In an arena-style finale at Efteling Theater in Tilburg, Netherlands,
Lisa John,
Autum Chamberlain,
Hayley Rumkee,
Jenny Billingham and
Hayley White of England (pictured with the coaches) defeated Germany's
Birgit Pöppler,
Patricia Luoto,
Janine Gabel,
Vanessa Timter and
Janin Ribguth, 1049-919, to earn the coveted five-player Team title at the 4th Women's European Championships. Germany had to settle for the silver medal. Sweden and Denmark, who went out in the semifinals, shared the bronze medal.
The 4th Women's European Championships, which concluded yesterday with the arena finals at Efteling Theater in Tilburg, Netherlands, served as the qualifying event for the 2013 combined World Championships which will be held from Aug. 18-31 in suburban Las Vegas, United States. Sweden finished atop the point ranking with 1616 points. Germany was a distant second with 1218 followed by England (1109), Denmark (916) and Netherlands (891).
Sophie Van Der Meer (pictured) gave the host country Netherlands its lone medal in the 4th Women's European Championships when she defeated Birgit Pöppler of Germany, two-games-to-one, to claim the coveted Masters title Saturday at Efteling Theater in Tilburg. Pöppler received the silver medal while two-time gold medalists Rebecka Larsen and Joline Persson-Planefors of Sweden shared the bronze medal. Sweden led the medal tally with three gold and five bronze medals.
Rebecka Larsen and Joline Persson-Planefors of Sweden, Birgit Pöppler of Germany and Sophie Van Der Meer of the host country Netherlands remained undefeated in Friday's single-elimination Masters match play and will bowl for the title in Saturday's arena finals at Efteling Theater in Tilburg. Larsen and Persson-Planefors are targeting for their third gold medal of the championships. Larsen will take on Van Der Meer in the semifinals while Persson-Planefors bowls Pöppler.
England (pictured left) and Germany (right) will bowl for the coveted Team title of the 4th Women's European Championships in an arena-style finale Saturday morning, June 16th, at Efteling Theater in Tilburg, Netherlands. England stunned top seeded Sweden in the semifinals, 1146-114, while Germany edged Denmark, 1030-1021.
Doubles and Trios gold medalist Sweden targets two more gold medals in the 4th Women's European Championships as the Swedish five-player team took a commanding 151-pin lead after the first block of the Team event Wednesday. Rebecka Larsen, Joline Persson-Planefors, Elin Adolfsson, Ida Andersson and Sandra Andersson rolled games of 1059, 1099 and 1089 to lead the 26 countries after three games on medium oil with 3247 and an average of 216.47.
Rebecka Larsen, Joline Persson-Planefors and Sandra Andersson (l-r) of Sweden posted two big games to win the gold medal in the Women's European Championships Trios event Tuesday evening. In the title match, the top seeded Swedes flew past No. 2 Patricia Luoto, Birgit Pöppler and Janine Gabel of Germany, 693-588, to wrap up the title. It was the second gold medal in the second event for Sweden. The Championhips continues Wednesday and Thursday with the five-player Team event.
Joline Persson-Planefors, Sandra Andersson and Rebecka Larsen (l-r) of Sweden averaged 227.89 over three games on the medium oil pattern to lead the field of 48 trios from 26 countries as the Trios event at the 4th Women's European Championships has reached the halfway point. With 2051 total, Sweden holds a 44-pin lead over Latvia in second place with 2007. Germany is third with 1943 with Denmark in fourth and fifth place with 1925 and 1921, resp.
Ida Andersson and Joline Persson-Planefors (pictured left, r-l) came from the No. 4 seed to capture the first gold medal of the 4th Women's European Championships Sunday at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands by successfully defending the Doubles title for Sweden. In the title match against Autum Chamberlain and Hayley Rumkee of England, seeded third, Persson-Planefors rolled a huge 246 game to carry the team to a 397-361 victory.
Squad 1 and 2 completed the 12-game preliminaries of the Doubles event Saturday in the 2012 Women's European Championships at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands. The scores on long oil were lower than on medium oil. Joline Persson-Planefors and Ida Andersson of Sweden (l-r), who led Squad 1 after the first block with 2642, totaled 2489 in the second block to pace the field of 37 doubles, who have completed the preliminaries, with 5131 and an average of 213.79.
The 2012 Women's European Championships got underway with the Doubles preliminaries Friday in Tilburg, Netherlands. The top 4 teams with the highest 12-game total will advance to the finals on Sunday. Finns Marjo Pöntinen and Krista Pöllänen (l-r) led the high-scoring fourth squad en route to lead the record 75 doubles with 2717 total and an average of 226.42. Pöllänen led the team with the field-best 1420 series (236.67) to take the early lead in All Events.
The Israel Bowling Federation has announced its teams for the 2012 Women's European Championships in The Netherlands in June and the 2012 Men's European Championships in Austria in August. Both championships will determine the countries who will participate in the 2013 Combined World Championships in Las Vegas.
