Daniel Vezis, Ben Fishler, Tony Ranta crack 1400-bar at Chandra Open 2012

    09/29/12

    2012 European Bowling Tour #15

    Six players of Squad 8 move into top 8; cut for 30th place is now 1261 (210.17 average)

    2012EBT11DanielVezis.jpg2011BWCBenFishler.jpgOn the fifth day of qualifying at the European Bowling Tour's Chandra Open 2012 three players cracked the 1400-bar en route to take control of the leaderboard Friday at Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands.

    Daniel Vezis (pctured left) of England fired three games in the 260s in Squad 8 en route to pace the field of 107 players from 14 countries with 1464 total and an average of 244 for six games. Ben Fishler (right) of Israel tied Vezis after five games at 1196 but had to settle for second place with 1436 (239.33) after finishing with 240 (Vezis 268).

    2012EBT09TonyRanta2.jpg2012EBT04YoanAlix2.jpgTony Ranta (left) of Finland was 38 pins ahead after five games with 1232 (246.40) but slipped to third place with 1424 (237.33) behind a 192 last game. French international Yoan Alix (right) finished his set with 257 to jump into fourth place with 1392 (232.00).

    Oliver Pescher of Germany, who led the field since Squad 1 with 1379 including the tournament's lone 300 game so far, fell four spots to fifth place and was followed by Lisanne Breeschoten (below left) with 1374 including handicap. The Dutch national team member, who won the women's point ranking in last year's Chandra Open by finishing fourth, is the best of 13 women in the field.

    2012EBT09LisanneBreeschoten.jpg2012EBT11PerttuJussila.jpgDirk Dreyer of Germany slipped from second to seventh place with 1369. Perttu Jussila (right) of Finland, the youngest player in the European Bowling Tour history to win an EBT title, was sixth in Squad 8 to move into eighth place overall with 1369 including a 278 high game. The tie between Dreyer and Jussila was broken by the higher last game, 214 to 205 in Dreyer's favor.

    Alex de Vries, Netherlands, led Squad 9 on Friday evening with 1349 (224.83) to finish the penultimate qualifying day in 12th place. Former three-time EBT point ranking winner and EBT masters champion, Paul Moor of England is the man on the bubble in 30th place with 1261 and an average of 210.71.

    Qualifying continues Saturday, Sept. 29 with Squad 10, 11 and 12 scheduled for 10 a.m. 2 and 6 p.m. CEST and concludes with the Desperado Squad slated for 9.30 p.m.

    The Chandra Open 2012 will be held Sept. 24-30, 2012 at 16-lane Chandra Bowling in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, The tournament is the 15th stop of the 2012 European Bowling Tour and the fifth out of seven EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season.

    The Chandra Open offers total prize fund of 24.600 Euro with 5.000 Euro going to the winner and 3.000 Euro to the runner-up, while the third and fourth place finishers will receive 2.000 Euro and 1.000, respectively.

    Qualifying of the Chandra Open (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Monday, Sept. 24 through Saturday, Sept. 29 with the last Squad 12 scheduled for 6 p.m. CEST and concludes with the Desperado Squad slated for 9.30 p.m. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    A total of 38 players will advance to the finals on Sunday, Sept. 30 - the top 30 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top 4 from a separate leader board of Squad 1-3, and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad. The top 6 qualifiers earn one bye.

    The other 32 players will bowl six games starting from scratch with the top 10 advancing to the second round. The top 10 from Round One and the top six qualifiers will bowl six games starting from scratch to cut to the top 8.

    Those eight will bowl another six-game block with the pinfall from Round Two being carried forward. The player with the highest 12-game total will be declared the winner.

     


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    Qualifying Standings after Squad 9/12

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