Wednesday, June 14:

A brief but very enjoyable opening ceremony, emceed by genial SuperBowl general manager Neil Dent, set the 15th Malta Open on course for yet another successful event for the participants from 22 nations.

Neil Dent welcomed competitors, past and new, wishing all much success with the new re-entry format being introduced this year.

Visiting Malta for the first time, European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) vice-president Kim Thorsgaard Jensen, the power behind the amazing success of the European Bowling Tour, expressed his pleasure to be invited to this fantastic island and then astounded the assembled gathering by bowling a strike with the opening ball, only the second time that had been achieved in the 15-year history of the tournament.

Photos: Top - Neil Dent and Kim Thorsgaard Jensen.
Left: Jensen rolling the opening strike.
Right: Jensen joined by Eden Leisure Group managing director Ian De Cesare as the opening duo.

SQUAD C - 17:00

An English double top the respective ladies' and men's standings after the initial squad Wednesday evening as Zara Glover of Preston and Peterborough's Mark Wells set the pace.

Wells, the only player to go over 1300, has a 12-pin buffer over Mikael Kanold of Sweden, the bowler who took the €1,000 bonus as top qualifier at the Brunswick Aalborg International in Denmark a couple of weeks ago.

Glover clinched pole position in the ladies' standings by the slim margin of just one pin over Sweden's Jenny Hoglund. Melissa Anastasi, who took the Malta Open title in 1992, currently lies in third place.

Matthew Giles, also from England, has the current high game of 278.

There are no entries or re-entries for Squad D, so action resumes at 09:00 on Thursday morning.

STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD C:

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