Dominic Barrett takes over lead in Brunswick Aalborg International qualifying

05/23/09

2009 European Bowling Tour #7

Cut for 38th place is up to 1376 (229.33 average)

2009AUSOpenDominicBarrett.jpgDominic Barrett (pictured left) from England finished the penultimate qualifying day in the Brunswick Aalborg International 2009 with a 1504 six-game series (250.67 average) en route to overtake the lead in the overall qualifying standings by one pin.

Barrett, who won the Australian Open and the World Tenpin Masters last month, posted games of 248, 255, 2111, 244, 258 and 288 on dual lane condition (35 ft. short, 45 ft. long oil). Previous leader Joonas Jähi, Finland, and Squad 1 leader Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, slipped one spot to second and third with 1503 and 1502, respectively.

2009KOOskuPalermaa.jpgTwo-time defending European Bowling Tour ranking champion and reigning EBT Masters and World Ranking Masters champion Osku Palermaa (right), Finland, led Squad 9 Friday afternoon at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark, with 1495, to move up to fourth place. Remy Ong, world and Asian Games champion from Singapore, led Squad 8 with 1491, good for 5th place.

2009EBT05TomasLeandersson2.jpgSwedish head coach Tomas Leandersson (left), who has won numerous medals in his illustrious career, started the day with a 1414 in Squad 7 to sit in 17th place in the 221-player field.

Tore Torgersen from Norway had a 300 game in his 1401 series to position himself in 24th place heading into the final qualifying day.

Marieke de Jong, Netherlands, is the top-ranked woman in 9th place with 1447 including 48 pins handicap, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

2009EBT04ThomasGross.jpgThomas Gross (right), Austria, is the "man on the bubble" in 38th place with 1376 or an average of 229.33 for six games.

The Brunswick Aalborg International 2009 is the 7th stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". The BAI will be held at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark, from May 18-24, 2009.

The total prize fund is 62.000 Euro with 10.000 Euro going to the winner. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game. As an EBT Major, there are 100 ranking points at stake for the winner of the men's and women's rankings, respectively.

The tournament is the last event that counts toward qualifying for the PBA World Series in August. The EBT has decided to give the exemption to the highest ranked player in the men's division after seven stops.

Qualifying (6 games, unlimited re-entries) runs through Saturday, May 23 with the final qualifying squad 14 scheduled for 8pm.

A total of 48 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, May 24, the top 38 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top three players each from a combined standing of Squads 1-3 and 4-6 which are not among the top 3, and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad.

The top 12 qualifiers will earn two byes, while players seeded 13-24 will bypass the first round of the finals.

The finals in Aalborg are a 4-game scratch contest over four round which will bring the field down to the top 4, who will determine the champion in semifinals (No. 1 vs. No. 4; No. 2 vs. No. 3) and a championship match, each over two games total pinfall.

 


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Qualifying Standings after Squad 10

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