Anders Lousdal charges to big lead in 2012 Odense International

    05/30/12

    2012 European Bowling Tour #9

    Dane becomes first player who cracks the 1400-bar; Russian Alexander Medveditskov top foreigner in 7th place; cut for 26th place is currently 1195 (199.17 average)

    2012EBT09AndersLousdal.jpg2012EBT09CarstenWarmingHansen.jpgAnders Lousdal (pictured left) became the first player in the qualifying of the 2012 Odense International, who cracked the 1400-bar, when he posted a 1406 six-game total Tuesday evening at Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark.

    The Danish international had games of 226, 274, 236, 257, 211 and 202, an average of 234.33, in Squad 7, the only squad on Tuesday, to overtake previous leader Carsten Warming Hansen (right), Denmark, by 75 pins.

    Warming Hansen slipped to second place with 1331 and was followed by compatriots Johnni Adsbøl and Jesper Agerbo in third and fourth place with 1323 and 1310.

    Two players from the Odense area added their names to the leaderboard on Tuesday. Thomas Buch finished his series with 235 and 241 to push his score to 1278, a 213 average, to help grab fifth place in the overall standings. Former Danish National Team member Søren Åhman Hansen was eight pins behind to take sixth place with 1270.

    2011EBT17AlexanderMedveditskov.jpg2012EBT09JennyWegner.jpgTrailing Ã…hman Hansen by two pins was Russia's Alexander Medveditskov (left), who moved into 16th place in the European Bowling Tour men's point ranking after cashing points in the last four tournaments. Medveditskov used high games of 246, 236 and 235 to become the top-ranked foreigner in Odense so far in seventh place with 1268.

    The only other non-Danish bowler in the top 26 was Jenny Wegner (right) of Sweden, who was the best of eight women in the 59-player field from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Russia in 14th place with 1221 including 8 pins handicap each game.

    Johan P. Stope holds the 26th and last spot to advance to the finals with 1195 or an average of 199.17.

    Qualifying continues Wednesday, May 30, with Squad 8 scheduled for 7 p.m. CEST.

    The Odense International is the 9th stop of the 2012 European Bowling Tour and the third out of seven EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season. The tournament will be held from May 27 through June 3 at 24-lane Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark and offers total prize fund of 20.000 Euro with 4.000 Euro going to the winner, 2.500 to the runner-up and 1.500 to the third place finisher.

    The qualifying of the Odense International 2012 (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Sunday May 27 through Saturday, June 2 with the last qualifying squad 15 scheduled for 6 p.m. CEST. Women will receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire tournament, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    The Odense International 2012 features a 39 feet lane conditioning pattern with 25.1ml oil volume.

    A total of 32 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, June 3 - the top 26 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top two players each from a combined standing of Squads 1-4 and 5-8 which are not among the top 26, and one player each from the Turbo 1 and 2 list.

    The Turbo 1 and 2 winners are the player with the highest score in the fifth (Turbo 1) and sixth (Turbo 2) game in any of the qualifying series who have paid the extra entry fee of 10 Euro per squad/Turbo.

    The top 10 qualifiers will receive bonus pins for the first round of the finals as follows: Qualifying winner: 140 pins; second place: 120 pins; third place: 100 pins; fourth place: 80 pins; fifth place: 60 pins; sixth place: 50 pins; 7th place: 40 pins; 8th place: 30 pins; 9th place: 20 pins; and 10th place: 10 pins.

    All 32 finalists will bowl six games. The top 16 with the highest six-game total including bonus pins and women's handicap will advance to the second round with the pinfall being carried forward. Those 16 bowl another four games to cut to the top 8 who will determine the champion in seven games round robin match play with the 10-game total from Round 1 and 2 being carried forward.

    Players receive 30 pins bonus for each win in match play and 15 for a tie. The player with the highest 17-game total including bonus pins and handicap will be declared the winner and receives the 4.000 Euro top prize.

    2012EBTLogo_small.jpg The 2012 European Bowling Tour is made up of 21 events in 16 countries including two Platinum, four Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments.

    The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event earn ranking points based on how they finish in the event. 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 Odense International 2012 gets 50 ranking points.

    Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 16 men and top 16 women who will compete in the sixth EBT Masters in Bratislava, Slovakia in Sept. 2013.

     


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