Belgians on Top
Gery Verbruggen from Belgium, inducted into the World Bowling Writers (WBW) Hall of Fame at the Catalonia Open in Barcelona
on February 28, shot 1430 in Sunday's final squad, number five, to place second, 88 pins behind fellow countryman Nico Joris.
Six solid 200-plus games, including a high of 258 in the second, brought the veteran leftie top honors on the squad and second place on the leader board. Now there are only three six-game scores over 1400.
This final weekend squad also featured the entries of two princes from Saudi Arabia,Abdulhakin and Mohammed Alsaud. Mohamed had the higher game with a 275 in the second, but a 185 and 168 finish brought him 20 pins behind brotherAbdulhakim, 1311 - 1291. No doubt they will soon be on the re-entry list.
A busy opening weekend brought the entry total up to 149. The current cut figure for 52nd place now stands at 1249.
Full standings on www.brunswickeurochallenge.com
| Qualified directly to final step 2 (Position 1 - 16) | |||||||||
| RANK | NAME | NAT | GEN | CAT | BEST PINS |
LAST GAME |
SQUAD # | SQUAD COUNT |
HAND |
| 1 | Joris, Nico | BEL | M | A | 1518 | 255 | 03 | 1 | R |
| 2 | Verbruggen, Gery | BEL | M | A | 1430 | 244 | 05 | 3 | L |
| 3 | Sarmadi, Mohamade | FRA | M | A | 1402 | 258 | 02 | 1 | L |
| 4 | Gauton, Marie | FRA | F | A | 1397 | 218 | 04 | 1 | R |
| 5 | Cayez, Vincent | FRA | M | A | 1389 | 222 | 04 | 4 | L |
| 6 | Lebon, Jean Marc | BEL | M | A | 1376 | 194 | 05 | 3 | R |
| 7 | Jacobs, Mark | NED | M | A | 1372 | 247 | 02 | 2 | R |
| 8 | Neumann, Norman | GER | M | A | 1369 | 279 | 02 | 2 | R |
| 9 | Broers, Sander | NED | M | A | 1363 | 215 | 05 | 2 | R |
| 10 | Bolleby, Ulf | SWE | M | A | 1355 | 247 | 01 | 1 | R |
| 11 | Wuylens, Vincent | BEL | M | A | 1352 | 214 | 03 | 2 | R |
| 12 | Sacco, Francois | FRA | M | A | 1346 | 235 | 04 | 2 | R |
| 13 | Maggi, Mats | BEL | M | A | 1344 | 247 | 05 | 1 | R |
| 14 | Michaud, Emmanuel | FRA | M | A | 1344 | 209 | 03 | 2 | R |
| 15 | Gonze, Pierre-Yves | BEL | M | A | 1340 | 254 | 02 | 2 | R |
| 16 | Walmsley, Scott | NED | M | A | 1340 | 177 | 04 | 2 | R |