Pasi Uotila takes over lead in Brunswick Madrid Challenge in Spain

    06/27/13

    2013 European Bowling Tour #8

    Finn rolls 1378 series in Wednesday's qualifying squad 13; Jenny Wegner (SWE) become first women to crack the 1300-bar; cut for 38th place still low at 1105 (184.17 average)

    2013EBT04PasiUotila.jpg2013EBT08PabloBarriopedro.jpgLong-time Finnish national team member Pasi Uotila (pictured left) of Finland averaged almost 230 in Wednesday's Squad 13 at Bowling Chamartín in Madrid, Spain, en route to take the pole position in the qualifying of the 1st Brunswick Madrid Challenge.

    The four-time European Bowling Tour titlist had games of 232, 236, 223, 236, 246 and 205 for 1378, an average of 229.67, to overtake previous leader Pablo Barriopedro (right) of Spain by 30 pins. Barriopedro, who led the tournament since Squad 6, slipped to second place with 1348.

    2013EBT04IldemaroRuiz2.jpg2013EBT04JennyWegner.jpgVenezuela's Ildemaro Ruiz Jr. (left) fell to third place with 1322 and was followed by Jenny Wegner (right) of Sweden, who became the first woman to crack the 1300-bar in Squad 14. Wegner started her 1271 scratch series (211.83 average) with back-to-back 234 games and added 48 pins handicap to move into fourth place with 1319.

    Russians Vladimir Sverchkov and Victor Krasavkin (below right) were the only other players Wednesday who reached the 1200-mark (even based on a 200 average). Sverchkov toppled 1212 pins to sit in ninth place while Krasavkin hit 1200 on the nose, good for 12th place overall.

    2011EBT04VictorKrasavkin.jpgFrancisco Lopez, Spain, mans the 38th and last place to advance to Sunday's finals with 1105 or an average of 184.17.

    Qualifying continues Thursday, June 27, with Squads 15-18 scheduled for 9 a.m., 1, 5 and 9 p.m. CEST.

    2013BrunswickMadridChallengeLogo_small.jpg The 1st Brunswick Madrid Challenge, a newcomer on the European Bowling Tour, is the eighth event on the 2013 schedule and the third out of four EBT "Silver" tournaments this season. The tournament will be held from June 22-30 at 20-lane Bowling Chamartín in Madrid, Spain, and offers total prize fund of 41.250 Euro with 6.000 Euro going to the winner, 3.000 to the runner-up and 2.000 to the third place finisher.

    The qualifying of the Madrid Challenge 2013 (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Saturday, June 22 through Saturday, June 29 with the last qualifying squad 26 scheduled for 9 p.m. CEST.

    Qualifying concludes with the one-game Desperado Squad slated for early Sunday morning 12.30 a.m. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire tournament, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    A total of 50 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, June 30 - the top 38 players from the overall qualifying standings, the top four players each from the combined standings of Squads 1-8 and 9-14 who are not among the top 38, and the top four players of the Desperado Squad. The top 10 qualifiers will receive two byes while qualifiers 11-20 will get a first-round bye.

    The first three rounds of the finals feature four games from scratch. The field will be trimmed to 30, 20 and then 10 players who will carry forward the four-game total of Round Three into the fourth round.

    After another four-game block, the player with the highest eight-game total advances to the title match, the second player goes to the semifinal and players ranked 3-6 advance to the quarterfinal.

    The finals will be decided in one-game matches. The winner of the quarterfinal bowls the No. 2 seed for the right to bowl the No. 1 seed for the title.

    2013EBTLogo_small.jpg The 2013 European Bowling Tour consists of 19 tournaments in 13 countries including two Platinum, six Gold, four Silver and seven Satellite events.

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

    Points are tabulated throughout the season and the top 12 men and the top 12 women qualify for the seventh EBT Masters to be held March 3, 2014 at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands immediately following the EBT Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2014.

     


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    1st Brunswick Madrid Challenge - Qualifying Standings after Squad 14/26

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