Nina Flack sets the tone in Squad 11 in 4th Vienna Open
10/21/06
Swedish international Nina Flack started the final qualifying day in the 4th Vienna Open powered by Columbia 300 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria with a 1365 series to leap into 17th place in the overall standings.
Flack rolled games of 237, 225, 224, 207, 202 and 222 for 1317 scratch or an average of 219,50 and received 48 pins handicap, the standard handicap for women on the European Bowling Tour.
German National team member Dirk Dreyer (right) shot the highest scratch total in the 11th of 14 squads, which started at 8am. Dreyer averaged 225.50 and felled 1353 pins, good enough for 21st place.
Flack and team mate Rebecca Larsen also led the squad in doubles. The Swedes combined for 2616 pinfall total (incl. hc) to crack the top 20 and to sit in 17th place. Dreyer and his partner Michael Krämer (left) were second with 2548 (29th).
Wu Siu Hong (right), Hong Kong, and Swedes Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen remained unchallenged and continued to lead in Singles and Doubles, respectively. Siu Hong overtook the lead in the sixth qualifying squad with 1481 and an average of 246.83.
R-L Doubles World Champions Andersson (1408) and Larsen (1406) positioned themselves atop the doubles leaderboard in Squad 8 with 1814 pinfall total (234.50).
The qualifying for the Vienna Open finals is contested as a doubles tournament. All players roll six-game blocks and no finals will be played. A bowler can only cash once with the same partner. Unlimited re-entries with different partners are possible. The winners of the Doubles event will split 1.600 Euro ($2,002). The top 20 teams will cash.
Qualifying continues on Saturday with three more squads and ends around Midnight with the ultimate chance to qualify for the final on Sunday - the one-game 'Desperado Squad'.
A total of 68 players will advance to the finals starting on Sunday, October 22 at 8am:
- The top eight players with the highest six-game blocks will earn one bye and will be seeded 1-8 in the match play Round of 32.
- Players positioned 9-56 after qualifying,
- the leaders of Squad 1 through 6 not among the top 56,
- and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad.
All but the top 8 qualifiers will bowl 6 games starting from scratch to cut to the top 24. Those 24 will be seeded 9-32 in the play Round of 32.
Match Play Rounds of 32, 16 and 8 are in a best-of-three games format, highest seeded player vs. the lowest seeded player, the second-highest seeded player vs. the second-lowest seeded player, etc.
The semi-finals and the championship match will be decided in one game. The Vienna Open champion will receive the 7.000 Euro top prize (approx. $8,758).
As every year, lane maintenance is done by Kegel, the official lane maintenance partner of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation. 2005 USBC Open Singles and All Events Champion John Janawicz is the Kegel lane man in Vienna for the third consecutive year.
Singles Results
Doubles Results
4th Vienna Open powered by Columbia 300
Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria (October 17-22, 2006)
Swedish international Nina Flack started the final qualifying day in the 4th Vienna Open powered by Columbia 300 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria with a 1365 series to leap into 17th place in the overall standings. Flack rolled games of 237, 225, 224, 207, 202 and 222 for 1317 scratch or an average of 219,50 and received 48 pins handicap, the standard handicap for women on the European Bowling Tour. German National team member Dirk Dreyer (right) shot the highest scratch total in the 11th of 14 squads, which started at 8am. Dreyer averaged 225.50 and felled 1353 pins, good enough for 21st place.
Flack and team mate Rebecca Larsen also led the squad in doubles. The Swedes combined for 2616 pinfall total (incl. hc) to crack the top 20 and to sit in 17th place. Dreyer and his partner Michael Krämer (left) were second with 2548 (29th). Wu Siu Hong (right), Hong Kong, and Swedes Robert Andersson and Martin Larsen remained unchallenged and continued to lead in Singles and Doubles, respectively. Siu Hong overtook the lead in the sixth qualifying squad with 1481 and an average of 246.83. R-L Doubles World Champions Andersson (1408) and Larsen (1406) positioned themselves atop the doubles leaderboard in Squad 8 with 1814 pinfall total (234.50). The qualifying for the Vienna Open finals is contested as a doubles tournament. All players roll six-game blocks and no finals will be played. A bowler can only cash once with the same partner. Unlimited re-entries with different partners are possible. The winners of the Doubles event will split 1.600 Euro ($2,002). The top 20 teams will cash.
Qualifying continues on Saturday with three more squads and ends around Midnight with the ultimate chance to qualify for the final on Sunday - the one-game 'Desperado Squad'.
A total of 68 players will advance to the finals starting on Sunday, October 22 at 8am:
- The top eight players with the highest six-game blocks will earn one bye and will be seeded 1-8 in the match play Round of 32.
- Players positioned 9-56 after qualifying,
- the leaders of Squad 1 through 6 not among the top 56,
- and the top 6 from the Desperado Squad.
All but the top 8 qualifiers will bowl 6 games starting from scratch to cut to the top 24. Those 24 will be seeded 9-32 in the play Round of 32.
Match Play Rounds of 32, 16 and 8 are in a best-of-three games format, highest seeded player vs. the lowest seeded player, the second-highest seeded player vs. the second-lowest seeded player, etc.
The semi-finals and the championship match will be decided in one game. The Vienna Open champion will receive the 7.000 Euro top prize (approx. $8,758).
As every year, lane maintenance is done by Kegel, the official lane maintenance partner of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation. 2005 USBC Open Singles and All Events Champion John Janawicz is the Kegel lane man in Vienna for the third consecutive year.
Singles Results
Doubles Results