James Gruffman emerges as champion in Norwegian Open 2013 by Brunswick
10/13/13
James Gruffman (pictured left) of Sweden bowled his way thru seven three-game rounds to emerge as the champion of the Norwegian Open 2013 by Brunswick Sunday afternoon at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway.
Starting the final round in fourth place, the Swedish national team member and 2012 European Champions Cup winner rolled games of 236 and 235 to take an 11-pin lead over Norway's Svein Ã…ke Ek (right) heading into the last game.
Finishing first on the challenging lane condition, Gruffman finished with 182 for 1355, an average of 225.83 for six games. Ek, who won the ECC in 2010, needed a strike to win or spare-strike to tie the Swede.
Ek spared 6-9-10 and left an eight-count on the fill ball to hand the victory to Gruffman. The Swede pocketed 35.000 NOK or approx. 4.315 Euro for his first career European Bowling Tour title while Ek received 20.000 NOK (2.465 Euro) as the first runner-up.
Finnish two-hander Osku Palermaa (right), who owns record 13 EBT titles, finished in third place worth 15.000 NOK.
L-R Göran Carlsson, president of Norwegian Open sponsor VBS Bowling AB, Svein Åke Ek (2nd), champion James Gruffman, Osku Palermaa (3rd) and Per Iversen, Secretary General of the Norwegian Bowling Federation. Click on the image to enlarge it.
The Norwegian Open 2014 by Brunswick, an EBT Satellite event, will be held from Oct. 3-10, 2014.
The Norwegian Open 2013 by Brunswick was the 16th stop of the 2013 European Bowling Tour and the fifth out of seven EBT "Satellite" events this season. The tournament was held from Oct. 4-13, 2013 at 26-lane Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway.
As a result of a sponsorship agreement with Brunswick, the NO 2013 has increased the total prize fund to 224.000 NOK (currently 27.625 Euro).
Qualifying ran from Friday, Oct. 4 through Saturday, Oct. 12. Women received 8 pins handicap each game, a standard on the European Bowling Tour. In a change for 2013 the last qualifying squad on Saturday evening was replaced by two semifinal rounds and the top 60 instead of the top 40 players cashed.
A total of 60 players advanced to the finals on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 & 13. The top 8 qualifiers are qualified for Round 4, places 9-16 go to Round 3, places 17-24 start in Round 2 and places 25-28 begin in Round 1. The other 32 finalists advanced to Saturday's Semifinal Round 1 which began at 10 p.m. CEST.
The top 24 players after three game scratch advanced to the Semifinal Round 2 to bowl another three games with the pinfall carried over. The top 12 qualified for Final Round 1 on Sunday morning.
The remaining forty players determined the champion in five three-game rounds. The field was trimmed from 40 to 32, 24, 16, and then eight who bowled a final three-game block with the pinfall from Round 4 carried forward.
The player with the highest six-game total was declared the champion and earned an EBT title, 50 ranking points and the 35.000 NOK top prize.
The 2013 European Bowling Tour consists of 19 stops in 13 countries including two Platinum, six Gold, four Silver and seven Satellite tournaments.
The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament such as the Norwegian Open 2013 by Brunswick gets 50 ranking points.
The top 12 men and the top 12 women at the end of the 2013 season qualify for the seventh EBT Masters to be held March 3, 2014 at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands immediately following the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2014.
The European Bowling Tour commences with Brunswick Etna Open at Bowling La Plaja in Catania, Italy, from Oct. 12-20, 2013.
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Wins his first career European Bowling Tour title by two pins over Norway's Svein Ã…ke Ek
James Gruffman (pictured left) of Sweden bowled his way thru seven three-game rounds to emerge as the champion of the Norwegian Open 2013 by Brunswick Sunday afternoon at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. Starting the final round in fourth place, the Swedish national team member and 2012 European Champions Cup winner rolled games of 236 and 235 to take an 11-pin lead over Norway's Svein Ã…ke Ek (right) heading into the last game.
