Mikael Kanold takes over qualifying lead in 6th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer

    02/11/12

    2012 European Bowling Tour #2

    Qualifying ends on Saturday evening; cut for 40th place is currently 1151 (191.83 avg.)

    2011EBT04MikaelKanold.jpgSwedish international Mikael Kanold (pictured) rolled a 1361 series in Squad 13 Friday afternoon at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz in Wroclaw, Poland, to overtake the qualifying lead in the 6th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer.

    Kanold started his six-game series with games of 256, 235, 185, 214 and 216 and closed things out with 255 to beat out previous leader Łukasz Zjawiony of Poland for the top spot by one pin.

    Zjawiony slipped to second place with 1360 and is followed by Latvian two-hander Daniel Vezis in third with 1321 and Oron Cohen of Israel in fourth with 1300. Rounding out the top five was Emil Polanisz, Poland with 1297.

    Former Danish international Bettina Lund led the 14th out of 18 qualifying squads on Friday evening with 1237 including 48 pins women's handicap to move into 16th place in the overall qualifying standings. Lund, who led the European Bowling Tour women's point ranking in the 2001 and 2002 season, is the best of just seven women in the 91-player field from 15 countries.

    Defending champion Paweł Bielski, Poland, sits in 22nd place with 1210 while 2011 IWO women's ranking winner Daria Pająk, Poland, is 24th with 1206 including handicap.

    Marco Cesare Parapini, Italy, held the 40th and last place to advance with 1151 or an average of 191.83.

    Qualifying ends on Saturday Feb. 11, with squads 15-18 scheduled for 10 a.m., 1.30, 5 and 8.30 p.m. CET.

    2011IWOLogo.jpg The 6th International Wroclaw Open by Hammer (IWO) is the second stop of the 2012 European Bowling Tour and the first of seven EBT "Satellite" events this season. The tournament will be held from Monday, Feb. 6 through Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 at bowling center Galeria Rozrywki Miraz, a 10-laner in Wroclaw, Poland.

    Participants in the IWO will compete for total prize money of 26.000 Euro with 4.250 Euro going to the winner, 2.750 Euro to the runner-up and 2.100 and 1.800 Euro to third and fourth place finishers, respectively.

    Qualifying (6 games, unlimited re-entries) runs through Saturday, Feb. 11, and ends with Squad 18 slated for 8.30 p.m. CET on Saturday night. Women will receive 8 pins handicap each game, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    The tournament will be contested on a 39-feet "Kegel Challenge Series - MIDDLE ROAD" lane conditioning pattern (pdf file) with 22.72ml volume oil total..

    The top 40 players from the qualifying will advance to the finals on Sunday Feb. 12 with the qualifying pinfall being carried forward. The top 40 will bowl four games with the top 20 advancing to the second round.

    Those 20 will bowl another four games to cut to the top 8 who advance to round robin match play. The top 4 players after seven match play games (20 pins bonus per win, 10 for a tie, 5 pins bonus for each game between 250 and 300) will advance to the stepladder finals.

    Stepladder matches one and two will be decided in one game, while the championship match features two games decided by total pinfall. The No. 4 seed bowls the No. 3 seed, the winner takes on the No. 2 seed and the winner of that semifinal match earns the right to bowl the No. 1 seed for the title.

    2012EBTLogo_small.jpg The 2012 European Bowling Tour consists of 22 tour stops in 17 countries including two Platinum, five Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments.

    The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament such as the Wroclaw Open gets 50 ranking points.

    The top 16 men and the top 16 women at the end of the 2012 season qualify for the sixth EBT Masters to be held Sept. 23rd, 2013 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.

     


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