The English Open sponsored by Big Bear Bolts is presented by the English Sportbowling Tour and returns again in November in 2024.
The English open began in 2006 after the demise of the British Open a couple of years earlier.
The first champion was UK hall of Famer Paul Moor with the first seven events held at Nuneaton then two years in Tolworth and landing now in Stroud for the last seven editions.
Winners also include a host of UK legends like Kirsten Penny, Jo Cundy, Lisa John, Stu Williams and Steve Thornton who has won the event three times. The defending champion is Ben Robinson.
Reports
Day 1
We have had ups and downs, purple and reactive, lots of reactive 😉 Here are the scores from Day 1!!! Our friends from Sweden turned up and seems like Mattias enjoyed it a lot! A small thank you to you guys for flying over and supporting the event!
Of course Mr Thurlby fired a 300, and put himself 2nd on the leaderboard, congrats to young Mr Thurlby! The stand out bowler of the day was none other than the home grown bowler Hadley Morgan shooting 1504 for his best two blocks!!
Day 2
New entries in the qualifying places during the day included Sweden’s Kevin Melin slotting into third with 1424 and teo time and defending champion Ben Robinson into 4th with 1421.
Other big names to watch out for in the finals included Verity Crawley, Richard Teece, Paul Moor, Steve Thornton, Mike Quarry, Pete Stevenson and Brandon Roberts with a host of possible winners all through to the finals on Sunday.
Day 3
An exciting day of matchplay rounds found our top two and it would be a Sweden vs England final and Mattias Wetterberg vs 2021 champion Brandon Roberts. A win for England with Brandon hitting 480-452
Results
Results will appear on the official website during the event
Finals
Qualifying
