Ghislaine van der Tol from the Netherlands is a name to be well and truly feared on the international circuit, never mind what she does on her home lanes. Last year this super-talented left-hander won the inaugural Dream Bowl Palace Open in Munich,

Germany, adding yet another European Bowling Tour title to those achieved in San Marino, Malta and other far flung places with strange sounding names.

Now, at 9am on a Friday morning, she opened her account with the 9th Catalonia Open at Bowling Pedralbes in Barcelona by topping the leaderboard with 1405, just the one game under 200, a two-point lead over the first 1400 of this year's tournament, 1403 by Jesper Agerbo of Denmark, hit in last night's final squad.

Agerbo forecast in his post squad interview last night that his score would not hold pole position for very long, and that thought became fact this morning, probably a quicker result than he wanted.

This morning's opening squad favored the Dutch as Lisa Breeschoten took second place on the squad to Van der Tol, Wendy Kok placed fourth and Bianca wikeraad fifth. Last night there were three Danes in the top four.

There are three more squads scheduled for today and another four to complete the qualifying rounds tomorrow, then the top 48 will progress to Sunday's final rounds.

We looked forward to the 1400-barrier bring broken, Now that has twice been achieved, maybe 1500? Not impossible. No perfect games as yet b ut the high game looks to be a bunch of279s by Or Aviram from Israel, Germany's Simon Wildenhayn and Lisa Breeschoten.

STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 5:

