Brian Voss leads Squad 12 but doesn't improve

24-time PBA champion Brian Voss (pictred left) bowled his second qualifying squad in the 7th Columbia 300 Vienna Open and once gain, the PBA Hall of Famer was the best player. Voss had games of 222, 214, 243, 196, 197 and finished with a huge 278 to lead the squad with 1350 six-game total and an average of 225.

The 1350 would have been good for sixth place in Singles. However, Voss' 1376 series from Squad 9 still stands and he remained in second place in the overall qualifying standings. Lisanne Breeschoten, Netherlands, held on to the lead with 1396.

Places 3-9 remained unchallenged as Juhani Tonteri (right), Finland, was the runner-up in Squad 12 en route to leap into 10th place with 1330 (221.67).

Three more players cracked the 1300-bar.

Timo Schröder, Germany, was mere one pin behind Tonteri to sit in 12th place with 1329. Austria's No. 1, Thomas Gross (left), moved into 15th place behind a 1315 series. Swede Tobias Karlsson (right) is one place behind with 1313.

With 303 players in the books and another five qualifying squads to go, Mark de Jong, Netherlands, holds the 52nd and final spot to advance with 1255 and an average of 209.17.

Timo Schröder and his brother Andre Schröder (left, l-r) ed Squad 12 in Doubles with 2556 total and an average of 213. Andre added 1227 to Timo's 1329 to move into 7th place in the Doubles standings.

Dane Thomas Larsen and 15-year-öld local Rowby Rodriguez continued to lead with 2681 with Nicki Ainge, England, and Lynda Barnes, United States, in second place (2632) and Joonas Jehkinen and Juha Immonen, both Finland, in third (2603).

Friday's qualifying end with Squad 13 at 9pm and will continue on Saturday with the final four squads at 8am, noon, 4 and 8pm and the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad at 11.30pm.

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The 7th Columbia 300 Vienna Open is the 11th stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". The tournament will be held from Tuesday Sept. 29 through Sunday Oct. 4, 2009 at the renovated 32-lane Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria.

More than 340 players from 27 countries will compete for an increased total prize money of 68.130 Euro - 57.900 € in Singles and 10.230 € in Doubles. The singles champion will receive the 6.000 Euro top prize while the doubles winners will split 1.600.

Once again the qualifying for the Vienna Open finals is contested as a doubles tournament. Each duo rolls at least one six-game block. Unlimited re-entries with different partners are possible but each player can only cash once with the same partner.

The team with the highest total pinfall including handicap will be declared the winner (no finals will be played). The top 20 doubles will cash. Bigi Manico, Switzerland and Tanya Cuva (nee Petty) are the defending champion.

Qualifying runs from Tuesday through Saturday and ends with the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad on Saturday night Oct. 3 slated for 11.30 pm local time (GMT +1). Women receive 8 pins handicap each game, a standard on the European Bowling Tour


A total of 64 players will qualify for the Vienna Open finals on Sunday, Oct. 4:

• the top 52 players from the overall qualifying standings
• the first player each from Squad 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, who is not among the top 52 (total 6 players)
• and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad.

The top 8 qualifying leaders will bypass the first round of the finals.

The other 52 players will bowl 6 games starting from scratch to cut to the top 22, who will join the top qualifiers in Round Two.

Those 30 players will bowl another 6 games starting from scratch after which the field will be trimmed to the top 18, who will carry their pinfall forward into Round Three. After another 6-game block the top 4 with the highest 12-game total will advance to the stepladder finals.

The No. 4 seed meets the No. 3 in the opening match and the winner takes on the No. 2 seed for the right to bowl the top seed for the title, 100 ranking points and the 6.000 Euro top prize.

 

 

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2009 Vienna Open Singles - Qualifying Standings after Squad 12 of 17
2009 Vienna Open Doubles - Standings after Squad 12 of 17
2009 Vienna Open Singles - Squad 12 Results
2009 Vienna Open Doubles - Squad 12 Results

 

 

2009 Vienna Open Singles - Qualifying Standings after Squad 12 of 17

 

 

2009 Vienna Open Doubles - Standings after Squad 12 of 17

 

 

2009 Vienna Open Singles - Squad 12 Results

 

 

2009 Vienna Open Doubles - Squad 12 Results