Home> Tournaments >2008eurochallenge 5th BRUNSWICK EURO CHALLENGE PLAZA BOWLING SAINT MAXIMIN FRANCE March 8 - 16, 2008 STATUS QUO The first of today's four squads, that commencing at 10:00, saw yet another American vying for honors as Chris Loschetter, a newcomer to the European Tour, had to settle for a total pinfall of 1,290 to top the squad and thereby earn his spurs for the next round. This was squad ten on the schedule, but actually the ninth as the first squad was cancelled, but that suited the American as he now sits happily in tenth place overall. The total entry now approaches 200 and with three more squads to bowl today it could be 300 come the bewitching hours.                                                                   *     *     *     *     * The 14:00 squad, full to the brim with 56 competitors, saw Jason Belmonte from Orange, New South Wales, Australia (pictured), he with the unique two-handed delivery, justify his trip by not only beating all comers in Squad 11 but overtaking the leader to become number one with 1,398. The 2006 BEC champion hit 279 in the fifth game and consolidated his front-running position through the squad and a 237 finish saw him come up just two pins shy of beating the elusive 1400-barrier. So it is Australia, the United States and Singapore in the top three positions right now and the leading lady is still Wendy van der List from The Netherlands, back in eighth position overall.                                                                 *     *     *     *     *    The Vikings are here! The top seven spots in Squad 12 all went to Scandinavians, but the star of the show was Martin Larsen from Sweden (pictured) , the current EBT rankings leader, who shot a mighty 1,448 to put a truly serious target for those following on later squads. This terrific score was 123 sticks ahead of second-placed Petteri Salonen so Larsen staked his claim in the second round with a truly healthy margin. Third on the squad was 'the other' two-handed bowler, Osku Palermaa, but the slim Finn did not quite get to the standard of his Aussie counterpart.                                     *     *     *     *     * A 1.301 by Germany's Oliver Blase in the wee small hours of Friday morning brought him the honor of squad leader and a pass into the next round but ne'er a challenge to the almighty 1,448 set by Larsen earlier in the night. Our prediction of 300 competitors by the close of Squad 13 was two short as just 298 have trodden the boards of the delightful Plaza Bowling to date. RANK NAME NAT GEN CAT BEST PINS LAST G. SQUAD # SQUAD COUNT HAND 1 Larsen, Martin SWE M A 1448 246 12 1 R 2 Belmonte, Jason AUS M A 1398 237 11 2 R 3 Fagan, Mike USA M A 1390 245 08 1 R 4 Ng, Shaun SGP M A 1344 244 09 3 R 5 Mack, Timothy USA M A 1338 225 09 3 R 6 Russell, Ronnie USA M A 1332 198 09 1 R 7 Salonen, Petteri FIN M A 1325 248 12 1 R 8 Clayton, Corey CAN M A 1325 236 11 2 R 9 Palermaa, Osku FIN M A 1323 204 12 1 R 10 Barrett, Dominic ENG M A 1320 268 09 1 R 11 Kanold, Mikael SWE M A 1319 247 12 1 R 12 Heino, Mika FIN M A 1315 245 12 1 R 13 Blase, Oliver GER M A 1301 206 13 1 R 14 Vander List, Wendy NLD F A 1301 196 08 1 L 15 Asbaty, Diandra USA F A 1296 201 13 2 R 16 Leandersson, Tomas SWE M A 1295 256 12 1 R 17 Sacco, Francois FRA M A 1295 199 08 2 R 18 Medina, Rafael VEN M A 1293 180 07 3 R 19 Uotila, Pasi FIN M A 1292 180 12 1 R 20 Loschetter, Chris USA M A 1290 234 10 2 R 21 Mannonen, Petri FIN M A 1289 233 11 2 