A 9-pin No-Top tournament kicked off the five-day qualifying portion of the 6th annual Columbia 300 Vienna Open Monday evening at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Players were divided in four different average groups (all less than 200 average) and a total of 13 players received free entries into the main event.

The picture shows the 9-pin No-tap winners with Plus Bowling GM Helmut Amstätter (left) and Vienna Open Tournament Director Wolfgang Lohschmid (second from the right). Click on the image to enlarge it.

9-pin No-Tap (each 9 counts as a strike)

Winners receive one free entry for the qualifying of the 6th Columbia 300 Vienna Open 2008

Pos	Player	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Total	Avg.	Free Entry
Group A (Average 190 - 199.9)
1.	Stefan Schmid	Austria	221	267	220	203	300	1211	242.20	Winner
2.	Gergely Kapronczay	Hungary	232	245	208	234	280	1199	239.80	Winner
3.	Martin Liftenegger	Austria	208	249	265	190	243	1155	231.00	Winner
4.	Gerhard Grünbauer	Austria	181	197	234	265	232	1109	221.80
5.	Josef Gabek	Austria	195	262	203	242	187	1089	217.80
6.	Gaby Los	Austria	233	242	206	163	242	1086	217.20
7.	Rene Bauer	Austria	168	158	206	212	278	1022	204.40
8.	Istvan Polgar	Hungary	183	300	155	178	205	1021	204.20
9.	Phillip Bauer	Austria	231	190	240	147	210	1018	203.60
10.	Michael Hahn	Austria	227	147	232	218	193	1017	203.40
11.	Zoltan Skobrics	Hungary	186	183	204	182	253	1008	201.60
12.	Bertalan Puskas	Hungary	222	157	157	244	198	978	195.60
13.	Petra Grundschober	Austria	245	150	206	174	193	968	193.60
14.	Jacky Broinger	Austria	138	266	188	160	212	964	192.80
15.	Raphael Rulz	Austria	197	225	131	217	164	934	186.80
Group B (Average 180 - 189.9)
1.	Gerhard Hamberger	Austria	220	254	298	158	202	1132	226.40	Winner
2.	Robert Peter	Austria	234	221	191	232	219	1097	219.40	Winner
3.	Klaus Vrana	Austria	234	245	190	170	245	1084	216.80	Winner
4.	Andy Tesar	Austria	234	224	199	240	178	1075	215.00
5.	Christian Körber	Austria	212	178	181	210	280	1061	212.20
6.	Szabo Gabrilea	Hungary	209	215	206	207	213	1050	210.00
7.	Denes Domonkos	Hungary	191	224	176	255	197	1043	208.60
8.	Kurt Schachinger	Austria	198	206	184	252	186	1026	205.20
9.	Herman Kugler	Austria	205	209	149	218	188	969	193.80
10.	Christine Gablek	Austria	207	178	221	181	173	960	192.00
11.	Manfred Rulz	Austria	221	171	206	178	146	922	184.40
12.	Harald Wieser	Austria	156	212	128	210	197	903	180.60
13.	Ruth Gregor	Austria	202	179	154	122	198	855	171.00
Group C (Average 170 - 179.9)
1.	Alois Lichtenegger	Austria	209	222	232	176	232	1071	214.20	Winner
2.	Helmut Schmekal	Austria	223	215	243	179	210	1070	214.00	Winner
3.	Helmut Astl	Austria	183	214	266	189	210	1062	212.40	Winner
4.	Rudi Dorfner	Austria	236	189	212	220	201	1058	211.60	Winner
5.	Harald Mattl	Austria	232	182	201	277	162	1054	210.80
6.	Hubert Laubenberger	Austria	186	257	167	174	267	1051	210.20
7.	Helmut Stöber	Austria	231	194	210	251	164	1050	210.00
8.	Erwin Smutny	Austria	153	187	296	233	170	1039	207.80
9.	Robert Simon	Hungary	188	232	166	229	223	1038	207.60
10.	Cornelia Rulz	Austria	136	244	233	186	231	1030	206.00
11.	Georg Pittesser	Austria	208	237	191	192	187	1015	203.00
12.	Eva Dorfner	Austria	181	208	147	211	240	987	197.40
13.	Gabriele Dürrauer	Austria	148	216	186	191	227	968	193.60
14.	Jutta Pilecky	Austria	213	179	192	143	179	906	181.20
15.	Balasz Hirchler	Hungary	142	174	154	218	168	856	171.20
16.	Phillip Linke	Austria	150	145	192	159	136	782	156.40
Group D (under 170 average)
1.	Kevin Kulik	Austria	241	276	178	229	265	1189	237.80	Winner
2.	Wolfgang Heyer	Austria	209	157	241	275	241	1123	224.60	Winner
3.	Robby Rodriguez	Austria	191	225	290	222	167	1095	219.00	Winner
4.	Helmut Höflinger	Austria	178	137	267	199	287	1068	213.60
5.	Jürgen Maxa	Austria	207	212	151	290	171	1031	206.20
6.	Timea Simon	Hungary	221	187	219	222	157	1006	201.20
7.	Peter Boros	Hungary	155	148	178	253	254	988	197.60
8.	Michael Holy	Austria	198	173	190	195	222	978	195.60
9.	Andrea Weber	Austria	154	160	242	148	196	900	180.00
10.	Carina Linduska	Austria	154	181	155	213	193	896	179.20
11.	Sonja Pittesser	Austria	184	156	185	158	156	839	167.80