Dominic Barrett takes over lead in Brunswick Aalborg International qualifying

05/24/09

2009 European Bowling Tour #7

Average of more than 231 necessary to survive the first cut

2009EBT01DominicBarrett.jpgDominic Barrett (pictured left) from England won the qualifying in the Brunswick Aalborg International 2009 and a 1.000 bonus with 1504 six-game total and an average of 250.67.

Barrett, who won the Australian Open and the World Tenpin Masters in April, had games of 248, 255, 2111, 244, 258 and 288 on dual lane condition (35 ft. short, 45 ft. long oil) to beat out Joonas Jähi, Finland (1503), Jesper Agerbo, Denmark (1502), for the top spot by one and two pins.

2008ECCKristaPollanen3.jpgTwo-time defending European Bowling Tour ranking champion and reigning EBT Masters and World Ranking Masters champion Osku Palermaa, Finland, landed in fourth place with 1495. Rounding out the top 5 was world and Asian Games champion Remy Ong from Singapore with 1491.

Krista Pöllänen (right), Finland, was the top-ranked woman in 6th place with 1489 including 48 pins handicap, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

2009EBT07DaniellevanderMeer.jpgThe top 33 players cracked the 1400 bar over six games. Daniëlle van der Meer (left), Netherlands, hit the cutoff number for 38th place with 1390, a 231.67 (scratch) average.

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.

A total of 48 players advanced to 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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Standings after Qualifying


The top 38 plus the top three players each from a combined standing of Squads 1-3 (places 39-41) and 4-6 (places 42-44) and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad (places 45-48) advance to the finals.