End 24th European Youth Championships at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany
Arnar David Jonsson (l.) of Iceland and England's Autum Chamberlain (r.) ended the 24th European Youth Championships with victory in Boys and Girls Masters match play . In the boys title match iJonsson, seeded 18th, swept No. 7 Robin Menacher, Germany, 2-0. On the girls side, No. 8 Chamberlain flew past No. 6 Andrea Hansen, Norway, 2-0. A total of 12 countries shared the medals at the 24th EYC.
Steven Wiersema wins Boys Singles; runner-up Joshua Schuurman becomes All Events champion
On the penultimate day of competition the medals in Singles and All Events were decided in the 24th European Youth Championships. Daria Kovalova (l.), Ukraine, and Steven Wiersema (r.), Germany, captured the Singles titles. Kovalova also triumphed in Girls All Events while Singles runner-up Joshua Schuurman (l.), Netherlands, earned the men's title.
Polina Kosiakova, Daniel Vezis hold on to the lead in girls and boys All Events
The Finnish girls and the Swedish boys remained undefeated in the Team finals of the 24th European Youth Championships Thursday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany en route to claim the first gold medal for their country. The Finns defeated England, 849-730, to cature the girls title. In the boys title match, Sweden edged Latvia, 861-852.
Polina Kosiakova, Daniels Vezis atop the girls and boys All Events leaderboard
The girls from Russia (l.) and the boys from the Netherlands (r.) are in the driver's seat after the first three-game block of the four-player Team events in the 24th European Youth Championships Russia's Polina Kosiakova leads the girls in All Events after 9 games with 2072 (230.22). Daniels Vezis, Latvia leads in Boys all Events with 2007 (223.00).
No. 2 seed Vezis/Levikins defeat top seeded Swedes Svensson/Jansson
Daniels Vezis and Arturs Levikins (l.) of Latvia claimed the first gold medal in the Boys Division at the 24th European Youth Championships in Germany when the duo won the doubles competition Monday. In a title match between the two top seeded teams, No. 2 Vezis/Levikins flew past No. 1 Jesper Svensson and Markus Jansson, Sweden (r.), 439-360.
Fourth seeded Frost/Hedley defeat two Russian Doubles to claim first gold medal
Hannah Frost and Bethany Hedley (r-l) of England started the 24th European Youth Championships Monday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany, with victory in the Girls Doubles competition. The English girls, who earned the last spot for the playoffs after finishing the six-game preliminaries in fourth place , topped No. 2 seed Kristina Kryl and Alena Korobkova of Russia in the title match, 363-357. Competition continues on Tuesday, April 19, with the Boys Doubles.
Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany (April 26-25, 2011)
The best youth bowlers from Europe will compete in the 24th annual European Youth Championships to be held from April 26-25, 2011 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany. The EYC 2011 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, 2011. Boys and girls compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Teams, All Events and Masters match play.
Shoots the Championship's fourth 300 in the deciding game of the title match
Kert Truus from Estonia saved his best the very last game of the 23rd European Youth Championships and rolled a 300 game to win the gold medal in Boys Masters with a 2-1 victory over Carsten W. Hansen, Denmark. Truus opened with a 235-225 win in game one but Hansen rebounded with a 224-191 win in game two to force a deciding third game. Hansen, who won the gold medal in Doubles with Mik Stampe, earned the silver medal while Marcus Henriksson, Sweden and Arturs Levikins, Latvia, shared the bronze medal.
Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France (March 26- April 4, 2010)
Shahaf Antin from Israel came back from a 0-1 deficit to defeat Marija Tkachenko, Latvia, two-games-to-one, en route to win the gold medals in the Girls Masters competition in the 23rd European Youth Championships Easter Sunday at Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France. It was the first gold medal in the Girls' Division which wasn't won by a Swedish bowler. Tkachenko earned the silver medal while Ida Andersson, Sweden, and Nadine Motzer, Germany, shared the bronze medal.
Sweden targets to sweep the titles in Girls' Division at European Youth Championships
Doubles and Team champion Jenny Wegner from Sweden added gold medals No. 3 and No. 4 in the 23rd European Youth Championships by winning the titles in All Events and Singles Saturday. Wegner fired a 1380 six-game series in the Singles preliminaries (230 average) to secure her third gold medal in All Events with 3837 (213.16) and to earn the No. 1 seed for the Singles finals. In the title match, Wegner cruised to her fourth title in as many events with a 189-157 victory over Kirsten MacGregor, England.
Wins his second gold medal of the Championships with 299-255 win over Daniels Vezis
European Youth Championships All Events champion Jesse Kallio from Finland flirted with perfection, firing 11 strikes to start the title match of the Boys Singles finals against Daniels Vezis, Latvia, en route to win the gold medal at the 23rd European Youth Championships Saturday at Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France, 299-255. Kallio earned his second gold medal of the Championships. Vezis received the silver medal while Lars Wouters, Belgium, and Mik Stampe, Denmark, shared the bronze medal.
