Not a good start to the final qualifying day for the contestants in the 7th European Women's Championships as a power failure right at the beginning of Saturday's first squad, squad four of six on the schedule, delayed the start for at least 30 minutes and the eventual loss of power to the scoring computers using paper scoresheets. The computers came back for the fifth and sixth games so things got back on track for the rest of the qualifying squads today.

A place in the leading 24 is the target and the current cut for that position is 1116 but, of course, with the results of today's three squads to take into account, that figure could drastically change before nightfall.

Despite all the earlier power problems, this fourth squad finished just 30 minutes late and a quick re-conditioning of the lanes makes the delay for squad five relatively short.

It took a while for the results to be assessed from the paperwork but one person who was pleased was Rebecka Larsen from Gothenberg, Sweden who hit 1185 to top the squad.

"This is the third time I have bowled this great tournament," Rebecka told us after the squad. "The first time I was here I was second and the second time I was third, so I am hoping for a better place this time. I haven't practised a lot since coming back from the World Women's Championships in Hong Kong, but I feel OK.

"I changed between two balls through the six games today and I had to be quick when the times came to change. The computer breakdown and using paper scoresheets didn't worry me at all as we often use those scoresheets at home in Sweden.

"I will make up my mind as to whether to play again after I have seen the scores of the next squad."

Scores across the squad were relatively low, nobody making it over 1200. The Ukraine's Daria Kovalova, a tender 16 years, was second to Larsen with 1144 and the next three places on the squad all went to Swedish players.

Just two more qualifying squads remain, then the cut to 24 for tomorrow's crack of dawn 08:30 Final Step 1.

STANDINGS AFTER SQUAD 4:

VII EUROPEAN WOMEN'S MASTERS PRESIDENT SAMARANCH TROPHY

PROVISIONAL QUALIFICATION

P	Player	Federation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pins
1	Clara Guerrero	Colombia	224	201	205	225	232	202	1289
2	Luz Adriana Leal	Colombia	179	235	173	278	218	183	1266
3	Bettina Lund	Denmark	234	224	237	171	187	206	1259
4	Sandra Torrents Pelaez	Catalonia	262	205	185	175	215	204	1246
5	Daria Kovalova	Ukraine	208	186	227	223	206	196	1246
6	Laurence Gaillard	France	156	248	214	256	191	170	1235
7	Roosa Lunden	Finland	192	214	191	202	212	220	1231
8	Britt Brondsted	Denmark	190	212	207	214	215	188	1226
9	Eva Jonsson	Sweden	220	184	189	201	199	210	1203
10	Krista Pollanen	Finland	175	163	211	210	203	235	1197
11	Rebecka Larsen	Sweden	184	204	182	202	211	202	1185
12	Kirsten Penny	England	184	192	224	187	219	178	1184
13	Nicki Ainge	England	171	192	192	182	202	229	1168
14	Rosa Mas Puiggros	Catalonia	216	202	189	168	204	188	1167
15	Mai Ginge Jensen	Denmark	168	229	218	188	196	166	1165
16	Josefine Linderoth	Sweden	222	164	208	174	166	200	1134
17	Joline-persson Planefors	Sweden	218	157	181	202	206	167	1131
18	Elin Adolfsson	Sweden	180	181	177	231	180	180	1129
19	Sanna Pasanen	Finland	185	178	174	167	215	207	1126
20	Anja Ginge	Denmark	167	149	162	223	238	183	1122
21	Aude Saint Marc	France	181	192	150	243	197	155	1118
22	Randi Kryger	Denmark	168	188	206	183	192	178	1115
23	Niki Schiza	Cyprus	157	166	191	199	212	188	1113
24	Reija Lunden	Finland	182	182	193	197	187	172	1113
25	Jenny Wegner	Sweden	163	175	165	205	180	211	1099
26	Sue Abela	Malta	153	168	176	208	215	178	1098
27	Ida Andersson	Sweden	180	171	171	159	203	211	1095
28	St�phanie Dubourg	France	161	191	169	159	213	199	1092
29	Gaelle Laplanche	France	231	203	163	159	178	156	1090
30	Nina Flack	Sweden	202	209	161	166	171	178	1087
31	Nathalie Dimartino	France	193	187	149	198	149	189	1065
32	C�lie Lauriane	France	194	171	157	171	164	203	1060
33	Roser Romero Burgos	Catalonia	203	146	181	180	206	143	1059
34	Laetitia Cardi	France	159	191	157	162	190	197	1056
35	Francisca Nu�ez Hernandez	Catalonia	137	209	168	158	166	206	1044
36	Meritxell Sanchez Lloansi	Catalonia	181	182	144	159	220	157	1043
37	Val�rie Murat	France	160	159	176	195	173	179	1042
38	Cristina Sanz Moreno	Catalonia	164	169	172	168	181	178	1032
39	Lia Mojarro Postigo	Catalonia	157	153	158	202	167	184	1021
40	Hakamaki Tiia	Finland	171	154	208	166	178	142	1019
41	Anja Svaneberg	Denmark	147	185	201	127	204	154	1018
42	Sandra Oliva Tudela	Catalonia	176	155	179	179	163	158	1010
43	Nickie Marie Lund Bogeskov	Denmark	138	189	178	158	183	138	984
44	Ingrid Julia Ingles	Catalonia	158	184	150	155	188	140	975
45	Irene Molera Teruel	Catalonia	129	146	160	228	171	135	969
46	Francisca Melendez Bejar	Catalonia	159	164	133	119	192	189	956
47	Merc� Burgues Flamarich	Catalonia	149	155	149	147	171	151	922
48	Carmen Carneiro Sanchez	Catalonia	144	157	132	163	162	149	907
49	Elisabet Cejudo Justo	Catalonia	138	167	144	165	117	157	888
50	Noelia Rastrero Medina	Catalonia	161	156	148	129	168	126	888
51	Sandra Barange Villavecchia	Catalonia	163	115	146	144	132	140	840