STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 11 - SATURDAY,
JANUARY 13
FINAL QUALIFYING
Alas! Hopes that young Tatu Lehtonen would
avoid being the bottom place in this year's
prestigious Brunswick Ballmaster Open have not
been fulfilled. Despite bowling a 205 in his
final game, perhaps his first-ever 200-plus in
Ballmaster competition, the youngster had a
few low scores and still holds the final
place.
Tatu's father, Kimmo, runner-up to champion
Lasse Lintila last year, ain't doing too well,
either, currently in 47th place as the weekend
action closes. Hopefully, Santa Claus brought
them both some cash for re-entries during the
coming week.
Past World Cup champion Kai Virtanen
currently sits in the envied pole position,
just a single pin ahead of the ubiquitous
Jouni Helminen. But 1383 may not hold that
spot when the foreigners reach the cold city
of Helsinki later in the week..
After Squad 4, Finnish bowlers still hold
the top 36 positions. However, Friday will see
the influx of a lot of competitors from
overseas and many strong challenges to the
current leaders.
Re-entries have pushed Kimmo Lehtonen down
to 55th place, so will he and his 11-year-old
son Tatu be looking at re-entries at the
weekend?
Squad 5, Friday's opener of three, saw a
complete change in the standings as Pasi
Uotila kept the home flag flying and setting a
hot pace to up the ante to 1457. Fellow Finn
Jussi Turtiainen also broke the 1400 barrier
and has demoted Virtanen to third place.
Peter Ljung of Sweden has broken the
complete Finnish domination by taking eighth
place with his first entry and a very uncommon
name on the EBT Tour, Andrew Frawley of
Australia, is 12th on 1344. Frawley is setting
up a coaching tour in England and Ireland
later this month, along with Paul Delany and
Tim Mack.
Squad 6 now, and the tournament is really
getting underway. The good news for the
Lehtonen family is that dad Kimmo has paid his
re-entry and come from 57th place to fifth.
Sadly, son Tatu remains in the last place.
'Beefy' Stuart Williams from England is
making his mark, hitting 1340 with his
re-entry for a current 15th place and top
ranked European Tour for the third year,
Paul Moor sits back at 31st with his initial
entry.
 The final squad of the day, Squad 7, saw
Pasi Uotila (pictured) hold firm at the top of the leader
board and still trailed by Turtianen and
Virtanen. The Finnish stranglehold has been
strengthened by Finnish national team member
Piritta Kantola, receiving the usual ladies'
eight point bonus per game, slotting into
fifth place to demote tournament host Kimmo
Lehtonen one place.
Kirsten Penny of England tops the
non-Scandinavians, now in twelfth place.
Four more squads take to the delightful
Tali lanes tomorrow, Saturday, before that
final and dreaded Desperado squad.
PENULTIMATE DAY:
Saturday's first squad, the dawn patrol,
completed their six game stint and the top
five places remain the same, as, sadly, still
does last place for Tatu. Perhaps he will get
a re-entry today if daddy Kimmo is feeling in
a good mood.
It could be a 17-plus hour shift for many
today, especially the brave band of volunteers
that make the Ballmaster work so well. That
dreaded Deperado squad could await quite a few
come midnight and for the four from that
group, plus positions 9-44 after the
qualifying, things swing into action at 08:30
on Sunday.
Entries top the 330 mark so far, with quite
a lot of newcomers to play today. Two
illustrious names missing from the standings
so far are defending champion Lasse Lintila
and newly elected WBW International Bowler of
the Year Osku Palermaa. Osku was truly
suffering from a high temperature from 'flu
earlier n the week. We hope that he is now n
the mend.
Squad 9 brought Lintila into the
fray and he did quite well to hit 1350 and
qualify in 16th place, so well placed to make
the cut. Osku Palermaa, however, did not do
very well and is down in 148th at the moment,
perhaps now competing again in the next squad
at 16:00 local time, the penultimate squad
before the Desperado.
It doesn't look as though anyone
is sponsoring a re-entry for Tatu and he now
has place number 350.
