Wendy Kok moves into second place in EBT women's ranking in Bratislava

    08/31/10

    2010 European Bowling Tour Rankings

    Flack, Barrett maintain pole position in 2010 European Bowling Tour rankings

    2010EBT07WendyKok.jpg2010EBT08NinaFlack.jpgWendy Kok (pictured left), Netherlands, was the sole player of the top 16 in the EBT women's ranking, who participated in the BNC Bratislava Open, which ended on Sunday Aug. 29th at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.

    Kok finished 39th in the tournament and 5th in the women's ranking to earn 50 ranking points en route to leap from third to second place in the 2010 women's ranking with 490 points.

    Women's ranking leader Nina Flack (right), Sweden, maintained a comfortable 112-point lead with 602 points. Places 3-5 also belong to Dutch bowlers. Nicole Sanders slipped to third place with 473 and is followed by Ghislaine van der Tol and Priscilla Maaswinkel with 416 and 413 points, respectively.

    2010EBT13DulceFernandez.jpg2010EBT13ThomasGrossPaulMoor.jpgDulce Fernandez (left), Spain, was the best female bowler in Bratislava in 13th place and received 100 ranking points. Fernandez jumped into 29th place in the overall rankings with 142 points.

    On the men's side, one player cracked the top 16 and two others improved their positions. 3-time EBT ranking champion Paul Moor, England, fell to Thomas Gross, Austria, (on the right, r-l) in the title match of the BNC Bratislava Open but moved from 7th to 6th place in the men's ranking due to the 80 ranking points the lefty received for his second-place finish.

    2010MWCDominicBarrett.jpg2010EBT13StuartWilliams2.jpgMoor eliminated his compatriots Dominic Barrett (left) and Stuart Williams on his way to the title match. Barrett, who went out in the quarterfinal, maintained his lead in the men's ranking as his nearest competitor, Osku Palermaa, Finland, lost against Gross in the same round. Barrett leads the field of 378 players with 829 points with 3-time defending ranking champion Palermaa in second place at 669.

    Moor is sixth with 399 points while Williams got 70 ranking points and leaped from 18th to 11th place with 271 points. Gross is 24th with 172 points.

    Swede Peter Ljung used a 9th place finish in Bratislava to overtake his compatriots Mathias Årup and Tomas Leandersson and to move into 8th with 303 points.

    2010EBTLogo_small.jpg Since the Ankara Open and the Austria Challenge have been cancelled, the 2010 EBT Tour consists of 19 events - 2 EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), 6 EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 7 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and 4 EBT Satellite tournaments (new category).

    The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament such as the BNC Bratislava Open earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament garners 50 ranking points.

    The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each tournament of the 2010 European Bowling Tour will cash ranking points no matter from which country or World Tenpin Bowling Association Zone (Europe, Asia, America) he or she comes.

    The top 16 men and the top 16 women at the end of the 2010 EBT season will qualify for the 2011 EBT Masters to be held at Gladiator Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 11-12, 2011.

    The European Bowling Tour takes a 2-week break before heading to Russia for the 1st Pavlovskiy Posad Open, a newcomer on the EBT Tour, which will be held at B-35 Bowling Center in Pavlovskiy Posad in the outskirts of Moscow from Sept. 14-19, 2010.

     


    2010 European Bowling Tour Rankings by Bowlingdigital


    2010 EBT Men's Ranking
    2010 EBT Women's Ranking

     


    2010 Men's Ranking - Top 16 after Bratislava
    1. Dominic Barrett, England, 829
    2. Osku Palermaa, Finland, 669
    3. Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 627
    4. Gery Verbruggen, Belgium, 562
    5. Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 464
    6. Paul Moor, England, 399
    7. Dennis Eklund, Sweden, 322
    8. Peter Ljung, Sweden, 303
    9. Mathias Årup, Sweden, 302
    10. Tomas Leandersson, Sweden, 290
    11. Stuart Williams, England, 271
    12. Parker Bohn III, United States, 260
    13. Chris Loschetter, United States, 250
    14. Yoan Alix, France, 235
    15. Mads Sandbækken, Norway, 231
    16. Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 229

     


    2010 Women's Ranking - Top 16 after Bratislava
    1. Nina Flack, Sweden, 602
    2. Wendy Kok, Netherlands, 490
    3. Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, 473
    4. Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, 416
    5. Priscilla Maaswinkel, Netherlands, 413
    6. Rebecka Larsen Jr. Sweden, 400
    7. Joline Persson Planefors, Sweden, 391
    8. Tina Hulsch, Germany, 353
    9. Nicki Ainge, England, 348
    10. Lisanne Breeschoten, Netherlands, 333
    11. Rikke Holm Rasmussen, Denmark, 315
    12. Krista Pöllänen, Finland, 285
    13. Diana Zavjalova, Latvia, 268
    14. Cherie Tan, Singapore, 250
    15. Hélen Johnsson, Sweden, 234
    16. Mai Ginge Jensen, Denmark, 213

     


    2010 EBT Rankings - Men's Division after Bratislava


    Players with country, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes

     


    2010 EBT Rankings - Women's Division after Bratislava


    Players with country, ranking point total and number of top 50 finishes