Hayley White and Lisa John set the pace in Doubles at the 3rd Women's European Championships as the competition has reached the halfway mark Sunday at Zelta Boulinga Center in Riga, Latvia. The duo totaled 2850 pins and averaged 237.50 over six games on short oil.

White led the team with a 1459 six-game series (243.17 avg.) including one of three 279 games in the round and John added 1391 (231.83).

Trailing England by 94 pins to sit in second place among the 53 doubles from 21 countries were Finland's Piritta Kantola and Krista Pöllänen, who combined for 2756 (229.67). Pöllänen had 1425 including a 279 and Kantola contributed 1331.

Third place belonged to Britt Brøndsted and Anja Ginge Jensen, Denmark, with 2716 (226.33). Brøndsted started her series with an 803 3-game block (256, 279, 268) and finished with 1479 (246.50), the highest series of all 106 competitors on short oil. Jensen, who has won the 2006 WEC Doubles title with her sister Mai, added 1237.

Rounding out the top 4, who will advance to the playoffs after the second six-game block on long oil were Sweden's Nina Flack and Helen Johnsson. The defending champions chalked up 2708 (225.67). Johnsson had 1400 and Flack 1308.

Divided into three squads, the 53 doubles started with the second block on long oil on Sunday evening and will resume the preliminaries on Monday morning and afternoon. In the semifinals the No. 1 seed after 12 games meets the No. 4 and the No. 2 seed takes on No. 3. The winners will bowl for gold and silver while the semifinal losers will share the bronze medal.

 

