Leads total 48 players into Sunday's finals; cut for 38th place is 1338 (223 ave.)
Dominic Barrett (pictured left) of England beat out Swede Robert Andersson (right) by one pin to win the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open and a 1.000 Euro bonus. The 2010 European Bowling Tour men's ranking had a 1474 six-game series, an average of 245.67, and leads total 48 players of the 228 -player field from 19 countries into Sunday's finals.
Dominic Barrett (l.) of England and Swede Robert Andersson (r.) lead the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open heading into the last day of qualifying at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. Andersson led Squad 16 with 1474 to move to the top but Barrett took over the lead one squad later by just one pin with 1475 (245.83 Ave.). Qualifying ends on Saturday, July 9 with Squads 19-22 followed by the Desperado Squad on Sunday
morning at 12.30 a.m.
Mika Koivuniemi, Adrian Ang achieve perfection; cut for 38th place is 1287 (214.5 ave.)
The race for the top 12 and top 38 positions in the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open heats up at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. Thomas Larsen (pictured) of Denmark moved to the top of the leaderboard closing out his 1464 series with 810 for the last three games. Total six players from Thursday's squads 12, 13 and 14 cracked the top 12 in the overall qualifying standings. Adian Ang, Malaysia, and PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi, Finland rolled the tournament's second and third 300 game.
Frouvelle, Sacco, Racpan, Gaillard atop Squad 5-11 leaderboard; cut for 38th place is 1254 (209 ave.)
Christian Racpan (l.) of Germany was the sole player in Wednesday's squads 9-11, who cracked the top 10 in the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open currently underway at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. Racpan led Squad 9 with 1372 six-game total and an average of 228.67 en route to jump into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings. Antonio Maddaloni (r.), Italy, leads the 175-player field with 1461 (243.50).
Gaillard, Frouvelle shoot 1347 and 1394; cut for 38th place is now 1204 (200.67)
Two long-time French national team members, Laurence Gaillard (l.) and Serge Frouvelle (r.) rolled big numbers in Monday's qualifying squads at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino to crack the top 10 in the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open. Three Italian bowlers, Antonio Maddaloni, Maurizio Celli and Davide Spagnoli held on to the qualifying lead after six of 22 squads. The cut for 38th place rose from 1155 to 1204, a 200.67 average.
Antonio Maddaloni leads field of 70 with 1461; Tommaso Radi shoots first 300 game
Italian veteran Antonio Maddaloni (l.) leads the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open after weekend squads 1-4 at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. The long-time Italian national team member totaled 1461, an average of 243.50, in Squad 2 to lead a field of 70 players from six countries. Tommaso Radi (r.), Italy, had the tournament's first 300 game in the second game of Squad 2. Qualifying continues on Monday, July 4, with Squads 5 and 6.
Rikke Holm Agerbo wins her second consecutive women's ranking title
Danish national champion Mik Stampe (l.) averaged over 220 and won all seven games in match play en route to win his first career European Bowling Tour title in the Odense International Sunday, June 5 at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, The Danish national team member totaled 4008 pins including 230 bonus and received the 4.000 Euro top prize. Fourth place Rikke Holm Agerbo (r.) won her
second consecutive women's ranking title,Â
Mik Stampe (l.), Denmark, who held the lead in Odense International half way through the qualifying, had a 1443 six-game series in the 13th and last squad en route to lead a field of 32 players into Sunday's finals at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark. As the qualifying leader Stampe will start the finals with 140 bonus pins. The Danish national champion beat out previous leader Paul Stott Jr. (r.), Ireland, for the top spot by two pins.
Paul Stott holds on to the lead; cut for 26th place is now 1252
Britt Brøndsted (l.), Denmark, played in her own class in Friday's qualifying squads en route to move into second place in the Odense International in Denmark with 1397 including handicap. The former World Ranking Masters champion is the best of 17 women in the 95-player field from six countries and one of four women above the cut line (26th place). Paul Stott Jr. (r.), who had a 1441 six-game series in Squad 7, held on to the lead.
Becomes the first player who surpasses the 1400-mark; cut for 26th place is 1228
Paul Stott Jr. (l.) of Ireland became the first player in the Odense International who surpassed the 1400-mark when he rolled a 1441 six-game series in Squad 7 on Thursday evening at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark. Stott started and finished his series with 212 games. In games 2-5, Stott had games of 267, 256 and back-to-back 247s (1017) en route to overtake previous leader Mik Stampe (r.), Denmark, by 85 pins.
Martin Klitte, Denmark, and Heidi Thorstensen (l.), Norway, made a run for the top spot in the qualifying of the Odense International Wednesday at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark but had to settle for second and third place. Klitte totaled 1351 and Thorstensen checked in with 1333. Danish champion Mik Stampe (r.) retained the lead with 1356 (226 average). Qualifying reaches the halfway point on Thursday.
