The boys from Denmark set the highlights on the first day of competition in the 22nd European Youth Championships 2009 at Baltiska Bowlinghallen in Malmo, Sweden. Bowling in the third and last squad, Anders Lousda and Mik Stampe (pictured left, l-r) combined for 2671 six-game total en route to earn the No. 1 seed for Tuesday's finals, while team mate Mads Hedegaard posted the first 300 game of the championships.

Stampe led the duo with a huge 1452 series, an average of 242.00, behind games of 210, 255, 239 (704), 237, 290, 221 (748). Lousda added 1219 pins. Both the team and Stampe's individual total are new EYC records.

Second place belongs to squad 2 leaders Matthew Blythe and Steven Miller (pictured right, l-r), England, who led the field after two squads with 2579 pinfall total and an average of 214.92. Miller had 1321 and Blythe added 1258.

The English boys will meet Dennis Vrabac and Kim Bollebyfrom the host country of Sweden in the semi-finals. Vrabac had 1316 and Bolleby 1233 in Squad 3 for 2549 (212.42).

Germany's Marcel Obst and Steven Wiersema took the fourth and last spot for the finals with 2512 (209.33). Obst (1306) and Wiersema (1206) will meet the top qualifiers from Denmark in the other semifinal.

Squad 1 leaders Jan Čepelák and Tomáš Bílek from the Czech Republic landed in 7th place overall with 2474. Hedegaard, who had the perfecto in game #2 in Squad 2, and team mate Carsten W. Hansen finished 16th with 2401.

The boys are done for today and the girls take on the lanes for their Doubles event on Tuesday. Both semifinals - boys and girls - will take place on Tuesday afternoon starting at 5pm local time. The finals will follow at 5.45.

The EYC 2009 are divided in two divisions - boys and girls. Each team consists of maximum four male and four female players, who must not have reached the age of 19 before August 31st, 2009.

The players compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Teams, All Events (18 games) and Masters (top 24 in All Events, single-elimination, best-of-three games).

Photos and results courtesy of eyc2009.se.

 

