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Honors on home ground as Spanish veteran Marcial Ovide sets the pace on the opening squad on Tuesday evening, closely followed by yet another well-known international Spaniard, Lluis Montfort.
Nicole Sanders, one of the Dutch stars, comes directly from the San Marino Open to hold third place.
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Wednesday's first of two squads brought higher scores with Wu Siu Hong, 22, (Pictured with countrywoman Vanessa Fung) fresh from San Marino, upping the ante with a six-game series of 1,380 to set the new high.
"The shot here is totally different to San Marino," said the lithe lad from Hong Kong. "I've had to change from an outside line to much deeper inside and use different bowling balls."
This is Hong's second trip to the European Tour. Last year he won the Vienna Open in Austria. He will go home from here on Monday and then travel on to Jakarta for the Indonesian Open at the end of the week.
Another to exceed last night's total was the 1,315 from Alix Yoan of France with a steady series spoiled by a 163 in his opening game.
Stubborn corner pins seem to be ruining many strings of strikes and the high game at the moment is a 266 from Lluis Montfort.


STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 3 - Wednesday, July 25, 21:00:
Hong was back into the battle tonight, looking to improve upon his 1,380 shot in Squad 2 and also on the squad was the ubiquitous Tim Mack, now moved from New Jersey to Indiana. The lanes are tougher than last week in San Marino, where the pattern was 5:1. Here it is reduced to 2.5:1, so it will be interesting to note the differences.
Last year, Jari Ratia, 28, from Helsinki, Finland (pictured) was an early squad leader and he found himself in that position tonight, just before the clock struck midnight. But his xxxx was not enough to knock Hong off his perch and Hong Kong still rules the roost.
Tim Mack's charge fizzled out from the third game, so he will have to bowl again to beat the cut which last year came around 1,280.
The leading lady shows Hong Kong in the frame again as Vanessa Fung is the leader but in ninth place overall on 1,271, so she needs to return to the battle.
It's nice to see six nations in the top ten so early in the conflict.
Lluis Montfort Rife has upped the high game now to 279.

STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 4 - Thursday July 26, 13:00:
Once again it is a case of 'two hands better than one' as Finnish star Osku Palermaa, the 2006 World Bowling Writers International Bowler of the Year, came home with 1,341 to top the fourth squad. Unfortunately for him, tournament leader Wu Siu Hong's 1,380 was just out of reach so Palermaa slots into third place overall, just behind fellow countryman Jari Ratia.
Finnish national team member Piritta Kantola has taken over as top woman with 1,333, and Palermaa has equalled Rife's high game of 279.







STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 5, Thursday July 26, 17:00:
Two strong challenges came from Martin Paulsson of Malmo, Sweden hitting 1,371 and Stuart Williams from The Wirral, England (pictured) on 1,378, which brought him into second place overall.
Williams, the recent Malta Open champion and 2007 World Ranking Masters champion, fell just two pins short of the 1,380 set by Wu Siu Hong of Hong Kong with this his first entry. He won this event back in 2003 and must be a serious contender for this year's title on his current form.
"With a large entry and restricted re-entries, I just can't re-enter as much as I would like, but maybe that's a good thing," Williams commented after his squad this evening.
Once again the lead in the ladies' division has changed, the frontrunner now being Mai Ginge Jensen from Denmark, cruising home with 1,359.

STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 6, Thursday July 26, 21:00
Tim Mack of the United States (pictured) is back in business, topping the squad with 1,368 to put himself among the leaders. The ex-pro who has 70 international titles in 28 different countries aims to sweep the competition aside and take home the Barcelona trophy to his wife and baby daughter. Also over the 1300 mark was Alix Yoan of France (1328) and third place went to Wim Claessens of Belgium (1278).
Defending champion lefty Paul Moor from England has a date with the lanes at 09:00 tomorrow and the lane condition looks to be in his favor. The three-time European rankings champion is determined to get back to the top of this year's ranking table, currently led by Osku Palermaa.
One more member of the 279 Club is Christian Racpan of Germany.


STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 7, Friday July 27, 09:00:
And now we have a new name at the top of the leader board. Krista Pollanen from Lahti, Finland (pictured) has knocked the opposition for six by posting 1,464, including her 48 pin ladies' bonus, to top the previous high of 1,380 by 84 pins.
This is the first time in the Barcelona Open for the childrens' sports instructor, although she did compete in the Catalonia Open - Trofeu Galasa at this center back in March. Krista has been a member of the Finnish national team for four years and is looking forward to the trip to Mexico in early September for the Women's World Championships in Monterrey. "Barcelona is so nice," she told us. "The weather is fantastic, the people so nice and it is a wonderful city in which to be a tourist. I'll have plenty of time to look around as I don't need to bowl again until the finals on Sunday."
Defending champion Paul Moor from England has yet to find his pace and line, hitting 1,313 in his opening set this morning.


STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 8, Friday July 27, 13:00:
George Lambert, from Hamilton, Ontario (pictured) now looks completely at home on the European Bowling Tour. He very much enjoyed the San Marino Open last week, despite finishing in 31st place, and aims to better that this time in Barcelona, hopefully finishing high enough to pay for the trip. The lithe Canadian showed his intentions by stamping his authority on Squad 8, finishing top of the squad with 1,353, which places him seventh overall.
"It is quite a big change in lane condition here, compared with San Marino," said Lambert. "I was bowling a line well outside there, but in Barcelona it is a different story, moving in to 20-30. I have a squad booking tomorrow, but I don't think I will use it unless I feel I need to loosen up."
He continued: "I really like the formats of the Tour in Europe. They are so much better than in the States. These formats give you so many more chances to come back."
Defending champion Paul Moor struggled a bit this time, just coming home with 1,298. The slim Englishman is on the waiting list for the 17:00 squad but has a reservation on tomorrow morning's 09:00 session.

STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 9, Friday July 27, 17:00:
It is Finland back in the frame again as 26-year-old Timo Ahlo from Tampere (pictured) rolled 1,347, the highest score of this squad, to surely place in the qualifiers for Sunday's finals. Timo makes car windshields (windscreens) for his modest living and reckons he had a clear view of the pindeck over his six-game series. This is his second visit to Barcelona, having placed eighth in the Catalonia Open earlier in the year. "I'm pleased to hit a good score on my first entry, especially as I am very lucky to be here," he told us. "My travel agent made a mix-up of my flights and when I got to the airport my ticket was for the wrong day, so I had to go on the waiting list. Luckily there was an available seat, so I got here on time.
"I got very good carry for this lane condition. It wasn't easy but the pocket was quite wide. I didn't suffer with corner pins and tripped a lot of 4-pins." Timo eases into ninth place overall.
Robert Andersson of Sweden had his chances to become the squad winner but ran into a 4-7-10 split in the tenth frame of his final game, so forfeited his chance. He is now 16th in the overall standings.

STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 10, Friday July 27, 21:00:
No challenge to the leaders on this late night squad. The top score came from England's Dominic Barrett (pictured) with 1,332, ten pins ahead of Dutchman Michael Sassen. These were the only two players to top 1,300.

