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VERBRUGGEN IN STRIKING FORM

Things got off to a flying start for Gery Verbruggen this afternoon. The Belgian pro shop manager hit the tournament's second 300 of the week in his opening game and followed that with a 279 and 257 for a fine 836 three-game series, halfway through the first of today's two squads. Another 659 over his second three saw him take over the pole position of the tournament table from Tore Torgersen with a fine total of 1,495.

"The lane were a lot drier in the last game," said the Belgian. "If you played slower you ran into a load of splits."

He was conscious that he was approaching the high score set by Torgersen but didn't let it prey on his mind. "I just play my own game in situations like this," he commented. "I just wanted to get into the last eight, that was my goal. Now I can relax and perhaps play some golf until the finals."

Verbruggen played his first-ever round of 18 holes in the Olympia tournament on Monday. "See you in a couple of days," he joked as he set off from the first tee, but, to his credit he did manage a score of just over 140. Not bad for a first-timer.

A large contingent of Finnish bowlers arrived today and Lasse Lintila is making the strongest challenge from the group which includes 2002 AMF Bowling Word Cup champion Mika Luoto, who will be in Honduras later this year to defend his title.

Picture shows Gery Verbruggen (right) being congratulated(?) on his high score by Tim Mack.

OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 5:

	Name	Club/Country	S. 1	S. 2	S. 3	S. 4	S. 5	S. 6	Total
1	Gery Verbrüggen	Belgium	300	279	257	203	235	221	1495
2	Tore Torgersen	Pergamon	289	289	245	278	181	189	1471
3	Robert Spigner	USA	248	229	223	192	279	258	1429
4	Lasse Lintilä	Finland	249	280	256	222	208	213	1428
5	Tomas Leandersson	Pergamon	280	288	190	245	201	224	1428
6	Mark Sider	USA	211	242	236	218	256	245	1408
7	Jouni Kempainen	Brio	236	225	221	255	244	223	1404
8	Sean Rash	USA	257	237	245	203	246	212	1400
9	Helene Jonsson	Spader Dam	226	199	257	255	211	240	1388
10	Sami Luoto	Finland	236	227	217	267	193	230	1370
11	Saeed Al Hajri	Qatar	245	204	204	277	202	233	1365
12	Robert Andersson	Pergamon	206	228	279	177	200	270	1360
13	Göran Carlsson	Stenbocken	233	259	248	217	224	178	1359
14	Abdulla Algattan	Qatar	224	257	254	205	200	216	1356
15	Jason Willams	USA	226	220	207	247	225	222	1347
16	Martin Larsén	Pergamon	257	211	211	256	180	232	1347
17	Andrew Frawley	Australia	224	237	173	215	267	230	1346
18	Kirsten Penny	England	230	250	255	242	170	196	1343
19	Patrick Backe	Pergamon	237	236	224	196	223	223	1339
20	Ahmed Shaheen	Qatar	235	229	215	234	206	218	1337
21	Claes Gauffin	Bk June	213	268	183	210	234	225	1333
22	Bandar Al Shafi	Qatar	191	186	187	265	259	244	1332
23	Mika Koivuniemi	Finland	230	234	223	179	244	222	1332
24	Roger Gustavsson	Brio	257	204	187	199	270	211	1328
25	Jesper Nielsen	Danmark	258	230	217	202	227	192	1326
26	Jocke Biehl	Bågen	227	224	242	211	234	186	1324
27	Ahmed Al Mohandy	Qatar	223	222	221	226	206	225	1323
28	Mika Luoto	Finland	212	208	232	200	223	245	1320