Doubles - Standings after the first block of six games on short oil

Pos	Country/Players	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	England	491	494	464	1449	421	494	486	1401	2850	237.50
	Hayley White	243	269	226	738	213	279	229	721	1459	243.17
	Lisa John	248	225	238	711	208	215	257	680	1391	231.83
2.	Finland	412	465	458	1335	469	415	537	1421	2756	229.67
	Piritta Kantola	205	247	232	684	202	187	258	647	1331	221.83
	Krista Pöllänen	207	218	226	651	267	228	279	774	1425	237.50
3.	Denmark	458	478	464	1400	411	460	445	1316	2716	226.33
	Britt Brøndsted	256	279	268	803	194	233	249	676	1479	246.50
	Anja Ginge Jensen	202	199	196	597	217	227	196	640	1237	206.17
4.	Sweden	501	457	428	1386	427	437	458	1322	2708	225.67
	Nina Flack	243	211	205	659	202	223	224	649	1308	218.00
	Helen Johnsson	258	246	223	727	225	214	234	673	1400	233.33
5.	Denmark	455	460	395	1310	444	451	443	1338	2648	220.67
	Rikke Holm Rasmussen	213	277	205	695	200	227	208	635	1330	221.67
	Sascha Wedel	242	183	190	615	244	224	235	703	1318	219.67
6.	Denmark	418	399	493	1310	434	442	452	1328	2638	219.83
	Mai Ginge Jensen	226	215	224	665	189	235	247	671	1336	222.67
	Kamilla Kjeldsen	192	184	269	645	245	207	205	657	1302	217.00
7.	Poland	396	439	457	1292	463	461	409	1333	2625	218.75
	Daria Pajak	221	256	237	714	248	233	222	703	1417	236.17
	Natalia Martin	175	183	220	578	215	228	187	630	1208	201.33
8.	Israel	379	411	412	1202	483	512	418	1413	2615	217.92
	Liat Vizenfeld	199	226	200	625	249	237	203	689	1314	219.00
	Sarit Mizrahi	180	185	212	577	234	275	215	724	1301	216.83
9.	Germany	431	460	462	1353	483	415	342	1240	2593	216.08
	Birgit Pöppler	212	259	215	686	247	213	172	632	1318	219.67
	Tina Hulsch	219	201	247	667	236	202	170	608	1275	212.50
10.	Norway	349	420	448	1217	408	472	477	1357	2574	214.50
	Heidi Thorstensen	186	174	247	607	181	205	222	608	1215	202.50
	Patcharin Torgersen	163	246	201	610	227	267	255	749	1359	226.50
11.	Sweden	451	367	437	1255	403	447	431	1281	2536	211.33
	Sandra Andersson	270	197	211	678	255	246	221	722	1400	233.33
	Victoria Johansson	181	170	226	577	148	201	210	559	1136	189.33
12.	Netherlands	370	399	398	1167	449	501	409	1359	2526	210.50
	Wendy Kok	187	201	219	607	257	243	216	716	1323	220.50
	Nicole Sanders	183	198	179	560	192	258	193	643	1203	200.50
13.	Ukraine	487	459	368	1314	389	368	447	1204	2518	209.83
	Nataliya Malysheva	255	216	176	647	152	180	192	524	1171	195.17
	Darya Kovalova	232	243	192	667	237	188	255	680	1347	224.50
14.	Latvia	410	426	388	1224	392	421	462	1275	2499	208.25
	Marija Tkačenko	183	190	173	546	214	223	237	674	1220	203.33
	Diana Zavjalova	227	236	215	678	178	198	225	601	1279	213.17
15.	Netherlands	408	406	423	1237	427	418	415	1260	2497	208.08
	Lisanne Breeschoten	197	191	197	585	198	214	232	644	1229	204.83
	Priscilla Maaswinkel	211	215	226	652	229	204	183	616	1268	211.33
16.	Russia	360	439	459	1258	408	415	405	1228	2486	207.17
	Evgeniya Smirnova	148	214	257	619	203	215	224	642	1261	210.17
	Evgenia Tsarkova	212	225	202	639	205	200	181	586	1225	204.17
17.	Latvia	344	466	446	1256	398	449	370	1217	2473	206.08
	Tatjana Kozemjakina	165	236	256	657	193	246	158	597	1254	209.00
	Jelena Juberte	179	230	190	599	205	203	212	620	1219	203.17
18.	Germany	420	416	446	1282	275	468	440	1183	2465	205.42
	Tanya Cuva	166	181	237	584	146	212	217	575	1159	193.17
	Vanessa Timter	254	235	209	698	129	256	223	608	1306	217.67
19.	Sweden	358	422	446	1226	424	424	391	1239	2465	205.42
	Joline Persson Planefors	160	213	245	618	207	226	203	636	1254	209.00
	Rebecka Larsen	198	209	201	608	217	198	188	603	1211	201.83
20.	England	397	464	349	1210	403	411	436	1250	2460	205.00
	Nicki Ainge	209	232	183	624	247	180	203	630	1254	209.00
	Faye Elkington	188	232	166	586	156	231	233	620	1206	201.00
21.	Netherlands	389	457	367	1213	454	398	394	1246	2459	204.92
	Bianca Wiekeraad	203	183	206	592	224	173	171	568	1160	193.33
	Ghislane van der Tol	186	274	161	621	230	225	223	678	1299	216.50
22.	Finland	431	361	455	1247	418	397	385	1200	2447	203.92
	Mari Nurmilo	207	193	235	635	227	237	202	666	1301	216.83
	Mari Kalliokoski	224	168	220	612	191	160	183	534	1146	191.00
23.	Finland	365	416	354	1135	382	419	493	1294	2429	202.42
	Hannele Impola	187	232	171	590	214	206	266	686	1276	212.67
	Marjo Pontinen	178	184	183	545	168	213	227	608	1153	192.17
24.	Latvia	437	413	404	1254	387	387	394	1168	2422	201.83
	Elizabete Varava	211	200	193	604	220	200	207	627	1231	205.17
	Olga Gorbaceva	226	213	211	650	167	187	187	541	1191	198.50
25.	Germany	381	312	454	1147	397	442	401	1240	2387	198.92
	Lisa Kabowski	180	180	224	584	211	237	185	633	1217	202.83
	Juliane Rieger	201	132	230	563	186	205	216	607	1170	195.00
26.	England	403	406	417	1226	357	370	423	1150	2376	198.00
	Jemma Smith	218	183	217	618	179	204	180	563	1181	196.83
	Laura Ivory	185	223	200	608	178	166	243	587	1195	199.17
27.	France	359	431	377	1167	392	348	464	1204	2371	197.58
	Isabelle Sacco	194	221	181	596	177	161	259	597	1193	198.83
	Marilyin Planchard	165	210	196	571	215	187	205	607	1178	196.33
