Gross family takes the lead in BNC Bratislava Open on Day Two Qualifying

08/25/10

2010 European Bowling Tour #13

Top 4 players of Squad 7 advance to the finals

2010EBT13ThomasGross.jpg2010EBT13IvonneGross.jpgAustrian couple, Thomas and Ivonne Gross, overtook the lead in the qualifying of the BNC Bratislava Open on day two qualifying at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Starting in Squad 7 on Tuesday afternoon, Thomas (pictured left) posted a 1375 six-game series including a high game of 279 with Ivonne (right) close behind at 1333 including 48 pins women's handicap. Day one leader Róbert Záhora (below, left), Slovakia, slipped to third place with 1304.

2010EBT13RobertZahora.jpgBy virtue of a top 4 finish on a separate leaderboard of squads 5-8, Thomas and Ivonne Gross secured a spot in Sunday's finals. Joining the couple in the finals from Tuesday's squads were Marek Kečkéš and Ján Debnár, both Slovakia, who also bowled in Squad 7. Kečkéš chalked up 1280 pins and Debnár was three pins behind at 1277 to sit in 6th and 7th place in the overall qualifying standings.

Zoltán Skobrics, who led Squad 5 on Tuesday morning missed the top 4 by two pins with 1275 with Squad 8 leader Michael Rauscher, Austria, close behind at 1270. Squad 7 leader Petr Žváček, Czech Republic, is currently in 15th place with 1239.

With 116 players - 102 men and 12 women - in the books the cutoff number for 48th place is 1135 or an average of 189.17. Qualifying continues through Saturday and will end with the one-game Desperado Squad scheduled for 0.30 a.m. CET on Sunday morning.

2010BratislavaOpenLogo.jpg The BNC Bratislava Open is a newcomer on the European Bowling Tour and will be held from Aug. 23-29, 2010 at BNC Bowling Center, a 16-laner in Bratislava, Slovakia. The tournament offers total prize fund of 40.000 Euro with 5.000 Euro going to the winner. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour

The tournament is the 13th stop of the 2010 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Silver" tournaments. 100 ranking points are on the line for the winner of the men's and women's rankings in Bratislava, respectively.

Since the Ankara Open and the Austria Challenge have been cancelled, the 2010 EBT Tour consists of 19 events - 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).

Qualifying continues until Saturday, Aug. 28th. A total of 64 players will advance to the finals on Sunday: The top 48 players from the overall qualifying standings, plus the top 4 from a separate leaderboard of the Squads on Wednesday, Tuesday and Monday, who are not among the top 48. The last four spots are reserved for the top 4 of the Desperado Squad.

The top 16 qualifiers earn two byes, while players seeded 17-32 bypass the first round of the finals.

The remaining 32 players will bowl 3 games starting from scratch with the top 16 advancing to the second round. The second and third round will be played in the same format. The 16 players, who advance to the fourth round will carry forward the pinfall total from Round 3 and bowl another 3-game block to cut to the top 8 for single-elimination match play.

Match play consists of two games, with the total pinfall to determine the winner. The field will be trimmed to 4 then two players who will bowl for the title and the 5.000 Euro top prize.

 


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