We started off at the higher end of the centre which in practise was hooking more. Kirsten and I were both fishing round trying to get to the pocket with the correct angles before the games started. The lanes were hooking a lot more than the day before but the reaction seemed inconsistent. The moves we made seemed to have the opposite effect on the ball to what we were expecting. Then the game started and about 2 frames in everything started backing off and not hooking! It was all very strange. Neither of us had any consistent reaction, so we continued moving around and changed balls. Jazreel Tan from Singapore was on the pair next to us and she looked like she had a good shot playing in at about board 12. Very strange on a short pattern but we both moved in to where she was playing trying to find something. We could get anything to look good playing there so after a quick word with some of the supporters who were able to go up and down the centre and see who was playing where and who was scoring we both moved back to the right. Unfortunately by this time we had wasted 2 games and both had two 160 games, not the start we were looking for! We went back to the right and tried to get the ball rolling earlier using balls with more surface, and started to strike! We both finished off the squad strongly and found a good look, I got back to just over 1200 and Kirsten a little bit under. We both bowled well the whole block, its just a shame we didn't get lined up sooner.
The cut for the top 4 final was about +140 I believe. The top 4 contained 2 Europeans, Krista Pollanen from Finland and Mai Ginge Jensen from Denmark. They will me joined by USA's Stefanie Nation and Mexico's Sandra Gonzalez. The finals are tonight after the doubles.
Our doubles pairings are Hayley White & Jo Cundy, Lisa John & Fiona Banks and Kirsten Penny & I the doubles will all be on the medium pattern.
Zara
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