It comes as no surprise that PBA star Amleto Monacelli from Venezuela should rise to the top and become champion of a squad,

the only disappointment maybe is that he left it to the penultimate session to do just that.

The PBA and USBC Hall of Famer started his six game tour of Bowling Pedralbes lanes on 5/6, one of the sometimes dreaded pairs, shooting 204, then upped his game as he moved to the right with 269. That was his high game but a steady pace saw him total 1366 and so book himself into the elite squad of tomorrow's final rounds, getting the advantage of not having to bowl until noon.

"I came to Barcelona last year and really liked it," Monacelli told us. "The people are so friendly and I love the city. It is handy that they speak Spanish, too!

"This is my second visit to Europe and I like it here so much that I want to bowl the five-event series running from July to August next year. The European Bowling Tour is fantastic.

"Now I am going back to Venezuela and then back on the PBA Senior Tour for the last two stops."

Senior tour? Monacelli doesn't look a day over 35. Can he cheat about his age?

The woes of another PBA star, England's Stuart Williams continue. He looks to have just enough pins to creep into the lower end of the top 42 but wants to be in the leading 24. Therefore he joins the throng awaiting the chance of a place in the final squad, rolling off at 21:00.

Lots of well-known names have fallen by the wayside and it will be interesting to see who will thrive from the final qualifying squad.

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TOP 24 STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 14/15

P	Player	Federation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pins	Hdcp	Total
1	Dominic Barrett	England	210	259	222	269	278	246	1484	0	1484
2	Rebecka Larsen	Sweden	214	239	216	268	244	218	1399	48	1447
3	Markus Heinonen	Finland	289	257	204	179	257	244	1430	0	1430
4	Mats Maggi	Belgium	234	254	237	205	245	249	1424	0	1424
5	Ildemaro Ruiz	Venezuela	228	238	255	219	245	239	1424	0	1424
6	Osku Palermaa	Finland	174	255	232	259	247	232	1399	0	1399
7	Eike Kabowski	Germany	252	204	222	269	255	195	1397	0	1397
8	Tore Torgersen	Sweden	258	259	259	246	192	182	1396	0	1396
9	Marcial Ovide Marron	Catalonia	234	235	267	217	202	234	1389	0	1389
10	Paul Moor	England	277	214	218	241	229	210	1389	0	1389
11	Dennis Eklund	Sweden	233	289	215	216	222	206	1381	0	1381
12	Miquel Lopez	USA	244	189	256	201	210	279	1379	0	1379
13	Perttu Jussila	Finland	189	244	267	233	200	245	1378	0	1378
14	Mik Stampe	Denmark	297	245	198	198	228	210	1376	0	1376
15	Martin Larsen	Sweden	210	256	218	225	246	218	1373	0	1373
16	Peter Ljung	Sweden	235	216	275	203	233	209	1371	0	1371
17	Robert Andersson	Sweden	247	229	232	246	211	202	1367	0	1367
18	Tony Ranta	Finland	195	165	256	278	226	246	1366	0	1366
19	Amleto Monacelli	Venezuela	204	269	208	238	249	198	1366	0	1366
20	Hansen Carsten Warming	Denmark	200	213	183	224	280	257	1357	0	1357
21	Thomas Larsen	Denmark	206	248	236	201	234	225	1350	0	1350
22	Karl Wahlgren	Sweden	192	201	204	236	269	246	1348	0	1348
23	Joonas Jehkinen	Finland	225	211	214	201	237	255	1343	0	1343
24	Gery Verbruggen	Belgium	248	237	235	201	204	214	1339	0	1339