Boys Doubles Preliminaries - Standings after 6 games

The top 4 advance to the finals on Tuesday

Pos	Country/Player	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	Denmark	421	437	425	1283	461	515	412	1388	2671	222.58
	Anders Lousda	211	182	186	579	224	225	191	640	1219	203.17
	Mik Stampe	210	255	239	704	237	290	221	748	1452	242.00
2.	England	458	419	429	1306	444	480	349	1273	2579	214.92
	Matthew Blythe	225	187	227	639	220	234	165	619	1258	209.67
	Steven Miller	233	232	202	667	224	246	184	654	1321	220.17
3.	Sweden	387	433	430	1250	460	398	441	1299	2549	212.42
	Dennis Vrabac	203	221	231	655	247	166	248	661	1316	219.33
	Kim Bolleby	184	212	199	595	213	232	193	638	1233	205.50
4.	Germany	343	469	377	1189	417	502	404	1323	2512	209.33
	Marcel Obst	159	245	185	589	239	255	223	717	1306	217.67
	Steven Wiersema	184	224	192	600	178	247	181	606	1206	201.00
5.	Finland	393	417	426	1236	404	406	457	1267	2503	208.58
	Perttu Jussila	204	228	194	626	223	204	213	640	1266	211.00
	Tony Ranta	189	189	232	610	181	202	244	627	1237	206.17
6.	Greece	375	389	436	1200	440	426	412	1278	2478	206.50
	Evangelos Krizinis	165	178	208	551	193	212	190	595	1146	191.00
	Georgios Stefanidis	210	211	228	649	247	214	222	683	1332	222.00
7.	Czech Republic	396	413	399	1208	383	452	431	1266	2474	206.17
	Jan Čepelák	188	206	202	596	220	196	226	642	1238	206.33
	Tomáš Bílek	208	207	197	612	163	256	205	624	1236	206.00
8.	Finland	407	382	396	1185	389	451	413	1253	2438	203.17
	Joonas Maunula	181	169	211	561	183	234	199	616	1177	196.17
	Samu Valaranta	226	213	185	624	206	217	214	637	1261	210.17
9.	Estonia	352	408	373	1133	426	430	448	1304	2437	203.08
	Kert Truus	169	215	200	584	247	215	206	668	1252	208.67
	Ülari Lees	183	193	173	549	179	215	242	636	1185	197.50
(tie)	England	378	394	461	1233	360	393	451	1204	2437	203.08
	Elliot Crosby	179	171	246	596	182	212	226	620	1216	202.67
	Jake Daggett	199	223	215	637	178	181	225	584	1221	203.50
11.	Poland	407	441	377	1225	435	403	366	1204	2429	202.42
	Alessandro Silletti	191	214	177	582	222	255	218	695	1277	212.83
	Sebastian Pawlak	216	227	200	643	213	148	148	509	1152	192.00
12.	Slovakia	408	381	394	1183	414	422	404	1240	2423	201.92
	Luboslav Jurinyi	197	182	210	589	218	195	200	613	1202	200.33
	Lukas Andrassy	211	199	184	594	196	227	204	627	1221	203.50
13.	Germany	385	452	386	1223	417	349	428	1194	2417	201.42
	Andre Schröder	170	186	203	559	179	169	244	592	1151	191.83
	Nico Gruosso	215	266	183	664	238	180	184	602	1266	211.00
14.	Russia	322	414	381	1117	440	416	435	1291	2408	200.67
	Alexey Vasilenko	139	259	184	582	215	227	222	664	1246	207.67
	Roman Starchenkov	183	155	197	535	225	189	213	627	1162	193.67
15.	Sweden	399	427	388	1214	368	400	424	1192	2406	200.50
	Johan Helldén	156	214	194	564	171	190	202	563	1127	187.83
	Mattias Jansson	243	213	194	650	197	210	222	629	1279	213.17
16.	Denmark	396	508	386	1290	410	366	335	1111	2401	200.08
	Carsten W. Hansen	180	208	182	570	217	157	199	573	1143	190.50
	Mads Hedegaard	216	300	204	720	193	209	136	538	1258	209.67
17.	Ukraine	390	369	380	1139	359	459	424	1242	2381	198.42
	Olexandr Kondratyev	175	191	193	559	202	225	198	625	1184	197.33
	Yaroslav Boyko	215	178	187	580	157	234	226	617	1197	199.50
18.	Poland	466	351	421	1238	369	379	390	1138	2376	198.00
	Daniel Wiśniewski	217	182	198	597	145	176	231	552	1149	191.50
	Patryk Preus	249	169	223	641	224	203	159	586	1227	204.50
19.	Scotland	396	431	428	1255	363	356	395	1114	2369	197.42
	Brian Gillespie	210	246	234	690	178	169	192	539	1229	204.83
	Martin Williamson	186	185	194	565	185	187	203	575	1140	190.00
20.	Latvia	403	398	403	1204	387	427	330	1144	2348	195.67
	Arturs Levikins	234	190	224	648	223	248	154	625	1273	212.17
	Einars Lindermanis	169	208	179	556	164	179	176	519	1075	179.17
21.	Cyprus	386	385	372	1143	384	453	358	1195	2338	194.83
	Andreas Christoforou	206	173	207	586	213	246	192	651	1237	206.17
	Stavros Theophanous	180	212	165	557	171	207	166	544	1101	183.50
22.	Norway	395	404	361	1160	345	440	390	1175	2335	194.58
	Christer Jakobsen	179	217	191	587	196	203	209	608	1195	199.17
	Lars-Christian Nygård	216	187	170	573	149	237	181	567	1140	190.00
23.	France	355	451	320	1126	348	420	425	1193	2319	193.25
	Romain Paquereau	185	205	163	553	163	209	264	636	1189	198.17
	Yoni Billaut	170	246	157	573	185	211	161	557	1130	188.33
24.	France	401	365	402	1168	369	393	388	1150	2318	193.17
	Alexandre Lepolard	210	180	181	571	197	202	216	615	1186	197.67
	Jerome Durupt	191	185	221	597	172	191	172	535	1132	188.67
25.	Netherlands	360	372	380	1112	393	394	417	1204	2316	193.00
	Danny Bernard	186	196	203	585	221	218	235	674	1259	209.83
	Jord van Weeren	174	176	177	527	172	176	182	530	1057	176.17
26.	Russia	359	395	388	1142	396	411	355	1162	2304	192.00
