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LUNDEN SETS THE PACE

Reija Lunden, 37, of  Finland set the lanes alight Tuesday afternoon with a blistering 1936 over the eight games on the short oil pattern to top the squad and claim the squad bonus prize of $1,000. The Helsinki I.T. designer, working in an insurance office, also had the high game of 289 and achieved personal best scores of total pinfall over six, seven and eight games.
"This is the third time I have won the World Ranking Masters squad prize," Lunden explained, "and each time it has been in the first squad and on short oil. I like dry conditions, it suits my type of shot. I like to play power bowling."
Lunden currently averages 209 over all competitive games played in her native Finland and tributes her success to Finnish national team coach Olli Tiainen. She has been bowling exceptionally well this year, but says: "I haven't really changed anything very much recently. I just try to improve all the time and keep a good technique. I do find it difficult to make big adjustments, so try to keep my game simple. I have bowled in a lot of international tournaments over the past year and by watching many top competitors I have been able to learn to read the ball action and lanes."
Lunden had just under a hundred pin buffer over second placed Helen Johnsson of Sweden, tipped by many as a tournament favorite.
Europeans topped the table, holding the first three places and seven in the top ten. An expected strong challenge from the Asians has not, as yet, materialized, but Liza Del Rosario of the Philippines made an improvement on the run to home after a low start and sits in tenth place right now.
Wednesday will see the ladies bowl their second block of eight games on the long oil pattern which, says Kegel's John Davis, should play from inside. It will be interesting to see if that makes big changes to the leader board.
Interest was focused today on the two 'spinners' in the field, Singapore's Jennifer Tan and Alice Tay. Neither had much luck over their first eight games, finishing 22nd and 23rd respectively.

(Pic of John Davis and Reija Lunden courtesy of Charlie Blom, Netherlands)

LADIES - GAMES 1 - 8 OF 24
Squad 1 - Short Oil

First Surname Nat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL
Reija Lunden FIN 212 247 218 257 289 228 243 242 1936
Helen Johnsson SWE 236 278 192 224 226 234 186 265 1841
Martina Beckel GER 239 196 202 214 249 247 235 212 1794
Diandra  Asbaty USA 211 192 267 198 206 245 244 212 1775
Britt Brondsted DEN 219 224 180 224 205 223 222 268 1765
Kamilla Kjeldsen DEN 256 155 233 244 267 181 190 227 1753
Clara Guerrero COL 188 212 219 269 208 241 200 215 1752
Zara Glover ENG 196 280 218 216 191 233 181 219 1734
Eva Jonsson SWE 162 238 197 224 209 194 201 280 1705
Liza  Del Rosario PHI 177 200 236 224 183 204 256 223 1703
Alicia Marcano VEN 214 214 221 214 199 201 171 266 1700
Karen Marcano VEN 209 224 192 205 234 216 165 247 1692
Aumi Guerra DOM 238 190 196 216 203 227 182 200 1652
Shalin Zulkifli MAS 194 167 167 200 248 234 245 190 1645
Sarah Yap MAS 194 187 216 190 192 185 257 212 1633
Vanessa Fung HKG 151 212 214 245 181 212 211 206 1632
Wendy Chai MAS 183 215 201 206 226 189 201 210 1631
Annie Henriquez DOM 197 223 188 195 179 180 244 196 1602
Evelyn Chan SIN 185 244 180 254 153 208 182 191 1597
Sara Vargas COL 200 214 199 210 159 204 203 200 1589
Virginia Bello DOM 199 200 186 181 214 227 205 172 1584
Jennifer Tan SIN 221 224 195 195 177 184 189 193 1578
Alice Tay SIN 184 197 217 227 176 195 185 191 1572
Nina Flack SWE 210 197 201 192 199 172 215 183 1569
Patricia Ciotti VEN 222 146 234 207 185 183 182 160 1519

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