LADIES QUALIFYING, SECOND 6 OF 24 GAMES, LONG OIL:
Wednesday, Sept. 1 - 17:00

WARNING - THE NORSEWOMAN COMETH
There's nothing better after a three-year break from bowling than to come back and top the leader board of a major championships. That's the story for the attractive Norwegian Ingunn Oien (pictured), the star after the second block of six games, this time on the long oil condition. The 29-year-old accountant from Oslo quit bowling after the ECI in Bergen and only resumed last August and is already back at the top of her game. "I did find the short oil condition this morning very hard and I was quite tired after those six games," she said tonight. "I only had 1,155 this morning, so was pleased to hit 1,290 in this evening's squad. I was just not consistent enough this morning and was happy to be back on long oil. I played the 15th board tonight and hardly had to make any changes across the house, the lanes very much the same."
Asked how she felt when she saw some of the great names on the entry list, she replied, "I certainly admire Tanya Petty and Isabelle Saldjian, so am pleased to be able to top their scores at the halfway stage."
A fine performance came from Turkey's Sevcan Kilci who topped the squad score with a 1,319 and two good games of 246.
Defending champion Heta Allen from Finland currently sits on the eighth place cut position, averaging a humble for her average of 190.42.
Christina Fotinia of Greece still had the honor of holding the high game of 248 in the first squad today, upped that tonight with a 253.