The amazing Dream Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich hosts the popular Brunswick Euro Challenge from the 25th of June to the 3rd of July. The fourth stop of the European Bowling Tour is a Gold level event with a top prize of 11.000Euro and total prize fund of 88.200Euro based on entries of 1050.
Reports
Look at Uz at the top
The biggest event on the EBT tour completed qualifying and Uzbekistan leading the global field. Ravshan Abdusamadov with the only 1500 with 1501 in squad 15. Second was Singapore legend Cherie Tan with 1488 followed by Scotland/Germany’s Jamie McDermott with 1470 in the very first squad. Safe inside the top 12 to advance to final step 2 were Jessie Kallio (FIN), Kim Bolleby (SWE), New Hui Fen (SGP), Walter Alessandro Santu (ITA), Marcel Kraft (GER), Marcel Obst (GER), Rasmus Edvall (SWE), Carsten Hansen (DEN) and Mikkel Sørensen (DEN).
Top 50 cut and qualifying for the final step one landed on Denmark’s Tim Stampe with 1355. Desperado saw Ingar Gabrielson top with 262 and also through went Alvin Kvarnström 247, Antonino Fiorentino 234 and Frank Wiemken 224.
Final Step 1
Top 16 from 52 players saw Sweden’ WIlliam Svensson out on top with a fine 1522 including a 298. Second was Finland’s Tomas Käyhkö with 1488 and third was Sweden’s Desperado star Alvin Kvarnström with 1457. Other notable qualifiers included Danish legend Mai Ginge Jensen in 6th, Thomas Larsen in 9th and one Dominic Barrett from England on the cut for 16 with 1339 and one to watch out for.
Final Step 2
Sure enough England’s PBA star Dominic Barrett was one to watch for and in 3rd with 1371 behind Finland’s Jessie Kallio with 1460 and Scotland’s Jamie McDermott with 1382. Making the top 8 also was Tomas Käyhkö, Cherie Tan, Mai Ginge Jensen, Edvall Rasmus and Kim Bolleby.
Final Step 3
Just three places up for grabs and eight players went to battle over seven games. Top seed for the final went to Sweden’s KIm Bolleby with 3132 followed by England’s Dominic Barrett with 3115 and grabbing the final spot in the stepladder was Sweden’s Rasmus Edvall with 3062.
Final Step 4
An easy win for Dominic Barrett in the first stepladder match as he defeated Sweden’s Rasmus Edvall 209 to 169 but Sweden sould get a shot at revenge in the final as The Englishman took on Sweden’s Kim Bolleby.
The final saw England’s Dom Barrett race into a lead with the front five as Bolleby hit a turkey spare and strike. A nine pin would stop the run for the Englishman with Bolleby unable to double and a good lead going into the final frames. Both players striking in the seventh frame then Barrett hitting what could be a match winning double and forcing Bolleby to strike to stay in the match. Bolleby duly struck and again in the ninth to heap the pressure back to Barrett. A flush pocket almost 7-10 and seven pin left standing then missed by the Englishman and the tie is turned on it’s head. Barrett ending first with a spare and strike for 236. Bolleby looking odds on throws a wild wide seven count and spare and strike and loses by a pin with 235.
Results
| Finals | ||
| TOTAL RESULTS | ||
| SQUAD | RESULTS | PLAYERS |
| Final step 1 | Results | Players |
| Final step 2 | Players | |
| Final step 3 | Players | |
| Final step 4 – Stepladder match 1 | Players | |
| Final step 4 – Stepladder match 2 | Players | |
| Total qualification results | ||
| Current cut: 1355 (Position 50)TOTAL QUALIFICATION RESULTS RESULTS FOR 28-29/6 (POSITION 51 – 55) RESULTS FOR 25-26/6 (POSITION 56 – 60)Female players – Individual games – German players – Senior 50+ players |
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| Qualified directly to final step 2 (Position 1 – 12) | |||||||
| RANK | NAME | NAT | GEN | BEST PINS |
SQUAD # | SQUAD COUNT |
HAND |
| 1 | Abdusamadov, Ravshan | UZB | M | 1501 | 15 | 7 | R |
| 2 | Tan, Cherie | SGP | F | 1488 | 07 | 4 | L |
| 3 | Mcdermott, Jamie | GER | M | 1470 | 01 | 1 | L |
| 4 | Kallio, Jesse | FIN | M | 1460 | 05 | 1 | L |
| 5 | Bolleby, Kim | SWE | M | 1453 | 13 | 3 | L |
| 6 | Hui Fen, New | SGP | F | 1436 | 06 | 4 | R |
| 7 | Santu, Walter Alessandro | ITA | M | 1430 | 16 | 3 | R |
