Osku Palermaa leads top 12 into Final Round 2 in Lahti

    10/18/09

    2009 European Bowling Tour #12

    Germany's Vanessa Timter wins women's rankings

    2009EBT05OskuPalermaa.jpg2009EBT12VanessaTimter.jpgTwo-time defending European Bowling Tour ranking champion and current leader, Osku Palermaa (pictured left), Finland, rolled a 1293 series Sunday morning at Lahti Bowl in Lahti, Finland, en route to lead the top 12 players into Final Round 2 of the Ebonite Lahti Open. As Vanessa Timter (right) is the only woman who advanced, the German has already won the women's rankings in Lahti. Three players hit the cutoff number with 1250. Sergey Bogachev (196), Russia, beat out Bodo Konieczny (181), Germany, and Matias Kallio (170), Finland, due to the higher last game.

    The Ebonite Lahti Open is the 12th stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Challenger" events. The tournament will be held from Oct. 10-18, 2009 at Jouni Helminen's fully renovated Lahti Bowl in Lahti, Finland, and offers an increased total prize fund of 49.200 Euro, or about 72,500 U.S. dollars. The winner will receive the 8.000 Euro top prize.

    Qualifying ran through Saturday, Oct. 17, and ended with Squad 14 and the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad on Saturday night.

    A total of 40 players - the top 36 from the qualifying (six games) and top 4 from the Desperado Squad - advanced to the finals on Sunday, Oct. 18. The top 8 qualifiers earned one bye and will be seeded into Final Round 2.

    The remaining 32 players bowled 6 games starting from scratch. The top 12 join the top 8 qualifiers and bowl 5 games from scratch with the top 10 advancing to Round 3. Those 10 players will bowl another 5-game series with the pinfall from Round 2 being carried forward to cut to the top 4 who will advance to the stepladder finals.

    The No. 4 seed meets the No. 3 seed, the winner takes on the No. 2 for the right to bowl the No. 1 for the title. All stepladder matches are single game matches.


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    Ebonite Lahti Open - Women's Rankings (final)


    2009 EBT Women's Ranking after Lahti

    1. Vanessa Timter, Germany, 50
    2. Mari Nurmilo, Finland, 40
    3. Nicki Ainge, England, 35
    4. Laura Tuomisalo, Finland, 30
    5. Krista Pöllänen, Finland, 25
    6. Veronica Lantto, Sweden, 24
    7. Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 23
    8. Jenni Mäkelä, Finland, 22
    9. Piritta Kantola, Finland, 21
    10. Nina Flack, Sweden, 20
    11. Petra Korkiamäki, Finland, 15
    12. Evgeniya Smirnova, Russia, 15
    13. Sari Ohrimovitsch-Tyynelä, Finland, 14
    14. Marjo Pöntinen, Finland, 14
    15. Reija Lunden, Finland, 13
    16. Nina Manninen, Finland, 13
    17. Heidi Manninen, Finland, 12
    18. Petra Koukkari, Finland, 12
    19. Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, 11
    20. Jenni Keränen, Finland, 11
    21. Patricia Luoto, Finland, 8
    22. Jonna Jokinen, Finland, 8
    23. Riikka Ratia, Finland, 8
    24. Hannele Impola, Finland, 8
    25. Suvi Leskinen, Finland, 8
    26. Sonja Mäkelä, Finland, 6
    27. Irina Tikhonova, Russia, 6
    28. Roosa Lunden, Finland, 6
    29. Iina Kämäräinen, Finland, 6
    30. Salla Mäkelä, Finland, 6
    31. Julia Ruseeva, Russia, 4
    32. Marika Lönnroth, Finland, 4
    33. Sonja Forslund, Finland, 4
    34. Eliisa Hiltunen, Finland, 4
    35. Sanna Pasanen, Finland, 4
    36. Anastasya Tikhonova, Russia, 3
    37. Ruta Tumileviciute, Lithuania, 3
    38. Marja Hongisto, Finland, 3
    39. Jenni Styrman, Finland, 3
    40. Kristina Ageenko, Russia, 3

     


    Final Round One


    The top 12 will meet the top 8 qualifiers in Round 2. Places 13-32 eliminated, finish 21st - 40th, earn 800 Euro.

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