Norman Neumann becomes first player to surpass the 1400-mark in San Marino

    07/10/13

    2013 European Bowling Tour #10

    German rolls 1403 series in Squad 8 to take over qualifying lead in San Marino Open; cut for 35th place is now 1215 (202.50 average)

    2013EBT10NormanNeumann.jpg2013EBT10PetteriSalonen.jpgNorman Neumann (pictured left) of Germany posted the first 1400-series of the 9th San Marino Open in Squad 8 on Tuesday evening en route to move to the top of the 101-player leaderboard.

    Neumann rolled six consistent games between 222 and 246 at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle for 1403, an average of 233.83, to overtake previous leader Petteri Salonen by nine pins. The Finn slipped to second place with 1394, followed by Yoan Alix of France in third place with 1390.

    By virtue of finishing 1-3 of a separate leaderboard of Squads 5-8, Neumann, Salonen and Alix will be automatically qualified for Sunday's finals in the unlikely event that they will fall out of the top 35 until the end of the qualifying.

    2013EBT04RebeckaLarsen.jpg2013EBT10SergeFrouvelle.jpgIf everything goes like normal, three other players of Squads 5-8 will take advantage.

    Swedish women's duo Rebecka Larsen (left) and Caroline Jonsson were 25 pins behind Neumann in Squad with 1378 including handicap. The tie for fourth place overall was broken by the higher last game, 244 to 191 in Larsen's favor.

    Six place belonged to Serge Frouvelle (right) of France, who led Squad 7 with 1371 (228.50 average) including high games of 263 and 256. Rounding out the top 8, who will receive two byes for the finals, were Mark Jonasdofsky of Germany (1366) and Alejandro Reyna of Costa Rica (1350).

    Sergio Fabbietti of Italy currently holds the 35th and last place to qualify directly for the finals with 1215 or an average of 202.50 average.

    Qualifying continues Wednesday, July 10, with Squad 9-11 scheduled for noon, 4 and 8 p.m. CEST.

    2013EBT10SanMarinoOpenLogo_small.jpg The 9th Storm San Marino Open is the 10th stop of the 2013 European Bowling Tour and the third out of six EBT "Gold" tournaments this season. The tournament will be held July 6-14 at 18-lane Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino and offers total prize fund of 60.000 Euro with 8.000 Euro going to the winner, 5.000 to the runner-up, 3.500 to the third and 2.500 to the fourth place finisher.

    The San Marino Open features a 41 feet Kegel lane conditioning pattern with 23.32 ml volume oil total.

    The qualifying of the San Marino Open (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Saturday July 6 through Saturday, July 13 with the last qualifying squad 21 scheduled for 9 p.m. CEST. The qualifying winner will receive a 1.000 Euro bonus.

    Qualifying concludes with the one-game Desperado Squad scheduled to start at half past Midnight on early Sunday morning. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire tournament, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    A total of 48 players will advance to the finals on Sunday, July 14 - the top 35 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 6-7, the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 8-9, the top 4 from the squads conducted on July 10-11, and the top 3 from the Desperado Squad.

    The top 8 qualifiers receive two byes and qualifiers 9-16 get one. The other 32 players will bowl four games from scratch to cut to the top 16, who will meet qualifiers 9-16 in round two. Those 24 bowl another 4 games from scratch to cut to the top 8, who will join the top eight in the last four-game round before the cut to the top 4 who will determine the winner in a traditional stepladder final.

    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 such as the San Marino Open gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament 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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