The 13th event of the 2010 European Bowling Tour, the
BNC Bratislava Open, got underway Monday with four qualifying squads at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Róbert Záhora (l.), Slovakia, set the pace after the first day with 1304 six-game total and an average of 217.33.
Michal Vceliš, Czech Republic, was second with 1298, followed by Squad 1 leader
Ladislav Bitto, Slovakia, in third with 1284 and Squad 4 leader
Diego Biolghini, Italy, in fourth with 1266. The top 4 players are automatically qualified for the finals on Sunday.
The 8th annual Columbia 300 Vienna Open is the 15th stop of the 2010 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Gold" events. The tournament will be held from Tuesday Sep. 28 through Sunday Oct. 3, 2010 at 32-lane Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. As of today, 260 players from 25 countries including several male and female professional bowlers have registered for the popular event. 
Bowlingdigital will report live from Vienna including live streaming, HD videos and HQ photos.
Bowlingdigital.com has uploaded 10-minute High Definition video summaries of the 2010 Men's World Championships Singles and Doubles title matches onto YouTube. All subscribers of our YouTube channel have already received the message. Bowlingdigital has now uploaded 136 videos from 17 events. To go straight to our YouTube account click 
Wendy Kok (l.), Netherlands, was the sole player of the top 16 in the EBT women's ranking, who participated in the BNC Bratislava Open, which ended on Sunday Aug. 29th at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia. Kok finished 39th in the tournament and 5th in the women's ranking to earn 50 ranking points en route to leap from third to second place in the 2010 women's ranking with 490 points. Women's ranking leader Nina Flack Sweden, and her male counterpart, Dominic Barrett, England, maintained the lead. 
Jens Dengler, and Michael Schneppe (left), both Germany, teamed to win the 10th Strangers Doubles Tournament Sunday, Aug. 29th at Bowling Beseco in Rümikon, Zurich, Switzerland. In a close title match the two Germans topped Nicolas Guillaume and Fredéric Janzen (right), both Switzerland, 376 to 359, to wrap up the title.
Austria's No. 1 bowler, Thomas Gross (l.) defeated Paul Moor (r.), England, to win the BNC Bratislava Open Sunday, Aug 29th at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia. In the championship match over two games total pinfall, Gross held a comfortable 45-pin lead after the first game (248- 203) and cruised to victory with a 214-193 in game #2 and 462-396 overall. Gross received 5.000 Euro for his fourth career European Bowling Tour title. Moor pocketed 3.000 Euro for second place.
Jimmy Mortensen (l.), Denmark, finished the qualifying of the BNC Bratislava Open atop the leaderboard to lead a field of 64 players into the finals on Sunday at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia. The Danish national team member had a high series of 1434 , an average of 239.00 for six games. Gianny Hendrickx (r.), Belgium, fired a huge 267 game to easily win the Desperado squad which offered the last four spots for the finals on Sunday. 
Just two weeks after their victory in the 5th Schiedam Senior Open, Ron Oldfield (right), England and Liliane Vintens (left), Belgium, won back-to-back International Seniors Bowling Tour titles by winning the men's and women's division in the Belgian Senior Open at Bowlmaster in Brussels, Belgium. Oldfield won his fourth ISBT title by mere four pins over André Geelen, Belgium, while Vintens had a 67-pin cushion over Angie Brown, England, to win her second title in the women's division. 
Franz Hahn (l.), Austria, become the first player who cracked the 1400-bar as the qualifying of the BNC Bratislava Open has reached the halfway mark. With 12 out of 24 squads in the books, Hahn leads the field of 169 players from 14 countries with 1404 six-game total (234 ave.) For the third and last day the top 4 daily leaders earned automatic berths into the finals on Sunday. Joining Hahn in the finals are Jiří Hindrák of the Czech Republic, Slovenia's Darko Tiselj, and Artur Levikin, Lithuania.
Austrian couple, Thomas and Ivonne Gross, overtook the lead in the qualifying of the BNC Bratislava Open on day two qualifying in Bratislava, Slovakia. Starting in Squad 7 on Tuesday afternoon, Thomas (pictured left) posted a 1375 six-game series including a high game of 279 with Ivonne (right) close behind at 1333 including 48 pins women's handicap. Joining the couple in the finals from Tuesday's squads were Marek Kečkéš and Ján Debnár, both Slovakia
The 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge has been granted "Platinum" status for the 2011 European Bowling Tour by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF). The total prize fund will increase by 16.000 Euro to a total prize fund of 106.000 Euro. The organizers have also changed the format of the finals. The 2011 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be held from March 4th through 13th at Le Plaza Bowling in St. Maxim at the outskirts of Paris, France. The 2011 EBT consists of 22 tournaments. 
The 2010 Malta Tenpin Bowling Association National Championships were conducted recently at the Eden SuperBowl in St. Julian's, where Malta's top tenpin bowlers competed in separate male and female categories for the most prestigious honor on the local scene. After three sessions and a total of 24 games, the 2010 champions are Neil Sullivan and Sue Abela in their respective divisions. While it was the first victory for Sullivan, Abela clinched the fourteenth championship title of her illustrious bowling career. 
Ron Oldfield, England and Liliane Vintens, Belgium, (pictured left) captured the men's and women's title in the 5th Schiedam Senior Open, the fifth stop of the inaugural International Seniors Bowling Tour which was held from July 27 through Aug. 1 at Chandra Schiedam in Schiedam, Netherlands. It was the third title on the Tour for Oldfield who also won the first and the third event in Monheim, and in Buxtehude, both Germany. Vintens, who is the president of the ISB Tour, celebrated her first victory.
Several thousand youth athletes from 27 countries competed in 9 sports, basketball, bowling, soccer, wrestling, swimming, tennis, table tennis, volleyball and racketlon in the World Sports Festival from July 9th thru 11th in Vienna, Austria. The Bowling Championships at the World Sports Festival 2010 featured two
events: Mixed Trios and Singles, both on a handicap basis. For the first time in the WSF bowling competition England has brought
some handicapped bowlers to the event. 
Nina Flack (l.), Sweden, and Dominic Barrett, England, widened their lead in the European Bowling Tour rankings at the 32nd Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona. Flack ended the EBT Gold tournament in sixth place to widen her lead from 18 to 129 points. Barrett lost the title match in Barcelona against Gery Verbruggen but widened his lead in the men's rankings from 65 to 152 pints. The EBT takes a 5-week break before heading to Bratislava,, Slovakia (Aug. 23-29).
