Julien Sermand takes early lead as San Marino Open gets underway

    07/13/14

    2014 European Bowling Tour #10

    Frenchman rolls the lone 1300 series in the opening squad to set the pace in the 10th anniversary edition of the European Bowling Tour "gold" tournament

    2014EBT10JulienSermand.jpgJulien Sermand (pictured left) of France posted the lone 1300 series on the opening day of the 10th San Marino Open Saturday at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino, to set the pace in the qualifying of the European Bowling Tour "gold" tournament.

    Just 25 players from France, Germany, Belgium and Italy registered for the first two squads. One of the reasons for the low number players is certainly that the Italian Bowling Federation has approved another two events for this weekend.

    2014EBT10AlexanderFischer.jpgSermand rolled games of 213, 211, 221, 268, 157 and 233 to lead Squad 1 with 1303 and an average of 217.17 for six games. Second place Amedeo Spada of Italy, who won his lone EBT title in the 2004 Vienna Open, was 58 pins behind with 1245.

    Alexander Fischer (right) of Germany paced the second squad on Saturday afternoon with 1230, an average of 205, to finish the day in third place. The top 3 from the squads conducted on Saturday and Sunday will earn automatic spots for the finals in case they do not finish in the top 35.

    Rounding out the top 5 after the first qualifying day were Philippe van Vaerenbergh of Belgium (4th, 1228) and the only woman in the field, Pamela Frioni, Italy (5th, 1163 including handicap).

    Qualifying continues Sunday, July 13, with Squads 3 & 4 scheduled to start at noon and 4 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST).

    2014EBT10SanMarinoOpenLogo_small.jpg 2014EBT10SanMarinoOpenLogo2_small.jpg The 10th Storm San Marino Open is the 10th stop of the 2014 European Bowling Tour and the third out of six EBT "Gold" tournaments this season. The 10th anniversary edition will be held 12-20 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, 3.300 to the third and 2.400 to the fourth place finisher.

    The San Marino Open features a 42 feet Kegel lane conditioning pattern with 24.84 ml volume oil total.

    Qualifying of the San Marino Open (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Saturday July 12 through Saturday, July 19 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 Midnight. 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 20, including the top 35 qualifiers plus the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 12-13, the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 14-15, the top 4 from the squads conducted on July 16-17, and the top 3 from the Desperado Squad.

    The top 8 qualifiers receive two byes and qualifiers 9-16 get a first-round bye. 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 six-game round before the cut to the top 4.

    Those four will determine the winner in an eliminator-format finals which will feature three one-game rounds. All four players bowl the opening game, with the lowest-scoring player being eliminated. In the two rounds to follow, the same "low man out" format applies. The last man standing will be declared the champion.

    2014EBTLogo_small.jpg The 2014 European Bowling Tour features 20 tournaments in 14 countries. In its 15th season, the EBT consists of two Platinum, six Gold, three Silver and nine Satellite tournaments. The total prize fund exceeds one million Euro.

    The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 12 men and top 12 women, who will compete in the eighth EBT Masters July 6, 2015 at Bowling Chamartín in Madrid, Spain, immediately following the III Brunswick Madrid Challenge.

     

     

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    The top 35 qualifiers plus the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 12-13, the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 14-15, the top 4 from the squads conducted on July 16-17, and the top 3 from the Desperado Squad will advance to finals on Sunday, July 20.

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