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JOHNSSON TAKES OVER

Helen Johnsson of Lund, Sweden (pictured), arguably the best woman bowler in Europe, put her foot firmly on the throttle Tuesday evening to overtake previous leader Mai Ginge Jensen of Denmark and top the leader board going into the final eight-game block of qualifying on Wednesday.

Johnsson's total pinfall of 3685 is only 315 pins short of the 4000 hit by men's current leader Osku Palermaa of Finland and gives her a very nice average of 230.31 per game.

There is no defending champion in the ladies' division this year and the early favorite Diandra Asbaty of the United States currently holds fourth position. England's petite Lisa John has sneaked into third place.

The cut will come tomorrow afternoon for the top 24 ladies to continue their affray with a further eight games. sitting on the cusp right now is Austria's Evelyn Tutschka.

Women's Qualifying Rounds

Pos	Name	Country	High	Total	AVG	Cut	Games
1	Helen Johnsson	Sweden	279	3685	230.31	497	16
2	Mai Ginge Jensen	Denmark	268	3620	226.25	432	16
3	Lisa John	England	259	3595	224.69	407	16
4	Diandra Asbaty	USA	269	3588	224.25	400	16
5	Putty Insavilla Armein	Indonesia	266	3563	222.69	375	16
6	Laura Rhoney	Scotland	300	3543	221.44	355	16
7	Rebecca Simpson	Australia	279	3502	218.88	314	16
8	Siti Safiyah	Malaysia	253	3459	216.19	271	16
9	Jasmine Yeong-Nathan	Singapore	269	3459	216.19	271	16
10	Piritta Kantola	Finland	258	3442	215.13	254	16
11	Tanya Petty	Germany	248	3431	214.44	243	16
12	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	245	3398	212.38	210	16
13	Marie Ramirez	Costa Rica	258	3396	212.25	208	16
14	Sofia Granda	Guatemala	256	3373	210.81	185	16
15	Veronica Lalande-Lapointe	Canada	265	3333	208.31	145	16
16	Clara Juliana Guerrero	Colombia	246	3305	206.56	117	16
17	Priscilla Maaswinkel	Netherlands	254	3290	205.63	102	16
18	Teresa Piccini	Mexico	258	3268	204.25	80	16
19	Evgenia Tsarkova	Russia	268	3267	204.19	79	16
20	Natasa Rovithaki	Greece	279	3257	203.56	69	16
21	Mor Aviram	Israel	246	3257	203.56	69	16
22	Karen Marcano	Venezuela	254	3251	203.19	63	16
23	Kirsten Horemans	Belgium	268	3219	201.19	31	16
24	Evelyn Tutschka	Austria	247	3188	199.25	0	16
25	Beatrix Pesek	Hungary	235	3188	199.25	0	16
26	Olga Tarasova	Ukraine	237	3169	198.06	-19	16
27	Daniela Esposito	Italy	242	3159	197.44	-29	16
28	Melody Yeung	Hong Kong	226	3157	197.31	-31	16
29	Heidi Thorstensen	Norway	227	3151	196.94	-37	16
30	Amanda McDermott	Ireland	256	3128	195.50	-60	16
31	Jojo Canare	Philippines	233	3122	195.13	-66	16
32	Mariem Naloufi	Tunisia	254	3106	194.13	-82	16
33	Aya Horiuchi	Japan	236	3069	191.81	-119	16
34	Karen Holder	Panama	232	3069	191.81	-119	16
35	Eloina Maria Valle Suarez	Honduras	227	3058	191.13	-130	16
36	Erny Henrich	Aruba	235	3044	190.25	-144	16
37	Sabeena Saleem	India	214	3043	190.19	-145	16
38	Marilyn Planchard	France	217	3034	189.63	-154	16
39	Veronika Solozhenkina	Kazakhstan	242	3027	189.19	-161	16
40	Ruth Doppler	Switzerland	211	3021	188.81	-167	16
41	Yoselin Leon	Puerto Rico	246	3018	188.63	-170	16
42	Suzanne Howell	New Zealand	211	2999	187.44	-189	16
43	Jelena Povaljuhhina	Estonia	223	2998	187.38	-190	16
44	Inna Kunts	Belarus	232	2985	186.56	-203	16
45	Petra Brzicova Hanzlovska	Czech Republic	237	2983	186.44	-205	16
46	Aida Granillo	El Salvador	232	2960	185.00	-228	16
47	Svetlana Kostenko	Latvia	226	2956	184.75	-232	16
48	Sou Keng Lam	Macao	232	2947	184.19	-241	16
49	Karen Payne	Northern Ireland	212	2911	181.94	-277	16
50	Suzilene Ivata	Brazil	214	2898	181.13	-290	16
51	Danuta Dudko	Poland	235	2882	180.13	-306	16
52	Karmen Luksa	Slovenia	224	2876	179.75	-312	16
53	Lauren Hurford	Guernsey	223	2867	179.19	-321	16
54	Samy-Anna Saba	Egypt	242	2846	177.88	-342	16
55	Sofya Hristova	Bulgaria	205	2844	177.75	-344	16
56	Sandra Torrents	Spain	215	2804	175.25	-384	16
57	Alison Snyman	South Africa	206	2768	173.00	-420	16
58	Laura Chamberlain	Wales	198	2755	172.19	-433	16
59	Marie Pierre Tartaroli	Reunion	207	2731	170.69	-457	16
60	Gloria Chia	Peru	214	2728	170.50	-460	16
61	Nasheeha King	Mauritius	223	2713	169.56	-475	16
62	Lara Jesus	Azores	203	2712	169.50	-476	16
63	Elisabeth Relautte	Martinique	210	2710	169.38	-478	16
64	Maria Ursu	Romania	192	2683	167.69	-505	16
65	Theresa Depka	Virgin Islands	201	2681	167.56	-507	16
66	Maria Nidia Lorenzo	Argentina	210	2670	166.88	-518	16
67	Daniele Amsellem	Morocco	201	2667	166.69	-521	16
68	Julie Jackson	Gibraltar	225	2664	166.50	-524	16
69	Petra Carsk	Slovakia	205	2649	165.56	-539	16
70	Vesna Mandaric	Croatia	220	2562	160.13	-626	16
71	June Dransfield	Jersey	178	2498	156.13	-690	16
72	Herodawit Zeleke	Ethiopia	200	2419	151.19	-769	16
73	Irina Sapova	Uzbekistan	167	2301	143.81	-887	16

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