Mack perfect, rolls 300 game in Thessaloniki to secure a spot in the finals
03/13/07
Tim Mack, United States, booked a spot for the finals in the Brunswick Euro Challenge thanks to a perfect 300 game he fired during his first entry at Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Sunday evening.
The former Team USA member started qualifying with 204 and 190 before he shot the first 300 game of the tournament. Mack closed out the series with 198, 227 and 200 for 1319 pinfall total and an average of 219.83.
With 8 out of 27 qualifying squads in the books, Mack moved into second place trailing tournament leader Leonidas Maragos (left), 1395, by 76 pins. However, as the top six from the qualifying squads conducted March 9-11 are automatically qualified for the finals Maragos and Mack have already secured their spots as well as Vaggelis Krizinis (3rd; 1310), Stavros Parasakis (4th; 1306), Alex Tzounis (5th; 1305) and Dimitrios Karetsos (6th; 1275).
As Squads 9 and 10 on Monday and Tuesday were cancelled, qualifying continues on Wednesday with Squads 11 and 12 at 5pm and 9pm local time. Qualifying ends on Saturday, March 17 with the 27th and final qualifying squad scheduled for 8pm followed by the Desperado Squad, the ultimate one-game chance to qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 18.
Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Thessaloniki commencing March 15 all the way through to the TV finals on Sunday.
The BEC is the fifth stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". Since the cancellation of the Viernheim Open, the Brunswick Euro Challenge is the richest event on the 2007 European Bowling Tour.
The total prize fund for the Open Division, Women and B-Bowlers plus special prizes is 90.000 Euro (approx. US$116,600). The Open Division champion will pocket 16.000 €.
A total of 64 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 18. The top 52 from the qualifying, the top six from the qualifying squads conducted March 9-11 not among those 52 and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad. The top 16 qualifying leaders will bypass the first round.
The remaining 48 finalists roll six games starting from scratch. The top 16 will join the 16 qualifying leaders in the best-of-three games single elimination finals. The highest ranked player will bowl the lowest seed, etc.
The rounds of 32, 16 and 8 trim the field from 16, to eight, then to four. The remaining four players will be seeded 1 to 4 for the stepladder finals to determine the champion in three one-game matches: No. 4 vs. No. 3, winner vs. No. 2, winner vs. No. 1.
Squad 8 Results
2007 European Bowling Tour #5
Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece (March 9-18, 2007)
Tim Mack, United States, booked a spot for the finals in the Brunswick Euro Challenge thanks to a perfect 300 game he fired during his first entry at Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Sunday evening. The former Team USA member started qualifying with 204 and 190 before he shot the first 300 game of the tournament. Mack closed out the series with 198, 227 and 200 for 1319 pinfall total and an average of 219.83. With 8 out of 27 qualifying squads in the books, Mack moved into second place trailing tournament leader Leonidas Maragos (left), 1395, by 76 pins. However, as the top six from the qualifying squads conducted March 9-11 are automatically qualified for the finals Maragos and Mack have already secured their spots as well as Vaggelis Krizinis (3rd; 1310), Stavros Parasakis (4th; 1306), Alex Tzounis (5th; 1305) and Dimitrios Karetsos (6th; 1275). As Squads 9 and 10 on Monday and Tuesday were cancelled, qualifying continues on Wednesday with Squads 11 and 12 at 5pm and 9pm local time. Qualifying ends on Saturday, March 17 with the 27th and final qualifying squad scheduled for 8pm followed by the Desperado Squad, the ultimate one-game chance to qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 18.
Bowlingdigital will cover the event live from Thessaloniki commencing March 15 all the way through to the TV finals on Sunday. The BEC is the fifth stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". Since the cancellation of the Viernheim Open, the Brunswick Euro Challenge is the richest event on the 2007 European Bowling Tour.
The total prize fund for the Open Division, Women and B-Bowlers plus special prizes is 90.000 Euro (approx. US$116,600). The Open Division champion will pocket 16.000 €.
A total of 64 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 18. The top 52 from the qualifying, the top six from the qualifying squads conducted March 9-11 not among those 52 and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad. The top 16 qualifying leaders will bypass the first round.
The remaining 48 finalists roll six games starting from scratch. The top 16 will join the 16 qualifying leaders in the best-of-three games single elimination finals. The highest ranked player will bowl the lowest seed, etc.
The rounds of 32, 16 and 8 trim the field from 16, to eight, then to four. The remaining four players will be seeded 1 to 4 for the stepladder finals to determine the champion in three one-game matches: No. 4 vs. No. 3, winner vs. No. 2, winner vs. No. 1.
Squad 8 Results