Thomas Fagerstrøm takes over lead in Linne Norwegian Open 2011

    08/22/11

    2011 European Bowling Tour #14

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    2010BWCMadsSandbakken3.jpgThomas Fagerstrøm (pictured left) overtook the qualifying lead in the Linne Norwegian Open 2011 during Squad 6 Sunday at Veitvet Bowling Center in Oslo, Norway. Fagerstrøm fired games of 255, 279, 223, 269, 199 and 237 to lead the field of 88 players with 1462 six-game total and an average of 243.67.

    Previous leader Mads Sandbækken (right) slipped to second place with 1436. As the top two players after the first seven squads, Fagerstrøm and Sandbækken are automatically qualified for the finals. As they will finish among the top 36 (if no miracle happens), other players from that list will take advantage.

    Next in line is Team Norway's Fredrik Tjernes, who was third with 1415, and was followed by Squad 5 leader Audun Boye Hansen in fourth with 1376 and Rune Herold Andersen, all from Norway, in fifth with 1366.

    2007EBT17LarsLindback.jpg2010BWCPatcharinTorgersen.jpgLars Lindbäck (left), Sweden, is the best foreigner in sixth place with 1365. Squad 8 leader Frode Jørgen Aaneby totaled 1342, good for ninth place overall. Norwegian women's national team member Patcharin Torgersen (right) is the best of 12 women in the field in 18th place with 1273 including 48 pins handicap.

    Jan Alexander Hansen, Norway, holds the 36th and last place to advance to the finals with 1195 and an average of 199.17.

    Qualifying continues on Thursday, Aug. 25 with Squads 8 and 9 scheduled for 5 and 9 p.m. CET.

    2011EBT14NorwegianOpenLogo.jpg After a three-year hiatus, the Linne Norwegian Open is back on the European Bowling Tour schedule. The tournament, which will be held Aug. 19-28, 2011 at 30-lane Veitvet Bowling Center in Norway's capital city Oslo, is the 14th stop of the 2011 European Bowling Tour and the third out of six EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season.

    The tournament offers total prize fund of 160.000 Norwegian Kronor (NOK), approx. 20.000 Euro with 30.000 NOK or 3.800 Euro going to the winner, 15.000 NOK to the runner-up and 10.000 NOK to the third place finisher.

    2009VOFinalTobiasKarlsson.jpg2007EBT17IngunnOien4.jpg Tobias Karlsson (left), Sweden, was the last EBT champion in Norway winning both of his two career EBT titles in the Norwegian Open 2006 and 2007. In 2007, Karlsson, seeded fourth, defeated tournament leader Ingunn Øien (right) in the semifinal, 226-219, and her compatriot Mads Sandbækken in the title match, 223-209, to wrap up the title. Øien finished third to win the women's ranking.

    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 Norwegian Open 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 Linne Norwegian Open (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Friday, Aug. 19 through Saturday, Aug. 27 with the last Squad 17 scheduled for 9 p.m. CET Women will receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

    The Linne Norwegian Open features a 41 feet Kegel lane conditioning pattern with 24.4ml volume oil total.

    A total of 40 players will advance to the finals on Sunday, Aug. 28: The top 36 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top 2 from a separate leaderboard of Squads 1-7, who are not among the top 48, The last two spots are reserved for the leader of Turbo 1 and Turbo 2 (highest score in qualifying game #5 and #6, resp.; extra entry fee required).

    The top 2 qualifiers earn two byes, while players seeded 3-8 bypass the first round of the finals. The remaining 32 players will bowl four games starting from scratch with the top 14 advancing to the second round.

    Those 14 plus qualifiers 3-8 will bowl another four-game block from scratch to cut to the top 10, who will join the top 2 (seeded 1st and 2nd) qualifiers in Round 3. Those 12 will be split into four groups of three players (Group A: 1 - 8 - 12 seed; Group B: 2 - 7 - 11; Group C: 3 - 6 - 10; Group D: 4 - 5 - 9).

    Each of the following rounds will be decided in single-game matches. The player with the lowest score in each group will be eliminated. The four group winners advance to the finals. The player with the lowest score in quarterfinal will finish fourth and the player with the lowest score in the semifinal will finish third.

    The two remaining players will bowl for the title and the 30.000 NOK top prize.

     


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