The results board has a new name at the top after the third squad here at Olympia Bowling on Wednesday as Norway's Tore Torgersen (pictured) took over pole position from Mark Siders of the United States with a total pinfall of 1,470.

The 34-year-old (35 next month) now living in Kungsbacka, Sweden, hit a massive 1,101 over the first four games (289, 289, 245 and 278) but faltered over the final two to a more human 181 and 189.

"I had a very good start but then the lanes really dried out and I got some bad carries," said Torgersen at the end of the squad. "I knew I was pretty much set to be in the top eight, so it was a bit of an anti-climax. I just bowled the best I could to stay at the top.

"The pin carry is very difficult here and there are big changes from pair to pair. This condition will suit the power bowlers, you have to throw a strong rolling ball."

After so many years in Sweden, will Torgersen change his alliance from the Norwegian national team to that of Sweden? "Definitely not," he quickly replied. "I am from Stavanger, my heart is still in Stavanger and I will still speak Norwegian with a Stavanger dialect." So we can forget that thought for a while.

Although Torgersen hasn't stood at the top of the podiums in major international events this year, he did win four out of five events in Norway. And who could discount him from being well in contention in the upcoming WTBA World Championships in Malaysia? Not I, for one.
                                                                                                                                    Keith Hale, Helsingborg

STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 3 (Including re-entries)

