Robert Andersson, Perttu Jussila climb into the top 10 in Aalborg

    05/28/11

    2011 European Bowling Tour #9

    Qualifying ends on Saturday with Squads 12-14; cut for 38th place is currently 1256

    2011EBT04RobertAndersson1.jpg2011EBT08PerttuJussila.jpgRobert Andersson (pictured left) of Sweden and Finn Perttu Jussila (right) set the tone in Friday's qualifying Squad 10 en route to climb into the top 10 at the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011.

    Andersson got off to rocky start scoring a 167 in the first game but rebounded with 245, 249, 190, 268 and 237 to win the squad and to leap into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings with 1356 six-game total and an average of 236.

    Jussila came out of the gates quickly with two big games (256 and 248) and closed out his series with 212, 208, 224 and 203 for 1351, good for ninth place overall.

    2011EBT04MartinLarsen.jpg2010EBT12MathiasArup.jpgAfter 11 of 14 qualifying squads, Andersson's team mate on the Swedish national team Martin Larsen (left) - the duo was World Champion in Doubles in 2006 - holds on to the lead with 1487 or an average of 247.83,featuring games of 246, 258, 267, 247, 229 and 240.

    Another Swedish Doubles World Champion, Mathias Ã…rup (right; 2010 with Martin Paulsson) is second with 1407 (234.50). Rikke Holm Agerbo, Denmark, is the best of 37 women in the field in third place with 1392 including 48 pins handicap, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    2010EBT15StuartWilliams.jpg2009VOLarsNielsen.jpgStuart Williams (left), England, is fourth with 1375 and Charlotte B. Madsen, Denmark is fifth with 1363.

    Glenn Morten Pedersen, Norway, led Squad 11 on Friday evening with 1328 including high games of 255, 242 and 237 to move into 15th place. Squad 9 leader Sascha Wedel, Denmark, improved her previous high score by 31 pins to sit in 19th place with 1323.

    With 130 players - 93 men and 37 women - from eleven countries in the books, Lars Nielsen (right), Denmark, holds the 38th and last place to advance with 1256 or an average of 209.33.

    Qualifying ends on Saturday with Squads 12-14 scheduled for 11a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. and concludes with the one-game Desperado Squad slated for 10p.m CET.

    BAILogo_small.jpg The Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 is the 9th stop of the 2011 European Bowling Tour and the third out of six EBT "Gold" tournaments this season.

    The tournament will be held from May 22-29, 2011 at 30-lane Lovvang Bowling Center in Aalborg, Denmark and offers total prize fund of 60.000 Euro with 9.000 Euro going to the winner, 5.000 to the runner-up and 4.000 to the third place finisher.

    2011EBT04DominicBarrett_small.jpg2009VOKamillaKjeldsen4_small.jpg Dominic Barrett (left), England, defeated Petteri Salonen, Finland, in the title match of the 2010 Aalborg International over two games total pinfall, 460-445, en route to win the 2010 European Bowling Tour Men's Ranking. Barrett, who had games of 201 and 259, received the 10.000 Euro top prize. Kamilla Kjeldsen (right), Denmark, just missed the finals to finish fifth and to win the women's ranking in Aalborg.

    Since the Viborg International in Viborg in Denmark 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 top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament such as the Aalborg International gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament gets 50 ranking points.

    The top 16 men and the top 16 women at the end of the 2011 season qualify for the fifth EBT Masters to be held at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany on April 30 and May 1, 2012. The event will become the first EBT Masters to be contested on single lane condition.

    The qualifying of the Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Sunday May 22 through Saturday, May 28 with the last qualifying squad 14 scheduled for 7 p.m. CET. The qualifying winner will receive a 1.000 Euro bonus. Qualifying will conclude with the one-game Desperado Squad slated for 10 p.m.. Women will receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    The Bowltech Aalborg International 2011 features a 37 feet Kegel lane conditioning pattern with 24.55ml oil volume.

    A total of 48 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, May 29 - the top 38 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top two players each from a combined standing of Squads 1-2, 3-5 and 6-8 which are not among the top 38, and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad.

    The top 12 qualifiers will earn two byes while players ranked 13-24 will bypass the first round of the finals.

    Rounds 1-3 will feature 4-game series starting from scratch which will trim the field to 36, 24 and then 12 who will advance to the final Round 4. Those 12 players will roll a six-game series with the pinfall from Round 3 being carried forward. The player with the highest 10-game total including handicap will be declared the champion.

     


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    Qualifying Standings after Squad 11/14

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