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P Name Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pins Hcp Total
1 Krista Pöllänen Finland 264 183 249 227 247 246 1416 48 1464
2 Wu Siu Hong Hong Kong 219 236 237 246 238 204 1380 0 1380
3 Stuart Williams England 201 246 246 225 245 215 1378 0 1378
4 Martin Paulsson Sweden 190 267 245 217 215 237 1371 0 1371
5 Tim Mack USA 252 211 204 212 243 246 1368 0 1368
6 Jari Ratia Finland 226 232 215 215 237 235 1360 0 1360
7 Mai Ginge Jensen Denmark 256 182 217 213 236 207 1311 48 1359
8 George Lambert Canada 213 205 223 221 246 245 1353 0 1353
9 Timo Alho Finland 245 208 203 234 256 201 1347 0 1347
10 Osku Palermaa Finland 226 193 215 279 233 195 1341 0 1341
11 Priscilla Maaswinkel Netherlands 212 182 168 216 277 231 1286 48 1334
12 Piritta Kantola Finland 235 222 234 165 203 226 1285 48 1333
13 Dominic Barrett England 227 191 267 257 186 204 1332 0 1332
14 Martin Larsen Sweden 217 203 257 215 258 182 1332 0 1332
15 Christian Racpan Germany 212 214 202 279 214 207 1328 0 1328
16 Yoan Alix France 190 232 217 269 226 194 1328 0 1328
17 Michael Sassen Netherlands 247 220 222 186 222 226 1323 0 1323
18 Robert Andersson Sweden 237 215 214 248 217 186 1317 0 1317
19 Jesper Agerbo Denmark 190 225 196 246 227 232 1316 0 1316
20 Paul Moor England 210 217 236 204 199 247 1313 0 1313
21 Peter Ljung Sweden 153 233 228 256 205 233 1308 0 1308
22 Lluis Montfort Rifé Spain 206 275 202 210 221 193 1307 0 1307
23 Panu Nurmilo Finland 222 163 223 234 195 269 1306 0 1306
24 Marilyn Planchard France 188 255 207 170 220 213 1253 48 1301
25 Reija Lunden Finland 202 175 234 216 201 224 1252 48 1300
26 Jean-Marc Lebon France 238 205 208 234 210 205 1300 0 1300
27 Marcial Ovide Marrón Spain 233 224 194 238 238 171 1298 0 1298
28 Ron v/d Bogaard Netherlands 176 183 174 231 257 276 1297 0 1297
29 Markku Veijanen Finland 204 210 236 209 192 245 1296 0 1296
30 Patrick Backe Sweden 164 238 213 256 203 221 1295 0 1295
31 Mari Santonen Finland 215 178 204 223 184 242 1246 48 1294
32 Pontus Halvarsson Sweden 214 235 197 224 212 210 1292 0 1292
33 Jimmy Mortensen Denmark 229 179 246 210 246 171 1281 0 1281
34 Pasi Uotila Finland 256 215 205 196 210 198 1280 0 1280
35 Vincent Cayez France 235 210 238 170 188 237 1278 0 1278
36 Wim Claessens Belgium 191 235 225 230 205 192 1278 0 1278
37 Kamilla Kjeldsen Denmark 214 204 228 175 223 186 1230 48 1278
38 Erwin Pascual Spain 190 226 258 173 213 213 1273 0 1273
39 Vanessa Fung Hong Kong 212 234 195 243 139 200 1223 48 1271
40 Anne Lorraine Gales Denmark 207 203 188 192 199 233 1222 48 1270
41 Rikke Holm Rasmussen Denmark 204 183 181 216 214 224 1222 48 1270
42 Diana Alfredsson Sweden 178 213 209 220 196 204 1220 48 1268
43 Robert Kendal England 223 233 160 208 194 246 1264 0 1264
44 Grag Pulliger England 211 181 223 235 203 209 1262 0 1262
45 Martin Blixt Sweden 215 247 182 235 199 184 1262 0 1262
46 Melissa Bellinder USA 194 187 228 201 193 209 1212 48 1260
47 Ivonne Gross Austria 177 246 195 184 209 200 1211 48 1259
48 Britt Brondsted Denmark 189 225 206 192 235 160 1207 48 1255
49 Giovanni Battagli Italy 169 186 227 245 206 220 1253 0 1253
50 Juho Makela Finland 188 192 174 275 213 207 1249 0 1249
51 Mie Agerbo Denmark 202 208 204 194 194 197 1199 48 1247
52 Tina Hulsch Germany 198 173 215 200 191 216 1193 48 1241
53 Nikolay Ovchinikovs Latvia 183 190 198 191 233 244 1239 0 1239
54 Melvin Ocando Spain 212 184 231 200 185 224 1236 0 1236
55 Mathieu Berges Suisse 244 184 163 227 180 235 1233 0 1233
56 Federico Rossi Italy 181 225 198 177 225 224 1230 0 1230
57 Nicole Sanders Netherlands 236 157 217 164 196 208 1178 48 1226
58 Kirsten Penny England 224 177 203 187 213 173 1177 48 1225
59 Francisco Rodriguez Spain 158 235 193 230 181 227 1224 0 1224
60 Anna Mattsson-baard Sweden 187 183 206 201 202 192 1171 48 1219
61 Jan Cepelak Czech 192 225 258 183 161 195 1214 0 1214
62 Veronica Lantto Sweden 211 177 209 202 206 161 1166 48 1214
