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The Leandersson Christmas Tournament 2021 was conducted in Mora Parken Bowling, Sweden, during 11 to 19 October 2021 – a total of 329 entries by 145 athletes (where of 17 women) bowled during the week.
After 3 finalsteps then top 4 played 3 more carousel games from scratch, and each time one athlete dropped out – results for top as follows:
1st to drop out: Filip Wilhelmsson, Sweden,
2nd to drop out: Carl Eklund, Sweden,
3rd to drop out: Oliver Dahlgren, Sweden
Winner: Pontus Andersson, Sweden
This was the 3rd win on the European Bowling Tour for Pontus Andersson, Sweden, first since 2018. Higest ranked woman was Nora Johansson, Sweden, for the first time.
For the Woman Ranking then there was no change on the top.
For the Men ranking then there was also no change on the top, and due to this then the winners of the EBT tour for combined 2020-2021 are Joline Persson Planefors on the womans side and William Svensson on the man side.½
Dear friends,
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of our friend and colleague, Tomas Leandersson on 2/11/2021. After a long fight against cancer, he, surrounded by his family died.
Tomas was a great athlete, champion, teacher and coach; dozens of people who were inspired by him to perform at their very best. He was such a wonderful man and he will be missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him. He will never be forgotten.
Our deepest sympathies to his family.
May he rest in peace.
Addie Ophelders
EBF President
The Norwegian Open 2021 by Brunswick, was conducted in Hönefoss bowlingsenter, Norway, during 8 to 17 October 2021;a total of 493 entries by 186 athletes (where of 38 women) bowled during the week.
After four finalsteps then top 8 played 3 more games carrying the scores forward from final step 4; the final only decided in the last game as only Norwegian in the group managed to cling the title. Results for top 3 as follows:
Glenn Morten Pedersen, Norway 1390
Jord van Weeren, Netherlands 1361
Peter Hellström, Sweden 1350
This was the first win on the European Bowling Tour for Glenn Morten Pedersen, highest ranked woman became Mika Guldbæk, Denmark.
For the Woman Ranking then there was no change on the top.
For the Men Ranking then there was little change, Arnar David Jonsson, Iceland managed to squeeze into the 3rd place…. Before small brake and only one tournament left on the tour; Leandersson Christmas Tournament in Sweden in December.
The 23rd edition of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships took place in Paris, France from 10th to 17th of October 2021. ESCAPE FACTORY bowling center hosted the event under the leadership of the France Bowling Federation. 14 federations with 53 athletes participated in 7 events, claiming 32 medals.
Women singles
1st place & Gold medallist, Israel with Tali Itzhak Abdu
2nd place & Silver medallist, Greece with Georgia Sagona
3rd place & Bronze medallist, France with Alexandra Lopes D’andrade
Tali Itzhak Abdu, from Israel, equalizing the previous record of Sue Abela from Malta 290 pins in singles/1 game
Men singles
1st place & Gold medallist, Italy with Walter Alessandro Santu
2nd place & Silver medallist, Greece with Konstantinos Kitsos
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Portugal with Paulo Lopes
– that’s was the first-ever medal from Portugal in the MBC
Walter Alessandro Santu from Italy, broke the record with 811 pins in singles/3 games
Mixed Doubles
1st place & Gold medallist, Israel with Tali Itzhak Abdu & Netanel Shimon Volpert
2nd place & Silver medallist, France with Alexandra Lopes D’andrade & Maxime Dubois
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Greece with Georgia Sagona & Konstantinos Kitsos
Tali Itzhak Abdu & Netanel Shimon Volpert from Israel, broke all three records at mixed doubles 1/game 536 pins, 3/games 1416 pins, and 6/games 2666 pins
Women Doubles
1st place & Gold medallist, Italy with Roberta Ferina & Melania Rossi
2nd place & Silver medallist, Malta with Sue Abela & Cynthia Frendo Luca
3rd place & Bronze medallist, France with Alexandra Lopes D’andrade & Emma Friant
Men Doubles
1st place & Gold medallist, Italy with Walter Alessandro Santu & Tommaso Radi
2nd place & Silver medallist, France with Maxime Dubois & Quentin Deroo
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Spain with Mickael Piccari & Alvar Cardona
Walter Alessandro Santu & Tomazo Radi from Italy broke Doubles 3/games with 1423 pins and doubles 6/games with 2734 pins
Team event
1st place & Gold medallist, France with Alexandra Lopes D’andrade, Emma Friant, Maxime Dubois & Quentin Deroo
2nd place & Silver medallist, Slovenia with Ziga Zalar, Tim Cerkvenik-Muzafirovic, Victoria Krivolutskaya & Alja Bergauer
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Italy withWalter Alessandro Santu, Tommaso Radi, Melania Rossi & Roberta Ferina
Walter Alessandro Santu from Italy bowled a perfect 300 game
Women´s all events
1st place & Gold medallist, Israel with Tali Itzhak Abdu
2nd place & Silver medallist, France with Alexandra Lopes D’andrade
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Greece with Georgia Sagona
Men´s all events
1st place & Gold medallist, Italy with Walter Alessandro Santu
2nd place & Silver medallist, France with Maxime Dubois
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Slovenia with Ziga Zalar
Women’s Masters
1st place & Gold medallist, Greece with Georgia Sagona
2nd place & Silver medallist, Slovenia with Alja Bergauer
3rd place & Bronze medallist, France with Alexandra Lopes D’andrade
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Malta with Sue Abela
Georgia Sagona from Greece broke the record at masters event 1/game 279 pins
Men’s Masters
1st place & Gold medallist, France with Maxime Dubois
2nd place & Silver medallist, Spain with Alvar Cardona
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Greece with Konstantinos Kitsos
3rd place & Bronze medallist, Italy with Walter Alessandro Santu
Marios Nicolaides/President
Mediterranean Bowling Confederation
The 4th Brunswick Open 2021, was conducted in Crystal Bowling, Wittelsheim, France during 28 September to 3 October 2021;a total of 422 entries by 170 athletes (where of 32 women) bowled during the week.