Squad 10, the last but one before
the Desperado, and the top eleven spots are
still all Finns. Just four nations in the top
44 places and the European Bowling Tour
rankings look like being filled with Finns as
this first 2007 Tour stage sets the pace.
Let's hope for some more
international players beating the cut in the
final squad.
Well, that penultimate
squad had some fireworks. Toni Laine staked
his claim to win the Ford
 car
with the tournament's first perfect game.
Pictured here (left) with Ballmaster host
Kimmo Lehtonen, Toni now has to worry as to
whether someone else will do the same.
Unfortunately, toni's perfecto
didn't get him into the final 44, but maybe
he'll take a shot at the desperado squad.
The dust of qualifying has almost
settled and just four more to join the elite
into Sunday's finals from the Desperado squad.
The entry total came out at 364,
a good sign for the Tour in 2007.
The format for the finals will be
five games for positions 9-48 from the
qualifying. The top 20 will then bowl a
further five games. The event will then switch
to best of five games through to the
semi-finals, which will be televised one game
matches.
Full tournament details on:
www.ballmaster.fi.
| Pos |
|
Re |
|
Total |
HCP |
-Score- |
- 1 - |
- 2 -
|
- 3 - |
- 4 - |
- 5 - |
- 6 -
|
| 1 |
Pasi Uotila |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1457 |
0 |
1457 |
222 |
267 |
247 |
205 |
237 |
279 |
242,83 |
279
|
| 2 |
Jussi
Turtiainen |
-- |
FIN |
1429 |
0 |
1429 |
267 |
254 |
193 |
279 |
203 |
233 |
238,2 |
279
|
| 3 |
Ari Halme |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1389 |
0 |
1389 |
225 |
237 |
247 |
236 |
210 |
234 |
231,50 |
247
|
| 4 |
Antti-Pekka
Lax |
-- |
FIN |
1388 |
0 |
1388 |
245 |
258 |
242 |
227 |
202 |
214 |
231,33 |
258
|
| 5 |
Kai Virtanen |
-- |
FIN |
1383 |
0 |
1383 |
182 |
228 |
278 |
203 |
258 |
234 |
230,50 |
278
|
| 6 |
Piritta
Kantola |
-- |
FIN |
1382 |
48 |
1334 |
186 |
237 |
236 |
248 |
205 |
222 |
222,33 |
248
|
| 7 |
Jouni Helminen |
-- |
FIN |
1382 |
0 |
1382 |
198 |
197 |
268 |
214 |
279 |
226 |
230,33 |
279
|
| 8 |
Kimmo Lehtonen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1374 |
0 |
1374 |
224 |
223 |
247 |
216 |
237 |
227 |
229,00 |
247
|
| 9 |
Tony Ranta |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1369 |
0 |
1369 |
180 |
244 |
238 |
239 |
228 |
240 |
228,17 |
244
|
| 10 |
Petteri
Salonen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1365 |
0 |
1365 |
246 |
170 |
257 |
230 |
268 |
194 |
227,50 |
268
|
| 11 |
Reija Lundén |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1364 |
48 |
1316 |
190 |
240 |
180 |
268 |
234 |
204 |
219,33 |
268
|
| 12 |
Peter Ljung |
-- |
SWE |
1358 |
0 |
1358 |
213 |
235 |
238 |
205 |
232 |
235 |
226,33 |
238
|
| 13 |
Jari Ratia |
-- |
FIN |
1356 |
0 |
1356 |
189 |
213 |
280 |
235 |
216 |
223 |
