Parker Bohn III regains his spot in the top 16 in Brunswick Euro Challenge

03/13/10

2010 European Bowling Tour #5

Patrick Øhrgaard and Bohn roll 300 games in Squad 20

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2009EBT10AaronKong.jpg32-time PBA champion Parker Bohn III (pictured left), United States, fell out of the top 16 in the Brunswick Euro Challenge on Friday, but regained his spot in Squad 20 on Saturday morning at Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin, France.

The 2-time PBA Player of the Year was only 98 pins over a 200 average after four games but closed out his six-game block with 279 and 300 to jump into 10th place in the overall standings with 1477 pinfall total and an average of 246.17.

Anthony Pepe, United States, leads the 442-player field with 1572 (262 avg.). Aaron Kong (right), currently holds the 16th place and last place to earn a bye for the finals with 1457 (242.83)

2010EBT05FredrikOhrgaard.jpg2010EBT05KimmoLehtonen.jpgBohn's 300 game was the seventh of the tournament and the second on the final qualifying day. Danish national team member Fredrik Öhrgaard (left)) achieved perfection in the third game this morning but failed to make the top 52 when he finished with 1376, good for 75th place.

Both players have paid the 50 Euro entry fee for the "300-Game Pot Play" and will meet Kimmo Lehtonen (right), Finland, Mike Fagan and Norm Duke, both United States, in a shoot-out after the stepladder finals. The winner will win a minimum of 2.500 Euro.

Mathieu Berges, Switzerland, and Evgeniya Smirnova, Russia, who rolled the other perfectos, didn't pay the entry fee and will not be eligible to bowl in the shoot-out.

2010EBT05CarolynDorinBallard3.jpg2010EBT05ErikAndersin.jpgDiana Zavjalova, Latvia, and 20-time PWBA champion Carolyn Dorin-Ballard (left), United States were 61 pins behind Bohn with 1416 including 48 pins handicap. While CDB remained in 14th place with her high series of 1459, Zavjalova moved into 33rd place in the overall standings.

Another three players cracked the 1400-bar this morning en route to move above the cut line. Tobias Karlsson, Sweden, totaled 1405 to leap into 38 place with Tony Palermaa, brother of third-placed Osku Palermaa, Finland, and Erik Andersin (right), Sweden, close behind with 1402 and 1401 in 40th and 44th place.

200910PBA13BrianVoss.jpgPBA Hall of Famer and PBA Player of the Year 1988, Brian Voss (right), who recently won his 26th career PBA title in the Bayer Don and Paula Carter Mixed Doubles (with Diandra Asbaty), was the sole player from the Midnight Squad 19, who moved into the top 52. Voss is the best of five players, who all have a 1401 pinfall total, in 42nd place due the highest last game (235).

With three squads to go, Patrick Bohm, Sweden, holds the 52nd and last spot to advance with 1394 or an average of 232.33.

Qualifying continues on Saturday, March 13, with Squads 21-23 scheduled for noon, 4 and 8 p.m. CET and ends with the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad at 11.30 p.m.

2010EBT05BECLogo.jpg The Brunswick Euro Challenge will be held from March 5-14, 2010 at 28-laner Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin near Paris, France. The tournament is the fifth event of the 2010 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Gold" tournaments.

Since the Ankara Open and the Austria Challenge have been cancelled, the 2010 EBT Tour features 2 EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), 6 EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 7 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and 4 EBT Satellite tournaments (new category).

Players will compete for total prize money of 90,000 Euro (currently about US$123,250), which includes special prizes for "Women" and "B Bowlers". The tournament winner will receive the 13.000 Euro top prize.

200910PBA11MikeFagan2_small.jpg2009VOMaiGingeJensen_small.jpg There is also a special side event called "300-Game Pot Play". All players who have paid a 50 Euro entry fee in advance and roll a 300 game during the tournament will determine the winner in a one-ball roll-off at the end of the tournament. The winner is guaranteed a minimum of 2,500 Euro.

2-time PBA champion Mike Fagan (left), United States, is the defending champion. The 29-year-old righthander will be targeting to make his third consecutive BEC title match. Mai Ginge Jensen (right), Denmark, finished third last year to win the women ranking.

ValckeBowling.jpg For the third consecutive year, the 2010 Brunswick Euro Challenge sponsored by Brunswick Bowling will be organized by Brunswick distributor Valcke Bowling.

In addition to sponsoring the event, Brunswick will be conducting seminar and training sessions for bowlers, coaches, center mechanics, center managers and proprietors. Click on the link to view the complete Seminar Schedule (pdf file).

The 2010 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be contested on a 39 feet long sport pattern of medium difficulty (MS Excel file).

A total of 64 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 14. The top 16 players will receive one bye and will seeded 1-16 in Round 2.

The following 48 players will qualify for Round 1:
  • Players positioned 17th-52nd in qualifying
  • the top 6 from a separate standing for the squads 1-5 conducted March 5-7, who are not among the top 52
  • the top 6 from the Desperado Squad.

Those 48 will bowl six games starting from scratch to cut to the top 16, who will meet the top 16 qualifiers in the first match play round. Match play is best-of-three games single-elimination. The No. 1 seed will take on No. 32, No. 2 bowls No. 31, etc.

The field will be cut to 16, 8 and then four, who will determine the champion in a stepladder final.

Eurosport2Logo_mini.jpgThe stepladder finals of the 2010 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be broadcasted live on Eurosport 2 Sunday, March 14 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CET. Additional to the live broadcast, Eurosport 2 will air at least two more re-broadcasts in the weeks following the live coverage. Eurosport Asia-Pacific will also run the BEC 2010 final several times.

Due to TV requirements the schedule for Sunday, March 14, was adjusted to the following:
07:45 Final Round 1
11:00 Lane Maintenance
11:30 Final Round 2
14:00 Final Round 3
15:15 Final Round 5
16:30 Lane Maintenance
16: 55 Practice for Stepladder final
17:00-18:25 Final Round 5
18:25 TV Award Ceremony
18:30 300-Game Play Pot roll-off
18:45 Awards Ceremony

BowlingdigitalBanner.gif BowlingdigitalFlavioCuvaBeatGrauwiler_small.jpg Once again Bowlingdigital will cover the event live (commencing Thursday March 11) from Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin with results and updates after each round plus our much-anticipated high definition videos produced by Flavio Cuva and high quality photos by Beat Grauwiler (l-r).

Please use the left menu bar to get more information about format, schedule and prize money.

Click here to review Bowlingdigital's Live Coverage from the 2009 Brunswick Euro Challenge or click here to go straight to the video section. You will find more videos here.

 


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Qualifying Standings after Squad 20


The top 52 plus the top 6 from the first weekend (places 53-58) and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad will advance to the finals.

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