Marios Nicolaides

The 2024 Youth World Cup was conducted in the fantastic SEEN Bowling Center in Lima – Peru, from January 19th – 27th  2024. The championship organization was well orchestrated by the Peru Bowling

In the Boy’s division, the battle for the Gold medal ended between Swedish ROBIN ILHAMMAR and Germany’s ZENO JANSSEN, with ROBIN ILHAMMAR taking the title 2-0 (300-225 and 233-194).

In the third place – Bronze medal, LUKAS JELINEK from the Czech Republic defeated MEGAT ZAQRUL MSIQA from Malaysia 2-0 (224-223 and 196-192).

 

In the Girl’s division, the battle for the Gold medal ended between ELENA WEINSTOK, Costa Rica, and JENNA STRETCH, USA with ELENA WEINSTOK taking the title 2-0 (213-188 and 213-185).

In the third place – Bronze medal, SARA DUQUE from the COLOMBIA defeated NING TAY from SINGAPORE 2-0 (210-207 and 225-212).

 

Besides the always fantastic atmosphere in a youth event, the championships will be remembered for their attendance by a lot of talented young athletes, promising a very interesting future

The 25th edition of the Mediterranean Bowling Championships took place in the Republic of San Marino from the 7th  to 14 th of May 2023. Rose’n Ball bowling center hosts the event under the leadership of the president of the San Marino Bowling Federation, Mr. Adriano Santi. 15 federations with 60 athletes  participated in 7 events, claiming  32 medals

 

Women singles

1st place & Gold medallist, Eva Krafogel from Slovenia

2nd place & Silver medallist, Alja Bergauer from Slovenia

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Alexandra Lopes D, France

Men singles

1st place & Gold medallist, Tim Cerkvenik Muzafirovič, Slovenia

2nd place & Silver medallist, Gregory Rius, France

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Albin Osmani, Kosovo

– this was the first-ever medal from Κοsovo in the MBC

 

Mixed Doubles

1st place  & Gold medallist, Greece with  Georgia Sagona  & Eleftherios Montsenigos

2nd place & Silver medallist, Israel with Sara Aviram Harlap & Or Azriel Aviram

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Malta with Sue Abela & Kayden Lagana

Women Doubles

1st place & Gold medallist, Cyprus with Niki Schiza & Myria Kastori

2nd place & Silver medallist, Malta with Sue Abela & Cynthia Frendo Luca

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Greece with  Georgia Sagona & Stavroula Stefanopoulou

Men Doubles

1st place & Gold medallist, France with Gregory Rius & Loick Coolen

2nd place & Silver medallist, Greece with Eleftherios Montsenigos & Stamatios Roros

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Malta with Anastasi Mauro & Kayden Lagana

 

Team event

1st place & Gold medallist, France with Gregory Rius, Loick Coolen, Alexandra Lopes D & Laura Garcia

2nd place  & Silver medallist, S Turkey with Habib Doğan,  Tuna Böncü, Gökçe Çınar &      Ebru Özoğluuntur

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Malta with Anastasi Mauro, Kayden Lagana, Sue Abela & Cynthia Frendo Luca

Women’s all events

1st place & Gold medallist, Malta with  Sue Abela

2nd place  & Silver medallist, Slovenia with  Alja Bergauer

3rd place & Bronze medallist, France with Alexandra Lopes D

Men’s all events

1st place & Gold medallist, France with Gregory Rius

2nd place  & Silver medallist, Greece with  Eleftherios Montsenigos

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Slovenia with Tim Cerkvenik Muzafirovič

 

Women’s Masters

1st place  & Gold medallist, Cyprus with  Myria Kastori

2nd place & Silver medallist, Turkey Ebru Özoğluntur

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Slovenia with Eva Krafogel

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Greece with Georgia Sagona

 

Men’s Masters

1st place  & Gold medallist, France with Gregory Rius

2nd place & Silver medallist, Malta with Kayden Lagana

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Greece with   Stamatios Roros

3rd place & Bronze medallist, Greece with  Eleftherios Montsenigos

  • Kayden Lagana from Malta bowls a 300 game at Men’s Masters – Step 2, semi-final

 

 

Marios Nicolaides/President

Mediterranean Bowling Confederation

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

World Bowling has officially changed its name to the International Bowling Federation (IBF) and has vowed to properly act as the sport’s global governing body.

The decision was made at the organization’s Extraordinary Congress, which was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on the 2nd of November 2020.

The official headquarters of the IBF will continue to be based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Out of the 114 member federations, only 6 NEVER responded. 106 federations were in FAVOUR of the new statutes, 1 federation was AGAINST and 1 federation ABSTAINED.

The rebranding is expected to mark the first of many changes by their chief executive officer Andrew Oram who came on board in October last year.