The top six players in Squad 22 beat the cutoff number in Brunswick Euro Challenge

03/13/10

2010 European Bowling Tour #5

Cut for 52nd place is up to 1402 (233.67)

2010EBT05AdamMichaels2.jpg2010EBT05CarolynDorinBallard3.jpgAnother six players moved into the top 52 in the qualifying of the Brunswick Euro Challenge during the penultimate Squad 22 Saturday evening at Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin, France.

Adam Michaels (pictured left), England, had high games of 278 and 274 to lead the squad with 1459 en route to move into 17th place in the overall qualifying standings.

He is tied with USBC Hall of Famer Carolyn Dorin-Ballard (right), United States, who holds the 16th and last place to earn one bye for the finals due to the higher last game, 279 to 274.

2010EBT05AnthonyPepe2.jpg2010EBT05IldemaroRuiz.jpgAnthony Pepe (left), United States, leads the 447-player field since Squad 10 with 1572 six-game total and an average of 262.00.

Venezuelan national team member Ildemaro Ruiz (right), Venezuela, was mere four pins behind Michaels to overtake 22nd place with 1455. Mik Stampe, Denmark, was another 10 pins behind with 1445 including a 299 in game #2, good for 27th place.

Evgeniya Smirnova, Russia, who rolled one of seven 300 games this week and the sole by a woman but failed to make the cut, improved her total to 1439 including 48 pins handicap to leap into 30th place. The series featured a high game of 279.

2010EBT05DennisEklund2.jpg2010EBT05DavidCanady.jpgDennis Eklund (left), Sweden, who has won the second stop of the 2010 European Bowling Tour in Tilburg, is targeting his second EBT title as he felled 1430 pins to move into 35th place. Rounding out the six players in Squad 22 was David Canady (right), Germany, who leaped into 38th place with 1423.

That feat came at the expense of Alex Cavagnaro, United States (1402), Brian Voss, United States, Patricia Luoto, Germany, Erik Andersin, Sweden, Mark Buffa, Canada, and Raymond Teece, England (all 1401), who all dropped below the cut line.

With the final qualifying squad 23 to go, Toni Palermaa, Finland, is the man on the bubble in 52nd place with 1402.

Qualifying ends on Saturday, March 13, with Squads 23 scheduled for 8 p.m. CET and the ultimate one-game Desperado Squad at 11.30 p.m.

2010EBT05BECLogo.jpg The Brunswick Euro Challenge will be held from March 5-14, 2010 at 28-laner Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin near Paris, France. The tournament is the fifth event of the 2010 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Gold" tournaments.

Since the Ankara Open and the Austria Challenge have been cancelled, the 2010 EBT Tour features 2 EBT Platinum tournament (formerly Premier), 6 EBT Gold tournaments (formerly Major), 7 EBT Silver tournaments (formerly Challenger) and 4 EBT Satellite tournaments (new category).

Players will compete for total prize money of 90,000 Euro (currently about US$123,250), which includes special prizes for "Women" and "B Bowlers". The tournament winner will receive the 13.000 Euro top prize.

200910PBA11MikeFagan2_small.jpg2009VOMaiGingeJensen_small.jpg There is also a special side event called "300-Game Pot Play". All players who have paid a 50 Euro entry fee in advance and roll a 300 game during the tournament will determine the winner in a one-ball roll-off at the end of the tournament. The winner is guaranteed a minimum of 2,500 Euro.

2-time PBA champion Mike Fagan (left), United States, is the defending champion. The 29-year-old righthander will be targeting to make his third consecutive BEC title match. Mai Ginge Jensen (right), Denmark, finished third last year to win the women ranking.

ValckeBowling.jpg For the third consecutive year, the 2010 Brunswick Euro Challenge sponsored by Brunswick Bowling will be organized by Brunswick distributor Valcke Bowling.

In addition to sponsoring the event, Brunswick will be conducting seminar and training sessions for bowlers, coaches, center mechanics, center managers and proprietors. Click on the link to view the complete Seminar Schedule (pdf file).

The 2010 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be contested on a 39 feet long sport pattern of medium difficulty (MS Excel file).

A total of 64 players will qualify for the finals on Sunday, March 14. The top 16 players will receive one bye and will seeded 1-16 in Round 2.

The following 48 players will qualify for Round 1:
  • Players positioned 17th-52nd in qualifying
  • the top 6 from a separate standing for the squads 1-5 conducted March 5-7, who are not among the top 52
  • the top 6 from the Desperado Squad.

Those 48 will bowl six games starting from scratch to cut to the top 16, who will meet the top 16 qualifiers in the first match play round. Match play is best-of-three games single-elimination. The No. 1 seed will take on No. 32, No. 2 bowls No. 31, etc.

The field will be cut to 16, 8 and then four, who will determine the champion in a stepladder final.

Eurosport2Logo_mini.jpgThe stepladder finals of the 2010 Brunswick Euro Challenge will be broadcasted live on Eurosport 2 Sunday, March 14 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. CET. Additional to the live broadcast, Eurosport 2 will air at least two more re-broadcasts in the weeks following the live coverage. Eurosport Asia-Pacific will also run the BEC 2010 final several times.

Due to TV requirements the schedule for Sunday, March 14, was adjusted to the following:
07:45 Final Round 1
11:00 Lane Maintenance
11:30 Final Round 2
14:00 Final Round 3
15:15 Final Round 5
16:30 Lane Maintenance
16: 55 Practice for Stepladder final
17:00-18:25 Final Round 5
18:25 TV Award Ceremony
18:30 300-Game Play Pot roll-off
18:45 Awards Ceremony

BowlingdigitalBanner.gif BowlingdigitalFlavioCuvaBeatGrauwiler_small.jpg Once again Bowlingdigital will cover the event live (commencing Thursday March 11) from Le Plaza Bowling in Saint Maximin with results and updates after each round plus our much-anticipated high definition videos produced by Flavio Cuva and high quality photos by Beat Grauwiler (l-r).

Please use the left menu bar to get more information about format, schedule and prize money.

Click here to review Bowlingdigital's Live Coverage from the 2009 Brunswick Euro Challenge or click here to go straight to the video section. You will find more videos here.

 


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Qualifying Standings after Squad 22


The top 52 plus the top 6 from the first weekend (places 53-58) and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad will advance to the finals.

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