LADIES' QUALIFYING, THIRD 6 OF 24 GAMES, SHORT OIL:
Thursday, Sept. 2 - 13:00

IT'S THE PETTY SHOW AGAIN
Tanya Petty of Germany, 27, regained the top of the leader board after the third six-game block of the 24 qualifying games at the Rollhouse Bowl this afternoon. "I love the short oil condition," she happily remarked at the conclusion of the squad. "I slept well, feel good and everything is good," she added.
Bowling the top squad score of 1,345 for this afternoon's six games, Petty, a secretary currently working in Vienna, Austria, opened consistently with 211 and 212 but then dropped sub-par to 195. She picked up the pace again in game four with 205 and a following 268 in the fifth game took her into pole position over previous leader Krisa Pollanen of Finland.
"I changed from a shiny ball to a sanded one after a couple of games and moved to the left on the approach. Then I didn't have to bowl too fast and my swing was a lot easier. Everything seemed to work well for me," added Petty.
There is just one more six-game qualifying squad to go, bowled on Friday morning, then the top eight men and eight women will progress to the best-of-three game head to head finals. "I am really pleased to be in the top eight," Petty said. "My record over the past three years hasn't been too good. This is the first time I have bowled on the short oil condition and I'm doing well, so that makes me very happy." She is also happy to have a 116 pin buffer over second-placed Pollanen.
Turkish bowler Sevcan Kilci is still holding a top eight spot, much to the pleasure of the local community, and despite a couple of low games in her set, still holds a 187-plus average.
Finland's Pollanen hit the high ladies' game of the Championship with a 270 in her opening game of this afternoon's squad.