England's Dominic Barrett powers his way into the qualifying lead in Barcelona

    07/21/12

    2012 European Bowling Tour #12

    PBA champion fires 1484 series to become the second multiple squad winner after Ildemaro Ruiz; Australia's Cassie Staudinger is the top-ranked woman in 22nd place; cut for 42nd place is now 1287 (214.50 average)

    2012EBT12DominicBarrett.jpg2012EBT12IldemaroRuiz2.jpgDominic Barrett of England (pictured left) averaged 247.33 and posted a 1484 series in Squad 10/15 Friday evening at Bowling Pedralbes en route to overtake overall lead in the qualifying of the 34th Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona.

    The six-time European Bowling Tour champion and one-time Professional Bowlers Association Tour titlist, who rolled the tournament's sole 300 game thus far in Squad 7, became the second multiple squad winner in this year's tournament. All squad winners earn automatic spots into Sunday's finals.

    The 2010 European Bowling Tour point ranking winner had games of 210, 259, 222, 269, 278 and 246 to overtake previous leaders Mats Maggi of Belgium and Ildemaro Ruiz of Venezuela (above right) by 60 pins.

    2012EBT04OskuPalermaa2.jpg2011EBT04ToreTorgersen.jpgSquad 2 leader Maggi and Squad 1 leader Ruiz, who also led Squad 9 on Friday afternoon with 1373, slipped to second and third place.

    Three-time PBA champion Osku Palermaa of Finland (left) is the best non-squad winner in fourth place with 1399.

    Squad 3 leader Eike Kabowski of Germany and Squad 6 leader Tore Torgersen of Norway (right) remained in fifth and sixth place with 1397 and 1396, respectively.

    2010EBT12MarcialOvide.jpg2012EBT04TomHessPaulMoor2.jpgMarcial Ovide(left)  is the top local bowler and one of just three Catalonian bowlers above the cut line in seventh place with 1389. Catalonia, one of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain, is a member federation of the World Tenpin Bowling Association and the European Tenpin Bowling Federation.

    Three-time EBT point ranking champion (2004-06), Paul Moor of England (right) was second to Barrett in Squad 10 with 1389 (231.50) including a 277 game to leap three spots to eight place. Swede Dennis Eklund fell one spot to ninth with 1381.

    Rounding out the top 10 is Miquel Lopez, United States, who led Squad 11 Friday night with 1379 including a 279 in the last game.

    2012EBT09ThomasLarsen.jpg2012EBT04CassieStaudinger.jpgThree of the nine squad winners thus far (Barrett and Ruiz both led two squads) are outside the top 10 but clearly above the cut line. Squad 5 leader Perttu Jussila of Finland slipped to 11th place with 1371.

    Thomas Larsen of Denmark (left), who won his second career EBT title earlier this season, led Squad 8 on Friday morning with 1350 to leap eighteen spots into 15th place. Vincent Cayez of France is the lowest squad leader in 20th place with 1325.

    Australian national team member Cassie Staudinger (above right) averaged 212.33 in Squad 9 to became the best of 24 women in the 126-player field from 23 countries in 22nd place with 1322 including 48 pins women's handicap. 2011 women's point ranking winner,

    2012WECJolinePerssonPlanefors.jpg2010EBT10MarcusBerndt.jpgJoline Persson-Planefors of Sweden (left), and Cristina Sanz of Catalonia are the only other women in the top 42 in 31st and 41st place with 1306 and 1288, respectively.

    As usual in Catalonia, women benefit from a number of advantages. Besides eight pins handicap each game, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour, six women below the cut line earn automatic spots in the finals and the top 8 female qualifiers receive an additional prize money of total 5.000 Euro.

    Heading into the last qualifying day, Marcus Berndt (right) of Sweden holds the 42nd and last place to advance with 1287 or an average of 214.50. Qualifying ends on Saturday, July 21, with Squad 12-15 scheduled for 9 .am., 1, 5 and 9 p.m. CEST.

    2012EBT12BarcelonaLogo_small.jpg The 34th Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona is the 12th stop of the 2012 European Bowling Tour and the third out of four EBT "Gold" tournaments this season.

    The tournament will be held July 17-22 at 14-lane Bowling Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain and offers total prize fund of 60.000 Euro with 12.000 Euro going to the winner, 6.000 to the runner-up and 3.000 to the third place finisher.

    The tournament features a 41 feet Kegel lane conditioning pattern with 25.85ml volume oil total.

    The qualifying in Barcelona (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Tuesday July 17 through Saturday, July 21 with the last qualifying squad 15 scheduled for 9 p.m. CEST. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire tournament, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    A total of 48 players will advance to the finals on Sunday, July 22 - the top 42 qualifiers including all squad leaders and an additional six women.

    Those 48 players, who carry forward 50 per cent of their qualifying total, bowl four games to cut to the top 24, The top 3 players after another four-game block in Round Two qualify for the stepladder finals.

    The No. 3 seed bowls No. 2 and the winner takes on No. 1 to determine the champion in one-game matches. The stepladder finals will be broadcasted live on Eurosport 2 on Sunday, July 22 at 6.15 p.m. CEST.

    2012EBTLogo_small.jpg The 2012 European Bowling Tour is made up of 21 events in 16 countries including two Platinum, four Gold, eight Silver and seven Satellite tournaments.

    The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event earn ranking points based on how they finish in the event. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament such as the 34th Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament gets 50 ranking points.

    Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 16 men and top 16 women who will compete in the sixth EBT Masters in Bratislava, Slovakia in Sept. 2013.

     


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    34th Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona - Qualifying Standings after Squad 11/15


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