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The 17th Storm San Marino Open 2023 was conducted in Serravalle, San Marino, 8-16 July 2023. Total of 553 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 195 athletes, where of 37 were women.
After 3 final steps it was down to 4 athletes to play 3 games to decide the final standing.
Antonino Fiorentino, Italy made only 201 in first game and was placed as number 4
Essi Pakarinen from Finland, made 474 in 2 games and was placed as number 3.
Lukas Jelinek, Czech Republic, made 704 in 3 games and placed as number 2
Kim Bolleby, Sweden made 738 in 3 games and won!
The highest woman became Essi Pakarinen, Finland
There have been changes on the top of the Womens ranking, Essi Pakarinen, Finland is now on top and Anna Andersen and Nora Johanson from Sweden, are following closely.
On the Mens ranking then Kim Bolleby, Sweden has taken healthy lead, more than 300 points more than second place from Mathias Ankerdal, Denmark and Nicola Pongolini, Italy follows closely behind in 3rd place.
The EBT Masters 2023 was held in Rose´n Bowl, Serravalle, San Marino on the 12 July during the 17th San Marino Open.
In short then 16 athletes were battling for prize of total 18.000 EUR (9.000 EUR p/gender)
After the qualification – 8 games then following 4 of each gender kept going in the final and played further 4 games, result as follows:
Women:
Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark: 1838 + 984 = 2822
Anna Andersson, Sweden: 1648 + 963 = 2611
Essi pakarinen, Finland: 1677 + 839 = 2561
Christine Hansen, Denmark: 1651 + 777 = 2428
Men:
Dominic Barret, England: 1913 + 918 = 2831
Pontus Andersson, Sweden: 1929 + 870 = 2799
Mathias Ankerdal, Denmark: 1833 + 946 = 2779
Carl Eklund, Sweden: 1862 + 887 = 2749
Winner of EBT Masters 2023 are Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark and Dominic Barret, England.
Further info to be found here: http://www.sanmarinoopen.com/ebt-masters
If you want to recapture EBT Masters it can be done here: https://bowlstream.net
The Valcke Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2023 was conducted in Tilburg, Netherlands 18-25 June 2023. Total of 450 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 198 athletes, where of 27 were women.
After 4 final steps it was down to 4 athletes to play 2 games to decide the final standing.
Robin Ilhammar, Sweden made 502 and won the tournament.
Kim Bolleby, Sweden made 458 and took second place
Mike Bergmann, Netherlands made 424 and 3rd place
Victor Gundersen, Denmark made 368 and 4th place.
The highest woman became Nora Johannsson, Sweden
Top spots in the women’s raking is still the same: Verity Crawley, England, but Kim Bolleby, Sweden has squeezed into first place in the men’s ranking.
The EMC2023 was conducted in Wittelsheim, France 6-17 June 2023 – 172 athletes from 30 Federations participated in 6 disciplines.
During the championship 11 x 300 games was made and 8 records broken.
The new European Champions are as follows:
Singles: Jord van Weeren, The Netherlands
Doubles: Nicola Pongolini & Antonino Fiorentino, Italy
Trios: Pontus Andersson, Jesper Svensson and James Blomgren, Sweden
Team: James Blomgren, Pontus Andersson, Mattias Wetterberg, Martin Larsen, Markus Jansson, Jesper Svensson, Sweden
All Event: James Blomgren, Sweden
Masters: Jord van Weeren, The Netherlands
Complete list of results can be found here: https://bowlingresults.info/emc/2023/files/emc2023.pdf
The EBT Masters 2023 will be held in San Marino on the 12 July during the 17th San Marino Open.
Schedule will be as follows:
09.00 – 11.30: Qualification 8 games (Both Genders 16 lanes)
11.30 – 12.30: Lane Maintenance
12.30 – 14.15: Final 4 games (Both Genders, 8 lanes)
14.15 – 14.45: Award Ceremony
Athletes will be competing for 18.000 EUR prize money ( 9.000 EUR pr gender)
Following 16 (8 of each gender) is participating
Women:
Anna Andersson, Sweden
Misaki Mukotani, Japan
Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark
Janin Ribguth, Germany
Christine Hansen, Denmark
Emma Halttunen, Sweden
Essi pakarinen, Finland
Peppi Konsteri, Finland
Men:
Thomas Käykhö, Finland
Kim Bolleby, Sweden
Jesse Kallio, Finland
Mathias Ankerdal, Denmark
Dominic Barret, England
Carl Eklund, Sweden
Thomas Larsen, Denmark
Pontus Andersson, Sweden
Further info to be found here: http://www.sanmarinoopen.com/ebt-masters
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The Kegel Aalborg International 2023 was conducted in Aalborg, Denmark 21-28 May 2023. Total of 163 Entries and 256 re-entries were bowled during the week by 163 athletes, where of 34 were women.
After 4 final steps it was down to 2 final matches, results as follows:
Match 1 for 3rd place:
Jonas Iversen, Denmark vs Osku Palermaa, Finland – 231 vs 204
Match 2 for the title:
Adam Andersson, Sweden vs Thomas Larsen, Denmark – 213 vs 198
Final Standing:
1st place: Adam Andersson, Sweden
2nd Place: Thomas Larsen, Denmark
3rd Place: Jonas Iversen, Denmark
4th Place: Osku Palermaa, Finland.
The highest woman became Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark,
Top spots in the ranking are still same; Verity Crawley, England, and Jesper Svensson, Sweden is on top of the women´s and men´s ranking.
The Bowl For Fun Open 2023 was conducted in Langen, Germany during 13-21 May 2023. Total of 733 Entries and re-entries were bowled during the week by 225 athletes, where of 29 were women.
After 3 final steps it was down to 5 person stepladder, results as follows:
Match 1:
Carl Eklund, Sweden vs Paul Purps, Germany 229 vs 222; Paul Purps – 5th place
Match 2:
Carl Eklund, Sweden vs Teodor Samuelsson, Sweden 233 vs 258; Carl Eklund – 4th Place
Match 3:
Teodor Samuelsson, Sweden vs Ben Robinson, England 234 vs 248; Teodor Samuelsson -3rd.
Match 4.
Ben Robinson, England vs Jesus Briceno, Spain 249 vs 213; Jesus Briceno – 2nd
Winner: Ben Robinson, England.
This was the first EBT victory for Ben Robinson, England.
The highest woman became Essi Pakarinen, Finland,
Top spots in the ranking are still same; Verity Crawley, England, and Kim Bolleby, Sweden is on top of the ranking. See below
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
Dear Friends of the European Bowling Family,
I unfortunately have to bring you the information that our EBF president, Addie Ophelders, has due to health issues and doctors advise decided to resign from all his responsibilities as the President of EBF with immediate effect.
We have been asked by his family to limit all communication with Addie to absolute zero for the time being, as he is medicated and resting.’
Addie was first elected as FIQ-EZ Vice President in 1985 and was then elected as President at the FIQ-EZ Congress in 1989 and has been EBF President from then.
We wish Addie speedy recovery, and we will meet him soon again.
Undersigned will be acting as Interim President until EBF Congress in October 2023
Valgeir Gudbjartsson
EBF Vice President