Just another happy dozen on the opening squad of the penultimate day. The roster calls for three squads today, 09:00, 13:00 and 17:00, then the top 24 will advance to tomorrow's final rounds.

Just to jog memories, the current number one is the ubiquitous Kamilla Kjeldsen from Denmark on 1333 and ten pins back is fellow Scandinavian Rebecka Larsen Jr. from Sweden. These are the only two to break 1300 so far, but with three squad scores yet to be posted maybe a 1400 could creep into the action.

No sooner said than done.....

Helen Johnsson, now from Helsingborg in Sweden after moving from Lund, put together a superb series of 1413 on this opening squad to take over the top position on the leaderboard.

After a lowly 178 in the third game, Johnsson put together an impressive 779 over her last three games and settle for that coveted 1400 series. Previous leader Kjeldsen had to let fellow countrywoman Mai Ginge Jensen take over the runner-up spot with 1391 and therefore dropped to third place in the overall standings.

"It is fun to bowl here," stated the new tournament leader. "I had a slow start for early in the morning but my last three games were very good. I arrived last night, so this is my first squad. In the past my work has not allowed me to compete in as many tournaments as I would like, but maybe in the future I will be able to do so and prepare for the 2011 Women's World Championships."

Currently, the cut for the top 24 to go into tomorrow's finals sits at 1148, a 191 average, and that spot is held by Rikke Holm Rasmussen from Denmark. fingers crossed that she makes it into the finals but if she doesn't make it to the semi-finals and final she will be punished by having to be co-commentator for the TV and web stream show on Sunday afternoon.

High games to date are a brace of 279s, one each from Johnsson and Nicole Sanders.

Now the pace is really hotting up and both remaining squads will be full of players well focused on getting to the top.

And that focus certainly worked for vibrant Dane Kamilla Kjeldsen. Yesterday she topped the standings with 1333 but today

she went 90 pins better to take over as numero uno with 1424, even bettering the 1413 set by Helen Johnsson on the early squad.

A pair of 256s were Kjeldsen's high games but with every ball slap in the 'pocket' she cruised to the top of the leaderboard with six great 200-plus games.

Asked jokingly what she had for breakfast this morning to produce such good scoring, she replied: "Just some fruit and some nice eggs. That's my secret. There are differences between the pairs of lanes, but after yesterday I had a game plan that worked really well for me. I knew exactly what to do when the lanes were changing so I was sure of what to do when the lanes were tougher. so it was easier for me today than yesterday. I did try a different ball than yesterday for the first game but I changed back quickly as I was sure that was better. It is easier for me to score well when I am sure of what I am doing.

"I really like this tournament, the only one on the calendar strictly for ladies. I like it that way. I'd like to see more up and coming players in the field so I will try to bring more from Denmark next year. This is really good experience for the younger girls."

So now Denmark and Sweden share the top four places but the final squad of 24 will take to the lanes and that squad features tournament favorite Clara Guerrero, determined to advance from her current ninth position in the standings.

A really good lane pattern for the girls has paid off with those in the top 24 all over a 200 average. The girls like it  and not a single complaint has been heard.

We have been saying since the start of the tournament that Colombia's Clara guerrero is our favorite for the title and in this final squad she showed her true mettle, rolling the third 1400-plus for this qualifying day.

"After learning the lanes during yesterday's squad I made a lot of adjustments today and used different bowling balls, and that worked fine," said Guerrero. "Yesterday the corner pins were tough to carry but the changes I made today brought better scores."

The top 24 progress to tomorrow's final rounds, opening with two blocks of four games with 50 per cent of qualifying pinfall carried forward. Surprises for two well-known players not making the cut were sue abela of Malta and Sweden's Eva Jonsson.  Jonsson missed out in 25th place by just two pins.

