Karetsos cracks top 5 in Brunswick Euro Challenge
03/11/07
Greek standout Dimitrios Karetsos set the pace in the fourth of 27 qualifying squads in the Brunswick Euro Challenge at Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece Saturday evening. The 47-year-old multiple national champion and long-time national team member moved into fourth place behind a 1275 series, an average of 212.50 over six games.
Karetsos started his series with five consistent games, 233, 213, 216, 203, and 222, but a 188 in the final game cost him the lead.
Vaggelis Krizinis, a 17-year-old Greek youth national team member, held onto the lead with 1310 six-game total and an average of 218.33. Stavros Parasakis and Leonidas Maragos, both 1306, sit in second and third place.
Qualifying runs through Saturday, March 17 at Strike Bowling Club 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 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 5 Results
2007 European Bowling Tour #5
Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece (March 9-18, 2007)
Greek standout Dimitrios Karetsos set the pace in the fourth of 27 qualifying squads in the Brunswick Euro Challenge at Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece Saturday evening. The 47-year-old multiple national champion and long-time national team member moved into fourth place behind a 1275 series, an average of 212.50 over six games. Karetsos started his series with five consistent games, 233, 213, 216, 203, and 222, but a 188 in the final game cost him the lead.
Vaggelis Krizinis, a 17-year-old Greek youth national team member, held onto the lead with 1310 six-game total and an average of 218.33. Stavros Parasakis and Leonidas Maragos, both 1306, sit in second and third place.
Qualifying runs through Saturday, March 17 at Strike Bowling Club 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 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 5 Results