Dominic Barrett (pictured) of England toppled 1372 pins in Squad 14 Friday afternoon at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, to leap into third place in the qualifying of the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open. The reigning PBA World Champion and 9-time EBT titlist had games of 203, 255, 215, 229, 256 and 214, an average of 228.67. Craig Nidiffer of the United States leads the field of 248 players from 28 countries since Squad 5 with 1467 (244.50). Diana Zavjalova of Latvia is the best of 38 women in second place with 1454.
Paul Moor (center, with Tournament Director Thomas Gross, left, and Mike Quitter, Tournament Ambassador for Ebonite International) of England threw eleven strikes to become the first left-handed winner of the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Sunday evening at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Moor defeated 15-time PBA champion Tommy Jones, United States, in the title match, 265-219, to win his 15th career European Bowling Tour title and the 7.000 Euro top prize. 
Paul Moor of England averaged 233.92 for twelve games in Final Round 2 & 3 to earn the No. 1 seed for the stepladder finals of the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Sunday evening at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Joonas Jehkinen (right) of Finland was 51 pins behind to take the No. 2 seed. In the opening match of the four-player shootout, fellow PBAers Chris Barnes and Tommy Jones, United States, will square off.
Paul Moor (l.) of England averaged 236.50 and toppled 1419 pins in Final Round Two to take an 83-pin lead heading into the Round of 18 at the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open. The lefty, who won his record 14th European Bowling Tour title in the Chandra Open two weeks ago, averaged over 260 for the first four games but could not match the vigorous pace in the last two games. Thomas Larsen (r.), Denmark, sits in second place with 1336.
Laura Beuthner of Germany and Chris Klerk, United States, rolled 1400-plus series Sunday morning at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, to set the pace in Final Round 1 at the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open and to lead the top 22 into the second round. Beuthner (l.) led the 56-player round with 1418 including 48 handicap. Klerk (r.) toppled 1410 pins for the field-best 235 average. It took a 1300-series to make the second cut.
Craig Nidiffer, United States, remained unchallenged in the last squad to win the qualifying of the 12th Columbia Vienna Open Saturday evening at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Nidiffer led the field of 280 players from 28 countries with 1467, an average of 244.50. Carsten Warming Hansen (l.) of Denmark and Tore Torgersen (r.) of Norway saved their best for the last qualifying squad and cracked the top 8 with 1400 and 1390, resp.
There were no changes in the top 33 of the 12th Columbia Vienna Open
after the 56 players of Squad 19 have completed their six games of
qualifying at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria.Two-time Vienna Open champion Chris Barnes (l.), United States, closed his series with a 256 game to lead the squad and to beat out Russian Andrey Suslov (r.) for the bragging rights by one pin, 1331 to 1330. Another four players move above the cut line (1306).
Joonas Jehkinen (l.) of Finland posted his second series in the 1380s in the qualifying of the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open to lead Squad 18 Saturday afternoon at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Jehkinen toppled 1381 pins, an average of 230.17, but stayed in fifth place with his high series of 1386. Squad 18 featured total twelve 1300 series and the tournament's second 300 game by Richard Teece (r.) of England, who rolled his 21st perfecto in game five.
Three Swedish bowlers set the pace in Squad 14 in the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Saturday morning at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Martin Larsen (pictured) became fourth player who surpassed the 1400-mark and made a considerable move toward the top of the standings averaging 238.83 through the six-game round to boost himself from 44th to fourth place with 1433. His compatriots Robert Andersson and Alexander Johansson were second and third wisth distant 1364 and 1361, good for 10th and 12th place overall.
Heading into the final qualifying day of the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open, Craig Nidiffer (l.) from the United States leads the field of 274 players from 28 countries with 1467 and an average of 244.50. Diana Zavjalova (r.) of Latvia is the best woman in second place with 1454 including 48 pins handicap. Just two players of Friday's late night squad, Mats Maggi of Belgium and Clemens Ulsamer of Germany, made it into the top 51.
Tommy Jones (right with Chris Barnes and Ebonite International Tournament Ambassador, Mike Quitter, center), United States, had the field-best 1434 series in Squad 15 en route to move into third place in individual qualifying and first place in Doubles in the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open. The 15-time PBA champion had games of 213, 206, 290, 268, 191 and 266 to trail qualifying leaders Craig Nidiffer (1467), United States, and Diana Zavjalova (1454) of Latvia, by 33 and 20 pins, resp.
Reigning European All-Events and Masters champion Diana Zavjalova (pictured) of Latvia averaged 234.33 in the first squad on Friday morning (13th overall) to fall mere 13 pins short off the lead in the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open. The 2013 USBC Queens winner and 2014 Intercollegiate Singles Champion rolled games of 195, 220, 241, 269, 259 and 222 to become just the second player in tournament who surpassed the 1400-mark with 1406. She added eight pins handicap per game to take over second place with 1454.
Ida Andersson (left with Jenny Wegner, left) of Sweden and England's Paul Moor (r.) led the 12th qualifying squad in the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Thursday evening at Plus Bowling with 1354 and 1333, resp., to move into the top 8 in the overall standings. Craig Nidiffer, USA, continued to lead the field of 209 players from 26 countries with 1467 and an average of 244.50.
Craig Nidiffer (l.), United States, continues to lead the qualifying of the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open as the EBT "gold" tournament has surpassed the halfway mark on Thursday afternoon. Nidiffer posted 1467 in Squad 5 (244.50 ave.) to lead the field of 184 players from 25 countries by 109 pins. Mik Stampe (r.) of Denmark led Squad 11 Thursday evening with 1340 (223.33) including game of 216, 196, 245, 198, 267 and 218 to jump into third place.
Jeroen van Geel (l.) of the Netherlands had a second and first-place finish in the first two squads on Wednesday en route to move into second place in the overall qualifying standings of the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open. The Dutch finished Squad 7 two pins behind leader Tanner Spacey (right), United States, on 1281. Another re-entry for Van Geel in Squad 8 paid off as he toppled 1358 pins (226.33 ave.) to win the squad.
Craig Nidiffer (left) and Steven Novak, United States, led the fourth qualifying squad of the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Tuesday afternoon at Plus Bowling en route to lead the field of 125 players from 14 countries after day two qualifying. Nidiffer became the first player, who cracked the 1400-bar bar, as he rolled games of 236, 240, 274, 214, 267 and 236 for 1467 and an average of 244.50. Nidiffer played in his own league as Novak was distant 132 pins behind to overtake second place with 1335 (222.50).
Daniel Vezis (l.) of Latvia leads a field of 79 players from 11 countries the 12th Columbia 300 Vienna Open after the first day of qualifying at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The two-hander posted 1330 in Squad 1, an average of 221.67, including games of 195, 246, 176, 225, 235 and 253 to beat out tournament director Thomas Gross (r.) of Austria for the top spot by six pins. Qualifying continues on Tuesday with Squads 4, 5 and 6
The 12th annual Columbia 300 Vienna Open gets underway Monday at Plus Bowling in Viuenna, Austria, with Squads 1-3. 243 players, 31 women and 212 men, from 28 countries have registered for the last "gold" tournament of the 2014 European Bowling Tour season. The Vienna Open offers total prize fund of 73.130 Euro or approx. $100,000, 62.900 € for Singles and 10.230 € for Doubles. .
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