Paul Stott off to a fast start in 31st Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona

    07/15/09

    2009 European Bowling Tour #9

    Squad 1 leader automatically qualified for the finals

    2009EBT09PaulStott.jpgIreland's Paul Stott Jr. (pictured left) came out of the gates quickly in the first qualifying squad of the 31st Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona Monday at Bowling Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain. Stott posted six games between 210 and 247 (247, 234, 247, 225, 210 and 215) to win the squad with 1378 pinfall total and an average of 229.67. As the squad leader, Stott earned an automatic berth into the finals on Sunday.

    Jimmy Mortensen, Denmark, had high games of 268 and 258 but also two sub-200 games to land in second place with 1344. Lluis Montfort Rifé, Catalonia, was third with 1330 including the 278 high game of the day.

    Kim Brøndsted, Denmark, who was tied with Montfort at 1330 sits in fourth place due to the lower last game (212-223).

    28 players took to the 14 lanes at Bowling Pedralbes, Sandra Torrents was the best of four women in 12th place with 1173 including 48 pins handicap, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    The 31st Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona is the 9th stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Majors". The tournament will be held at Bowling Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain from July 14-19, 2009.

    The total prize fund is minimum 55.000 Euro with 12.000 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 18th. A total of 48 players will advance to the finals on Sunday: The 15 squad leaders plus the top 27 from the overall qualifying standings (if any player wins more than one squad 28 or more) and an additional six women.

    Those 48 players will carry forward 50 per cent of their qualifying total and bowl four games to cut to the top 24, who will bowl another four games to cut to the top 3 for the stepladder finals. The No. 3 seed bowls No. 2 and the winner takes on No. 1 to determine the champion. All stepladder matches are one-game matches.

     

     

    Qualifying Standings after Squad 1

     

     

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