PBA champ becomes the first non-Finnish winner since 1996
In all-American affair, three-time WTBA World Champion Bill O'Neill (l.) defeated fellow PBA champion Mike Fagan (r.), 236-224, to win the 42nd Brunswick Ballmaster Open Sunday, Jan. 15 in Helsinki, Finland, and the 12.000 top prize. O'Neill and women's ranking winner Krista Pöllänen, Finland,
became the first leaders of the men's and women's ranking in both the
2012 European Bowling Tour and the 2012 World Bowling Tour rankings.
Two-time defending champion Mika Koivuniemi targets fourth Ballmaster title
Four PBA champions advanced to the stepladder finals of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. Three-time WTBA World Champion Bill O'Neill (pictured), United States, finished the 23-game preliminaries with 5391 total to earn the No. 1 seed. Joining O'Neill in the shoot-out are two-time defending champion Mika Koivuniemi, Finland; three-time EBT titlist Mike Fagan, United States, and 2010 EBT ranking champion Dominic Barrett, England. The winner will walk away with the 12.000 Euro top prize.
Krista Pöllänen wins women's ranking to take the lead in 2012 EBT and WBT ranking
Mike Fagan (l.), United States, used back-to-back 279s games to lead Final Round One in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open Sunday morning at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. The two-time PBA champion knocked down 1839 pins, an average of 229.88 for eight games, to lead the top 16 players into round robin match play. Three-time Ballmaster champion Pasi Uotila (r.), Finland, was mere six pins behind in second place with 1833.
American leads a field of 48 players into Sunday's finals; cut for top 44 is 1319 (219.83)
Ronnie Russell (pictured), United States, finished the qualifying portion of the 42nd Brunswick Ballmaster Open atop the leaderboard to lead total 48 players into Sunday's finals at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. The PBA exempt player, who led the 425-player field from 17 countries with 1455, a 242.50 average, pocketed a 2.000 Euro bonus. Pasi Uotila, Finland, was mere one pin behind in second place with 1454 and Estonoa's Kert Truus was third with 1405, worth 1.000 and 500 Euro, resp.
Number of participants surpasses 400-mark; cut for 44th place is now 1302 (217 avg.)
Ronnie Russell (l.), United States, and Pasi Uotila (r.), Finland, set the tone on the penultimate qualifying day in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open Friday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. Uotila started the day with with 1454 in Squad 10 en route to overtake the overall qualifying lead. Russell, who fell to second place with 1423, countered in the evening squad with 1455 (242.50) to regain the lead by one pin.
PBAers set the tone in Thursday's qualifying; cut for 44th place is now 1272 (212 avg.)
PBA pros set the tone in Thursday's qualifying of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open in Helsinki, Finland. PBA exempt player Ronnie Russell (l.), United States, moved to the top of the 349-player leaderboard with 1423 six-game total (237.17 avg.). Two-time world champion Robert Andersson (r.), Sweden, paced the eighth qualifying squad with 1386 to move into sixth place.
Qualifying continues on Friday with Squads 10, 11 and 12.
Estonia's Kert Truus holds on to the lead; cut for 44th place is now 1228 (204.67)
Sean Rash (l.), United States, averaged 232.50 Tuesday evening at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland to lead the sixth qualifying squad and to overtake second place in the overall standings in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open. The four-time PBA champion totaled 1395 pins to miss the pole position by ten pins. Kert Truus (r.), Estonia, held on to the lead with 1405 and an average of 234.17. Qualifying continues on Thursday with Squads 7-9.
391 players, 309 men and 82 woman, from 35 countries have registered for the March 16-25 event; 106.000 Euro (approx. US $150,000) at stake in the European Bowling Tour and World Bowling Tour event
Valcke Bowling, organizer of the 2012 Brunswick Euro Challenge, has announced that the number of players registered for this tournament nears 400. The BEC is the fourth tournament on the 2012 European Bowling Tour schedule and one of just two "Platinum" events, the EBT's highest category. The BEC will be held from March 16-25 in Saint Maximin near Paris, France and offers total prize money of 106.000 Euro (approx. US $150,000).
