Four squads were played on first weekend with over 170 entries. Tournament leader Karo Hilokoski bowled 1450 on Sunday morning squad. At the moment Jonne Kaisku is in second place 1374, Juhani Tonteri third with 1365. Otherwise results have been… Lue lisää »2026 IHC first weekend
First squad of 2026 International Hammer Challenge had 71 participants from four different countries. Youngest players were 11 year old and in the other end we had over 70 year old bowlers. Nobody made 300 game yet, so thousand euro… Lue lisää »2026 IHC ongoing
2026 International Hammer Challenge lane pattern has been published. Pattern is foundable from tournament page or from link here. Designer describes pattern to be challenging but with right ball, surface and lines you can make score. “In the beginning you… Lue lisää »2026 IHC Lane pattern
International Hammer Challenge will be played August 14th to 23rd. Registrations will open on friday March 6th at noon. Register yourself here. Prize funds are over 50.000 euros with winner taking 7.000 euros. Getting in to the B-finals will quarantee… Lue lisää »Registrations to IHC 2026 opens March 6th
The 2025 IHC winner is Petteri Salonen. He defeated Alex Joki 228-211 in the final. Petteri Salonen went from victory to victory on Sunday and took the 7000€ first prize. The final progressed evenly until the halfway point, after which… Lue lisää »Petteri Salonen bowled to the victory in the IHC
In the fourth round of the IHC four high-quality matches were seen. Nicolas Carter, Petteri Salonen, Alex Joki and Juho Rissanen took the places in the semifinals. Nicolas Carter had a grip on Joonas Jähi the whole time and he… Lue lisää »A-final fourth round: Carter, Salonen, Joki and Rissanen into the semifinals
Senior Petteri Salonen was on top of his game on Sunday. In round 2, he knocked out qualifying winner Pyry Puharinen, and in round 3, Jarno Lahti experienced the same fate, when Salonen defeated him 3-0. Salonen responded with humor… Lue lisää »A-final third round: Petteri Salonen was fierce
On Sunday morning, 32 players continued to the finals at IHC. In his own match, Sweden’s Alex Joki played against Luukas Väänänen and threw a wild 846 points in three games and won the match 3-0. Alex Joki started the… Lue lisää »A-final round 2: Alex Joki was wild in the morning – bowled a 300 game
The first round of the A-final was bowled on Saturday evening, with 9 players from the B-final and bowlers ranked 15-41 in the qualifying.The format was best-of-five matches. Emma Palermaa knocked out PBA legend Robert Smith with a clean 3-0… Lue lisää »A-final round 1: Emma Palermaa knocked out a PBA legend
The B-finals were bowled in three groups: youth, general and seniors. 12 players from each group made it to the B-finals. Only Jaana Taavitsainen from the seniors and Risto Partinen from the generals failed to arrive, so their opponents Santtu… Lue lisää »B-finals: Top three from each group determined
The best in the final squad of the IHC qualifiers was Niko Oksanen with a score of 1388. He already took his third squad win and also made his best score. He advanced to the top 14, meaning that his… Lue lisää »Squad 13: Niko Oksanen was the best in the final squad
The results in the second last squad of the IHC were pretty moderate. The best result of the squad was bowled by Tim Stampe from Denmark, 1318. Tim Stampe’s game was a steady grind from start to finish. He didn’t… Lue lisää »Squad 13: Tim Stampe was the best on Saturday morning with 1318