226,00 |
280
|
| 14 |
Pasi Paalosalo |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1354 |
0 |
1354 |
228 |
258 |
204 |
234 |
214 |
216 |
225,67 |
258
|
| 15 |
Kirsten Penny |
-- |
ENG |
1352 |
48 |
1304 |
231 |
180 |
217 |
246 |
184 |
246 |
217,33 |
246
|
| 16 |
Lasse Lintilä |
-- |
FIN |
1350 |
0 |
1350 |
230 |
200 |
235 |
242 |
216 |
227 |
225,00 |
242
|
| 17 |
Jouko Kuossari |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1347 |
0 |
1347 |
207 |
199 |
267 |
219 |
238 |
217 |
224,50 |
267
|
| 18 |
Andrew Frawley |
Re-entry |
AUS |
1344 |
0 |
1344 |
267 |
218 |
166 |
231 |
218 |
244 |
224,00 |
267
|
| 19 |
Petri Mannonen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1344 |
0 |
1344 |
188 |
236 |
193 |
237 |
265 |
225 |
224,00 |
265
|
| 20 |
Juho Mäkelä |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1344 |
0 |
1344 |
254 |
194 |
207 |
229 |
246 |
214 |
224,00 |
254
|
| 21 |
Stuart
Williams |
Re-entry |
ENG |
1340 |
0 |
1340 |
211 |
184 |
279 |
214 |
240 |
212 |
223,33 |
279
|
| 22 |
Toni Toivonen |
-- |
FIN |
1340 |
0 |
1340 |
198 |
245 |
229 |
216 |
258 |
194 |
223,33 |
258
|
| 23 |
Jari Hurri
|
-- |
FIN |
1336 |
0 |
1336 |
258 |
194 |
192 |
228 |
230 |
234 |
222,67 |
258
|
| 24 |
Lari Marjamäki |
-- |
FIN |
1336 |
0 |
1336 |
190 |
216 |
226 |
245 |
244 |
215 |
222,67 |
245
|
| 25 |
Tom Hahl |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1336 |
0 |
1336 |
235 |
268 |
198 |
233 |
189 |
213 |
222,67 |
268
|
| 26 |
Matti Lepistö |
-- |
FIN |
1336 |
0 |
1336 |
258 |
215 |
253 |
205 |
200 |
205 |
222,67 |
258
|
| 27 |
Joonas
Jehkinen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1334 |
0 |
1334 |
243 |
227 |
232 |
186 |
221 |
225 |
222,33 |
243
|
| 28 |
Krista
Pöllänen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1333 |
48 |
1285 |
224 |
204 |
212 |
200 |
232 |
213 |
214,17 |
232
|
| 29 |
Mikko Hirvonen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1332 |
0 |
1332 |
245 |
231 |
256 |
170 |
257 |
173 |
222,00 |
257
|
| 30 |
Juha Immonen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1328 |
0 |
1328 |
203 |
266 |
182 |
236 |
217 |
224 |
221,33 |
266
|
| 31 |
Robert
Andersson |
-- |
SWE |
1327 |
0 |
1327 |
205 |
222 |
223 |
202 |
247 |
228 |
221,17 |
 247
|
| 32 |
Teemu
Raatikainen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1327 |
0 |
1327 |
181 |
182 |
234 |
238 |
269 |
223 |
221,17 |
269
|
| 33 |
Juha Maja |
-- |
FIN |
1325 |
0 |
1325 |
223 |
202 |
178 |
243 |
213 |
266 |
220,83 |
266
|
| 34 |
Martin Larsen |
-- |
SWE |
1323 |
0 |
1323 |
245 |
246 |
206 |
176 |
213 |
237 |
220,50 |
246
|
| 35 |
Jaana Puhakka |
-- |
FIN |
1322 |
48 |
1274 |
228 |
208 |
213 |
218 |
197 |
210 |
212,33 |
228
|
| 36 |
Arto Kuparinen |
-- |
FIN |
1321 |
0 |
1321 |
245 |
182 |
222 |
254 |
213 |
205 |
220,17 |
254
|
| 37 |
Mika Lahti |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1321 |