R 22 Gomez, Andres COL M A 1282 210 06 4 R 23 Williams, Stuart ENG M A 1281 211 12 2 R 24 Forestier, Nicolas FRA M A 1277 194 06 3 L 25 Maragos, Leonidas GRE M A 1274 212 13 1 R 26 Cavagnaro, Alex USA M A 1263 213 11 3 R 27 Dogan, Habib TUR M A 1263 189 13 1 R 28 Glover, Zara ENG F A 1262 215 12 2 R 29 Jensen, Thomas DNK M A 1262 177 10 2 L 30 Rash, Sean USA M A 1260 215 07 2 R 31 Vahidi, Alexandre FRA M A 1259 213 07 5 R 32 Moor, Paul ENG M A 1258 251 12 2 L 33 Ljung, Peter SWE M A 1257 164 12 1 L 34 Rodriguez, Paco ESP M A 1255 214 12 3 R 35 Mullin, Michael USA M A 1253 204 12 1 L 36 Albeck, Morten DNK M A 1251 255 13 2 R 37 Lim, Benjamin SGP M A 1249 226 13 3 L 38 Berndt, Marcus SWE M A 1245 257 13 1 R 39 Leroy, Olivier BEL M A 1242 176 05 2 R 40 Sadeharju, Arttu FIN M A 1241 212 12 2 R 41 Michaud, Emmanuel FRA M A 1240 212 07 2 R 42 Koshelev, Nikita RUS M A 1238 202 11 2 R 43 Gales, Anne Lorraine DNK F A 1238 182 04 3 R 44 Agerbo, Jesper DNK M A 1236 231 12 1 R 45 Fabre, Anthony FRA M A 1236 212 11 2 R 46 Gross, Thomas AUT M A 1235 227 13 1 R 47 Ravez, Jimmy BEL M A 1235 185 07 2 R 48 Ruiz, Ildemaro VEN M A 1235 171 07 5 R 49 Parapini, Marco ITA M A 1234 225 11 1 R 50 Stott Jnr, Paul IRL M A 1234 187 12 1 R 51 Wells, John ENG M A 1233 171 11 1 R 52 Sainio, Peter SWE M A 1232 207 10 1 R 53 Frawley, Andrew KWT M A 1231 203 13 1 R 54 Immonen, Juha FIN M A 1228 217 12 1 R 55 Verbruggen, Gery BEL M A 1228 202 03 2 L 56 Alix, Yoan FRA M A 1228 195 04 2 R 57 Jehkinen, Joonas FIN M A 1227 235 12 1 L 58 Jaine, Mikael SWE M A 1226 224 10 2 R 59 Hacquin, Gery BEL M A 1221 212 04 3 L 60 Ching, William VEN M A 1221 177 10 4 R 61 Van Der Tol, Ghislaine NLD F A 1219 178 11 1 L 62 Schwarz, Patricia GER F A 1217 241 11 1 R 63 Planchard, Marilyn FRA F A 1216 199 05 2 R 64 Lee, Yu-Wen SGP M A 1215 265 13 3 L 65 Heberle, Nicole GER F A 1214 212 13 1 L 66 Öhrgaard, Frederik DNK M A 1213 255 10 1 R 67 Catalin, Gheorghe ROU M B 1208 226 08 2 R 68 Siders, Mark USA M A 1206 234 09 2 R 69 Zinatullin, Ramil RUS M B 1206 200 13 2 R 70 Ravez, Pierre BEL M A 1206 180 06 2 R 71 Sébastien, Henry FRA M A 1206 157 13 2 R 72 Van Der Meer, Sophie NLD F A 1203 223 05 3 R 73 Bonnevalle, Michäel BEL M A 1203 221 06 2 R 74 Bland, Jr., Ken NOR M A 1203 162 13 1 R 75 Vandamme, Gaetan BEL M A 1199 199 04 2 R 76 Baudisson, Marie Anne FRA F A 1198 201 10 2 R 77 Van Der Meer, Daniëlle NLD F A 1195 208 05 2 R 78 Sarmadi, Mathias FRA M A 1195 201 08 2 R 79 Bergès, Mathieu CHE M A 1194 265 12 2 R 80 Bellinder, Missy USA F A 1192 168 12 2 R 81 Saldjian, Isabelle FRA F A 1191 195 12 1 R 82 De Jong, Marieke NLD F A 1191 177 11 1 R 83 Bódis, György HUN M A 1189 228 08 3 R 84 Torgersen, Tore SWE M A 1189 206 12 1 R 85 Andrea, Steffen DNK M A 1189 201 12 1 L 86 Nicolas, Alain FRA M A 1186 178 07 2 R 87 Lehtonen, Kimmo FIN M A 1184 199 12 2 L 88 Cauquil, Marion FRA F B 1180 198 08 1 R 89 Racpan, Christian GER M A 1180 192 13 1 R 90 Pachoulis, Brett GRE M B 1179 190 13 1 R 91 Lammens, Pascal FRA M A 1179 189 09 2 R 92 Pöllänen, Krista FIN F A 1176 170 11 1 R 93 Teece, Raymond ENG M A 1176 169 06 1 R 94 Häuser, Markus GER M A 1174 220 13 1 L 95 Tuomisalo, Laura FIN F A 1174 202 12 1 R 96 Coussens, Michael BEL M A 1172 258 04 1 R 97 Konieczny, Bodo GER M A 1172 190 11 1 R 98 Ussing, Rasmus DNK M A 1171 197 10 2 L 99 Froggatt, Nick ENG M A 1171 197 12 2 L 100 Glorieux, Patrick FRA M A 1171 192 07 1 R 101 Visser, Jolanda NLD F A 1168 222 04 3 R 102 Lotthe, Xavier FRA M A 1168 215 04 4 