29	Steve Letchford	UK	256	256	244	171	165	228	1320
30	Dino Castilio	USA	234	224	204	223	211	218	1314
31	Salem Bosherbak	Qatar	243	225	198	187	235	223	1311
32	Anders Öhman	Sundbyberg	237	258	229	200	200	185	1309
33	Marie Karlsson	SBC	203	242	218	233	191	219	1306
34	Andrew Cain	USA	178	204	235	245	196	244	1302
35	Brenda Norman	USA	245	210	264	181	201	201	1302
36	Thomas Nilsson	Club Eagles	238	245	163	184	245	226	1301
37	Pasi Uotila	Finland	214	167	230	219	233	234	1297
38	Lluis Montfort	Spain	217	258	162	259	193	203	1292
39	Tom Hahl		202	222	219	235	223	188	1289
40	Mikael Jäine	Pergamon	225	215	201	189	212	246	1288
41	Mikael Ahlkvist	Pergamon	250	258	176	242	189	170	1285
42	Stefan Augustsson	Is Göta	255	223	204	168	228	207	1285
43	Arturo Quintero	Mexico	167	231	268	226	224	168	1284
44	Mikael Kanold	Sundbyberg	215	209	225	245	188	201	1283
45	Mattias Lundin	Bk June	212	216	235	212	216	191	1282
46	Pär Gustavsson	Pergamon	227	250	188	179	211	226	1281
47	Cornelio Garcia	Sisu	212	244	211	248	140	225	1280
48	Anders Lindström	Västerås Ik	248	184	289	185	177	196	1279
49	Tomas Lindén	Avance	207	257	197	202	199	217	1279
50	Christer Rapp	Elbogen	222	185	218	223	213	210	1271
51	Kjell-Ivar Olsen	Norway	195	213	238	247	196	178	1267
52	Pär Svensson	Pergamon	212	235	212	185	212	211	1267
53	Tony Fransson	Pergamon	162	227	257	246	197	177	1266
54	Peder Jacobsson	Umeå	188	158	236	254	233	196	1265
55	Jesper Agerbo	Sisu	226	236	232	175	168	227	1264
56	Peter Åhlén	Sundbyberg	189	232	174	219	168	279	1261
57	Christer Danielsson	Eksjö	269	212	211	144	202	222	1260
58	Martin Paulsson	Kulladal	188	236	229	224	194	188	1259
59	Petri Mannonen	Finland	187	236	212	215	189	217	1256
60	Anders Nihlmar	Elbogen	183	228	183	247	198	215	1254
61	Tim Mack	USA	220	204	150	143	268	269	1254
62	Mikael Ahlberg	Kulladal	188	218	205	217	219	205	1252
63	Raymond Jansson	Pergamon	196	280	204	209	198	158	1245
64	Anette Karlsson	Sundbyberg	202	222	201	224	170	219	1238
65	Mattias Årup	Elbogen	168	193	204	199	245	228	1237
66	Kenneth Nordegren	Stenbocken	197	193	184	225	200	236	1235
67	Bill Hoffman	USA	180	216	212	218	216	192	1234
68	Mubarak Al Mirikh	Qatar	214	210	218	192	200	197	1231
69	Reine Delwall	Amiki	212	181	221	202	227	186	1229
70	Olav Olsen	Norway	235	185	220	220	207	161	1228
71	Ulf Johansson	Stenbocken	214	220	176	163	269	183	1225
72	Malin Glendert	Spader Dam	179	200	253	192	198	202	1224
73	Peter Ljung	Bodens BS	210	202	213	168	226	203	1222
74	Daniel Machon	Spain	196	222	248	158	198	198	1220
75	Stefan Nilsson	Mamba	227	237	175	193	193	195	1220
76	Teemu Raatikainen	Finland	245	181	175	167	214	234	1216
77	Ralph Holst	Stenbocken	186	156	213	234	224	199	1212
78	Pernilla Magnusson	C 4	228	188	196	197	203	197	1209
79	Irene K Eckell	Norway	177	218	196	232	189	196	1208
80	Mats Olsson	Pergamon	203	172	201	207	204	220	1207
81	Khalifa Khalid	Quatar	238	177	210	215	172	192	1204
82	Åsa Vetterlund	Sundbyberg	255	208	193	171	177	199	1203
83	Jonny Magnusson	Pergamon	140	202	220	214	204	222	1202
84	Martin Blixt	Elbogen	190	178	190	237	203	204	1202
85	Roger Olofsson	Lyxele	190	158	202	222	193	232	1197
