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24TH IBSA NINE PIN BOWLING EC 2025
Date: May 28, 2025
Category: Ninepin Bowling
In Slovakia city Velky Sariš, form 09 – 17.05.2025, was hold a 24th European championships in Nine pin bowling for 2025. Organizer was Slovak Association of Visually Impaired Athletes with partner in local level city of Velky Sariš and local ninepin bowling club TJ Slavoj.
After 15 years (host of EC in 2010.) a blind and visually impaired players are back to have a new top result in this bowling alley.
In this event was 77 players from 9 country competing in team and individuals’ discipline in all 3 category (M and W B1, B2, and B3) and also testing a new individual discipline (Sprint)
After a 4-day event a most successful nation of EC was Croatia 19 medal (13 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze) and then Poland and host country Slovakia.
In team events (man and women team and Mix tandem in B1, B2 and B3), domination of Poland and Croatian players; man team gold for Poland, sliver Croatia and bronze Slovakia, in women team: gold Croatia, silver Poland and bronze Romania.
Mix Tandem B1 and B2 a 2 gold for Croatian players and in Mix Tandem B3 a gold went to Poland pair.
In individual discipline (Combination and Single) a few players dominate and wone a double gold in Combination and Single: in B1 Iva Šola, Croatia, and Jan Ziemba, Poland, in B2: Nermina Mehulic and Ivica Ferencic from Croatia and in B3 women Ruza Markesic, Croatia. Home nation in very trilling match have won a gold in B3 man Combination by Alojz Koprda with just one 1 pin more in total than silver Villiam Jelusic from Croatia. Jelusic won a gold in Single event in this category.
Also on this EC there was achieved an New ER in 3 discipline : in women Combination B2 by Nermina Mehulic, (Cro) with 1474 pins (old was 1473 from 2024) and Ruza Markesic (Cro) in women B3 Combination (new 1527,) and Single B3 (new 772, old was from 2005 ; 759 pins)