Britt Brøndsted moves into second place in Odense International

    06/04/11

    2011 European Bowling Tour #10

    Paul Stott holds on to the lead; cut for 26th place is now 1252

    2011EBT04BrittBrondsted2.jpg2011EBT10PaulStott.jpgFormer World Ranking Masters champion Britt Brøndsted (pictured left), Denmark, played in her own class in Friday's qualifying squads en route to move into second place in the Odense International in Denmark.

    The three-time European Bowling Tour women's ranking champion (2004-06) led Squad 10 out of 13 with 1397 including 48 pins handicap behind games of 235, back-to-back 259, 200, 202 and 194. Brøndsted, who averaged 224.83, is the best of 17 women in the 95-player field from six countries and one of four women above the cut line (26th place).

    Paul Stott Jr. (right), who had a 1441 six-game series in Squad 7, held on to the lead. The Irishman is one of three foreigners in the top 26.

    Vytautas Gykis of Lithuania was the only other player on Friday who moved inside the top 26 finishing Squad 10 with 1268 pinfall total and an average of 211.33. Gykis had five games between 199 and 214 and a high game of 244 in the sixth game to leap into 18th place.

    2011EBT04KenBland.jpgJust 13 players took to the lanes at Odense Bowling Center on Friday. Squad 8 on Friday morning has been cancelled and Dan Østergaard-Poulsen, who led Squad 9, missed the cut with 1225 in 30th place.

    Ken Bland Jr. (left), United States, slipped to 22nd place with 1263. Carsten Warming Hansen, Denmark, was third in Squad 10 with 1248 but sits in 24th place in the overall qualifying standings with his high series of 1253.

    With three more squads each to go, Johnni Adsbøl and John Guldbæk, Denmark, sit in 25th and 26th place with 1252, an average of 208.67. Adsbøl was seeded 25th due to the higher last game, 202 to 180.

    Qualifying ends on Saturday with Squad 11-13 scheduled for 10 a.m., 2 and 6 p.m. CET.

    The Odense International is a newcomer on the European Bowling Tour, The tournament is the 10th stop of the 2011 Tour and the second out of six EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season.

    The tournament will be held from May 29 through June 5, 2011 at 24-lane Odense Bowling Center in Odense, Denmark and offers total prize fund of 20.000 Euro with 4.000 Euro going to the winner, 2.500 to the runner-up and 1.500 to the third place finisher.

    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 gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament such as the Odense International 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 Odense International 2011 (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Sunday May 29 through Saturday, June 4 with the last qualifying squad 13 scheduled for 7 p.m. CET. Women will receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire tournament, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    The Odense International 2011 features a 38 feet Kegel lane conditioning pattern with 21.87ml oil volume.

    A total of 32 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, June 5 - the top 26 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top two players each from a combined standing of Squads 1-3 and 4-6 which are not among the top 26, and one player each from the Turbo 1 and 2 list. The Turbo 1 and 2 winners are the player with the highest score in the fifth (Turbo 1) and sixth (Turbo 2) game in any of the qualifying series who have paid the extra entry fee of 10 Euro per squad/Turbo.

    The top 10 qualifiers will receive bonus pins for the first round of the finals as follows: Qualifying winner: 140 pins; second place: 120 pins; third place: 100 pins; fourth place: 80 pins; fifth place: 60 pins; sixth place: 50 pins; 7th place: 40 pins; 8th place: 30 pins; 9th place: 20 pins; and 10th place: 10 pins.

    All 32 finalists will bowl six games. The top 16 with the highest six-game total including bonus pins and women's handicap will advance to the second round with the pinfall being carried forward. Those 16 bowl another four games to cut to the top 8 who will determine the champion in seven games round robin match play with the 10-game total from Round 1 and 2 being carried forward.

    Players receive 30 pins bonus for each win in match play and 15 for a tie. In addition, 10 pins bonus will be given for each game higher than 239 and 15 bonus pins for each game higher than 269. The player with the highest 17-game total including all bonuses and handicap will be declared the winner and receives the 4.000 Euro top prize.

     


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    Qualifying Standings after Squad 10/13

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