Silver medalist Wouters earns No. 1 seed for Boys Singles finals
Jesse Kallio from Finland averaged 217.66 over 18 games (combined results in Singles, Doubles and Team) to win the gold medal in Boys All Events in the 23rd European Youth Championships at Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France. Kallio's team mate Niko Kurppa earned the bronze medal with 3865. Sandwiched between the two Finns to claim silver was Lars Wouters, Belgium, with 3885. Wouters (1426), Kallio (1401), Dane Mik Stampe (1371) and Daniels Vezis (1360), Latvia, advanced to the Boys Singles finals.
Swedish Boys beat Greece for Sweden's third gold medal of the Championships
Sweden captured the third gold medal out of four events thus far at the 23rd European Youth Championships when Marcus Henriksson, Markus Jansson, Daniel Fransson and Magnus Johnson defeated Greece in the title match of the Boys 4-player Team event, 795-735. Antonios Zafras and Vasileios Stefopoulos, who won silver in Doubles, and their team mates Thomas Sellas and Dimitrios Fragkakis earned the silver medal, while Finland and England shared the bronze medal.
European Youth Championships Girls Doubles champions Elin Adolfsson and Jenny Wegner teamed with Ida Andersson and Josefine Linderoth to win the second gold medal for Sweden in the Girls 4-player Team event Thursday. The four Swedes, seeded third in the one-game single-elimination finals after averaging 194.50 in the six-game preliminaries, defeated No. 4 England with Autum Chamberlain, Anneleise Vokes, Rebekah Hamlett and Kirsten Macgregor in a high-scoring rematch of the Doubles final, 826-811.
Elin Adolfsson repeats her 2009 win with Jenny Wegner
Elin Adolfsson, who won the 2009 European Youth Championships Girls Doubles gold medal with Isabell Hultin teamed with Jenny Wegner to defend the title Tuesday evening at Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France. The Swedes, who earned the No. 3 seed after the six-game preliminaries, defeated top seeded Autum Chamberlain and Kirsten Macgregor, England, 386-357. Chamberlain/Macgregor received the silver medal while Ushakova/Korobkova, Russia and Antin/Bachar, Israel shared the bronze.
Carsten W. Hansen and Mik Stampe team to win Boys Doubles
Carsten W. Hansen and Mik Stampe, Denmark, the No. 2 seed after the six-game preliminaries defeated top seeded Antonios Zafras and Vasileios Stefopoulos, Greece, 427-387, to win the first gold medal of the 23rd European Youth Championships at Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France. Zafras/Stefopoulos earned silver while Daniels Vezis/Arturs Levikins, Latvia and Mikhail Belenkiy/Roman Starchenkov, Russia shared the bronze medal.
Baltiska Bowlinghallen in Malmo, Sweden (April 4-13 2009)
Mattias Jansson from Sweden and Dutch Carmen Haandrikman won the gold medal in the Boys and Girls Masters competition to end the 22nd European Youth Championships Easter Sunday at Baltiska Bowlinghallen in Malmo, Sweden. In the best-of-three games boys finale, Jansson followed in the footprints of his father Raymond Jansson (1984 EYC champion) when he made quick work of Singles champion and All Events silver medalist, Arturs Levikins, Latvia, 225-189 and 200-153. Haandrikman swept Jansson's team mate All Events champion Elin Adolfsson, 238-204 and 222-174 to wrap up the girls title.
Baltiska Bowlinghallen in Malmo, Sweden (April 4-13 2009)
The title matches of the Girls and Boys Singles competition at the 22nd European Youth Championships in Malmo, Sweden, featured the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 2 seed, and both top seeds cruised to the title with big games. In the Girls finale, Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden, flew past Chantal Jacobs, Netherlands, 255-203, to easily win the gold medal. Arturs Levikins, Latvia, fired a 279 in the semis, then edged equally tough Mik Stampe, Denmark, in the boys title match, 266-254.
Persson earns top seed for Singles finals, Adolfsson wins gold in All Events
Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden, earned the No. 1 seed for the Girls Singles finals by winning the six-game preliminaries with 1314 pinfall total and an average of 219.00. Her team mate Elin Adolfsson grabbed the fourth and final spot with 1279 en route to win the gold medal in All Events. The Swedes will meet in the semifinals while No. 2 seed, Chantal Jacobs (1299), Netherlands, takes on Polina Kosyakova (1292), Russia.
