2nd Federation Cup 2010

The 2nd Federation Tenpin Bowling Cup 2010 was held on 13 and 14 July 2010 in Barcelona, prior to the conduction of Stop 12 in the EBT 2010, the 32 Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona.

This invitational tournament was hosted by the Catalan Bowling Federation with the purpose to promote bowling in Catalonia and the city of Barcelona.

On 28 February 2010, all three WTBA zones were informed about the tournament and the possibility for them to send a women team and a man team to Barcelona.

A women and a man team from the Pan American Bowling Confederation (PABCON) took part in the tournament together with a women and a man team from the European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF), while the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) excused in June, since it was impossible to provide two four persons teams from Asia, because all players were occupied by domestic and regional activities.

The following 7 disciplines were included: Singles Women, Singles Men, Doubles Women, Doubles Men, All Event Women, All Event Men and Mixed Team of Five - Bakers Style.

The women team from ETBF consisted of Nina Flack (Sweden), Tina Hulsch (Germany), Rebecka Larsen (Sweden) and Joline Persson-Planefors Sweden, while the male team consisted of Gery Verbruggen (Belgium), Mika Koivuniemi (Finland), Dominic Barrett (England) and Osku Palermaa (Finland).

The three women competitions were all won by PABCON, while ETBF won all men competitions. Finally the mixed team competition was won by ETBF.

Find below a complete result presentation of the 2nd Federation Tenpin Bowling Cup 2010.

The tournament was completed by one team match between ETBF and PABCON.
The format was mixed team of 5 played the bakers style (best of three games matches).

The match was won by the ETBF team (consisting of Tina Hulsch, Rebecka Larsen, Gery Verbruggen, Mika Koivuniemi and Dominic Barrett) 2-1 (208-176, 210-269 and 176-152) over the team from PABCON.

17 July 2010
Kim Thorsgaard Jensen