Bowlingdigital.com will cover the event live.
Estonian becomes first player to crack the 1400-bar; cut for 44th place is now 1208
Qualifying of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open heatened up Sunday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland, while it was minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 °F) outside the bowling center. Sunday's squads were reserved for senior and youth bowlers. Kert Truus (l.) stunned the Finns as the Estonian rolled six games between 202 and 266 to overtake the qualifying lead with 1405 (234.17). Squad 1 leader Petteri Salonen (r.), Finland, slipped to second place with 1393.
EBT Gold tournament kicks off 2012 World and European Bowling Tour
The Brunswick Ballmaster Open kicked off both the 2012 World Bowling Tour and the 2012 European Bowling Tour season when the first of 16 qualifying squads got underway on Friday evening at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland's Petteri Salonen (oictured) took the early lead with 1393 six-game total and an average of 232.17. The multiple European champion posted games of 210, 246, 279, 196, 235 and 227 to lead compatriot Panu Nurmilo by 39 pins. Qualifying continues on Sunday with squads 4 and 5.
EBT Gold tournament offers 90.300 Euro total prize fund and a 12.000 Euro top prize
The Brunswick Ballmaster Open will kick off both the 2012 World Bowling Tour and the 2012 European Bowling Tour season when the 42nd edition of Europe's most prestigious tournament gets underway at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. The EBT Gold event offers 90.300 Euro total prize fund and a 12.000 Euro top prize,
The presidium of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) has announced the sites and venues for the European Bowling Tour Masters 2014 and 2015. The EBT Masters 2014, the men's and women's finals of the 2013 European Bowling Tour, will be held March 3, 2014 at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands, while the EBT Masters 2015 takes place June 29, 2015 at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy.
Defeats Mika Koivuniemi in the title match, 460-441, to earn the 30.000 Euro top prize
Dominic Barrett (l.), England, defeated reigning PBA Player of the Year, Mika Koivuniemi, 460-441, in two games with the total pinfall determining the winner, to win the European Bowling Tour season-ending Qatar Bowling Open and the 30.000 Euro top prize. The Englishman, who missed the first half of the season due to injury, was down by three pins after the first game and rebounded with a 22-pin win, 237-215, to seal his second victory on the Tour this season.
46 men and two women survive first cut in Doha; Joline Persson-Planefors seals victory in 2011 EBT women's point ranking
Hussain Al-Suwaidi (l.), UAE, remained unchallenged through the final four qualifying squads Monday at Qatar Bowling Open en route en route to lead 46 men and two women into the finals Tuesday. The Emirati led the field of 123 players from 20 countries since Squad 7 with 1449 total, an average of 241.50. Joline Persson-Planefors (r.), Sweden, who took the 36th and last place to advance with 1324, wrapped up the title in the EBT women's point ranking.
Three players crack the top 9 on Sunday; cut for 36th place is now 1315 (219.17 average)
Three U.S. professional bowlers led squads 12-14 on the penultimate qualifying day at the Qatar Bowling Open at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha. Three-time PBA champion Bill O'Neill (pictured) rolled the highest six-game series on Sunday to pocket the High Series Award worth 200 Euro. The 2010 U.S. Open winner moved into third place in the overall qualifying standings behind games of 258, 198, 232, 232, 264 and 239 and a 1423 series (237.17 average). Qualifying ends on Monday with Squads 15-18 and the Desperado Squad.
