Day one leader Mai Ginge Jensen (pictured left), Denmark, and Swede Robert Andersson (right) finished the 18-game preliminaries in the 3rd European Bowling Tour Masters 2010 Tuesday morning at Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark, atop the women's and men's leaderboard and lead the top 8 players into the Round Robin Match Play finals.

Jensen won her second 400 Euro bonus on the combined oil pattern averaging 219.33 for the block and finished with 3906 pinfall total or an average of 217.00 for 18 games. Her compatriot, two-time defending EBT Masters champion, Kamilla Kjeldsen, was 58 pins behind in second place with 3848.

Patricia Luoto (left), Germany, was third with 3830. Another Dane, Rikke Holm Rasmussen (right), was a distant fourth with 3676 and was followed by current EBT ranking leader Nina Flack, Sweden in fifth place with 3673 and Krista Pöllänen, Finland, in sixth place with 3669.

Rounding out the top 8 were Kirsten Penny, England, and Britt Brøndsted, Denmark, with 3665 and 3646, respectively.

Andersson started the day in third position after finishing fourth on Pattern 1 and Pattern 2 yesterday. The world champion in Doubles (with Martin Larsen) averaged 235.83 on combined oil to win the 400 Euro bonus en route win the qualifying - worth another 400 Euro bonus - with 4146 pinfall total and an average of 230.33.

Current EBT ranking leader Dominic Barrett (left), England, secured second place with 3999 averaging 232 on combined oil and 222.17 overall. Day one leader Dennis Eklund, Sweden, slipped to third place with 3962 behind a sub-par performance on Tuesday morning.

Two-hander Osku Palermaa was fourth with 3944 and was followed by Tore Torgersen, Norway, with 3913 and Gery Verbruggen (right), Belgium, with 3901.

Thomas Larsen, Denmark, and Peter Ljung, Sweden, beat out Martin Larsen for the final two spots to advance by three and one pin, 2864 and 3862 to 3861.

The top 8 men and the top 8 women will determine the champion in round robin match play with the total pinfall from the preliminaries being carried forward. The men's and women's champion will receive the 4.000 Euro top prize.

 

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Men's Preliminaries - Standings after Round 3

18 games, six games each on Pattern 1, 2 and combined. The top 8 advance to Round Robin Match Play.

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	Ave.	Block 2	Ave.	Block 3	Ave.	Total	Ave.
1.	Robert Andersson	Sweden	1345	224.17	1386	231.00	1415	235.83	4146	230.33
2.	Dominic Barrett	England	1351	225.17	1256	209.33	1392	232.00	3999	222.17
3.	Dennis Eklund	Sweden	1342	223.67	1443	240.50	1177	196.17	3962	220.11
4.	Osku Palermaa	Finland	1281	213.50	1401	233.50	1262	210.33	3944	219.11
5.	Tore Torgersen	Norway	1369	228.17	1400	233.33	1144	190.67	3913	217.39
6.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	1278	213.00	1345	224.17	1278	213.00	3901	216.72
7.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	1352	225.33	1330	221.67	1182	197.00	3864	214.67
8.	Peter Ljung	Sweden	1274	212.33	1307	217.83	1281	213.50	3862	214.56
9.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	1189	198.17	1341	223.50	1331	221.83	3861	214.50
10.	Paul Moor	England	1266	211.00	1207	201.17	1355	225.83	3828	212.67
11.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	1277	212.83	1243	207.17	1289	214.83	3809	211.61
12.	Stuart Williams	England	1210	201.67	1290	215.00	1287	214.50	3787	210.39
13.	Mathias Ã…rup	Sweden	1280	213.33	1334	222.33	1164	194.00	3778	209.89
14.	Pasi Uotila	Finland	1203	200.50	1228	204.67	1271	211.83	3702	205.67
15.	Mads Sandbækken	Norway	1195	199.17	1243	207.17	1229	204.83	3667	203.72
16.	Tobias Karlsson	Sweden	1154	192.33	1183	197.17	1225	204.17	3562	197.89

 

 

Women's Preliminaries - Standings after Round 3

18 games, six games each on Pattern 1, 2 and combined. The top 8 advance to Round Robin Match Play.