	Alexander Minenko	156	224	196	576	212	214	158	584	1160	193.33
	Ernest Konovalov	203	171	192	566	184	197	197	578	1144	190.67
27.	Scotland	424	413	401	1238	371	355	333	1059	2297	191.42
	Shaun McLean	208	224	185	617	157	153	182	492	1109	184.83
	Steven Reid	216	189	216	621	214	202	151	567	1188	198.00
28.	Netherlands	344	376	438	1158	430	353	355	1138	2296	191.33
	Dwayne van Zandwijk	196	173	221	590	218	179	210	607	1197	199.50
	Patrick Meka	148	203	217	568	212	174	145	531	1099	183.17
29.	Israel	359	358	370	1087	337	466	384	1187	2274	189.50
	Lior Koren	137	187	166	490	163	254	170	587	1077	179.50
	Omer Nechushtan	222	171	204	597	174	212	214	600	1197	199.50
30.	Switzerland	395	298	363	1056	381	456	375	1212	2268	189.00
	Daryl Stucki	181	148	180	509	180	234	168	582	1091	181.83
	Joel Lienhard	214	150	183	547	201	222	207	630	1177	196.17
31.	Lithuania	325	380	381	1086	376	415	383	1174	2260	188.33
	Dovydas Dusevičius	154	175	212	541	151	180	160	491	1032	172.00
	Kristijonas Sergejevas	171	205	169	545	225	235	223	683	1228	204.67
32.	Hungary	441	326	343	1110	352	348	441	1141	2251	187.58
	Balint Luczek	220	169	195	584	177	169	194	540	1124	187.33
	Tamas Kocsis	221	157	148	526	175	179	247	601	1127	187.83
33.	Norway	341	330	457	1128	373	375	372	1120	2248	187.33
	Henrik Aspdahl Oseth	149	176	255	580	210	177	178	565	1145	190.83
	Patrik Angen Walstad	192	154	202	548	163	198	194	555	1103	183.83
(tie)	Israel	397	371	341	1109	357	382	400	1139	2248	187.33
	Shahar Efraty	189	197	185	571	172	193	235	600	1171	195.17
	Yehuda Gerti	208	174	156	538	185	189	165	539	1077	179.50
35.	Lithuania	379	340	362	1081	368	400	389	1157	2238	186.50
	Ignas Vildžiūnas	185	131	201	517	158	211	216	585	1102	183.67
	Lukas Pereckas	194	209	161	564	210	189	173	572	1136	189.33
36.	Latvia	360	344	364	1068	403	363	392	1158	2226	185.50
	Arturs Bricis	203	192	159	554	209	196	202	607	1161	193.50
	Verners Veidulis	157	152	205	514	194	167	190	551	1065	177.50
37.	Iceland	385	385	332	1102	345	397	380	1122	2224	185.33
	Arnar Davíð Jónsson	193	190	171	554	161	211	182	554	1108	184.67
	Skúli Freyr Sigurðsson	192	195	161	548	184	186	198	568	1116	186.00
38.	Wales	383	365	407	1155	355	360	353	1068	2223	185.25
	Sean Griffin	183	187	214	584	188	201	165	554	1138	189.67
	Taliesin Waites	200	178	193	571	167	159	188	514	1085	180.83
39.	Belgium	376	405	343	1124	371	348	362	1081	2205	183.75
	Jonas Jacobs	213	170	152	535	211	156	189	556	1091	181.83
	Steven Marien	163	235	191	589	160	192	173	525	1114	185.67
40.	Greece	398	348	375	1121	317	330	420	1067	2188	182.33
	Antonios Zafras	152	198	183	533	148	157	221	526	1059	176.50
	Thomas Sellas	246	150	192	588	169	173	199	541	1129	188.17
41.	Switzerland	363	387	352	1102	333	358	389	1080	2182	181.83
	Alan Risler	173	202	157	532	184	181	184	549	1081	180.17
	Nicolas Guillaume	190	185	195	570	149	177	205	531	1101	183.50
42.	Belgium	337	407	364	1108	325	357	385	1067	2175	181.25
	Jonas Maes	149	182	211	542	147	167	167	481	1023	170.50
	Stijn Philipsen	188	225	153	566	178	190	218	586	1152	192.00
43.	Hungary	365	300	452	1117	306	418	332	1056	2173	181.08
	Mate Orosz	162	163	215	540	155	230	156	541	1081	180.17
	Viktor Zsolnai	203	137	237	577	151	188	176	515	1092	182.00
44.	Czech Republic	340	434	332	1106	364	335	346	1045	2151	179.25
	Jaroslav Lorenc	172	230	150	552	196	181	172	549	1101	183.50
	Ondřej Mlynář	168	204	182	554	168	154	174	496	1050	175.00
45.	Turkey	424	371	323	1118	346	348	326	1020	2138	178.17
	Dogukan Odabasi	210	184	163	557	170	164	133	467	1024	170.67
	Ozgur Ozata	214	187	160	561	176	184	193	553	1114	185.67
46.	Ireland	322	361	359	1042	314	390	379	1083	2125	177.08
	Keith Rynhart	191	181	181	553	121	217	172	510	1063	177.17
	Simon English	131	180	178	489	193	173	207	573	1062	177.00
47.	Cyprus	341	392	390	1123	333	342	296	971	2094	174.50
	Neoklis Herodotou	162	214	192	568	153	161	123	437	1005	167.50
	Nicholas Herodotou	179	178	198	555	180	181	173	534	1089	181.50
48.	Ireland	336	368	355	1059	318	351	363	1032	2091	174.25
	David Noonan	137	178	167	482	146	168	180	494	976	162.67
	Karl Doherty	199	190	188	577	172	183	183	538	1115	185.83
49.	Estonia	365	336	362	1063	339	351	336	1026	2089	174.08
	Kristjan Leisner	168	160	158	486	157	203	174	534	1020	170.00
	Olari Nebokat	197	176	204	577	182	148	162	492	1069	178.17
50.	Catalonia	385	365	312	1062	375	280	328	983	2045	170.42
	Daniel Domene	160	149	165	474	182	114	146	442	916	152.67
	Jordi Marti	225	216	147	588	193	166	182	541	1129	188.17
51.	Wales	355	333	289	977	355	367	297	1019	1996	166.33
	Ain Rae	177	182	124	483	166	186	125	477	960	160.00
	Michael Morin	178	151	165	494	189	181	172	542	1036	172.67
52.	Turkey	308	301	327	936	321	337	323	981	1917	159.75
	Berkay Erdis	134	133	184	451	212	146	180	538	989	164.83
	Ilgaz Serim	174	168	143	485	109	191	143	443	928	154.67