Dear bowling friends,

The year 2022 is coming to an end.

It is a good custom if we wish each other a wonderful Christmas time and a good start in the New Year 2023.  It is my privilege to wish you on behalf my presidium all the above.

I take this opportunity also to thank Dr. Natasa Pirc Musar for all her help, advise and friendship during her time as General Secretary of EBF and Chairwoman of the Gender Equality Committee.

She now must fulfil the big task being the President of the Republic of Slovenia. We all wish her the best.

I also wish that the leadership of IBF (including myself) finds a way out of the

deadlock we seem to have landed.

As of the 1^st of January 2023, Martina Jakobi from Germany will be the new General Secretary of EBF. We also wish her the very best.

Me and my Presidium look forward to a fruitful 2023 and with the help of all our member federations and individual members we will be able to improve our BOWLING SPORT.

On behalf of the EBF Presidium,

Addie Ophelders

President

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

Photo: © BORUT ZIVULOVIC, Ritzau Scanpix

It is with great honour and pride, that I inform you about the fact that

our Secretary General Natasa Pirc Musar was elected last Sunday 13 November 2022 as President of the Republic of Slovenia.

I am sure that I congratulate her on behalf of all members of the European Bowling Federation.

Sad thing is, that she needs to resign from being our Secretary General.

On behalf of the EBF Presidium
Addie Ophelders
President

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 4^th place

Ioannis Xydas, Greece                      247 going forward

Ioannis Zydas, Greece                      257 going forward

Anastasios Exarhou, Greece               225 3^rd 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

Full ranking for men and women are here.

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

Full ranking for men and women are here.

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

Further info if needed see results here.

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

Further info if needed see results here.

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

Further info if needed see results here.

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

Further info if needed see results here.