MEN SQUAD 2 - 8 games on short oil.

Game 1:
Remy Ong maintains his privileged place at the top of the leader board as the valiant 25 move into the second squad bowling on the short oil condition. These standings, of course, are just for this squad and do not reflect the overall situation, but for sure Ong is still the leader.
Paul Moor, who was tied with Ong at the conclusion of Squad 1 last night, just had a 170 in this first game.

Game 2:
The highlight of this session was a near perfecto by Indonesian tenpin wizard Ryan Lalisang. Eleven solid strikes were followed by a stubborn 10-pin for a 299, which is the highest game of this year's WRM to date. Ryan had one of the perfect games in last year's World Cup in Venezuela.
Wu Siu Hong og Hong Kong really suffered on the long oil condition but is much happier on the short and is now in third place on this squad.

Game 3:
Osku Palermaa of Finland has taken over the lead in both the squad and overall standings after 11 games, just under the halfway mark for qualifying. The 2006 WBW World Bowler of the Year has 712, but that is only one pin ahead of Indonesia's Ryan Lalisang.
Remy Ong's slip to 173 and 201 in the last two games have dropped him down the squad listing but he still holds the runner-up spot in the overall standings.
Because the women's squad over ran this morning, this afternoon's schedule is running just under an hour late.

Game 4:
Wu siu Hong of Hong Kong now leads the second squad but is still way down the overall table, fighting back from 25th overnight position.
Manuel Otalora from Colombia has the first nine strikes in the fourth game but then left the 3-10 baby split and took out only one pin for a disappointing 266.
Palermaa and Lalisang are still going at it, hammer and tongs, to get back pole position but this short oil pattern is proving difficult to master, as you can see with Paul Moor dropping to 24th on the squad and now seventh overall.

Game 5:
Palermaa and Belmonte are getting closer to one another and the possibilities arise once more of a final between the pair of two-handed artisans. Last Sunday they fought the final of the Istanbul Open in Turkey and squared their final encounters 3-3.
The Australian came into contention after a fifth game 279, the highest game on the Kegel lanes for a while this evening.

Game 6:
That elusive perfect game has yet to be bowled. Once again a player had the chance to be the first, this time it was Stuart Williams, but a 7-pin stood its ground and laughed at him.
Stuart is now the squad leader and has his eyes on the $1,000 squad leader bonus, but Wu Siu Hong is on his tail.In the overall standings, Jason Belmonte now has pole position over Osku Palermaa with Williams claiming third place.

Game 7:
There's no stopping Stuart Williams right now. A 278 in game seven sees him 62 pins ahead on the squad going into the final game and a good shot at the $1,000 bonus and he also has a 25 pin buffer over Osku Palermaa in the overall standings.
Alex Liew of Malaysia also improved his standings with a 278.
Overall, the players seem to have adjusted to the short oil pattern now. It is easier for those who have played on it before, but a culture shock for those hitting it for the first time.

Game 8:
For the second night on the trot, highway robbery was committed against an English bowler. Last night Remy Ong had the audacity to tie with Paul Moor after the Englishman had led each game until the tenth frame of the eighth game. Tonight, Stuart  Williams had a sixty pin advantage going into the last game but he was pipped at the post by just three pins when Osku Palermaa of Finland rolled the tournament's first 300 game and that cost the Englishman one thousand dollars and made the Finn much richer.
The pair are also one-two in the overall standings and the other renegade two-hander, Jason Belmonte is in third place.
"Stuart had some bad breaks and I had some good ones," commented Osku after the squad. "But that's bowling."
Looking forward to tomorrow's baffling dual lane condition, with one lane on short oil, the other on long, Osku said: "I'm quite happy with that set-up. I bowled on it last year in the World Ranking Masters in Kuwait and I think I hit over 1900 over the eight games."
Osku's father, Timo has been watching all his talented son's scores on the websites and is very pleased with his progress. That is fighting a seven hour time difference, so maybe it is good that it is Saturday tomorrow.
Our thoughts were confirmed a little later when Osku's father sent us an email saying: "What a day to follow. Great bowling and, of course, Osku's perfecto. What more can a father ask for, I wonder. Time to go to bed now as in Helsinki it is 03.36!"

Photo: Kegel CEO John Davis presented the squad prize to Osku Palermaa

Squad 2 Scores:

These are the overall standings:
 

Bowler Name	Country	Total Day 1	Total Day 2	Total	Average
Palermaa, Osku	Finland	1909	1943	3852	240.75
Williams, Stuart	England	1872	1940	3812	238.25
Belmonte, Jason	Australia	1913	1845	3758	234.88
O'Sullivan, David	United States	1898	1814	3712	232
Larsen, Martin	Sweden	1828	1861	3689	230.56
Ong, Remy	Singapore	1969	1712	3681	230.06
Moor, Paul	England	1969	1703	3672	229.5
Buffa, Mark	Canada	1863	1782	3645	227.81
Rivera, Biboy	Philippines	1809	1766	3575	223.44
Ljung, Peter	Sweden	1808	1757	3565	222.81
Larpapharat, Yannaphon	Thailand	1856	1690	3546	221.63
Lalisang, Ryan	Indonesia	1687	1827	3514	219.63
Virtanen, Kai	Finland	1830	1683	3513	219.56
Rodriguez, Luis	Puerto Rico	1818	1688	3506	219.13
Zulkifli, Zulmazran	Malaysia	1718	1787	3505	219.06
Gross, Thomas	Austria	1820	1678	3498	218.63
Otalora, Manuel	Colombia	1729	1748	3477	217.31
Liew, Alex	Malaysia	1674	1797	3471	216.94
Wu, Siu Hong	Hong Kong	1595	1859	3454	215.88
Monroy, Jamie	Colombia	1710	1742	3452	215.75
Sebelen, Rolando	Dominican Republic	1755	1675	3430	214.38
Colon, Francisco	Puerto Rico	1733	1668	3401	212.56
Ameran, Azidi	Malaysia	1705	1651	3356	209.75
Hernandez, Arturo	Venezuela	1628	1708	3336	208.5
Romero, David	Colombia	1634	1674	3308	206.75

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