Arnar David Jonsson (l.) of Iceland and England's Autum Chamberlain (r.) ended the 24th European Youth Championships with victory in Boys and Girls Masters match play . In the boys title match iJonsson, seeded 18th, swept No. 7 Robin Menacher, Germany, 2-0. On the girls side, No. 8 Chamberlain flew past No. 6 Andrea Hansen, Norway, 2-0. A total of 12 countries shared the medals at the 24th EYC. 
On the penultimate day of competition the medals in Singles and All Events were decided in the 24th European Youth Championships. Daria Kovalova (l.), Ukraine, and Steven Wiersema (r.), Germany, captured the Singles titles. Kovalova also triumphed in Girls All Events while Singles runner-up Joshua Schuurman (l.), Netherlands, earned the men's title. 
The Finnish girls and the Swedish boys remained undefeated in the Team finals of the 24th European Youth Championships Thursday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring, Germany en route to claim the first gold medal for their country. The Finns defeated England, 849-730, to cature the girls title. In the boys title match, Sweden edged Latvia, 861-852.
The girls from Russia (l.) and the boys from the Netherlands (r.) are in the driver's seat after the first three-game block of the four-player Team events in the 24th European Youth Championships Russia's Polina Kosiakova leads the girls in All Events after 9 games with 2072 (230.22). Daniels Vezis, Latvia leads in Boys all Events with 2007 (223.00). 
Daniels Vezis and Arturs Levikins (l.) of Latvia claimed the first gold medal in the Boys Division at the 24th European Youth Championships in Germany when the duo won the doubles competition Monday. In a title match between the two top seeded teams, No. 2 Vezis/Levikins flew past No. 1 Jesper Svensson and Markus Jansson, Sweden (r.), 439-360.
Hannah Frost and Bethany Hedley (r-l) of England started the 24th European Youth Championships Monday at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany, with victory in the Girls Doubles competition. The English girls, who earned the last spot for the playoffs after finishing the six-game preliminaries in fourth place , topped No. 2 seed Kristina Kryl and Alena Korobkova of Russia in the title match, 363-357. Competition continues on Tuesday, April 19, with the Boys Doubles. 
The best youth bowlers from Europe will compete in the 24th annual European Youth Championships to be held from April 26-25, 2011 at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany. The EYC 2011 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, 2011. Boys and girls compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Teams, All Events and Masters match play.
Kert Truus from Estonia saved his best the very last game of the 23rd European Youth Championships and rolled a 300 game to win the gold medal in Boys Masters with a 2-1 victory over Carsten W. Hansen, Denmark. Truus opened with a 235-225 win in game one but Hansen rebounded with a 224-191 win in game two to force a deciding third game. Hansen, who won the gold medal in Doubles with Mik Stampe, earned the silver medal while Marcus Henriksson, Sweden and Arturs Levikins, Latvia, shared the bronze medal.
Shahaf Antin from Israel came back from a 0-1 deficit to defeat Marija Tkachenko, Latvia, two-games-to-one, en route to win the gold medals in the Girls Masters competition in the 23rd European Youth Championships Easter Sunday at Plaza Bowling in St. Maximin, France. It was the first gold medal in the Girls' Division which wasn't won by a Swedish bowler. Tkachenko earned the silver medal while Ida Andersson, Sweden, and Nadine Motzer, Germany, shared the bronze medal. 
Mattias Jansson from Sweden and Dutch Carmen Haandrikman won the gold medal in the Boys and Girls Masters competition to end the 22nd European Youth Championships Easter Sunday at Baltiska Bowlinghallen in Malmo, Sweden. In the best-of-three games boys finale, Jansson followed in the footprints of his father Raymond Jansson (1984 EYC champion) when he made quick work of Singles champion and All Events silver medalist, Arturs Levikins, Latvia, 225-189 and 200-153. Haandrikman swept Jansson's team mate All Events champion Elin Adolfsson, 238-204 and 222-174 to wrap up the girls title.
The title matches of the Girls and Boys Singles competition at the 22nd European Youth Championships in Malmo, Sweden, featured the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 2 seed, and both top seeds cruised to the title with big games. In the Girls finale, Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden, flew past Chantal Jacobs, Netherlands, 255-203, to easily win the gold medal. Arturs Levikins, Latvia, fired a 279 in the semis, then edged equally tough Mik Stampe, Denmark, in the boys title match, 266-254.
Latvian Arturs Levikins had games of 205, 236, 219, 201, 276 and 246 to lead the 108-player field in the Boys Singles event in the 22nd European Youth Championships in Malmo, Sweden with 1383 pinfall total and an average of 230.50. Joining Levikins in the finals on Saturday are Mik Stampe, Denmark, Johan Helldén, Sweden, and Perttu Jussila, Finland. Stampe (pictured) won the gold medal in All Events, Levikins took the silver medal and Dennis Vrabac, Sweden,received bronze.