TORE TORGERSEN CAPTURES HIS SECOND IRISH OPEN TITLE.
Twenty-one years after his first victory, Tore Torgersen of Norway captured his second career Irish Open title with a 503-415 victory over Keira Reay of Ireland Sunday at Leisureplex Stillorgan in Dublin. It marks the fifth win on the European Bowling Tour for the former world and European champion and the first since the 2014 Norwegian Open.
In the title match over two games total pins, Torgersen (right), who won his first title in Ireland back in 1996, took an insurmountable 86-pin lead after the first game (267 to 181, including eight pins handicap for Reay) and never looked back.
Though Reay (left) rebounded with 234, Torgersen beat her by two pins to seal the victory. The winner took home the 5.000 Euro top prize, while Reay earned 2.500 Euro for second place. Reay was looking for her first EBT title and the third consecutive by a woman on the European Bowling Tour after Diana Zavjalova in Qatar (2016) and Daphne Tan in Helsinki (2017). Irish Open 2017 results
29th Irish Open Championships – Final Standings
Leisureplex Stillorgan in Dublin, Ireland (Jan. 15-22, 2017)
Championship Round:
1. Tore Torgersen, Norway, 5.000 Euro
2. Keira Reay, Ireland, 2.500 Euro
3. Santtu Tahvanainen, Finland, 1.500 Euro
4. Jenny Wegner, Sweden, 1.250 Euro
Playoff Results (two games total pins):
Semi-final Match 1: No. 8 Torgersen (205, 258) def. No. 3 Tahvanainen (227, 211), 463-438
Semi-final Match 2: No. 5 Reay (207, 251) def. No. 4 Wegner (210, 243), 458-453
Championship: Torgersen (267, 236) def. Reay (181, 234), 503-415.
Women’s scores including 8 pins handicap.
29th Irish Open – Places 5-62
Players with position and country; places 5-32 show earnings
5. Barry Foley, Ireland, 1.000 Euro
6. Lauri Sipilä, Finland, 800 Euro
7. Alan Bride, Ireland, 600 Euro
8. Richard Teece, England, 500 Euro
9. Chris Sloan, Ireland, 350 Euro
10. Tomas Kayhko, Finland, 350 Euro
11. Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, 250 Euro
12. James Wigmore, England, 250 Euro
13. Rob Thurlby, England, 200 Euro
14. Steven Gill, Scotland, 200 Euro
15. Pete Stevenson, England, 150 Euro
16. Jamie Bottomley, England, 150 Euro
17. Paul Moor, England, 120 Euro
18. Miles Corney, England, 120 Euro
19. Eoghain Lebioda, Ireland, 120 Euro
20. Riku Petteri Kivela, Finland, 120 Euro
21. Lee Cocker, England, 120 Euro
22. Adam Michaels, England, 120 Euro
23. Patrick Meka, Netherlands, 120 Euro
24. Aidan Byrne, Ireland, 120 Euro
25. Amandine Jacques, France, 120 Euro
26. Perttu Jussila, Finland, 120 Euro
27. Elco Gorter, Netherlands, 120 Euro
28. Wendy Bartaire, France, 120 Euro
29. Kenneth Hermansen, Norway, 120 Euro
30. Ben Gruisinga, Netherlands, 120 Euro
31. Michael Brachaniec, Poland, 120 Euro
32. Petri Keituri, Finland, 120 Euro
33. Sam Rose, England
34. Craig Barrett, England
35. Mia Bewley, England
36. Tom Byrne, Ireland
37. Jason Byrnes, Ireland
38. Nico Thienpondt, Netherlands
39. Gustaf Smari Bjørnsson, Iceland
40. Brian Gillespie, Scotland
41. Hadley Morgan, England
42. Pekka Pajari, Finland
43. Ron Hurt, United States
44. Stefan Claessen, Iceland
45. Patrick Jannik Sørensen, Denmark
46. Jos Bakker, Netherlands
47. Mathias Reinertsen, Norway
48. Gav Greaves, England
49. Ryan Press, Northern Ireland
50. Einar Mar Bjørnsson, Iceland
51. Dominic Buckley, England
52. Glen Richardson, England
53. Tim Stampe, Denmark
54. Paddy Dunne, Ireland
55. Robert Lind, Norway
56. Jo Allsebrook, England
57. Ashleigh Gill, Scotland
58. Alex Castle, England
59. Alex Fraser, Scotland
60. Markus Bergendorff, Denmark
61. Andy Gillespie, Scotland
62. Arturas Baltonis, Lithuania
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