Squad 6-8 leaders crack top 10 at 34th AIK International Tournament

    01/04/14

    Sweden

    Peter Roos leads Friday's squads with 1388 to leap into 4th place; Jimmy Wogel continues to lead the 227-player field with 1479; cut for 62nd place surpasses the 1200-mark (1240, 206.67 average)

    2013AIKPeterRoos.jpg2013AIKOlleEriksson.jpgThere were no changes to the leaderboard of the 34th AIK International Tournament 2014 Friday but the leaders of Friday's squads 6, 7 and 8 cracked the top 10 in the overall qualifying standings at Bowl-O-Rama in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Jimmy Wogel of Tyresö BK continues to lead the 227-player field with 1479 and an average of 246.50 for six games. Tommy Wendel of Stureby BK and Team Pergamon's Robert Andersson sit in second and third place with 1452 and 1439, respectively.

    Peter Roos (pictured left) of bowling club Joker posted the highest score of 1393 on Friday to jump into fourth place. Roos averaged 232.17 in Squad 7 behind games of 222, 222, 267, 213, 203 and 266. Squad 6 leader Olle Eriksson (right) of BK Team Telge, who had 1388 including a pair of 250s, slipped to fifth place.

    2013EBT15MartinLarsen.jpgWorld and European champion Martin Larsen (left) of Team Pergamon was 21 pins behind Roos in Squad 7 en route to move into sixth place with 1372. Larsen had all games between 203 and 255.

    2013AIKMikaelRoos.jpgDennis Eklund of Stureby BK and Øyvind Harang of KS Edsbowlarna slipped to seventh and eighth place with 1359 and 1358 and were followed by Peter Westin of BK Jösse in ninth place with 1355.

    Mikael Roos (right) of Team Alingsås BC rolled six games between 200 and 258 in the last squad on Friday (#8) to overtake 10th place with 1351 and an average of 225.17.

    Kristina Nordenson of Team Vasa BC is the best of 27 women in the field and one of five above the cut line in 21st place with 1326 including 48 pins women's handicap, an average of 213 scratch.

    Jonathan Eriksson of Team Clan BK holds the 62nd and last place to qualify directly for the finals with 1240 or an average of 206.67.

    Qualifying continues on Saturday, January 4, with Squads 9-12 scheduled to start at 9.00 a.m., 12.30, 4 and 8 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.

     


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