The newly reinforced Alinma Bank Aspire captained by Jojo de Silva finally booked its first Team of the Week honors during the final week of the first round in the Interbank Tenpin Bowlers of Riyadh (ITBR) league at the InterContinental Hotel Bowling Center here.
Handicap-rich Aspire playing as the bye team on the 9th week posted 455 win points with rookie Ranier Torres completing an Alinma double by claiming the Bowler of the Week award after shooting the high series of 836. Aspire displaced consistent SABB-SAMA from the fourth spot in the team standings. The duo of Gelo Train and Obet Mata supported Torres with a four-game series of 762 and 752 respectively. Willie Bondoc and Jerry Barce rolled 561 and 548 in three games while Lito Tolentino had 361.
SABB Advance produced another excellent performance in its victory against another handicap-rich team, BSF-CBG, 260-80 to regain the top spot from SHB.
The five-man team of Art Capulong never defeated its opponent in three games. Jaffer Al-Kathiri almost got away with his third individual award this season with an 834 at the helm of Advance. He was assisted by Sam Alinsod, Ahmed Qarquosh, Arnold Jesena and Gerry Austria who rolled 734, 728, 687 and 597.
Art Bumatay led BSF-CBG with 720. He was supported by Guilbert Masias, Andy Illanza and captain Ken Hechanova whol rolled 550, 528 and 513. Dennis Buot, Alfred Estrada and Abet Minosa fired 331, 315 and 304 while Rey Abuloc added 197.
SABB-SAMA team captain Teody Zulaybar fielded all his players with higher handicap to demolish Alinma Tefa’al 260-0. However, they dropped to fifth place due to low output. The trio of Jun Macarandan, Freddie Solomon, David Smart and Jun Bolocboloc carded 771, 749, 700 and 688 series while captain Teody Zulaybar and Bernie Torres had 386 and 293.
The pair of Vic Agregado and Wini Sabrido led Tefa’al team with 735 and 688 series. They were assisted by Soc Mejia, Koko Torres, Bob Ting and Dario Magundayao who rolled 542, 487, 464 and 447.
In another exciting match, PNB Unified defeated SAIB 180-80. The trio of James Frizzle, Sonny Alviso and Mixi Lechuga fired 763, 724 and 699 to take charge at Unified. Edwin Nunez, Ronald Cruz and Tenz Taeza gave the much needed support with 479, 344 and 343 while Roland Garcia had 159.
The quartet of Edwin Fontiveros, captain Dong Calub, Agie Dazo and Ed Robillos failed to produce the much-needed output due to dire lane conditions as they only rolled four-game series of 760, 728, 722 and 701. Boy Rogel tallied 505 while Siraj Zakaria had 147.
In a grueling match of former champions SHB and BSF battled to a draw with each team on 100 points. BSF won the first two games behind excellent games from Jun Bantug, Yusuf Fernandez, Francis Guron and Noel Morales who fired 734, 713, 654 and 631 series. Edwin Timango rolled 408 in three games while Joseph Adao and Danny Encinas had 154 and 130.
Leading SHB was the duo of Arnel Bernabe and Rodel Yap who burned the lanes with 682 and 677. Gil Hembra and Cholo Nieto rolled 544 and 524 while Gerry Ayonon, Clem Salazar and Val Baraquio had 330, 284 and 201. Greg Antonio made 179.
Sponsors for the weekly and monthly prizes include Sky Freight Forwarders through GM Emy De Guzman and Jimmy Hugo, Central Regional manager, and Alinma Bank through Abdulmohsen Al Mulhem, assistant general manager, Retail Banking Group.
Standings (Week 9): 1. SABB Advance (2,308) 2. PNB Unified (2,271) 3. SHB (2,193) 4. Alinma Aspire (1,785), 5. SABB-SAMA (1,782), 6. BSF (1,442), 7. BSF/CBG (1,210), 8. SAIB (1,030), 9. Alinma Tefa’al (770) 10. Unified Team (0)
