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Rules – Estonian Open 2025

Register to Estonian Open 2025
Competition type: individual competition
Type: open, international, with throw-ins
Venue: Elamus Bowling (Akadeemia tee 30, Tallinn), 16 lanes, Brunswick
Time: 11.-21. September 2025
Organizer: Elamus Bowling

Head Referee: Helen Haas

Contact: Kert Truus

Registration: Bowl4U (www.bowl4u.com)

Website: www.elamusbowling.ee

The Estonian Open will follow these regulations and the current competition regulations of the Estonian Bowling Association (EVML).

The competitions will determine the best men’s and women’s bowlers. The competition is the Estonian Rolling Games Association’s 2025-2026 season rating competition.

Competition description

The competition consists of a preliminary round and 5 different final rounds. After the last preliminary round exchange, a desperado round will also take place. Separate calculations for male and female players, the ranking will be determined based on the final results of the competition. In the overall competition, women have a handicap of 8 points per series.

Eligibility and registration

Registration opens on 01.06.2025.

Competition fees and exchange times:
Qualification squads and fees in €

Squad Day Date Time Spots Entry fee (€) Re-entry (€)
Squad 01 Thursday 11.09.2025 12.00 32 50  
Squad 02     15.15 32 60 50
Squad 03 Friday 12.09.2025 12.00 32 60 50
Squad 04     15.15 32 60 50
Squad 05 Saturday 13.09.2025 10.00 32 60 50
Squad 06     13.15 32 60 50
Squad 07 Sunday 14.09.2025 10.00 32 60 50
Squad 08     13.15 32 60 50
Squad 09 Wednesday 17.09.2025 12.00 32 80 70
Squad 10     15.15 32 80 70
Squad 11     18.30 32 80 70
Squad 12 Thursday 18.09.2025 12.00 32 90 80
Squad 13     15.15 32 90 80
Squad 14     18.30 32 90 80
Squad 15 Friday 19.09.2025 10.30 32 100 90
Squad 16     13.45 32 100 90
Squad 17     17.00 32 100 90
Squad 18 Saturday 20.09.2025 10.30 32 110 100
Squad 19     13.45 32 110 100
Squad 20     17.00 32 110 100

Preliminary round

Individual, American style, 6 sets, up to 4 players per pair of lanes. The referee has the right to place up to 5 players per pair of lanes due to technical malfunction of the lanes. Lane change: odd lanes two lanes to the left, even lanes two lanes to the right after each set. Practice for 10 minutes on the starting lanes. Desperado

  • game, lanes are drawn. Participation fee 50€.
  • The best will advance to the first final round.

Final rounds

A total of 48 players will advance – the 4 best Estonians* from the first week’s shifts (squad 1-8), the 2 best from the desperado round and the 42 best from the general table.

* Ranking of the four best Estonians (in shifts 1 to 8) – if the best Estonians have results that allow them to advance from the general table, then the results of the following Estonian players based on shifts 1 to 8 will be taken into account in the ranking.

Squad Day Date Time Spots Entry fee (€) Re-entry (€)
Squad 01 Thursday 11.09.2025 12.00 32 50  
Squad 02     15.15 32 60 50
Squad 03 Friday 12.09.2025 12.00 32 60 50
Squad 04     15.15 32 60 50
Squad 05 Saturday 13.09.2025 10.00 32 60 50
Squad 06     13.15 32 60 50
Squad 07 Sunday 14.09.2025 10.00 32 60 50
Squad 08     13.15 32 60 50
Squad 09 Wednesday 17.09.2025 12.00 32 80 70
Squad 10     15.15 32 80 70
Squad 11     18.30 32 80 70
Squad 12 Thursday 18.09.2025 12.00 32 90 80
Squad 13     15.15 32 90 80
Squad 14     18.30 32 90 80
Squad 15 Friday 19.09.2025 10.30 32 100 90
Squad 16     13.45 32 100 90
Squad 17     17.00 32 100 90
Squad 18 Saturday 20.09.2025 10.30 32 110 100
Squad 19     13.45 32 110 100
Squad 20     17.00 32 110 100

Final step 1

Places 17-48 play 6 games, American format. The top 16 advance to the next final round.

Final step 2

Places 1-16 from the preliminary rounds play 6 games with those who advanced from the previous final round, American format. The top 16 advance to the next final round.

Players will receive seeding numbers based on this final round. Final step 3

The top 16 from the previous final round play in a match play system until two wins. Final step 4

The winners of the previous final round (top 8) play in a match play system until two wins. Final step 5

The winners of the previous final round (top 4) will play in a step ladder game system.

The place numbers (from Final step 2) will determine the order of the players.

Resolving Ties

Preliminary Rounds and Final Step 1-2

In the event of equal points in the preliminary round, the better competitor is the one with the better result in the last round in the preliminary round, in the event of a tie, the better the previous round, etc.

Final Step 5

In the event of equal points, a full board is rolled one throw at a time (roll-off)-

Desperado

The 9th and 10th squares are rolled over.

Oil in the Finals

Before final steps 1,2,3 and 5.


Õlitus finaalides

Before final step 1,2,3 and 5.

Finals schedule

Schedule for the final steps Sunday 2 21 September 2025
09.30: Final Step 1
13.00: Final Step 2
16.00: Final Step 3
16.45: Final Step 4
17.30: Final Step 5
18.30: Award Ceremony

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Helen Haas
helen@elamusbowling.ee
+372 656 0646

Kert Truus
kert@elamusbowling.ee
+372 656 0646

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