Jimmy Wogel sets the pace in 34th AIK International Tournament 2014

    12/31/13

    Sweden

    Jimmy Wogel of bowling club Tyresö set the pace in the 34th AIK International Tournament 2014, which got underway on December 26 at Bowl-O-Rama in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Wogel posted a 1479 series in Squad 3, an average of 246.50 for six games, including 257, 216, 215, 258, 244 and 289. Fellow Swede Tommy Wendel was 27 pins behind to move into second place with 1452 including a high game of 278.

    Third and fourth place belonged to Swedish internationals Robert Andersson and Dennis Eklund, who toppled 1439 and 1359 pins, respectively.

    Squad 1 leader Øyvind Harang of Norway slipped to fifth place with 1358. Tomas Johansson holds the 62nd and last place to qualify directly for the finals with 1177 or an average of 196.17.

    Qualifying continues on Wednesday, January 1 with two squads scheduled for 2 and 6 p.m. CET.

    2014AIKLogo_small.jpg The 34th AIK International Tournament runs from Dec. 26, 2013 through Jan. 6, 2014 at Bowl-o-Rama, a 28-laner in Stockholm, Sweden, and offers total prize fund of 309.500 Swedish Kronor or approximately 34.660 Euro with 60.000 SEK (€6,720) going to winner, 30.000 SEK to the runner-up and 20.000 SEK and 15.000 SEK to the third and fourth place finishers, respectively.

    Qualifying (six games; unlimited re-entries) started on Dec 26 and runs through Sunday, Jan. 5 with the final qualifying squad starting a 4 p.m. CET. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game.

    Total 92 players advance with 36 of whom going directly to Final Round 1 on Sunday including the top 30 qualifiers, players 1-4 from the Early Bird squads and the top player each from Turbo 1 (qualifying game #5) and Turbo 2 (qualifying game #6).

    56 players including qualifiers 31-62 and another 24 players who qualify through various "gateways" (Ladies, Juniors, 60 & over, 50 & over, dynamic handicap, Turbo 1 and Turbo 2) bowl four games (2+2) scratch in Semifinal Round 1 starting on Sunday evening, Jan. 5.

    The top 24 advance to Semifinal Round 2 to bowl another three games with the four-game total of Round 1 being carried over. The top 12 players join the 36 players, who received a bye, in Final Round 1 starting Monday morning Jan. 6.

    Those 48 bowlers bowl six games scratch to cut to the top 24 bowlers who bowl further four games after which a cut to the top 10 is made. Pins carry over after each round.

    The remaining 10 players determine the champion in nine games round robin match play plus one game position round. During match play, players receive 20 bonus pins for winning a match and 10 pins each in the event of a tie. No bonus pins is given in the position round. The winner is the player with the highest total after 20 games including handicap and bonus.

     


    34th AIK International Tournament 2014 - Qualifying Standings after Squad 3