Marek Talpa becomes first player in Brunswick Italia Challenge to crack the 1400-bar

    07/04/13

    2013 European Bowling Tour #9

    Czech Republican rolls 1427 series to lead 148-player field from 13 countries; six bowlers of Wednesday's Squads 10 & 11 find their way into the top 8; cutoff number for 36th place surpasses 1200-mark (1224; 204 average)

    2012EBT18MarekTalpa.jpg2012EBT04MarcoReviglio.jpgMarek Talpa (pictured left) became the first player in the 2013 Brunswick Italia Challenge who cracked the 1400-bar as the bowler from Czech Republic posted 1427 in the 10th qualifying squad Wednesday afternoon at Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy.

    Talpa averaged 237.83 including games of 246, 188, 269, 246, 199 and 279 to overtake previous leader Davide Spagnoli of Italy by 64 pins. The owner of the lone 300 game in the tournament so far slipped to second place and was followed by compatriot Marco Reviglio (right), who toppled 1352 pins in Squad 11 including a high game of 268.

    2013EBT07SandraAndersson.jpg2013EBT04MagnusJohnson.jpgPlaces four thru six belonged to a trio of Swedish bowlers. Sandra Andersson (left) of Sweden, who the women's ranking in last week's 1st Brunswick Madrid Challenge, averaged 217.17 for 1303 scratch and added 48 pins handicap to leap into fourth place with 1351 total.

    Andersson is the best of 19 women in the 148 player field from 13 countries but the lone in the top 8, who will receive two byes at the end of the qualifying.

    Andersson' compatriots Magnus Johnson Jr. (right) and Kim Andersson finished third and fourth in Squad 10 with 1336 and 1324, respectively, to overtake fifth and sixth place in the overall qualifying standings.

    201213PBAMikeMachuga.jpgEd Smaglik, United States, was second to Reviglio in Squad 11 with 1321 to move into seventh place and push two-time PBA champion Mike Machuga (right) to eighth place with 1314 (219 average).

    With three qualifying days to go, Graziano Pachera of Italy is "on the bubble" in 36th and last place to qualify directly to Sunday's finals with 1224 and an average of 204.

    Qualifying continues Thursday, July 4, with Squads 13-15 (squad 12 is cancelled) scheduled for 1, 5 and 9 p.m. CEST.

    2012BrunswickItaliaChallengeLogo_small.jpg The 2013 Brunswick Italia Challenge is the 9th stop of the 2013 European Bowling Tour and the fourth and last EBT "Silver" tournaments this season. The tournament will be held from June 9 through July 7 at 24-lane Bowling Red & Black in Asti, Italy.

    The BIC offers total prize fund of 51.600 Euro with 10.000 Euro going to the winner, 5.000 Euro to the runner-up and 3.000 Euro to the third place finisher.

    Qualifying of the Italia Challenge 2013 (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Saturday, June 29 through Saturday, July 6, with the last qualifying squad 23 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 52 players advance to the finals including the top 36 qualifiers, six players each from a separate leaderboard of the squads contested June 29 & 30 and July 1 thru 3, one player each from Turbo game 5 and 6 (extra entry fee) and the top 2 players of the Desperado Squad. The top 8 qualifiers will receive two byes.

    Two four-game rounds will trim the field to 24 and then 8 players, who will meet the top eight qualifiers in eliminator-format rounds which will feature three two-game rounds.

    All four players bowl the opening two-game series, with the lowest-scoring player being eliminated. In the two rounds to follow, the same "low man out" format applies. The four group winners will bowl for the title and a 10.000 Euro first prize in three games round robin match play (20 bonus per win, 10 for a tie, 10 bonus for each game over 250).

    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 Italia 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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    Brunswick Italia Challenge - Qualifying Standings after Squad 11/23


    Top 36 qualifiers, six players each from a separate leaderboard of the squads contested July 1 thru 3 (places 37-42) and June 29 & 30 (places 43-48), one player each from Turbo game 5 and 6 plus the top 2 players of the Desperado Squad will advance to finals on Sunday, July 7. The top 8 qualifiers will receive two byes.

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