9-pin No-Tap Tournament kicks off 8th Columbia 300 Vienna Open

    09/28/10

    2010 European Bowling Tour #15

    2010EBT15NoTapTournament.jpg2010EBT15NoTapSpecialPrizes.jpgThe 8th Columbia 300 Vienna Open got underway with a 9-pin No-Top Tournament Monday evening at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The event, which traditionally kicks off the five-day qualifying portion of the European Bowling Tour Major tournament, drew 65 players.

    The participants were divided in four different average groups (must be less than 200 average): Group A (Average 190 - 199.9)
    • Group B (Average 180 - 189.9)
    • Group C (Average 170 - 179.9)
    • Group D (under 170 average)

    2010EBT15NoTapHelmutAmstatterWolfgangLohschmid.jpg2010EBT15OttakringerXVi.jpgEach player bowled five games in which every 9-count was a strike. 1 out of 4 from each group or a total of 16 players received a free entry for the main event. All the others were consoled with a bottle of wine.

    L-R The picture shows Plus Bowling co-owner and Austrian head coach, Helmut Amstätter and Vienna Open Tournament Director Wolfgang Lohschmid during the award ceremonies.

    2010VOLogo.jpg The 8th Columbia 300 Vienna Open is the 15th stop of the 2010 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Gold" events. The tournament will be held from Tuesday Sept. 28 through Sunday Oct. 3, 2010 at 32-lane Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria.

    Since the Ankara Open and the Austria Challenge have been cancelled and the English Open has lost its EBT status, the 2010 EBT Tour consists of 18 events - 2 EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), 6 EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 6 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and 4 EBT Satellite tournaments (new category).

    Players will compete for an increased total prize money of 70.630 Euro - 60.400 € in Singles and 10.230 € in Doubles. The singles champion will receive the 7.000 Euro top prize while the doubles winners will split 1.600.

    Once again the qualifying for the Vienna Open finals is contested as a doubles tournament. Each duo rolls at least one six-game block. Unlimited re-entries with different partners are possible but each player can only cash once with the same partner.

    2009VOClaraGuerreroStuartWilliams.jpg The team with the highest total pinfall including handicap will be declared the winner (no finals will be played). The top 20 doubles will cash. Pictured right: Clara Juliana Guerrero, Colombia, and Stuart Williams, England, won the Doubles competition in 2009.

    Qualifying runs from Tuesday through Saturday and ends with the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad on Saturday night Oct. 2 slated for 11.30 pm local time (GMT +1). Women receive 8 pins handicap each game, a standard on the European Bowling Tour

    A total of 64 players will qualify for the Vienna Open finals on Sunday, Oct. 3:

     

    • the top 52 players from the overall qualifying standings
    • the first player each from Squad 1-6, who is not among the top 52 (total 6 players)
    • and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad.


    The top 8 qualifying leaders will bypass the first round of the finals.

    The other 52 players will bowl 6 games starting from scratch to cut to the top 22, who will join the top qualifiers in Round Two.

    Those 30 players will bowl another 6 games starting from scratch after which the field will be trimmed to the top 18, who will carry their pinfall forward into Round Three. After another 6-game block the top 4 with the highest 12-game total will advance to the stepladder finals.

    2009VOThomasGross-7_small.jpg2009VOBrittBrondsted_small.jpg The No. 4 seed meets the No. 3 in the opening match and the winner takes on the No. 2 seed for the right to bowl the top seed for the title, 150 ranking points and the 7.000 Euro top prize.

    In the 2009 title match, hometown favorite Thomas Gross (pictured left) defeated tournament leader Stuart Williams, England, in a high scoring encounter, 246-231, en route to become the first Austrian winner in the Columbia 300 Vienna Open. Britt Brøndsted (right), Denmark, was the best female bowler in 10th place to win the women's ranking. Review the live streaming of the stepladder finals here.

    BowlingdigitalBanner.gif BowlingdigitalFlavioCuvaBeatGrauwiler_small.jpg Since the inaugural event in the year 2003, Bowlingdigital covers the event live from Plus Bowling in Vienna with stories and results after each round commencing Monday Sept. 27 all the way through to the finals on Sunday Oct. 3.

    Once again, our Swiss friends Flavio Cuva (left) and Beat Grauwiler (right) will be on hand to support the Live Coverage with our much-anticipated high definition videos and photos.

    PlaybyPlayannouncerLucasWiseman.jpg Defending fifth-place Desperado Squad advancer from last year, Lucas Wiseman (pictured left) of USBC Communications, will also return and fill in as play-by-play announcer.

    Bowlingdigital will be providing free Live Streaming of the four-player stepladder finals on Sunday, Oct. 3rd starting at 5pm CET. We are also planning to provide live streaming broadcasts of portions of the qualifying and the final rounds prior to the stepladder.

    Click here to review Bowlingdigital's Live Coverage from the 2009 Columbia 300 Vienna Open
    or click here to go straight to the 2009 VO Video Section.

     


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    8th Columbia 300 Vienna Open - 9-pin No-Tap Tournament


    Every 9-count was a strike. Each winner (1:4 ratio) receives one free entry for the qualifying of the 8th Columbia 300 Vienna Open 2009.

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