| 8 | Kraft, Marcel | GER | M | 1423 | 01 | 2 | R |
| 9 | Obst, Marcel | GER | M | 1422 | 01 | 1 | R |
| 10 | Edvall, Rasmus | SWE | M | 1422 | 13 | 2 | R |
| 11 | Hansen, Carsten | DEN | M | 1419 | 15 | 4 | R |
| 12 | Sørensen, Mikkel | DEN | M | 1411 | 17 | 4 | R |
| Qualified to final step 1 (Position 13 – 50) | |||||||
| RANK | NAME | NAT | GEN | BEST PINS |
SQUAD # | SQUAD COUNT |
HAND |
| 13 | Muaz, Ahmad | MAS | M | 1410 | 09 | 3 | R |
| 14 | Mangiacotti, Andrea | ITA | M | 1405 | 15 | 6 | R |
| 15 | Chang, Charmaine | SGP | F | 1402 | 07 | 5 | R |
| 16 | Kelight, Nerosha | MAS | F | 1400 | 06 | 3 | L |
| 17 | Ng, Shayna | SGP | F | 1398 | 12 | 5 | R |
| 18 | Hehnen, Patrick | GER | M | 1397 | 14 | 2 | L |
| 19 | Celli, Massimiliano | ITA | M | 1397 | 04 | 3 | R |
| 20 | Börding, Tobias | GER | M | 1397 | 08 | 2 | R |
| 21 | Sahar, Syazwani | MAS | F | 1396 | 09 | 4 | R |
| 22 | Lyana, Nora | MAS | F | 1395 | 08 | 5 | R |
| 23 | Pongolini, Nicola | ITA | M | 1392 | 14 | 3 | R |
| 24 | Noberg, Robin | SWE | M | 1384 | 17 | 4 | R |
| 25 | Laub, Sabrina | GER | F | 1384 | 08 | 4 | R |
| 26 | Barrett, Dominic | ENG | M | 1384 | 17 | 5 | R |
| 27 | Tham, Timothy | SGP | M | 1383 | 16 | 8 | R |
| 28 | Paulsson, Martin | SWE | M | 1381 | 15 | 3 | R |
| 29 | Tan, Daphne | SGP | F | 1379 | 10 | 6 | R |
| 30 | Eklund, Carl | SWE | M | 1375 | 15 | 5 | R |
| 31 | Barak, David | SVK | M | 1375 | 03 | 5 | R |
| 32 | Salomaa, Kaaron | FIN | M | 1375 | 16 | 5 | R |
| 33 | Jensen, Mai Ginge | DEN | F | 1374 | 16 | 4 | R |
| 34 | Bados, Vivien | FRA | M | 1373 | 03 | 2 | R |
| 35 | Käyhkö, Tomas | FIN | M | 1373 | 12 | 3 | R |
| 36 | Ridhwan, Syafiq | MAS | M | 1371 | 07 | 4 | R |
| 37 | Jansson, Markus | SWE | M | 1370 | 06 | 3 | R |
| 38 | Shamsudin, Syazirol | MAS | M | 1368 | 08 | 5 | R |
| 39 | Friesch, Daniel | GER | M | 1366 | 02 | 4 | R |
| 40 | Svensson, William | SWE | M | 1365 | 07 | 3 | R |
| 41 | Lim, Bernice | SGP | F | 1363 | 12 | 6 | R |
| 42 | Andersson, Anna | SWE | F | 1362 | 12 | 3 | L |
| 43 | Goh, Jaris | SGP | M | 1362 | 07 | 6 | R |
| 44 | Safiyah, Siti | MAS | F | 1361 | 06 | 4 | R |
| 45 | Najihah, Faten | MAS | F | 1360 | 16 | 5 | R |
| 46 | Ankerdal, Mathias | DEN | M | 1359 | 11 | 6 | R |
| 47 | Andersson, Pontus | SWE | M | 1359 | 09 | 6 | R |
| 48 | Køhler, Malene | DEN | F | 1358 | 11 | 2 | R |
| 49 | Netaneel, Nevern | MAS | M | 1356 | 09 | 7 | R |
| 50 | Stampe, Tim | DEN | M | 1355 | 12 | 3 | R |
| Players from squads conducted on 28-29/6 (Position 51 – 55)
The best 5 players from the squads conducted on 28-29/6 not already qualified for the finals are shown here. These names can change until the last qualifying squad has been played. |
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| RANK | NAME | NAT | GEN | BEST PINS |
SQUAD # | HAND | |
| 51 | Sass, Marcel | GER | M | 1349 | 05 | R | |
| 52 | Larsen, Thomas | DEN | M | 1346 | 07 | R | |
| 53 | Hakim, Tun | MAS | M | 1346 | 07 | R | |
| 54 | Kloos, Fabian | GER | M | 1341 | 08 | R | |
| 55 | Putkisto, Teemu | FIN | M | 1337 | 05 | R | |
| Players from squads conducted on 25-26/6 (Position 56 – 60)
The best 5 players from the squads conducted on 25-26/6 not already qualified for the finals are shown here. These names can change until the last qualifying squad has been played. |
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| RANK | NAME | NAT | GEN | BEST PINS |
SQUAD # | HAND | |
| 56 | Nuckel, Nils | GER | M | 1345 | 01 | L | |
| 57 | Hrusovsky, Simon | SVK | M | 1341 | 01 | R | |
| 58 | Ribguth, Janin | GER | F | 1339 | 01 | R | |
| 59 | Winternheimer, Pascal | GER | M | 1339 | 04 | R | |
| 60 | Härtel, Daniel | GER | M | 1331 | 02 | R | |
| Players from the Desperado (Position 61 – 64)
The best 4 players from the Desperado on Saturday night will qualify for the final step 1. |
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| RANK | NAME | NAT | GEN | BEST PINS |
HAND | ||
| 61 | Gabrielsen, Ingar | NOR | M | 262 | L | ||
| 62 | Kvarnström, Alvin | SWE | M | 247 | L | ||
| 63 | Fiorentino, Antonino | ITA | M | 234 | R | ||
| 64 | Wiemken, Frank | GER | M | 224 | R | ||
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