mathias.
The highest woman became Anna Andersson, Sweden.
There were some changes in the standings in the tour ranking, Tomas Käyhkö, Finland is still leading on the men’s side, but there are now two others chasing him and are within 10 points, and Anna Andersson, Sweden has not taken over from Mai Ginge Jensen on the woman’s side.
The Odense International 2022 was conducted in Odense, Denmark during 21-28 August 2022. Total of 225 Entries and re-entries by 110 Athletes, where of 33 were women, bowled during the week.
After the final step 4 game 2 then semifinals were as follows:
Kim Bolleby, Sweden 243 vs Stephan Unger, Germany 196
Thomas Larsen, Denmark 243 vs Anders Lousdal, Denmark 218
Final came as follow:
Kim Bolleby, Sweden 254 vs Thomas Larsen, Denmark 205
The highest placed woman became Cecilie Mortensen Dam, Denmark.
There were not many changes in the standings in the tour ranking, Tomas Käyhkö, Finland and Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark are leading men respectively women ranking. But Kim Bolleby I snow second in the mens division and narrowed the gap considerably.
The EBF Presidium has awarded the hosting of the EYC2024 to Tali Bowling in co-operation with Finnish Bowling Federation.
European Youth Championships 2024 will be held in Tali Bowling, Helsinki, Finland during 23 March to 1 April 2024
The European Bowling tour is coming very much alive….
During the next few weeks we will see the following activity on the tour:
21-28 August: Odense Inernational – Odense, Denmark https://europeanbowling.sport/tourn-2022-08-oin/
26 August – 4 September: Storm Lucky Larsen Masters, Helsingborg, Sweden https://europeanbowling.sport/tourn-2022-08-lmm/
9-18 September: Norwegian Open 2022 by Storm, Hönefoss, Norway https://europeanbowling.sport/tourn-2022-09-nop/
17-25 September: Dimitris Karetsos Tournament, Athens, Greece https://europeanbowling.sport/tourn-2022-09-dks/
27 September – 2 October 5th Brunswick Open, Wittelsheim, France https://europeanbowling.sport/tourn-2022-10-bro/
The bowling competition at the 2022 World Games took place July 8–11, 2022, in Birmingham United States.
The medals in the bowling competition of the games were awarded as follows:
Women’s Singles
Gold: USA, represented by Shannon O’Keefe
Silver: Colombia, represented by Clara Guerrero
Bronze: Sweden, represented by Jenny Wegner
Men’s Singles
Gold: Australia, represented by Sam Cooley
Silver: Czeck, represented by Jaroslav Lorenc
Bronze: Canada, represented by Graham Fach
Women’s Doubles
Gold: Denmark, represented by Mai Ginge Jensen and Mika Guldbaek
Silver: USA, represented by Shannon O’Keefe and Julia Bond
Bronze: Malaysia, represented by Li Jane Sin and Natasha Mohamed Rosian
Men’s Doubles
Gold: Denmark, represented by Jesper Agerbo and Dan Östergaard-Poulsen
Silver: Canada, represented by Graham Fach and Darren Alexander
Bronze: South Korea, represented by Donghyuk Park and Donghyeon Kim
The Brunswick Euro Challenge 2022 was held in the fabolous Dream Bowl-Palace in Unterförhing, Germany, during 25 June to 3 July 2022, total 715 entries and re-entries by 215 athletes, where of 45 were women bowled during the week.
After the final step 3 then the following 3 athletes were playing stepladder for the win.:
Top seeded: Kim Bolleby, Sweden
Second sedded: Dominic Barrett, England
Third seeded: Rasmus Edwall, Sweden
First Dominic had a easy win, 209 vs 169 from Rasmus Edwall, but then came a nailbiting final game, ending with 236 vs 235 for Dominic Barrett vs Kim Bolleby.
The highest woman became Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark.
There were considerable changes in the standings in the tour ranking, Now Tomas Käyhkö, Finland and Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark are leading men respectively women ranking.
Bernice Lim, Singapore, and Jesse Kallio, Finland, won the EBT Masters 2020 in the women’s, respectively the men’s division.
The EBT Masters 2022 is the 14th final of a European Bowling Tour.
The competition was held in Dream-Bowl Palace, Unterföhring, Germany on the 29 June 2022.
The format of the event included 8 qualification games, followed by cut to 4 person’s pr gender that played further 4 games.
The final outcome as follows:
Final standing women
- Bernice Lim, Singapore
- Cajsa Wegner, Sweden
- Jazreel Tan, Singapore
- Ida Andersson, Sweden
- Anna Andersson, Sweden
- Birgit Noreiks, Germany
- Mika Guldbaek, Denmark
Final standing men
- Jesse Kallio, Finland
- Christopher Sloan, Ireland
- Carsten W. Hansen, Denmark
- Teemu Putkisto, Finland.
- Marcus Jansson, Sweden
- William Svensson, Sweden
- Arnar D. Jónsson, Iceland
- Mathias Ankerdal, Denmark
The EBT Masters 2022 – which is the final of the EBT 2020+2021 combined will be held in Dream Bowl, in Unterföhring, Germany on the 29.06.2022
The Athletes battling for the pricemoney are as follows and their place in the ranking, some of the athletes could not attend due to other commitments:
Women´s Division – 7 athletes for 8.500 EUR
Birgit Pöppler, Germany (2)
Bernice Lim, Singapore (3)
Anna Andersson, Sweden (5)
Mika Guldbaek, Denmark (6)
Cajsa Wegner, Sweden (7)
Jazreel Tan, Singapore (9)
Ida Andersson, Sweden (10)
Men´s Division – 8 athletes for 9.000 EUR
William Svensson, Sweden (1)
Christopher Sloan, Ireland (2)
Arnar David Jónsson, Iceland (3)
Markus Jansson, Sweden (4)
Carsten Hansen, Denmark (6)
Teemu Putkistu, Finland (7)
Mathias Ankerdal, Denmark (11)
Jesse Kallio, Finland (15)
Competition starts in Dream Bowl on 29.06 at 09.00 and first are 8 games played and then cut down to 4 of each gender and more 4 games –
The Kegel Aalborg International 2022 was conducted in Lövvang Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark during 22-29 May 2022 Total of 334 entries by 133 athletes (where of 38 women) bowled during the week.
After the final step 3 then the following 4 athletes were playing for the gold…
Pool 1: Niko Oksanen, Finland and Carsten W Hansen, Denmark.
Pool 2: Anders Lousdal, Denmark and Kim Bolleby, Sweden.
First Niko Oksanen competed with Anders Louisdal and won 226 vs 223
Next Kim Bolleby competed with Carsten W. Hansen and won 235 vs 232
3rd game was then Anders Lousdal vs Kim Bolleby and won 249 vs 247
And last game was Anders Lousdal vs Niko Oksanen and won 279 vs 201
This was the first EBT title for Anders Lousdal
The highest woman became Misake Mukotani, Japan.
Now the EBT Tour is slowly waking up after Covid-19, Next tournament is postponed Brunswick Euro Challenge in Unterföhring, Germany 25 June – 3 July, and then late August with Odense international and then there will be tournament after tournament for 5 straight weeks