Eden SuperBowl in St. Julian's, Malta (June 16-20, 2010)

Marcus Berndt (pictured), Sweden, led the 19th Malta Open Championships at Eden SuperBowl in St. Julian's in qualifying and earned the No. 1 seed for the stepladder final after going 9-2 in match play averaging 221.

In the championship match in best-of-three games format, Berndt swept No. 2 seed Matt Chamberlain (right), England, two-games-to-none, to win the title and the 2.500 Euro top prize.

In the opening match of the four-player stepladder final, George Stavrinou (below left), Cyprus, seeded third, eliminated fourth-seeded Menno van den Heuvel (below right), Netherlands, who qualified for the finals through the Desperado Squad, 235-201.

Stavrinou rolled another 230-plus game in the semifinal against Chamberlain, but fell to the Englishman in a close match, 237-242,

Chamberlain pocketed 1.500 Euro for second place, Stavrinou got 1.100 Euro for third and Van den Heuvel received 700 Euro for fourth.

The 19th Malta Open Championships drew 88 players, 78 men and 10 women, from 11 countries. The top 26 after 12 games qualifying plus the top 4 from the Desperado Squad advanced to the finals. The top 6 qualifiers earned two byes and positions 7-12 bypassed the first round.

After two rounds of 4 games the field was trimmed to 12 players who determined the finalists in 11 games round robin match play. Women received 8 pins handicap each game. Cherise Denham (pictured left), England, was the sole woman, who made it into the match play portion en route to land in 12th place.

Photos: Beat Grauwiler.

 

 

19th Malta Open Championships

Eden SuperBowl in St. Julian's, Malta (June 16-20, 2010)

Championship Round:
1. Marcus Berndt, Sweden, 449 (2 games), 2.500 Euro
2. Matt Chamberlain, England, 631 (3 games), 1.500 Euro
3. George Stavrinou, Cyprus, 472 (2 games), 1.100 Euro
4. Menno van den Heuvel, Netherlands, 201 (1 game), 700 Euro

Playoff Results:
First Match: #3 Stavrinou def. #4 Van den Heuvel, 235-201
Semifinal Match: #2 Chamberlain def. Stavrinou, 242-237
Championship: #1 Berndt def. Chamberlain, 2-0
(235-201, 214-188).

 

 

Places 5-24 (Cashers)

5. Costas Kyriakou, Cyprus, 450 Euro
6. Stuart Williams, England, 400 Euro
7. Justin C Scicluna, Malta, 330 Euro
8. Mark Spiteri, Malta, 300 Euro
9. Kenneth Arpa, Malta, 230 Euro
10. Charis Panayiotou, Cyprus, 230 Euro
11. Antreas Christophorou, Cyprus, 230 Euro
12. Cherise Denham, England, 230 Euro
13. Sue Abela, Malta, 150 Euro
14. Cliff Dew, England, 150 Euro
15. Bigi Manico, Switzerland, 150 Euro
16. Kyriakos X'ttofis, Cyprus, 150 Euro
17. Rankin Camilleri, Malta, 150 Euro
18. Lee Cocker, England, 150 Euro
19. Bo Winther, Denmark, 150 Euro
20. Neil Sullivan, Malta, 150 Euro
21. Jos Bakker, Netherlands, 150 Euro
22. Niki Schiza, Cyprus, 150 Euro
23. Ray Falzon Reale, Malta, 150 Euro
24. Tommy Reinhold, Denmark, 150 Euro

 

 

Final Round 3 Results

11 games round robin match play. 20 points per win, 5 points for games between 200 and 250 and 10 points for games of 251 and over. The top 4 advance to the stepladder finals.

 

 

 

Final Round 2 Results

4 games from scratch. The top 6 advance.

 

 

Final Round 1 Results

4 games from scratch. The top 12 advance.

 

 

Standings after Qualifying

12 games, the top 26 plus the top 4 from the Desperado Squad (places 27-30) advanced to the finals. The top 6 earned two byes and positions 7-12 bypassed the first round.