Women dominate fourth qualifying squad at Brunswick Euro Challenge

    03/20/13

    2013 European Bowling Tour #4

    Squad leader Esther Cheah moves into 15th place with 1364 total; Mika Koivuniemi holds on to the lead with 1453; cut for 52nd place is 1266 (211 average)

    2013EBT04EstherCheah.jpg2013EBT04SarahSteh.jpgThree women, Esther Cheah (pictured left) and Shalin Zulkifli of Malaysia and Sarah Steh (right) of Germany, led the fourth qualifying squad of the 10th Brunswick Euro Challenge Wednesday night at Dream-Bowl Palace in Munich, Germany.

    Two-time World Champion Cheah started and finished her six-game series with 245 to lead the squad with 1316 pinfall, an average of 219.33, to move into 15th place in the overall qualifying standings with 1364 total including eight pins handicap each game.

    Steh, who led the 61 players after five games, finished three pins behind Cheah with 1361 to overtake 17th place.

    2013EBT04ShalinZulkifli.jpg201213PBAChrisLoschetter.jpgZulkifli (left), the most decorated women in the history of the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress, was further eight pins behind to sit in 18th place with 1353.

    Chris Loschetter (right), United States, was the best male bowler in this squad in fourth place with 1328, good for 26th place overall.

    Eleven-time PBA champions and seven-time European Bowling Tour titlist, Mika Koivuniemi (below right), Finland, leads the field of 128 players from 24 countries since the first squad with 1453 and an average of 242.17.

    ImageWith four out of fifteen qualifying squads in the books, the cut for 52nd and last place to advance is already 1266, a 211 average scratch, set by Eva Lindner of Germany. Those 52 will be joined in the finals by the top eight players from a separate leader board of the squads contested on March 19 & 20 and the top four of the Desperado Squad. The top 12 qualifiers will bypass the first round of the finals.

    Qualifying continues Thursday, March 21, with Squads 5-7 scheduled for 1, 5 and 9 p.m. Central European Time.

    2013BECLogo.jpg The Brunswick Euro Challenge is the fourth tournament on the 2013 European Bowling Tour schedule and one of only two "Platinum" events this season, the EBT's highest tournament category. The BEC is also the seventh stop of the World Bowling Tour and the second of three WBT events in Europe in 2013.

    For the first time in 10 years of BEC competition, Europe's richest tournament will be contested at Europe's biggest bowling center, 52-lane Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany.

    The 106.000 Euro tournament, which runs from March 19-24, offers a 15.000 Euro top prize and a PBA International title if won by a PBA member.

    BowlingdigitalBanner.gif Bowlingdigital.com will provide Live Coverage and Live Streaming commencing Wednesday, March 20, all the way through to the stepladder finals, which will be broadcast live on Bowlingdigital TV on Sunday, March 24, from 18:30 to 19:30 Central European Time (starts at 1.30 p.m. EST or Monday, March 25, at 1.30 a.m. Hong Kong Time).

    Click here for more detailed Tournament Information; EBT & WBT Schedule and Ranking and to review a video of the 2012 BEC stepladder finals.

     


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    At the end of the qualifying, the top 52 plus the top eight players from a separate leader board of the squads on March 19 & 20 (places 53-60) and the top four of the Desperado Squad (places 61-64) will advance to the finals. The top 12 qualifiers will receive one bye.

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