KURTZ CHECKS IN

20/05/17

Brady Kurtz successfully booked his place in the World U21 Finals with a second place finish in his Czech qualifying round.

Scoring 14 points at the Pardubice venue, which will also stage the final leg of the three-round championship, Kurtz was only beaten by maximum-man, Maxsym Drabik, the son of former popular Pirate Slawomir.

Looking to join Kurtz in the final 16 will be Pirates' team-mate and fellow Australian Jack Holder who has been drawn, along with reigning champion Max Fricke in Terenzano tonight (Saturday).

Pardubice scorers:

M.Drabik (POL) 15, B.Kurtz (AUS) 14, D.Kubera (POL) 11+3, L.Fienhage (DEU) 11+2, J.Jeppesen (DEN) 11+1, P.Hansen 10, D.Mostowik (UKR) 8, D.Moser (DEU) 8, P.Mikel (CZE) 8, N.Skorja (SLO) 7, Z.Holub (CZE) 5, K.Wennerstam (SWE) 4, J.Turner (NZL) 3, J.Novak (CZE) 3,J,Mihalik (FIN) 1, F.Hajek (CZE) 0, C.Zubillaga (ARG) 0