2010 Youth Euro Trophy final ends inaugural YET season in Gent

06/08/10

2009-10 YET Tour

Bowling De Meibloem in Gent, Belgium (June 5, 2010)

YouthEuroTrophyLogo.jpg The finals of the first Youth Euro Trophy Tour were held on Saturday, June 5 at Bowling De Meibloem in Gent, Belgium.

The 2009-2010 Youth Euro Trophy featured five youth tournaments
  • Bowltech English Youth Open in Nuneaton, England
  • 14th International JIC Sinjoor Youth Tournament in Wommelgem, Belgium
  • 12th Jeff de Bruges Youth Tournament in St. Maximin, France
  • 10th Youth Tournament in Zuiderpark, Netherlands
  • 1st International Youth Tournament in Monheim, Germany

8 girls and 8 boys from each division - Division 1 (19-21 years), Division 2 (15-18 years) and Division 3 (up to 14 years of age) - qualified for the finals. 19 girls and 22 boys took to the 16 lanes in De Meibloem for seven games round robin (20 bonus per win) to determine the three players who advanced to the divisional playoffs.

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The playoffs were conducted in best-of-three games format. In the semifinal-match, the No. 3 seed bowled the No. 2 seed. The winner advanced to the title match against the No. 1 seed. Three of the six top seeded players emerged as champion.

The first winners were:
Carolin Witvrouwen (Girls Division 1)
Lisanne Borst (Girls Division 2)
Verity Crawley (Girls Division 3)
Jeffrey van de Wakker (Boys Division 1)
Ramon Hilferink (Boys Division 2)
Ben Howison-Johnstone (Boys Division 2)

 


Girls Division 1 (19-21 years)


2010YETGirlsDiv1TilsonWitvrouwenBoonstra.jpgChampionship Round:
1. Carolin Witvrouwen
2. Stephanie Tilosn
3. Simonne Boonstra

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match: #3 Tilosn def. #2 Boonstra, 2-1
216-210, 170-210, 197-197 (Tilosn won in roll-off)
Title Match: #1 Witvrouwen def. Tilosn, 2-1
222-171, 196-234, 223-153

 

 


Girls Division 2 (15-18 years)


2010YETGirlsDiv2HaandrikmanBorstDeRooij.jpgChampionship Round:
1. Lisanne Borst
2. Carmen Haandrikman
3. Maxime de Rooij

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match: #3 Borst def. #2 De Rooij, 2-1
143-169, 148-138, 190-181
Title Match: Borst def. #1 Haandrikman, 2-1
185-182, 187-221, 180-178

 

 


Girls Division 3 (up to 14 years)


2010YETGirlsDiv3HedleyCrawleyJespers.jpgChampionship Round:
1. Verity Crawley
2. Bethany Hedley
3. Bauke Jespers

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match: #2 Hedley def. #3 Jespers, 2-0
181-146, 177-165
Title Match: #1 Crawley def. Hedley, 2-0
170-150, 214-171

 

 


Boys Division 1 (19-21 years)


2010YETBoysDiv1KempsVandeWakkerAlfital.jpgChampionship Round:
1. Jeffrey van de Wakker
2. Jelle Kemps
3. Aviv Alfital

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match: #2 Kemps def. #3 Alfital, 2-0
210-196, 228-206
Title Match: #1 Van de Wakker def. Kemps, 2-0
278-161, 267-198

 

 


Boys Division 2 (15-18 years)


2010YETBoysDiv2VanWeerenHilferinkSykes.jpgChampionship Round:
1. Ramon Hilferink
2. Jord van Weeren
3. Andy Sykes

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match: #2 Hilferink def. #3 Sykes, 2-0
227-180, 247-175
Title Match: Hilferink def. #1 Van Weeren, 2-1
191-216, 198-173, 182-169

 

 


Boys Division 3 (up to 14 years)


2010YETBoysDiv3MaherHowisonWouters.jpgChampionship Round:
1. Ben Howison-Johnstone
2. Adam Maher
3. Lars Wouters

Playoff Results:
Semifinal Match: #2 Howison-Johnstone def. #3 Wouters, 2-0
201-184, 201-155
Title Match: Howison-Johnstone def. #1 Maher, 2-0
257-184, 184-170

 

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