Danish champion leads with 1356; cut for 26th place is 1182
Danish champion Mik Stampe (pictured) overtook the lead in the qualifying of the Odense International in Squad 5 Tuesday evening at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark. Fresh off a third place finish in Aalborg last weekend, Stampe rolled games of 256, 243, 214, 255 and 206 and despite finishing with a 182 low game he beat out previous leader Mathias S. Madsen for the top spot by eight pins. Stampe leads the field of 63 players after five of 13 squads with 1356 six-game total and an average of 226.
Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark (May 29 - June 5, 2011)
Twenty-four players took to the 24 lanes at Odense Bowling Center for the fourth of 13 qualifying squads in the Odense International Monday evening in Odense, Denmark. After a sluggish start to the day with 176 and 190, Rasmus Ussing (pictured), Denmark, put together 257, 233, 210 and 254 to win the squad and to move into second place in the overall qualifying standings with 1320 six-game total and an average of 220. Mathias S. Madsen, Denmark, held on to the lead with 1348.
29 Danes took to the lanes at Odense Bowling Center Sunday, May 29th
The Odense International kicked off on Sunday, May 29, with the first two of 13 qualifying squads. 29 Danes took to the lanes at Odense Bowling Center (pictured) in Odense, Denmark. Mathias S. Madsen averaged 224.67 in Squad 2 to overtake the early lead with 1348 six-game total. Trailing Madsen by 49 pins to sit in second place was Lars Linder with 1299. As the third qualifying squad has been cancelled Madsen and Linder have already secured their spots for the finals.
Finnish two-hander earns 9.000 Euro and widens his lead in EBT ranking
Three-time European Bowling Tour ranking champion Osku Palermaa (pictured left) won his tenth career EBT title in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 Sunday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Palermaa overtook the lead in the third round averaging 251.25 for four games and closed things out with a 1350 six-game series to finish with 2355 ten-game total. He received 9.000 Euro. Rikke Holm Agerbo, Denmark, was second with 2226 ito earn 5.000 Euro and to win the women's ranking.
135-player field is cut to 48; cut for 28th place is 1306
After 14 qualifying squads and the ultimate Desperado Squad the 135-player field from eleven countries in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 was cut to 48 players. Martin Larsen (pictured) of Sweden remained unchallenged during the last three squads on Saturday and won the qualifying with 1487 six-game total and an average of 247.83. Björn Einer Rudshagen, Norway, beat out compatriot Svein Åke Ek for the 38th and last place by one pin with 1306 or an average of 217.67.
Qualifying ends on Saturday with Squads 12-14; cut for 38th place is currently 1256
Robert Andersson (l.) of Sweden and Finn Perttu Jussila (r.) set the tone in Friday's qualifying Squad 10 en route to climb into the top 10 at the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011. Andersson led the squad with 1356 six-game total and an average of 236 and Jussila was second with 1351 en route to move into into sixth and ninth place in the overall standings, respectively. After 11 of 14 qualifying squads, Martin Larsen, Sweden, holds on to the lead with 1487.
Swedes crack 1400-bar in Squad 6 on Wednesday; cut for 38th place is 1221
World Champions Martin Larsen (l.) and Mathias Ã…rup (r.) of Sweden powered their way into the lead of the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 in the sixth of 14 qualifying squads Wednesday morning at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Larsen shattered the tournament's previous high series by 124 pins with 1487 and an average of 247.83. Ã…rup also surpassed the 1400-mark with 1407. Qualifying continues on Friday with Squad 9-11.
No changes atop the leaderboard in Squad 5 on Wednesday
Kim Brøndsted (pictured) won his second consecutive qualifying squad in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 Wednesday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. The Dane, who started the day in third place in the overall qualifying standings with 1313 six-game total improved by three pins in Squad 5 of 14 but remained in third place with 1316. Brøndsted beat out compatriot Michael Ankerdal for the top spot by eight pins. Ankerdal moved into fourth place overall with 1308.
Sixteen Danes took to the 30 lanes at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark on Tuesday evening for the fourth of 14 qualifying squads in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011. Kim Brøndsted (pictured) led the squad with 1313 six-game total, an average of 218.83, to leap into third place in the overall qualifying standings. With 59 players - 58 Danes and one Norwegian - in the books, Squad 3 leaders Charlotte B. Madsen and Mai Ginge Jensen set the pace with 1363 and 1351, respectively.
Dominic Barrett (pictured left) of England beat out Swede Robert Andersson (right) by one pin to win the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open and a 1.000 Euro bonus. The 2010 European Bowling Tour men's ranking had a 1474 six-game series, an average of 245.67, and leads total 48 players of the 228 -player field from 19 countries into Sunday's finals. 
The race for the top 12 and top 38 positions in the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open heats up at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. Thomas Larsen (pictured) of Denmark moved to the top of the leaderboard closing out his 1464 series with 810 for the last three games. Total six players from Thursday's squads 12, 13 and 14 cracked the top 12 in the overall qualifying standings. Adian Ang, Malaysia, and PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi, Finland rolled the tournament's second and third 300 game.