After three finalsteps and 8 person elimination round then 4 athletes competed in the semifinals and finals in the elimination round, total score over 2 games. Results as follows:
Semifinals:
Arnar Jónsson, ICE 483 vs Jesse Kallio, FIN 440
Carl Eklund, SWE 468 vs Mats Maggi, BEL 450
Final:
Carl Eklund, SWE 502 vs Arnar Jónsson, ICE 458
This was the first win on the European Bowling Tour for the young Carl Eklund, who is still only 15 years old, we will see more of him in the coming years.
Highest ranked woman became Roosa Lunden, Finland.
For the Woman Ranking then there was no change on the top.
For the Men Ranking then there was no change either on the top and we will now head to Norway for the Norwegian Open.
The 33th edition of the European Youth Championships was conducted on 10-19 September 2021 in Dolfijn, The Plays To Be, in Tilburg, Netherlands
In this first championship after Covid-19 then we saw athletes from 22 federations – 74 boys and 44 girls competing in singles, doubles, teams, all events and masters.
The 10 titles were distribute as follows:
5 titles in the girls division:
Singles: Alja Bergauer, Slovenia
Doubles: Alja Bergauer & Eva Krafogel, Slovenia
Teams: Vasilisa Rudakova, Polina Shutova, Daria Nedoseeva, Victoria Kashirskaya. Russia
All Events: Peppi Konsteri, Finland
Masters: Nora Johansson, Sweden
5 titles in the boys division:
Singles: Robin Ilhammar, Sweden
Doubles: Carl Eklund & Robin Ilhammar, Sweden
Teams: Carl Eklund, Alex Joki, Loke Molander, Robin Ilhammar, Sweden
All Events: Kenneth Ramos, Netherlands
Masters: Paul Purps, Germany.
Sweden became the best federations with 4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze, Slovenia became the second best federation with 2 Gold, 0 Silver and 0 Bronze and Finland became the third best federation with 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze.
ETBF ACADEMY will host an international special 6-day combined Level-I and Level-II clinic for experienced coaches who are seeking Level II certification. Depending on qualifications coaches can enter a 2 day Level I clinic and continue to the Level II program or directly start the Level II program. Please check www.etbfacademy.eu for registration and details.
2021 Edition of ETBF Level III Coaching program and ETBF Level I Instructors program will also be hosted in Frankfurt Germany between 6-12 December.
We thank Bowl for Fun Bowling and ETBF Training Center for their cooperation.
We are live again…! No EBT tournament has been since February 2020 and finally it has started….
The Brunswick Ballmaster Open 2021, was conducted in Tali, Helsinki, Finland during 14-22 August 2021;a total of 711 entries by 334 athletes (where of 58 women) bowled during the week.
After two steps of 8 person round robins then we 4 athletes compete in the semifinals and finals live on Finnish National TV. Results as follows:
Semifinals:
Samu Valaranta; FIN 210 vs Jesper Svensson, SWE 207
Lukas Jelinek, CZE 192 vs William Svenson SWE 185
Final:
Samu Valaranta, FIN 215 VS : Lukas Jelinek, CZE 204
This was the first win for Samu Valaranta, Finland on the European Bowling Tour.
Highest ranked woman became Joline Person-Planefors, Sweden.
After the Brunswick Ballmaster Open 2021 we have combined the EBT 2020 + EBT 2021 Ranking points and there are some changes on the leader board…
For the Woman Ranking then Joline Person Planefors just increased the lead, but the other that were in top 5 were not partizipating in Helsinki.
For the Men Ranking then William Svensson From Sweden has taken over the lead and followed by former leader Christopher Sloan from Ireland and Teemu Putkisto, Finland is third.
During the ETBF Congress in Unterföhring, Germany, in 2019 the member federations decided that:
From 1st January 2021 no coaches will be allowed in the competition area unless they are certified coaches as ETBF Level II coaches or equivalent by one of the national or international programs approved/recognized by ETBF and/or IBF (former World Bowling).
During our future Championships, if your coach is not mentioned in the approved list and/or is not able to provide a certification, then:
– S/he cannot register as a coach and get a medal as a coach
– S/he cannot enter players area during Championships (Including Official Practice)
In order to help our federations, our Educational Committee prepared a list of ETBF Certified coaches who are eligible to enter the players area (Please note the certified L2 and higher graduated coaches in green in your federation page).
If your coach is not mentioned there or certified at a later date, please contact Marios Nicolaides – mn@etbf.eu and/or Onder Gurkan – og@etbf.eu Please remember that if your coach has an equivalent level – you should provide the certificate to the Championship Committee when you are registering your coach.
Click here to see the list of certificed coaches (ETBF ACADEMY WEB SITE)
This amazing tournament finished yesterday and all participants and officials we are so happy having been able to be part of it!
8 federations, 16 boys and 12 girls (under 21) participated in their own bowlingcentres using TenPinCam technology.
Tournament Manager Kirill Hudjakov (Latvia) and his team did an excellent job. I appreciate all of you that worked behind the scenes to make the system work.
Congratulations to all participants and especially to our winners:
Girls:
1st place, Isabel Allen from England
Sofiia Druchyna from Ukraine, runner-up
Boys:
1st place, Artemy Hudiakov from Latvia
Maxime Dubois from France, runner-up
Marios Nicolaides
ETBF Presidium Member