Dan Harding, Izzy Fletcher and Jessica Sillis bowled themselves into the Masters at EYC2023, earning Dan Harding his second EYC2023 Medal of the tournament..
Dan completed regulation play with 3984 / 221.3 / 8th, Izzy 3415 / 189.7 / 12th and Jessica 3370 / 187.2 / 16th, to secure their places in the EYC2023 Masters.
STEP 1: Izzy defeated Bulgarian Sofia Stoyanova 2-1 and Jessica defeated Finland’s Emma Palermaa 2-1 to progress to Girls Masters Step 2.
STEP 2: Dan defeated Sweden’s Emil Svenson 2-1, whilst Izzy would unfortunately fall to Swede Maja Engberg 2-0, and Jessica to Swede Elissa Mehmet also 2-0.
Quarter Finals: Dan continued to fly the flag for Youth Team England reaching Step 3, the Quarter finals, defeating Swede Robin Noberg 2-1, however the semi-finals, again against other Swede Kevin Melin, would see Dan defeated 2-1 despite coming out of the blocks full power with 257. It was a marvellous Bronze Masters Medal for Dan!
Very many congratulations to Youth Team England – these were some exciting results on the European Stage!
PREVIOUSLY
Youth Team England won double-Bronze Team Medals this year at the 2023 European Youth Championships at Plus Bowling, Austria!
We heartily congratulate both the Youth England Boy’s Dan, Kallum, Charlie and Frank on finishing the Team event in 4th with 5053 / 210.5 avg, and the Youth England Girl’s Millie, Jessica, Izzy and Yolanta on finishing in 3rd with 4519 / 188.3 avg.
Youth England Boy’s would meet Finland in the semi-finals as ‘1st vs. 4th’ and would be defeated 9210-845 for 4th whilst Youth England Girl’s would meet Sweden in ‘2nd vs. 3rd’ and would themselves be defeated 852-738, for 3rd.
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 Youth Team England Boys, 4th, Bronze |
Youth Team England Girls, 3rd, Bronze |
The European Bowling Youth Championships 2023 (EYC 2023) will be held in Plus Bowling, Vienna, Austria from 1st – 10th April 2023.
England join a total of 30 European Teams, including our friends from Scotland and Ireland, and will compete amongst the 168 youth athletes who will take part – 72 girls and 96 boys. Play begins Monday 3rd following the registration, official practice and Opening Ceremony Sunday evening.
Team England are Kallum Peach, Frank & Yolanta Stephenson, Daniel Harding, Charlie & Millie Upton, Jessica Sillis & Isabelle Fletcher. The coaching team are Mark Heathorn (Team England Manager for Youth) and Callum Simons, with Clare Shave assisting from back home. We wish them all the very best of luck!
Follow the team on the links below. We will be keeping summary scores during the event in the below table.
SCORES SUMMARY Click pictures to enlarge
| SINGLES | |
 Charlie Upton 1271 / 211.0 / 22nd Frank Stephenson 1231 / 205.2 / 30th |
 Dan Harding 1321 / 220.2 / 11th Kallum Peach 1228 / 204.7 / 33rd |
 Izzy Fletcher 1160 / 193.3 / 11th Jessica Sillis 1128 / 188.0 / 15th |
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| TEAMS | |
Dan Harding 1411 / 235.2 |
Millie Upton 1160 / 193.3 |
| BOYS DOUBLES |
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Dan Harding 1252 / 208.7 |
Kallum Peach 1239 / 206.5 |
| GIRLS DOUBLES Click pictures to enlarge | |
Yolanta Stephenson 1110 / 185.0 |
Jessica Simpson 1099 / 183.2 |
All Events are: total pinfall / average / position
| ATHLETE | SINGLES | DOUBLES | TEAM | ALL EVENTS |
| Dan Harding | 1321 | 1252 | 1411 | 3984 / 221.3 / 8th |
| Kallum Peach | 1228 | 1239 | 1286 | 3753 / 208.5 / 28th |
| Frank Stephenson | 1231 | 1247 | 1140 | 3618 / 201.0 / 39th |
| Charlie Upton | 1271 | 1239 | 1216 | 3726 / 207.0 / 30th |
| Izzy Fletcher | 1160 | 1113 | 1142 | 3415 / 189.7 / 12th |
| Jessica Sillis | 1128 | 1099 | 1143 | 3370 / 187.2 / 16th |
| Yolanta Stephenson | 1079 | 1110 | 1074 | 3263 / 181.3 / 26th |
| Millie Upton | 1041 | 1049 | 1160 | 3250 / 180.6 / 27th |
THE TEAM
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Dan Harding “For real though, it would be a great achievement to win a medal and would be something that I will remember for a lifetime and will open many opportunities for me in the future and be remembered like Hadley and Curtis when they won their medal.” |
Charlie Upton “It would mean a lot to me to win a medal at EYC because it has been my dream to compete at the European level and to win a medal would mean so much.” |
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Frank Stephenson “I know that winning a medal in Europe is not going to be easy as the standard of bowlers we are up against is so high. For me it would be such an honour to win a medal something I would cherish for the rest of my life.”
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Kallum Peach ” It’s been a dream and a thing to work towards since my return to the sport 3 years ago. The effort I have put in has got me the opportunity of now competing for Team England. But I’m not too worried about that now, it’s all about performing day in day out to put myself into a medal position and I think we’ve got the team to bring home a bit of silverware this year.” |
Izzy Fletcher “It would mean everything to win a medal. I don’t really know how to explain it. Been my dream since I was about 10. So I guess that comes with a lot of mixed emotions and feelings with what it means. I get to make my dream come true and I also get to make my family proud.”
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Jessica Sillis “To wear the England shirt is one thing, but to win a medal is another. To even be representing my country and to have a chance to bring home a medal would honestly be a dream come true!! It’s hard to explain how it feels as not everyone will win one. But even if one of my teammates wins one, that would mean everything. With all the hard work on and off the lanes that I’ve been putting in day in and day out, I would like to hope that it is enough to bring one home. |
Millie Upton “It would mean so much to me to win a medal at EYC, it would be a huge accomplishment for me and I’d love to make everyone proud.” |
Yolanta Stephenson “It would mean a lot to me to win a medal because I’ve always dreamed of competing at a European level and winning a medal would top off the experience.” |
LINKS
Follow the Official Team England facebook page for the very latest news and colour reporting on the following link:
Official Team England Facebook page
Periodical information will be posted on our social media channels – twitter and instagram. Search @thebtba #bowlte #eyc2023
Visit the official website here: https://eyc2023.etbfchampionships.eu/ (opens in a new window)
Jump straight to the Schedule here: https://eyc2023.etbfchampionships.eu/about-eyc/schedule/ (opens in a new window)
Read more from at Talk Tenpin who will cover the wider event news and information (opens in a new window)
Socials: facebook, twitter, instagram – search @thebtba #bowlyte #teamengland #eyc2023
