The Catalonia Final

Youth versus experience in the final of the 2010 Catalonia Open, but both contestants for the laurels were spring chicken.
Dominic Barrett, 24, from Frinton-on-Sea, England advanced to the title match by defeating Bogota, Colombia's Luz Adriana Leal, 287 - 201, including her eight pin bonus, starting with a spare, then stringing ten strikes and then leaving the 10-pin on the final ball.
Coming up against Thomas Larsen, 20, Barrett strung three strikes whilst Larsen had spare, double, spare, thereefore buiding a 22-pin lead by the fourth frame. all went swimmingly for the Englishman until faced with the 2-4-10 split in the eighth frame, taking just two pins.
That fired the lithe Dane and seizing his chance he struck out from the seventh frame to take the match, 235-229.
Larsen has just finished school and has yet to find gainful employment, so the €6,000 first prize will be very helpful over the next few months.
DOMINIC BARRETT |
6 |
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X |
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X |
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7 |
20 |
50 |
80 |
110 |
140 |
170 |
200 |
230 |
260 |
287 |
LUZ ADRIANA LEAL GONZALEZ (+8) |
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7 |
2 |
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9 |
9 |
38 |
58 |
75 |
84 |
104 |
124 |
144 |
164 |
193
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THOMAS LARSEN |
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7 |
2 |
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X |
20 |
47 |
66 |
75 |
95 |
115 |
145 |
175 |
205 |
235 |
DOMINIC BARRETT |
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X |
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9 |
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8 |
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X |
X |
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2 |
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7 |
30 |
59 |
79 |
97 |
117 |
144 |
163 |
172 |
202 |
229 |