OVERALL QUALIFYING STANDINGS:
(Top 24 advance to final rounds on Sunday)

P	Player	Federation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pins
1	Kamilla Kjeldsen	Denmark	246	256	224	240	202	256	1424
2	Helen Jonsson	Sweden	218	238	178	242	258	279	1413
3	Clara Guerrero	Colombia	231	215	213	223	248	278	1408
4	Mai Ginge Jensen	Denmark	238	266	206	228	228	225	1391
5	Nicki Ainge	England	203	237	270	175	228	218	1331
6	Rebecka Larsen	Sweden	207	234	205	238	191	248	1323
7	Sanna Pasanen	Finland	186	234	213	241	215	213	1302
8	Wendy Kok	The Netherlands	259	176	204	237	203	211	1290
9	Nina Flack	Sweden	206	268	190	169	225	227	1285
10	Kirsten Penny	England	172	201	236	216	246	203	1274
11	Nicole Sanders	The Netherlands	197	213	207	179	279	190	1265
12	Britt Bröndsted	Denmark	206	204	190	223	247	191	1261
13	Luz Leal Gonzalez	Catalonia	166	204	231	223	196	239	1259
14	Laurence Gaillard	France	258	216	205	180	191	203	1253
15	Sofia Granda	Guatemala	204	204	268	182	179	215	1252
16	Bettina Lund	Denmark	213	215	206	237	192	188	1251
17	Rikke Holm Rasmussen	Denmark	224	187	210	224	209	193	1247
18	Ghislaine V/d Tol	The Netherlands	214	204	215	192	197	223	1245
19	Reija Lunden	Finland	185	180	257	190	204	219	1235
20	Marija Tkacenko	Latvia	239	184	177	212	207	214	1233
21	Joline Persson	Sweden	212	220	209	189	213	187	1230
22	Darya Kovalova	Ukraine	203	158	189	252	196	227	1225
23	Alessandra Morra	Italy	210	201	158	200	254	201	1224
24	Roosa Lunden	Finland	167	184	202	232	202	224	1211
25	Eva Jönsson	Sweden	186	210	192	215	191	215	1209
26	Sandra Torrents Pelaez	Catalonia	223	218	183	219	173	190	1206
27	Aseret Zetter	Mexico	183	200	194	169	198	247	1191
28	Tiia Hakamaki	Finland	192	207	170	176	218	211	1174
29	Daniela Buzzelli	Italy	162	204	214	203	168	220	1171
30	Gabriela Urbistazu Mecq	Spain	159	203	224	196	188	193	1163
31	Sue Abela	Malta	178	170	186	223	179	225	1161
32	Eba Carrera Ramirez	Spain	202	202	214	205	136	180	1139
33	Rosa Mas Puiggros	Catalonia	170	202	228	175	168	186	1129
34	Stéphanie Dubourg	France	155	156	204	194	201	206	1116
35	Roser Romero Burgos	Catalonia	194	193	179	165	181	201	1113
36	Pilar Perales	Catalonia	227	180	154	178	165	178	1082
37	Sandra Oliva	Catalonia	162	163	188	167	186	201	1067
38	Jessica Gonçalves	Luxemburg	156	166	175	168	146	245	1056
39	Nora Turci	Luxemburg	146	145	202	173	221	141	1028
40	Francisca Nuñez Hernandez	Catalonia	161	137	157	205	169	161	990
41	Francisca Melendez	Catalonia	147	129	160	223	181	131	971
42	Ingrid Julia Ingles	Catalonia	211	153	148	109	189	160	970
43	Sandra Barange Villavecchia	Catalonia	152	198	142	160	143	165	960
44	Nuria Muntaner Linares	Catalonia	170	169	134	133	167	153	926
45	Nieves Gallego	Catalonia	126	168	187	141	165	132	919
46	Julia Lushnitska	Catalonia	141	171	165	156	159	127	919
47	Noelia Rastrero	Catalonia	123	133	146	154	156	179	891
48	Irene Molera	Catalonia	160	147	156	140	142	140	885
49	Lia Mojarro	Catalonia	109	112	196	155	154	138	864
50	Alba Gusi	Catalonia	162	147	122	146	156	117	850
51	Cristina Hernandez	Catalonia	122	137	127	188	113	161	848
52	Meritxell Sanchez	Catalonia	136	159	107	159	137	146	844
53	Patricia Grandes	Catalonia	108	135	108	134	135	166	786