LADIES - ROUND TWO - TOP 36:

Four more games down the route and the distaff group now cuts to 18, all of whom will be counting the cash on Sunday evening, if not before.

Those elite 18 will carry on later this evening with yet another four games, then their field will cut to eight for tomorrow's round robin.

They might be planning some form of civic reception back in Boras, Sweden for their local heroes Torbjorn Halling and Barbro Hjerten (pictured) when they return home as both have led their respective men's and ladies' divisions from the time of their qualifying rounds. Both bowl for the same club and they were even joined by Ewa Krantz, also from Boras, when she was tied with Hjerten for the ladies' lead after the twelve qualifying games.

Hjerten now has just a slim 30-point advantage over Jan Hodge of England as the 18-strong group moves forward to Round Three and, as aforementioned, the cut to just eight for the round robin.

Helga Schroeder squeezed into the next round by twelve points to remain in the fray in 18th place, ousting Erna Buysse. Defending champion Farida Pascoal-Blom of the Netherlands is still within striking distance of staying in contention, but she will need a lot of those strikes to progress from her current thirteenth place to eighth, or above.

Doris Camilleri, the local heroine and 2003 champion, has regained her form and is bowling the second highest scratch average of the group with 192.50, so should book her place into tomorrow's final rounds. Camilleri's high game of 249, set in the first qualifying round, and stays the target for the ladies to beat to claim the €250 high game award.

There are still representatives of eight nations fighting for honors in the ladies' field. They will return to sort things out at 19:00.

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