63 Raul Gálvez Galisteo Spain 198 175 191 200 206 243 1213 0 1213
64 Lotte Houbo Pedersen Denmark 170 202 208 211 192 181 1164 48 1212
65 Ferdinand Castro Germany 227 210 166 217 162 228 1210 0 1210
66 Moises Pérez Ibañez Spain 191 213 152 199 266 184 1205 0 1205
67 Thomas Block Germany 198 205 171 243 198 187 1202 0 1202
68 Asko Aravirta Finland 214 160 200 200 186 235 1195 0 1195
69 Petri Romark Finland 202 224 166 209 188 206 1195 0 1195
70 William Medellin García Colombia 215 198 156 216 217 193 1195 0 1195
71 Jas Santino Netherlands 202 203 201 155 222 210 1193 0 1193
72 Daniel Fuertes Germany 197 208 212 181 199 195 1192 0 1192
73 Arturo Bruce Spain 203 216 202 176 204 191 1192 0 1192
74 James Gruffmann Sweden 180 227 197 192 174 214 1184 0 1184
75 Pierre Luc Sanchez France 215 231 190 203 131 213 1183 0 1183
76 Jussi Lindgren Finland 195 193 176 182 236 201 1183 0 1183
77 Mikko Hirvonen Finland 187 190 188 172 202 240 1179 0 1179
78 Anja Ginge Jensen Denmark 196 222 179 190 158 186 1131 48 1179
79 Janos Farkas Hungary 122 223 212 212 211 191 1171 0 1171
80 Janin Ribguth Germany 195 184 204 185 165 188 1121 48 1169
81 Sophie v/d Meer Netherlands 253 187 169 184 148 180 1121 48 1169
82 Romain Franchi France 193 235 191 182 168 199 1168 0 1168
83 Massimo Isoppo Italy 203 243 211 192 165 153 1167 0 1167
84 Oriol Ros Badia Spain 207 243 211 183 165 157 1166 0 1166
85 Kai Gunther Germany 189 192 240 215 137 192 1165 0 1165
86 Joan Albert Rione Spain 176 195 205 203 190 191 1160 0 1160
87 Stephanie Huijden Netherlands 155 181 193 188 234 158 1109 48 1157
88 Omar Mambelli Italy 169 157 223 190 191 225 1155 0 1155
89 Zoltan Skobrics Hungary 228 175 158 210 182 202 1155 0 1155
90 Christine Van Boom Belgium 151 203 196 191 196 168 1105 48 1153
91 Joan Pique Reig Spain 146 184 213 187 194 225 1149 0 1149
92 Pablo Barriopedro Garnacho Spain 143 184 246 208 191 177 1149 0 1149
93 Henry Sebastien France 196 168 208 149 235 191 1147 0 1147
94 Cristina Mas Lazaro Spain 188 199 164 158 215 171 1095 48 1143
95 Max Lazaridi Kazakhstan 171 178 172 202 236 182 1141 0 1141
96 Xavier Moreno Spain 172 192 204 228 167 175 1138 0 1138
97 Lluis Monfort Gómez Spain 176 206 223 153 212 168 1138 0 1138
98 Zoltan Hevele Hungary 192 212 166 215 172 178 1135 0 1135
99 Guy Virgoleux France 200 199 180 169 201 183 1132 0 1132
100 Tatu Hirvonen Finland 179 181 219 182 194 175 1130 0 1130
101 Lluis Pujol Salamaña Spain 178 181 227 180 182 180 1128 0 1128
102 Arto Kuparinen Finland 188 209 206 159 187 179 1128 0 1128
103 Sandra Torrents Pelaez Spain 177 159 196 185 148 214 1079 48 1127
104 Hector Roca Roig Spain 199 199 180 186 213 145 1122 0 1122
105 Reija Nurmi Finland 207 135 181 180 188 182 1073 48 1121
106 Dulce Fernandez Spain 192 198 190 167 167 157 1071 48 1119
107 Luminita Bucin Romania 135 220 207 131 158 219 1070 48 1118
108 Felipe Berruezo Pérez Spain 156 153 238 180 173 215 1115 0 1115
109 Sergio Jimenez Gonzalez Spain 154 154 182 232 184 205 1111 0 1111
110 Alvaro J. Cardona Spain 212 137 185 214 196 167 1111 0 1111
111 Lars Tangermann Germany 150 238 198 181 159 184 1110 0 1110
112 Celia Choukroun France 179 215 138 199 193 138 1062 48 1110
113 Veronika Solozhenkina Kazakhstan 165 178 198 167 171 182 1061 48 1109
114 Petra Brzicova Hanzlovska Czech 158 195 176 194 191 147 1061 48 1109
115 Eric Glabbeek Netherlands 181 204 180 183 128 232 1108 0 1108
116 Carlos Marti Pi-figueras Spain 191 228 155 153 195 186 1108 0 1108
117 David Sandowski Germany 193 193 158 176 199 188 1107 0 1107
118 Jose Manuel Fernandez Viloria Spain 180 210 209 171 165 170 1105 0 1105
119 Jesús Gómez Spain 166 164 197 192 167 217 1103 0 1103
120 Francisca Nuñez Hernandez Spain 193 188 184 167 125 198 1055 48 1103
121 Bernard Pujol France 201 182 198 196 146 180 1103 0 1103
122 Miguel Angel Guimera Gavilan Spain 212 152 183 185 200 171 1103 0 1103
123 Ghislaine Van der Tol Netherlands 153 163 166 155 193 223 1053 48 1101
124 Andrea Gripp Germany 184 239 159 167 171 181