Valgeir Gudbjartsson

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

Mens ranking can be seen here

Womens ranking can be seen here

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.

Mens ranking can be seen here

Womens ranking can be seen here

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.

Mens ranking can be seen here

Womens ranking can be seen here

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.

Website for the European Women Championships 2022 has been opened at: https://ewc2022.etbfchampionships.eu/

The Championship will be conducted during 9-20 February 2022 in Løvvang Bowling Center, Aalborg, Denmark.

At the site you will find all needed and necessary information, such as forms to be turned in via the website, deadlines for forms and payments, information about hotel, and information about fees.

Please note that EWC2022 will be qualifier for the World Games in July 2022, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, and will also be used as qualifier for IBF World Cup in 2022

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.

 

Mens ranking can be seen here

Womens ranking can be seen here

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 Nicolaidesmn@etbf.eu  and/or Onder Gurkanog@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)