MEN - TOP 18

After the last four games prior to the round robin, Owe Hermann of Oslo, Norway (pictured) retains pole position and leads an octet comprised of six nations into the penultimate round. As usual, Swedes outnumber the others, but this time only three have made the cut.

Bowling without any age bonus, an advantage which clicks in at the age of 57 with one pin per year bonus from then on, with a maximum of 15, Hermann bowled a 219.08 average over the 24 games to date. Going in to the round robin, just fifty per cent of the aggregate pinfall will be carried forward, meaning that the 49-point advantage he currently holds over second-placed Meadus will be reduced to 24.

Stewart Meadus, born in Canada but a resident in Harrogate, northern England since his third year, has had a lock on second place for the past three rounds.

The field now includes two past champions, the defending champ, Torbjorn Halling, currently fourth, and 2003 victor Roger Pieters, now in third place.

The most disappointed competitor must be Rosario Bellomonte of Italy, running in seventh place at the beginning of this squad and then dropping to twelfth when the dust of battle had settled.

The round robin for both men's and ladies' divisions kick off at 12 noon and the opening round will feature the two past champions, Halling and Pieters against one another in the men's round and local support will be for Malta's Doris Camilleri playing Yvette Murrath of Belgium.

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