P	Player	Federation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pins	Hdcp	Total
1	Ghislaine V/d Tol	Netherlands	180	244	248	215	230	240	1357	48	1405
2	Jesper Agerbo	Denmark	248	248	192	236	278	201	1403	0	1403
3	Brian Voss	USA	254	236	204	235	213	245	1387	0	1387
4	Lisanne Breeschoten	Netherlands	202	203	269	179	279	184	1316	48	1364
5	Panu Nurmilo	Finland	257	210	211	239	206	237	1360	0	1360
6	Or Aviram	Israel	225	182	222	236	279	213	1357	0	1357
7	Yoan Alix	France	209	181	237	256	198	258	1339	0	1339
8	Anders Lousdal	Denmark	179	183	251	248	247	222	1330	0	1330
9	Joonas Jehkinen	Finland	256	185	217	246	214	202	1320	0	1320
10	Vincent Cayez	France	197	258	215	237	216	190	1313	0	1313
11	Clara Guerrero	Colombia	214	216	214	236	182	202	1264	48	1312
12	Rebecka Larsen	Sweden	222	227	256	188	194	176	1263	48	1311
13	Peder Grimsen	Sweden	207	225	208	249	227	188	1304	0	1304
14	Wendy Kok	Netherlands	237	234	207	161	213	199	1251	48	1299
15	Bianca Wiekeraad	Netherlands	213	219	234	179	223	180	1248	48	1296
16	Alexander Medvediskov	Russia	183	230	234	190	182	268	1287	0	1287
17	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	171	218	233	231	236	194	1283	0	1283
18	Hector Roca Roig	Catalonia	248	221	211	196	245	149	1270	0	1270
19	Carmen Haandrikman	Netherlands	213	197	191	215	243	162	1221	48	1269
20	Jean-Marc Samain	Belgium	237	248	181	190	203	204	1263	0	1263
21	Joline Persson Planefors	Sweden	184	256	152	202	203	217	1214	48	1262
22	Mikael Kanold	Sweden	215	217	192	204	187	243	1258	0	1258
23	Ildemaro Ruiz	Venezuela	212	201	166	233	252	187	1251	0	1251
24	Tobias Karlsson	Sweden	200	202	226	212	203	203	1246	0	1246
25	Marcial Ovide Marron	Catalonia	186	149	248	238	248	176	1245	0	1245
26	Artur Colomer Soler	Catalonia	208	233	194	225	158	207	1225	0	1225
27	Ron Bogaard v/d	Netherlands	182	222	140	217	238	222	1221	0	1221
28	Mathias Arup	Sweden	176	202	222	161	245	215	1221	0	1221
29	Marilyn Planchard	France	178	187	188	191	207	221	1172	48	1220
30	Antonio Araújo	Portugal	215	216	204	180	227	172	1214	0	1214
31	Pierre-Yves Gonze	Belgium	186	191	202	194	221	216	1210	0	1210
32	Arturo Rueda	Colombia	200	192	191	254	201	163	1201	0	1201
33	Lucas Legnan	Argentina	196	223	217	172	169	223	1200	0	1200
34	Mari Nurmilo	Finland	193	170	225	186	177	198	1149	48	1197
35	Luza Leal Gonzalez	Catalonia	156	220	180	184	198	210	1148	48	1196
36	Moises Perez	Catalonia	198	215	191	180	216	194	1194	0	1194
37	Simon Wildenhayn	Germany	141	197	180	279	203	193	1193	0	1193
38	Javier Moreno	Spain	203	190	181	181	224	213	1192	0	1192
39	Pierre-Luc Sanchez	France	214	214	200	171	192	201	1192	0	1192
40	Tommaso Radi	Italy	191	187	238	165	192	212	1185	0	1185
41	Jean-Marc Lebon	Belgium	178	210	171	215	212	193	1179	0	1179
42	Rosa Mas Puigros	Catalonia	169	208	173	195	193	190	1128	48	1176
43	Nicole Sanders	Netherlands	169	203	176	176	208	191	1123	48	1171
44	Heidi Thorstensen	Norway	136	185	171	165	267	195	1119	48	1167
45	Camilla Lindqvist	Sweden	212	185	160	198	170	193	1118	48	1166
46	Raul Galvez Galisteo	Catalonia	173	181	214	179	212	202	1161	0	1161
47	Joan Piqué Reig	Catalonia	183	171	189	209	205	200	1157	0	1157
48	Sandra Torrents Pelaez	Catalonia	213	188	200	162	183	162	1108	48	1156
49	Mark Jacobs	Netherlands	199	160	146	218	247	177	1147	0	1147
50	Diego Peña Noble	Catalonia	206	167	182	209	183	189	1136	0	1136
51	Alvaro J Cardona Rosell	Catalonia	178	185	190	205	162	213	1133	0	1133
52	Ferran Puerta Sardo	Catalonia	218	136	177	166	228	203	1128	0	1128
53	Pilar Perales Alcacer	Catalonia	154	192	147	217	180	190	1080	48	1128
54	Pere Sadurni Escolfet	Catalonia	170	182	233	209	153	181	1128	0	1128
55	Sven Lindahl	Sweden	193	184	186	190	179	195	1127	0	1127
56	Axel Guimo Miranda	Catalonia	183	202	183	152	212	194	1126	0	1126
57	Alvar Cardona Burgués	Catalonia	233	199	166	169	232	126	1125	0	1125
58	Paco Rodriguez Suances	Spain	180	157	200	209	152	225	1123	0	1123
59	Yuri Medvediskov	Russia	214	186	197	147	206	172	1122	0	1122
60	Alexandre Vahidi	Iran	204	175	189	157	180	197	1102	0	1102
61	Carlos Marti Pi-Figueras	Catalonia	171	171	170	194	186	199	1091	0	1091
62	Ellen Jansen	Netherlands	154	169	178	164	199	174	1038	48	1086
63	Cristina Sanz Moreno	Catalonia	176	155	165	188	157	191	1032	48	1080
64	Sergi Montaña	Catalonia	191	153	189	190	146	198	1067	0	1067
65	Francisco Hernandez	Catalonia	177	209	155	154	182	176	1053	0	1053
66	Daniele Di Giovani	Italy	184	173	147	194	176	170	1044	0	1044
67	Emilio Ruggiero	Italy	148	187	170	185	158	185	1033	0	1033
68	Jordi Marti	Catalonia	162	182	115	204	177	188	1028	0	1028
69	Lorenzo Sanmarco	Italy	167	157	202	157	180	158	1021	0	1021
70	Noelia Rastrero Medina	Catalonia	161	145	185	152	185	126	954	48	1002
71	Ingrid Julià Inglés	Catalonia	120	154	188	157	201	131	951	48	999
72	Agapito Carrasco Ventura	Catalonia	160	191	154	146	164	171	986	0	986
73	Lia Mojarro	Catalonia	163	162	124	131	189	167	936	48	984
74	Daniel Alberti Corominas	Catalonia	160	118	125	213	185	163	964	0	964
75	Oscar Coll Boldó	Catalonia	190	138	136	167	178	150	959	0	959
76	Natercia Gouveia	Portugal	158	134	130	168	125	151	866	48	914
77	Ignazio Cerami	Italy	143	145	160	132	173	146	899	0	899
78	Jordi Tubella	Catalonia	106	142	138	158	189	146	879	0	879