86	Javier Rosado	Spain	214	222	233	178	171	178	1196
87	Kalle Wahlgren	Is Göta	242	180	180	210	170	214	1196
88	Lennart Olsson	Stenbocken	194	214	193	186	183	225	1195
89	Lee Chatfield	UK	216	199	200	159	226	192	1192
90	Paco Rodriguez	Spain	256	258	184	178	181	132	1189
91	Catrine Pettersen	Norway	200	164	227	190	229	178	1188
92	Håkan Persson	Albatross	224	184	164	215	195	203	1185
93	Frederik S.v. Brockdorf	Stenbocken	211	202	194	135	203	235	1180
94	Nadia Akeel	Bahrain	219	220	188	200	189	164	1180
95	Anders Åkesson	Elbogen	212	211	202	235	164	154	1178
96	Mats Rosberg	Sundbyberg	215	179	208	165	221	190	1178
97	Petra Magnusson	C 4	225	165	221	213	178	174	1176
98	Björn Ulvås	Karlskrona bk	194	178	151	244	201	200	1168
99	Daniel Eason	England	200	192	185	200	215	172	1164
100	Patrik Johansson	Elbogen	182	204	185	233	197	160	1161
101	Eva Jönsson	SBC	204	184	192	209	185	186	1160
102	Niklas Linderholm	Pergamon	215	178	181	203	168	208	1153
103	Kim Andersson	Full House	216	188	192	167	176	213	1152
104	Mattias Sundin	Is Göta	184	221	168	197	193	186	1149
105	Linda Haglund	Öis	199	222	175	180	186	174	1136
106	Stefan Yngström	Pergamon	214	208	175	222	167	150	1136
107	Ingar Gabrielsen	Polar Team	183	212	174	185	209	172	1135
108	Dan Ahlkvist	Bk Troll	197	174	161	226	171	201	1130
109	Vesna Micic	SBC	212	212	167	216	153	168	1128
110	Karsten Trane	DK	177	202	183	226	137	201	1126
111	Martin Olsen	Norway	196	234	178	161	182	175	1126
112	Magnus Eriksson	Stenbocken	126	210	184	224	201	180	1125
113	Kimmo Lehtonen	Finland	213	206	142	183	189	189	1122
114	Mads Sandbekken	Norway	224	190	201	181	155	171	1122
115	Tomas Bengtsson	Is Göta	245	211	171	172	176	142	1117
116	Patrik Andersson	Halmia	161	183	157	199	213	202	1115
117	Diana Alfredsson	Spader Dam	221	174	178	221	154	161	1109
118	Henrik Jakobsen	Pergamon	157	206	187	198	194	167	1109
119	Mariusz Musialek	Polen	190	212	192	152	153	202	1101
120	Lars Lucas Linden	Center	216	166	159	171	184	202	1098
121	Bo Månsson	Team Bjuv	189	202	161	185	190	170	1097
122	Alexandra Nyström	Spader Dam	196	179	183	168	184	174	1084
123	Mattias Möller	Is Göta	146	161	188	189	248	151	1083
124	Jonny Magnusson	BK Tipp	184	160	162	221	157	198	1082
125	Inge Johansson	Pergamon	227	173	191	146	158	183	1078
126	Jan Nyman	Halmia	202	191	168	172	183	150	1066
127	Mats Ola Nilsson	Bk Finn	210	189	159	203	150	145	1056
128	Marie Christensson	C 4	187	142	151	172	232	170	1054
129	Jorge Boix	Spain	179	160	165	176	203	167	1050
130	Carl M Pettersen	Norway	153	176	149	171	209	187	1045
131	Sami Konsteri	Finland	190	193	150	152	207	145	1037
132	Kenny Rotman	Arlöv	147	192	195	184	181	125	1024
133	Bengt Wehlin	Is Göta	110	136	198	182	195	192	1013
134	Ronny Larsen		220	128	193	179	163	118	1001
135	Johan Larsson	Halmia	159	181	188	155	169	139	991
136	Pablo Rodriques	Spain	131	218	200	142	157	133	981
137	Tommy Pettersson	BS Tylö	191	150	159	178	164	137	979
138	Jan Persson	Halmia	147	197	142	146	165	177	974
139	Javier Soler	Spain	157	152	178	139	157	147	930
140	Per Wilhelmsson	Karlslunds IK	169	126	177	147	145	119	883

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