Italians sets the pace in qualifying after the first weekend at San Marino Open

    07/04/11

    2011 European Bowling Tour #11

    Antonio Maddaloni leads field of 70 with 1461; Tommaso Radi shoots first 300 game

    2011EBT11AntonioMaddaloni2.jpg2011EBT11MaurizioCelli.jpgItalian veteran Antonio Maddaloni (pictured left) leads the qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open after weekend squads 1-4 at Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino.

    The long-time Italian national team member posted games of 246, 257, 259, 227, 228 and 244 in Squad 2 to lead 70 players from six countries - France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey and host San Marino - with 1461 six-game total and an average of 243.50.

    Squad 4 leader Maurizio Celli (right), also a Italian national team member, was the only other player who surpassed the 1400-mark. Celli had games of 248, 225, 239, 253, 232 and 215 to help grab second place with 1412 (235.33).

    2011EBT11FedericoRossi.jpg2011EBT11TommasoRadi.jpgRounding out the top 3 was Davide Spagnoli, Italy, who was 13 pins behind Celli in Squad 4, with 1399 including back-to-back 256 in the second and third game. The top 3 of a separate leaderboard of squads 1-4, who do not finish in the top 38 in the overall qualifying standings, will receive wild cards for the finals on Sunday July 10th.

    If Maddaloni, Celli and Spagnoli land in the top 38, Federico Rossi (left), another long-time Italian national team member, will be the first in line to take advantage. Rossi, who led Squad 3 with 1361, sits in fourth place with the 1367 series he Achieved ion Squad 2.

    2010EBT11YoanAlix.jpg2011EBT11AlessandroDelCarmine.jpgTommaso Radi (above right), Italy, who led the first four squads in 2010, rolled the tournament's first 300 game in the second game of Squad 2 en route to a 1356 total, good for fifth place overall. Yoan Alix (left), France, was the best non-Italian player in sixth place with 1351 and Nicole Sanders, Netherlands, is currently the best woman in the field in sixth place with 1319 including handicap, a 219.83 scratch average.

    Squad 1 leader Alessandro Del Carmine (right), Italy, ended the first weekend in eighth place with 1316. The cut for 38th place is currently 1155 or a 192.50 average, 42 pins higher than last year at the same time.

    Qualifying continues on Monday, July 4, with Squads 5 and 6 scheduled to start at 4 and 8 p.m. CET.

    2011EBT11SanMarinoBanner_small The 7th Storm San Marino Open is the 11th stop of the 2011 European Bowling Tour and the fourth out of six EBT "Gold" tournaments this season.

    The tournament will be held from July 2-10, 2011 at 18-lane Rose'n Bowl in Serravalle, San Marino and offers total prize fund of 60.000 Euro with 10.000 Euro going to the winner, 6.000 to the runner-up and 3.400 each to the third and fourth place finisher.

    2010EBT11ChrisLoschetter_small.jpg2010EBT11NicoleSanders_small.jpg PBA exempt player Chris Loschetter (left), United States, won his first title on the European Bowling Tour when he defeated three-time EBT ranking champion and current leader, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 412-358, to win the 6th Storm San Marino Open. Nicole Sanders (right) of the Netherlands finished in sixth place to win the women's rankings.

    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 San Marino Open 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.

    Qualifying of the 7th Storm San Marino Open (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Saturday, July 2nd through Saturday, July 9th with the last qualifying squad 22 scheduled for 9 p.m. CET.

    Qualifying will conclude with the one-game Desperado Squad slated for 12.30 a.m. on Sunday morning. The qualifying winner will be awarded a 1.000 Euro bonus. Women will receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    The San Marino Open features a 40 feet Kegel lane conditioning pattern with 24.25ml volume oil total.

    A total of 48 players will advance to the finals on Sunday - the top 38 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top 3 from the squads conducted on July 2-3, the top 4 from the squads conducted on July 4-6 and the top 3 from the Desperado Squad. The top 6 qualifiers will earn two byes, while qualifiers 7-12 will get one.

    The other 36 players will bowl four games from scratch to cut to the top 18, who will meet qualifiers 7-12 in round two. Those 24 bowl another 4 games from scratch to cut to the top 10, who will join the top six qualifiers in single-elimination match play with the two game total pinfall determining the winner.

    The highest seeded player bowls the lowest seeded, the second-highest seeded players bowls the second-lowest and so on. The field will be cut to 8, 4 then 2, who will bowl for the title and the 10.000 Euro top prize.

     


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    The top 3 from the squads conducted on July 2-3 (Squads 1-4), who will not finish among the top 38 in the overall qualifying standings will earn a spot in the finals.

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