Birgit Pöppler rolls 1379 series to lead Squad 4 in Tilburg, Netherlands

    02/06/13

    2013 European Bowling Tour #2

    Germany international continues to lead the 94-player field from seven countries with 1428; top six players of the first four squads are automatically qualified for the finals; cut for 36th place is 1235 (205.83 average)

    2013EBT02BirgitPoppler.jpg2012EBT16LisanneBreeschoten.jpgTournament leader Birgit Pöppler (pictured left) of Germany posted a 1379 series Tuesday to win her second squad in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands. The German international continued to lead the 94-player field from seven countries with her 1428 high series, which she has rolled in the opening squad.

    Pöppler averaged 221.83 Tuesday evening behind games of 195, 198, 243, 246, 225 and 224 for 1331 scratch and added 48 pins women's handicap for the third highest series of the tournament so far.

    Dutch national team member Lisanne Breeschoten (right) remained in second place with 1390. Michael Krämer, Germany, and Roel Mol, Netherlands, stayed in third and fourth place with 1377 and 1376.

    2012EBT15GhislainevanderTol.jpg2012WECWendyKok.jpgDutch national team members Ghislaine van der Tol (left) and Wendy Kok (right) finished second and third in Squad 4 en route to move in fifth and sixth place in the overall qualifying standings.

    Van der Tol, who is tied with England Zara Glover for first place on the all-time European Bowling Tour titles list with 3 career victories, had six games between 236 and 203 and a 1374 series, while Kok used a high game of 258 for 1362, both series including handicap.

    The top 6 from the separate leaderboard of Squads 1-4 are automatically qualified for the finals, if they miss the cut to the top 36. The top 6 players at the end of the qualifying will receive one bye.

    2011BWCMatsMaggi.jpg2012EBT04JimmyRavez.jpgBelgians Mats Maggi (left, 1361), Xavier Milet (1357) and Jimmy Ravez (right, 1357) slipped two spots to seventh to ninth place. Jeffrey van de Wakker, Netherlands, who was the top male bowler on Tuesday, rounds out the top 10 with 1348.

    With four out of 14 qualifying squads in the books, long-time Dutch national team member Ron van den Bogaard holds the 36th and last spot to advance with 1235 or an average of 205.83.

    Qualifying continues Wednesday, February 6, with Squad 5 at 8 p.m. CET.

    The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2013 is the second stop of the 2013 European Bowling Tour and the first of five EBT "Silver" tournaments this season. The tournament will be held from Sunday Feb. 3 through Sunday Feb. 10, 2013 at 20-lane Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands.

    Players will compete for total prize money of 51.500 Euro with 8.000 Euro going to the winner, 5.000 to the runner-up and 3.000 and 2.000 to third and fourth place finishers, respectively.

    Once again the HBS Tournament will be contested on dual lane condition. In 2013, one lane is dressed with a 35 ft. "short" pattern and the other lane dressed with a 40 ft. "medium" pattern.

    Qualifying runs through Saturday Feb. 9 with the final qualifying Squad 14 scheduled for 6 p.m., followed by the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad slated for 9.30 p.m. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game, a standard on the European Bowling Tour.

    A total of 46 players - the top 36 qualifiers, the top 4 from the Desperado Squad and the top 6 from a separate leaderboard of Squads 1-4 conducted Feb. 3-5 - will advance to the finals on Sunday, Feb. 10. The top 6 qualifiers will receive one bye.

    Players ranked 7 to 46 will bowl four games with the top 18 players joining the top six qualifiers in the so called group finals. Those 24 players will be divided into six groups of four players each for the first of four eliminator rounds.

    All four players will bowl a two-game match with the two lowest scoring players eliminated. The two highest scoring players advance to the next round (in the first round four "lucky losers" also advance).

    The field will be cut to 16, eight and then four players who will bowl a final two-game round to determine the champion.

     


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    Qualifying Standings after Squad 4/14

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