L 103 Einhorn Sr, James GER M A 1166 199 09 2 R 104 Fischbach, Helene SWE F A 1166 172 10 1 L 105 Vandermeersch, Bernard FRA M A 1166 159 09 3 L 106 Voss, Brian USA M A 1165 216 12 1 R 107 Helminen, Jouni FIN M A 1165 188 09 2 R 108 Halluin, Mickael FRA M A 1164 214 08 1 R 109 Wouters, Michael BEL M A 1164 200 06 2 R 110 Sacco, Thierry FRA M A 1163 226 12 1 L 111 Giles, Matt ENG M A 1163 180 11 1 R 112 Koivuniemi, Mika USA M A 1162 165 09 2 R 113 Maaswinkel, Priscilla NLD F A 1161 157 11 1 R 114 Patel, Georgie ENG M A 1160 140 13 1 R 115 Eklund, Dennis SWE M A 1159 202 12 1 R 116 Smirnova, Evgeniya RUS F A 1154 203 11 1 R 117 Broendsted, Britt DNK F A 1153 168 12 1 R 118 Van Den Born, Maikel NLD M A 1151 184 09 2 R 119 Van Kerckhoven, Bartje BEL M A 1150 212 06 2 R 120 Riegel, Sven GER M A 1150 151 11 1 R 121 Maloisel, Franck FRA M A 1149 185 06 1 R 122 Cayez, Vincent FRA M A 1149 181 02 4 L 123 Depy, Julien FRA M A 1144 199 09 2 R 124 Rajaud, Pascal FRA M A 1143 210 08 1 R 125 Houbo Pedersen, Lotte DNK F A 1141 197 10 3 R 126 Massonneau, Cédric FRA M A 1140 208 09 3 R 127 Van Oudheusden, Betsie NLD F A 1140 183 09 3 R 128 Völkel, Dirk GER M A 1139 212 11 1 R 129 Dedenon, Thierry CHE M A 1139 188 09 2 L 130 Pelle, Daniëlle NLD F A 1139 162 09 3 R 131 Holm Rasmussen, Rikke DNK F A 1138 197 12 1 R 132 Wu, Siu Hong HKG M A 1138 177 11 4 R 133 Jahi, Joonas FIN M A 1137 178 12 1 R 134 Karlsson, Tobias SWE M A 1136 178 12 1 R 135 Mortensen, Jimmy Dan DNK M A 1135 215 08 3 R 136 Ratel, Daniel FRA M A 1135 177 09 2 R 137 Kuznetsov, Yevgeniy KAZ M B 1134 172 07 4 R 138 Highgate, Neil ENG M A 1133 209 13 2 R 139 Aberg, Johan SWE M A 1130 193 10 1 R 140 Mathorel, Fabrice FRA M A 1128 177 13 1 R 141 Breeschoten, Lisanne NLD F A 1127 202 10 2 R 142 Teece, Richard ENG M A 1127 186 06 1 R 143 Rembry, Luc FRA M A 1125 190 09 1 R 144 Vorborg, Anders DNK M A 1123 203 10 1 R 145 Fouillet, Philippe FRA M A 1121 173 08 3 R 146 Selier, Wesley NLD M A 1120 175 02 2 R 147 Jacques, Pepita FRA F A 1118 212 04 1 R 148 Kendall, Robert ENG M A 1118 177 12 1 R 149 Torok, Georges FRA M A 1117 198 06 2 R 150 Sondberg, Christian DNK M A 1116 234 13 2 L 151 Belmiliani, Zerrouk FRA M A 1116 193 11 3 R 152 Haest, Michael BEL M A 1114 216 03 2 R 153 Andersin, Erik SWE M A 1114 190 12 1 R 154 Lebon, Jean-Marc BEL M A 1114 184 07 1 R 155 Lunden, Reija FIN F A 1113 172 12 1 R 156 Cheung, Chun Chung HKG M A 1110 212 08 4 R 157 Tessier, Laurent FRA M A 1109 170 12 1 R 158 Pauwels, Bernard BEL M A 1107 255 07 1 R 159 Broinger, Jacqueline AUT F A 1106 188 13 1 R 160 Masatova, Vera CZE F A 1105 168 07 3 R 161 Sallai, Dan HUN M A 1104 148 08 3 R 162 Heinila, Sami FIN M A 1102 168 12 1 R 163 Gourevich, Maxim RUS M B 1102 168 11 5 R 164 Jacques, Amandine FRA F A 1102 159 04 1 R 165 Kish, Zoltan HUN M A 1099 247 08 2 R 166 Milyuta, Tanya RUS F B 1098 171 03 3 R 167 Deledda, Alain FRA M A 1097 222 11 1 R 168 Chatfield, Lee ENG M A 1097 207 08 1 R 169 Korablinova, Nadezhda RUS F B 1097 186 08 1 R 170 Mcloughlin, Darragh IRL M A 1093 170 12 1 L 171 Ong, Remy SGP M A 1092 211 07 3 L 172 Schoeters, Antoine BEL M A 1091 177 08 1 R 173 Liratzis, Kostas GRE M A 1090 174 13 1 R 174 Fouquet, Didier FRA M A 1088 247 11 1 R 175 Frost, Greta POL F A 1088 196 12 1 R 176 Celie, Laurianne FRA F B 1087 202 10 1 R 177 Dubois, Philippe FRA M A 1086 188 06 2 R 178 Tiainnen, Olli FIN M A 1085 172 11 1 R 179 Mortensen, Vibeke Lie NOR F B 1084 176 08 2 R 180 Yakovlev, Alexey RUS M A 1084 175 05 2 R