Four players crack the top 9 on Saturday; cut for 36th place is now 1279 (213.17average)
Three Professional Bowlers Association members and a bowler from Bahrain cracked the top 9 in the qualifying of the Qatar Bowling Open Saturday at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha. For the third consecutive day the High Series award worth 200 Euro went to a player of the 4 p.m. squad, as reigning PBA Player of the Year, Mika Koivuniemi (pictured), posted a 1448 series, an average of 241.33. The "Big Finn" finished with a 194 low game to miss the pole position by just one pin. Hussain Al-Suwaidi, UAE, held on to the lead with 1449.
Emirati paces 84-player field with 1449; cut for 36th place is now 1242
Three-time Asian point ranking leader Hussain Al-Suwaidi (pictured) moved to the top of the leaderboard in the qualifying of the Qatar Bowling Open posting a 1449 six-game series Friday at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha. The Emirati earned the 200 Euro High Series award averaging 241.50 in Squad 7 behind games of 245, 246, 245, 267, 219 and 227. Qualifying continues on Saturday, Nov. 26, with Squads 9-11 scheduled to start at noon, 4 and 8 p.m. AST (CET -2/EST -8).
Karl Wahlgren (left) of Sweden earned the 200 Euro High Series award on the second day of qualifying in the Qatar Bowling Open Thursday at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha. Leading Squad 4 with 1341, Wahlgren moved into third place in the overall qualifying standings. Perttu Jussila of Finland continued to lead the 72-player field from 16 countries with 1375 and an average of 229.17. The Qatar Open is the last event of the 2011 Euroepean Bowling Tour offering total prize money of 125.000 Euro (approx. $167,850).
Finn leads final tournament of the 2011 European Bowling Tour season after Day One
Perttu Jussila (pictured) of Finland took the early lead in the qualifying of the Qatar Bowling Open, the last tournament of the 2011 European Bowling Tour season, which got underway Wednesday at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha. Jussila's 1375 six-game series, an average of 229.17, was the highest of the day and earned him the "Daily High Series" award, worth 200 Euro. Qualifying runs through Monday, Nov. 28 and ends with Squad 18 and the ultimate
one-game Desperado Squad.Â
Marco Boccato (l.) of Italy defeated Paco Rodriguez (r.), Spain, 192-186, in the title match of the 2nd Ebonite Roma International Sunday in Rome, Italy en route to claim his first career title on the European Bowling Tour and the 5.000 top Prize. The penultimate tournament in the 2011 season featured 339 players - 287 men and 52 women - from 15 countries, registered a total of 883 entries and paid out 27.700 Euro including extra prizes.
In all-American affair, three-time WTBA World Champion Bill O'Neill (l.) defeated fellow PBA champion Mike Fagan (r.), 236-224, to win the 42nd Brunswick Ballmaster Open Sunday, Jan. 15 in Helsinki, Finland, and the 12.000 top prize. O'Neill and women's ranking winner Krista Pöllänen, Finland,
became the first leaders of the men's and women's ranking in both the
2012 European Bowling Tour and the 2012 World Bowling Tour rankings. 
Mike Fagan (l.), United States, used back-to-back 279s games to lead Final Round One in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open Sunday morning at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. The two-time PBA champion knocked down 1839 pins, an average of 229.88 for eight games, to lead the top 16 players into round robin match play. Three-time Ballmaster champion Pasi Uotila (r.), Finland, was mere six pins behind in second place with 1833.
Ronnie Russell (pictured), United States, finished the qualifying portion of the 42nd Brunswick Ballmaster Open atop the leaderboard to lead total 48 players into Sunday's finals at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. The PBA exempt player, who led the 425-player field from 17 countries with 1455, a 242.50 average, pocketed a 2.000 Euro bonus. Pasi Uotila, Finland, was mere one pin behind in second place with 1454 and Estonoa's Kert Truus was third with 1405, worth 1.000 and 500 Euro, resp. 
PBA pros set the tone in Thursday's qualifying of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open in Helsinki, Finland. PBA exempt player Ronnie Russell (l.), United States, moved to the top of the 349-player leaderboard with 1423 six-game total (237.17 avg.). Two-time world champion Robert Andersson (r.), Sweden, paced the eighth qualifying squad with 1386 to move into sixth place.
