The final day of this excellent European Champions’ Cup has the competition format changed to the best of three

Levikens at the lane draw

games with the left lane conditioned with long oil (44 feet) and the right with short (35 feet).

The high seed determines the starting lane after the official practice and each game is played on the one lane, switching to the other in succeeeding games.

Top men’s seed Arturs Levikins was defeated by Thomas Gross, 2-1, and leading woman Nadine Geisler went the distance against Israel’s Shahaf Antin.

The general consensus of opinion the the televised men’s final will be between Norway and Sweden and England versus Germany for the women, but nobody is rushing to place any bets.

Quarterfinals:

Women:

Nadine Geisler (GER) 181 268 234 v Shahaf Antin (ISR) 185 180 198

Kirsten Penny (ENG) 228 236 v Ivonne Gross (AUT) 154 190

Krista Pollanen (FIN) 210 211 v Patcharin Torgersen (NOR) 168 161

Laura Rhoney (SCO) 161 140 v Marija Tkacenko (LAT) 199 181

Men:

Arturs Levikins (LAT) 235 220 177 v Thomas Gross (AUT) 204 222 230

Petri Mannonen (FIN) 194 181  v Dennis Eklund (SWE) 225 195

Svein Ake Ek (NOR) 222 179 268 v Marco Reviglio (ITA) 177 203 219

Dimitrios Karetsos (GRE) 189 201 225 v Oleksandr Kalika (UKR) 207 190 177

Semi-Finals (11.45):

Men:

Svein Ake Ek 213 216 205 (NOR) v  Thomas Gross (AUT) 247 202 196

Dimitrios Karetsos (GRE)  204 222 v Dennis Eklund (SWE) 247 228

Women:

Nadine Geisler (GER) 201 196 185 v Marija Tkacenko (LAT) 216 169 198

FINALS

Krista Pollanen 237 183 v Marija Tkacenko 187 157

Svein Ake Ek 259 152 239 v Dennis Eklund 221 175 202

2010 European Cup Champions

KRISTA POLLANEN, FINLAND & SVEIN AKE EK, NORWAY

(Photo courtesy Pekka Korpi, Finland)

Champions Svein Ake Ek & Krista Pollanen