Good result: The seniors A from Frischauf Weilheim (from left to right: Stefan Schwinghammer, Karlheinz Kölsch, Erich Liebl, Georg Maier) finished tenth in the German championship for club teams. © Private
The Weilheim senior A bowlers have achieved a special result for them at Bayern level. This brought them participation in the German championship.
Weilheim - In the first round of the championship series, the senior A team from Frischauf Weilheim still had the necessary luck to advance. Only because of the better set rating (8.5:7.5) did the Weilheimers win the district duel against Weiß-Blau Eintracht Waldkraiburg by a razor-thin margin.
Thus, the Frischauf team had qualified for the Bavarian championship. There, the district town justified their participation with the runner-up title. The qualification for the German championship for club teams was done - and the Frischauf quartet was also convincing in this competition.
Weilheim Senior A Team wins silver at Bavarian championship
In Lorsch in southern Hesse, a total of 48 teams competed in three classes. In the field of seniors A, the Weilheimers finished in tenth place, leaving six teams behind. Erich Liebl (512 wood), Stefan Schwinghammer (568), Georg Maier (573) and Karlheinz Kölsch (540) together came to 2193 wood. In order to be at the forefront, absolute top results were necessary. The winning team, KKV Saalekreis, had scored 2330 wood. Silver went to SV Kleeblatt-Berlin (2313), bronze went to Ettlinger KV (2306). The top result of the day was achieved by Andreas Kühn (KKV Saalekreis) with 614 wood (223 in clearing).
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The Weilheimers had qualified for the DM with their second place at the Bavarian Championship, which took place in Straubing. Liebl (584), Schwinghammer (523), Maier (551) and Kölsch (542) achieved 2200 wood, ten wood more than the third-placed KV Bad Neustadt. Gold went to KV München (2233). For the first time ever, the Weilheim seniors A had won silver at Bayern level.
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The special feature of the competition for "club teams" is that a team can recruit bowlers from several clubs based in one place. According to the rules of the game, there is only one (superordinate) club per town, but several clubs can play there. The Weilheim team consisted exclusively of players from the Frischauf club, three of the four players are also likely to play for the seniors B. Therefore, the performance was "a great success," said team spokesman Kölsch.