Qualifying continues on Friday with Squads 10, 11 and 12. 
Sean Rash (l.), United States, averaged 232.50 Tuesday evening at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland to lead the sixth qualifying squad and to overtake second place in the overall standings in the Brunswick Ballmaster Open. The four-time PBA champion totaled 1395 pins to miss the pole position by ten pins. Kert Truus (r.), Estonia, held on to the lead with 1405 and an average of 234.17. Qualifying continues on Thursday with Squads 7-9. 
Qualifying of the Brunswick Ballmaster Open heatened up Sunday at Tali Bowl in Helsinki, Finland, while it was minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 °F) outside the bowling center. Sunday's squads were reserved for senior and youth bowlers. Kert Truus (l.) stunned the Finns as the Estonian rolled six games between 202 and 266 to overtake the qualifying lead with 1405 (234.17). Squad 1 leader Petteri Salonen (r.), Finland, slipped to second place with 1393.
The Brunswick Ballmaster Open will kick off both the 2012 World Bowling Tour and the 2012 European Bowling Tour season when the 42nd edition of Europe's most prestigious tournament gets underway at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. The EBT Gold event offers 90.300 Euro total prize fund and a 12.000 Euro top prize, 
The presidium of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) has announced the sites and venues for the European Bowling Tour Masters 2014 and 2015. The EBT Masters 2014, the men's and women's finals of the 2013 European Bowling Tour, will be held March 3, 2014 at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands, while the EBT Masters 2015 takes place June 29, 2015 at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy.
Dominic Barrett (l.), England, defeated reigning PBA Player of the Year, Mika Koivuniemi, 460-441, in two games with the total pinfall determining the winner, to win the European Bowling Tour season-ending Qatar Bowling Open and the 30.000 Euro top prize. The Englishman, who missed the first half of the season due to injury, was down by three pins after the first game and rebounded with a 22-pin win, 237-215, to seal his second victory on the Tour this season.
Hussain Al-Suwaidi (l.), UAE, remained unchallenged through the final four qualifying squads Monday at Qatar Bowling Open en route en route to lead 46 men and two women into the finals Tuesday. The Emirati led the field of 123 players from 20 countries since Squad 7 with 1449 total, an average of 241.50. Joline Persson-Planefors (r.), Sweden, who took the 36th and last place to advance with 1324, wrapped up the title in the EBT women's point ranking. 
Karl Wahlgren (left) of Sweden earned the 200 Euro High Series award on the second day of qualifying in the Qatar Bowling Open Thursday at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha. Leading Squad 4 with 1341, Wahlgren moved into third place in the overall qualifying standings. Perttu Jussila of Finland continued to lead the 72-player field from 16 countries with 1375 and an average of 229.17. The Qatar Open is the last event of the 2011 Euroepean Bowling Tour offering total prize money of 125.000 Euro (approx. $167,850).
Perttu Jussila (pictured) of Finland took the early lead in the qualifying of the Qatar Bowling Open, the last tournament of the 2011 European Bowling Tour season, which got underway Wednesday at Qatar Bowling Center in Doha. Jussila's 1375 six-game series, an average of 229.17, was the highest of the day and earned him the "Daily High Series" award, worth 200 Euro. Qualifying runs through Monday, Nov. 28 and ends with Squad 18 and the ultimate
one-game Desperado Squad. 
Marco Boccato (l.) of Italy defeated Paco Rodriguez (r.), Spain, 192-186, in the title match of the 2nd Ebonite Roma International Sunday in Rome, Italy en route to claim his first career title on the European Bowling Tour and the 5.000 top Prize. The penultimate tournament in the 2011 season featured 339 players - 287 men and 52 women - from 15 countries, registered a total of 883 entries and paid out 27.700 Euro including extra prizes.