0 |
1321 |
246 |
245 |
213 |
204 |
235 |
178 |
220,17 |
246
|
| 38 |
Perttu Jussila |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1318 |
0 |
1318 |
235 |
211 |
178 |
219 |
230 |
245 |
219,67 |
245
|
| 39 |
Arttu
Sadeharju |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1316 |
0 |
1316 |
204 |
192 |
212 |
237 |
219 |
252 |
219,33 |
252
|
| 40 |
Paul Moor |
-- |
ENG |
1316 |
0 |
1316 |
195 |
213 |
256 |
212 |
214 |
226 |
219,33 |
256
|
| 41 |
Pekka Mäyry |
-- |
FIN |
1314 |
0 |
1314 |
180 |
199 |
246 |
208 |
248 |
233 |
219,00 |
248
|
| 42 |
Tobias
Karlsson |
Re-entry |
SWE |
1314 |
0 |
1314 |
218 |
212 |
238 |
202 |
211 |
233 |
219,00 |
238
|
| 43 |
Ilpo Hänninen |
-- |
FIN |
1311 |
0 |
1311 |
174 |
232 |
213 |
243 |
214 |
235 |
218,50 |
243
|
| 44 |
Jukka
Poutiainen |
-- |
FIN |
1310 |
0 |
1310 |
178 |
182 |
223 |
225 |
257 |
245 |
218,33 |
257
|
| |
Nikolai Ovchinnikov |
DES |
LAT |
257 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Patricia Schwarz |
DES |
GER |
254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Leonidas Maragos |
DES |
GRE |
246 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Paco Rodrigues |
DES |
ESP |
244 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 45 |
Juha Lehtikangas |
-- |
FIN |
1310 |
0 |
1310 |
225 |
207 |
235 |
205 |
237 |
201 |
218,33 |
237 |
| 46 |
Janne Heikkiläinen |
-- |
FIN |
1307 |
0 |
1307 |
202 |
247 |
192 |
206 |
228 |
232 |
217,83 |
247 |
| 47 |
Nick Froggat |
Re-entry |
ENG |
1306 |
0 |
1306 |
211 |
244 |
236 |
192 |
216 |
207 |
217,67 |
244 |
| 48 |
Kim Bolleby |
Re-entry |
SWE |
1304 |
0 |
1304 |
226 |
235 |
204 |
234 |
211 |
194 |
217,33 |
235 |
| 49 |
Igor Zavialov |
-- |
RUS |
1303 |
0 |
1303 |
205 |
207 |
247 |
203 |
176 |
265 |
217,17 |
265 |
| 50 |
Eva Jönsson |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1303 |
48 |
1255 |
197 |
233 |
219 |
175 |
200 |
231 |
209,17 |
233 |
| 51 |
Timo Alho |
-- |
FIN |
1303 |
0 |
1303 |
263 |
257 |
220 |
186 |
173 |
204 |
217,17 |
263 |
| 52 |
Pär Svensson |
-- |
SWE |
1302 |
0 |
1302 |
210 |
216 |
215 |
227 |
188 |
246 |
217,00 |
246 |
| 53 |
Joonas Huolman |
-- |
FIN |
1302 |
0 |
1302 |
233 |
225 |
223 |
225 |
164 |
232 |
217,00 |
233 |
| 54 |
Dennis Eklund |
Re-entry |
SWE |
1295 |
0 |
1295 |
216 |
195 |
196 |
236 |
229 |
223 |
215,83 |
236 |
| 55 |
Leonidas Maragkos |
-- |
GRE |
1294 |
0 |
1294 |
230 |
245 |
190 |
201 |
176 |
252 |
215,67 |
252 |
| 56 |
Minna Mäkelä |
-- |
FIN |
1294 |
48 |
1246 |
177 |
210 |
222 |
209 |
232 |
196 |
207,67 |
232 |
| 57 |
Mika Luoto |
-- |
FIN |
1294 |
0 |
1294 |
177 |
224 |
225 |
257 |
224 |
187 |
215,67 |
257 |
| 58 |
Seppo Eskolin |
-- |
FIN |
1293 |
0 |
1293 |
192 |
224 |
183 |
257 |
245 |
192 |
215,50 |
257 |
| 59 |
Olli Hossi |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1292 |
0 |
1292 |
236 |
