STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 11 - MAY 26 - 08:00:
Denmark held the first three places after
the opening game this morning. Martin Wozny
topped the scores with a fine 276 and
Frederick Ohrgaard followed with 257. Third
place went to Kimmy Porskrog's 246.
Wozny kept up the pressure with with a 254 n
his second game for a total of 530 and if he
can continue that pace will certainly
challenge the 1514 lead currently held by
Magnus Magnusson of Iceland. Ohrgaard now
holds second place with 439.
Just a 209 from Wozny in his third game, so
that drops him below the 255 pace he needs
to take over the lead. Nevertheless, he
still tops the scores of this squad with a
three-game series of 739 - not bad for this
time of the morning. Rune Andersen comes up
into second place on 669 and American Ken
Bland, now bowling for Norway, slips into
third with 656.
Wozny now needs to stoke the boiler as a 175
fourth game drops him way off the pace. Not
much excitement from the rest of the field,
either. Leonidas Maragkos (pictured) from
Greece moves up
 into
second place on 855 and Andersen is two
points back in third.
Things are now tightening up at the top of
the squad standings. Wozny drops to second
place on 1075 and the new frontrunner is
Maragkos with 1088. Andersen maintains third
place, now on 1067, so now the fight is just
to make the cut rather than challenge the
lead.
The final squad standings show Maragkos the
leader but his 1322 is right on the cusp of
the projected cut, so he will be taking to
the lanes again later today. The 37-year-old
auto engineer from Athens is competing in
the BAI for the third time, but has also
been in Aalborg for the European
Championships in 2003.
Kimmy Porskrog placed second on the squad
with 1248 and fellow Dane Wozny dropped to
third with a disappointing 1246.
SQUAD 12:
It's the big guns and even bigger guns taking to
the lanes for the second squad of the day and it
is 'full house' with 60 players vying for the
honors. Even top fliers Magnus Magnusson, Sean
Rash and Mika Koivuniemi are on the squad and
now each and every shot demands supreme
concentration.
It was a 'Rash' statement in game one as the
American pro set off on the six-game trail to
lead the squad with a 266. Just two pins behind
were Timo Alho of Finland and Sweden's Johan
Hellden, each with 264.
Jari Ratia of Finland (pictured) took over the
lead after the second game, compiling 492 over
his two
 games
as Rash descended to seventh. Fellow Finn
Petteri Mannonen was fairly close with 476 and
Johnny Josefsson from Sweden held third with
461. Nobody challenging the 505 needed to keep
pace with the overall leader.
At the halfway stage it is Rikke Holm Rasmussen
of Denmark at the top of the table. Her 719
looks better than her previous score of 1283
which has her currently in 30th position.
Ratia dropped out of the picture and in second
place now is Lasse Ingebrigsten of Norway on 715
and Mannonen third on 697.
Game four saw Ingebrigsten rise to the top with
924, Mannonen up into second on 908 and then
Ratia back into the frame with 907.
Ratia took first place again after game five
with 1165, well short of the target of 1250 at
this stage. Petteri Mannen and Kimmo Lehtonen
made it a Finn first three with 1144 and 1136
respectively.
And it was Finns 1-2-3 when the dust had settled
from game six. Ratia took first place on the
squad with 1433, Lehtonen placed second n 1403
and Mannonen third again with 1392.
SQUAD 13:
The penultimate squad and 40 trusty souls
looking for a place in the top 38 for tomorrow's
finals. The cut is currently 122 over, about 30
pins higher than last year.
It's the French in control after the first game
as Isabelle Saldjian, French national champion
for the past 12 years hit an outstanding 286 to
top the leader board. Finland is still in the
picture as their Sami Konsteri and Timo Ahlo
placed second and third with 279 and 258
respectively.
 Sami hit 259 in his second game so takes over
the lead by posting 538. Isabelle holds second
place on 518 and Timo sticks on third with 472.
Sami consolidated his pole position with a
three-game series of 785. Isabelle held second
place, too, with 723, but local player Kamilla
Kjeldsen came into the frame in third place on
710.
It's still Sami in first place after four games
and he's still on course to be over 1500 after
six games. Two-hander Osku Palermaa now zooms
into second place with 934 and Isabelle holds
third 929.
Yes, Sami is still there after five games, now
on 1245 and he needs a 270 in the last game to
snatch the lead from Magnusson. Paul Moor, from
England, who already has 1512 in his bag, lies
in second place on 1162 and Palermaa drops to
third with 1160.
Sami didn't get to that 270, but a 235 brought
him a total pinfall of 1480 and that slots him
nicely into fourth place overall but demotes
fellow Finn Jari Ratia to fifth. It was Finns in
the first four places on this penultimate squad
as Pasi Uotila came into second place with 1388
and Jouni Helminen third on 1366. Palermaa
dropped to fifth place with 1365.
SQUAD 14:
The final squad of the 2007 Brunswick Aalborg
International features 40 players desperate to
avoid having to enter the Desperado squad later
tonight so as to get into the top 38 and qualify
for tomorrow's finals.
Once again it was Finland setting the pace as
Reija Lunden topped the squad with 242. In
second place came Christian Racpan of Germany,
235, and in third Bo Christian Nielsen of
Denmark hitting 233.
Dutch bowling center proprietor Ronald Dol
showed his prowess with a 264 in his second game
to total 488 over the two. Racpan is still there
with a 474 and Finn Toni Laine came in to third
with 463.
Dol held pole after the third game on 730 and
Racpan is still second with 669. A new third
place for Joonas Jehkinen of Finland hitting
665.
It's Dol again after four games, now amassing
929, but two newcomers Kenneth Haukaas of Norway
and Denmark's Anna Lorraine Gales take second
and third with 864 and 857 respectively.
Nobody on a lead challenging pace after five
games, but Dol is still the squad leader, now on
1132. Jehkinen has improved to second place
(1107) and now holding third is Kimmy Porskrog
of Denmark (1077).
1321 ended up being the top score on the final
qualifying squad and that is credited to Joonas
Jehkinen. Early leader Ronald Dol slumped to a
191 final game and dropped to second place on
1313 and Kenneth Bland took third.
Unfortunately, nobody made the cut to 38 but
Bland goes through as a squad leader earlier in
the week.
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QUALIFYING SCORES
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