Markus Jansson overtakes the qualifying lead 5th Storm San Marino Open

    07/08/09

    2009 European Bowling Tour #8

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

    2009EBT18MarkusJansson.jpgSwede Markus Jansson (pictured left) had games of 212, 213, 280, 254, 238 and 196 in the 8th of 24 qualifying squads Tuesday at Rose’n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino en route to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the 5th Storm San Marino Open. Jansson felled 1393 pins and averaged 232.17 over six games.

    Previous leader Dante Didon Francesco slipped to second place with 1371, with Federico Rossi (1362) in third and Mauro Montanari (1350), all from Italy, in fourth. Jürgen Neumann, Germany, is fifth with 1345.

    2009EBT18YoanAlix.jpgGediz Ege, Turkey, was second to Larsson in Squad 8 with 1337 to move into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings. Yoan Alix (right), France, led Squad 9 on Tuesday evening with 1330, good for 7th place overall.

    The cutoff number for 38th place is currently 1218 or an average of 203.00. Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, is the top-ranked woman in the field in 40th place with 1214 including 48 pins handicap, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour

    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.

     


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    Qualifying Standings after Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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