Finishing first on the challenging lane condition, Gruffman finished with 182 for 1355, an average of 225.83 for six games. Ek, who won the ECC in 2010, needed a strike to win or spare-strike to tie the Swede.
Ek spared 6-9-10 and left an eight-count on the fill ball to hand the victory to Gruffman. The Swede pocketed 35.000 NOK or approx. 4.315 Euro for his first career European Bowling Tour title while Ek received 20.000 NOK (2.465 Euro) as the first runner-up. Finnish two-hander Osku Palermaa (right), who owns record 13 EBT titles, finished in third place worth 15.000 NOK.
L-R Göran Carlsson, president of Norwegian Open sponsor VBS Bowling AB, Svein Åke Ek (2nd), champion James Gruffman, Osku Palermaa (3rd) and Per Iversen, Secretary General of the Norwegian Bowling Federation. Click on the image to enlarge it.
The Norwegian Open 2014 by Brunswick, an EBT Satellite event, will be held from Oct. 3-10, 2014.
The Norwegian Open 2013 by Brunswick was the 16th stop of the 2013 European Bowling Tour and the fifth out of seven EBT "Satellite" events this season. The tournament was held from Oct. 4-13, 2013 at 26-lane Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway.As a result of a sponsorship agreement with Brunswick, the NO 2013 has increased the total prize fund to 224.000 NOK (currently 27.625 Euro).
Qualifying ran from Friday, Oct. 4 through Saturday, Oct. 12. Women received 8 pins handicap each game, a standard on the European Bowling Tour. In a change for 2013 the last qualifying squad on Saturday evening was replaced by two semifinal rounds and the top 60 instead of the top 40 players cashed.
A total of 60 players advanced to the finals on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 & 13. The top 8 qualifiers are qualified for Round 4, places 9-16 go to Round 3, places 17-24 start in Round 2 and places 25-28 begin in Round 1. The other 32 finalists advanced to Saturday's Semifinal Round 1 which began at 10 p.m. CEST.
The top 24 players after three game scratch advanced to the Semifinal Round 2 to bowl another three games with the pinfall carried over. The top 12 qualified for Final Round 1 on Sunday morning.
The remaining forty players determined the champion in five three-game rounds. The field was trimmed from 40 to 32, 24, 16, and then eight who bowled a final three-game block with the pinfall from Round 4 carried forward.
The player with the highest six-game total was declared the champion and earned an EBT title, 50 ranking points and the 35.000 NOK top prize.
The 2013 European Bowling Tour consists of 19 stops in 13 countries including two Platinum, six Gold, four Silver and seven Satellite tournaments.The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament such as the Norwegian Open 2013 by Brunswick gets 50 ranking points.
The top 12 men and the top 12 women at the end of the 2013 season qualify for the seventh EBT Masters to be held March 3, 2014 at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands immediately following the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2014.
The European Bowling Tour commences with Brunswick Etna Open at Bowling La Plaja in Catania, Italy, from Oct. 12-20, 2013.