Pos	Player	Country	Block 1	Ave.	Block 2	Ave.	Block 3	Ave.	Total	Ave.
1.	Mai Ginge Jensen	Denmark	1318	219.67	1272	212.00	1316	219.33	3906	217.00
2.	Kamilla Kjeldsen	Denmark	1280	213.33	1269	211.50	1299	216.50	3848	213.78
3.	Patricia Luoto	Germany	1261	210.17	1297	216.17	1272	212.00	3830	212.78
4.	Rikke Holm Rasmussen	Denmark	1079	179.83	1350	225.00	1247	207.83	3676	204.22
5.	Nina Flack	Sweden	1219	203.17	1258	209.67	1196	199.33	3673	204.06
6.	Krista Pöllänen	Finland	1181	196.83	1284	214.00	1204	200.67	3669	203.83
7.	Kirsten Penny	England	1138	189.67	1302	217.00	1225	204.17	3665	203.61
8.	Britt Brøndsted	Denmark	1094	182.33	1325	220.83	1227	204.50	3646	202.56
9.	Lisanne Breeschoten	Netherlands	1179	196.50	1212	202.00	1202	200.33	3593	199.61
10.	Diana Zavjalova	Latvia	1151	191.83	1251	208.50	1161	193.50	3563	197.94
11.	Priscilla Maaswinkel	Netherlands	1119	186.50	1153	192.17	1286	214.33	3558	197.67
12.	Anja Ginge Jensen	Denmark	1127	187.83	1361	226.83	1068	178.00	3556	197.56
13.	Nicki Ainge	England	1050	175.00	1258	209.67	1232	205.33	3540	196.67
14.	Ghislaine van der Tol	Netherlands	1109	184.83	1274	212.33	1140	190.00	3523	195.72
15.	Veronica Lantto	Sweden	1170	195.00	1236	206.00	1077	179.50	3483	193.50
16.	Nicole Sanders	Netherlands	1218	203.00	1094	182.33	1111	185.17	3423	190.17

 

 

Men's Preliminaries - Round 3 Results

Six games on combined oil pattern, left lane with Pattern 1 and right lane with Pattern 2. The winner receives a 400 Euro bonus.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Block3	Ave.
1.	Robert Andersson	Sweden	245	218	234	258	227	233	1415	235.83
2.	Dominic Barrett	England	196	279	230	232	224	231	1392	232.00
3.	Paul Moor	England	173	227	236	226	279	214	1355	225.83
4.	Martin Larsen	Sweden	201	203	222	222	257	226	1331	221.83
5.	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	223	211	193	257	209	196	1289	214.83
6.	Stuart Williams	England	198	204	236	227	227	195	1287	214.50
7.	Peter Ljung	Sweden	254	247	202	178	217	183	1281	213.50
8.	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	223	212	205	215	232	191	1278	213.00
9.	Pasi Uotila	Finland	250	255	211	154	221	180	1271	211.83
10.	Osku Palermaa	Finland	201	227	222	185	227	200	1262	210.33
11.	Mads Sandbækken	Norway	204	221	201	198	186	219	1229	204.83
12.	Tobias Karlsson	Sweden	226	212	195	193	217	182	1225	204.17
13.	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	169	180	225	203	181	224	1182	197.00
14.	Dennis Eklund	Sweden	180	203	140	224	217	213	1177	196.17
15.	Mathias Ã…rup	Sweden	204	175	188	223	202	172	1164	194.00
16.	Tore Torgersen	Norway	175	227	190	174	188	190	1144	190.67

 

 

Women's Preliminaries - Round 3 Results

Six games on combined oil pattern, left lane with Pattern 1 and right lane with Pattern 2. The winner receives a 400 Euro bonus.

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Block3	Ave.
1.	Mai Ginge Jensen	Denmark	209	227	220	187	247	226	1316	219.33
2.	Kamilla Kjeldsen	Denmark	259	256	173	191	220	200	1299	216.50
3.	Priscilla Maaswinkel	Netherlands	235	225	238	224	175	189	1286	214.33
4.	Patricia Luoto	Germany	195	225	221	227	178	226	1272	212.00
5.	Rikke Holm Rasmussen	Denmark	242	237	185	224	184	175	1247	207.83
6.	Nicki Ainge	England	154	220	215	223	210	210	1232	205.33
7.	Britt Brøndsted	Denmark	180	161	243	211	239	193	1227	204.50
8.	Kirsten Penny	England	166	256	190	178	222	213	1225	204.17
9.	Krista Pöllänen	Finland	279	152	180	210	154	229	1204	200.67
10.	Lisanne Breeschoten	Netherlands	201	238	180	188	215	180	1202	200.33
11.	Nina Flack	Sweden	182	194	202	185	224	209	1196	199.33
12.	Diana Zavjalova	Latvia	179	216	182	192	215	177	1161	193.50
13.	Ghislaine van der Tol	Netherlands	155	203	202	190	182	208	1140	190.00
14.	Nicole Sanders	Netherlands	181	166	193	247	166	158	1111	185.17
15.	Veronica Lantto	Sweden	160	182	161	193	185	196	1077	179.50
16.	Anja Ginge Jensen	Denmark	166	191	197	196	166	152	1068	178.00