Rudshagen, Palermaa add their names to the leaderboard in Tilburg

    02/09/13

    2013 European Bowling Tour #2

    Norwegian, Finn move into second and fourth place heading into the last day of qualifying; Tore Torgersen shoots the first 300 game of the tournament; cut for 36th place is 1316 (219.33 average)

    2013EBT02BjornEinarRudshagen.jpg201213PBA06OskuPalermaa.jpgBjørn Einar Rudshagen (pictured left) of Norway and Finland's two-handed star Osku Palermaa (right) topped Friday's qualifying en route to leap into second and fourth place in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament in Tilburg, Netherlands.

    Carsten Warming Hansen of Denmark continued to lead the 165-player field from 15 countries, 136 men and 29 women, with 1494 total and an average of 249.00.

    Players of Squad 9 dominated the qualifying Friday at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg. Rudshagen rolled a pair of 250s, 240s and 220s to lead the squad and to overtake second place overall with 1453 total (242.17).

    201213PBADominicBarrett.jpg2012ECCYoanAlix2.jpg Three-time PBA champion Palermaa, the most winningest player on the European Bowling Tour with 13 titles and four-time EBT point ranking leader (2007-09, 11), had a 278 in game two and finished his set with 299 to move into fourth place with 1443.

    Palermaa's fellow PBA champion and EBT point ranking leader (2010, 12), Dominic Barrett (left), England, was next with 1419 including three 250-plus games, but stayed in third place with his highest 1453 series.

    Yoan Alix (right) of France was fourth in Squad 9 with 1416 including six games between 268 and 202 to sit in seventh place heading into the last qualifying day.

    2013EBT02BirgitPoppler.jpg2013IOToreTorgersen.jpgRounding out the top six, who will earn one bye at the end of the qualifying, were Jimmy Mortensen of Denmark in fifth place with 1436 and Birgit Pöppler (left) of Germany, the best women in the field in sixth place with 1428 including 48 pins handicap.

    Former World and European Champion, Tore Torgersen (right) set one of the highlights Friday, as he rolled the tournament's first 300 game in the third game of Squad 9. The Norwegian had to settle for 72nd place with 1247 after finishing with three consecutive sub-par games.

    2012EBT18JoakimWahlgren.jpg2013EBT02MichaelHolzapfel.jpgTorgersen wasn't the only player Friday, who suffered low games at the end of the six-game block. Squad 10 leader Joakim Wahlgren (left) of Sweden closed out his 1339 series with 157 to land in 28th place.

    John Guldbaek of Denmark led Squad 11 after four games with 980 (245 average), but had to settle for 26th place after back-t-back 180s. Michael Holzapfel (right) of Germany led that squad with 1372, good for 14th place.

    With another three qualifying squads to go, seven of the 29 women in the field are among the top 36. Danish national team member Sascha Wedel (below left) holds the 36th and last spot to advance with 1316 or an average of 219.33 including handicap.

    2013EBT02SaschaWedel.jpgQualifying continues Saturday, February 9, with Squads 12-14 at 10 a.m., 2 and 6 p.m. CET and concludes with the Desperado Squad slated for 9.30 p.m.

    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 11/14


    300 game - Tore Torgersen