Federico Rossi takes the early lead in 5th Storm San Marino Open

    07/05/09

    2009 European Bowling Tour #8

    Rose’n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino (July 4-12, 2009)

    2009EBT04FedericoRossi.jpg34 Italian players, 32 men and two women, started the qualifying of the 5th Storm San Marino Open on Saturday. National team member Federico Rossi (pictured) took the early lead in the tournament with 1362 six-game total or an average of 227.00. Rossi had a consistent series with games between 214 and 243. Marco Padovani was second with 1305 and Andrea Gualdi was third with 1294.

    The 5th Storm San Marino Open is the 8th stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". The tournament will be held at Rose’n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino from July 4-12, 2009.

    The total prize fund is 55.000 Euro with 10.000 Euro going to the winner. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game. As an EBT Major, there are 100 ranking points at stake for the winner of the men's and women's rankings, respectively.

    Qualifying continues until Saturday, July 11th. A total of 48 players will advance to the finals on Sunday: The top 38 players from the qualifying plus the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 4-5, the top 4 from the squads conducted on July 6-8 and the top 3 from the Desperado Squad. The top 6 qualifiers will earn two byes, while qualifiers 6-12 will get one.

    The other 36 will bowl four games from scratch to the top 18, who will meet qualifiers 6-12 in round two. They bowl another 4-game set from scratch to cut to the top 10, who will join the top six qualifiers in single-elimination match play over two games total pinfall.

    The highest seeded player bowls the lowest seeded, the second-highest seeded players bowls the second-lowest and so on. The field will be cut to 8, 4 then 2, who will bowl for the EBT "major" title and the 10.000 Euro top prize.


    Qualifying Standings after Saturday, July 4, 2009