Michael Krämer overtakes qualifying lead in Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament

    03/04/11

    2011 European Bowling Tour #3

    Frederik Øhrgaard wins 1.000 Euro Hammer Big Bonus; Jouni Helminen achieves perfection

    2005EBT18MichaelKramer.jpg2010EBT05FrederickOhrgaard3.jpgMichael Krämer (left), Germany, rolled a 1371 series in Squad 6 Thursday morning at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg in Tilburg, Netherlands en route to overtake the lead in the qualifying of the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament.

    Krämer had games of 215, 227, 203, 211, 268 and 247, an average of 228.50, to beat out Frederik Øhrgaard (right) for the top spot by four pins. The Dane, however, who had games of 193, 198, 223, 289, 215 and 249 for 1367, received a 1.000 Euro bonus by tournament sponsor Hammer.

    According to Tournament Director Luc Jansen, Krämer "played his entry as part of his entry package, which didn't qualify him for the Hammer Big Bonus." In addition to the bonus, Øhrgaard moved into third place in the overall qualifying standings, just one pin behind previous leader Dave Wouters, Netherlands, who led since day one with 1368.

    2009EBT05JouniHelminen.jpg2010EBT05MaiGingeJensen.jpgØhrgaard's fellow countryman Johnni Adsbol was another two pins behind with 1365 to leap into sixth place. Multiple European champion Jouni Helminen (left), Finland, was next with 1362 including the tournament's first 300 in game two.

    Also on Thursday, Uwe Blank, Germany, led Squad 7 with 1364 while Dane Mai Ginge Jensen, (right) became the first woman this year to lead a squad (8) with 1357 including 48 pins handicap. Blank overtook seventh place and Jensen is rounding out the top 10.

    Fifth place Ellen Jansen, Netherlands, is the best of 37 women and one of nine in the top 38 with 1367. With 147 players from 15 countries in the books, Anders Lousdal, Denmark, is the "man on the bubble" in 38th place with 1276 or an average of 212.67.

    Qualifying continues on Friday, March 4 with Squad 9-11 scheduled for noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. CET. The winner of Squad 9 will receive a 500 Euro bonus by tournament sponsor Hammer.

    The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament is the third stop of the 2011 European Bowling Tour and first of seven EBT "Silver" tournaments this season. The tournament will be held from Sunday Feb. 28 through Sunday March 6, 2011 at Dolfijn Bowling Tilburg, a 20-laner in Tilburg, Netherlands.

    Since the Viborg International in Viborg, Denmark originally scheduled for July 30-Aug. 7, 2011 has been cancelled, the 2011 European Bowling Tour consists of 21 tour stops in 17 countries including two Platinum, six Gold, seven Silver and six Satellite tournaments.

    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 Bronzen Schietspoel earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament gets 50 ranking points.

    The total prize fund of the 2011 Tour exceeds one million Euro. The top 16 men and women in the EBT ranking will qualify for the fifth EBT Masters at Dream Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany on April 30 and May 1, 2012.

    Participants in the 2011 Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament will compete for total prize money of 51.200 Euro or approximately US $70,390 with 8.000 Euro going to the winner, 6.000 to the runner-up and 4.000 and 2.000 to third and fourth place finishers, respectively.

    The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament features dual lane condition. The left lane is dressed with the 46 feet long pattern (pdf file), the right lane with the 33 feet short pattern (pdf file).

    2010EBT02DennisEklund_small.jpg2010EBT02MartinaBeckel2_small.jpg Dennis Eklund (pictured left) of Sweden rolled two big games, 251 and 259, to claim the title in last year's Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament while fourth place Martina Beckel (right), Germany, led the women's ranking in Tilburg in 2010.

    Qualifying runs through Saturday March 5 with the final qualifying Squad 14 scheduled for 6 p.m. CET. Qualifying concludes with the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad slated for 9.30 p.m. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game, a standard on the European Bowling Tour.

    A total of 48 players - the top 38 qualifiers, the top 4 from the Desperado Squad and the top six from a separate leaderboard of the squads conducted Feb. 27th through March first (Squads 1-4) will advance to the finals on Sunday, Feb. 14. The top 8 qualifiers will receive three byes and qualifiers 9-16 will earn two byes.

    The remaining 32 players will be divided into eight groups of four players each for the first round of two games scratch with the total pinfall determining the position. The top two players from each group will advance to the next round.

    The field will be cut to 32, 24, 16, eight and then four, who will determine the champion in the sixth and final round of two games.

     


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    Qualifying Standings after Squad 8/14

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