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.