202 |
258 |
213 |
167 |
216 |
215,33 |
258 |
| 60 |
Sami Konsteri |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1291 |
0 |
1291 |
233 |
242 |
202 |
208 |
193 |
213 |
215,17 |
242 |
| 61 |
Matti Paasikoski |
-- |
FIN |
1289 |
0 |
1289 |
219 |
226 |
210 |
176 |
200 |
258 |
214,83 |
258 |
| 62 |
Henrik Ahonen |
-- |
FIN |
1289 |
0 |
1289 |
184 |
189 |
212 |
224 |
264 |
216 |
214,83 |
264 |
| 63 |
Tina Hulsch |
Re-entry |
GER |
1287 |
48 |
1239 |
209 |
175 |
209 |
239 |
165 |
242 |
206,50 |
242 |
| 64 |
Kari Jehkinen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1287 |
0 |
1287 |
231 |
190 |
192 |
235 |
224 |
215 |
214,50 |
235 |
| 65 |
Sami Salin |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1286 |
0 |
1286 |
212 |
200 |
245 |
203 |
182 |
244 |
214,33 |
245 |
| 66 |
Jukka Pesonen |
-- |
FIN |
1285 |
0 |
1285 |
148 |
229 |
212 |
239 |
248 |
209 |
214,17 |
248 |
| 67 |
Britt Bröndsted |
Re-entry |
DEN |
1284 |
48 |
1236 |
177 |
171 |
203 |
233 |
226 |
226 |
206,00 |
233 |
| 68 |
Eero Vuorinen |
-- |
FIN |
1283 |
0 |
1283 |
239 |
205 |
161 |
225 |
254 |
199 |
213,83 |
254 |
| 69 |
Markku Petäjämaa |
-- |
FIN |
1283 |
0 |
1283 |
217 |
243 |
245 |
179 |
222 |
177 |
213,83 |
245 |
| 70 |
Jari Aaltonen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1281 |
0 |
1281 |
220 |
236 |
207 |
211 |
218 |
189 |
213,50 |
236 |
| 71 |
Seppo Koukonen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1280 |
0 |
1280 |
257 |
237 |
193 |
203 |
174 |
216 |
213,33 |
257 |
| 72 |
Tony Fransson |
-- |
SWE |
1279 |
0 |
1279 |
184 |
191 |
205 |
201 |
255 |
243 |
213,17 |
255 |
| 73 |
Tim Mack |
Re-entry |
USA |
1278 |
0 |
1278 |
210 |
279 |
166 |
193 |
206 |
224 |
213,00 |
279 |
| 74 |
Jukka Hooli |
-- |
FIN |
1278 |
0 |
1278 |
201 |
256 |
207 |
174 |
230 |
210 |
213,00 |
256 |
| 75 |
Claes Gauffin |
-- |
SWE |
1278 |
0 |
1278 |
248 |
214 |
232 |
179 |
200 |
205 |
213,00 |
248 |
| 76 |
Panu Nurmilo |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1277 |
0 |
1277 |
180 |
173 |
256 |
267 |
199 |
202 |
212,8 |
267 |
| 77 |
Veronica Lantto |
-- |
SWE |
1276 |
48 |
1228 |
222 |
201 |
244 |
182 |
172 |
207 |
204,7 |
244 |
| 78 |
Juhani Tonteri |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1274 |
0 |
1274 |
193 |
214 |
224 |
201 |
194 |
248 |
212,3 |
248 |
| 79 |
Ari Jehkinen |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1271 |
0 |
1271 |
211 |
243 |
192 |
214 |
204 |
207 |
211,8 |
243 |
| 80 |
Olli-Pekka Pitkänen |
-- |
FIN |
1269 |
0 |
1269 |
198 |
228 |
226 |
245 |
193 |
179 |
211,50 |
245 |
| 81 |
Ulf Bolleby |
-- |
SWE |
1268 |
0 |
1268 |
170 |
251 |
236 |
179 |
217 |
215 |
211,3 |
251 |
| 82 |
Lasse Jalava |
Re-entry |
FIN |
1264 |
0 |
1264 |
205 |
169 |
230 |
236 |
221 |
203 |
210,7 |
236 |
| 83 |
Harri Järvinen |
-- |
FIN |
1263 |
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