EBT "Platinum" event, which now offers total prize fund of up to 121.800 Euro, is also the sixth stop of the 2015 World Bowling Tour; BBO adds a 20.000 Euro bonus for a 300 game in Round Robin and the TV stepladder finals
The 45th Brunswick Ballmaster Open is the opening event of the 2015 European Bowling Tour and the first of three "EBT Platinum" events this season, the highest of the four EBT categories. The BBO, which is also the sixth stop of the 2015 World Bowling Tour, will be held from Friday, January 2 through Sunday 11, 2015 at 36-lane Tali Bowling Center in Finland's capital city Helsinki. Players will compete for total prize money of up to 121.800 Euro with 13.000 Euro going to the winner.
Ninety-five Finnish bowlers kicked off the qualifying of the 45th Brunswick Ballmaster Open Friday at Tali Bowling Center in Helsinki, Finland. 2013 Team World Champion Joonas Jehkinen (l.) and former women's national team member Reija Lundén (r.) led the field with 1346 pinfall total. Jehkinen sits in the pole position after day one qualifying as his
total pinfall minus his lowest game is higher than Lunden's
five-game total.
The 45th Brunswick Ballmaster Open is the opening event of the 2015 European Bowling Tour and the first of three "EBT Platinum" events this season, the highest of the four EBT categories. The BBO, which is also the sixth stop of the 2015 World Bowling Tour, will be held from Friday, January 2 through Sunday 11, 2015 at 36-lane Tali Bowling Center in Finland's capital city Helsinki. Players will compete for total prize money of up to 121.800 Euro with 13.000 Euro going to the winner.