Hermes, Koshelev move into second and third in Brunswick Euro Challenge
03/15/07
2007 European Bowling Tour #5
Strike Bowling Club in Thessaloniki, Greece (March 9-18, 2007)
Rodrigo Hermes from Brazil and Nikita Koshelev, Russia, set the pace in the 11th qualifying squad in the Brunswick Euro Challenge en route to jump into second and third place in the qualifying standings.
Hermes, second-place finisher in the Catalonia Open last week, had high games of 245, 246, 258 and 266 but two sub-300 games cost him the lead as he finished with 1390 six-game total, mere five pins behind tournament leader Leonidas Maragos (left) from Greece. Koshelev started his 1365 series with back-to-back 258-games.
Tim Mack, United States, also bowled in this squad but was unable to improve his 1319 pinfall total and slipped to fourth. Rounding out the top 5 is Greek youth international Vaggelis Krizinis with 1310.
Jason Yeong Nathan R.) was the best of six Singaporean bowlers in this squad. Nathan posted a 1295 total including a 268 final game to move into 8th place. Former World Ranking Masters queen Jennifer Tan is 25th with 1214 including the women's handicap of 48 pins. Two-time World Champion (Singles and All Events) Remy Ong is 26th with 1212. Cherie Tan is 37 at 1188, with Lee Yu-Wen in 47th with 1168 and Shaun Ng in 62nd with 1135.
Qualifying continues on Wednesday with 12 at 9pm local time and 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 other 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.
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Hermes, second-place finisher in the Catalonia Open last week, had high games of 245, 246, 258 and 266 but two sub-300 games cost him the lead as he finished with 1390 six-game total, mere five pins behind tournament leader Leonidas Maragos (left) from Greece. Koshelev started his 1365 series with back-to-back 258-games. Tim Mack, United States, also bowled in this squad but was unable to improve his 1319 pinfall total and slipped to fourth. Rounding out the top 5 is Greek youth international Vaggelis Krizinis with 1310.
Jason Yeong Nathan R.) was the best of six Singaporean bowlers in this squad. Nathan posted a 1295 total including a 268 final game to move into 8th place. Former World Ranking Masters queen Jennifer Tan is 25th with 1214 including the women's handicap of 48 pins. Two-time World Champion (Singles and All Events) Remy Ong is 26th with 1212. Cherie Tan is 37 at 1188, with Lee Yu-Wen in 47th with 1168 and Shaun Ng in 62nd with 1135. Qualifying continues on Wednesday with 12 at 9pm local time and 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 other 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 11 Results
Qualifying Standings
Latest Results