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Valgeir Gudbjartsson
Brunswick Euro Challenge
The Brunswick Euro Challenge was once again held in Unterföhring just outside of Munich, Germany from the 13th of July until the 21st of July 2024 in the amazing Dream-Bowl Palace, which by many is regarded as the best and most beautiful bowling centre in Europe. Total of 749 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 228 players, where of 31 were women.
After three final steps it came down to a three player stepladder final. In the first game we had Noel Haglund from Sweden against Nu‘man Syahmi from Singapore. Syahmi came out on top with the score of 229 to Haglund‘s 193.
That set up a title match between Syahmi and Tobias Hogdin from Sweden, which meant that once again we would get a new winner on the european tour.
The final was very even and exciting and came down to the 10th frame, Hogdin needed a strike to seal his victory but only got 7 which opened the door for Syahmi, he however left a 10 pin which meant that Hogdin needed a spare and 9 to seal the victory. He picked up the spare and followed it up with a strike meaning he was the winner with the score of 236 to Syahmi‘s 233. Congratulations Tobias on your first title!
A huge contingent of Singapore women bowlers attended the tournament in Germany and the winner of the women‘s ranking was one of them, Shayna Ng, who finished 5th in the tournament.
The complete ranking after the 8th tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
18th Storm San Marino Open
The 18th Storm San Marino Open was once again held in beautiful Serravalle, San Marino from the 6th of July until the 14th of July 2024 in Rose‘n Bowl bowling centre. Total of 447 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 147 players, where of 21 were women.
After three final steps and four games in the deciding fourth final step it came down to the two last players. Kevin Melin from Sweden and three time EBT winner, Arnar Jonsson from Iceland.
Before the last game, Melin had a 55 pin lead and looked like he was going to win the title without any problems, but in the last game Jonsson managed to string a few strikes and mount a comeback but unfortunately he left the 10 pin on his second shot in the 10th frame meaning that Melin only needed 6 pins for the win. He did more than that and got 9 pins which mean‘t that Melin captured his first ever EBT title! Congratulations Kevin.
Essi Pakarinen, Finland was the highest ranked woman for the second tournament in a row, she finished in 6th place and extends her lead in the women ranking.
The complete ranking after the 8th tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
Brunswick Madrid Challenge
The 10th Brunswick Madrid Challenge was once again held in beautiful Madrid, Spain from the 29th of June until the 7th of July 2024 in Bowling Chamartín bowling centre. Total of 424 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 156 players, where of 20 were women.
After four final steps it came down to a three player stepladder final. First seeded was Mike Bartaire from France, second seed was Jesus Briceno from Spain and the third seed was Alvin Kvarnström from Sweden. All of them were hoping for their first title on the European Tour.
In the first match, Briceno managed to defeat Kvarnström with the score of 237 to 205 and move on to the final match.
In the final match, Briceno took home the victory in his home country in a very exciting finale where Bartaire had the chance to win but missed a single pin spare in the 10th frame to lose by only 8 pins, 245 pins for Briceno to Bartaire‘s 237.
This was Briceno‘s first title on the tour, congratulations Jesus!
Essi Pakarinen, Finland was the highest ranked woman, she finished in 13th place.
The complete ranking after the 7th tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
EBT Youth Masters 2024
The EBT-Youth Masters 2024 will be conducted in Lövvang Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark on the 30 August 2024, in conjunction with the EBT-Youth 2024-2025 Stop2.
Invitation letter is been prepared and sent to all top 8 athletes from each category (1,2,3 – Boys/Girls) now.
In this invitation the information is about format, prize money and schedule.
All top 8 atletes in the ranking as can be seen here have received an invitation direct per email.
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Valgeir Gudbjartsson
European Women’s Championship 2024
The EWC2024 was conducted in Wittelsheim, France 4-15 June 2024 – 108 athletes from 23 Federations participated in 6 disciplines.
During the Women Championship we saw 2 new records and many exciting matches.
The new European Champions are as follows:
Singles: Nora Johansson, Sweden
Doubles: Sabrina Laub and Franziska Czech, Germany
Trios: Janin Ribguth, Sabrina Laub and Franziska Czech, Germany
Teams: Anna Andersson, Sandra De Neergaard, Jenny Wegner, Hanna Engberg, Josefin Hermansson, Nora Johansson, Sweden
All Events: Nora Johansson, Sweden
Masters: Nora Johansson, Sweden
Other results can be found here: https://bowlingresults.info/ewc/2024
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Valgeir Gudbjartsson
Kegel Aalborg International 2024
The Kegel Aalborg International 2024 was once again held in Aalborg, Denmark from the 19th of May until the 26th of May in the classic Lovvang Bowling Centre. Total of 456 entries and re-entries were bowled during the duration of the tournament by 163 players, where of 37 were women.
After three final steps it came down to a two player final between Robin Ilhammar from Sweden and the European Youth Masters champion Mathias Otting from Norway.
In the end Ilhammar managed to get the win with the score of 237 to Otting‘s score of 222. This was Ilhammar‘s second title on the tour.
Third place belonged to Paul Purps from Germany who won the 3rd place match against Alexander Tigerstrand from Sweden.
Nora Johansson, Sweden was the highest ranked woman, she finished in 13th place.
The complete ranking after the fourth tournament can be seen here: Women | Men [...]