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2013 Norwegian Open - Final Round 5 (Final Standings)
| Pos | Player | Country | B/F | G4 | G5 | G6 | Pins | Avg. | Total | Avg. | Prize Money |
| 1. | James Gruffman | Sweden | 702 | 236 | 235 | 182 | 653 | 217.67 | 1355 | 225.83 | 35.000 NOK |
| 2. | Svein Ã…ke Ek | Norway | 729 | 237 | 196 | 191 | 624 | 208.00 | 1353 | 225.50 | 20.000 NOK |
| 3. | Osku Palermaa | Finland | 716 | 236 | 201 | 168 | 605 | 201.67 | 1321 | 220.17 | 15.000 NOK |
| 4. | Brian Valenta | United States | 719 | 192 | 208 | 179 | 579 | 193.00 | 1298 | 216.33 | 10.000 NOK |
| 5. | Jimmy Mortensen | Denmark | 644 | 182 | 214 | 244 | 640 | 213.33 | 1284 | 214.00 | 8.000 NOK |
| 6. | Bjørn Einar Rudshagen | Norway | 641 | 214 | 193 | 215 | 622 | 207.33 | 1263 | 210.50 | 7.000 NOK |
| 7. | Daniel Fransson | Sweden | 667 | 187 | 234 | 170 | 591 | 197.00 | 1258 | 209.67 | 6.000 NOK |
| 8. | Arvid Espen | Norway | 647 | 178 | 190 | 186 | 554 | 184.67 | 1201 | 200.17 | 5.000 NOK |
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2013 Norwegian Open - Places 9-60 (cashers)
9. Arnar David Jonsson, Norway, 4.000 NOK
10. Lars-Christian Nygård, Norway, 4.000 NOK
11. Tore Torgersen, Norway, 4.000 NOK
12. Mikael Roos, Sweden, 4.000 NOK
13. Robert Andersson, Sweden, 4.000 NOK
14. PÃ¥l Selvnes, Norway, 4.000 NOK
15. Glenn Morten Pedersen, Norway, 4.000 NOK
16. Annie Thorell, Sweden, 4.000 NOK
17. Kevin Karlsson, Sweden, 3.000 NOK
18. Petter Hansen, Norway, 3.000 NOK
19. Britt Brøndsted, Denmark, 3.000 NOK
20. Fredrik Tjernes, Norway, 3.000 NOK
21. Kenneth Haukås, Norway, 3.000 NOK
22. Christel Carlsson, Sweden, 3.000 NOK
23. Konstantin Matvienko, Russia, 3.000 NOK
24. Jenny Wegner, Sweden, 3.000 NOK
25. Marawan Aernoudt, Belgium, 2.500 NOK
26. Jeanett Haavelmoen Johansen, Norway, 2.500 NOK
27. Frode Jørgen Aaneby, Norway, 2.500 NOK
28. Øyvin Kulseng, Norway, 2.500 NOK
29. Andrea E. Hansen, Norway, 2.500 NOK
30. Ida Andersson, Sweden, 2.500 NOK
31. Heidi Thorstensen, Norway, 2.500 NOK
32. Monica Lislien, Norway, 2.500 NOK
33. Anna Andersson, Sweden, 2.000 NOK
34. Pernille W. Rasmussen, Denmark, 2.000 NOK
35. Juhani Ojala, Sweden, 2.000 NOK
36. Line Berg Almestrand, Norway, 2.000 NOK
37. Brian Kjær, Norway, 2.000 NOK
38. Ronny Olavesen, Norway, 2.000 NOK
39. Stig Rune Barstad, Norway, 2.000 NOK
40. Mads Sandbækken, Norway, 2.000 NOK
41. Erik Ahlstrand, Sweden, 1.500 NOK
42. Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark, 1.500 NOK
43. Tor-Øyvind Lunde, Norway, 1.500 NOK
44. Olav J. Olsen, Norway, 1.500 NOK
45. Sigbjørn Eide, Norway, 1.500 NOK
46. Ingar Gabrielsen, Norway, 1.500 NOK
47. Niclas Eriksson, Sweden, 1.500 NOK
48. Barry Foley, Ireland, 1.500 NOK
49. Daniel Gausetvik, Norway, 1.500 NOK
50. Sandra Bakken, Norway, 1.500 NOK
51. Julius Emil Hopka, Norway, 1.500 NOK
52. Ruben Hansen Sælen, Norway, 1.500 NOK
53. Martin Moen Stikbakke, Norway, 1.000 NOK
54. Patcharin Torgersen, Norway, 1.000 NOK
55. Christian Rogne, Norway, 1.000 NOK
56. Per E. Fjordheim, Norway, 1.000 NOK
57. Øyvind Harang, Norway, 1.000 NOK
58. Egon Jannik Soerensen, Denmark, 1.000 NOK
59. Robert Lind, Norway, 1.000 NOK
60. Tor Inge Jansen, Norway, 1.000 NOK
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