28.	Norway	367	423	375	1165	365	375	460	1200	2365	197.08
	Line Berg Almestrand	183	218	141	542	222	183	193	598	1140	190.00
	Monica Lislien	184	205	234	623	143	192	267	602	1225	204.17
29.	Belgium	368	360	432	1160	398	425	358	1181	2341	195.08
	Katrien Goossens	180	183	206	569	164	225	189	578	1147	191.17
	Carolin Witvrouwen	188	177	226	591	234	200	169	603	1194	199.00
30.	Ukraine	339	355	417	1111	359	448	418	1225	2336	194.67
	Nataliya Shcherbinina	191	153	170	514	183	213	227	623	1137	189.50
	Liliia Kononenko	148	202	247	597	176	235	191	602	1199	199.83
31.	France	347	380	377	1104	411	440	354	1205	2309	192.42
	Valerie Murat	173	222	216	611	204	255	160	619	1230	205.00
	Marie Gauton	174	158	161	493	207	185	194	586	1079	179.83
32.	Italy	377	388	343	1108	419	377	404	1200	2308	192.33
	Annalisa Balzano	196	214	143	553	211	169	203	583	1136	189.33
	Giada Di Martino	181	174	200	555	208	208	201	617	1172	195.33
33.	France	335	389	313	1037	471	349	449	1269	2306	192.17
	Isabelle Derynck	189	204	138	531	278	181	213	672	1203	200.50
	Amandine Jacques	146	185	175	506	193	168	236	597	1103	183.83
34.	Russia	437	381	357	1175	402	372	347	1121	2296	191.33
	Svetlana Doroshenko	225	175	152	552	201	201	159	561	1113	185.50
	Alena Korobkova	212	206	205	623	201	171	188	560	1183	197.17
35.	Italy	347	410	315	1072	396	417	410	1223	2295	191.25
	Helga Biagia Di Benedetto	177	247	172	596	214	257	225	696	1292	215.33
	Alessandra Morra	170	163	143	476	182	160	185	527	1003	167.17
36.	Slovenia	408	397	394	1199	356	380	352	1088	2287	190.58
	Anja Hurwood	210	178	161	549	198	159	172	529	1078	179.67
	Mojca Dolinsek	198	219	233	650	158	221	180	559	1209	201.50
37.	Catalonia	342	356	391	1089	400	423	361	1184	2273	189.42
	Rosa Mas	165	197	180	542	164	190	183	537	1079	179.83
	Sandra Torrents	177	159	211	547	236	233	178	647	1194	199.00
38.	Czech Republic	410	407	384	1201	343	364	361	1068	2269	189.08
	Jana Lebrova	226	213	205	644	193	206	161	560	1204	200.67
	Dana Hanusova	184	194	179	557	150	158	200	508	1065	177.50
39.	Austria	385	342	447	1174	383	379	330	1092	2266	188.83
	Patricia Klug	185	182	242	609	187	174	148	509	1118	186.33
	Ivonne Gross	200	160	205	565	196	205	182	583	1148	191.33
40.	Russia	345	357	397	1099	373	344	419	1136	2235	186.25
	Polina Kosiakova	173	205	204	582	194	157	235	586	1168	194.67
	Anna Orlova	172	152	193	517	179	187	184	550	1067	177.83
41.	Czech Republic	289	393	340	1022	418	364	392	1174	2196	183.00
	Vera Masatova	174	211	159	544	227	203	168	598	1142	190.33
	Katerina Bestova	115	182	181	478	191	161	224	576	1054	175.67
42.	Lithuania	348	375	361	1084	333	381	370	1084	2168	180.67
	Daiva Perminiene	233	193	203	629	176	204	161	541	1170	195.00
	Leta Anuziene	115	182	158	455	157	177	209	543	998	166.33
43.	Catalonia	348	363	317	1028	413	324	371	1108	2136	178.00
	Roser Romero	171	214	149	534	191	180	194	565	1099	183.17
	Mar Tena	177	149	168	494	222	144	177	543	1037	172.83
44.	Ukraine	357	408	333	1098	333	347	328	1008	2106	175.50
	Iryna Shevelova	196	214	169	579	184	152	161	497	1076	179.33
	Yana Smolentseva	161	194	164	519	149	195	167	511	1030	171.67
45.	Estonia	277	316	417	1010	349	377	359	1085	2095	174.58
	Eha Neito	140	182	206	528	187	156	185	528	1056	176.00
	Taimi Dreier	137	134	211	482	162	221	174	557	1039	173.17
46.	Czech Republic	391	327	323	1041	313	379	328	1020	2061	171.75
	Michaela Volsickova	189	170	200	559	162	225	160	547	1106	184.33
	Blanka Hanusikova	202	157	123	482	151	154	168	473	955	159.17
47.	Catalonia	329	320	379	1028	361	298	372	1031	2059	171.58
	Cristina Sanz	179	171	209	559	147	171	227	545	1104	184.00
	Pilar Perales	150	149	170	469	214	127	145	486	955	159.17
48.	Austria	273	326	285	884	400	343	377	1120	2004	167.00
	Bettina Klima	128	159	102	389	166	182	194	542	931	155.17
	Jacqueline Broinger	145	167	183	495	234	161	183	578	1073	178.83
49.	Estonia	312	301	340	953	366	337	342	1045	1998	166.50
	Triin Lekko	165	165	179	509	159	178	188	525	1034	172.33
	Riina Lohmus	147	136	161	444	207	159	154	520	964	160.67
50.	Estonia	341	326	308	975	291	367	316	974	1949	162.42
	Annely Ritson	202	134	160	496	146	199	115	460	956	159.33
	Terje Roosi	139	192	148	479	145	168	201	514	993	165.50
51.	Italy	321	325	302	948	301	377	318	996	1944	162.00
	Fabiana Baraldi	189	167	150	506	173	189	185	547	1053	175.50
	Hildegard Kuhn	132	158	152	442	128	188	133	449	891	148.50
52.	Slovenia	279	336	307	922	341	301	288	930	1852	154.33
	Mihela Krizman	135	146	131	412	173	147	119	439	851	141.83
	Andreja Posega	144	190	176	510	168	154	169	491	1001	166.83
53.	Slovenia	325	298	310	933	306	279	333	918	1851	154.25
	Eva Pozar	185	151	176	512	170	145	145	460	972	162.00
	Anja Musar Kalan	140	147	134	421	136	134	188	458	879	146.50

Team High Game/High Series:
1 Game: 537 - Piritta Kantola/Krista Pöllänen, Finland
3 Games: 1449 - Hayley White/Lisa John, England
6 Games: 2850 - Hayley White/Lisa John, England

Individual High Game/High Series:
1 Game: 279 - Britt Brøndsted, Denmark; Hayley White, England; Krista Pöllänen, Finland
3 Games: 803 - Britt Brøndsted, Denmark
6 Games: 1479 - Britt Brøndsted, Denmark