	Name	Club/Country	S. 1	S. 2	S. 3	S. 4	S. 5	S. 6	Total
1	Tore Torgersen	Pergamon	289	289	245	278	181	189	1471
2	Tomas Leandersson	Pergamon	280	288	190	245	201	224	1428
3	Mark Sider	USA	211	242	236	218	256	245	1408
4	Sean Rash	USA	257	237	245	203	246	212	1400
5	Helene Jonsson	Spader Dam	226	199	257	255	211	240	1388
6	Robert Andersson	Pergamon	206	228	279	177	200	270	1360
7	Göran Carlsson	Stenbocken	233	259	248	217	224	178	1359
8	Abdulla Algattan	Qatar	224	257	254	205	200	216	1356
9	Martin Larsén	Pergamon	257	211	211	256	180	232	1347
10	Jason Willams	USA	226	220	207	247	225	222	1347
11	Andrew Frawley	Australia	224	237	173	215	267	230	1346
12	Kirsten Penny	England	230	250	255	242	170	196	1343
13	Patrick Backe	Pergamon	237	236	224	196	223	223	1339
14	Tore Torgersen	Pergamon	253	205	244	226	226	180	1334
15	Claes Gauffin	Bk June	213	268	183	210	234	225	1333
16	Bandar Al Shafi	Qatar	191	186	187	265	259	244	1332
17	Jesper Nielsen	Denmark	258	230	217	202	227	192	1326
18	Jocke Biehl	Bågen	227	224	242	211	234	186	1324
19	Ahmed Al Mohandy	Qatar	223	222	221	226	206	225	1323
20	Andrew Frawley	Australia	171	258	137	300	234	217	1317
21	Robert Spigner	USA	204	216	164	277	248	208	1317
22	Mika Koivuniemi	Finland	225	204	212	238	227	206	1312
23	Salem Bosherbak	Qatar	243	225	198	187	235	223	1311
24	Anders Öhman	Sundbyberg	237	258	229	200	200	185	1309
25	Jason Wiliams	USA	235	197	217	200	226	234	1309
26	Ahnad Shaheen	Qatar	201	171	213	279	211	233	1308
27	Marie Karlsson	SBC	203	242	218	233	191	219	1306
28	Brenda Norman	USA	245	210	264	181	201	201	1302
29	Thomas Nilsson	Club Eagles	238	245	163	184	245	226	1301
30	Ahmed Al Mohondy	Qatar	236	210	190	186	259	212	1293
31	Mikael Jäinge	Pergamon	225	215	201	189	212	246	1288
32	Mikael Ahlkvist	Pergamon	250	258	176	242	189	170	1285
33	Stefan Augustsson	Is Göta	255	223	204	168	228	207	1285
34	Mikael Kanold	Sundbyberg	215	209	225	245	188	201	1283
35	Mattias Lundin	Bk June	212	216	235	212	216	191	1282
36	Pär Gustavsson	Pergamon	227	250	188	179	211	226	1281
37	Cornelio Garcia	Sisu	212	244	211	248	140	225	1280
38	Tomas Linden	Avance	207	257	197	202	199	217	1279
39	Anders Lindström	Västerås Ik	248	184	289	185	177	196	1279
40	Andrew Cain	USA	277	237	195	177	187	202	1275
41	Christer Rapp	Elbogen	222	185	218	223	213	210	1271
42	Pär Svensson	Pergamon	212	235	212	185	212	211	1267
43	Tony Fransson	Pergamon	162	227	257	246	197	177	1266
44	Jesper Agerbo	Sisu	226	236	232	175	168	227	1264
45	Peter Åhlén	Sundbyberg	189	232	174	219	168	279	1261
46	Christer Danielsson	Eksjö	269	212	211	144	202	222	1260
47	Martin Paulsson	Kulladal	188	236	229	224	194	188	1259
48	Luis Montford	Spain	209	216	179	242	185	225	1256
49	Anders Nilmar	Elbogen	183	228	183	247	198	215	1254
50	Tim Mack	USA	220	204	150	143	268	269	1254
51	Mikael Ahlberg	Kulladal	188	218	205	217	219	205	1252
52	Saeed Al Hajri	Qatar	232	212	174	220	194	220	1252
53	Anders Nihlmar	Elbogen	207	224	255	161	213	186	1246
54	Anette Karlsson	Sundbyberg	202	222	201	224	170	219	1238
55	Mattias Årup	Elbogen	168	193	204	199	245	228	1237
56	Kenneth Nordegren	Stenbocken	197	193	184	225	200	236	1235
57	Bill Hoffman	USA	180	216	212	218	216	192	1234
58	Saeed Al Hajri	Quatar	182	245	203	192	209	203	1234
59	Anette Karlsson	Sundbyberg	214	224	176	206	215	198	1233
60	Tony Fransson	Pergamon	194	245	191	190	164	247	1231
61	Reine Delvall	Amiki	212	181	221	202	227	186	1229
62	Mika Koivuniemi	Finland	219	158	173	248	204	223	1225
63	Ulf Johansson	Stenbocken	214	220	176	163	269	183	1225
64	Malin Glendert	Spader Dam	179	200	253	192	198	202	1224
65	Peter Ljung	Bodens BS	210	202	213	168	226	203	1222
66	Stefan Nilsson	Mamba	227	237	175	193	193	195	1220
67	Daniel Machon	Spain	196	222	248	158	198	198	1220
68	Mika Koivuniemi	Finland	213	246	205	181	216	156	1217
69	Bandar Al Shafi	Qatar	181	253	182	171	213	210	1210
70	Peter Åhlén	Sundbyberg	212	178	193	225	220	182	1210
71	Ralph Holst	Stenbocken	236	189	193	187	201	203	1209
72	Pernilla Magnusson	C 4	228	188	196	197	203	197	1209
73	Irene K Eckell	Norway	177	218	196	232	189	196	1208
74	Mats Olsson	Pergamon	203	172	201	207	204	220	1207
75	Kalita Khalid	Qatar	238	177	210	215	172	192	1204
76	Åsa Vetterlund	Sundbyberg	255	208	193	171	177	199	1203
77	Dino Castilio	USA	235	206	223	161	161	217	1203
78	Martin Blixt	Elbogen	190	178	190	237	203	204	1202
79	Jonny Magnusson	Pergamon	140	202	220	214	204	222	1202
80	Mubakah Al Murikh	Qatar	182	182	211	233	191	202	1201
81	Peder Jakobsson	Pergamon	245	232	130	171	198	225	1201
82	Mikael Ahlqvist	Pergamon	206	162	235	195	160	239	1197
83	Roger Olofsson	Pergamon	190	158	202	222	193	232	1197
84	Kalle Wahlgren	Is Göta	242	180	180	210	170	214	1196
85	Mats Olsson	Pergamon	245	194	201	182	173	201	1196
86	Gery Verbrüggen	Belgium	216	194	181	153	208	244	1196
87	Lennart Olsson	Stenbocken	194	214	193	186	183	225	1195
88	Kirsten Penny	England	206	189	199	169	187	243	1193
89	Lee Chatfield	England	216	199	200	159	226	192	1192
90	Paco Rodriguez	Spain	256	258	184	178	181	132	1189
91	Peter Åhlén	Sundbyberg	180	224	188	182	211	203	1188
92	Håkan Persson	Albatross	224	184	164	215	195	203	1185
93	Mubahah Al-Murikh	Qatar	201	197	232	162	198	193	1183
94	Pär Gustavsson	Pergamon	192	188	179	244	199	181	1183
95	Anders  Åkesson	Elbogen	212	211	202	235	164	154	1178
96	Roger Olofsson	Lyxele	218	192	199	213	190	166	1178
97	Mats Rosberg	Sundbyberg	215	179	208	165	221	190	1178
98	Kalle Wahlgren	Is Göta	140	196	213	216	243	169	1177
99	Petra Magnusson	C 4	225	165	221	213	178	174	1176
100	Anders Öhman	Sundbyberg	211	188	170	174	237	195	1175
101	Mikael Kanold	Sundbyberg	164	213	228	205	195	170	1175
102	Björn Ulvås	Karlskrona bk	194	178	151	244	201	200	1168
103	Fredrik S.V. Brockdorf	Stenbocken	197	215	213	170	199	174	1168
104	Mikael Jäine	Pergamon	198	207	193	183	175	211	1167
105	Patrik Johansson	Elbogen	182	204	185	233	197	160	1161
106	Eva Jönsson	SBC	204	184	192	209	185	186	1160
107	Stefan Augustsson	Is Göta	177	173	196	202	198	213	1159
108	Daniel Eason	UK	201	184	202	201	197	169	1154
109	Kim Andersson	Full House	216	188	192	167	176	213	1152
110	Mattias Sundin	Is Göta	184	221	168	197	193	186	1149
111	Andrew Cain	USA	199	205	238	193	176	130	1141
112	Robert Spinger	USA	208	203	224	201	143	161	1140
113	Stefan Yngström	Pergamon	214	208	175	222	167	150	1136
114	Linda Haglund	Öis	199	222	175	180	186	174	1136
115	Dan Ahlkvist	Bk Troll	197	174	161	226	171	201	1130
116	Kalifa	Qatar	216	210	147	188	167	201	1129
117	Vesna Micic	SBC	212	212	167	216	153	168	1128
118	Stefan Yngström	Pergamon	216	237	201	146	141	187	1128
119	Karsten Trane	DK	177	202	183	226	137