European Championships. Spain: game over

Yesterday started in the German city of Duisburg (and more precisley at Achim Grabowski's bowling center) the European Individual Championship 2008.

And, as we knew, Catalonia, but not Spain, is participating.

Raúl Galvez and Sandra Torrents (curiosly, both have represented Spain early this year) have already started, but without good scores.

Raul's average is 195 (19º), while Sandra, with 183.5 is in position 24º after the first block.

So far from Dutch Marieke de Jong, 224 average, and the other 9 players bowling over 200. And more even from Jean-Marc Lebon, who leads male division with 233 of average.

By the way, Grabowsky is currently 9th (206 average), and Sami Konstery, from Finlad has shot 299!

¿Is it a surprise that Spain is not bowling in Germany? No, of course it is not. After losing the appeal to the FIQ and to the Tas, the Spanish Federation has no more place to appeal to.

Well. Wat wait, actually the had one more! The problem is that... the have lose over there as well.

Here you can read the sentence both in French and English/Spanish

Not the sport not the civil justice has worked for the Feb. It seem pretty evident that the solution to this impass is not coming from the international way. Catalonia is gonna keep sending players to international events, so Spanish directives has just 2 options: accept it and send the national team anyway or not to send players anymore.

What would you do? I am not afraid to say that I have no idea. It doesen't seem realistic that on the shor run Spain and Catalonia will compete agains each other on a European or World Champsionship.

Election on the Spanish Federation (we are in a Olympic year) are close. José Luis Boto presence (actually, his lack of presence) is a big obstacle for de development of bowling in our country. Will he win again? Rumors sat so, and it's very sad.

The electoral process is so complicated that makes impossible for bowling lovers to put things in order. "Tyranny" rules and inefficiency follows.

Bowling has no many people with the will to work hard and free for it. Elections are undergoing. We can't do a lot, but we can do something.