Kamilla Kjeldsen (pictured left), Denmark, had six games between 202 and 258 to lead Squad 17 with 1361 including 48 pins handicap and to jump into 5th place in the overall qualifying standings in the Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2009 at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands.

Mathias Arup, Sweden, and Tore Torgersen, Norway, were close behind with 1352 and 1350 to move into 7th and 8th place, respectively. Isabelle Sacco, France, overtook 11th place with 1329 while Mads Sandbækken, Norway, moved into 17th with 1311.

Squad 16 leader Anne Lorraine Gales (pictured right), Denmark, is 21st with 1302.

With 17 out of 18 qualifying squads in the books, Ghislaine van der Tol, Netherlands, and Nicki Ainge, England, continued to lead the field of 199 players with 1418 and 1382, both including 48 pins women's handicap.

Dennis Eklund, Sweden, remained in third place with 1371, with Paul Moor, England, in fourth with 1362.

The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2009 is the 2nd stop of the 2009 European Bowling Tour and one of the Tour's "Major" events. The tournament offers total prize fund of 62.800 Euro. The top 64 players cash with 12.000 going to the winner. Mikael Kanold, Sweden, is the defending champion.

Qualifying runs through Saturday evening, Feb. 21, with the final Squad 18 scheduled for 6 p.m. local time (GMT +1). The ultimate qualifying chance, the one-game Desperado Squad, will conclude the qualifying at 9.30 p.m.

The Hammer Bronzen Schietspoel Tournament 2009 is contested on dual lane condition. The left lane is dressed with the 46ft long pattern, the right lane with the 33ft short pattern.

A total of 64 players will advance to the finals on Sunday, Feb. 22, the top 54 qualifying leaders, the top 6 from a combined standing of Squads 1-4, who are not among the top 54, and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad. The top 8 qualifiers earn three byes, qualifiers 9-16 receive two byes and qualifiers 17-24 get one bye.

The players will be seeded into groups of four players each and will determine the champion in seven rounds over two games total pinfall. Basically the top two players plus some 'lucky losers' (rounds 1-4), advance to the next round and will be reseeded according to pinfall in the previous round.

The field will be cut from 64 to 48, 36, 24, 16, 8 and the then four, who will battle it out for the title.