Christian Racpan (l.) of Germany was the sole player in Wednesday's squads 9-11, who cracked the top 10 in the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open currently underway at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. Racpan led Squad 9 with 1372 six-game total and an average of 228.67 en route to jump into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings. Antonio Maddaloni (r.), Italy, leads the 175-player field with 1461 (243.50).
Two long-time French national team members, Laurence Gaillard (l.) and Serge Frouvelle (r.) rolled big numbers in Monday's qualifying squads at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino to crack the top 10 in the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open. Three Italian bowlers, Antonio Maddaloni, Maurizio Celli and Davide Spagnoli held on to the qualifying lead after six of 22 squads. The cut for 38th place rose from 1155 to 1204, a 200.67 average.
Italian veteran Antonio Maddaloni (l.) leads the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open after weekend squads 1-4 at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino. The long-time Italian national team member totaled 1461, an average of 243.50, in Squad 2 to lead a field of 70 players from six countries. Tommaso Radi (r.), Italy, had the tournament's first 300 game in the second game of Squad 2. Qualifying continues on Monday, July 4, with Squads 5 and 6. 
Danish national champion Mik Stampe (l.) averaged over 220 and won all seven games in match play en route to win his first career European Bowling Tour title in the Odense International Sunday, June 5 at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, The Danish national team member totaled 4008 pins including 230 bonus and received the 4.000 Euro top prize. Fourth place Rikke Holm Agerbo (r.) won her
second consecutive women's ranking title, 
Mik Stampe (l.), Denmark, who held the lead in Odense International half way through the qualifying, had a 1443 six-game series in the 13th and last squad en route to lead a field of 32 players into Sunday's finals at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark. As the qualifying leader Stampe will start the finals with 140 bonus pins. The Danish national champion beat out previous leader Paul Stott Jr. (r.), Ireland, for the top spot by two pins.
Britt Brøndsted (l.), Denmark, played in her own class in Friday's qualifying squads en route to move into second place in the Odense International in Denmark with 1397 including handicap. The former World Ranking Masters champion is the best of 17 women in the 95-player field from six countries and one of four women above the cut line (26th place). Paul Stott Jr. (r.), who had a 1441 six-game series in Squad 7, held on to the lead.
Twenty-four players took to the 24 lanes at Odense Bowling Center for the fourth of 13 qualifying squads in the Odense International Monday evening in Odense, Denmark. After a sluggish start to the day with 176 and 190, Rasmus Ussing (pictured), Denmark, put together 257, 233, 210 and 254 to win the squad and to move into second place in the overall qualifying standings with 1320 six-game total and an average of 220. Mathias S. Madsen, Denmark, held on to the lead with 1348.
The Odense International kicked off on Sunday, May 29, with the first two of 13 qualifying squads. 29 Danes took to the lanes at Odense Bowling Center (pictured) in Odense, Denmark. Mathias S. Madsen averaged 224.67 in Squad 2 to overtake the early lead with 1348 six-game total. Trailing Madsen by 49 pins to sit in second place was Lars Linder with 1299. As the third qualifying squad has been cancelled Madsen and Linder have already secured their spots for the finals.
Three-time European Bowling Tour ranking champion Osku Palermaa (pictured left) won his tenth career EBT title in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 Sunday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Palermaa overtook the lead in the third round averaging 251.25 for four games and closed things out with a 1350 six-game series to finish with 2355 ten-game total. He received 9.000 Euro. Rikke Holm Agerbo, Denmark, was second with 2226 ito earn 5.000 Euro and to win the women's ranking. 
After 14 qualifying squads and the ultimate Desperado Squad the 135-player field from eleven countries in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 was cut to 48 players. Martin Larsen (pictured) of Sweden remained unchallenged during the last three squads on Saturday and won the qualifying with 1487 six-game total and an average of 247.83. Björn Einer Rudshagen, Norway, beat out compatriot Svein Åke Ek for the 38th and last place by one pin with 1306 or an average of 217.67. 
Robert Andersson (l.) of Sweden and Finn Perttu Jussila (r.) set the tone in Friday's qualifying Squad 10 en route to climb into the top 10 at the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011. Andersson led the squad with 1356 six-game total and an average of 236 and Jussila was second with 1351 en route to move into into sixth and ninth place in the overall standings, respectively. After 11 of 14 qualifying squads, Martin Larsen, Sweden, holds on to the lead with 1487.
World Champions Martin Larsen (l.) and Mathias Ã…rup (r.) of Sweden powered their way into the lead of the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 in the sixth of 14 qualifying squads Wednesday morning at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. Larsen shattered the tournament's previous high series by 124 pins with 1487 and an average of 247.83. Ã…rup also surpassed the 1400-mark with 1407. Qualifying continues on Friday with Squad 9-11. 
Kim Brøndsted (pictured) won his second consecutive qualifying squad in the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 Wednesday at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark. The Dane, who started the day in third place in the overall qualifying standings with 1313 six-game total improved by three pins in Squad 5 of 14 but remained in third place with 1316. Brøndsted beat out compatriot Michael Ankerdal for the top spot by eight pins. Ankerdal moved into fourth place overall with 1308.