Maragos shoots into lead in Brunswick Euro Challenge
03/12/07
Leonidas Maragos, Greece, who was third with 1306, improved his score in the sixth qualifying squad by 89 pins to shoot into the lead in the Brunswick Euro Challenge, the fifth stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour.
Maragos started his six-game block with a 191-game but rebounded with 245 and 258. After a 189 in game four, Maragos closed out the series with 246 and 266 for 1395 pinfall total and an average of 232.50. Vaggelis Krizinis (r.) slipped to second place with 1310.
Konstantinos Lyratzis led Squad 7 with 1243 pinfall total, good enough for 10th place. Anastasia Rovithaki (right) is the top ranked woman in 9th position with 1245 including 48 pins handicap.
Qualifying continues on Sunday with Squad 8. American Tim Mack arrived already in Thessaloniki and will bowl his first entry in this squad.
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 6 Results
Squad 7 Results
2007 European Bowling Tour #5
Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece (March 9-18, 2007)
Leonidas Maragos, Greece, who was third with 1306, improved his score in the sixth qualifying squad by 89 pins to shoot into the lead in the Brunswick Euro Challenge, the fifth stop of the 2007 European Bowling Tour. Maragos started his six-game block with a 191-game but rebounded with 245 and 258. After a 189 in game four, Maragos closed out the series with 246 and 266 for 1395 pinfall total and an average of 232.50. Vaggelis Krizinis (r.) slipped to second place with 1310. Konstantinos Lyratzis led Squad 7 with 1243 pinfall total, good enough for 10th place. Anastasia Rovithaki (right) is the top ranked woman in 9th position with 1245 including 48 pins handicap. Qualifying continues on Sunday with Squad 8. American Tim Mack arrived already in Thessaloniki and will bowl his first entry in this squad.
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 6 Results
Squad 7 Results